Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - FINAL AWARDS & SEASON WRAP-UP

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First is Maize (point of reference) the other is Blazing Yellow. Sort of the ends of the "gold/yellow" spectrum.

Orange is tough, but I think a bright yellow and a brighter gradient of a royal blue (the one from the Dutch flag) would work pretty well together.
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Brown and Teal would look hilarious.
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degenerasian wrote: Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:55 pm
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Pruitt wrote: Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:37 pm I'm a winter and look better in dark colours. Not happy about the colour choices. Not saying that Free Agency is an option, but..
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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Primary Color*

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OK, I think I kind of over-complicated the team colors polling. I put up a new poll to choose the primary color from a shortlist of the most popular ones. We'll follow that with the secondary color.
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Looks like we're trending orange, but will leave up for a few more votes before moving on to the secondary color.
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Orange has edged out brown for the Oats' primary color. New poll up for the secondary color.

After that, I'll get some logo and uniform mockups together for us to vote on.
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With the team colors chosen (orange and gold), time to vote on the logo. Below are a few drafts:

[see the new image for voting farther below]
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Why did you even have a poll for this?

4, duh.
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Nope, you can't keep the spelling of the name from ruining the joke and then have a logo that does it instead. Commit to the entendre.
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Right? I'd rather an outline of Holland (city?) and some oats drawn inside of it where you're just asking someone who isn't in on the joke to say "You know, Holland Oats sounds like ..."
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As a fan of a team with this as a logo, I'm in regardless.

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A windmill with stalks of oats (if that's a thing) for blades. Or, to save our commissioner, option 2 is fine.
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#2 is too hockey-ey.

I vote #3.
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#2 is based on the Holy Cross logo, if that changes anything:

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And #3 is based on Hampton University:

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mister d wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:44 am Right? I'd rather an outline of Holland (city?) and some oats drawn inside of it where you're just asking someone who isn't in on the joke to say "You know, Holland Oats sounds like ..."
Shit.

Hey, Johnny, I know this is a pain in the ass, but I fucked up and regret my #4 vote. You know, if you're having to break a tie or something.
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I think I had the poll set to where you can change your vote. Is it working that way?

Didn't realize "How obvious should we make a Hall and Oates pun?" would be such a divisive issue. Otherwise I might have put more effort into the other options.

How about something like #2, but where the "O" in the back is make of oat stalks?
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Could #4 be our mascot?
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So, we were in kind of an odd position about the logo. Logo #4 had the most votes, but less than half the total, and I know there was a philosophical argument about how explicitly the "Hall and Oates" joke should be.

At the risk of polling you guys to death, I'm going to do another round on the logo. On the left is a modified version of #2 that more clearly references the "Oats" theme, versus #4 from before. Whichever one we pick, we can tweak further.

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Once we get a consensus on this I'll work on the uniform mockups, hopefully for tomorrow.
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4 be the official logo, 2 be the hat and shoulder patch.
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L-Jam3 wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:55 am 4 be the official logo, 2 be the hat and shoulder patch.

Whichever one we vote on here will be what goes on the hat, so you can change your vote accordingly.
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While I do like #4 better as I feel it captures the essence of the team I think #2 will look much better on a hat or uni.
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I'm fully behind the #4 as a one-off novelty jersey/logo, but I really agree with folks yesterday that it kind of fucks up the joke to be so on the nose with it.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:34 am I'm fully behind the #4 as a one-off novelty jersey/log, but I really agree with folks yesterday that it kind of fucks up the joke to be so on the nose with it.
This isn't quite as noble as "NRA guy on Facebook is ok with getting rid of his guns" but it's awfully close.
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Alright, so after the second round of voting, the "oats" logo barely edged out the more on-the-nose reference.

Time to vote on the uniforms. Once we decide on one, feel free to suggest additional tweaks:

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Next week we'll finalize the split between the two teams' rosters and post player intros/scouting reports heading into the new season.
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Man, that's a tough call. I like the mitten on #4, but voted for #1.
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The one with the mitten is superb
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My rankings are:

1. #4
2. going naked
3. any of the stupid alternatives
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Gotta be #4.

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I forgot we also need a name for our stadium. If you need some ideas on who/what to name it after, here are some famous people with connections to Holland, MI, per Wikipedia:

- Albertus van Raalte, 19th century religious leader
- Betsy DeVos
- Erik Prince, Blackwater founder and sibling of the above
- Kirk Cousins
- Sufjan Stevens
- L. Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz

Holland is also the home of:

- Tulip Time, the largest tulip festival in the United States
- Herman Miller office furniture
- Howard Miller clocks
- The world's largest pickle factory, part of the Heinz company
- Lithium-ion battery manufacturers LG Chem and Johnson Controls
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I mean...Tulip Field is too bland, right?
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Pruitt wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:29 am Gotta be #4.

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Spring Brook Supply Field.

(I have a rather large irrigation supply house in Holland I deal with)
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Hired Soldier Field
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WET PERM PARK AT BLUE-EYED SOUL YARDS
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The Secret Annex


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A_B wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:49 am I mean...Tulip Field is too bland, right?
Not if it is Planting Tulips (i.e. Want a job planting tulips.....on my rear).
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