MilSox

8 hours ago, Sodboy13 said:

 

I'm at a Kane County Cougars game right now, and they're beating the Dockhounds 10-0 in the top of the 4th. Their players are almost entirely not American Association caliber, and the uniforms feature whatever gray pants they could get on the cheap. Some have piping, some don't and some are MLB surplus. I stand by my statement.

I wouldn't normally root for any lower level ballclub to fail. But given how engrained it is in the culture of Waukesha County to wish failure upon all things Milwaukee, I'm 100% hate watching the Dockhounds.

Also, since you asked what's gonna happen in two years... probably the Northwoods League.

On 5/27/2022 at 10:13 AM, Wildcomet said:

 

Before doing the People's Flag inspired interior I actually did experiment with a full cream brick interior and trying to put something over it, but the iterations I tried were feeling too busy. If what I came up with isn't working (I thought it is, but that's why we share designs to see if others agree haha) I may give it another try. Something I hadn't tried yet was a CC monogram; I'll give that some thought. I'm also giving some thought into possible uniforms based on what I have so far so I may have some of those to share soon too.

100 percent. Sorry if I'm coming off as too critical, but I feel like there's a pretty good chance that Cream City is actually gonna be what the team is called. I feel like you have the elements of something good here. But I'd kove to see you come up with something the entire city can rally around.

I've gotta be honest... I probably wouldn't have gotten the nod to the people's flag had you not pointed it out. 

But I was thinking, what if you filled the entire roundel wth cream (and only cream) bricks to serve as the background for a cool CC monogram?

7 hours ago, adsarebad said:

right, but tobacco is bad :censored:, worse that alcohol (maybe)  i don't think MLB would approve it on a CC jersey.

 

Wouldn't it be awkward if there were a team named after the beer industry........

I've never heard that before... hilarious. But the only appropriate name for a Chicago-Milwaukee state is Hiawatha.

10 hours ago, gosioux76 said:

 

I agree on this that, at first glance, they're unnecessary. My first instinct was that these were designed primarily because of an upcoming City Edition design. But then some of you smartly pointed out that the SATX could be an amalgam of San Antonio and Austin, rather than the standard airport code abbreviation elsewhere. 

 

Now it all makes a lot more sense. New secondary marks on their own might be unnecessary, but knowing they're likely part of a brand extension designed to make a claim to the Austin market makes a lot more sense. 

 

The Austin metro area already nearly rivals the size of the San Antonio metro area in terms of population, and since it's likely to keep growing at a rapid pace, the physical dividing lines between the two will continue to edge closer. It's not unreasonable to think that, one day in the near future, it could evolve into some form of joint MSA -- maybe not exactly like Dallas-Ft. Worth due to the greater distance between them, but for marketing purposes, something treated as a single media market. 

 

So how's this for a nutty prediction: Within 10 years, we won't have the San Antonio Spurs anymore. We'll have the Texas Spurs. 

That's exactly what happened with Chicago and Milwaukee. 90 miles apart and their suburbs overlap in Kenosha County. 

But please no on the Texas Spurs. I still don't like that the San Francisco Warriors aren't called as such.

7 hours ago, JTernup said:

These are all so great! Loving the entire series. My only complaint would be that you've used state outlines on several states but they all look nice on their own.

 

I know the idea of this isn't to compliment current plates but these look EXCELLENT together. I think a place like Nevada could really benefit from having two primary plates that touch on the various identities of the state. Others that come to mind would be Illinois having a Chicago style plate and a farming/ag plate. 

I love this idea for Wisconsin too.

Wisconsin people hate when I point it out, but Wisconsin and Illinois are basically the same state. Big city on Lake Michigan. A few university towns. Prarie/farmland/northwoods everywhere else.

And everyone loves Mars Cheese Castle.

On 5/18/2022 at 11:33 AM, GDAWG said:

I wonder if this means that the Angels will look elsewhere in the Greater Los Angeles area for a stadium?

I did like the idea of them playing in Long Beach. 

I could definitely see those alts working.

I definitely don't hate this set. I actually kind of like it. But I think what they have now is a modern classic and I'd rather they not muddy the waters.

I can appreciate the references to beer kegs and the museum, but neither of them are obvious to me in the way you excecuted them.

It seems to me that if you're gonna go all in on Cream City that some sort of brick pattern should be incorporated.

1 hour ago, Dilbert said:

If I remember reading right are the owners of Forward Madison involved in this? I think they are also involved in a new venue/theaters on the Bradley Center site. I think Milwaukee would be a good fit for USL Championship. Louisville, Indy and a future team in the works in Des Moines will be great rivals.

So... as far as I know, the Bradley Center site is gonna be a totally different venue owned by live nation (:barf:). The soccer stadium is going to have its own venue attached. 

