monkeypower Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 13 hours ago, the admiral said: I'm trying to figure out the logic to all this: they need a new name so that people will go to games and buy merchandise, but people don't want the new name and wouldn't buy the new merchandise, but also the team is still going to wear Snappers stuff for Sunday home games? Guy gave away the game when he said "well then you pay for it," he's just a small-timer who wants a toy to play with. The guy is also the owner of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for what that's worth, but it does come into play. He says that without this new stadium, the team wouldn't exist anymore, which would line up with Beloit being on the alleged list of MiLB cuts at the beginning but apparently not anymore. He said that the team is not leasing this new stadium from a landlord like the city or whoever, instead the team is on the hook for all the costs associated for the stadium (which is a roundabout way of saying the team owns the stadium?) so the re-branding is an effort to increase the merchandise revenue stream to add more money to the coffers. I think a lot of it is what Brandiose and other rebrandings have done to the MiLB where teams become like the Cowtown YeeHaw Buckaroos instead of the Calgary Cowboys. Yeah the local fans might not like it, but look at how many wacky hats they've sold to people on the internet and how much money they've made, so other owners take notice. There are still wacky teams and logos that have good branding but are restrained, like the Blue Wahoos, but most are trying to go to far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 As I alluded to, the Rock River Valley is one of the most ass-kicked regions in the entire Midwest and the rest of the country is going down the tubes too. Where the hell is $300,000 in hat and t-shirt sales coming from? irony posters who live in Northern Virginia? That's who's buying Beloit Polka Pike crap? That's really their business plan. Okay. 5 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSox Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Whatever market there could conceivably be for any of these names is already served by all the other goofy names in MiLB. I just came up with the name RiverRockers. Even if they were the Rock River RiverRockers, it's still more palatable than the crap they actually came up with. Also, to the point about the Moo being too close to Wisconsin's Udder Tuggers brand. Supper Clubbers is a reject of another recent rebrand (I want to say Green Bay). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 If the idea here is that team owners give Brandiose money so that Paul Lukas gives the baseball teams money, why don't they simply cut out the middleman and have Brandiose personally design shirts for Paul Lukas? A lot of their stuff now is part-time identities, and a quarter of these teams are going to cease to exist anyway, so why do the teams ever have to have existed in the first place? Just invent the Beloit Roofing Mishaps for marketing purposes and don't even field the team. Are they real? I don't know! No one needs to know! 3 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panthers_2012 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Frontier League is expanding to Ottawa for 2021 season. https://frontierleague.com/2020/09/25/frontier-league-welcomes-ottawa-for-2021-season/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 When a league like this announces an expansion to 15 teams, that means a contraction to 14 or 12 is not far behind. Quote On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Sodboy13 said: When a league like this announces an expansion to 15 teams, that means a contraction to 14 or 12 is not far behind. Yeah but with MiLB imploding this offseason, several markets could join the ranks of the frontier league. Cities like Charleston, Clinton, Burlington, Quad Cities, Williamsport, Auburn, Batavia, State College would all fit in the Frontier League footprint. Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Appalachian League changes mean new team names September 30, 2020 - 01:03 AMThe first domino in the long-anticipated changes to affiliated Minor League Baseball has fallen, and the result will be 10 new team brands. The Appalachian League, whose teams have been affiliated with Major League Baseball parent clubs since 1911, will become an independent collegiate summer wood bat league. All 10 Read More... Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Adding more context regarding what the Appy League is changing into (Source). Quote The new Appy League will be a part of the Prospect Development Pipeline — a collaborative effort between MLB and USA Baseball that targets high-level amateur players and grooms them for potential national team participation and professional opportunities. USA Baseball will help select the 320 players assigned to the 10 teams in 2021. Teams will be coached by a combination of USA Baseball staff, college coaches and pro-development personnel and will be scouted heavily by all 30 MLB teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I look forward to see what we get with non MLB names and looks for the Appy League. The league hasnt seen a non MLB identity since the 1995 River City Rumblers. Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hotshots is the best, but Honey Hunters could have a cool honey color in the uniform. Quote Last updated 8/9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Gastonia baseball team announces five name finalists October 9, 2020 - 13:32 PMThe city of Gastonia, North Carolina, will be home to a new baseball team in the independent Atlantic League beginning with the 2021 season. After a summer of collecting suggestions in a name-the-team contest, the team unveiled its five finalists this week: Fire Ants, Hogzillas (the early leader, based on Read More... Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hotshots or Fire Ants, everything else is overthought. actually they all are but the other two don't feel so overthought. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 If you're going to name-check "Gaston County's first freed slave and African American land owner" as part of the justification for the Honey Hunters identity, you ought to take the trouble to cite said individual's name correctly in your promotional copy. The gentleman in question was Ransom Hunter, not Hunter Ransom.UPDATE: The Gastonia Pro Baseball website has corrected its initial mistaken listing of "Hunter Ransom" as the name of Gaston County's first freed slave and African American land owner. That said, as of 2:00 PM (PST), some outlets - the Gastonia Gazette for example - are still running the original erroneous information. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 id pick fire ants, then hotshots. Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Here's the perfect mascot for the Honey Hunters. 3 Quote Last updated 8/9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcut Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 20 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said: Here's the perfect mascot for the Honey Hunters. Clap. Clap. POOHS! Clap. Clap. POOHS! Clap. Clap. POOHS! Intensify as needed. Quote The CCSLC's resident Geelong Cats fan. Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Sounds like something from a Rocky & Bullwinkle story arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 12:45 PM, Big Yellow Flag said: Has anybody compiled all these new temporary baseball names and/or identities? Seems like some of them could make for a good inspiration folder (and a very valid new section under baseball on the mothership?). Agreed. I like the K-Town Bobbers (the intersquad nickname of the Kenosha Kingfish) which has a cool red and powder blue scheme and I like the caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 9:19 PM, CaliforniaGlowin said: Here's the perfect mascot for the Honey Hunters. Should Honey Hunters be chosen as the name, Brandiose is more likely to give us an identity package revolving around this mascot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/8/2020 at 7:39 PM, CaliforniaGlowin said: Hotshots is the best, but Honey Hunters could have a cool honey color in the uniform. What would the mascot be for Gastonia Uppercuts? A boxer doing an uppercut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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