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On 7/27/2020 at 3:37 PM, cajunaggie08 said:

The astros added a 2019 American League Champions banner above their 2005 National League Champions banner. This is the only ballpark where you will see banners for both league championships.

 

Until Milwaukee wins another pennant.

So Liverpool is getting Premier League rings? Has this been done before? I remember Chelsea getting CL rings a few years back, but I think Drogba bought those. 
 

21 minutes ago, Brian in Boston said:

Hmmmmm...





I may be reading too much into the similarities of the classic Star Wars font and that used in MLS4THELOU's recent branding reveal tease, but the NPSL / NASL St. Louis Stars did play their final season in 1977... the same year that Star Wars debuted in cinemas.

Would the new St. Louis MLS franchise follow in the branding footsteps of their brethren in San Jose, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver by resurrecting a North American Soccer League moniker?

2 hours ago, Berlin Wall said:

I loved the AC St. Louis shape. I made an MLS concept based on that crest a few years ago, which I actually never posted anywhere.

 

I don’t hate it but I would drop football club. I think STL Athletic or Saint (St.) Louis Athletic is fine on its own. 

5 hours ago, WideRight said:

Pizzash!te FC

 

Anyone who has ever tried St. Louis style pizza will agree that this name is entirely appropriate.  

It really is a love it or hate it situation. I love most things about STL, but the pizza is trash. 

Since Mitchell & Ness puts out Spirits of St. Louis merch, someone owns and is licensing that trademark. I doubt MLS wants to go down that legal branding road, so I don’t think we’ll have to worry about Charles Lindbergh hurdles. 

7 hours ago, UnclearInitial said:

The only name I’ve liked so far is Olympique but that’s almost impossible due to the IOC. As for the colors, the best way they can use the city colors would be like the original red trim Blues. Blue and yellow with a touch of red is a bit similar to that Rapids Colorado flag away kit but they’ve pushed the city flag so hard I can’t see them abandoning it. 

I agree with this. Red, blue, and yellow also ties them in color-wise with the. Cardinals and Blues. I really like the green/navy blue/white color scheme of STLFC, and I think it’s different enough from the Sounders to have its own identity in MLS. Since the Rams left, St. Louis sport teams have bonded together as a way of showing how good of a sports town St. Louis is. I think the club colors will stay in the lane of the other teams in the city. I sort of wonder if this new St. Louis club will look to Barcelona for kit design ideas. 
 

Yeah, 3 rings does seem excessive, but it is hardly a new practice. Congrats to LSU. Their ring set looks pretty good IMO.

The LSU rings are out, and the SEC ring looks like the biggest in the bunch.

Finally came across the Dodgers 2018 ring. The face is very similar to the 2017 ring, and the Dodgers had little fanfare around the 2018 ring.

I think Seattle would look best in orange. 

On 2/4/2020 at 12:15 AM, kw11333 said:

Did the LA Rams have any banner from their SB win? I know they did in STL, just have no idea if they kept it

I can tell you that they aren’t still in St. Louis

https://www.espn.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/26031/rams-banners-removed-from-edward-jones-dome

Since the Rams have been playing at the Coliseum, I could see them not having banners up with the stadium belonging to USC and not intended to be long-term home of the Rams. 

Already pre-ordered mine.

I finally came across a picture of the Rams NFC championship ring from last season. 
 

@QueenCitySwarm can you speak about the excitement surrounding MLS coming to Charlotte? The MLS and MLB seasons run parallel to each other. I am wondering how that might impact the city as a potential MLB site. 

Attending Game 7 of the 2011 World Series. I was standing in line to enter Busch Stadium for Game 4 of the NLCS (the Brewers won) when I got the email inviting me to purchase World Series tickets. By this time, they were fairly picked over by season ticket holders and previous rounds of invitations. I wanted to take my dad to a World Series game, and the only game I could afford 2 tickets to was Game 7. I texted my dad and told him to hope for a wild ride if the Cards won the pennant not knowing what lied ahead in Game 6 and David Freese's heroics. Watching your team win a championship in-person is an incredible experience. If you ever have the chance, buy the tickets.

4 minutes ago, dont care said:

They atleast changed the “0” To the nba logo rather than the 1

Good point because they wanted Cleveland’s area code to stand out on the ring. 

1 minute ago, dont care said:

It makes them look

like 2009 champions rather than 2019 with how the replaced the 1 with the nba logo

That has been used before; the Cavs ring comes to mind. I’m with you, it looks bad.

The custom Drake ring looks better. At least it has a raptor. 

The north logo made the face of the ring

The 2004 St. Louis Cardinals getting swept in the World Series. That team was so good. They won 105 games during the regular season. They had the MV3 of Pujols-Edmonds-Rolen and had Larry Walker, Edgar Renteria, Tony Womack, and Reggie Sanders. To their credit, especially Carlos Beltran, the Houston Astros took the Cardinals to the limit during the NLCS. Still, the Red Sox went 7 games against the Yankees, so it felt like it was going to be a competitive matchup. The Red Sox truly were a team of destiny. 2006 and 2011 helped, but this team will likely always feel like the team that should. 

Is the draft going to be broadcast somewhere? If not, I don't see it as the place to show off helmets and uniforms. Probably wait for a later date when a team's player can model it in a league wide announcement. 

18 hours ago, DG_Now said:

 

Agreed. With the exception of this...

 

I think everything they've done post bird-head logo has been routinely terrific. All of these are awesome:

 

 

The gold pants should never return, and I think the purple pants would look better without the white stripe. 

Barrelman is not a good looking mascot, and should not be featured if/when the Brewers release new uniforms.