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13 hours ago, Burmy said:

At least the plan there would've seen the A's play at Oracle Park for a couple years while the new park was being built...where would the Rays' temporary home be if this happens?

There's room in the parking lot around the Trop to build a new stadium.  If necessary, i could see them extending the lease another year if necessary.  if they can get things rolling in 2024 theres still plenty of time to have a new ballpark ready for opening day 2028.

On 4/19/2023 at 7:42 PM, AdobeDesignBG said:

That's stupid I think they should bring back the set full time.

No, theyre a great alternate.  Their current set is probably the best they could ever do.

The can definitely schedule to work the Aviators and A's out of Las Vegas Ballpark, as long as they plan in advance.  The AAA season goes from April-September and a series is Tuesday-Sunday each week.  They could alternate homestands I'm sure to make it work.

22 hours ago, Sport said:

https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/diamond-sports-reds-bally-sports-ohio-reversion.html

 

Interesting development with the Reds and the Diamond Sports (Bally) bankruptcy. Diamond sports didn't make their payment for the Reds rights fees, which, because the Reds own part of Bally Sports Ohio, means they're not part of the Diamond Sports bankruptcy proceedings, which in turn means the Reds immediately take back the broadcast rights to their games. 

 

If Diamond does not pay within that grace period, MLB believes that the team will get its rights back, expected to happen during its early May series with the White Sox. The May 5 White Sox-Reds game is scheduled for AppleTV+. The Saturday night May 6 one is where the Reds could see MLB take over production.

 

The Reds situation is different from those in Cleveland and Minnesota, two other markets where Diamond has not made rights fees payments on time. That’s because the Reds own part of Bally Sports Ohio, and the presence of that joint venture has kept that RSN separate from the bankruptcy proceeding.

 

…If it gets back the Reds’ rights, MLB’s plan is to use many of the same behind-the-camera crew and trucks that currently work on the games for Bally Sports Ohio. That because most of those staffers are freelancers, and Mobile TV Group owns the trucks, sources said. The announcers work for the team, including John Sadak on play-by-play with analysts Chris Welsh and Barry Larkin.

This would likely be the case for other Bally affiliates like Midwest (Cardinals part owner), San Diego (Padres part owner), Southwest (Rangers part owner), and West (Angels part owner).

I would have to think MLB could step in for the remaining Bally affiliates not listed above and create a similar alignment.

8 hours ago, GDAWG said:

 

TB has really one option, Raymond James Stadium unless they want the Bandits to play at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, but that only seats 7,500, however that might be enough to sustain, especially if they get 6,000

I think I found out a good reason why we might have seen a Bandits relocation this year.  Between the weekend of April 13-15 (Taylor Swift) and May 20th (Ed Sheeran) the stadium hosted big concerts.  I cant speak for how much time it takes for stage construction and stuff associated but that may have booked up a few available weekends for the USFL.

It would be strange, but a return of the Bandits in 2024 if it makes it that far could be an option.

Right there with you @raysox.  That TB logo I think was a Reebok thing.  I seem to recall a Rams R hat and New England NE logo too.

Here it is

9 hours ago, TalktoChuck said:

Them throwing an NHL team in Forsyth would be the league absolutely stating that the reason the Thrashers failed was that they were too far away from rich white people to succeed.

 

While the fanbase topic may have been part of the issue, look up Atlanta Spirit LLC (now coincidentally known as Atlanta Hawks LLC) as an ownership group and you'll see another issue why the Thrashers failed.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/712210-franchise-assassins-how-the-atlanta-sprit-group-killed-the-thrashers

5 hours ago, habsfan1 said:

Atlanta, for a third time??? 

I was partial to these road unis instead.  The large star on the Houston script looked cluttered, and the simpler Houston script closely resembled the home Astros script.

1 hour ago, TrueYankee26 said:

Some MLB teams (ARI, MIL, MIN, TEX) extend beer sales in reaction to shorter games

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36166936/some-mlb-teams-extend-beer-sales-reaction-shorter-games

It wouldn't surprise me to see more teams change the policy.

4 hours ago, Digby said:

As I remember it, the Rays had that fauxback hat (navy with gradient sting ray logo) first, and then they brought back the whole jersey a couple seasons later to match that hat’s era-mashup style, maybe?

No, the hybrid hat came back with the throwbacks for the 20th anniversary in 2018, and they’ve stuck around since then

On 4/7/2023 at 7:42 PM, JohnnyCowboy5 said:

Is there a reason why Nike hast made these jersey for the fans to buy?

The on site team store has sold them online at https://thebayrepublic.com/collections/rays for a few years now, but starting in 2023 it’s an official alternate jersey so we may see them more accessible soon.

