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SilentJames Hangout Veteran Council

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I really hope that's not the hat. I see no difference between that bird and the one we currently have.

There is plenty difference.

Nevermind the hotlink'd pics.

It is a cross between the current bird and the 90's bird

There is no real way to make an Oriole look "fierce" The angry bird is fun, but it is not an hat-logo type thing. It would look silly on hats.

I think we will see a "fiercer" bird on sleeve logos and such.

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If this is the case then why would ANYONE want the cartoon bird, 1988 and all?

The cartoon hat was worn from 66-88. It had the black front from 66-74. White front from 75-88. We had 4 losing seasons wearing that hat (67,86,87,88) out of 23 seasons. All 3 world champs used that logo.

I was excited about the brand new hats and uniforms in 1989. I don't dislike the hat we have now, I just think with 4 diiferent hats including the batting practice one you could somewhere use that logo that's all. I was 8 years old when we won in 83 and considering our recent history a little nod the historic past isn't a bad idea in my mind. How about an all black road hat with the cartoon bird? The logo never won us a game but the logo does have meaning to the fan base who are old enough to remember it.

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The only changes I see is the feet, as others have noted, but also to the tail-feathers. On the new logo (if that's it), the tail-feathers are more upright.

Honestly, neither change is much to get excited about. Kind of pointless. Why change anything, if there going to be so miniscule.

I kinda expected this. I just hope they didn't screw the uniforms completely up.

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There is plenty difference.

Nevermind the hotlink'd pics.

It is a cross between the current bird and the 90's bird

There is no real way to make an Oriole look "fierce" The angry bird is fun, but it is not an hat-logo type thing. It would look silly on hats.

I think we will see a "fiercer" bird on sleeve logos and such.

No it wouldn't. Just use the head image from this. It would be an update to the classic cap logo. <img src=http://www.oriole.net/~windy/almanac/baseball/bob/1968.gif></img>
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I just clicked the link and it says that the hat is currently unavailable. Is it possible they took it down after putting it up too early? And has anyone found it somewhere else since I have still not seen it?

Yep the hats are gone. Looks like the O's fixed another leak...

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If I'm New Era, I'm seriously displeased with the Orioles right now.

Instead of simply having deadstock wool 5950s with the old logo, now they're sitting on deadstock poly 5950s as well...and all this for a most minimal of logo changes! This might irritate them more than the 1998 "one year wonder bird" did.

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If I'm New Era, I'm seriously displeased with the Orioles right now.

Instead of simply having deadstock wool 5950s with the old logo, now they're sitting on deadstock poly 5950s as well...and all this for a most minimal of logo changes! This might irritate them more than the 1998 "one year wonder bird" did.

You make it sound like the Orioles hat was a hot seller... :P

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If I'm New Era, I'm seriously displeased with the Orioles right now.

Instead of simply having deadstock wool 5950s with the old logo, now they're sitting on deadstock poly 5950s as well...and all this for a most minimal of logo changes! This might irritate them more than the 1998 "one year wonder bird" did.

It's possible they knew early enough about the change in order to shift production. The change is subtle enough that the casual fan may not know they're buying old stock if it remains on the shelves a while longer.

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