coco1997

On 3/12/2023 at 1:17 AM, WestCoastBias said:

USA is the only team that truly has a big league feel to its uniform.

Disagree. Japan and Mexico's jerseys are MLB-caliber to me. No gradients, weird graphics or other gimmicky elements. Just clean, classy uniforms.

EDIT: I guess my one nitpick with Japan is the use of red on the caps when it doesn't appear anywhere on the rest of their uniforms. 

On 3/10/2023 at 12:30 PM, eegl75 said:

phinally.

On 3/10/2023 at 12:38 PM, heavybass said:

:censored:ing overdue and well done.

On 3/10/2023 at 3:33 PM, TrueYankee26 said:

Phillies and Twins look well done

Thanks!

On 3/11/2023 at 3:10 PM, Coiler said:

The Twins are good but kind of a less interesting Giants/Cubs hybrid, while the Astros and Phillies are appropriately funky.  Green is fine as long as it's not A's green.

(The Astros design reminds me of a daydream I had of an Area 51-themed expansion team in Las Vegas called the Aliens)

Thanks! I don't know if I really get the Giants comparison for the Bears, though. 

Up today are the Kansas City Lions!
 

LIONS HOME:

LIONS ROAD:

LIONS HOME ALT:

LIONS ROAD ALT:

Notes:

- The Royals' mascot is Sluggerrr (yep, that's three "R's). Lions have been depicted as symbols of royalty and courage for centuries. 

- KC has always included shades of gold in their identity, but seldomly has it been incorporated into their actual uniforms. Here, gold becomes the dominant color at home with the team going more blue-heavy on the road. 

- The "Lions" script comes from the Seibu Lions of the NPB and matches KC's "Royals" script quite well. I added a tail to make it more consistent with the Royals' script. 

- The cartoon lion on the sleeve was previously used by the Omaha Royals (now Storm Chasers), Kansas City's Triple-A affiliate. 

And with this latest rebrand, the AL Central would effectively be:

C&C appreciated! 

Colombian kids: "Can we get Red Sox City Connect jerseys?"
Colombian parents: "We have Red Sox City Connect jerseys at home."
 

Did we get confirmation that the D-Backs' purple and teal throwbacks are being designated as a official alt?

On 3/9/2023 at 12:30 PM, Victormrey said:

Some great concepts once again! I love SF's alt with that retro piping. Orbit's set looks great, specially with that cap logo and sleeve patch. And I love the colours you've used for the Bears, while keeping the Twins' new look.

 

Keep it up!

14 hours ago, Bmac said:

These are so fun! I adore the Minnesota set.

Thank you both! As @MJD7 pointed out, I somehow forgot to use the updated version of the Twins' "TC," so I'll likely get around to tweaking that once I finish this series. 

Happy Phriday! It's time for the Philly Phanatics!

Notes:

PHANATICS HOME:

PHANATICS ROAD:

PHANATICS HOME ALT:

PHANATICS ROAD ALT:

Notes:

- I should have clarified (warned?) in my first post in this thread that a LOT of teams in this project would make heavy use of green. The Phanatics aren't the first, and they won't be the last. 

- Phanatic green is paired with the Phillies' old burgundy to create a new and distinctive color scheme. 

- I worked up new "Philly" and "Phanatics" scripts in the style of the Phillies' 1970s-80s wordmark.

- A playful rendering of the Phanatic occupies the sleeve of the home primary and road alt.

C&C appreciated! Another team will be up in the next few days. 

Nice job on the last couple teams! Pink is a bold departure from Japan's regular look and I think it could work, but I would use it a little more sparingly. For example, on the home jersey, I'd keep the wordmark navy but add a pink stroke around it. Also, would the pink alt w/ white pinstripes be paired with matching pants or solid white ones?

Great start to this series! The racing striped Argentina alt is a thing of beauty. 

