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FinsUp1214

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  1. Totally agreed. I was very pleasantly surprised to see Denver rolling out in these. My first thought was, "I really missed this look". It's an opinion that's a product of being a 90's kid I'm sure, but that's the look I think of when I think of the Broncos, well before the orange set.
  2. I vastly prefer Wyoming with the shade of gold they wore in the early 2000's: I just love the way brown pairs with that gold a whole lot better than I do with yellow gold. Looks much "dustier" too, which I always thought was perfect for the Cowboy theme. This is just one of those looks in college football that I've missed for years.
  3. Well, it doesn't really. The team had considered Pioneers and Saints when the team moved, but team ownership decided to keep the Jazz name (one account being that they didn't want to spend the money to make all the necessary changes). I'm guessing that owner Sam Battistone just felt attached to the name and wanted to keep it. I would certainly agree that the name has become much more accepted, but the logical thing would have been to send the Jazz name back to the New Orleans team when the Hornets moved there and renamed the team. There's a lot of money to be made in a rebranding - I'm sure the Hornets and Pelicans are cashing in on their name changes. (But the Miller family may also feel an attachment for the team name, especially now that Larry Miller has passed away) Well that, and the fans are so attached to the name and history behind it that I feel changing it would be a disaster. I know I personally, as a lifelong fan, would be outraged. Maybe they should have changed it first thing in 1979, but they didn't, and since then they've had a whole lot of worthwhile history follow with the name. Changing it just because it'd "make more sense" would be throwing away that history and I'm certain the vast majority of Jazz fans would not approve at all. It's just synonymous with everything we've come to love about the team, despite it "not making sense".
  4. The owner dismantling the team immediately after winning it all doesn't help.Yep, I think that's the kicker. And Jeffrey Loria too. Gosh, I don't know how any fan could stand having to deal with Huizenga and Loria. Big kudos to any Marlins fan who's stuck with it since '93; that takes an iron will.
  5. I suppose due to recent discussion, this one would be unpopular; but I'm not as big a fan of the Astros' orange jerseys and caps as others are. Orange is a color that I LOVE as a trim or secondary color (which is why I'm a huge fan of Houston's regular home whites and road greys when wearing either of their navy caps), but not so much when it's front and center. There are a couple of exceptions of course, like the BC Lions for example (who I feel balance thier colors very well; white-orange-white works). But too much orange in general kinda bothers me a bit. Really not sure why, it's just "one of those colors" for me that needs to be balanced. It's not a design rule overall that I'm claiming, just a personal preference. I'm really hoping that should the Astros make it to the fall classic, they stick to white/grey with either of thier navy caps. But if they make a run with thier orange jerseys, I'm sure they'll stick with them more than the others.
  6. How? "Miami Marlins" sort of twists my tongue. "Florida Marlins" is much smoother and flows better. Aside from that, "Florida" is just a beautiful word. I'm sure that might be a weird thing to say, but I don't know how else to describe it. It's just a fluid word. I don't really feel "Miami" shares that, for some reason.
  7. To be honest, I actually really like the whites in action. It's the brick jersey that's the problem for me; whereas the whites provide a base that allows for contrast and each element to be seen clearly, the brick sort of muddles with the black and doesn't look as sharp.
  8. I do as well, so long as they stay away from the black pants. When it's black-purple-white or black-white-white? One of my favorite looks in the league. I love the logos as well.
  9. I think Maryland finally found the right flag design for thier jerseys. They're sort of 80's-90's Bengals-esque in idea, modern and dynamic elements translated to a more traditional type. It works very well. My only gripe is when they wear the full flag helmet, that's when it goes too far; the banner style flag helmet is all they need (and preferrably a black version as well). It gets the same point across without being so "in your face".
  10. Hmmm...the jersey design? Not so great. The logos and numbers, however? Very great. Something with those features meshed with something close to the inaugural set would be darn near perfect for Tampa Bay. Change the blue to electric blue for good measure, while you're at it, and they'd never have to change again.
  11. I'd completely forgotten Muresan played for the Nets. Now that my memory's been jogged, I remember him in New Jersey in video games I played as a kid. I guess that just slipped out over the years. Also, I really miss those uniforms. A lot.
  12. You know, that's really not a bad look at all. I still prefer the purple mask personally, but I think white works, at least with that set.
  13. Maybe a bit of a stretch, but Joe Mauer in this particular uniform (as well as playing at first) is a little weird. I think I'll always think of him in pinstripes first (both home and road).
