Thaumatrope Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 1 hour ago, KittSmith_95 said: Wanna know what identity I wish would come back? The old Fresno Grizzlies look. The Teal, Brown, Orange & Yellow was beautiful and looked incredible. Much better than what they use now. Agreed. The old Fresno Grizzlies design did a fantastic job of integrating local aesthetics and an unconventional color palette. Definitely unique and classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rich Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Latest 2 on the Zephyrs: Again, references to King Cakes and Red Eyes. Wonder if they are going to do this ridiculousness every day for the remaining week until the 15th? If so, I'll stop with the updates. It's getting tedious... looks like they are beginning to repeat the background images, too. ...these are coming out on their Facebook page daily, which only seems to serve as a posting opportunity for almost all the fans to say how stupid the suggested names are, and that the Zephyrs should remain... 2 Quote It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash61 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 On November 7, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Brian in Boston said: Personally, I'm of the mind that - when done right - unique identities for minor-league franchises are vastly preferable to simply aping the parent-club's name, logos, and uniforms. Off the top of my head, a "Top Ten" of MiLB identity-packages would include: Bradenton Marauders Burlington Bees Clearwater Threshers Daytona Tortugas (I also thought the Daytona Cubs identity - which immediately preceded the change to Tortugas - was outstanding.) Durham Bulls Hillsboro Hops (Easily my favorite current identity package in MiLB.) Idaho Falls Chukars Modesto Nuts Toledo Mud Hens Visalia Rawhide (I loved the Mudville Nine identity even more.) I'm also a fan of the identities sported by the Asheville Tourists, Cedar Rapids Kernels, Lakeland Flying Tigers, Reno Aces, and West Virginia Black Bears. Pensacola Blue Wahoos would have to be in there too. Honourable mention to the new Rochester Red Wings as well. Quote On September 20, 2012 at 0:50 AM, 'CS85 said: It's like watching the hellish undead creakily shuffling their way out of the flames of a liposuction clinic dumpster fire. On February 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, 'pianoknight said: Story B: Red Wings go undefeated and score 100 goals in every game. They also beat a team comprised of Godzilla, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, 2 Power Rangers and Betty White. Oh, and they played in the middle of Iraq on a military base. In the sand. With no ice. Santa gave them special sand-skates that allowed them to play in shorts and t-shirts in 115 degree weather. Jesus, Zeus and Buddha watched from the sidelines and ate cotton candy. POTD 5/24/12, POTD 2/26/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpcincal Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 On 11/7/2016 at 10:23 AM, Brian in Boston said: Personally, I'm of the mind that - when done right - unique identities for minor-league franchises are vastly preferable to simply aping the parent-club's name, logos, and uniforms. Off the top of my head, a "Top Ten" of MiLB identity-packages would include: Bradenton Marauders Burlington Bees Clearwater Threshers Daytona Tortugas (I also thought the Daytona Cubs identity - which immediately preceded the change to Tortugas - was outstanding.) Durham Bulls Hillsboro Hops (Easily my favorite current identity package in MiLB.) Idaho Falls Chukars Modesto Nuts Toledo Mud Hens Visalia Rawhide (I loved the Mudville Nine identity even more.) I'm also a fan of the identities sported by the Asheville Tourists, Cedar Rapids Kernels, Lakeland Flying Tigers, Reno Aces, and West Virginia Black Bears. Actually, the Mudville Nine was the team in Stockton. The Rawhide were previously the Visalia Oaks and, more briefly, the Central Valley Rockies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conesbeans Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 27 minutes ago, mpcincal said: Actually, the Mudville Nine was the team in Stockton. The Rawhide were previously the Visalia Oaks and, more briefly, the Central Valley Rockies. Yes, but... The owners of Stockton at the time they switched to the Mudville Nine identity later sold that Stockton team but retained ownership of the Mudville Nine identity. They then bought the Visalia Oaks and shortly thereafter changed the team name from Oaks to Rawhide. In short, the same owners are responsible for both the Mudville Nine and the Visalia Rawhide identities. Which is why one can buy Mudville Nine merchandise in the Visalia Rawhide web site store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 7 minutes ago, conesbeans said: one can buy Mudville Nine merchandise in the Visalia Rawhide web site store Which boggles the mind. I had no idea they were still doing this fifteen years later. Quote