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2 hours ago, bbush24 said:

 

Wow somehow I missed that. Looks like the Cardinals were the only team to wear gray in ST but this confirms it's a league-wide problem. Really is pathetic.

The Phillies also wore grey in ST

17 hours ago, aawagner011 said:

That’s not how I read it. We already know ST jerseys got the axe recently so anything in their wardrobe must satisfy the 4+1 (besides one offs) and could technically be worn in-season. Whether that actually happens remains to be seen. 

The Dodgers blue jerseys are listed specifically as "ALTERNATE" in the style guide, whereas the Tigers and Yankees both fill their quotas with jerseys tagged "SPRING TRAINING"

3 minutes ago, dont care said:

I just signed up how do I get to the ad free version

Excellent! I just set you up for ad-free, let me know!

On 3/22/2024 at 7:58 PM, DCarp1231 said:

I see the boards are experimenting with full page ads because that’s definitely  what was missing  

 

• Top Banner Ads

• Bottom Banner Ads

• Ads above bottom banner ads

• Ads in the middle of scrolling

• Half page ads

• Full page ads

 

Next up:

 

• Ads in the text box

• Unskippable ads prompted by clicking the “submit reply” button

Yeah, it sucks, but the site is literally gasping for air -- the traffic has remained steady, but we're getting destroyed by scrapers, and the like, which has sent our server fees soaring; while that's happening, what we take in from ads has tanked. So, costs have tripled, and revenue has gone down while maintaining steady traffic.

I pay a lot of money to keep this free site up for everyone; the ads allow that to continue. If you don't like the ads, you can sign up for an ad-free experience for $7 US per month (which is less than a quarter a day!). This helps pay the bills and gives you the ad-free experience you desire.

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3 minutes ago, Sec19Row53 said:

Trademark issues?

But they're okay to use "Game" for the cheap replicas, which are certainly not game.

In other 2024 baseball uniform news today, Nike gave us the lowdown on their new retail jersey options. For the first time in a while, there will be more than just the on-field authentic and replicas offered to fans, as they've added a third in-between option.

The on-fields will be called the Vapor Premier Elite -- they are not yet available; the mid-tier (the only ones available to purchase right now) are the Vapor Premier Limited, and the cheapy replicas (also not yet available) are the Vapor Premier Game.

Why aren't the game jerseys called "Game"? I don't know.

Here's your confirmed lineup of new City Connect uniforms coming in 2024 -- I do NOT know which team is being released in what order; this is presented alphabetically. I know that all nine will be released between Opening Day and the All-Star Break. Don't bother trying to get any details on the designs out of me because I don't know what they'll look like; they're guarding those pretty tightly! (Except for that one, you know the one)

My story here: https://news.sportslogos.net/2024/02/13/2024-mlb-city-connect-teams-nikes-new-uniform-details-revealed/baseball/

16 minutes ago, MJD7 said:

 

@CC97, I was about to ask if you had any insider info as to which teams were getting a City jersey this year, and then this pops up! I’m excited. A couple of interesting tidbits from this:

• The Dodgers appear to be trying again with their City jersey
• Official confirmation of no Yankees or A’s jersey, both of which makes sense.

I had just finished writing the story and waiting for the green light from MLB to hit publish when I saw his post, I just couldn't help but chuckle.

9 hours ago, JohnnyCowboy5 said:

no they arent one of teams getting a city jersry

15 hours ago, aawagner011 said:

This Twitter account has a few photos of the new Jays Nike Elite (on field authentic). The Blue Jay embroidery is definitely a downgrade. Several photos in the tweet, as well as a video that goes into more detail.

 

 

I am skeptical that this is an actual Nike Elite on-field jersey

The OHL's Peterborough Petes unveiled and then promptly wore these terribly uninspired all-black alternate uniforms tonight 

6 minutes ago, monkeypower said:

 

The ownership group took on the Orca Bay name in 1995 and as you said, the orca logo is from 1997.

