MLB changes 2018?

[SFGiants58 7,001]

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.

[Ice_Cap 13,168]

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. 

[DC in Da House w/o a Doubt 2,592]

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.

 

[SilverBullet1929 2,492]

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.

[SilverBullet1929 2,492]

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.

[DiePerske 978]

I love the de material. Wouldn't mind at all if the game caps were made of it. 

[Gothamite 14,699]

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.

[mjd77 998]

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.

 

[the admiral 18,240]

It needs to be the white elephant logo that already exists. Just a plain elephant silhouette is too Republican.

[Ark 1,675]

This is an updated version of a logo that already exists

 

[OaklandIsBack 238]

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)

[monkeypower 1,721]

Maybe bring back this one? Only semi-kidding.

 

 

 

(Though I think this was more Spring Training, but it could still work)

[Gothamite 14,699]

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. 

[msu 253]

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:

 

 

 

[(probably)notabandwagonfan 199]

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.

[insert name 3,688]

Elephant needs to be yellow. 

[Gothamite 14,699]

1 hour ago, insert name said:

Elephant needs to be yellow. 

 

Then it wouldn’t be a white elephant. 

[joey joe joe jr. shabadoo 554]

1 hour ago, insert name said:

Elephant needs to be yellow. 

 

According to baseball lore it has to be a white elephant

[insert name 3,688]

That's dumb. Make the Elephant yellow. 

[joey joe joe jr. shabadoo 554]

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