Either I haven't heard or overlooked Forward Madison's involvement, but good if that's correct because they have a great track record and I doubt they'd want a Milwaukee team competing directly with them. I know they at least have a good relationship with the USL2 GB Voyageurs, if they're not part of the ownership there.

It'll be interesting to see if a rivalry between Milwaukee and any of those cities does take off because Milwaukee's traditional rivals are Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and occasionally Detroit. 

On 5/15/2022 at 9:23 PM, Dynasty said:

Is there a reason as to why their mascot is a wolf?  A Rambler is someone out in country, is it not?

A rambler is basically the same as a nomad or a wanderer. A lot of college teams that lacked permanent home venues back in the day were nicknamed Ramblers.

Guessing the wolf was chosen by a combination of Loyola being a Jesuit university (wolves are an important Jesuit symbol) and wolves being a "rambling" animal.

An 8000 seat soccer venue is being built in Downtown Milwaukee.

For whatever reason, the site isn't letting me post links, but it'll be on 6th & Michigan. It'll host men's and women's soccer for Marquette and claims the pro team will represent "the highest caliber of professional soccer played in Wisconsin."

Right now, that would be Forward Madison in USL One. Which would imply that the Milwaukee club will be in the USL Championship. Although a rivalry between Milwaukee and Madison at the USL One level is intriguing to me. 

Guessing we're getting a powder blue uniform with that Brew Crew script on it. As much as I'd much rather they just modernize the 1982 roads (like they did for years with the home version before the current rebrand), I'm more than okay with this and have no doubt they'll sell a lot of those jerseys to fans.

That would automatically become the Brewers top selling jersey... guaranteed.

I really thought you were gonna swap the Brewers with the Twins. Using barley stalks in place of the feather is damned clever and everything else looks exactly as it should.

11 hours ago, gosioux76 said:

Which trend are you speaking of? The 1970s sansabelt polyester pullover era or the more recent modern embrace/reintroduction of powder blue? At this point, because the Cardinals are one of the teams that switched to powder blue road uniforms so effectively in the '70s, I don't feel that the color is at all misplaced within their brand. 

 

Now, I might have thought differently when it was introduced in the '70s, but as of today it feels natural. 

I was referring to the original powder blue trend, which I don't think the Cardinals should have ever been a part of. Although you're right... they did stay close enough to the confines of their original look that it didn't look as bad as, say, the Cubs powder blues or absolutely anything the Braves wore between the Hank 714 unis and their current look.

3 hours ago, adsarebad said:

powder blue does not work for all teams, but i think it does for St. Louis, and i didn't think it would!

 

Light blue and red does not sound nice together,  but the red birds on the blue jersey does look nice.

Perhaps that is because that is how you like to see birds, on a light blue sky background!?

Of all the teams that hopped on the powder blue trend that shouldn't have, the Cardinals were the most egregious. It wasn't a bad look per se, but I feel like the original 8 in each league should be held to traditional uniform standards the most. Of all the original clubs that went powder blue, the Cardinals had the most history. 

On 5/16/2022 at 7:52 PM, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Any team can wear black and gold. Vice colors are unique to Miami. They look weird in any other city.

Las Vegas?

Southern Illinois is a good fit too, and one of my favorite mascots.

But yea... Ohio doesn't need any more MAC schools and NKU is literally on the border, just outside of Cincinnati.

Your Yomuri Giants are a homerun.

I also like your White Sox. The other two are strong enough on their own without the white uni.

The uniforms look great. But Milwaukee would be a better fit for the MAC. Between Kent State and Akron, NE Ohio is already well represented. Milwaukee would expand their footprint into another state and give NIU their closest conference rival... one that they regularly play in other sports as it is.

8 minutes ago, coco1997 said:

Not thumbing down your work, but..... :barf:

4 hours ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

I'm not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I don't understand the desire to have teams with no powder blue in their colour scheme to dress in head to toe powder blue on the road. It was a gimmick for networks to show off their new colour broadcasts in the '70s.

 

If the Rays want to do it, that's fine, since it is one of their colours, but it doesn't make sense for royal and/or navy blue teams. The Blue Jays grey uniforms might be my favourite in the set.

I'm normally a fan of powder blue, but I'm meh on Toronto's current uni. I won't say they shouldn't wear powder blue when they were around for over a decade before even having a gray uniform, but they really came of age as a franchise after the Skydome and the World Series titles. So gray is what I free associate them with.

But the Brewers had what might have been the longest run with powder blue in all of MLB. They played their first 15 seasons before finally switching to gray. Even back then, I felt like they lost part of their identity when they did, even if their colors do look good with gray.

Skip ahead to 1:16 to see what I mean. This commercial is from right around when they switched (1985 or so) and it contains video of them wearing powder blue and gray. To me they just look more dynamic in powder blue. 

You should make the script and numbers white on the teal jersey. Navy isn't very legible.