Waffles Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Spring Training starts tomorrow and if you?re not a true baseball fan, you can get in on the action with Upper Playground?s baseball league comprised of vicious characters including Outlaws, Stranglers and Brawlers to name a few. Playing on different pop culture legends and characteristics of twelve cities, the UPLB collection is a tongue-in-cheek version of how UP thinks baseball teams should be branded. The cities and teams represented are: Los Angeles Diablos, Seattle Hoods, Brooklyn Brawlers, Oakland Outlaws, San Francisco Panhandlers, Chicago Racketeers, New York Pickpockets, Cleveland Slingshots, Portland Vipers, Philadelphia Players, and Boston Stranglers. Morning Breath created all of the designs; the hats are made of wool and feature front and back embroidery. The black sheep of all the teams, the Miami Kilos, do not have a 59FIFTY hat because to some companies, cocaine is just not cool. All of the teams have a corresponding tee for men and women and the UPLB collection of hats and tees are available at Upper Playground stores and on the Upper Playground Web Store.More info, and bigger pictures of each team's hat here.I love the Chicago and Brooklyn logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 (waits for the Milwaukee Cannibals to join, along with the Racketeers' potential in-city rival, the Chicago Clowns)It's a reference to two infamous serial killers around the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logoman Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Several of these are actually quite clever. I like the Boston Stranglers one. Both Chicago and Brooklyn are very nice. Miami is interesting considering it's a tweaked-out razor blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I think the San Fran logo's my favorite out of the group. Morning Breath does some great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 If I had any logo art skills, it would inspire me to do a concept uni series:Here's how I'd arrange it:UP AMERICAN LEAGUEBoston StranglersChicago RacketeersCleveland SlingshotsNew York PickpocketsOakland OutlawsSeattle HoodsUP NATIONAL LEAGUEBrooklyn BrawlersLos Angeles DiablosMiami KilosPhiladelphia PlayersPortland VipersSan Francisco PanhandlersIn addition, I'd add a few extras, such as the:Atlanta Go-Gos (strip club reference)Baltimore Barbs (reference to "The Wire")Detroit Jackers (Motor City reference, this time to carjacking-cap logo TBD)Houston Lean (reference to purple syrup especially prominent over there-cap would be purple, logo would be a white styrofoam cup)Milwaukee Cannibals (Jeffrey Dahmer reference-cap logo could be a table fork on a human finger-gruesome but accurate)New Orleans Whoadies (typical term for denizens of that area)Phoenix Tentmen (reference to infamous Tent City Jail-camp could be pink like the inmates' uniforms and logo could either be a chaingang link or a slice of green bologna like the inmates eat)Tampa Bay Goons (cap logo could be a ski-masked head) (Might also work for Orlando)Toronto Brewskis (typical Canadian beer stereotype)Washington Fat Cats (bureaucrats in DC-cap logo could be a cat eating tax dollars)Further suggestions appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 The Chicago and San Fran ones are my favorites. These are some great designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc49ers Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 upper playground has always been one of my favorite brands. I have a t shirt by them that says i got 99 problems but a pitch aint one, referring to jay z and barry bonds. fluff THE DODGERSGO GIANTSI BLEED ORANGE AND BLACKfluff THE COWBOYS AND RAIDERSGO 49ERSfluff CAL BEARSGO STANFORD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayLo1112 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I love all these, they're so sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Wow, they really like Letterhead Fonts don't they? As someone who has been working on creating identities for a make believe baseball league, I love it! My faves are the Seattle, Chicago, and LA logos. The entire Miami identity just looks silly. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Miami Kilos.As in cocane.See the logo? A razor blade.See the video? white powder.I lol'd.I really like the pinstripe Chicago hat. @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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