For Australia, is it possible to slightly arch the wordmark you used without making it look distorted? I think that would be a happy medium between their current script and this one. 

Keep up the great work! 

21 hours ago, Megildur said:

Will Boston be the "Green Monsters," "Monsters," or "Wally's"?

You'll just have to wait and see. 

19 hours ago, Silence of the Rams said:

Incoming jokes about 2017 with this particular jersey

Other than the World Series scandal, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. 

19 hours ago, johne9109 said:

@coco1997 maybe finding a less generic alien head. Kind of like a middle ground between generic and actually using Orbit? 

 

Love everything else though

Yeah, I get that. The other obvious solution is just to ditch the alien altogether and replace all instances of it with the cap logo, but I really wanted to incorporate some sort of alien imagery, hence the addition of a martian-like green. 

Anyway, next up are the Twin City Bears!

BEARS HOME:

BEARS ROAD:

BEARS HOME/ROAD ALT:

Notes:
 

- Minnesota's mascot is T.C. Bear, who's loosely modeled after the Hamm's Beer Bear. Hamm's was an early sponsor of the Twins in the 1960s. 

- For the primary logo, I had the idea to combine the Twins' TC with the Cubs' old 1908-14 bat-wielding bear logo. Here's a close-up of that logo. 

- The home script is a reworking of this 1960s Denver Bears script

- With the team rebranding from "Minnesota" to "Twin Cities," this allowed me to use the script from the Twins' new Sunday home alternate as the road wordmark. 

C&C appreciated! 

On 3/2/2023 at 12:38 PM, maxwasson said:

This kinda reminds me of SFGiants58's San Francisco Seals concept for an AU Bay Area expansion team, if the Giants never move  to  San Francisco

On 3/4/2023 at 5:31 PM, VampyrRabbit said:

That is exactly it, the font looks great on the home and the road alt. I prefer the beveled font for the home and road alt, but have to say the Walgreens script for the road and the home alt.

3 hours ago, Coiler said:

Great ones, even if the Seals are not that big a stretch.

Thanks!
 

On 3/3/2023 at 10:00 PM, Megildur said:

Fun concept idea, coco1997. My favorites so far are the Moose and the Seals. The teal and brown of the Moose is pretty unique and I love anything San Francisco Seals-related, especially when its well done.

Thank you! I've been enjoying your series as well and I hope you continue to follow along with mine.

I'm back today with the Houston Orbit!

ORBIT HOME:

ORBIT ROAD:

ORBIT HOME ALT:

ORBIT ROAD ALT:

Notes:

- I've always loved the idea of an MLB team with an extraterrestrial-themed identity, so I had a lot of fun with this one. 

- Similar to the Parrots, Houston gets a heavy dose of green added to their look to go with their usual navy and orange. 

- Orbit is the rare MLB mascot to have a logo of his own, a very cool ringed baseball resembling the planet Saturn. I modified this logo and added the Astros "H" to turn it into the Orbit's primary logo. For the sleeve design and road alt, I repurposed the alien head from the now-defunct Las Vegas 51s minor league team.

- Big thanks to @Victormrey who gave me the idea to rework the 1960s Astros' script into a new "Orbit" wordmark! 

C&C appreciated! Another AL team is next. 

11 hours ago, Carolingian Steamroller said:

The blue pants are what save the CC from my perspective. 

Still a bland design, in my opinion. It’s basically every concept for a Dodgers alternate I’ve seen on these forums the past decade or so + blue pants. 

On 3/3/2023 at 3:13 PM, VampyrRabbit said:

That is exactly what I want.

How's this?

EAGLES HOME:

EAGLES ROAD:

EAGLES HOME ALT:

EAGLES ROAD ALT:

The gradient for Australia is an inspired idea! 

For China, I'd personally either darken the red or lighten the orange a bit for some better contrast. Either way, it's an interesting color scheme for the country. 

On 3/3/2023 at 12:41 PM, Megildur said:

 

Thanks for the comment!