  14. Yeah, I always thought that was a little strange as well. I've always wondered why they didn't go with it on the roads either, maybe because of the wordmark being double outlined rather than single (like the homes), they thought it would've been a little cluttering? That's all I can think of (though personally it wouldn't have bothered me). Either way though, the whole set still looked really great.
  15. I'm not sure I could tell you why, but I think the 90's red-clad Rangers might be my favorite look the Rangers have ever had: And it still looked great when they wore them as throwbacks: I did see one concept though once which basically took the 90's uniform and replaced the arched wordmark with the Ryan Era script (colored red outlined in blue). If that ever hit the field, THAT would be my new Rangers favorite.
  16. I completely agree with you, I too loved the fiesta colors and court. It's weird; the way the Spurs worked it in was very unorthodox, using it all on everything but the uniforms and normally that disconnect would be jarring coming from any other identity. Yet somehow, it just looked great and, to me personally at least, worked - even if it probably shouldn't have. I still wish they had the fiesta stuff again in some capacity.
  17. That's also my favorite Chargers uniform as well. The bolt always looked better against a darker background to me. Also, the powder blue just never did anything for me and I've never liked two bright colors primarily together like powder and gold (same reason I've never liked the Nuggets sets over the last decade). I liked the royal blue Fouts sets a lot, and would be more than fine with something along those lines, but for me the 90's Chargers always looked best.
  18. I've always been a huge fan of that Bengals full-body logo. It's still my favorite logo they've ever had. That or the Bengal head logo should still be the primary. I also really liked the Jaguars one on the uniform sleeves. I don't think I'd have minded the Panthers one being used in the same manner.
  19. But they should be in real vests (like in the old photos), not regular jerseys sans sleeves. I agree with you totally. Vests like what the Pirates and Reds wore back in the 50's and 60's were exceptionally sharp.
  20. Though I really actually like the idea behind what the Reds have now, I feel they are one of two teams (the other being the Pirates) that should always be in vests. I also like them a little better with black trim rather than sans black. Thus, I feel that this: and this (specifically with the red cap and undershirt, not the black): ...were the the two best uniforms Cincinnati's ever had. Though if they were to take the currents and make them vests with red undershirts, I think that just might take the cake for me.
  21. Eddie Matthews as an Atlanta Brave was also very strange.But is it as strange as Mathews with the Tigers, though? Side note: as I was looking for that, I didn't realize he was actually with the Tigers a bit longer than he was with the Astros. I guess the Astros always looked less strange than Detroit because he hit his 500th homer as an Astro.
  22. I feel like with the Utah series, the location wouldn't be much of a problem. The Florida State League consists of teams basically from Tampa south. Northern teams like Jacksonville and Pensacola are in the far north, and they're in the Southern League, which makes more sense geographically. If you have teams in, say, the 8 most populous cities, mostly centered around SLC, then it woldn't be a bad thing.Thanks for the advice man! I think you're right, your Florida examples put it in real good perspective for me. And come to think of it, it would make more sense for teams from Provo all the way to Logan to be in a separate league than Cedar City/St. George (they'd be a much better fit in an Arizona/Nevada-ish league). I appreciate it man!
  23. I've tried to draft out an independent baseball league based in Utah (inspired by Mockba's awesome League du Nord soccer series, the league he made for Minnesota), the issue I'm running into though is that nearly all of the larger populated cities are in the north, but there are two cities worthy of having a team in the south (St. George and Cedar City). So that's left me trying to figure out which small towns I can award a team to in order to balance the league map out. It's proving to be more difficult than I thought. Another idea I had was kind of an alternate history based off of Welsh/British Baseball, basically what if the rules and style of play of that version were brought to America early on instead of what we know to be baseball today.
  24. What Utah logo is this?? it looks soo much like Cleveland Indians. Utah Utes?? Yep, I'm 99% certain that's the Utes. Not sure when it was used though. Anyways, fantastic work, ren! I really admire your stuff. As a fan of classic logos myself, it's a thrill to see a lot of these updated. You definitely have a fan and follower here!
  25. I'm with you there. I like looking at a league or even a division, and seeing balance between design of old and design of now. It's one of the things that intrigues me most about design in sports; it's truly a neat thing that, save a few exceptions, two opposites don't collide, but rather mesh. Seeing an old man in hiked up dress pants and overalls walking with a guy in American Eagle stuff and sunglasses can be a bit of a strange sight and not really fit together, yet a Mariners/Tigers game just looks awesome sometimes. Sports design as a whole is awesome for that reason.
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