It’s an actual penguin now! An emperor penguin!
June 27, 2019 1:13 PM Subscribe
Absolutely here for bird-based pedantry.
posted by tobascodagama at 1:36 PM on June 27, 2019 [9 favorites]
posted by tobascodagama at 1:36 PM on June 27, 2019 [9 favorites]
This is the kind of pedantry I can get behind.
And yes, that new Orioles logo, good lord.
posted by gwint at 1:36 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
And yes, that new Orioles logo, good lord.
posted by gwint at 1:36 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
The murderous visage of the New Orleans Pelicans mascot is accurate, especially if hanging around a dock and you have what it thinks is food in your hand. They'll take a chunk out of you.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:45 PM on June 27, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:45 PM on June 27, 2019 [5 favorites]
Not as many changes as I would expect; however, I disagree with their proposed Anaheim Ducks logo. My modest proposal (could alternately be used for the Panthers or Islanders).
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 1:58 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 1:58 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
The cocky Oriole is great, and most of these revamps suck (although I guess the joke is that they're all ugly but realistic).
posted by codacorolla at 1:58 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by codacorolla at 1:58 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]
The updated Pelicans logo should have more blood.
posted by peeedro at 2:15 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by peeedro at 2:15 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
A Steller's sea eagle might be a little more exciting to use as a basis than an osprey when you're doing the Seahawks logo.
posted by LionIndex at 2:37 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by LionIndex at 2:37 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
I feel like the cartoony Orioles logo has been around forever (like from when I was a kid in the 80s anyway); it feels much more familiar than the bird one. Am I totally misremembering?
And obviously the reason they didn’t do MLS teams is that there’s obviously no way to improve or need to correct the Minnesota logo.
posted by nickmark at 2:43 PM on June 27, 2019
And obviously the reason they didn’t do MLS teams is that there’s obviously no way to improve or need to correct the Minnesota logo.
posted by nickmark at 2:43 PM on June 27, 2019
The fixed Blue Jays logo is great. If I were into sports merchandise, I'd rather that than the current.
posted by jb at 2:44 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by jb at 2:44 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]
The Cardinals logo also needs to get the proportions correct. Craig Robinson has it covered.
posted by zamboni at 2:45 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by zamboni at 2:45 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
It's like if the Boston Red Sox abandoned the B or sock motif and put Wally as their official logo.
I confess a certain horrified fascination with the Red Sox alternate logo from the 1950s.
posted by zamboni at 2:49 PM on June 27, 2019 [8 favorites]
I confess a certain horrified fascination with the Red Sox alternate logo from the 1950s.
posted by zamboni at 2:49 PM on June 27, 2019 [8 favorites]
The fixed Blue Jays, Eagles, and Penguins logos should go into production immediately. They're clearly better and are only minor tweaks to the existing logos. As for the red-beaked cardinals, I gotta say that I can see why the logo designers went with the inaccurate but contrasting yellow beaks.
posted by mhum at 3:06 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by mhum at 3:06 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
As a former silk screener, I can't help but notice that most of the changes add a color, which is another screen, more money. Some logos are designed around color limitations. If you asked me if it was worth 10 cents a print to add the black on the Blue Jays logo to several thousand shirts, I'd say it wasn't worth it.
posted by doctor_negative at 3:14 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by doctor_negative at 3:14 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]
I feel like the cartoony Orioles logo has been around forever (like from when I was a kid in the 80s anyway); it feels much more familiar than the bird one. Am I totally misremembering?
Here's the Orioles historical logos- you're remembering correctly. The naturalistic logos started in 1992.
posted by zamboni at 3:15 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
Here's the Orioles historical logos- you're remembering correctly. The naturalistic logos started in 1992.
posted by zamboni at 3:15 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
doctor_negative: If you asked me if it was worth 10 cents a print to add the black on the Blue Jays logo to several thousand shirts, I'd say it wasn't worth it.
Indeed, in the case of the Penguins and Eagles, they're adding a new yellow layer which might be a hassle. However, the beauty of the Blue Jays change is that it's not a color addition but a color substitution: the dark blue in the beak/eye/throat that's being turned into black doesn't appear anywhere else in the logo.
posted by mhum at 3:23 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
Indeed, in the case of the Penguins and Eagles, they're adding a new yellow layer which might be a hassle. However, the beauty of the Blue Jays change is that it's not a color addition but a color substitution: the dark blue in the beak/eye/throat that's being turned into black doesn't appear anywhere else in the logo.
posted by mhum at 3:23 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
Holy cow, that Penguins logo is uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugly. Both iterations. It looks suspiciously like what we in the business call “nephew art.” As in, “the manager’s nephew drew it.” How have they avoided an upgrade on that thing?
posted by Thorzdad at 3:50 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Thorzdad at 3:50 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
So the real Eagles logo really has that weird flat angular part on the front of the beak? That ... sucks.
posted by penduluum at 4:53 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by penduluum at 4:53 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
That Cartoon Orioles logo inspires revulsion in me for some reason. I instinctively hate it. I'm not sure what sort of cartoon trauma as a kid provokes that reaction, but... No. Hate it.