 

I absolutely agree with that sentiment. I originally was thinking a green-and-yellow color scheme, but it just didn't fit with my view of a team from Phoenix. The orange-and-blue color scheme came from seeing images of Saguaro National Park at sunset, with the orange being the sunset and the blue being inspired by the silhouettes of the cacti (with some artistic interpretation involved lol)

Thanks for the explanation. Makes total sense!
 

22 hours ago, Megildur said:

One of my goals behind this fictional league was to include some cities that had Big 4 / Big 5 teams, but no MLB team. And, with that, to bring them early into the UBA so they have long franchise histories. Some of that was possible by not letting certain cities have multiple teams (Chicago), while also having the league be 32 teams rather than 30. With that being said:

 

MLB cities without a UBA team: Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Oakland, Miami, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh

UBA cities without a MLB team: Montreal, New Orleans, Memphis, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Vancouver, Portland

 

Now, I did involve some of those ‘MLB cities without a UBA team’ as starting points for franchises that would eventually move elsewhere. That’s all part of the lore of the league that I try to get into a little bit (but not too much!) with my concepts. I’ll post the divisional alignment before the next team too.

 

Let’s get to the next team first, though. Next up: Swingin’ King Tut and the Memphis Pharaohs…

 

 

The UBA expanded by two teams in 1984, with San Francisco and Memphis joining the Continental League in advance of the season. While the Miners got a quick title in 1989 and have a franchise .493 winning percentage, Memphis has been straight up awful. 2024 marks the Memphis Pharaohs’ 2nd postseason appearance ever and they only made it via a Game 163 victory over California. The franchise sports a .442 winning percentage, worst amongst all 32 teams in the UBA. Still, even as the second wild card team, fans in Memphis are excited and the Pharaohs’ young core gives them plenty to be happy about beyond this season. The team will need to get beyond divisional foe New Orleans in the Wild Card Series to advance.

 

 

In Game 163, Sam Welsh threw 7 scoreless innings against California, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 6. That performance, followed by a 2-inning save from Marty Bergquist, was vital for the Pharaohs as the final score was 1-0. Mid-season acquisition George Shepperd has the only playoff experience for the Pharaohs’ starting rotation, while right fielder Travis Schommer has the only ring amongst the team’s position players (last year with San Diego).

 

The black and yellow color scheme is derived from Memphis’ city seal, which also can be found on the city flag. The city of Memphis is named after Memphis, Egypt, which is where the Pharaohs nickname comes from. The main logo, affectionately known as “Swingin’ King Tut,” has sometimes led fans of the team to believe that the club is cursed due to its use of the Pharaohs’ moniker. As a younger team, though, Memphis wears their alternates just as often as their main home and away jerseys. The yellow-brimmed cap is also worn just as frequently as the black-brimmed cap.

 

 

 

 

 

Swingin’ King Tut is based off Mr. Red, the Padres’ Friar logo, and this older Orioles’ logo. The black and yellow use is very reminiscent of Pittsburgh’s use of the colors. And don’t worry, I’m still planning to make a “Monsieur Montreal” logo too!

Memphis turned out awesome. Love the very Swinging Padre/Mr. Redlegs-esque King Tut logo. My only nitpick is that the bat the mascot is wielding seems oversized, unless that was a deliberate choice. 

Keep up the awesome work! 

On 3/2/2023 at 9:30 AM, stumpygremlin said:

Random thought for the moose: why not make the caps have antlers only? Kind of like the Philadelphia Eagles do with their helmets.

Not a bad idea! Here's how that would look on the home uni:

19 hours ago, VampyrRabbit said:

I like the Seals. Would love to see the home with a headspoon as well as pins, and for the road to use the SF Giants Seals-esque San Francisco script.

Good suggestions for the Seals:

SEALS HOME:

SEALS ROAD:

19 hours ago, VampyrRabbit said:

Could you do a version of the Eagles set like the first one, but with the bevelled fonts from the 2005-10 Nats please?

