Rays Logo Question

by eday on Oct 22, 2008 8:01 PM PDT

First I'd like to briefly relate the satisfaction of a recent event. A friend of mine, an avid Red Sox fan, agreed to bet a case of good beer on the outcome of the ALCS. Our agreement stipulated that beer quality was to be determined by the honor of the loser.

Does anyone else think the Rays new logo is slightly religious? The name change occurred after a good deal of criticism about the "Devil" Rays. Not surprising considering the number of potential fans in the evangical communities of Florida. You'd think the new Wall Street owner would want to soothe any ill will with those potential new customers. The name and logo change were a prime opportunity to do that (among many other things, of course).

The Rays (fish) logo has been silently relegated to the shoulder patch, and the Rays (sun/star of bethlehem/?) is featured prominently on the jersey and in the middle of center field. The latter Ray logo also appears a bit crucifix-ish.

via mlb.mlb.com

It's subtle enough to be unobtrusive, and the new name and look are good changes in general, especially after reading a comment a while back by a Rays fan that it was "a bad Seattle Mariners rip off".

Thoughts?

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nah, don't think so.

by Matthew on Oct 22, 2008 8:08 PM PDT reply actions

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by Robert on Oct 22, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

You can't comment once they get hidden, can you?

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by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh you can

you most certainly can

by seattlebruin on Oct 22, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions

You just can't close the window.

Indie.

by .Taylor on Oct 22, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions

nah, not really worth it.

I trust this community to not let this go anywhere bad.

by Matthew on Oct 22, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Agreed, I think trying to find a religious meaning in their new logo is grasping at straws.

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by BrettJMiller on Oct 22, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

All four of these sound like minor league names.

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by Faux on Oct 23, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions

That's because two of them are/were

Don’t know about the Waves, but the Calgary Cannons and the Albuquerque Dukes were PCL teams until, and this is quite random, Calgary’s team moved to Albuquerque and became the Isotopes. Sportscasters would call that “ironic”, but I think it’s just a pretty cool coincidence.

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by pdb on Oct 23, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions

A team that named itself after an episode of the Simpsons?

I kind of want an Isotopes hat now.

by sulles on Oct 23, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Yup.

The people of Albuquerque were asked what they wanted their new minor league team’s name to be, and they chose Isotopes. Instead of overruling it and going the corporate bland route, ownership shrugged and said “why not”?

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by pdb on Oct 23, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions