TrueYankee26 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Who else knew the Red Sox used two different "B" logos There's this one which they currently use: And then there is a slightly similar one which is slimmer and the red brighter trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1912 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 There have been a lot more than that over the years. Here are some examples: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Every time they switched manufacturers, they got a slightly different version of the logo. We saw this with the Brooklyn Dodgers, too. Hell, there was even a point in the 1950s when the Dodgers and Red Sox both ordered their caps from McAuliffe in Boston, who sent them both the same logo. Seems kind of funny now, in this age of digital standardized files, but back in the day teams and manufacturers were all “eh, good enough.” The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 The Mets also changed their “official” cap logo in the 1990s, dropping the wider (and better) version for one that looks too skinny to my eye. Not to mention that the Mets used all different kinds of that monogram in different places. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Not going to quote big wall of picture, but in some of those Dodgers hats that @Gothamite posted the B looks more like a 1 and a 8 smashed together than a proper B. Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 17 minutes ago, _J_ said: Not going to quote big wall of picture, but in some of those Dodgers hats that @Gothamite posted the B looks more like a 1 and a 8 smashed together than a proper B. Some of them are more effective than others. I'm still just kind of surprised that the club would let manufacturers dictate the cap logo. Guess that's what happens when you're not actually selling them, and most fans will only ever see them from a distance. "White B on dark royal blue" and that's good enough, or in the case of the Red Sox "Red and white B on navy and call it a day". Then there are the deliberate 90s changes the Mets and Red Sox made, and honestly I think both of those were varying degrees of downgrades. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gothamite said: Some of them are more effective than others. I'm still just kind of surprised that the club would let manufacturers dictate the cap logo. Guess that's what happens when you're not actually selling them, and most fans will only ever see them from a distance. "White B on dark royal blue" and that's good enough, or in the case of the Red Sox "Red and white B on navy and call it a day". Then there are the deliberate 90s changes the Mets and Red Sox made, and honestly I think both of those were varying degrees of downgrades. While true, we aren't so far removed from that world now. Teams are still(and I'm looking at Nike/NFL mostly here) allowing manufacturers to dictate colors/materials(see no shiny in the NFL/NHL)/ striping patterns (see the Majestic cuts in MLB) even today. Logos have been standardized, but the manufacturer still has significant influence over the way a team looks. Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Can't argue with you there. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 2 hours ago, _J_ said: Not going to quote big wall of picture, but in some of those Dodgers hats that @Gothamite posted the B looks more like a 1 and a 8 smashed together than a proper B. That's exactly what I thought it looked like "I8" trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 22 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said: That's exactly what I thought it looked like "I8" 22 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said: That's exactly what I thought it looked like "I8" Was just about to make a stupid "Boston 18s" comment lol PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben in LA Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Let’s not even bring up Detroit’s D lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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