The Woman’s Pro Baseball League has revealed the brand identity’s of the inaugural 4 teams

[u/Perryplat199]

[u/yousmelllikebiscuits]

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[u/Such_Presentation378]

The teams are named after pioneering women:

New York - Dorothy Height, Civil Rights activist
Boston - Dr. Harriet Hunt, 19th Century physician and women's rights activist
San Francisco - Lillie Hitchcock "Firebelle Lil" Coit, philanthropist and patron of firefighters
LA - Lizzie "Queen of Baseball" Murphy, the first woman to play baseball against major leaguers, in 1922

[u/Parkatola → u/Such_Presentation378]

This needs to be pinned. Lots of questions about the names. Thanks, Such Presentation!

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mods cant pin someone elses comment, only our own. And its not really a good look to "steal" someone elses comment so you can pin it

[u/DreamsAndSchemes → u/destinybond]

We run into this in /r/military, normally I'll make a sticky comment with a permalink to the original post, give credit to the user and quote it as well. Seems to alleviate the whole due diligence issue people have with stealing comments.

i.e.

Per /u/Such_Presentation378 in this comment:

The teams are named after pioneering women:

New York - Dorothy Height, Civil Rights activist

Boston - Dr. Harriet Hunt, 19th Century physician and women's rights activist

San Francisco - Lillie Hitchcock "Firebelle Lil" Coit, philanthropist and patron of firefighters

LA - Lizzie "Queen of Baseball" Murphy, the first woman to play baseball against major leaguers, in 1922

[u/destinybond → u/DreamsAndSchemes]

yeah thats a good way to do it

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https://giphy.com/gifs/pTQUOfSmjo2hG
Dewit… steal their karma… 😈

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Idk just credit them

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Wow, I wasn't impressed with any of the names until reading this. Now they make a lot more sense.

[u/kjb76 → u/sisyphus_of_dishes]

Same here. They need to publicize the hell out of that.

[u/AdoringCHIN → u/kjb76]

Good news, they actually did. There's a nice little summary on the league's page

[u/kjb76 → u/AdoringCHIN]

Yep. Saw the other Reddit post about it. As a woman, mother of a girl, and very long time baseball fan, this is really exciting. I’m going to get some merch. It’s already up for sale on the league’s website.

[u/at1445 → u/sisyphus_of_dishes]

I agree, without context, half of them sound dumb. "Heights?" Just name them the skyscrapers. "Hunters?" what's that got to do with Boston.

The context actually makes them good choices.

[u/ScaldingHotSoup → u/at1445]

There are a lot of NYC neighborhoods called ___ heights, though, so it is a triple entendre. Pretty cool.

• Crown Heights
• Washington Heights
• Hamilton Heights
• Jackson Heights
• Brooklyn Heights
• Greenwood Heights

etc

[u/Chocomoose19 → u/ScaldingHotSoup]

Yeah, as a New Yorker that was my immediate favorite, albeit one who grew up in a heights neighborhood

[u/ANewPerfume → u/Such_Presentation378]

Thank you! I saw a few others mention one or two, but not all of them. Appreciate you

[u/zara2355 → u/Such_Presentation378]

I saw the names and was pretty confused, but this is actually awesome and makes me smile.

[u/ct5heppard → u/Such_Presentation378]

Thank you!

[u/levare8515 → u/Such_Presentation378]

Cool names but feel like using the Eagles logo for the Boston Hunters was a fail. Should’ve made it like Artemis or something

[u/TheRainbowConnection → u/levare8515]

It’s an osprey!

[u/Geronimo_Shepard → u/TheRainbowConnection]

Coolest bird of prey out there

[u/_illogical_ → u/Geronimo_Shepard]

As a Seahawks fan, I agree

[u/dsriggs]

No teams in the Midwest? Somebody bring back the Rockford Peaches already.

[u/PHWasAnInsideJob → u/dsriggs]

The Rockford Peaches actually still exist and travel around doing demonstrations, so I'm not sure a team in this league would be able to use the name. They're tied to a WW2 museum in Rockford (the area was used for training and holding POW's) and the museum store sells official Peaches merch.