Not sure I totally understand your request. Do you want my original design with the eagle crest and tiny "Eagles" script but in this typeface? 

On 2/28/2023 at 8:19 PM, eegl75 said:

because washington fans might not like the name because of the philadelphia eagles and eagles fans might not like that washington is using their team's name. washington would probably already have a team called the eagles, but they dont and that could be a reason, its really not a big deal though.

13 hours ago, johne9109 said:

IDK cross sport like that I don't think it carries as much. Like if there was a new team in south Florida it wouldn't bother me if they were named the Lightning. 

Heh, yeah. I honestly didn't give any thought to "Eagles" also being the name of an NFL team.

On 2/28/2023 at 8:32 PM, DTConcepts said:

The little "EAGLES" wordmark on the home and road alt jerseys rocks. This series has been fun, and you're only just getting started!

 

Excited to see what you do with the Rockies and Dinger.

Thank you! I think you'll like what I came up with for Colorado.

21 hours ago, MDTrey4 said:

Would love to see a home version with Eagles in script across the chest and the eagle logo just used as a sleeve patch

Here you go!

It looks good, but I prefer my original version. 

Up next are the San Francisco Seals!

SEALS HOME:

SEALS ROAD:

SEALS HOME ALT:

SEALS ROAD ALT:

Notes:

- The Giants' mascot is Lou Seal, inspired by the harbor seals who laze about on the shorelines throughout the San Francisco Bay area 

- This one is a fairly straightforward update of the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, adding two new alternates in team colors. I also found a number font to match the style of the "Seals" script and monogram. 

- For the sleeve patch, I combined the roundels of the Sea Lions of the Negro Leagues and the San Francisco Seals minor league hockey team. 

C&C appreciated! We head back to the AL West for the next team. 

The Saguaros look great, but it's kind of odd for a team named after cactuses to not wear at least some green. 

7 hours ago, eegl75 said:

ths looks great and fits with the nats current style but i dont know if the name "eagles" would work in DC

Why is that?

On 2/26/2023 at 4:05 PM, raysox said:

this is a super fun series, kudos for the creativity

Thanks, man! That means a lot coming from you. 

9 hours ago, Coiler said:

Looks fine but a little too conventionally A's-ish to me. (I guess I'm just worn out from the Defunct Saga's parade of green and yellow A's relocation uniforms )

Yeah, I get that. Maybe I'll try the Elephants in gray after all. I promise the rest of the teams in the series will be far less conventional, both in terms of logos and color schemes. 

Next up are the Washington Eagles!

EAGLES HOME:

EAGLES ROAD:

EAGLES HOME ALT:

EAGLES ROAD ALT:

Notes:

- Though the Racing Presidents are probably more associated with the Nationals, the team's official mascot is actually Screech the bald eagle. It's only fitting that the mascot of the team from our nation's capital is also a symbol of the U.S. itself.  
- My design rolls in elements from a few historical teams, namely the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues and the Montreal Expos. 

- Since the Nationals already use a suitably patriotic color scheme, I didn't feel the need to change the color scheme much. I did, however, shift from navy to Old Glory Blue (Hex #0A3161), the shade used on the U.S. flag. 

C&C appreciated! Another NL team is on deck. 

14 hours ago, BJ Sands said:

Gimme these: 

(Tobacco notwithstanding)

The '59s might be my favorite Sox uniform of all time, but I wouldn't want them becoming a regular alternate, given their similarity to the team's everyday home uniforms. The 1917 set looks completely different yet still distinctly "White Sox." 

1 hour ago, the admiral said:

I really do like the old 1910s logo but the '70s/'80s stuff needs to die in a fire already.

Agreed 100%. 

It's high time to retire the '83s and make these the new Sunday throwbacks:

For my money, one of the best uniforms in baseball history, and the team actually won a championship wearing them. 