 

Now, I'm normally not much for conspiracy theories but I have to believe this one.

Oh absolutely! I just wanted to be clear that there's no official acknowledgement of this from the team

Just now, rfraser85 said:

 

It's a perfect example of "be careful what you wish for". I just hope the Texans uniforms aren't as bad as I fear. A color they can't use as a primary color being shoehorned in and the jerseys having multiple templates is making me nervous. 

The Texans can throw back to the Oilers, which we'd love, and it would give our kids 20 years from now an opportunity to throw back to the Texans... which future us would love. 

46 minutes ago, BBTV said:

how are you supposed to use the qr code?  When the camera is zoomed in on a guy for a few seconds, are you supposed to grab your phone to scan it?  This one baffles me. 

 

If they wanted them on retail jerseys so that fans were walking QR codes that their friends might scan, well that's dumb but OK.  But 99% of retail jerseys don't have the ads, so it's just silly.

I imagine it's more to get people's attention rather than to be used practically... at least, I hope that was the reasoning behind whoever pitched this on the conference call.

9 minutes ago, monkeypower said:

I think some people forget or don't know the Orca was only the logo because it was the name of the then ownership group.

 

(I am correct in saying that, right?)

As far as I know, the team nor the ownership group ever went on the record saying that's why they used the orca in their logo, however, everyone naturally made that connection on their own (because, c'mon, it's obvious)

Canucks GM Pat Quinn said at the unveiling back in June '97, "The killer whale is one of the most intelligent creatures in the world and embodies many of the qualities [we] value in [our] hockey team" ... "We are a proud Canadian city [and] our logo will show the world where we're from." 

Anyone else remember just how excited everyone was that the New York Jets were ditching the 80s/90s look in favour of the 60s throwbacks?

Circle of life.

1 hour ago, TBGKon said:

So just so i make sure, when the forum is ad free, should all ads be gone?  Or can my Chrome browser apply their own ads as well?

 

Maybe @CC97 hasnt converted my profile, but it seemed to work fine earlier.

Sorry I had missed your registration! All set now

You guys are the bestest! Thank you

So looking around Patreon I suspect they'll begin charging everyone monthly on the first of each month going forward, trouble is that this includes this upcoming Tuesday, June 1st. 

If this is indeed the case (and assuming Patreon will even let me do this) I will go through and issue prorated June refunds based on when you signed up in May (i.e. if you signed up on May 15, I'll issue you a 50% refund on your June payment, if you signed up on May 20 you'll get a 66% refund, and so on). 

Just a heads up in case you see a surprise charge on Tuesday, and please let me know if you do.

36 minutes ago, officeglenn said:

 

IIRC, we had that feature for a while a few years ago and that's exactly what happened, so Chris had no choice but to turn it off.

Correct, the server people upgraded to the next tier (with no warning!) and I got hit with a surprise bill from them

1 hour ago, DiePerske said:

Any way you could enable prepaying for a year? I know it's something you CAN do with patreon.

I'm a Patreon noob, will look into this for you

16 minutes ago, Gary said:

I’m officially signed up to Patreon

You're all set!

24 minutes ago, CC97 said:

 

I love the feature, but like you guys I hate its placement. Unfortunately the software allows me to only place it to the right or to the left --- I'd like to see it at the bottom of the page, personally. Will disable for now and hope they improve placement options.

 

Fun update, no option to disable it.

29 minutes ago, colinturner95 said:

Its a nice feature, since I'm always wondering about which posts do the best in my threads, but like Spartacat and Magic Dynasty said, it just leaves a huge block of grey space on the side and makes things look squished to the left. 

 

Also if a dark mode was possible, I'd be down for that. 

I love the feature, but like you guys I hate its placement. Unfortunately the software allows me to only place it to the right or to the left --- I'd like to see it at the bottom of the page, personally. Will disable for now and hope they improve placement options.

Alright, everyone who's signed up should be all set now!