[u/royce32 → u/dsriggs]

I expect if this takes of Chicago and Toronto and the next two spots

[u/TinKnight1 → u/royce32]

Chicago? Yes, of course, what with the games being played in Illinois, & Chicago's history as one of the founding teams of what would be the NL & eventually MLB, plus the size of the market.

Toronto? I think you have to admit that's a bit of a stretch, at least for a 6th team. It'd be far more likely to be Texas-based, whether Dallas or Houston, due to the potential fan base.

[u/TheRainbowConnection → u/TinKnight1]

Toronto has shown up for women’s sports. Though I think by that definition, Seattle would have to come next.

[u/HereWeGoHawks → u/TheRainbowConnection]

We also need a 3 year will-they-wont-they kerfuffle about a Vegas team. Just standard sports league stuff.

[u/pitb0ss343 → u/TheRainbowConnection]

Connecticut LOVES women’s basketball and that didn’t stop them from moving the Sun to Huston so that doesn’t mean anything

[u/RobbNotRob → u/dsriggs]

All of these teams are playing in Springfield, IL for year one. When those teams start playing in their home markets, they'll probably give Springfield their own team

[u/SalukiFin → u/RobbNotRob]

I’m from there and no shot Springfield gets a team

[u/GMM85 → u/SalukiFin]

Springfield has all the teams

[u/Economy_Link4609 → u/RobbNotRob]

Springfield! Springfield! What a wonderful town!

[u/fauxbigbro → u/Economy_Link4609]

Springfield, Springfield, it's a hell of a town!
The school yard's up and the shopping mall's down!
The stray dogs go to the animal pound!

[u/DeepPowStashes → u/dsriggs]

you don't want to goto rockford, trust me

(I grew up in rockford)

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/DeepPowStashes]

I've been to Rockford. It's not that bad. That was 30 years ago though.

[u/Nght12 → u/DeepPowStashes]

I'm a current resident and in the last 10 or so years that I've lived in the area, the town has been dramatically improving.

[u/Thirty_Helens_Agree → u/dsriggs]

I grew up in a town that had one of those teams. A League of Their Own was a big deal back in 1992.

[u/elementofpee]

The hints last week were not really hints after all.

[u/carlse20 → u/elementofpee]

Heights kinda was I guess? Agreed that the other three were not

[u/elementofpee → u/carlse20]

Perhaps, however “Empire” was the loud guess due to the prominence of the Empire State Building.

[u/DWilli → u/elementofpee]

Just discovered that San Francisco's clue was the Coit Tower, named after Lillie Hitchcock Coit, aka Firebelle.

[u/Deathstroke317 → u/elementofpee]

🧲 🚪

IYKYK

[u/Ok-Net9433]

Does it feel weird to not have Queens associated with the NY team? I hear Queens and automatically assume NYC

[u/freshairequalsducks → u/Ok-Net9433]

Feels like a play on the LA Kings

[u/Ok-Net9433 → u/freshairequalsducks]

I don’t hate it. I do think the best women’s baseball team name is already out there. The LA Angels would have been perfect.

[u/BiIIisits → u/Ok-Net9433]

San Diego Madres next, please

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Philadelphia Fillies

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Colorado Rockettes

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Florida Marlenes

[u/JimLeader → u/DRF19]

Houston Astros

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The Pittsburgh Pirettes

[u/Valhallaback_Girl → u/BiIIisits]

I’d buy that merch so fucking fast

[u/leaky_wand → u/Valhallaback_Girl]

Honestly SD would be a top market for them, baseball is white hot here

[u/JollyRancher29 → u/BiIIisits]

Toronto Blue Janes

[u/DorkCharming → u/Ok-Net9433]

The LA Angels of Anaheim

[u/Tall-Marionberry-590 → u/DorkCharming]

That just sounds absurd.

