seasaltvanilla Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 9 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said: removing managers' and coaches' numbers, this provides grounds for despair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tohasbo Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 2 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said: Is there a way to find out what uniform teams will wear before a game? Specifically city connects? Houston is wearing theirs for Monday home games I believe San Diego wears theirs for Friday home games Washington will be Saturday home games as well as Miami I think Other than that, I dunno what else the schedules will be 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 7 hours ago, logo-maker said: I wouldn't mind them wearing full purple hats, too (at home). Don't forget to include a purple batting helmet. 8 2 1 "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Digby said: I'm also a fan of classic Marlins teal (though I remain upset that I have yet to find a black/teal Portland Sea Dogs hat from that era). This one? It's on Fanatics and milbstore.com if you're cool with the goofy new era logo on the side. I almost bought it last month when I was getting their Red Snappers hat, which is also fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fool Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 5 hours ago, McCall said: Who's gonna buy a "manager hat"? In baseball, the hat is literally part of the on-field uniform, unlike football, where it's merely sideline attire. The same hat needs to be worn across the board. One of the best hats. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, tohasbo said: Houston is wearing theirs for Monday home games I believe San Diego wears theirs for Friday home games Washington will be Saturday home games as well as Miami I think Other than that, I dunno what else the schedules will be Braves will wear their City Connects for every Saturday home game. Likely sticking with reds for every Friday home game. Home white for Sunday-Thursday home games. Gray and navy on the road don’t seem to have a set schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Old School Fool said: One of the best hats. The last A's manager to wear the white coaches' cap was the guy who got rid of it, Billy Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OaklandIsBack Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 The Yankees have 22 different numbers retired. With a 40 man roster, that leaves 38 numbers open. What exactly is the issue? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 9 hours ago, logo-maker said: For the Rockies: I think adding purple numbers and replacing black in the wordmark would really help to push the purple as a primary color for their home unis. I wouldn't mind them wearing full purple hats, too (at home). The Rockies should ditch the black entirely and go with a color scheme similar to Kansas State. Let the purple be the primary color and use silver and white as the accent colors. Absolutely no rhyme or reason as to why they went with black as the primary other than they wanted to be yet another team on that popular early 90s black and silver bandwagon, and they probably do it worse than any other team. Dark green would’ve been a better choice, and the All Star Game they hosted in the late 90s showed that. 7 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...
The_Admiral Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, OaklandIsBack said: The Yankees have 22 different numbers retired. With a 40 man roster, that leaves 38 numbers open. What exactly is the issue? Make that 23, they unofficially retired 69 so that no one can make sex jokes about the Yankees. 1 ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 27 minutes ago, FiddySicks said: The Rockies should ditch the black entirely and go with a color scheme similar to Kansas State. Let the purple be the primary color and use silver and white as the accent colors. Absolutely no rhyme or reason as to why they went with black as the primary other than they wanted to be yet another team on that popular early 90s black and silver bandwagon, and they probably do it worse than any other team. Dark green would’ve been a better choice, and the All Star Game they hosted in the late 90s showed that. The Rockies should own purple. Black is ok as a trim, but they should be primarily purple and silver, like K-State. They should also update their wordmarks - the inline font treatment is very dated, and it's really weak-looking from a distance, especially with the pinstripes. I think a modernization using Friz Quadrata (the same font used in the 2021 MLB ASG logos) would be a huge improvement. 5 1 Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 I wouldn't modernize it with the most 1997-ass font in the book (well that or Matrix) ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins93 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Digby said: I'm also a fan of classic Marlins teal (though I remain upset that I have yet to find a black/teal Portland Sea Dogs hat from that era). Beyond the color, though, I don't have a lot of affinity for the design. The serif fonts are corny and dated, the marlin logo itself is kinda funny but falls into the same trap as Baltimore's bird hat of the era, being too realist to work well in its context. Either of their current wordmarks/logos might make for a decent mashup with the teal to get the best of all worlds. It's just a little confusing since -- leaving aside the design critiques of the newer identities -- they've been leaning so hard into a Miami aesthetic (neon and Art Deco and nods to Latin culture) but the original teal era feels so General Florida Burbs aesthetic to me, particularly of that 90s era when the traditionalist snowbirds from the North really flew in. The serifs always seem to be the biggest