I like the old school oriole cartoons in zamboni's link though.
posted by stillnocturnal at 5:01 PM on June 27, 2019
I like the old school oriole cartoons in zamboni's link though.
posted by stillnocturnal at 5:01 PM on June 27, 2019
The cartoon Oriole definitely has a "yeah I smoked all your weed" vibe
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:14 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:14 PM on June 27, 2019 [3 favorites]
The Falcons logo is stylized, I get it, but it doesn’t make a lick of sense (why is its foot sticking out?)
The foot is sticking out to make the falcon look like the letter F.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:49 PM on June 27, 2019
The foot is sticking out to make the falcon look like the letter F.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:49 PM on June 27, 2019
There is no such thing as a “sea hawk” and their logo is goddamn perfect thank you very much.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:09 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:09 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]
It’s an actual penguin now!
I may not have this correct, but as I understand it, actual penguins do not play hockey.
posted by LeLiLo at 9:11 PM on June 27, 2019 [6 favorites]
I may not have this correct, but as I understand it, actual penguins do not play hockey.
posted by LeLiLo at 9:11 PM on June 27, 2019 [6 favorites]
The foot is sticking out to make the falcon look like the letter F.
That's not a foot.
posted by Literaryhero at 1:11 AM on June 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
That's not a foot.
posted by Literaryhero at 1:11 AM on June 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
*checks calendar*
Yep, peak offseason is here!
posted by ominous_paws at 4:03 AM on June 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
Yep, peak offseason is here!
posted by ominous_paws at 4:03 AM on June 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
I may not have this correct, but as I understand it, actual penguins do not play hockey.
FWIW, Pittsburgh has the National Aviary, which has penguins with a variety of names, but a lot of them are hockey themed. There's a Stanley and of course a Sidney. Patrick, Disco, Mary Beth (the latter two are from former coach Dan Bylsma's tenure), Elvis and Flower (former goalie Fleury). I want to say at one point we had one named after Max Talbot too, but that may have been the zoo...
posted by librarianamy at 5:15 AM on June 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
FWIW, Pittsburgh has the National Aviary, which has penguins with a variety of names, but a lot of them are hockey themed. There's a Stanley and of course a Sidney. Patrick, Disco, Mary Beth (the latter two are from former coach Dan Bylsma's tenure), Elvis and Flower (former goalie Fleury). I want to say at one point we had one named after Max Talbot too, but that may have been the zoo...
posted by librarianamy at 5:15 AM on June 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
The North American Penguin Hockey League folded in the late 1989s after interverntion from PETA and ticket sales failed to meet expectations.
The original 8 teams were: The Calgary Flappers, The New York Tuxedos, The Pittsburgh Real Penguins, The Detroit Ice Bandits, The Ottawa Sophisticates, The Toronto Penguin Leafs, The Greenland Islanders, and the Vancouver Shorty Georges.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 6:53 AM on June 28, 2019 [7 favorites]
The original 8 teams were: The Calgary Flappers, The New York Tuxedos, The Pittsburgh Real Penguins, The Detroit Ice Bandits, The Ottawa Sophisticates, The Toronto Penguin Leafs, The Greenland Islanders, and the Vancouver Shorty Georges.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 6:53 AM on June 28, 2019 [7 favorites]
The original 8 teams were: The Calgary Flappers, The New York Tuxedos, The Pittsburgh Real Penguins, The Detroit Ice Bandits, The Ottawa Sophisticates, The Toronto Penguin Leafs, The Greenland Islanders, and the Vancouver Shorty Georges.
Flagged as fantastic. I need logos for these teams immediately.
posted by Rock Steady at 7:24 AM on June 28, 2019 [3 favorites]
Flagged as fantastic. I need logos for these teams immediately.
posted by Rock Steady at 7:24 AM on June 28, 2019 [3 favorites]
FWIW, Pittsburgh has the National Aviary, which has penguins with a variety of names, but a lot of them are hockey themed.
Sometimes the penguins meet their namesakes, too!
posted by tavella at 10:25 AM on June 28, 2019
Sometimes the penguins meet their namesakes, too!
posted by tavella at 10:25 AM on June 28, 2019
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