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1 hour ago, monkeypower said:

 

I feel like a billboard advertising the choice between red and blue could have some negative implications in LA, no?

The people making the billboard probably didn't even think about things like that. Hell they probably don't even live in LA.

53 minutes ago, OnWis97 said:

I was in grad school at Iowa when that logo was unveiled.  People there were pretty unhappy about it and I think that’s why it never replaced the classic logo (I.e., I think it was intended to).  So at the bookstore, both logos were prevalent on apparel . Eventually, the new one was gone.  I have seen that in the Twin Cities in recent years once or twice.

It's one of those "looks fine in a vacuum" logos. But I get the original is a classic. But I mean if the school did go ahead and replace it, I think eventually it would have been accepted.

Supposedly the Hawkeyes have had this "alternate" logo since 1999, but it was in fact an attempt to modernize the primary and was never implemented.

7 hours ago, Dodgeryaqui8016 said:

I would love a Dbacks for Angels swap.  Having the angels play in Phoenix would be awesome!  

I remember reading when the D'backs were being established, there was talk of putting them in the AL West so the Angels would be a division rival instead of the Dodgers. Which I guess could have worked fine, but that obviously never happened.

6 hours ago, BellaSpurs said:

Makes it seem like a 10 yr old designed them tho

10 year olds are already in full emo phase.

Call them the Baby Sox.

1 hour ago, NicDB said:

When I hear people talk about what a great logo Pat was, I start to question their taste.

It's not a great logo to begin with, but at the very least it worked okay as a non-field logo. Maybe in a locker room, on some letterheads, etc. But it was horrible on the helmets.

Regarding the Patriots:

• I wish they didn't move away from the more vibrant red, white, and blue they had during the 1993-99 set. Seems they darkened their colors mainly because that was an early 2000s trend (other teams like the Rams did the same). Their present colors aren't bad, but with a lot of teams reverting back to brighter colors, the Patriots seem like they'd be a good candidate.
• Flying Elvis is far and away their best logo. I hated Pat Patriot, especially on the helmets. Was far too detailed for a football logo. That said, I did prefer the white helmets over the silver helmets they have now. I would love to see their present template but in more vibrant red, white, and blue, and with a white helmet.

32 minutes ago, Gothamite said:

 

That’s what we heard last time.

The very first XFL broadcasts did outperform NBC's expectations, but that was it. People tuned in once for the spectacle, found very unappealing games and then tuned out. And that was when the XFL was new. Now, it's going to be the same product again, with no clear signs the actual on-field talent will be any better. So why would I want to watch?

1 minute ago, guest23 said:

 

I'm starting to think the whole controversy was a farce from the get-go and those that promoted this fake controversy took advantage if a very vulnerable group that lacks the emotional maturity to see nuance in an increasingly complex world.

I'm still of the opinion that most people promoting it were probably doing it as a distraction from larger problems in society, politics, etc. This is why I'm very skeptical of any sort of "protest," "boycott," etc. Who is promoting them and why? More often than not, I find such protests and boycotts are promoted by a person or people who want to sell me something (whether it be an actual product or some kind of ideology).

1 hour ago, the admiral said:

I'm sure this seemed like a great idea a year or so ago when the NBA hyperpartisans/embedded p.r. agents of the media class were writing all this stuff about how the NFL was dying and the NBA was primed to pass it, but it seems like enough people forgave the NFL since then and don't need another football league to give them what the NFL wasn't. 

Exactly. People have been claiming the NFL is dying off for any number of years now, and it's yet to happen. Not saying it never will, but until we have a product that is as good or better than the NFL, it's not going anywhere.

And as a personal anecdote, I know many people who were "never watching football again" due to the anthem protests who then came to my house to watch the Super Bowl. It's almost like people are hypocritical or something.

1 hour ago, EddieJ1984 said:

The other thing is the protest during the anthem is dying off and not getting much attention (I think 3 players are still continuing it) so by 2020 it won't even matter if they are going the patriotic route.

This is what I was saying back when the revived XFL was being first discussed. I stated that the public has a very short memory, and the whole "'Murica" angle gained from the protests very likely wouldn't be a thing in 2020, because two years is a long time in the public consciousness and so many other things are happening. The XFL trying to tie its entire new existence into that hyper-patriotic demographic seemed like a bad idea from the start.

2 hours ago, O.C.D said:

Having a 2nd option is good.

It is, but the XFL won't be that option.

I liked the Phillies jerseys that had zippers. Zippered baseball jerseys should make a comeback.

I will never be unable to unsee the Twins numbers again. Never occurred to me it was a serifed block standard. 

2 hours ago, WavePunter said:

To me, it's the perfect baseball font, and if it were a teeny bit bolder, it would be a near-perfect font for most anything.. 

I wore #15 in high school, and I LOVED the way the 1 and the 5 looked in this font.. Probably has something to do with why the Texans' font is my favorite athletic number font..

That's my problem with it, I find it too thin. The Royals either use a little-seen thicker variant, or they just have a color matching outline. Either way, I feel the numbers almost require some kind of outline to look good. The other common variant, seen on the Yankees, Braves, Tigers, Padres, etc, is a bit thicker to begin with and looks better, I think.

I actually strongly dislike the standard MLB block font. (Used by the Dodgers, Cardinals, Royals, Indians, etc.)

Even if they wanted to, they couldn't retain the name for legal reasons. And "Oilers" doesn't really fit in Tennessee, although that hasn't stopped plenty of other teams from keeping names that don't make sense in new cities.

44 minutes ago, the admiral said:

I see it's next to "Box Canyon."

That's just the name of a small canyon road, not an actual community. (Although the people there think they are).

There was probably a joke there that flew over my head.

3 hours ago, the admiral said:

Yeah, it was only a few years ago that I learned all these place names I had known -- Northridge, Sherman Oaks, Reseda, Van Nuys -- were actually just neighborhoods of Los Angeles rather than suburbs. The Valley is a strange phenomenon, geographically speaking. Maybe the people are strange, too.

Just avoid Canoga Park, lots of meth users. But go north to Chatsworth if you like porn. 

Here was something kind of interesting:

Until 2016, every team that beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS went on to win the World Series. (And the Blue Jays won the World Series during the only two LCS they've won). They lost the 1985 and 2015 ALCS to the Royals, the 1989 ALCS to the A's, the 1991 ALCS to the Twins, and the 2016 ALCS to the Indians.

The 2016 Indians, of course, became (the first?) team to blow a 3-1 World Series lead.

I did some brief research and I couldn't find any other baseball team that "guaranteed" a Series winner other than the Jays.

Road pinstripes were good. More teams should have them.

It’s not even distance. Geography, too. There’s a full blown mountain range between downtown LA and the suburbs of the valley. Want to travel 10 miles from Van Nuys to downtown? Enjoy the 405 traffic through Sepulveda Pass. 

5 hours ago, habsfan1 said:

Why are they called the Los Angeles Angels, if they're in Anaheim?

 

Isn't the Dodgers LA's team?

 

 

At least they don't have that ridiculous Los Angeles of Anaheim name anymore.

The Pistons play in Auburn Hills, not Detroit. The Giants play in East Rutherford, New Jersey, not New York. The Angels are "Los Angeles" because that was their original name and they're part of the Greater LA Metro Area.

42 minutes ago, NicDB said:

Where the Clippers are profitable just by being a Staples Center tenant even though they're a pop culture punchline

Oddly enough, the Clippers are leaving Staples Center soon enough for their own arena. (Similar to the days before the Staples Center). When this is happening, I don't know.