complaint that people have about the design. I know that flat, sans-serif designs are more en vogue these days, but I don't mind the Marlins' fonts one bit. Same goes for the Rockies too. To some extent, I think these clubs should simply own the fact that they are 90s expansion teams. The Rockies' greatest sin is that they haven't owned purple enough. Anyway, the Marlins wordmark just works for me. It's legible, unique, and has a kind of aquatic vibe to it. An Art Deco aesthetic could have worked in theory, but the color elements in the 2012 rebrand were a total miss. Wrong colors and too much emphasis on black and white. I also never liked the minimalist fish in the 2012 rebrand. It just looked too abstract and oddly detailed from the Art Deco M. Like it was tacked on or something. The 2019 rebrand isn't much better in that regard and convinces me that a return to the more "realistic" design aesthetic is the way to go. Admittedly, the Florida Marlins logo is more intricate and "realist" in comparison to other MLB logos, but I never really thought it posed a problem. In fact, I find it to scale much better than the current logo does. I also don't feel that the 2019 rebrand leans into a Miami aesthetic much at all, unless you want to make the claim that the shades of red and blue are semi-"Vice" colors. Anyway, if the Marlins were going for a teal rebrand, there really isn't much I'd salvage from the 2012 and 2019 identities. Those were both colossal misfires and not exactly warmly received by fans. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 12 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said: Is there a way to find out what uniform teams will wear before a game? Specifically city connects? It’s not official but the site linked below tracks what jersey was worn what days, so you can see if a team has a pattern they may have followed for home games. https://www.uniformlineup.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 10 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said: The last A's manager to wear the white coaches' cap was the guy who got rid of it, Billy Martin. Bob Melvin, April 17, 2018: 3 "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 10 minutes ago, Survival79 said: 10 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said: The last A's manager to wear the white coaches' cap was the guy who got rid of it, Billy Martin. Bob Melvin, April 17, 2018: Ah! Good point. I wasn't considering throwback days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 10 hours ago, FiddySicks said: The Rockies should ditch the black entirely and go with a color scheme similar to Kansas State. Let the purple be the primary color and use silver and white as the accent colors. Absolutely no rhyme or reason as to why they went with black as the primary other than they wanted to be yet another team on that popular early 90s black and silver bandwagon, and they probably do it worse than any other team. Dark green would’ve been a better choice, and the All Star Game they hosted in the late 90s showed that. You plucked it right out of my head—except I was actually thinking of another Kansas State colorway: Now, I know the faded-purple hue miiiggghhtt be a bit much for an "away" uniform (I'm only calling it that until Nike inevitably finds some other hackneyed "name" for home/away/alternate MLB uniforms), but I say: why the heck not?? Maybe not that purple, perhaps just a tad bit more to the silver/gray side (to replace the silver), but THAT colorway—double purple—should be Colorado's colorway going forward and for all time. *I might have to get back in the kitchen on this one... 5 3 *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, tBBP said: You plucked it right out of my head—except I was actually thinking of another Kansas State colorway: Now, I know the faded-purple hue miiiggghhtt be a bit much for an "away" uniform (I'm only calling it that until Nike inevitably finds some other hackneyed "name" for home/away/alternate MLB uniforms), but I say: why the heck not?? Maybe not that purple, perhaps just a tad bit more to the silver/gray side (to replace the silver), but THAT colorway—double purple—should be Colorado's colorway going forward and for all time. *I might have to get back in the kitchen on this one... I'd love to see another team give a pastel/lighter color look for their road uniforms rather than gray. I think a mint green road set for someone (maybe even Colorado) would be pretty sharp. ECU has this lavender set that's a bit much, but I think it could definitely be done well if it's a little less saturated...closer to the KSU you have up there 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 2 hours ago, tBBP said: You plucked it right out of my head—except I was actually thinking of another Kansas State colorway: Now, I know the faded-purple hue miiiggghhtt be a bit much for an "away" uniform (I'm only calling it that until Nike inevitably finds some other hackneyed "name" for home/away/alternate MLB uniforms), but I say: why the heck not?? Maybe not that purple, perhaps just a tad bit more to the silver/gray side (to replace the silver), but THAT colorway—double purple—should be Colorado's colorway going forward and for all time. *I might have to get back in the kitchen on this one... *SHAMELESS PLUG* Made a concept to fit this vibe a few years ago... Obviously replace black with deep purple though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfNormMacdonald Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Being a Vikings fan makes me biased, but if you have purple in your color scheme, lean into it. It's a great, unique color that can set apart a brand. The Rockies brand rn is TOO plain. Plain isn't bad for a baseball team, but not leaning into purple is a goddamned crime 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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