PhilliesPhan1325 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Found the 2011 options for changing the team name.. Canal Rats? haha that's awfulAeros, Bulkers, Canal Diggers, Canal Rats, Devil Strips, Gum Dippers, Hoggies, Oats, Rubber Burners, Rubber Ducks, Rubber Scrubbers, Skippers, Tire Jacks, Vulcans, White Walls....But, I think they're better than what they had. I really don't know the creature in the old logo was. Quote "The 0-2 pitch... SWING AND A MISS! STRUCK HIM OUT! THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL!" J M yoU wish you had a Duke Dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Minor league baseball has a lot of original and fun nicknames. Just seems like every logo feels the same. - Excessive amount of strokes - Beveled/shadowed fonts - Mascot combined with letter makes alternate logo (usually seems forced)Yeah, that's what happens when every damn team uses the same damn design firm. 1 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 While, sure, many of Brandiose's products look the same, someone living in Akron who goes to the ballpark isn't going to not buy a hat "because this is in the same style of that El Paso team in the PCL."For that reason, I tend to look at minor league identities in a vacuum and looking at it that way, this is IMO an awesome design and name.I agree that every identity should be evaluated both in a vacuum and in the context of other teams in its league (too similar there might indeed impact sales). Still, even in a vacuum the logos are dreadful. Contorted, contrived, poorly conceived and poorly rendered. Whether these bad logos are similar or not to other bad logos doesn't even enter into the equation. Quote The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandMooreArt Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Minor league baseball has a lot of original and fun nicknames. Just seems like every logo feels the same. - Excessive amount of strokes- Beveled/shadowed fonts- Mascot combined with letter makes alternate logo (usually seems forced)Yeah, that's what happens when every damn team uses the same damn design firm.exactly. and that's why they continue to get hired. thats what those teams want. they don't hire Brandiose to do work like Pentagram or anyone elsethe whole thing is smothered in cheese. but that's MiLB. cheesy name, cheesy logos. at least this one looks cool in a Hot Wheels kind of way. Quote GRAPHIC ARTIST BEHANCE / MEDIUM / DRIBBBLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr3g3 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Worst name in all of sports? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmd9 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Worst name in all of sports?Not familiar with minor league baseball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aci Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I thought this was going to be a link to The Onion. This is an identity so bad, that if they copied the story verbatim, it'd look like their own work. Quote Hamilton Eagles- 2012 and 2013 Continental Hockey League Champions! 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 CHL East Division Champions! Niagara Dragoons- 2012 United League and CCSLC World Series Champions! 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UL Robinson Division Champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcut Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Name: ZZZZ-Actual Logo Set: ZZZZZZZZ-I think that Brandiose should just change it's name to Brandlose. That'll instantly dry up business. 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...
illwauk Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Crap like this is really making me start to hate minor league baseball and the entire concept of "family friendliness" in genral. Does whether or not a family finds a baseball game to be a safe an affordable outing REALLY hinge on ballplayers dressed in clown suits and ballparks being turned into glorified day care centers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrosby Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I loved most of Brandiose's early work: the Thrashers, Drillers, Flying Tigers. But they're really starting to lose me. Everything has a toothy snarl, fists, and dozens of alt logos. They know what they're doing though, because the minor league teams are eating it up. Quote https://twitter.com/OutOfThisWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Oh my god I thought this was a joke. RubberDucks? Ew. Quote GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonBlue Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Imagine if all these teams were in one league: Rubber Ducks, Chihuahuas, RailRiders, Ironpigs, Fightin Phils, Storm Chasers, Blue Wahoos, Flying Squirrels (the only one I like, probably since it was among the first of this style of identity)I like the Rubber Ducks name. They could have had a simple/clean yet fun logo that looked like an actual rubber duck. And this only stops if teams choose a different designer:“Are we in the baseball business or in the circus business? We’re in the circus business” #bnconf #quips— Brand New Conference (@bnconf) September 13, 2013 Quote "I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be." -Peter Gibbons RIP Demitra #38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Personally, I thought this was the third best option behind keeping the Aeros... or changing it to Gum Dippers. Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfoster Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I'll bet Kris Kristopherson likes it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakfu Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I once had an idea for the "Akron Rubber Barons.". (Play on robber baron). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I realize it's not really the same, but did anyone get reminded of these guys?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Definitely got a Hot Rods vibe from it too.Rubber Ducks isn't a bad name (for a minor league team) but the logos are dreadful. They would have been better off going with an angry rubber duck driving a racecar. And one of the side panels is also a baseball bat. I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krona Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Crap like this is really making me start to hate minor league baseball and the entire concept of "family friendliness" in genral. Does whether or not a family finds a baseball game to be a safe an affordable outing REALLY hinge on ballplayers dressed in clown suits and ballparks being turned into glorified day care centers?Right? MiLB is closing in on "sports entertainment" a la wrestling. It still functions as feeder leagues. Kinda important. You can have fun in the crowd without putting all this tomfoolery on the caps and jerseys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krona Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Familiar?:http://fishduck.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/roboduck-204x292.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frylock Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 The alternating black / blue scheme makes this feel like a Fightin' Phils leftover. Also, the duck vaguely reminds me of the Edmonton Roadrunners. Sorry I'm in phone, but here's the link to Chris' site - http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/loib3g04fot5trrmrdl5c5b0r/Edmonton_Roadrunners/2005/Primary_Logo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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