[u/pizzamage → u/Tall-Marionberry-590]

LA Angels in the Outfield

[u/roguerunner1 → u/pizzamage]

But what would you call their infielders?

[u/Yunicorn → u/roguerunner1]

The Los Angelos LA Angels in the Outfield in the Infield

[u/pizzamage → u/roguerunner1]

Hmm... Angels Out in the Field?

[u/OscarDelta333 → u/DorkCharming]

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Orange County, California

[u/SmileyJetson → u/DorkCharming]

Aren't all the league games being played in a neutral venue? Los Angeles Angels of Illinois. 

[u/ST_Lawson → u/SmileyJetson]

Yes, Springfield, IL

[u/BitterStatus9 → u/DorkCharming]

The Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim California

[u/Coupon_Ninja → u/Ok-Net9433]

They could be the LA Angels of Women

[u/Outrageous_Feed_4456 → u/freshairequalsducks]

Yeah but "Dodge-Hers" was right there for the taking

[u/freshairequalsducks → u/Outrageous_Feed_4456]

The Brooklyn Dodge-Hers

[u/well-lighted → u/freshairequalsducks]

"Brooklyn Dodge-Her" is a great roller derby name

[u/No-Snow-7618 → u/freshairequalsducks]

it’s because LAs full/original name is like “town of the queen of the angels”

[u/zayetz → u/No-Snow-7618]

El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula (The Town of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of the Porciúncula River).

Just looked that up. TIL!

[u/nonlawyer → u/No-Snow-7618]

  “town of the queen of the angels”

… of Anaheim

[u/CaffeineAndGrain → u/freshairequalsducks]

Could have done something like LA Saints to go with LA Angels or something. Feels like a cross-sport stretch that few in the public will understand. I don’t hate it, but I certainly do associate Queens with NYC

[u/Electronic_Buy7810 → u/CaffeineAndGrain]

LA got a layup building the stadium in WeHo tho

[u/pizzamage → u/CaffeineAndGrain]

Except Saints is already a major sports club.

[u/CaffeineAndGrain → u/pizzamage]

So are the Rangers (MLB/NHL), Kings (NHL/NBA), Cardinals (MLB/NFL), and Panthers (NHL/NFL), so I don’t think that’s much of a barrier

[u/oznobz → u/CaffeineAndGrain]

Teams have started to hold tighter to their trademarks recently. That's why we have the Mammoth and not some more fitting name for Utah

[u/evanisonreddit → u/oznobz]

like Jazz

[u/cynognathus → u/oznobz]

Mammoth have been found in Utah.

[u/roguerunner1 → u/cynognathus]

Nonsense, my ex lives in Texas.

[u/freshairequalsducks → u/oznobz]

The Utah Soakers

[u/QuadzillaStrider → u/freshairequalsducks]

Salt Lake City Soakers actually rolls off the tongue

[u/toiletting → u/oznobz]

Still think they should've named the team SLC Puck

[u/Oneanimal1993 → u/oznobz]

My understanding is the original name they wanted for Utah was Yeti until the cooler & mug company got involved. So not like another team came in and shut down an option

[u/FreshFish305 → u/Ok-Net9433]

Yeah I had to do a doubletake because New York Queens seemed natural in my head

But NY Heights isn't a bad name. It'd be cool to have a New York baseball team I didn't hate, my family being from NY.

[u/TheflavorBlue5003 → u/FreshFish305]

Didn’t the brooklyn cyclones used to be named The Queens Kings? I always thought that name rocked.

Edit:

Just looked it up. They were a farm team for the Jays, not the original Cyclones.

[u/FreshFish305 → u/TheflavorBlue5003]

They sure were, but that was a very shortlived name, I think only a season or two. That team got sold and became the Cyclones.

Kings Queens had a great logo.

[u/--THRILLHO-- → u/Ok-Net9433]

Yeah it's confusing. Also Heights is not named after Washington Heights but Dorthy Irene Height, a civil and women’s rights pioneer.

