mightynine

Name’s horrible. 
 

Radom’s work looks great.

I don't have any first-hand knowledge, but I've always figured they couldn't find a way to trademark or copyright King Cakes as a baseball name, so they went with Baby Cakes instead

On 1/10/2019 at 8:25 AM, BigRed618 said:

I hope they get someone else to do their logos. It’s Brandoise's fault this is even happening. If the Zephyrs never rebranded, or at least not into something idiotic like "Baby Cakes," and alienating their entire fan base, they would’ve stayed in New Orleans, which was their home for over 25 years, might I add.

They were gone the second another city dangled a brand-new facility at them, no matter what their name is. The former Zephyr Field needs a lot of work to modernize and right-size it.

On 1/10/2019 at 9:06 AM, DC in Da House w/o a Doubt said:

Baby Cakes always seemed like a bridge too far.  To me, it was funny/quirky/cute for the first day I heard about it, but after that it was too much.  It had no staying power.  Who in New Orleans would take pride in reppin Baby Cakes gear?  Who would want a hat with an angry Tommy Pickles on it? 

Completely anecdotal, but I saw way more Baby Cakes merch on the streets in New Orleans and other areas than I ever saw with the Zephyrs (and I say that as someone who's had Zephyrs gear ever since they came to town!) Even I own the NO hat with the king cake and one with the baby smiling wearing beads - they are great hats at Carnival time. Never was a fan of the "main" logo though with the angry Tommy Pickles as you put it.

On 1/10/2019 at 1:42 PM, B-Rich said:

 

Hopefully the name may be brought back to New Orleans, though it could easily fit in Wichita (it is a west wind, after all).   Gayle Benson (Tom's widow; current Saints and Pelicans owner) has money to burn and the word on the street is that she will be involved in bringing in a Southern League AA franchise.

 

The baseball stadium is essentially next door to the Saints and Pelicans training facilities, after all.

 

 

Oh, and franchise owner Lou Schwecheimer and his flunky Cookie Rojas can kiss my a**.

 

I always thought the plan floated around was the current ownership team would buy and relocate a Southern League AA team, which would mean the Baby Cakes moniker would live on at the lower level. I wonder if that's still the case, because I'm not sure which team would be ripe for the picking and I also think that would be dependent on remodeling the stadium - it's too big for AAA baseball now, it's downright cavernous for a AA team.

As for whether Benson gets involved, I'm not sure I'd want that. The minor league team would be even more of an afterthought in the facility than the Pelicans are now.

FYI: Anyone who tells you to enjoy a filled king cake should be ignored.

And now I want some king cake....

Baby Cakes had to have been chosen because they could not likely trademark King Cakes. I like the logo and surrounding marks, though I'm not sure I want a hat...except for the throwback ones, gimme!

Of the finalists, I personally was pulling for Night Owls. Honestly, I was pulling for a bait and switch and they were keeping the Zephyrs name.

But man, people are PISSED on social media (but then, everyone's miserable online!)

It's wild to think at one point, the ABC Sports GFX package drove ESPN's overall look, then the priorities change, and ESPN pushes ABC Sports off into the sunset.