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And to finish up this set, the final two alternate uniforms for Oklahoma City. The 'Oklahoma' uniform. The pants are Oklahoma clay, the jersey fades into the sky blue used on the state flag. The front of the jersey features 'Oklahoma City' in full rather than OKC. The cap is the same as the standard home but with an orange button. The second alternate is... I couldn't come up with an interesting name for it. It's just blue, navy blue. I'm working on the next city already, I'll post the whole 5 uniform set when it's done.

Surprise, I'm still alive. At long lost, an update to this series. The Heritage uniform for OKC is a replica of the 1983 89ers uniforms worn by the AAA team currently in OKC (who has also happened to switch back to the 89ers aesthetic themselves since my last post).

I just want the green back, man.

I wasn't interested in naming a team after something that regularly harms the people of Oklahoma. It feels insensitive to me.

So slight change of plans, I've been busying on the job hunt while also still working. I graduate from OSU next month so I've been doing interviews and all that fun stuff. Actually just got rejected by the State of Oklahoma yesterday (ironic). But for some backstory as to why I chose OKC: I was born here, moved away as a baby to Florida. Spent every summer growing up in the area, I love the state itself. It's just so naturally beautiful to me, seeing as I grew up in the swamp in south Florida... Anyways, I'm only posting the home and road sets today. Why the 89ers? Well, if you're familiar with the state, and OKC specifically, you'd know just how important 1889 was to the area. The federal government opened up central Oklahoma (The Unassigned Lands) to settlers on April 22nd, 1889 at Noon. By sunset most of the cities in central Oklahoma had been founded, including OKC. The current OKC Dodgers started in 1962 as the 89ers and stayed that way until 1997. The other names used by previous teams are or were already used in MLB (Mets, Senators, Indians) or are just plain bad names (Boosters). 89ers was the obvious choice for me. Home: I wasn't intending on this being so similar to the Thunder color scheme, it just kind of happened that way. The blue comes from the Oklahoma flag, the orange represents the clay soil throughout Oklahoma. And you can't have an Oklahoma based team without using the state of Oklahoma as a logo in some fashion. And of course Johnny Bench is the individual on the back of the jersey, easily the most famous of OKC's long history of producing MLB superstars. Road: I went with a light blue base for the road uniforms, rather than grey. It just looked better in my opinion. I also made the blue a darker shade of blue to compensate and because honestly it just looks good this way. Oklahoma City felt like too much to put on the uniform, plus everyone just calls it OKC anyways. The cap also features an 89ers emblem, rather than OKC, as a nod to the original 89ers who did the same for many decades. The rest of the set will come eventually, I'm just pretty busy atm.

The next team on the list is the only one I had ever planned on making. A city and state very near and dear to my heart. Primary logo today, full set by Friday night. There was only one name even considered for this one. The Oklahoma City 89ers

And now for the San Antonio Monarchs... The main logo posted above features the cap logo inside of the shape (idk what it's called) that is used by the City of San Antonio, which is inspired by the Spanish. The cap logo and jersey script are inspired (the cap is just a replica plus a crown) of the 1950-60s San Antonio Missions. The secondary logo on the sleeve is a stylized Monarch that I drew with a baseball bat for a thorax and a crown on its head. The road uniforms feature the colors of Fiesta, an annual festival in San Antonio to celebrate the Tejano and Hispanic heritage of the region. The block San Antonio is inspired by the original San Antonio baseball teams of the late 19th century. The alternate road uniforms feature a black jersey with a script San Antonio and fiesta color gradient outline. The cap uses the script M from the Monarchs wordmark, also with the fiesta colors. The city connect leans even further into the Fiesta colors and symbolism. The fonts used are inspired by the various fonts used for Fiesta graphics, in fiesta colors. It also uses the Spanish name, Monarcas, rather than Monarchs. The primary logo in this case is the Monarch. The Heritage uniforms are replicas of the 1939 San Antonio Missions uniforms, the Texas League affiliate of the St. Louis Browns.

