Cleveland Baseball Team to Change

[Mitchrapp]

The name is dumbo dumb. Did you see the logo yet, lol.

 

[Gulo Blue]

https://www.ideastream.org/news/exp...opularity-of-cleveland-s-guardians-of-traffic

A writeup on their Guardians. That's fine. Biggest art structure in the city.

 

[byco42]

The name is dumbo dumb. Did you see the logo yet, lol.

Looks angelic to me.

EDIT: seeing the actual sculptures, it?s just more idolatry.

 

[Gulo Blue]

The name is dumbo dumb. Did you see the logo yet, lol.

reflecting the helmet wings - sort of

 

[Michchamp]

Looks angelic to me.

I could see that.

It kinda struck me as a comic book hero aesthetic.

tested well with the 8-12 year-old boy demographic.

whatever billionaire grosero owns the Cleveland baseball team was just like "yeah fine whatever" as he left the branding meeting early to go bang one of his concubines, or demand a tax break from the city council

 

[Mitchrapp]

Just a plain G would been better imo.

 

[Gulo Blue]

The two Guardians have different wings. Looks a bit more like the other one, but still not art deco enough

 

[Gulo Blue]

There are more than 2 (4?)

And the wings continue on the structure

 

[Mitchrapp]

The two Guardians have different wings. Looks a bit more like the other one, but still not art deco enough

If that's what they were going for they should have used those. It would have made more sense.

 

[Michchamp]

Just a plain G would been better imo.

haha, not even a stylized one.

just comic sans letter "G", in honor of Dan Gilbert

edit, does the font selection even work here? Cleveland Guardians

 

[Michchamp]

no.

 

[byco42]

I get the sense that this was an exercise in consensus conclusions, where no individual really supported this name and concept. Or, it was forced on the organization by outside influences and it capitulated. JMHO.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Looks angelic to me.

EDIT: seeing the actual sculptures, it?s just more idolatry.

So they worship that thing? A guy with wings holding a truck?

 

[tigermud]

Now they just need Marvel to buy the franchise

 

[Mitchrapp]

Is that a gas truck?

 

[Michchamp]

the guy IS holding a truck... a tanker truck. weird.

Standard Oil used to be based there... did Rockefeller commission those?

art deco styling has to be the most horrifying art movement of the 20th century.

 

[Michchamp]

Here's a history of them. there are actually 8 fa?ades, and they were functionally created to be giant broom closets for the team that hand-cleaned the bridge

sorry for the slideshow (link)

 

[Gulo Blue]

the guy IS holding a truck... a tanker truck. weird.

Standard Oil used to be based there... did Rockefeller commission those?

art deco styling has to be the most horrifying art movement of the 20th century.

They are the "Guardians of Traffic". Each holds a different vehicle.

 

[byco42]

So they worship that thing? A guy with wings holding a truck?

Or revere. Maybe venerate. Or hold in high regard.

 

[byco42]

the guy IS holding a truck... a tanker truck. weird.

Standard Oil used to be based there... did Rockefeller commission those?

art deco styling has to be the most horrifying art movement of the 20th century.

When poorly executed, sure.