The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I've been all excited for New Orleans' reveal in the last few minutes, only to realize I have my time zones mixed up and that Louisiana is one hour difference from Utah, not two. Still excited for 4:30 here, then! Having formerly lived in the outer New Orleans area (in Slidell), I'm paying special attention to this one. I've always loved the area, have a sort of "home team" anticipation towards this reveal, and hope the hopefully-still-Zephyrs nail it. Unless they go with Red Eyes, which I think is the worst name in the list, I think there's some good that could be made out of the remaining names. Zephyrs is ideal of course, and I'm crossing fingers and toes for it, but I could genuinely see something decent made out of Tailgators or Night Owls. Even Baby Cakes could at least produce a fun little bat-wielding baby! (I stretched that last one a bit...trying to think positive here! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 37 minutes ago, FinsUp1214 said: I've been all excited for New Orleans' reveal in the last few minutes, only to realize I have my time zones mixed up and that Louisiana is one hour difference from Utah, not two. Still excited for 4:30 here, then! Having formerly lived in the outer New Orleans area (in Slidell), I'm paying special attention to this one. I've always loved the area, have a sort of "home team" anticipation towards this reveal, and hope the hopefully-still-Zephyrs nail it. Unless they go with Red Eyes, which I think is the worst name in the list, I think there's some good that could be made out of the remaining names. Zephyrs is ideal of course, and I'm crossing fingers and toes for it, but I could genuinely see something decent made out of Tailgators or Night Owls. Even Baby Cakes could at least produce a fun little bat-wielding baby! (I stretched that last one a bit...trying to think positive here! ) Possible Spoiler Alert: Baby Cakes was revealed to be the name on Twitter via a roster leak. Don't know if it was CC or Phil Hecken who posted/RT'd it. Quote Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 ew. Shame. Quote The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fassy Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 THE BABY CAKES? OH C'MON! Gross. Quote B. Fass Lancaster, PA Nationals, Senators, Cowboys, DC United, Wizards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECUFan25 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 This is the apocalypse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBolt3 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I wonder how much Brandiose gets paid to churn out crap like this. Momma shoulda raised rams80 to design minor league baseball logos. 2 Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Thanks, New Orleans. The country needed a reason to laugh again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Alright....I'm really "ack!" with the name, but there's actually a lot of good in this package aside from the name, in my mind. The colors are spot on. I hope was hoping if they did go "Baby Cakes", that the colorway would be Mardi Gras influenced, or else it'd flat out not work. So that's a plus. The other color plus? Using all three Mardi Gras colors as accents rather than one a primary and the other two secondary. They look great against navy, and I think that sort of color delegation was brilliant. The logos (again, we're talking strictly logos here without regard to name) all convey some sort of New Orleans/SE Louisiana imagery and look more to be a complete, cohesive package in the same class as Brandiose's past winners. Between the beads, baby, crown, colors, King Cake, pelican, etc., this really looks like New Orleans. This is certainly a much, much better effort by Brandiose than Jacksonville and the like. Yes, the name stinks. Absolutely stinks. I'll probably want to think of them as "New Orleans Baseball Club" or even still the "Zephyrs" anyway. But in my mind and having lived in the area before, everything else in the package wins. I'll be buying a cap soon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 And a "Baby Cake" isn't an actual thing, right? Aren't they King Cakes? 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...
Sport Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 STOP THE MADNESS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 The top right logo holding the three bats, what is he holding in his other arm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 minute ago, Sodboy13 said: And a "Baby Cake" isn't an actual thing, right? Aren't they King Cakes? Correct. The babies themselves are referred to as "King Cake Babies". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCDesign Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Despite the terrible name, I think the two Pelicans throwbacks they included in their set are pretty sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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