Perhaps Loria is confusing "Miami" with "trendy south beach club"

So many people know people who work for the Marlins.

 

Ask them to sneak a picture. :glare

 

 

The "I know someone who knows someone" stories are usually taken for what they're worth, but knowing Loria's crappy taste in art, I have no doubt in my mind that they'll be wearing a multi-colored piece of crap next year.

 

Huh?

 

How much is the homerun design and how much is just a picture around it? That is, those "people" and the stars, clouds and long yellow q-tips are nothing, right??

I heard from somebody that knows the housekeeper of Sampson's trialathon training partner's 4th cousin that said that she heard that the team is going to wear assless chaps and biker jackets. Bucks new nickname is going to be 'Bear' they are thinking about calling the park "the Blue Oyster"

I heard from somebody that knows the housekeeper of Sampson's trialathon training partner's 4th cousin that said that she heard that the team is going to wear assless chaps and biker jackets. Bucks new nickname is going to be 'Bear' they are thinking about calling the park "the Blue Oyster"

 

my ballpark contact also vets this. He mentions before games there will be repeat showings of "the birdcage" on the outside jumbotron 24/7. He also says jetpacks for outfielders are in major consideration by the FO as loria is pushing MLB to update the game.

So many people know people who work for the Marlins.

 

Ask them to sneak a picture. :glare

 

 

The "I know someone who knows someone" stories are usually taken for what they're worth, but knowing Loria's crappy taste in art, I have no doubt in my mind that they'll be wearing a multi-colored piece of crap next year.

 

Huh?

 

How much is the homerun design and how much is just a picture around it? That is, those "people" and the stars, clouds and long yellow q-tips are nothing, right??

I remember when this design was first announced two years ago, there was a brief CGI video of it in action on one of the newspaper's websites (which has since been taken down). The structure itself looked exactly as it does in this painting, with the exception of the green and yellow swirls/fireworks above the top Marlins.

 

If I remember the video correctly, each "tier" was going to pop up, bottom to top, in sequence. The pelicans tilted from side to side as if they were "flying" and the marlins "swam" from once side of the structure to the other. The small light bulbs around the structure blink, simulating motion like Christmas lights.

 

Granted, it was just a computer rendering, but I do not have high hopes for this thing being anythign other than an embarassment. I get it, it's supposed to be reminiscent of an old-time carnival/penny arcade game. Perhaps in one of the traditional or Neo-classical stadiums it would work fine, but it's an eyesore in our modern/futuristic stadium. I fail to see how it connects in any way to the Marlins, Miami or even baseball.

It connects to Miami just fine. It's as colorful as the buildings, the people, the food. Thematically, the wide array of colors are in line with art produced in the SoFla, Miami, Caribbean area. Art deco, haitan paintings, salsa music, cuban jazz, even mizner architecture are all colorful in theme. Look at the old Carol Mart sign. Look at the obnoxious (lovingly so) murals on the side of Sinbad's Birds. The animals in the feature are all native. And as far as baseball we are the Marlins - so we have jumping Marlins for a feature. It's as obnoxious as drivers on the Dolphin Expressway and as out of place as Santa's Enchanted Forest in 90 degree Decembers. So what - it's weird. Miami can get pretty f***ing weird. I wouldn't expect a town that produced Disco and where you can find sacrificed chickens by the railroad tracks to field anything else other than a rainbow clad squad of losers that celebrates with a laserbeam shooting bejeweled eyesore.

It's as obnoxious as drivers on the Dolphin Expressway and as out of place as Santa's Enchanted Forest in 90 degree Decembers.

 

A sentence has never described this city better.

It connects to Miami just fine. It's as colorful as the buildings, the people, the food. Thematically, the wide array of colors are in line with art produced in the SoFla, Miami, Caribbean area. Art deco, haitan paintings, salsa music, cuban jazz, even mizner architecture are all colorful in theme. Look at the old Carol Mart sign. Look at the obnoxious (lovingly so) murals on the side of Sinbad's Birds. The animals in the feature are all native. And as far as baseball we are the Marlins - so we have jumping Marlins for a feature. It's as obnoxious as drivers on the Dolphin Expressway and as out of place as Santa's Enchanted Forest in 90 degree Decembers. So what - it's weird. Miami can get pretty f***ing weird. I wouldn't expect a town that produced Disco and where you can find sacrificed chickens by the railroad tracks to field anything else other than a rainbow clad squad of losers that celebrates with a laserbeam shooting bejeweled eyesore.

 

Awesome.