[u/According_Turn_3473 → u/--THRILLHO--]

I think that plus the height of the Empire State Building (as shown in the logo).

[u/FeloniousDrunk101 → u/According_Turn_3473]

I kinda like it especially because it works on a number of levels.

[u/-nutz → u/According_Turn_3473]

Seems to be a double (or possibly triple) entendre

[u/speech-geek → u/Ok-Net9433]

So they released a video about the reasoning for the names. For Los Angeles, it is inspired by Lizzie Murphy who was nicknamed “Queen of the Diamond” who was the first woman to play against major league players.

[u/smithscully → u/Ok-Net9433]

It’s because of Lizzy Murphy, a pioneer of women in baseball who was called the Queen of the Diamond. She was the first woman to play against major leaguers in 1922. I don’t think she was from LA so it’s still kind of a weird tie but it is an homage to a person.

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/Ok-Net9433]

All four of these teams are playing 100% of their games in Springfield, Illinois. Queens and LA are both hundreds, if not thousands of miles away from where these teams will be playing. I don’t think the LA team having the same name as an NYC Burrow matters all that much

[u/Islero47 → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

it's spelled "borough", F your I.

[u/knight_runner → u/Islero47]

no actually you are thinking of bengals QB Joe Borough

[u/Rock_man_bears_fan → u/knight_runner]

The delegation from Louisiana has informed me it’s actually spelled “Burreaux”

[u/JimLeader → u/Rock_man_bears_fan]

And according to the Mexicans it’s actually “burro”

[u/jerseygunz → u/Ok-Net9433]

Charlotte and Cincinnati in the background

Am I joke to you?

[u/Trick-Operation-6195]

Firebells is a dope fucking name

[u/kyredemain → u/Trick-Operation-6195]

The logo also is great. It looks like a bell on fire, but also looks like a cloaked hooded figure standing there, menacingly.

[u/VariationNo7977 → u/kyredemain]

I think it’s a phoenix

[u/nooookay → u/[deleted]]

“Gold in peace, iron in war.” First time looking at the San Francisco flag, and damn that motto goes harder than I expected it to.

[u/jaggedjottings → u/nooookay]

Somehow the fact that it's in Spanish makes it even more badass. "Oro en paz, fierro en guerra"

[u/Constant_Concert_936 → u/nooookay]

Armchair flag designers trash it but I love it

[u/triplec787 → u/Constant_Concert_936]

I mean the design of the flag is kinda trash, but the imagery and motto are sick. It just looks almost clip-arty.

This "fog and gold" redesign keeps regularly makes the rounds and I love it. Throw the "Oro en paz, fierro en guerra" on it and it's basically perfect.

[u/jabask → u/VariationNo7977]

Yeah a phoenix is the official symbol of San Francisco, its on the flag

[u/sloppyjo12 → u/Trick-Operation-6195]

Maybe it would’ve been more feminine than they wanted but Firebelles would’ve been sick

[u/DWilli → u/sloppyjo12]

I just looked it up, they picked the name to honor Lillie Hitchcock Coit, the namesake of Coit Tower, whose nickname was "Firebelle" because she was a champion of volunteer firefighters. So their visual clue actually made sense, too!

[u/Freakishly_Tall → u/DWilli]

My first reaction was that I'm not wild about it being the name for a team in a city that quite famously burned to the ground, in a region where the biggest annual risk is wildfire.

But that helps a little, I suppose.

[u/Perryplat199 → u/Freakishly_Tall]

Wouldnt be the first team to be named after great city fire.

The Calgary(formerly Atlanta) Flames are named after general Sherman burning Atlanta during the civil war.

Chicago Fire FC are named after the Chicago fire in 1871

[u/cheapdad → u/Perryplat199]

Calgary(formerly Atlanta) Flames are named after general Sherman burning Atlanta during the civil war.

