powersurge Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Hey Tox - 2005 called. It wants its joke back.Hey go easy on him....wait till he's got atleast 20 posts then we can ridicule him mercilously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 From TBO.com - http://www.tbo.com/sports/rays/MGBD16TJF2F.htmlNOTEWORTHY: The Rays met MLB's deadline Thursday to request a name and uniform change. The changes will be unveiled after the season, perhaps coinciding with the Bucs' bye week (Nov. 11)Rays hoping pen upgrade trickles downBy MARC TOPKINPublished August 5, 2007RAYS RUMBLINGS: The Rays new uniforms/colors/logos/name are likely to be unveiled sometime around the Bucs' Nov. 11 open date. "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...
Survival79 Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 Looks like Stingrays is out.DRaysBay - C.R.E.A.M 8/8/07By R.J. AndersonPosted on Wed Aug 08, 2007 at 10:11:29 AM EDTExpect the new Rays colors, logo, and name to be announced during the Buccaneers bye week (November 11th), and if you want further proof of the new name, take note of Raysbaseball.com; which beginning in January will become the team's official webpage, as for the old / current Raysbaseball site you can check them out at Raysbb.com, or thanks to old DRB running mate Jim Wisinski, firejoemaddon.com also links to the new site. "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...
BBTV Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Wouldn't the team's official webpage be the one linked to from MLB.com? "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Looks like Stingrays is out.DRaysBay - C.R.E.A.M 8/8/07By R.J. AndersonPosted on Wed Aug 08, 2007 at 10:11:29 AM EDTExpect the new Rays colors, logo, and name to be announced during the Buccaneers bye week (November 11th), and if you want further proof of the new name, take note of Raysbaseball.com; which beginning in January will become the team's official webpage, as for the old / current Raysbaseball site you can check them out at Raysbb.com, or thanks to old DRB running mate Jim Wisinski, firejoemaddon.com also links to the new site.I really wanted Stingrays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallWonk Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Wouldn't the team's official webpage be the one linked to from MLB.com?Yes, but teams also try to own the rights to other URLs that will point to their MLB pages to make it easier to market the website. Which is easier to say and to remember: "tampa bay dot rays dot mlb dot com" or "rays baseball dot com"? The latter, obviously, so the team apparently bought the rights to that URL with the intent of using it in print material and broadcasts. All teams have secondary URLs for this purpose; when you go to the URL, your browser just automatically forwards to the team's mlb.com site.Just for example, nationals.com actually takes you to washington.nationals.mlb.com, and twinsbaseball.com takes you to minnesota.twins.mlb.com. The Giants own sfgiants.com but not giantsbaseball.com. Yankees.com, mets.com, cubs.com, and dodgers.com are all owned by their respective teams. Rays.com is in use by an established Seattle restaurant. In business, anything can be bought, but the baseball team would likely have to offer at least six digits to make changing URLs worth the restaurant's bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Wouldn't the team's official webpage be the one linked to from MLB.com?Yes, but teams register their own domain names, simpler and easier to promote, which re-direct to the standard MLB.com web address. For example, the Brewers use www.brewers.com on their marketing materials and stadium signage, which takes you to milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com, the Yankees advertise www.yankees.com, which takes you to newyork.yankees.mlb.com, etc.EDIT: Damn, Wonk beat me to it. Had I not taken the time to include actual links, I would've won. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Rays.com is in use by an established Seattle restaurant. In business, anything can be bought, but the baseball team would likely have to offer at least six digits to make changing URLs worth the restaurant's bother.That's funny. I've been to both Ray's in Seattle and Tropicana Field in Tampa to see the Rays. I had way more fun at the restaurant. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJTALBOT Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Looks like Stingrays is out.Huge sigh of relief. Everyone loves a roundel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallWonk Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Damn, Wonk beat me to it. Had I not taken the time to include actual links, I would've won. I bow to your superior clarity in explaining the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxjdm66 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Tampa Bay Rays? NO! It just doesn't sound like a sports name.These are Rays: Redskin IS a racist term, no matter how Daniel Snyder tries to spin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Those of us over 30 might still remember THIS guy:"You can call me Ray..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsontide Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 PANTONE- What are you hearing about colors,names and what not about the Tampa franchise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Those of us over 30 might still remember THIS guy:"You can call me Ray..."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egr3HFB7hc4BTW, I think I beat you guys to the punch on Ray Romano and Ray Charles about 20 pages back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 PANTONE- What are you hearing about colors,names and what not about the Tampa franchise?I don't know nuthin' outside of what is in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris062190 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Tampa Mantas.Just say it out loud once. It's awesome.Haha when I first read it I was like, why would that be funny??Then I said it out loud.Tampa Mantas it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Tampa Mantas.Just say it out loud once. It's awesome.Haha when I first read it I was like, why would that be funny??Then I said it out loud.Tampa Mantas it is.Then this guy could be the mascot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawlmerOreos Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Tampa Mantas.Just say it out loud once. It's awesome.Haha when I first read it I was like, why would that be funny??Then I said it out loud.Tampa Mantas it is.Then this guy could be the mascot:He is blue. Frank Creative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 PANTONE- What are you hearing about colors,names and what not about the Tampa franchise?I don't know nuthin' outside of what is in this thread.Ah, double-negative. Is that your secret way of saying you really do while appearing to say you don't? https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigShoop Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Looks like Stingrays is out.Damnit.Rays, by itself is terrible. Devil Rays is bad. Manta Rays is worse. But Sting Rays.......that sounds like a nickname.Damnit.DRaysBay - C.R.E.A.M 8/8/07By R.J. AndersonPosted on Wed Aug 08, 2007 at 10:11:29 AM EDTExpect the new Rays colors, logo, and name to be announced during the Buccaneers bye week (November 11th), and if you want further proof of the new name, take note of Raysbaseball.com; which beginning in January will become the team's official webpage, as for the old / current Raysbaseball site you can check them out at Raysbb.com, or thanks to old DRB running mate Jim Wisinski, firejoemaddon.com also links to the new site.Yeah, it took me 3 days to ind out about the change. I was lost without my baseball talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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