ChicagoOakland

I live in Roanoke (Salem is right next door).

This is not a craft brewing hub by any stretch of the imagination.

Hell, one of the big stories this week was Deschutes essentially pulling the plug on building their East Coast headquarters here.

This is less about a designer getting screwed and more about a league (I'm using that word lightly) being shady as hell.

For the past year a new arena league, the National Gridiron League, has been hyping everyone here in Roanoke up for some football. The league still hasn't started (it was supposed to this month), and if you look at the logos these teams are using, I have a feeling they never will (click the link, the rundown is near the end of the video.)

https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/roanoke/new-roanoke-arena-football-league-tells-city-leaders-league-is-still-on-track

EVERY SINGLE TEAM LOGO looks stolen. Even the league logo is a direct thievery of the old UFL logo!

That's clearly the New England Patriots logo's grandfather.

I have no idea why I started thinking about the mid-2000's Spurs today, but here are two good ones:

Before he perfected his karate kicks with Coach Pop, Bruce Bowen played in the hell that was the Rick Pitino-era Celtics.

And former #1 overall pick Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson (how he went #1 over Jason Kidd and Grant Hill, I will never understand) spent his last year coming off of the bench and getting a ring with the '05 Spurs.

That flag is so bad, even the eel looks like it wants out.

Dangit Brandiose, what did we tell you about having animals holding/swinging bat-like objects?

1 hour ago, jrodsep said:

 

That's an instant rivalry IMHO. 

They're not even that far apart; It takes about an hour and a half to get between Fayetteville and Kinston.

Also, THANK GOD THEY DIDN'T GO WITH FATBACKS.

1 minute ago, Still MIGHTY said:

 

Regular Season Western Conference Champion Nashville Predators.

Nothing like looking in the rafters and being reminded that you failed your high expectations in the playoffs.

On 7/14/2018 at 3:15 PM, PepMan33Conde said:

 

Cam Ward - Carolina Hurricanes (2017-18)

 

I'll make a case for Justin Williams in these as well (I personally see him as a Cane first, but he probably has 2-3 "right" teams.)

There's no way they made a cap out of Milwaukee's horrorshow flag, right? RIGHT?

...damnit.

8 hours ago, Brian in Boston said:

The Rougarou brand beat out Fightin' Beignets, Mighty Flamingos, Red Sticks, and River Monsters in the final round of voting in the franchise's "Name-the-Team" contest.

And ALL of them are better than Baby Cakes.

2 hours ago, MBurmy said:

The name-the-team contest was won by yours truly...as I said, I am ready for EVERY fantastic possibility the name inspires to come to fruition!

There's a whole lot you can do with milk, they better not skim over the possibilities.

The Baby Cakes name better die.

I saw a tweet from a local NOLA reporter that cited the merchandise sales going up since they switched, but that most of those gains were from out-of-state online orders and actual ticket sales took a nosedive.

People aren't going to see a team if they approach themselves like a joke. The Baby Cakes might be the biggest joke in MiLB.

On 8/28/2018 at 8:11 PM, SFGiants58 said:

The A's should bring back the white coaches' caps/helmets, with grey equivalents for their road uniforms.

 

 

Since coaches aren't sweating as much as players, darkening crowns isn't an issue. Heck, '47 Brand already mocked up a modernized version:

 

Quick, someone tweet this idea to Kaval.

With all of the fan service he's done this year, he might actually consider it.

On 8/18/2018 at 4:48 PM, monkeypower said:

Here's Calgary's flag. It's hard to tell here on the white background of the of the site, but there's a strip of white above and below the red.

It looks like it could have been a logo for the Calgary Cowboys WHA team.

Jeez, Arby's in Canada is weird.

32 minutes ago, DG_Now said:

I'm on board if the goal siren is just "WHO AM I? PETEY PABLO MOTHER :censored:ER"

I hope it cuts off RIGHT before the name so the fans can fill in their own.

"WHO AM I??? JUSTIN FAULK, MOTHER ----!"

On 7/25/2018 at 10:21 PM, Sodboy13 said:

The other difference is that the Hurricanes don't have a large, dormant fanbase waiting for signs that the franchise is finally willing to pull itself out of the depths. Outside of maybe a season and a half's worth of bump around the Cup win 12 years ago, this is what they've got.

 

I also remember reading around the time of the sale that, unlike pretty much every other Southern expansion team, Peter Karmanos never put any effort into "grow the game" efforts like building youth leagues and rinks. So there's no forthcoming generation in the Triangle with increased interest in hockey, unless the Hurricanes magically become consistently top-tier.

 

Long story short Pete Karmanos sideways with a rake.

As someone who lives in Raleigh, Tom Dundon actually does appear to be...TRYING to make things better. Even the Hurricanes banners around PNC Arena got replaced this offseason; I swear the last ones had been there since the Canes won the Cup.

In fact, the team just had fans vote on a goal song, in which the finalists were Raise Up by Petey Pablo (NORTH CAROLINA!) and a techno remix of Brass Bonanza.

No, I'm not kidding.

On 8/9/2018 at 8:53 AM, BringBackTheVet said:

A local seafood shop and it's distribution company:

 

On those same lines, a local medical lab in North Carolina:

https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/08/08/fayetteville-team-branding-to-be-unveiled-september-12/

All we know down here in North Carolina is that the colors are black/gray/red (Fayetteville Hurricanes??) and the names could be any of these:
 

Fatbacks. Fly Traps. Jumpers. Wood Dogs.  Woodpeckers.

...it's going to be Fatbacks, isn't it?

23 hours ago, Buc said:

 

(How they've not been taken to task over this yet is beyond me. And there's another example out there even more egregious than this...)

Look, if THIS company is apparently in the clear, apparently anything goes.

9 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

The Van Halen logo

 

Actually, that IS a sports logo now...for Vernon Hills HS in Illinois.

UPDATE: Rochester, Minnesota is down to two finalists to replace it's flag.

If you forgot what Rochester's flag looked like, here ya go:

18 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Gloworms with a florescent color FTW!  I'd be a fan

 

I'd be ok with the other space names too.

Gee, I wonder why you, of all people, would support naming a team after something that glows...

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20180522/fayetteville-baseball-team-colors-to-be-red-gray-and-black

So Fayetteville's new baseball team has their colors but not their name.

Okay then.

25 minutes ago, DG_Now said:

Via this thread, I learned the Rochester Red Wings have renamed themselves the Plates for Thursday home games:

 

So named for the Rochester original "garbage plate," which consists of two patties, sausages or hot dogs, home fries, beans, and mac salad, plus some weirdo meat-based hot sauce. Yum, right?

 

 

I've never seen so many different shades of beige in one plate. I bet Rochester cardiologists have no shortage of patients...