44 minutes ago, GoGreenGoWhite said:

Has it been mentioned that the Panther is facing backwards here? It's not like that on the current jersey.

36 minutes ago, aawagner011 said:

What do you mean? The Nike swoosh always faces towards the front of the jersey and so is the Panthers logo. That’s the same as the current jersey.

You can also see the players facemask blurred in the background, meaning this is the players back left shoulder.

7 hours ago, dont care said:

Did the gators say they were wearing Black unis next year. Their coach doesn’t like alternates, and even if they did would they change from the black set worn 2 years ago?

https://www.si.com/college/2022/04/14/billy-napier-says-florida-will-wear-black-jerseys-likely-by-2023

Article from SI about a year ago.  

I'm very interested to see how this pitch clock comes into play in the duration of Yankees-Red Sox games.  Judging what we've seen in less than a week, it might be safe to say the 4 hour marathons are over.

Just now, McCall said:

Same ownership, so that checks out.  Wouldn't be a bad direction to follow.

37 minutes ago, throwuascenario said:

Is there still a chance the Panthers change this year? If so, any leakings on what direction they could be headed?

 

I really hope they don't change. They absolutely nailed the jerseys from day 1. I do think silver muddies up the color scheme and would much rather them wear a blue helmet and blue pants full time. Would look fantastic with the home and away sets. But they would never make that change alone. If it even came at all, it would come with trashy "modern" jerseys that set them on the 5-year carousel to hell.

 

Let's hope they learned from their mistakes at QB and don't make the same with the unis. Sometimes what you have is as good as you're gonna get. Changing just to change is not the answer.

Panthers jerseys are still on discount on Fanatics, so much like Arizona you might want to prepare for some modifications.

12 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Is there a way to find out what uniform teams will wear before a game? Specifically city connects? 

It’s not official but the site linked below tracks what jersey was worn what days, so you can see if a team has a pattern they may have followed for home games.

https://www.uniformlineup.com/

2 hours ago, logo-maker said:

For the Rockies: I think adding purple numbers and replacing black in the wordmark would really help to push the purple as a primary color for their home unis. I wouldn't mind them wearing full purple hats, too (at home).

You're 100% right.  TCU has purple pinstripes and accent with other purple gear and logos and it looks great.

7 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Maybe they're bringing the teal back partially to test the response?

I wouldnt count on it.  I's an anniversary year for the Marlins.  It's possible they're used as an alternate, but I wouldn't count full time just yet.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

Yankees asking to remove numbers from manager and coaches. Long overdue.  
 

https://theathletic.com/4360660/2023/03/30/yankees-uniform-numbers-mlb/

Most of them wear pullovers or jackets anyways....might as well release the numbers.

1 hour ago, Sec19Row53 said:

5 wasn't an allowed number for wide receivers in 2020. It doesn't matter that someone else was wearing it.

Ah true, I forgot the number rules changes in 2021 or 2022.

9 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

Which makes you wonder why Higgins picked #85 to begin with.

Because 5 was claimed by Ryan Finley thru the 2020 season per this history.  

https://aws.pro-football-reference.com/players/uniform.cgi?team=cin&number=5

The league also forces players to buy the existing inventory of their old number if the player wanted to change immediately.  Dalvin Cook found this out a few years ago when he wanted to switch from 33 to 4.  It says i the below article, that "Cook learned that if he waited a year, he'd be able to make the switch at no cost. So that's what he did; the Vikings' star running back spent a fifth and final NFL season with 33 on his jersey in 2021."

https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/vikings-dalvin-cook-switches-no-4-jersey-number-family#:~:text=But then he found out,"That's important nowadays."

11 hours ago, HOOVER said:

 

FWIW - Mecum Auto Auctions is running at State Farm Stadium on those days.  

Do stadiums typically close their team shops when non-football events are taking place?

I know the Buccaneers usually do for non Bucs events.  It might be a dual purpose closing just based on timing.

3 hours ago, McCall said:

No. It's not implied. The Braves wore their throwbacks for multiple games, even if they were never technically designated as an alternate. Therefore, they would not fall under the "one game use". When you see teams wearing Negro League throwbacks, they're not counted as an alternate. Merely throwbacks for THAT game.

 

Maybe they will use these in games where they would've worn those specific throwbacks. But the tweet above does not seem to preclude the use of throwbacks for one game.

I believe under pre 2023 rules, the throwback could be worn no more than 5 times as this is what the Rays have done with the Devil Rays throwbacks.  Moving forward from 2023 onward, the Devil Rays throwback is an official alternate on the books and will be worn Opening Day and every Friday home game (14 games in 2023)