I think the thing that is upsetting me the most about the homerun celebration and theuniforms that have been speculated is the efforst to capitalize on the "Miami culture". I lived and grew up in Miami, and I definately feel that they should be called the Miami Marlins. But, not every person in Miami wears orange, collects art and goes to south beach every day. The ownership is marketing the team as a tourism draw, because they are tourists. People from other parts of the country think of Miami, and think Miami Vice, South beach and crossdressers at the Birdcage. While that may be a big part of Miami, it is not representative of every person. Its blatant marketing by the ownership. A baseball team should be subtle in its represenation of a city. For example, the team name.... Marlins is a team name only Miami should use, not Chicago or Boston. The colors are also a big part. I think Miami needs to be bright vibrant colors, but still not so flowery and weird that it the colors forget that they are representing a team of athletes. Hmm, I bet teal and black would work.......I think this whole thing, the stadium, the colors, the weird logo, is all marketing to get tourists to Miami. I have been a fan since day 1. I have seen the Marlins play in 11 different cities, I have been through good and bad, but if what they say is true, they will lose me.

I think the thing that is upsetting me the most about the homerun celebration and theuniforms that have been speculated is the efforst to capitalize on the "Miami culture". I lived and grew up in Miami, and I definately feel that they should be called the Miami Marlins. But, not every person in Miami wears orange, collects art and goes to south beach every day. The ownership is marketing the team as a tourism draw, because they are tourists. People from other parts of the country think of Miami, and think Miami Vice, South beach and crossdressers at the Birdcage. While that may be a big part of Miami, it is not representative of every person. Its blatant marketing by the ownership. A baseball team should be subtle in its represenation of a city. For example, the team name.... Marlins is a team name only Miami should use, not Chicago or Boston. The colors are also a big part. I think Miami needs to be bright vibrant colors, but still not so flowery and weird that it the colors forget that they are representing a team of athletes. Hmm, I bet teal and black would work.......I think this whole thing, the stadium, the colors, the weird logo, is all marketing to get tourists to Miami. I have been a fan since day 1. I have seen the Marlins play in 11 different cities, I have been through good and bad, but if what they say is true, they will lose me.

 

OPTIMISM!!!!!!!

it's hard. =)

I just can't expect a city built on wealth, cocaine, immigration and homosexuality to ever field a team that satisfies the baseball curmudgeons. However, the food will be out of this world.

According to a guy that supposedly "knows" what it looks like on Chris creamers site, look for creamsicle orange to be the main color.

 

Im Colored beyond f***ing pissed if that is the case. Give me the damn rainbow uniforms before creamsicle orange. Orange and blue all I think of is this f***ing mets.

 

But there has been so many people in the "know" that also say it's rainbow so there's no telling.

A friend of mine works in the org...

 

He told me someone ate his lunch today and it was CLEARLY LABELED

According to a guy that supposedly "knows" what it looks like on Chris creamers site, look for creamsicle orange to be the main color.

 

Im Colored beyond f***ing pissed if that is the case. Give me the damn rainbow uniforms before creamsicle orange. Orange and blue all I think of is this f***ing mets.

 

But there has been so many people in the "know" that also say it's rainbow so there's no telling.

 

 

Not so bad...

Creamsicle just doesn't do anything for me, at all. I've started to warm up to the rainbow idea, atleast with some of the concepts I've come up with in my head.

That orange is nice, but it isn't going to be the only color (if it's even a color at all.)

 

I saw someone somewhere suggest that the colors could be those of the City of Miami flag, which are creamsicle orange, green and white. At least it'd be original :$

People's expectations seem to be so low on the uniform that it makes it hard to believe that they will be that bad.

 

Having said that, I haven't heard one "rumor" that gave me a favorable impression. If I don't like what's unveiled, I probably won't be buying any merchandise and will only buy stuff from the old/current brandings.

 

The uniform combinations from around 1995-2002 were perfection for me. I think fans would be much happier with a return to that color scheme than they would be with what will be unveiled later this year.

I don't really care what the uniforms look like.

 

Also, this is art. Just because you might think something sucks doesn't necessarily mean it sucks. It's all a matter of taste. I don't really care for all the colors, but I don't mind it either. Personally, I think it's cool that they're trying to be unique.

Of all the things that center field celebration isn't (to me, attractive), 'Miami' is one of the things it most certainly is, for better or worse.

If the uniforms look like crap, nobody is going to buy them. Hopefully the front office understands this. The Marlins colors will always be teal and black to me.

If the uniforms look like crap, nobody is going to buy them. Hopefully the front office understands this. The Marlins colors will always be teal and black to me.

 

 

WOW, Holly, you have sure changed!!! Guess you are telling us what you think about it, eh??

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Let's go "Marlines"!!!

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Let's go "Marlines"!!!

 

:lol

On the Chris Creamer site, one guy said that an insider confirmed to him that 'MIAMI' will be on every jersey (like the Rangers) and an alternate road uniform is orange and features an orange cap.