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In the '70s, two gas stations adopted similar logos almost at the same time. (Neither is used today.)
   

Add to that Agway feed mills:

On 5/8/2019 at 6:57 PM, Tracy Jordan said:

 

Do people really watch all these shows on NFL Network? Like, I can understand having primetime shows like NFL Total Access that goes through all the news of the day and maybe a few specialty programs for fantasy news and behind the scenes stuff. But are people really waking up every morning and turning on "Good Morning Football"? I think they'd be better off just airing re-runs of NFL Films programs and classic games all day long.

Not being a football fan, I couldn't say, but I do watch "MLB Central" every morning on MLB Network.

Does anyone know the font used by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders? Their wordmark appears to be an italicized version of it, but I am looking for the base font that they seem to use on everything, from ballpark signage to ads to scorecards to uniform numbers. Thanks so much.

13 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

Curious to see if the XFL teams will have team names that end in S for all of the teams.  It doesn't seem like that will be the case.

Maybe they should all end in X.

Even without names and logos, the XFL is already merchandising. Who is going to buy this stuff when it will be obsolete when the names are announced?

(Some items are available in a selection of colors. Not necessarily team colors.)

Th Angels aren't actually moving into the Dodgers territory because they're already there, but do the Dodgers have anything to say about the Angels' choice of site. This example is unrealistic, but say the Angels decided to put a new ballpark in Griffith Park. That's less than two miles from Dodger Stadium. Could the Dodgers block such a move?

13 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

At the time this was definitely not seen as the creation of a new club.  The American League could have folded the Baltimore club after the tumultuous 1902 season, as the National League had done with four of its clubs (including Baltimore) a few years before.  But it did not do that; rather, it took over the club's ownership, and then sold the club to new owners.  The continuity is a matter of fact. 

Much the same as MLB did with the Expos, except the whole business was concluded in a single off-season rather than spanning three years.

♪ One of these things is not like the other. ♪

3 hours ago, Gothamite said:

 

But in the case of the Yankees and the 1901-02 Orioles, what exactly is the point?  How is the club, the city, or the sport benefited by incorporating those 118 wins into the over all total? 

 

I used to think the way you do, but the whole thing seems kind of silly to me now. Stories end. Histories can stop and new ones can start. 

I count records the way I think they should be counted, not the way someone (even the league) tells me to. The '01-'02 Orioles are part of the Yankees. The old Cleveland Browns are the Ravens, and the new Cleveland Browns are an expansion team. The records of the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Brooklyn Nets and San Antonio Spurs count their ABA time as much as their NBA time, and indeed so do the records of defunct ABA teams. As do the  BAA, the NBL, AAFC, the three earlier AFLs, the Federal League, and the National Association. As you said, it's just sports; I can count it the way I want.

As the joke goes, If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Four. Calling a tail a leg does not make it one.

26 minutes ago, 63Bulldogs63 said:

 

Hell it doesn't even have to be green and gold that potentially moves. The name and logos really fit any color scheme. As long as they keep the elephant and white shoes theyre set.

The Athletics' colors were red and blue for the first 62 years of their history. It wasn't until Charlie Finley changed the colors in 1963 that green and gold appeared.
 

4 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

It’s making the best of a bad situation. I’d rather obviate the bad situation by adopting local names upon moving. San Francisco Seals, NL Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Oaks, Atlanta Firebirds/Phoenixes, and Kansas City Blues/Milwaukee Brewers MK I all sound good to me. 

But in doing so, do we not have to take cultural considerations into account? Obviously we would not have perpetuated the Atlanta Crackers.

7 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

The A's history is as continuous as that of the Cubs or the Cardinals or the Yankees.  A disregard for this is absolutely indefensible, as bad as any other intentional misrepresentation of history.

 Yet the Yankees ignore the first two years of their existence.

18 minutes ago, BellaSpurs said:

They’ve been doing it for a couple years now, here’s all the identities 

Thank you. Why was I not aware of this all these years?!

The BIG3 basketball league would be a nice inclusion. It is into its third season, and has a broadcast contract with CBS, so it has some legitimacy.

I was not aware of this until tonight's game started, but apparently several dozen minor league teams are playing selected games under Latinx names. Tonight the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are playing as the "Vejigantes", wearing light blue jerseys with red sleeves and yellow lettering/numbers, and white pants. They even have a "new" logo, which is even being used on the TV graphics. 

The story about the RailRiders participation is here. According to the announcers on tonight's game, teams only do it for home games. They said tonight's opponent, the Durham Bulls, play as the "Toros" in their version.

I wonder if anyone has images from other MiLB teams in the Copa de la Diversión.

A suggestion for Montréal: I was looking for something alliterative, and I came up with 𝑳𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒙 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆́𝒂𝒍*. Then I saw your color selections, and I modified it to  𝑳𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒙 𝑹𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆́𝒂𝒍†, which might be too long.

* - Hammers
† - Red Hammers

This thread is all about businesses that went under, right?

             

On 5/17/2019 at 5:08 PM, Needschat said:

In the 7th inning, @TGO7E faced Adam Ottavino, the first No. 0 vs No. 0 battle in @MLB  history.

 

Classic "Nothing to see here,"  right?  LOL

A similar situation could happen again later this season, also involving the Yankees, of course dependent on pitching rotations and injuries, etc. When the Yankees visit the Dodgers on August 23-24-25, if Hyun-Jin Ryu pitches to Aaron Judge, it will be the first 99 vs. 99 ever.

The New York Yankees use three different versions of the interlocking NY insignia (from left to right), cap, home jersey, and print version. 
      

From UniWatch today. A 1952 Little League World Series ring

Not Little League World Series, just Little World Series. It used to be a series for the championship of AAA Minor League Baseball. In 1952, the Rochester Red Wings of the International League (Cardinals) defeated the Kansas City Blues of the American Association (Yankees), 4 games to 3.

My personal ring:

Elk Lake High School

Pennsylvania basketball state champions 1977

I'm having a teeny-weeny problem with AI CS:

How can I make text wrap around a circle shape nicely? I tried the 'Arc' effect, but it comes out all distorted, elongated and not looking right. I'm really frustrated about this, so any help would be wonderful!

Draw a slightly larger circle around the first one. Click on the larger circle with the text tool. Then you can type along that circular path.

Watermarks are not meant to be removed

so don't remove them.

OK, I've got a good one:

I've vectorized a number I had in a PSD file but I need to know how to get rid of the area marked "Here" on the below picture:

I surmise it has something to do with setting up a clipping mask, but when I set one up only the "Here" area is left. What am I doing wrong?

[EDIT: I meant I want it transparent.]

First, make sure the "hole" part is in the front and the main outline is in the back. Also, be sure they are not grouped with each other or with anything else.

Select both the hole and the main outline.

Click "Object", "Compound Path", "Make".

That should do it.

For those of you who have been asking for field templates, they are finally here.

Just go to http://mrudolf.tripod.com/fields for vector graphics of 16 different fields.

Available are:

* baseball

* football (NFL, NCAA, CFL and Arena)

* basketball (NBA, NCAA and international)

* hockey

* soccer

* field hockey

* lacrosse

* tennis

* softball

* volleyball

* curling

They are all to the same scale, so you could lay them atop one another if you are designing a multi-sport facility. (Caution: although you can put a tennis court in a hockey rink and it will fit, you can not put a soccer field on a volleyball court. Just won't work. :laugh: )

Enjoy.

Michael