SFGiants58 14,212 Posted August 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, joey joe joe jr. shabadoo said: Agreed. I can see that. This is something Manfred may have handled personally with where he stands on it Thome said it’s what he wanted. I’ll take his word that he didn’t want the vocal anti-Wahoo crowd on his case. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IceCap 22,324 Posted August 14, 2018 46 minutes ago, joey joe joe jr. shabadoo said: Agreed. I can see that. This is something Manfred may have handled personally with where he stands on it As @Gothamite pointed out the Hall is independent of MLB. Manfred can’t force them to do anything. So I think you’re just going to have to accept that Thome didn’t want to go in wearing a Wahoo cap. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt 3,647 Posted August 14, 2018 This news is for 2019 but ehhh close enough Would like to see the other options. Would also like to have this job. EDIT: someone beat me to it on the previous page, my bad. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverBullet1929 3,230 Posted August 14, 2018 12 hours ago, Gothamite said: The Hall of Fame has the final say, not MLB. The museum is independent from the league. Ah yes, that's what I meant. I knew they were separate but don't know why I grouped them together. I meant the governing body of the Hall and I think I just said MLB out of laziness without realizing what a huge difference it actually is. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverBullet1929 3,230 Posted August 14, 2018 That A's cap is interesting. Not in love with it but it's unique. I actually question if the elephant is recognizable enough to a non baseball fan who doesn't understand that the A's are loosely represented by an elephant. The shape is a bit of a blob at a glance I'm someone who absolutely knows it's an elephant. And 1000% yes to returning to diamond era. This year's material was absolutely a step backwards. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_J_ 2,057 Posted August 14, 2018 I love the de material. Wouldn't mind at all if the game caps were made of it. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 24,103 Posted August 14, 2018 49 minutes ago, SilverBullet1929 said: I actually question if the elephant is recognizable enough to a non baseball fan who doesn't understand that the A's are loosely represented by an elephant. The shape is a bit of a blob at a glance I'm someone who absolutely knows it's an elephant. I think it’s a reference to the 1910s It’s the kind of thing you can get away with on a BP cap. Wouldn’t want to see it on an actual game cap (other than TBTC), but so long as BP caps are a thing that’s a place to experiment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjd77 1,540 Posted August 15, 2018 18 hours ago, Aznkid25 said: This photo was posted by the Oakland A’s COO earlier today: Looks like New Era & MLB will be going back to the Diamond Era material for the BP hats in 2019. Source: https://twitter.com/chrisgiles01/status/1029129528050737152 Still no kelly green full time I see. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the admiral 28,759 Posted August 15, 2018 It needs to be the white elephant logo that already exists. Just a plain elephant silhouette is too Republican. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ark 2,825 Posted August 15, 2018 This is an updated version of a logo that already exists 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OaklandIsBack 336 Posted August 15, 2018 I like it, don't love it. The elephant logo BP hat from 3-4ish years ago was a huge hit, saw tons of them at games. The really should just bring that back (without the stupid outlines) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkeypower 3,018 Posted August 15, 2018 Maybe bring back this one? Only semi-kidding. (Though I think this was more Spring Training, but it could still work) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 24,103 Posted August 15, 2018 7 hours ago, the admiral said: It needs to be the white elephant logo that already exists. Just a plain elephant silhouette is too Republican. Not in green and white, it isn’t. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msu 269 Posted August 15, 2018 I'd like to see that A's elephant cap with an eye like the old logo had. I feel like it's too much of a blob without one. Even a small dot like the Bills throwback logo would work: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
(probably)notabandwagonfan 216 Posted August 15, 2018 16 hours ago, monkeypower said: Dang, Chris Pratt looks so much like a major leaguer in Spring Training I had to doublecheck to make sure it wasn’t actually Hatteberg. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insert name 5,048 Posted August 16, 2018 Elephant needs to be yellow. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 24,103 Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, insert name said: Elephant needs to be yellow. Then it wouldn’t be a white elephant. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joey joe joe jr. shabadoo 749 Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, insert name said: Elephant needs to be yellow. According to baseball lore it has to be a white elephant 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insert name 5,048 Posted August 16, 2018 That's dumb. Make the Elephant yellow. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joey joe joe jr. shabadoo 749 Posted August 16, 2018 1 minute ago, insert name said: That's dumb. Make the Elephant yellow. If it's yellow then there's no point to having the elephant in the first place 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
