Cam Hoff - Worksonpaper » Baseball http://worksonpaper.ca/blog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:45:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Scott Stapp (Creed) for the Marlins http://worksonpaper.ca/blog/2010/04/scott-stapp-creed-for-the-marlins/ http://worksonpaper.ca/blog/2010/04/scott-stapp-creed-for-the-marlins/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:29 +0000 Cam Hoff http://worksonpaper.ca/blog/?p=1436

God help us all.

From the team that fired Joe Girardi….this could have a more lasting negative effect on baseball than the ’94 strike and steroids combined! Other teams should play this when the Marlins visit as a gag…

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Brought to you by No Mas and artist James Blagden. Enjoy!

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It’s like Bill James meets Edward Tufte. I love me some information design, especially baseball stuff.

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brewcrewMilwaukee Brewers
Ok, I understand the correlation between The Brewers and the beer industry, but this just looks like it belongs on the side of a beer can. The colors (dark blue and gold) however are a nice touch that are both modern and classy. The M/B Glove icon on the other hand is just a brilliant graphic design, but the colors are dated. They ceased using it in 1993, but did bring it back last year as an alternate home cap logo, in the old color scheme. My solution: dump the beer can and apply the current color scheme to that M/B glove. Robin Yount would approve, and C.C. might have stayed!

msSeattle Mariners
Similar to the Brew Crew’s glove, the Mariners also boast a strong design from their past. The inverted trident M is a stunningly clever design that was used in a few variations from 1977-1986. The current design was adapted in 1993 and is overcomplicated and unappealing. It also bears some signs of being dated itself (I’m looking at you teal). My recommendation: bring back the trident M in some form. Whether it’s one of the old ones or a new twist on it, and do it in a new nautical color scheme – but wait until Junior takes his final curtain call.

jays
Toronto Blue Jays
Canada’s team introduced their current look in 2004, after dropping the awful burly Blue Jay after just one year. This new logo is a predictable aggressive icon, in line with many of the trendy sports logos of today. It has never really been fully embraced by fans, leading to the reintroduction of the original logo last year (in an alternate role). The original logo was one of the longer running logos in the modern era, being used for almost 20 years from the team’s inception in 1977 all the way to 1996. It remains popular today, with it’s throwback appeal on the signature two-tone cap. My advice for the Blue Jays: go back to the drawing board. The new logo has few redeeming qualities (though it does look good on a black cap), and the old logo is too retro to be refreshed or recycled. So take a another crack at it, nodding to the past while avoiding the cliches of modern sports logo design. Maybe then you’ll be able to attract some free agents north of the border.

PLAY BALL!

All logos via Chris Creamer’s Sports logo Page.

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