Puck Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Why isn't San Antonio getting onboard the Cinco de Mayo bandwagon with their 'Los Spurs' unis?It's not, currently, their state that has the law on the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Los Sol seems like it would make more sense.That said, it IS a proper name, so maybe not... i dunno, but it certainly bothers me.I'm pretty sure that a native Spanish speaker would still refer to the team as the "Suns" simply because that's the proper name. Hence, "Los Lakers," "Los Suns," "Los Spurs," etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmr Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 So how long until we see teams using languages other then english or spanish. Will we see a Mariners japanese (Kanji?) character on jerseys in the future? Maybe a german Brewers jersey? Some old archaic irish translation of the Celtics?~~the dmr~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohenry Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I fully expect all Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional teams to put "The" above their names on Independence Day now, it's only fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Why isn't San Antonio getting onboard the Cinco de Mayo bandwagon with their 'Los Spurs' unis?It's not, currently, their state that has the law on the books?Bingo. This is less about Cinco de Mayo and more about the Suns saying "Don't blame us for what our state legislature does." The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenTino Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Why isn't San Antonio breaking out their 'Los Spurs' gear? It's Cinco de Mayo afterall! Not to step on your bemusement, but...San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said his team was interested in taking part but couldn't get new "Los Spurs" road jerseys in time for the game.That, in itself, got me curious. Most times, when teams wear a color jersey at home, the visiting team wears its white jersey. If the Suns are wearing the orange Los Suns uniforms, why aren't the Spurs wearing white tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I hate the whole promotion to begin with, but I find that what the Brewers and Giants do is at least palatable. I absolutely hate it when a team like the Rangers adds "Los" on the top of their old wordmark. I know that Rangers probably doesn't translate well, but make it something like Lawmen.Of course, the Texas Ranger's historical purpose was to control the frontiers and borders of the former Republic, so maybe just keeping "Rangers" on the jersey is the best idea.DirecTV Latin America uses an imperfect, but kind of cool translation: Vigilantes. Off The Top Rope: A Pro Wrestling Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I hate the whole promotion to begin with, but I find that what the Brewers and Giants do is at least palatable. I absolutely hate it when a team like the Rangers adds "Los" on the top of their old wordmark. I know that Rangers probably doesn't translate well, but make it something like Lawmen.Of course, the Texas Ranger's historical purpose was to control the frontiers and borders of the former Republic, so maybe just keeping "Rangers" on the jersey is the best idea.DirecTV Latin America uses an imperfect, but kind of cool translation: Vigilantes.Sorry, but you just set this up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Well, to be fair, awful, awful, awful "logo" aside, it IS a cool team name. Off The Top Rope: A Pro Wrestling Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk36 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Bad design, bad translation, overall a fail and probably creates more negativity in the long run. Design Hovie Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcityhockey Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 personally I think that it would be more appropriate if teams were to do this "promotion" on either February 5th- Mexican Constitution Day, September 16th-Mexican Independence Day or something along those lines. Celebrate an actual holiday and not some fairly unimportant battle. I have no problem with the jerseys considering that they are proper nouns but it would be cool if they did do a translation. Sunflower Hockey Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfect Zero Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 I hate the whole promotion to begin with, but I find that what the Brewers and Giants do is at least palatable. I absolutely hate it when a team like the Rangers adds "Los" on the top of their old wordmark. I know that Rangers probably doesn't translate well, but make it something like Lawmen.Of course, the Texas Ranger's historical purpose was to control the frontiers and borders of the former Republic, so maybe just keeping "Rangers" on the jersey is the best idea.DirecTV Latin America uses an imperfect, but kind of cool translation: Vigilantes.Ahh, I didn't know that. Thanks for enlightening me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseJames Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Im from mexico, and I as well as many people, says Los Suns, Los Lakers, Los Bulls... but that pronunciation is since 2000´s; before, I remember that some TV Analists were saying, Los Toros (Chicago), Las espuelas (Spurs), etc, but only in the teams that was easy the traslation Anyway, you have a Mexican franchise with the untranslated name "Chivas US" (the soccer team of MLS)... so why you didn´t change it ehh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Seems to me that it would be easy enough for opposing fans to parody "Los Suns" by tacking an extra "e" onto the end of "Los".Actually not just opposing fans, but also any disgruntled members of the team's own fan base, especially if "Lose Suns" is exactly what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Who decided to go with the mismatching font on the LOS SUNS unis? It looks terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhans203 Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 It's a great day in the NBA when a game is played color vs. color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 So basically for tonight The Phoenix Suns are now The Phoenix The Suns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 It's a great day in the NBA when a game is played color vs. color.RACIST!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 It's a great day in the NBA when a game is played color vs. color.Yeah, it was interesting to see the Suns wear their road/alternate jerseys tonight against the Spurs. I guess since orange and black are hard to confuse, it wasn't exactly an issue for both teams to be wearing their colored jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmaker17 Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 As long as "Los Spurs" lost it's all good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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