Brian in Boston Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 The Golden Baseball League has announced the launch of a Reno, Nevada-based expansion team in time for the 2006 season. The Reno Silver Sox will play their home games at 3,000-seat Peccole Park on the campus of the University of Nevada. The GBL has reportedly signed a 10-year agreement with the university for use of the field. Additionally, the GBL will finance the installation of field lighting at Peccole Park, while also partnering with the university on the installation and maintenance of a Field Turf playing surface at the facility.While I think that their mascot is sub-standard, I think that the team name and logo package are outstanding.Logo PackageMascot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckguy14 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 That looks pretty good. 2004 San Jose Sharks 7th Man Fan of the Year San Jose Gold Miners - 4x Lombardi Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 The "Silver Sox" wordmark is hot. The "Reno" added to it looks silly.And that sock... um... er.... I want to say it's bad... but I can't stop laughing at it. It's really too cute to hate. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted October 20, 2005 Author Share Posted October 20, 2005 Come on, Kev... respect the Silver Sock!As I said above, I think that it's an outstanding logo package. I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I think a more fitting name would be the Reno Trudy's.Anyone? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikstoll Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 love it, nice to have baseball in Reno and nice use of the old team's name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack76 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 So is this a Bosack or Simon design? Are they still working together on the GBL?And the sock's 'stache looks like the Mudville Nine guy, albeit, as a sock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted October 20, 2005 Author Share Posted October 20, 2005 So is this a Bosack or Simon design? Are they still working together on the GBL?And the sock's 'stache looks like the Mudville Nine guy, albeit, as a sock. I have to assume that both Bosack and Simon are still going to be working on various identity packages for the Golden Baseball League. I haven't heard anything to the contrary... and it would seem that the league has every reason to be happy with the work the two firms have done so far.As for the Reno Silver Sox package, I'm seeing more of a Dan Simon influence in this one. If you look closely at the way the eyes, nose and mouth are rendered on the sock's face, you'll notice similarities in style to the work that Dan did on the Modesto Nuts' logo package. Additionally, it's funny you should mention similarities between the moustaches in the Silver Sox logo and in the Mudville Nine mark, as Dan was responsible for designing the Mudville package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I like! I like! Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 is there any other teams that are going to be expansion that we know about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conesbeans Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hey Brian in Boston...IMO, you hit the nail right on the head. You either have a great eye, or Simon told you about this personally. If so, how do you know him, and what can you tell us about him? Do you know Bosack, too?I think the similarity you might be seeing between the mustache in this logo and the one for the Mudville Nine is not stylistic, but rather a matter of the fact that the Silver Sox character was apparently intended to hark back to the early days of baseball, just like the Mighty Casey character, and a handlebar mustache would therefore be a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling84 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hey Brian in Boston...IMO, you hit the nail right on the head. You either have a great eye, or Simon told you about this personally. If so, how do you know him, and what can you tell us about him? Do you know Bosack, too?I can't speak to whether BiB knows Dan Simon personally......but several of us "know" Joe Bosack. He's a member here and adds his expertise now and again.Keep you eyes peeled and you may just e-run into him.And regarding the logo package.....nice. very. The Official Cheese-Filled Snack of NASCAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootachtung Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 I love it! But I can tell that sock is going to give some poor kid a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 ah yes, the Mudville Nine and Mighty Casey. love the logo...shoot, the bigs need a guy with a handlebar mustache A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 The "Silver Sox" wordmark is hot. The "Reno" added to it looks silly.And that sock... um... er.... I want to say it's bad... but I can't stop laughing at it. It's really too cute to hate. Admit it, you're turned by it's moustache ...... ah yes, the Mudville Nine and Mighty Casey. love the logo...shoot, the bigs need a guy with a handlebar mustache They did have Rollie Fingers....It's a great look for a minor-league team. I think other league can take some notes from the GBL for their team's identities I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 I like the whole package except for the "SS" mark. The "SS" works when Silver Sox is spelled out in the main logo, but for some reason it just looks odd by itself. It might be due to its stylized nature, I can't quite put my finger on it. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 this is actually a ressurection of a name used by an old single A team that used to play in Reno.Regardless, I think it looks good. US state flag concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartabago Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 I wish I had some silver socks, that'd be pretty darn cool.Anyways, as for the package, I dig it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc51design Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 THis absolutly rocks, I can't tell which logo in that league ismy favorite, but Reno is deffinitly into running for it now. Love the wordmark, great use of overused color scheme...Brilliant! lockerroom51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 I love the logo package.That wordmark is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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