5 hours ago, the admiral said:

 

Hey, I can be objective about uniforms of teams I hate. 

13 hours ago, Coiler said:

Love all three, but the Parrots are my favorite. A nice vibrant change of pace from the usual black and yellow.

10 hours ago, Victormrey said:

You nailed it! I think the brown matches perfectly the Seattle's flag teal-ish blue, specially with that off-white home uni.  Awesome job 

Great work with the wordmarks, specially with the cap/alt logo!

Thank you!

On 2/24/2023 at 7:13 PM, VampyrRabbit said:

The Parrots are great. It's a shame that the vests aren't there, but considering that the shade of green doesn't work as well as the baselayer for a sleeveless jersey than black, that's understandable.

The Bobcats look fantastic too. Wonder how it would look with the original cream the D-Backs used instead of white, and with an alternate red billed hat for the home.

Thanks for the feedback! Here are your suggested tweaks to the Bobcats home set:
 

Since there wasn't much contrast between the off-white and sand, I changed the trim color for the script and numbers. 

On 2/24/2023 at 7:13 PM, VampyrRabbit said:

Never would have thought to put brown and teal together, but the Moose look good. Would be cool to see sleeveless versions of the home and road (with an all brown hat, brown undershirt, brown belt and brown socks with stripes for the road)

Here you go:

And since you're a big fan of sleeveless jerseys, @VampyrRabbit, I think you'll like the next team.

Up today are the Oakland Elephants!

ELEPHANTS HOME:

ELEPHANTS ROAD:

ELEPHANTS HOME ALT:

ELEPHANTS HOME/ROAD ALT:

Notes:

- The elephant has been a symbol of the A's dating back to their time in Philadelphia over a century ago, with Stomper becoming the team's official mascot in 1997. 

- I used this rebrand to put forth my idea of what the A's should look like, bringing back sleeveless jerseys with McAuliffe style numbers and the arched Old English "Oakland" wordmark from the late '60s. 

- Just as the Athletics use the shorthand "A's" on their caps and uniforms, I created a new "E's" logo in that same blackletter style. 

- I briefly toyed with using an elephant gray and white color scheme but decided it would be a sacrilege to mess with the A's iconic green and gold. 

C&C appreciated! 

Great job on Australia. A few suggestions/requests:

- Since the primary green is so muted, maybe lighten up the road gray just a tad for better contrast with the green piping. I know it's a bit of a balancing act because you also used neon green. 

- For the alt, how about putting the cap logo on the chest in place of the "Australia" script? It's too good not to put front and center and would avoid having three jerseys that all use the same wordmark.

Keep up the awesome work! 

5 hours ago, McCall said:

I'm also of the belief that the dropping of the red jersey hints that the future City Connect uniform will possibly be predominantly red-based, and so they decided to keep the previous color allotment intact (white, gray, royal, red, powder blue), just with a different red one.

Sure seems that way:

16 hours ago, NicDB said:

TIL the D-Backs mascot isn't a snake.

8 hours ago, mahnkej said:

I like using sand color for the Arizona road jerseys; always wandered why the D'Backs never adopted that in real life.

Agreed! I'm glad the team decided to complement their sand-colored City Connect jerseys with sand pants starting last season. 

Let's finish up the week with the Seattle Moose!

MOOSE HOME:

MOOSE ROAD:

MOOSE HOME ALT:

MOOSE ROAD ALT:

Notes:

- No one knows why Seattle's mascot is a moose. Ok, the actual reason is because it won a kids' contest in 1990 to vote for the next Mariners mascot. 

- The colors are a dark, moose-y brown and teal from the Seattle flag. I also kept the off-white/cream from the team's Sunday fauxbacks because I felt it gave the uniforms a nice vintage feel. 

- Since there's no cartoony animal logo this time around, I added antlers to the "M" logo. 

C&C appreciated! Another AL West team will be up soon.