I love the colors that the Spurs use so I tried to emulate it in some way (while also trying to not look like the White Sox). San Antonio is such an underrated city. I’ve spent a lot of time there since I have family down there and I love it every time I go.

I'm not *that* ambitious...

Coming Soon... The Monarchs

The LA hat and NM uniforms are just phenomenal.

Dude, you're a legend

Having a hard time coming up with a name for my San Antonio team. Missions is the obvious choice but every San Antonio MLB expansion I see ends up using the Missions name. I’m leaning towards Vaqueros but I’m not sure if that would be insensitive or not. Then of course there’s always the Armadillos or Coyotes.

So... I got pretty bored a while back and decided to make some MLB Expansion team stuff, starting with Omaha, Nebraska. It took me a while to come up with a name for the team but I eventually settled on the Pronghorns. The Pronghorn is found exclusively in North America, mostly in the upper plains. Presently, there are roughly 6,000 pronghorn in the state of Nebraska.1 While not the official state mammal in Nebraska, it is a prominent figure historically. Lewis and Clark first encountered pronghorns in present-day Nebraska, remarking "Of all the animals we have seen the [Pronghorn] seems to possess the most wonderful fleetness. Shy and timorous they generally repose only on the ridges, which command a view of all the approaches of an enemy..."2 It is also the fastest land animal in the Western Hemisphere, capable of speeds exceeding 55mph. The Team: The primary logo is, of course, a stylized Pronghorn in three colors. The brown and cream come from the Pronghorn itself, and the red is an alteration of the Nebraska Cornhuskers red. On the right sleeve of each jersey is a simplified Nebraska, with a star overlaid to represent the city of Omaha. On the left sleeve is the Pronghorn. The cap logo varies by uniform. Each uniform is solid, with striping on the sleeves and collar in alternate colors. Primary Home - The 'Horns: I opted to use cream rather than white for the base to lean more into the natural color of a Pronghorn. I decided to use the nickname 'Horns in brown lettering in place of Pronghorns on these jerseys because it just looked right. The player number is in red on the front, located below and on the left lower abdomen. The cap logo for the home jersey is a stylized 'O' with the silhouetted pronghorns protruding from each side. I opted for a brown cap with red bill because I'm a sucker for two toned caps. The batting helmet follows the same design. Primary Away - Omaha: The standard road jerseys for Omaha are a basic grey, with Omaha on the chest. With the exception of the sleeve Nebraska logo and rear nameplate colors being altered, they are the same as the home jerseys. The cap is also the same, but the batting helmet is all brown, rather than having a red brim. City Connect - Omaha: I'm not super familiar with the city of Omaha or it's history, so I went with something simple. As opposed to the standard Omaha lettering, the chest wordmark is taken instead from the Omaha World-Herald. The Omaha World-Herald is the oldest newspaper in the state, founded in 1885. It was also the last newspaper in the world to print separate morning and evening editions.3 The cap logo for this has also been changed to the Old English O to match the Omaha wordmark. Sunday Home - Omaha Pronghorns: As with most MLB teams, the 'Horns would have a separate uniform for Sunday home games using a red jersey as an homage to Nebraskans. The cap would use the simplified Nebraska logo with a brown cap and red brim. Rather than a script or wordmark on the chest, it is split. The right chest has the player's number while the left has an alternate logo of the home and away cap logo, an OP with the silhouetted horns protruding from the O. Alternate Away - Script Pronghorns: The alternate road uniforms again use the alternate OP logo from before, on the cap this time. Rather than have another jersey that just says Omaha, I opted to use a cursive script for this one. I also decided to use the full Pronghorns name on this one, making it unique. Sources 1. https://biggameconservationassociation.com/big-game-species/pronghorn-antelope/#:~:text=By 1974 there were about,is estimated at about 6%2C000. 2. Guthrie, W.; Ferguson, J. (1815). A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, USA: Johnson & Warner. p. 308. 3. Jordon, Steve. "On the day of our last afternoon edition, we recall the glory days of the decades-ago 'green sheet,' or Wall Street Edition". Omaha.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.

Finally decided to catch up on this thread and.... ho boy y'all do not let people have their own opinions sometimes.