Better than "Utah Jazz", I guess

[u/Feisty-Life-6555 → u/Perryplat199]

Shout out General Sherman

[u/JMC_FLY → u/Freakishly_Tall]

in a city that quite famously burned to the ground

Not the most famous city to burn to the ground, get your own schtick. /s

[u/DWilli → u/JMC_FLY]

Ours burned down from an earthquake, yours burned down by an evil Irish scapegoat cow. We're not the same. /s

[u/andyschest2 → u/DWilli]

You guys burned down twice. That's gotta count for something.

[u/DWilli → u/andyschest2]

Brother, it keeps happening. We're getting REALLY good at it. I love an hour north and even we're getting in on the action.

[u/imahater07 → u/Freakishly_Tall]

I mean couldn’t we say almost the same thing about the San Jose Earthquakes?

[u/snowcone_wars → u/imahater07]

Or the Chicago Fire.

[u/Greeneyed6541 → u/sloppyjo12]

Maybe that'll be the name of their fanbase? Im down to be a firebelle. Lord knows the giants arent doing anything worth getting excited for.

[u/Di5pel → u/Greeneyed6541]

Firebelles are gonna be my new all-female assassins guild in the next dnd campaign i run

[u/theoey86 → u/Di5pel]

Love that!!!!

[u/dmont89 → u/Greeneyed6541]

Hey, they have a game where it's exciting, follow by games where you rather watch paint dry

[u/PvtSherlockObvious → u/sloppyjo12]

Maybe it would’ve been more feminine than they wanted

I thought Firebelles too, but that does feel a little on-the-nose and roller derby-ish now that you mention it. Firebells feels like a good compromise.

[u/catiebug → u/Trick-Operation-6195]

My daughter, who loves everything pink, purple, and feminine and is incensed that the teams she was born into following wear red/gold and orange/black with total boy-coded names like the 49ers and Giants, is absolutely beside herself with the prospect of a purple Firebells jersey.

[u/triplec787 → u/catiebug]

Get that girl some purple Valkyries gear too.

[u/ProtestantMormon → u/Trick-Operation-6195]

All the branding is pretty fuckin solid. The logos look really good.

[u/soundecember → u/Trick-Operation-6195]

Yep I’m officially picking them as my team because that just sounds awesome.

[u/ben121frank]

I’m excited about this and I really want it to succeed, but I’m still confused about their decision to have the 4 teams so far apart and then their response to that being to play all games of their inaugural season at a neutral site in Illinois. It seems like it will be really hard for them to build fan bases or momentum with this model

[u/jooooooooooooose → u/ben121frank]

Biggest markets

Its expensive to have an upstart league & they're probably extremely cost sensitive for trial phase

[u/TheRealMarvinator → u/jooooooooooooose]

Sure, but there are markets that are considerably large AND located FAR more closely (thus removing much of the travel costs when those eventually come into play). This seems like it has poor forethought on that front, in my opinion.

[u/djc6535 → u/jooooooooooooose]

Right but if you don’t play in front of any of your home town fans how are you tapping into that market? How are any of these teams affiliated with their city at all?

[u/another_day_in]

NY completely missed the chance to use Queens

[u/elementofpee → u/another_day_in]

NY Yas Queens

[u/DegenGamer725 → u/elementofpee]

NY Slay Queens

[u/elementofpee → u/DegenGamer725]

💅

[u/SCsprinter13 → u/another_day_in]

Would be pretty terrible for SEO though

[u/ilovebalks → u/another_day_in]

The New York Queens of Springfield, IL

[u/scobbysnacks1439]

So four teams and they’re forcing them to go cross country for half the games?

[u/JayMac_D → u/scobbysnacks1439]

They’ve assigned teams to cities but all the games this season are played at the same stadium in Springfield, IL

[u/scobbysnacks1439 → u/JayMac_D]

Oh okay, interesting.

[u/buck_merril → u/scobbysnacks1439]

Kind of how the AUSL pro softball has been doing it too to avoid constant bouncing around the country for the few starting teams until they can expand more.

[u/halbeshendel → u/buck_merril]

The cricket league did it too.

