2001mark Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 It bothers me that the Blue Jays have retired 'Pat Gillick' & the '# 12'.Future gens of fans won't all know right away that retired 12 is for Roberto Alomar. It's just a nameless number banner with the HOF logo. I googled this to be sure you were saying what I think you were saying. That his number (and not name) was on his retired number banner...and it is. I actually like that. However, that banner is kinda ugly...fitting in the HOF and team logos makes it far too big to just have the number. It almost needs a "watermark" photo or something. I wish they'd just use the "12" from his ceremony.I actually like just seeing the retired number and no name. For one, I just think the below looks really good...They have similar numbers at Fenway and I suspect some other places. Second, it's kinda a conversation starter. "Hey dad, what are those numbers for?" "Why does the 42 look different?" "Who wore number 29?" And in this day and age, it's pretty easy to look up. The team has a "Level of Ecxellence" for honoured players along the 500 Level ring. I couldn't fing a pic of Alomar's, but while the other players have just their names, he has both his name and number.Here's the #12 hanging on a giant flag, with the HOF logo no less. Gillick's is adjacent (I couldn't find a full image), with his name on it, & he is also in the HOF, inducted the same year as Alomar. Guess if you're a GM without a number, your name gets to be on the banner.As for the Level of Excellence, I love it. I like seeing the worthy & notable player names, guys who were core to their eras & successful. Not everyone will be a HOFer, yet dozens of guys are worthy of club honour in the home park.Alas, I grew up with the 'honoured numbers' because of the Leafs... Toronto teams really made it feel secondary that numbers weren't being immortalized while pretty much every single other franchise was doing it. Quote @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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charger77 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Rob Blake's #4 goes up in L.A. tonight. Quote PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 @2001mark:Here's the Gillick banner, complete with Alomar's original banner (they hung both on opening day, and then replaced Robbie's when they retired his number a few months later). Quote Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Rob Blake's #4 goes up in L.A. tonight.I heard Jim Fox talking about this during? a game? and said? we should go? but be there early? for the ceremony? 1 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpqmaowl Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Blake got booed when they introduced the alumni suite during the Final last year. I wonder how it will go tonight. Quote the worst helmets design to me is the Jacksonville jaguars hamlets from 1995 to 2012 because you can't see the logo vary wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpqmaowl Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Quote the worst helmets design to me is the Jacksonville jaguars hamlets from 1995 to 2012 because you can't see the logo vary wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Because of all the drop-shadowing that went on in the black and silver Chevy logo years? 1 Quote PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 No, because that's how all their retired numbers look now:Which is strange, because it's a number font that the Kings have never used. The NOB font is similar to their current NOB font (or it is that). If anything, it resembles the name/number font of these jerseys worn just down the road: Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenteredScoreboard Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 if the kings used a better font they would have some of the best banners. really like how its the same template just recolored. ruined it with a goofy font. (also quick question, how many years did blake wear black and silver versus black and purple? i remember him as black and purple but i am 18 so that might explain it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 No, because that's how all their retired numbers look now:Which is strange, because it's a number font that the Kings have never used. The NOB font is similar to their current NOB font (or it is that). If anything, it resembles the name/number font of these jerseys worn just down the road:That was the point of my post, I was kidding Quote PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The fonts on their old ones were a little odd, too, but overall they were a hundred times better: Quote Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 @2001mark:Here's the Gillick banner, complete with Alomar's original banner (they hung both on opening day, and then replaced Robbie's when they retired his number a few months later).Yeah, it'd be better if they kept Alomar's name on it with number. Quote @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The Flames got the Hitmen (and Roughnecks last year) wrapped into the "Forever A ..." because the Hitmen "retired" Getzlaf today. Even though the Hitmen, like the Flames, had already retired a number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Well that'll be pretty weird when the Ducks play in Calgary from now on. Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB Dark Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 This is the Rays, while raising the 2013 Wild Card bannerThis is during 2011. Can see they moved 2010 over between the 2 light columnsHere's UCF, adding Fiesta Bowl to the top left of the scoreboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Well that'll be pretty weird when the Ducks play in Calgary from now on.To clarify I guess, the Flames let the Hitmen run themselves as a team for the most part, outside of some bureaucratic Flames Organization sponsored events. So the "retirement" and raising a banner was all on the Hitmen.But it would be weird to see yourself in the rafters of another team's arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh.0 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 This is the Rays, while raising the 2013 Wild Card bannerWhy does it seems fitting that, that Rays fan could be the least interested in his team's accomplishment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Well that'll be pretty weird when the Ducks play in Calgary from now on.To clarify I guess, the Flames let the Hitmen run themselves as a team for the most part, outside of some bureaucratic Flames Organization sponsored events. So the "retirement" and raising a banner was all on the Hitmen.But it would be weird to see yourself in the rafters of another team's arena.Right, that's what I meant. You're not going to have that just about anywhere else.And not just your name/number, but a picture of young you. Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Well that'll be pretty weird when the Ducks play in Calgary from now on.To clarify I guess, the Flames let the Hitmen run themselves as a team for the most part, outside of some bureaucratic Flames Organization sponsored events. So the "retirement" and raising a banner was all on the Hitmen.But it would be weird to see yourself in the rafters of another team's arena.Right, that's what I meant. You're not going to have that just about anywhere else.And not just your name/number, but a picture of young you.A picture of you with hair.... and the occasional frosted tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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