Hockey Night

[Farmer Ted]

Mets sporting hockey jerseys en route to Canada.
Kick some ass, eh.

Trying to upload pics from twitter unless someone can beat my Canuck kicking ass to it.

http://metsonline.com/mets-in-hockey-jerseys/#.T7WMcIl5mc0

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Who is representing The Whale?

[Ceetar]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Who is representing The Whale?

The Canadian.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Ceetar wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: Who is representing The Whale? The Canadian.

Should be a Nutmegger.

[metirish]

Nice to see Gee left 1993

[Guest The Second Spitter]

So Wright wears a fictitious jersey, so as not to fragment his fan base. Brilliant thinking.

These Mets travel-themed attire parties are pretty ridiculous. It would be like other teams getting dressed as Mobsters or Wall Street Suits each time they travel to New York.

I'd hate to think what the Mets would have done if they had a regular season game in Japan.

I have this image of Frank Francisco walking through Japanese customs wearing nothing but a Sumo diaper. And RA Dickey as a Kamikaze Pilot. And Jason Bay as a Seppuku-committing Ronin Bushido .....oh wait, wrong fantasy.

[TransMonk]

I never knew that the clubhouse floor at Citi paid hommage to the Shea neon baseball players.

[HahnSolo]

Jason Bay wins with the Whaler uni.

Interesting that Johan went with a Minnesota Wild jersey. It's been five years since he pitched there.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm amazed at how many of these teams I've never even heard of. Nashville Predators? Minnesota Wild???

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

The Hartford Whalers logo is one of my favorites because of the way the negative space makes an H and the tail forms a W.



I love the old Milwaukee Brewers logo for the same reason since the fingers and stitching of the glove form an M and the thumb, pocket and ball form a B.



The Montreal Expos follows the same design principles since the stylized M has an "e" for Expos and "b" for baseball in it, but it never worked for me because it's too busy and looks like it reads "ello" more than anything else.



Anyhow, they don't seem to design logos like this anymore which is too bad.

[Frayed Knot]

That Brewer logo was the one where both Gary & Keith admitted a few days ago that it took them years to figure out that there was an 'M' and a 'B' in the design for Milwaukee and Brewers

The Expos logo always looked like it said ELB to me.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: That Brewer logo was the one where both Gary & Keith admitted a few days ago that it took them years to figure out that there was an 'M' and a 'B' in the design for Milwaukee and Brewers

never noticed myself. It looks too much like a glove and the b is to the left of the m so it's not readily obvious to me.

[Edgy MD]

I've got an urge to rent me a little VHS action:

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Make it a double feature.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Anyhow, they don't seem to design logos like this anymore which is too bad.

Yes, craptacular logos like these:







And my personal favourite:

[Edgy MD]

I'm OK with the White Sox logo. It doesn't say much, but it has dignity.

The other three, respectively, say to me:

"This team features the illegitimate children of Ben Franklin!"

"A mysterious and nefarious multi-national corporation has taken over the US Government!"

"This team sucks so much, they make savages pause and laugh hysterically in the middle of their bloody raids!"

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: "This team features the illegitimate children of Ben Franklin!"

if that was true Philly would promote the hell out of it. They'd probably bring back this logo. I kind of like it though.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

The Second Spitter wrote: Anyhow, they don't seem to design logos like this anymore which is too bad. Yes, craptacular logos like these:

None of those logos feature designs made up of letters representing the name of the team. And yes they are craptacular. Perhaps if they'd made something clever with CWS, PP, WS or CI they would look a lot better.

[Edgy MD]

Well, many of the logos you reference are more insignia type logos --- the ones used on hats as opposed to the ones that appear on sleeves or shirt fronts or on-deck circles. (Though the elements overlap with many teams.)
I have to say that, as far as hat insigniae go, this one always drove me bonkers, because the F and the fish have different geometric centers, so the hat never seemed to be on straight.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: The Montreal Expos follows the same design principles since the stylized M has an "e" for Expos and "b" for baseball in it, but it never worked for me because it's too busy and looks like it reads "ello" more than anything else.

Frayed Knot wrote: The Expos logo always looked like it said ELB to me.

In French, the logo is read "EdM" = Expos de Montr�al

[Gwreck]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: The Hartford Whalers logo is one of my favorites because of the way the negative space makes an H and the tail forms a W.

Doesn't the green part make the "W" rather than the tail?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Gwreck wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: The Hartford Whalers logo is one of my favorites because of the way the negative space makes an H and the tail forms a W. Doesn't the green part make the "W" rather than the tail?

Good point. I guess the blue part is distinctively the tail, I was just guessing that the green part was also part of the tail.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That Brewers logo is hideous for the amount of love it gets. Hideous I tell you!

The Whalers logo is a classic.

The Expos was very distinctive but never made sense to me.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Count me among those who have a hideous love for the Brewers logo. I spotted the MB in the glove immediately and I think the whole thing is awfully darn clever.

Also, I've known for years that that Expos' elb is an M, but I still can't quite see it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I totally get that its a ball and glove and M and B, it's just ugly. The shape is odd, the font is weird, it has nothing to do with Milwaukee or Brewing.

[G-Fafif]

I certainly hope at least one Met represented the orange and blue.


I'd settle for the reviled orange and blue (which I got a kick out of despite its unassailable ridiculousness).

[soupcan]

You know those posters that were semi-popular a few years back that you would have to cross your eyes, un-focus and stare at in order to see the 'hidden' picture? Yeah, well I could never see the picture.

However the 'm' & 'b' in the Brewers logo and the 'M' in the Expos logo? I mean really? You guys can't see those? All of a sudden I don't feel so retarded anymore.

[Ceetar]

just Howie I think.

Edited May 18, 2012 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote:

I don't remember this logo. Is this from the time when they were also selling fishsticks?

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: just Howie I think.

That'll do nicely.

Josh wear a Stars jersey?