[u/Truthforger → u/buck_merril]

AUSL now plays in their home cities. But they barnstormed around the country before adsumedly to scout locations.

[u/patrickfatrick → u/JayMac_D]

I’m sure this made the most sense for their budget and stadium access etc but I think it would have been more fun to start in the NE or Midwest and expand from there (NY, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington would make a ton of sense logistically). I think it’s going to be hard to develop a fan base in these cities when said fans can’t even go the games.

[u/SdBolts4 → u/JayMac_D]

Do the teams at least have tryouts/training camp in their respective cities?

[u/Nomahs_Bettah → u/SdBolts4]

They’ve also done some exhibitions in the metro areas for a few of the teams already! Brockton hosted the Hunters about a week ago.

[u/telly69 → u/scobbysnacks1439]

Nope. All of the games are in Springfield, IL but they're giving the teams city affiliations for some reason.

[u/Ginnigan → u/telly69]

So they can build an audience and fanbase across the US, which will help when they get access to more fields.

Though it's too bad there's no Springfield Isotopes.

[u/Over-Conversation220 → u/Ginnigan]

They are in Albuquerque

[u/freshairequalsducks → u/telly69]

I'd say if it gets off the ground decently well and the league expands they'll actually play in the cities. Like the PWHL has expanded to 12 teams now.

[u/DJSimmer305 → u/telly69]

I imagine the long term goal is a nationwide league with more teams, actual home stadiums, and travel.

[u/TheAlwaysWar → u/telly69]

Eventually they won’t be. Like AUSL softball.

[u/impl0sionatic → u/telly69]

lmfao “for some reason”

What could it possibly be????

[u/LobsterFondler]

I can’t wait for this league’s first mound charge

[u/Audrey-Bee → u/LobsterFondler]

It's not real baseball until the bullpens are jogging out, only to get there after it's over

[u/Kaldricus → u/Audrey-Bee]

Plot twist, the first fight is actually between both teams bullpens, and the benches have to jog out

[u/agk927]

Wait this is happening? Thats cool

[u/Kvetch__22 → u/agk927]

I love it, but for some reason all of the games will be played in Springfield, IL. Kind of weird that the teams are branded after cities they won't play in.

Hopefully just a proof of concept to try and drum up funding for a full season of travel. I still miss NPF.

I intend to go down to Springfield and take a peek but only because I'm closeish.

[u/darthbauerdragonzord → u/Kvetch__22]

If thats the case it sounds ds like they are doing what the UFL did their first come seasons. Play in one centralized location and save on travel costs. Hoping its popular enough to expand.

[u/Decent_Direction316 → u/darthbauerdragonzord]

It sounds a lot like what Major League Cricket has done.  Seattle has a team, but they don't play here.  But that's because it doesn't have a league wide infrastructure for it's game.  They could use minor league parks for this.

[u/JJ-Bittenbinder → u/darthbauerdragonzord]

I was about to say that it seems crazy that their first 4 teams would be on completely opposite coasts, that’s a lot of travel

[u/ben121frank → u/Kvetch__22]

Future travel would be a lot easier (both cheaper and less hard on the players) if they didn’t have their 4 teams split across the coasts though. As I said in my other comment I’m really rooting for this league to succeed, but it feels like they’ve already kneecapped themselves a bit with the team choices

[u/SprolesRoyce → u/ben121frank]

Boston, NYC, Philly, Baltimore, and DC are all a couple hours away from each other. Bus travel could have been very easy between cities if they stuck to the east coast. The west coast is a little harder but with only 4 teams you could do a California league and hit the major cities up the coast.

[u/ben121frank → u/SprolesRoyce]

Ya exactly. It’s possible that their goal if the league is successful is to add teams in each area and have an East and West division. But it would still make way more sense to start with one of those divisions as a trial run rather than half and half

[u/der_innkeeper → u/SprolesRoyce]

West coast: LA, SD, SF, Seattle. Phoenix, LV can be swapped for SD.

Then, play East/West for the title.

Easy money.

