Arizona/Phoenix Dbacks

[cyandlux]

When I was growing up I always thought that the tradition in baseball was that some AL

teams named their team after the state and NL always after the city. So heres a concept

that pobably has been done before:

[Chris062190]

how do u paste the concept right in ur post?

[cyandlux]

Go to photobucket.com and sign up and then upload your stuff, and then copy the images URL and kabam, make a thread and paste the URL in.

[amare32]

As a proud Phoenician, I am totally down w/ this concept. Nice work.

[officeglenn]

Not bad. I'd like to see a little more style in the P though. Maybe not as much as the D-Backs' original A, but something that would set it apart and not have it look like a common font that everyone might have on their computer (don't take that the wrong way, I just couldn't think of a better way to put it). Maybe if the P didn't quite close in the middle or something. It's a good start, for sure.

BTW, does the stitching alternate green and purple like that in the D-Backs' actual snakehead logo, or is that something you added in? Just curious.

[DEAD!]

It's a nice idea. Perhaps you can try to try to make the 'P' into a more similar style as the 'A' in the D-Backs primary?

[cyandlux]

The snake head is their 3rd (?) that I got off Chris's site.

The font was just to see what something like this would look like, nothing final.

[Grish]

NOW YOU NEED TO CHANGE FLORIDA, COLORADO, TOO...

[VitaminD]

I thought Florida was changing on its own, and they're just waiting to see about getting themselves a stadium. They have the BP logo with the fish around the "M", which I guess stands for Marlins. Uh... yeah - and the Phillies, Pirates and Cubs' cap logos stand for the team name as well. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[mohelmets]

I like it....

btw.....is there anywhere to get the uniform/cap template that was used in .ai or .eps format? I'd like to get it.....

Mike

[Dilbert]

I like it!

[winghaz]

I like it, but I also like the Diamondbacks' A.

I don't think this is an AL-NL thing about being named after the state rather than the city. I think, and I may be wrong, that it's basically up to whoever owns the team.

I am, though, against naming a team for the state when there is another major league team in that same state. Thus, I have serious problems with the Marlins being called Florida. Likewise, I had problems with the Angels being called California.

On the other hand, sometimes the state is better. Look at the Minnesota teams, for example. Can you imagine the ire in St. Paul if they were called the Minneapolis Twins, the Minneapolis Vikings or the Minneapolis Timberwolves? Or the ire in Minneapolis if they were the St. Paul Wild?

[youcan'tseeme]

Those are nice. i don't often like teams that represent all state or province. Cause they only play in 1 city.

[Perfect Zero]

Yeah, but it sounds wrong saying the Arlington Rangers. And don't say it's Dallas' team, because we built the stadium.

It should be Arlington Cowboys instead.

[The_Admiral]

Hey, I like the way "Arlington Rangers" sounds, myself.

[VitaminD]

Yeah, but it sounds wrong saying the Arlington Rangers. And don't say it's Dallas' team, because we built the stadium.

It should be Arlington Cowboys instead.

But then they'd have been the "Irving Cowboys" all these years...

[ShaftDu]

I like it, but I also like the Diamondbacks' A.

I don't think this is an AL-NL thing about being named after the state rather than the city. I think, and I may be wrong, that it's basically up to whoever owns the team.

I am, though, against naming a team for the state when there is another major league team in that same state. Thus, I have serious problems with the Marlins being called Florida. Likewise, I had problems with the Angels being called California.

On the other hand, sometimes the state is better. Look at the Minnesota teams, for example. Can you imagine the ire in St. Paul if they were called the Minneapolis Twins, the Minneapolis Vikings or the Minneapolis Timberwolves? Or the ire in Minneapolis if they were the St. Paul Wild?

by that logic, we would have the Dallas/Ft.Worth/Arlington Rangers. Ouch, and you thought the Angels have problems.

I don't mind an team is named after state. Heck in the NFL, the Panthers are named for two states. And don't ge me started with the Patriots. They are named after an region. And you know it wouldn't sound right if they were called the Boston Patriots.

and I just thought of something while reading this. They don't call the Skins or Nationals, The Washington DC Redskins.

