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Can't wait for those City Connect uniforms... 

DISconnect?

6 hours ago, MJD7 said:

I’ve always liked the old-timey font  It alludes to the Reds’ history as the oldest MLB franchise, and ties in well with Mr. Redleg and that 19th century aesthetic. That’s one element of the current brand I’d be sad to see go.

The Reds are not the oldest team. The original Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first all-professional baseball team. The city of Cincinnati is honored for this, not the Reds. They simply benefit from it's history as they are the team that is currently (since 1881) playing in Cincinnati.

1 hour ago, udubfan19 said:

aren't they the ones wearing it? you wouldn't want to be told what to wear.

For now. If you went by what the players want, you'd be changing every season or two when a new crop of players come in, coupled with how many of them actually understand uniform and branding design? It's illogical and impractical.

4 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

That was the USFL model, where for year one (2022) all teams played in Birmingham and Canton. For year two (2023) four cities shared space for 2 teams each. The XFL used one location for practice facilities, but each team played in it's actual home market, so they are not considered "hub cities". 

Only the 2022 Championship game was in Canton. And that was only a late move after they found out neither stadium in Birmingham would be available due to the World Games, otherwise every game would've been there.

As gut-wrenching as the Battlehawks loss was, holy :censored:! Where did that kicker come from?

20 hours ago, infrared41 said:

 

Having used vitamins, amphetamines, and cocaine (as well as a few other illegal substances) when I was playing, I can tell you from experience that those things do not enhance your ability in any appreciable way. Having used steroids when I was playing, I can tell you from experience that they enhance your ability in pretty much every appreciable way. That's the difference.

 

 

I didn't know you played for the Mets in the 1980s.

3 minutes ago, thisguyphelps said:

I'm completely lost

It's reversed.

3 hours ago, thisguyphelps said:

Who are the snatits?

Look in the mirror.

6 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

I didn't say that steroids didn't help those players. They certainly did help them.

 

And there's nothing wrong with that.  If those players' performances had been enhanced by taking vitamins, or by excersise and a good diet, no one would complain. There is no fundamental difference between those things and the use of steroids.

 

And before anyone claims that the difference is down to natural versus artificial, consider the absurdity that athletes in other sports have been banned for re-injecting their own blood, with no foreign substances involved.

 

Also, let's remember that Willie Mays used amphetamines, and that Babe Ruth almost certainly used cocaine. This does not diminish their accomplishments one bit, just as the greatness of Bonds and Clemens and the others is undiminished.

 

 

 

Irrelevant.

 

(By the way, since you brought up Pete Rose, I'll mention that Rose, unlike the steroids guys, actually did do something wrong. To ban him from working in baseball from that point on is appreciate. But what is inappropriate is to ignore his brilliant playing career by keeping him out of the Hall of Fame, as all of the substantiated gambling accusations are from after he had retired as a player.)

 

We could certainly find something contemptible about every single pro athlete. While it's perfectly sensible to criticise a pro athlete — or anyone else — for his or her bad behaviour, we should be intellectually honest enough to recognise the greatest players purely on the basis of their performance, while understanding that doing so amounts to no endorsement of any other action those players have taken during their lives.

 

 

 

Please do not pretend that that indefensible law is some kind of moral standard. From the standpoint of morality, laws on "controlled substances" are an abomination.

 

 

The important point is that the function of a hall of fame is to provide an honest recounting of a sport's history by recognising its greatest players — no matter whether those players were good people or bad people. For the Baseball Hall of Fame to refuse to include the home run king and the hit king is shameful. This is offensive to me as a fan of baseball history. Until Bonds and Rose, and all the other unjustly denied players, are granted the recognition that they earned, the Hall of Fame will be disgracing itself.

You have officially jumped the shark.

11 hours ago, BBTV said:

EDIT also for the stadium employees and vendors, it’s better for them to not have to pay for transit to/from a game that get cancelled and they make no money, then have to do it again the next day. 

They still get paid for a certain amount of time even if it's called not long after employee start times.

1 hour ago, 4_tattoos said:

This seemed like a given.

 

 

They're like the Battlehawks of the PVF.

3 hours ago, BBTV said:

What if he makes the catch but the gorilla rips him in half and carries his upper body (which still has the ball) forward into the end zone? TD for the kicking team? 
 

But remember, gorillas can only be deployed once a game (though I have to re-check the rules on this), so I’m not sure if kickoffs are the best place. 

No. Stopping of forward progress still applies.

15 minutes ago, Cujo said:

 

Even if they did, no chance in hell they'd use that name.

You don't know.

20 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

We gotta get the gorilla involved in this somehow.

The returners can only move once they catch the ball or the gorilla is within 5 yards of them, in which case they must run towards the gorilla, to make the catch. This will be known as a "Kamikaze Kick-Off". If they make the catch AND survive, they get the ball from the 50 yard line. If they only make the catch, the surviving team members get the ball from the 40. If the returner survives, but fails to make the catch, from the 30. If they fail to survive or make the catch, the ball is given to the kicking team, barring a touchback.

1 hour ago, tBBP said:

 

And by that time the Pittsburgh Pirates will have been mathematically and unilaterally eliminated from playoff contention...

Tomorrow?

2 hours ago, The_Admiral said:

He probably should, though, because that looks like well-laundered betting on baseball.

Everybody involved, even the bookie, have said Shohei had no involvement. Saying he's the victim of massive theft.

I think the white Texans jersey NEEDS tv numbers on the shoulders. There's too much empty space. I don't think a logo would look good there, especially the primary, which would look very redundant against the logo on the helmet and the sleeve horns. They may not be necessary anymore, from a practical standpoint, but, in this case, tv numbers are necessary as the best option to fill overly-vacant jersey real estate.

24 minutes ago, TruColor said:

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but does has anyone else noticed that ESPN is still using the Black/Red/Sand Diamondbacks graphics?

I can't remember seeing it or not last season, but they were still using the Cardinals' old STL well after the update. I guess the person who kept the logos up to date was a part of the one of the mass layoffs over the last few years.

1 minute ago, HOOVER said:

 

They literally wore red socks with the navy pants from the beginning of their existence. And looks light years better.

2 hours ago, BottomlessPitt said:

Steelers are either a Wild Card team or not in the playoffs. That's about it. 

I mean, that's 2 of only 3 possibilities, so... not exactly a bold prediction.

9 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said:

I'll be 92 when the season starts, 93 in November lol

I'll be 102 at the start of the season.

8 hours ago, leopard88 said:

 

Golden what?  Hurricane? Eagles? Knights? Flashes?

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, burgundy said:

 

I think we can all agree that calling 187C "maroon" is absolutely ridiculous.

 

187 & 201 are the more common "Crimson" pantones. 505, 209 and 7421 are usually the "Maroons". 202 and 195 usually float in the "Maroon-Burgundy-Cardinal" catergories. 194, too, but it's closer to a crimson.

14 minutes ago, Seadragon76 said:

 

That's why I said it was a crazy thought experiment.

 

If they wanted 64 teams, then go with the approach that the NAIA does: The regular season champion gets an automatic bid and the tournament champion gets an automatic bid. If the regular season champion and tournament champion are the same team, then the regular season runner up gets the second bid.

If you do that for every conference, then you still only have 10-12 power conference schools out of 64. Still going to have low ratings and interest. It's a reality. A tournament dominated, participantwise, by low- and mid-major schools is not going to garner the amount of interest that's going to keep it on par with the tournament as we know it.

8 hours ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

 do we need to be this cynical?

2 hours ago, ManillaToad said:

 

Yes. 

Not everybody. Just those who are always looking for something to complain about.