City vs. City: the Battle of the Logos

[jazzy jeff 11]

i hate to say it As much as i hate the city. Boston has the Best. why? you ask because their competition for this poll is a joke.

[edsg25]

Originally Posted by krudmonk

I'm not casting my vote right now, but I have to say that the Bay Area comes out alright in this category. Right on. Warriors really picked it back up with their new one shown a couple weeks ago. Same with the current Quakes logo.

I love the Giants' "SF"; I actually think the 49ers' "SF" is great, too; loved the idea of that SF's font being used for the team name.

Also for the Giants, I really liked the no longer used currsive version. Also the one with the touching letters, curved, with large G and S.

The rest of the Bay franchises are fine, but I really do like the two SF teams more than the East Bay and San Jose counterparts

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by edsg25

I love the Giants' "SF"; I actually think the 49ers' "SF" is great, too; loved the idea of that SF's font being used for the team name.

Also for the Giants, I really liked the no longer used currsive version. Also the one with the touching letters, curved, with large G and S.

The rest of the Bay franchises are fine, but I really do like the two SF teams more than the East Bay and San Jose counterparts

-The two SF teams have basically the same logo with different styles, though. Interlocking letters are always a good thing, but the Giants basically brought it from New York and the 49ers copied it. The script logos that both teams used in the '80s (you mentioned the big G and S logo) are infinitely better.

-The A's and Raiders will never change, nor should they. Those are iconic and even resisted change through relocations. The Warriors have had some good ones in the past, but the recent era with orange in the mix and that bolt-throwing thunderman was dreadful. New one looks sharp and actually gives a nod to Oakland with the new eastern span of the bridge.

-The new Sharks logo is abysmal and I refuse to acknowledge it. The 1991 version should return right now and it would rule again (just wrap the tape all the way around the stick). The Earthquakes tweaked the 2000 shield to make the name more legible and it looks sharp, with the exception of the forced perspective on the soccer ball. I really dig it, especially since they'd traditionally had awful logos in the NASL and as the Clash.

[edsg25]

Originally Posted by krudmonk

-The two SF teams have basically the same logo with different styles, though. Interlocking letters are always a good thing, but the Giants basically brought it from New York and the 49ers copied it. The script logos that both teams used in the '80s (you mentioned the big G and S logo) are infinitely better.

Yet the Giants' SF runs rings around the Giants-turned-Mets' NY

and while i didn't include colleges in the mix, krudmonk, I'd like to add that Cal's logo is one of the sharpest and most elegant script I've ever seen on a sports logo (and definitely beats an "S" with palo in its middle, even if that palo happens to be an alto one. That one should just hang proudly over The Farm in reality and not be part of a logo)