Comments on: R-Phils All Over the Place with new name, logos, uniforms

By: Discrim

Discrim — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:41:32 +0000

You know when you’ve seen something that makes you think the idea was good, but the execution was garbage? Yeh, this is basically the opposite of that: top notch execution, really questionable idea on the whole.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:16:59 +0000

Eeek! It’s an ADDentity! Holy mother of…. I put a long post in about the new Eugene Emeralds logo and said I usually like Brandiose’s work, but oy, this is even worse! Are they the Phils, Fightins, Fightin’ Phils, Bunbinos? Where are they from again? Baseballtown? Hm, must be a travel team or something.

I like the lettering of the Fightin’ Phils and the fist through the letter and the flannel effect. After that, shivers. Well, it’s too much to try to make sense of, but my first thought was “Why is the bird’s right hand (if an ostrich can have a hand) on backwards or missing a thumb?” Is the ostrich pissed because someone was plucking the feathers off its legs? Why include THAT detail?

Don’t get me started with how this team is going to be heckled on the road when they wear the hot dog unis.

smh

By: Max

Max — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:16:59 +0000

these are wild! love it!

By: ingmar66

ingmar66 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:21:34 +0000

They should have stuck with the Phillies name and add the Ostrich (which I like). Maybe add the navy feathered R cap as a road cap. The Bunbino thing and uniforms are the main flaw: so corporate and gimmicky and no relation to Reading or the Phillies at all. What a disgrace. I bet this whole thing will be changed after a couple of seasons because of a huge loss in merchandise sales with over-10-year-old fans.

By: Johny

Johny — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:01:25 +0000

This is a JOKE right???

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:12:48 +0000

Reaction from Reading and Phillies fans is pretty strong across-the-board negative. The club wanted to modernize, to fit better with young audiences, but this is completely misguided. The R-Phils never needed gimmicky outfits and names to sell tickets; in fact, the R-Phils traditionally have the highest average attendance of any Eastern League club.

This is plain sad. If the club wanted to update jerseys using that new font, but keeping the name, that would’ve been fine, and in fact, kind of cool. But everything else about this screams desperation for no reason.

I, for one, will continue to call them the Reading Phillies.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:31:55 +0000

In reply to Storm.

Try telling that to most teams who have changed their identity…

Like the Marlins. Miami Marlins makes sense, but not their radical colour scheme.

By: Storm

Storm — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:23:29 +0000

What a hot mess! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:19:58 +0000

Only thing I like about these is the faux-flannel look. Everything else… just wow… smh

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:43:34 +0000

I don’t mind the name Fightin Phils but having an ostrich and a hot dog as logos is just a plain slap in the face of Reading Phillies fans. The road jerseys have nothing to do with the Phils at all and shouldn’t be allowed to be worn. If they wanted to use those logos then why not name them the Fightin Hot Dog and Ostriches. Its just a disgrace for the people of Reading and remember the old saying “If it isn’t broken don’t fix it”

By: dex1lsp

dex1lsp — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:29:01 +0000

Are you kidding me? This is all so terrible. Wow, unbelievable.

By: Jeffrey Turner

Jeffrey Turner — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Whatever happened to “less is more”?

By: madpanda

madpanda — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:46:11 +0000

Does the “Crazy Hot Dog Vendor” own part of the team or something? There’s no excuse for this excessive amount of overhyping! Could you imagine the San Diego Padres of the ’70s overdosing on The Chicken? On the other hand, the ostrich idea is awesome–in fact, if they really were so into the vendor, just go with the ostrich. There’s so much awesome in that set (love the F-fist!) that it doesn’t need that whole “Bunbino” crap.

MadPanda…(“Baseballtown”? Really? They do know where the Baseball Hall of Fame is, right?)…

By: Atomic Fury

Atomic Fury — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:07:20 +0000

Man…..what an atrocity. If I were a Reading Phillies fan that would be how I’d refer to myself – as in “I was a Reading Phillies fan”. That is absolutely the most asinine branding of any team…..anywhere. The owner must be on hallucinogenic drugs. If there’s anything right with the Universe, they’d deep-six this shameful display of unneccessary change and restore a proud franchise to its original branding.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 04:55:05 +0000

Popeye the Sailor?

By: lhsnfn

lhsnfn — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:46:07 +0000

Why??????????????????????????????????

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:26:59 +0000

Kind of glad they didn’t steer away from the Phillies name completely. Home jerseys and cap excellent. Road jerseys should say Reading. Use the baseball town jersey as a very occasional jersey.

By: Tony O'Neill

Tony O'Neill — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:30:00 +0000

Yeah, the ostritch and the hot dog are just plain bad

By: Greg Hill

Greg Hill — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:17:00 +0000

What were they thinking – “we love all of your concepts … so we’re using them all” #fail

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:02:44 +0000

I’m absolutely fine with the ostrich and the home caps are pretty awesome, but all hot-dog themed jerseys, logos, hats, etc. are absolutely hideous. They should not be allowed to wear a jersey that nowhere identifies their city or team nickname. A sad attempt to try to go over the top and be fun – the hot dog concept is just plain stupid. Other than that, I love this.