Gothamite

And can we talk about the silliness of "since 1888"?

Not a big fan - what's not too boring is too cutesie.

Like the Davy Crockett jalapeño pepper mascot costume, though.

You think?

I rather like the look they have now. We'll see what they come up with.

Did they finally fix the Yankees' original circle/top hat logo?

This is what they deem official from 1946-1980:

In 1968, this one became an alternate primary mark, and then became the official primary in 1981:

Well, that's closer, at least.

I wonder why they had two versions of the same logo for thirteen years? Was it a question of phasing out the old one but not replacing it where it was used in signage, etc? Or was the new one used for print applications where the simplified nature helped lower costs?

Yikes. You'd think for an extra half-million bucks, they'd be able to swing a little overtime for the construction crew. Or would at least have given themselves enough time.

Those bastards!

Yep...them and the 1901-1902 Orioles. Didn't do those. Everything else yes. (Except for the scattered trademark issues.)

Did they finally fix the Yankees' original circle/top hat logo?

Those bastards!

The MLB fixed all of those Brooklyn cap marks...will post soon.

That is fantastic to hear.

I did some consulting for the Dodgers on their logo history a few years, following a pair of articles I wrote for Uni Watch on the subject. Was so glad that they finally wanted to get it right.

Ew. No thanks. I love their classic road wordmark.

I would never second-guess anyone's reason for choosing a team, but I cannot follow a team I don't have a geographical connection with.

Milwaukee Brewers: I grew up shuttling back and forth between Milwaukee and New York, seeing games at County Stadium and Yankee Stadium. I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Yanks, but the Brewers will always be my team. Even if they seem determined to wear those stupid uniforms.

Green Bay Packers: Even though they were terrible when I was a kid.

Arsenal: My wife's old neighborhood in London. One of my favorites as well. If I'm ever lucky enough to live in England, it'll be somewhere near to Ashburton Grove.

New York City FC: My new great love. My hometown club. I started getting interested in MLS a couple years ago, and tried to adopt a couple clubs. Since New York didn't have a local club, I looked around the league. The Union, because I love what the Sons of Ben have done, or the Timbers because I went to school in Oregon. But neither of them felt organic; it was too forced. I had no real connection. But then NYC finally got a club, and I've been rabid ever since.

I don't have any college teams anymore, as I find the whole system abhorrent. I also don't have an NHL team; Milwaukee didn't have one, and the Dolans are such scumbags that I wouldn't think of supporting the Rangers even though I lived within walking distance of Madison Square Garden for almost a decade. I suppose with the Islanders moving to Brooklyn, I could start with them, but I'm not sure that there's any room in my life after the Brewers, Packers and City.

Yes, Chivas USA has officially ceased operations.

Wow. That's really bizarre, a green field literally in the middle of nowhere.

Ah, that's good to hear.

But all the companies (including New Era) are still using the old file. How old, if you don't mind my asking?

Man, that still pisses me off.

At some point, when they were putting together the illustrator files, they accidentally made the glove's webbing transparent, not white. It shouldn't pick up the color of the background, but does now in every application except the alternate uniform. Bugs me.

I did some more research...as you said - it IS a mistake, and one that happens when one removes the 'TM' designation from the graphic. Like I did (!). Has to do with a compound path issue...long story, but this one's correct:

Hey - I was right! Thanks!

Now to let somebody at MLB Properties know...

Reflection off the stitches, maybe. Or bad reproduction. But definitely never white.

There was a small variation between the official logo and the cap logo in the late 70s/early 80s: the gold lines between the fingers were totally straight:

The official logo always had lines that curved in at the bottom:

Don't know the reason for the discrepancy.

Purple? Could be the photo, could be your settings. Could be that the bill has faded in the light. The Brewers have always been True Blue.

The Bucs current jerseys are still missing.

Yeah, but that's a courtesy, not an oversight.

I don't know what you're seeing, but the only white in the logo is the ball and the webbing. The space between the fingers is, and has always been, gold. Here's an early 1980s gamer:

No, the keyline doesn't bother me. They've always let that recede against the background.

But the glove's webbing, between the thumb and first finger, that's supposed to be white.

New Era, ironically, is now the only one who gets it right. I suspect when MLB'd creative team made the official vector file, they left that transparent. So now everywhere you see it (except for the alternate on-field uniform), it picks up the background color.

Such a little mistake, but bothers the hell out of me.

Man, that still pisses me off.

At some point, when they were putting together the illustrator files, they accidentally made the glove's webbing transparent, not white. It shouldn't pick up the color of the background, but does now in every application except the alternate uniform. Bugs me.

Downgrade. The old italic text matched the angle of the 1. The new one is all kinds of mismatch.

And that outline? Sometimes rounded, sometimes sharp. Always ugly.

Most batters are right-handed, so patches on the left sleeve have greater prominence.

Is that really a gradient on the numbers?

Oh, I'm not blaming you in the least.

Odd, though, since you mention it - easier to fix kerning on hand-drawn logos.

Indeed. What a mess,

Which is itself a wonderful thing.

But man, the kerning issues on that graphic are killing me.