[VitaminD]

I don't mind an team is named after state.  Heck in the NFL, the Panthers are named for two states.  And don't get me started with the Patriots.  They are named after an region.  And you know it wouldn't sound right if they were called the Boston Patriots.

It sounded right for 11 seasons . They became the New England Patriots in 1971, when they stopped playing games in Boston/Cambridge and moved to Foxboro, which is actually closer to Rhode Island than it is to Boston.

This sort of thing is done for marketing. By being New England's team, they can draw fans from 6 states. Same with the Panthers - Charlotte sits on the NC/SC border, and by using the name "Carolina" without distinction to either state, they embrace the other half of metro Charlotte that doesn't live in North Carolina. The Panthers are the team for the entire region of the Carolinas.

Why it was done by teams like the Marlins and Angels (among others) is strange, since there were already teams in those states when the teams were created, as winghaz already said.

[OnWis97]

I like it, but I also like the Diamondbacks' A.

I don't think this is an AL-NL thing about being named after the state rather than the city. I think, and I may be wrong, that it's basically up to whoever owns the team.

I am, though, against naming a team for the state when there is another major league team in that same state. Thus, I have serious problems with the Marlins being called Florida. Likewise, I had problems with the Angels being called California.

On the other hand, sometimes the state is better. Look at the Minnesota teams, for example. Can you imagine the ire in St. Paul if they were called the Minneapolis Twins, the Minneapolis Vikings or the Minneapolis Timberwolves? Or the ire in Minneapolis if they were the St. Paul Wild?

by that logic, we would have the Dallas/Ft.Worth/Arlington Rangers. Ouch, and you thought the Angels have problems.

I don't mind an team is named after state. Heck in the NFL, the Panthers are named for two states. And don't ge me started with the Patriots. They are named after an region. And you know it wouldn't sound right if they were called the Boston Patriots.

and I just thought of something while reading this. They don't call the Skins or Nationals, The Washington DC Redskins.

I tend to like cities over states (and I am a Minnesota fan).

But I am getting used to states. New Jersey pretty much has to use the state. I know that when the Twins and Vikes were coming up the "Minnesota" was chosen so as not to alienate St. Paul (the teams were playing in the suburbs, but if they chose a city name it would have to be Minneapolis). So I can live with it.

The one that really bothers me is Golden State.

[leedsunited]

I like it, but I also like the Diamondbacks' A.

I don't think this is an AL-NL thing about being named after the state rather than the city. I think, and I may be wrong, that it's basically up to whoever owns the team.

I am, though, against naming a team for the state when there is another major league team in that same state. Thus, I have serious problems with the Marlins being called Florida. Likewise, I had problems with the Angels being called California.

On the other hand, sometimes the state is better. Look at the Minnesota teams, for example. Can you imagine the ire in St. Paul if they were called the Minneapolis Twins, the Minneapolis Vikings or the Minneapolis Timberwolves? Or the ire in Minneapolis if they were the St. Paul Wild?

by that logic, we would have the Dallas/Ft.Worth/Arlington Rangers. Ouch, and you thought the Angels have problems.

I don't mind an team is named after state. Heck in the NFL, the Panthers are named for two states. And don't ge me started with the Patriots. They are named after an region. And you know it wouldn't sound right if they were called the Boston Patriots.

and I just thought of something while reading this. They don't call the Skins or Nationals, The Washington DC Redskins.

I tend to like cities over states (and I am a Minnesota fan).

But I am getting used to states. New Jersey pretty much has to use the state. I know that when the Twins and Vikes were coming up the "Minnesota" was chosen so as not to alienate St. Paul (the teams were playing in the suburbs, but if they chose a city name it would have to be Minneapolis). So I can live with it.

The one that really bothers me is Golden State.

Golden State is the coolest name. Besides, who wants to be readily identified with Oakland? That place is a dump.