14 thoughts on “September 28, 2022: Please Come Home”

  2. Our uniforms are going to evolve and take a step toward the future. There is always a sensitivity to paying respect to the history and the heritage of the franchise," team president Dave St. Peter said. "But there's also a desire to move it forward, much like we did in the mid-'80s."
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    The uniforms, which are complete but won't be revealed until after the season ends, are just the most obvious aspect of a general rebranding of the 62-year-old franchise, St. Peter said, one that will include "tweaks or in some cases, more than that" to the team's brand identification: the lettering, the logos, the look of the team. The colors won't change — "This franchise has embraced the base colors of red, white and blue since 1901," when it was the Washington Senators, St. Peter pointed out — but he believes a new look is well-timed.

    "We're in a little bit of a different world today, and we've seen several brands go through a refresh. The Padres are a great example — they went with a refresh that actually reached back to their origins, but they did it in a really bold, dynamic way," St. Peter said of San Diego's re-embrace of its brown-and-gold, swinging-friar history. "It wasn't just a cookie-cutter of what Steve Garvey wore in 1984. And our goals are the same. How do you pay tribute to that history and heritage, but do it in a very modern way?"

    It occurred to me that Dave St. Peter did not mention that all MLB teams will feature advertising on their uniforms next season. Phil Miller should know that and should have included it in his report.

  3. I met a friend of a friend this past weekend who is a Yankees fan from NJ. He asked why the Twins would trade Donaldson. I explained that it was a salary dump so they could afford Correa. He looked at me like I had two heads. No concept of a salary dump whatsoever.

    1. I think the video view that's been running on Weather Channel is just north of the bridge to Lover's Key south of the Matanzas Pass Bridge facing Ft. Myers Beach across Estero Blvd. They are getting hammered 🙁

    1. Don’t be surprised to see a revamped Current-sponsored festival in 2024 with a much bigger act and location.

  7. This has to be one of the lowest winning batting averages in a long time.

    1. Tony Gwynn won with .313 in 1989, so that one will be close. If the winner end up below Gwynn's mark, though, the batting champ in either league has only been below .313 twice ever: .301 for Carl Yastrzemski in 1968, and .309 for Snuffy Stirnweiss in 1945.

      So, yes, a long time!

      2. Someone smarter than me can do a regression analysis but just looking at batting averages over the last 20 year in the American League and these last two years have seen a steep drop off from recent trends. National League not so much. Although, one would have thought that pitchers not hitting this year would have had a bigger impact.

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