AceTen Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 im in...i mean come on guys..Kevin Costnar!? Fearthebeer.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 No, Kevin Costner. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, tomorrow is the big day. Has there ever been a less anticipated unveiling? "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...
dahatman Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I have seen more excitement for the unveiling of a pizza topping. Also, given the fact it is cool weather for Florida, I would expect a low turnout today. Unless, of course, they bus the children in for the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardname Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, tomorrow is the big day. Has there ever been a less anticipated unveiling?It's not the crappiness of the team - remember how excited we all were for the Arizona Cardinals' new unis? But man.. 6 weeks post-leak plus boring-ass uniforms sure takes the shine off an unveiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 But how could you not be excited by the prospect of this? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 But how could you not be excited by the prospect of this?... Toby Keith? (j/k) I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I am contemplating going down to St. Pete for the even this evening, but not sure right now.From what I've heard, we may see something different than what was leaked. A professor of mine has talked with one of the VP's for the Rays and has said what was leaked may not be true, so we'll see later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Sounds like wishful thinking to me, but we'll see soon enough. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohryan Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 From what I've heard, we may see something different than what was leaked. A professor of mine has talked with one of the VP's for the Rays and has said what was leaked may not be true, so we'll see later tonight.It seems like they always say stuff like then when they know it has already been leaked. That wasy the can keep the anticipation going. Hopefully you're right, although I'm not getting my hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artmanc3po Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, they've had their little sunburst/ray/whatever on their website anticipating this, so it kind of looks like that's still the direction they're going (big shame). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreGuy Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, they've had their little sunburst/ray/whatever on their website anticipating this, so it kind of looks like that's still the direction they're going (big shame).My thoughts exactly. I think if it were a hoax/false leak of some sort, not only is that a LOT of effort... it could also blow up in their faces if they were to release something that was LESS well received than the leaks. "You could put an empty orange helmet on the 50-yard line at Cleveland Browns Stadium and 50,000 fans would show up to stare at it."-Terry Pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 A few tweaks wouldn't surprise me, such as fixing the T on the cap or putting Tampa Bay on the roads. Anything more than that is just wishful thinking.My thoughts exactly. I think if it were a hoax/false leak of some sort, not only is that a LOT of effort... it could also blow up in their faces if they were to release something that was LESS well received than the leaks.[Ralph Wiggum]That's unpossible.[/Ralph Wiggum] "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...
SabreGuy Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 [Ralph Wiggum]That's unpossible.[/Ralph Wiggum]HA, nice. But sure it is. Imagine if they came up with something like Barney Rubble's hair in my avatar there... that would be worse than the Jesus-burst. "You could put an empty orange helmet on the 50-yard line at Cleveland Browns Stadium and 50,000 fans would show up to stare at it."-Terry Pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallWonk Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, they've had their little sunburst/ray/whatever on their website anticipating this, so it kind of looks like that's still the direction they're going (big shame).My thoughts exactly. I think if it were a hoax/false leak of some sort, not only is that a LOT of effort... it could also blow up in their faces if they were to release something that was LESS well received than the leaks.No, it's not a lot of effort. Any entry-level staffer on Capitol Hill could pull that kind of a stunt in his sleep. It happens all the time in other settings, and it's really quite easy. Probably easier here, since you're already paying someone to give you lots of drawings that you know you won't use, so you don't even have to go to the effort of making something fake. And in this case, I don't think there's any doubt that the Rays leaked a uniform that could not possibly be preferred to anything they might switch it in favor of. The Rays unis we've seen is definitely the New Coke of baseball uniform launches.But yes, this must be considered wishful thinking at this point. It's just not gonna happen that the Rays are going to unveil a radically different, Dodgers-quality uniform in an hour. All I'm saying is that a strategic leak would be easy to do, and it would be easy to do it in such a way that the actual product would be judged favorably to the leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersurge Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, they've had their little sunburst/ray/whatever on their website anticipating this, so it kind of looks like that's still the direction they're going (big shame).My thoughts exactly. I think if it were a hoax/false leak of some sort, not only is that a LOT of effort... it could also blow up in their faces if they were to release something that was LESS well received than the leaks.No, it's not a lot of effort. Any entry-level staffer on Capitol Hill could pull that kind of a stunt in his sleep. It happens all the time in other settings, and it's really quite easy. Probably easier here, since you're already paying someone to give you lots of drawings that you know you won't use, so you don't even have to go to the effort of making something fake. And in this case, I don't think there's any doubt that the Rays leaked a uniform that could not possibly be preferred to anything they might switch it in favor of. The Rays unis we've seen is definitely the New Coke of baseball uniform launches.But yes, this must be considered wishful thinking at this point. It's just not gonna happen that the Rays are going to unveil a radically different, Dodgers-quality uniform in an hour. All I'm saying is that a strategic leak would be easy to do, and it would be easy to do it in such a way that the actual product would be judged favorably to the leak.You still on that conspiracy rant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreGuy Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 All I'm saying is that a strategic leak would be easy to do, and it would be easy to do it in such a way that the actual product would be judged favorably to the leak.I think it would be easy to do for a designer, or a lone marketing department... but for a byzantine corporate structure like Major League Baseball, I think it would be hard in a corporate sense to get the sign-off reqired.The deception would be easy, I agree. Getting the OK to practice the deception sounds a lot harder to me, given that somewhere along the way, someone is going to shy away from it based on the potential for a PR disaster, no matter how well presented the case is.But the point is moot, as you say, because I'd bet an arm that we'll get no surprises today. "You could put an empty orange helmet on the 50-yard line at Cleveland Browns Stadium and 50,000 fans would show up to stare at it."-Terry Pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 "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...
McCall Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Ahh, Microsoft Word. The future of logo design. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 The 'new web site' is up. Blah...They had so much potential with this rebranding, and they flushed it from square one. Sad, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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