Brian Bob was conspicuosly missing from the unveiling… Nicky was there, Georgie was there, Doc Jones was there, along with some oldies, Palmer, Boog, but no Brian Bob… just sayin’.

However,

Free the Birds.

D-backs new emblem is kick ass. I especially like the red outline.

Although I don’t really like the actual look of the shoulder patch, it’s nice to know that the Warehouse is actually reaching out to the fanbase. It’s obvious those Maryland patches are an appeal to the base; I guess it kind of alienates former D.C./NoVa O’s fans, but I couldn’t care less.

Last time I checked their had their own pitiful squad to cheer for.

I think the “Baltimore” is cool, but I’m underwhelmed with the hat. It seems like the hat logo is halfway between the 1989 bird and the current (well, immediately previous to the new) bird logo. Not different enough to really be noteworthy.

And drop the apostrophe “s” on the alternates (Just have the “O” instead of "O’s").

Being from PA, I’m a little offended by the Maryland patch. I guess they’re admitting that they’ve lost York County, land of the bandwagon people, to the Phillies.

I like:

finally putting baltimore on the goddamn jersey.
the stripe on the sleeve
‘baltimore’ on the sleeve of the alternate home jersey

I don’t like:
the bird on the hat. WTF does it have to be ornothologically correct? do other teams do this?
stupid fucking “O’s” hat

indifferent but should consider revising:
the maryland flag, while cool as far as flags go, if it annoys non-maryland oriole fans, than i’m willing to let this go as long as ‘baltimore’ is kept on the road uni. I’m all about compromise. and being a fan of shitass team.

I would Digg! it, but you didn’t post a link.

Hey, SOMEONE’S got to be the designated smart ass around here.

1. The flag patch doesn’t bother me. In fact, I like the home sentiment behind it, although the banner itself has always struck me as the winner of a jr. high flag design contest (“Cool, Chucky!”) that everybody regretted when it somehow actually became the state flag (“What were you thinking, governor…?”). Still, the VA flag is too boring for words, and let’s not talk about the District. Let them talk about us.

[1a. Great Moments in Mayland Radio: I remember on a 1980s WBAL call-in show where the topic was reducing crime, listeners were calling in suggestions like adding more street lights, increasing neighborhood patrols and so on. Then one lady phoned in “Well, we could abolish the office of governor of Maryland…” OK, sorry, I got to thinking about governors and couldn’t resist an Agnew-Mandel reference.]

2. Nice to see the city name in cursive on the away jerseys. The old block-letter BALTIMORE was, I dunno, too industrial looking or something. No offense to our industrial friends, o’ course.

3. If Nick skips shaving for, oh, a couple more weeks, he’ll qualify for the Rasputin Fan Club. And maybe get asked to play in an Old Timers Replica Game featuring the House of David barnstormers:

http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?auction_id=46742

p.s. I’m a temperate kinda guy and everything, but y’know: Phuck the Phillies. Just phuck ’em. This Pretend WS anomaly was almost as depressing as the ’06 clusterf*cked-up Cardinals. SC was right, alas. The Rayzzz were the Tigers. And now PC Bud will spend all winter saying Parity problem— what parity problem? Oh, but wait— I just thought of an explanation for this utterly misleading 4-1 disaster: Um, anything can happen in a short series. Huh? Whaddaya think? Huh?

Aaarrrgghhhh….

The jerseys really do look awesome. I’m definitely buying an away jersey now. Gotta rep the Baltimore across my chest!