Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - FINAL AWARDS & SEASON WRAP-UP
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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Colors*
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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.
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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Colors*
Scoreboard.degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:55 pmSuch Primadonnas on the Sports FrogsPruitt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:54 pmOh.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:49 pmJust to clarify: You and like 3/4ths of people who were on the Sports Frogs last year, will be again this year. The new team is for those who left via free agency, plus a few others from the bench/minors to give them some more playing time.
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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Primary Color*
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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Primary Color*
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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Secondary Color*
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.
After that, I'll get some logo and uniform mockups together for us to vote on.
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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Logo*
With the team colors chosen (orange and gold), time to vote on the logo. Below are a few drafts:
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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Logo*
Why did you even have a poll for this?
4, duh.
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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Logo*
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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Logo*
#2 is too hockey-ey.
I vote #3.
I vote #3.
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#2 is based on the Holy Cross logo, if that changes anything:
And #3 is based on Hampton University:
And #3 is based on Hampton University:
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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Logo*
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?
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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Updated Poll - Team Logo*
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.
Once we get a consensus on this I'll work on the uniform mockups, hopefully for tomorrow.
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.
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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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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This isn't quite as noble as "NRA guy on Facebook is ok with getting rid of his guns" but it's awfully close.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.
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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Uniforms*
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:
Next week we'll finalize the split between the two teams' rosters and post player intros/scouting reports heading into the new season.
Time to vote on the uniforms. Once we decide on one, feel free to suggest additional tweaks:
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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Uniform*
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
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
- 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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Re: Swamp Out of the Park Baseball 2018 - *Poll - Team Uniform*
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Spring Brook Supply Field.
(I have a rather large irrigation supply house in Holland I deal with)
(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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* I have no idea if this is true or not.
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