Lee. Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Because even more than artists, Brandiose are excellent salesmen. Hucksters, if you will. They do such a good job at selling their hackneyed designs that I don't think the teams know what hit them afterwards. It's like showing up to buy a pre-owned, grey 2007 Corolla and leaving the lot with a hot pink 2016 Hummer H2. Somewhere along the line, someone with a gift for gab convinced you that what you wanted wasn't really what you wanted, and that you needed something else. That's where they truly excel. 1 Quote Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 If you want to call huckster, Brandiose is like the guy who started Cave of The Winds in Colorado. The caves themselves are nifty but this guy brought in embellished guided tours, opera singers and even a mummified body. It's a lot of flashy hokum that brings in a lot of business. Is the place good enough on it's own? No doubt. Does it make way more money by embracing silliness. absolutely. I mean, the gift shop actually sells ManBearPig shirts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mojo Maniac Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 The Tacoma Rainiers, Seattle Mariners triple-A affiliate, have made an (unexpected?) uniform change.The full rundown here: http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20150306&content_id=111556470&fext=.jsp&sid=t529&vkey=Solid choice to go with the "R," it's been an iconic mark for quite sometime, despite it being pretty much limited to the "Rainiers" wordmark for most of the past.The red alternate top is gorgeous, the road jersey is meh, and the BP hat is a head-scratcher. I like the idea there, but hate how big and awkward it looks in the picture of the hat itself in the team store online.Edit: And what's this with two different number fonts? Quote From San Berdoo to Kalamazoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I liked the teal and navy better for them, but I LOVE that they paid homage to those classic rainouts (woah, it autocorrected Rainiers to that. I'm gonna keep it because it's fitting for that area) team with the red set. Definitely better than the boring set they used to use. Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodsep Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The Tacoma Rainiers, Seattle Mariners triple-A affiliate, have made an (unexpected?) uniform change.The full rundown here: http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20150306&content_id=111556470&fext=.jsp&sid=t529&vkey=Solid choice to go with the "R," it's been an iconic mark for quite sometime, despite it being pretty much limited to the "Rainiers" wordmark for most of the past.The red alternate top is gorgeous, the road jersey is meh, and the BP hat is a head-scratcher. I like the idea there, but hate how big and awkward it looks in the picture of the hat itself in the team store online.Edit: And what's this with two different number fonts? With the whole blue/red regular/alt unis they seem more like a Rangers minor league team than a Mariners team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjd77 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Edit: And what's this with two different number fonts? That's a real head scratcher. Or could it be that they are just representing it wrong on the pic of the grey road uni? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The Tacoma Rainiers, Seattle Mariners triple-A affiliate, have made an (unexpected?) uniform change.The full rundown here: http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20150306&content_id=111556470&fext=.jsp&sid=t529&vkey=Solid choice to go with the "R," it's been an iconic mark for quite sometime, despite it being pretty much limited to the "Rainiers" wordmark for most of the past.The red alternate top is gorgeous, the road jersey is meh, and the BP hat is a head-scratcher. I like the idea there, but hate how big and awkward it looks in the picture of the hat itself in the team store online.Edit: And what's this with two different number fonts? With the whole blue/red regular/alt unis they seem more like a Rangers minor league team than a Mariners team.Best thing for them to do is look like a Rainiers team, rather than anything else. Quote Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mojo Maniac Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Looking like a Rangers team? It's red and navy, not red and royal.And as much as I loved the navy and teal Rainiers (beautiful), not every minor league team has to look like its parent club. Having been to Cheney Stadium multiple times, the Rainiers are a club very much in tune with their past, and the red is a great symbol of that. The move to the "R" as the primary cap logo was the icing on the cake because, as the club confirmed, it was much more popular among the fans than the TR-compass logo or the T-mountain logo.Side note: if anything made this team look like a Rangers affiliate, it was the previous road cap:Yes, it's navy and not royal, but whenever I saw that red-outlined white "T," the Rangers always came to mind, without fail. Quote From San Berdoo to Kalamazoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB06 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Edit: And what's this with two different number fonts? That's a real head scratcher. Or could it be that they are just representing it wrong on the pic of the grey road uni?It's a mock-up. I'd expect everything to match once these actually hit the field. Quote Sodboy13 said: As you watch more basketball, you will learn to appreciate the difference between "defense" and "couldn't find the rim with a pair of bloodhounds and a Garmin." meet the new page, not the same as the old page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The summer-collegiate Great West League, which is set to launch in 2016, has announced the addition of a team in Portland, Oregon. The team, to be based at an upgraded Walker Stadium in Lents Park on the city's east side, has launched a website featuring the obligatory "Name Your Team" contest. The candidate identities are...Portland PicklesPortland Red DogsPortland PliersPortland Mud HoundsPortland PixelsPortland PosseThe contest runs through April 10, 2015.http://portlandbaseballteam.pointstreaksites.com/view/portlandbaseballteam/home-page-822 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackerFan98 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'd like to see the Pickles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The Pickles would be a great name for a baseball team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panthers_2012 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 If the Pickles win, I want to see a swinging pickle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 "I never saw any place before where morality and huckleberries flourished as they do here. The huckleberries are in season, now. They are a new beverage to me. This is my first acquaintance with them, and certainly it is a pleasant one. They are excellent. I had always thought a huckleberry was something like a turnip. On the contrary, they are no larger than buckshot. They are better than buckshot, though, and more digestible."- Mark Twain, on the occasion of his first visit to Hartford, Connecticut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mojo Maniac Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The summer-collegiate Great West League, which is set to launch in 2016, has announced the addition of a team in Portland, Oregon. The team, to be based at an upgraded Walker Stadium in Lents Park on the city's east side, has launched a website featuring the obligatory "Name Your Team" contest. The candidate identities are...Portland PicklesPortland Red DogsPortland PliersPortland Mud HoundsPortland PixelsPortland PosseThe contest runs through April 10, 2015.http://portlandbaseballteam.pointstreaksites.com/view/portlandbaseballteam/home-page-822Saw this moments ago. I eagerly clicked on the name-the-team and got ready to submit my own answer, but was quite angry to find several terrible predetermined options.I mean really...the Pliers? The Pickles? Pretty sure Portland is nothing close to Wild West either, so how does Posse make any sense? Someone is seriously going ga-ga over mindless alliteration. Quote From San Berdoo to Kalamazoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Pretty sure Portland is nothing close to Wild West either, so how does Posse make any sense?I don't know, this worked pretty well: 1 Quote The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Called the team...apparently, they did a pre-contest among some local folks, and these six names were the top entered, apparently (Also they didn't feel like paying however much Merritt Paulson would charge for them to be the Beavers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The list of possible names for Hartford's Double-A baseball team - currently playing as the New Britain Rock Cats - has been narrowed from 10 candidates to 5.Hartford HedgehogsHartford Praying MantisHartford River HogsHartford WhirlybirdsHartford Yard Goatshttp://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/hc-hartford-minor-league-team-names-0312-20150311-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I hope it's the Hedgehogs...nice, fun tie-in to the city's insurance history, plus the logo will be AMAZING!Also, the story of Huck Finn took place in Missouri, not Connecticut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 They're really committed to that Yard Goats thing, you can tell. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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