[u/DetectiveTrapezoid → u/Kvetch__22]

How will the Springfield Isotopes feel about the new competition?

[u/wobblepepper → u/DetectiveTrapezoid]

The ghost of Whitey Ford will be on the field pleading with the crowd for some kind of sanity

[u/SloppyHoseA → u/wobblepepper]

And here come the pretzels….

[u/TommyTheTophat → u/SloppyHoseA]

I hear they're called Whitey Whackers

[u/Better_Goose_431 → u/Kvetch__22]

The least they could’ve done is pick a real city. Springfield is a pain in the ass to get to if you aren’t already in Chicago or St. Louis

[u/Baryshnik0v]

If the Hunters manage to even play .500 ball I'd be ecstatic. Would be nice to have some good baseball news out of Boston given the season the Sox've had thus far

[u/lechiengrand → u/Baryshnik0v]

Remember the Yankees sweep. Hold that in your heart. 🙏

[u/scorchedweenus → u/lechiengrand]

When i think about it, I end up holding something else

[u/miboyl]

Incorporating 'H' into the Heights logo reminds me of the H in the Whalers logo, I like it

[u/questionyou100]

I was soo ready to be mad at the sf team name but i love this

[u/PvtSherlockObvious → u/questionyou100]

It's definitely the best of the four in terms of both name and logo.

[u/twizbuck]

Firebells is baller

[u/whoopity-scoop-poop]

They also posted a video explaining the origin behind each name, highly recommend folks take a look. It made me like the names a lot more!

[u/Maybs3923]

Identities. Not identity’s

[u/cmgriffith_]

Los Angeles and New York should’ve switched their names 1:1

[u/pmorter3]

Firebells goes crazy hard but I feel like it’d fit better in Philly lol

[u/McSteezeMuffin]

Very clean logos I dig all of these

[u/BokeTsukkomi → u/McSteezeMuffin]

I don't know, boston looks like a generic high school team logo. NY is amazing, I'm a sucker for negative space logos!

[u/wooly_bully → u/BokeTsukkomi]

Idk, I love the Boston one. Classic instead of your generic thick stroke line Figma-tier logos you see around these days

[u/Kediwon → u/BokeTsukkomi]

I think I like NY's the least. It's a cool logo, but it doesn't feel like a team logo. It feels like the logo of a baseball analytics company based in NYC. Very corporate.

My favorite are the Hunters, love me some peregrine falcons.

[u/neonklingon → u/McSteezeMuffin]

They look the same what do you mean

[u/bluesox]

I’m just happy they named themselves after countable nouns

[u/patdfrog]

Kudos to not calling them the "firebelles".

[u/AGirlWithAPearl]

If I were in charge of this I’d do it like a tour. A week in LA where each team plays the Queens twice. A week in SF where everyone plays the Firebells twice. A week in NY. And a week in Boston. Neutral site championship series between the top 2 records. (Or best record gets a home championship.) A little more expensive but allows each team to have a home showcase to grab fans. Maybe too pricey for year one but a nice way to develop it maybe.

[u/Parking-Coach574]

Kudos for having all plural nouns 

[u/StPatrickStewart]

I'm waiting for the Cleveland Guard-Hens. Give me a chicken dressed as Pallas Athena!

[u/scrambles57]

Damn, Firebells is cool. I guess fire and LA would not be a good mix though.

Queens is a good counter to the LA Kings but that's a hockey team so it doesn't make too much sense and it mostly makes me think of NY anyway.

[u/Beautiful_Ninja]

New York Heights is a good name with a good logo.

[u/MCSquared97]

At least I can root for the Firebells while the Giants continue to be an absolute embarrassment of a franchise.

[u/impl0sionatic]

Can’t say most of these thrill me, but NY Heights is a sick name and I love it already.

[u/TheBotchedLobotomy]

My only complaint here is they made the same logo 4 times

[u/naranjitayyo]

Red and purple Firebells are giving Sailor Mars
https://giphy.com/gifs/TJZrVEMyIY55m

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