Maybe this will help make team decisions easier:
The 100% Scientific Ranking of Team Uniforms and Fields: Senior Edition
First, let me be clear: the Senior league team colors are garbage. Most of them are completely indistinct and too many use similar primary/secondary colors. There are so many more interesting combinations out here and we literally have two teams that wear orange.
Uniforms
1. Saskatoon Sleepers: Pretty sure Hugo Boss designed these. Very strong overall look, like an elite team of storm troopers, or a team full of tall blue eyed supermen.
2. Jacksonville Grandpas: The use of a strong red combined with a classic away jersey make for a fantastic overall appearance. Very professional.
3. Eugene Elderly: Big fan of the brown/yellow combination. Looks like a throwback sort of team, or a rotten banana on bad days
4. Phoenix Retirees: They're bland, sure. But they're EFFICIENTLY bland. They're the kind of grey that makes you think of trains running on time and people waiting in orderly queues.
5. Houston Slugs: I like this one more than I thought I would. The tan and green make for a nice combo, home or away. But why Slugs? What do slugs have to do with old people? Why not dentures or something else?
6. Washington Wrinkles: More like the Cleveland Wrinkles. Or Washington Browns. Or something, idk, I'm not a scientist.
7. Leeds Chartered Accountants: Interesting effort with the purply-gray and dark green, chosen by either a mad genius or colorblind person. Still kind of off-putting.
8. Nashville Naps: This is where we get to the awful teams with small color variations. Nashville's is the least offensive, an icy sort of electric blue that would look good in real life.
9. Hartford Walkers: I'm pretty sure they're dressed up as orange Starburst for Halloween. Or pumpkins. Way too garish for anyone.
10. New York Lindy Hoppers: I guess if you're going to wear purple, you commit to it.. and they definitely committed to it.
11. Louisville Rollers: First, everyone looks like Violet Beauregarde, which is bad enough, but it's made worse by the fact that I can't even tell if they're going for blue or purple. And that's the whole uniform!
12. Cincinnati Dinosaurs: Oh God, my eyes. It's like Nickelodeon adopted the Oregon Duck and covered it with slime. I can see the afterimage when I close my eyes. Best mascot overall
Fields
Note: I am judging fields but also typography and the like. 80% of the fields in the Senior League are boring as hell.
1. Saskatoon: ICE PLANET. BLOCK LETTERING. WELCOME TO THE 9TH LEVEL OF HELL
2. Jacksonville: Love the baseball field! Also, the lettering takes up the whole end zone and feels sufficiently bold. All around solid field.
3. Eugene: See above. All the perks of Jacksonville with slightly less interesting colors.
4. Leeds: Boring field, but BADASS lettering in the end zone. Unlike the uniforms, the purply gray works here.
5. Nashville: The lettering is pretty nice, doesn't do much to raise Nashville into the upper tier but it's adequate.
6. Hartford: Big fan of the font; but imagine if it said Dinosaurs instead of Walkers.. instant #1.
7. Washington: Old looking field with faded end zone colors. Looks like the physical representation of two old dudes talking in a bar about their high school football days.
8. Phoenix: Pretty sure this field is made of dementors cause it sucks my joy away. That field looks worn out, much like the players. Also I'm pretty sure the font used in the end zone is Times Old Roman. Extra Gray. Feels like the Communist Party designed this one.
9. Lousville: The super futuristic font with the team name makes it look like the sign to a bowling alley or skating rink. Very 90s. Would go to the arcade.
10. New York: "Howdy pardner! Welcome to the purple saloon!" It's an odd juxtaposition, but at least they tried something different? It does not work.
11. Cincinnati: Your team name is dinosaurs. You picked the most boring font I've ever seen. Cincinnati why do you suck so much?! You had such great potential.
12. Houston: Is that... comic sans? Go home, Houston, you're drunk.
The 100% Scientific Ranking of Team Uniforms and Fields: Senior Edition
First, let me be clear: the Senior league team colors are garbage. Most of them are completely indistinct and too many use similar primary/secondary colors. There are so many more interesting combinations out here and we literally have two teams that wear orange.
Uniforms
1. Saskatoon Sleepers: Pretty sure Hugo Boss designed these. Very strong overall look, like an elite team of storm troopers, or a team full of tall blue eyed supermen.
2. Jacksonville Grandpas: The use of a strong red combined with a classic away jersey make for a fantastic overall appearance. Very professional.
3. Eugene Elderly: Big fan of the brown/yellow combination. Looks like a throwback sort of team, or a rotten banana on bad days
4. Phoenix Retirees: They're bland, sure. But they're EFFICIENTLY bland. They're the kind of grey that makes you think of trains running on time and people waiting in orderly queues.
5. Houston Slugs: I like this one more than I thought I would. The tan and green make for a nice combo, home or away. But why Slugs? What do slugs have to do with old people? Why not dentures or something else?
6. Washington Wrinkles: More like the Cleveland Wrinkles. Or Washington Browns. Or something, idk, I'm not a scientist.
7. Leeds Chartered Accountants: Interesting effort with the purply-gray and dark green, chosen by either a mad genius or colorblind person. Still kind of off-putting.
8. Nashville Naps: This is where we get to the awful teams with small color variations. Nashville's is the least offensive, an icy sort of electric blue that would look good in real life.
9. Hartford Walkers: I'm pretty sure they're dressed up as orange Starburst for Halloween. Or pumpkins. Way too garish for anyone.
10. New York Lindy Hoppers: I guess if you're going to wear purple, you commit to it.. and they definitely committed to it.
11. Louisville Rollers: First, everyone looks like Violet Beauregarde, which is bad enough, but it's made worse by the fact that I can't even tell if they're going for blue or purple. And that's the whole uniform!
12. Cincinnati Dinosaurs: Oh God, my eyes. It's like Nickelodeon adopted the Oregon Duck and covered it with slime. I can see the afterimage when I close my eyes. Best mascot overall
Fields
Note: I am judging fields but also typography and the like. 80% of the fields in the Senior League are boring as hell.
1. Saskatoon: ICE PLANET. BLOCK LETTERING. WELCOME TO THE 9TH LEVEL OF HELL
2. Jacksonville: Love the baseball field! Also, the lettering takes up the whole end zone and feels sufficiently bold. All around solid field.
3. Eugene: See above. All the perks of Jacksonville with slightly less interesting colors.
4. Leeds: Boring field, but BADASS lettering in the end zone. Unlike the uniforms, the purply gray works here.
5. Nashville: The lettering is pretty nice, doesn't do much to raise Nashville into the upper tier but it's adequate.
6. Hartford: Big fan of the font; but imagine if it said Dinosaurs instead of Walkers.. instant #1.
7. Washington: Old looking field with faded end zone colors. Looks like the physical representation of two old dudes talking in a bar about their high school football days.
8. Phoenix: Pretty sure this field is made of dementors cause it sucks my joy away. That field looks worn out, much like the players. Also I'm pretty sure the font used in the end zone is Times Old Roman. Extra Gray. Feels like the Communist Party designed this one.
9. Lousville: The super futuristic font with the team name makes it look like the sign to a bowling alley or skating rink. Very 90s. Would go to the arcade.
10. New York: "Howdy pardner! Welcome to the purple saloon!" It's an odd juxtaposition, but at least they tried something different? It does not work.
11. Cincinnati: Your team name is dinosaurs. You picked the most boring font I've ever seen. Cincinnati why do you suck so much?! You had such great potential.
12. Houston: Is that... comic sans? Go home, Houston, you're drunk.
Edited by PaulM on Jan 28, 2016 09:39:20
