Phoenix looks awesome, have you done one of these for a st. louis team by chance?

Not yet. It's on my list. :) I post them as I get them done.

Los Angeles Blue Sox 1958-present (formerly Brooklyn Blue Stockings 1871-1899; Brooklyn Blue Sox 1900-1913, 1925-1957; Brooklyn Reds 1914-1924)
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Awesome...simply awesome!!!

I see you have renamed some of your franchises so I have a request, instead of the "New York Bears" franchise can you make them the "New York Empires?"

As a native "Noo Yawker" from Brooklyn, I feel the "Empires" name is a more realistic name for a franchise based in New York City than "Bears."

If anything the "Bear" name would be more appropriate for an upstate New York team than one in New York City

Just my :2cents:

But hey, it's your project and I enjoy your work no matter what! Great stuff! ;)

Also can you add an "LA" logo as well? Thanks!

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I'll think about doing the Empires. I know that Bears in not an NYC thing, but it's a hold over from my days with SNK Baseball Stars. I could only have names up to eight letters long and the Bears sounded good to me, a Michigan kid who knew nothing about New York. :)

Excellent! Man, your work is one the best ones out there for fictional play!

In fact, it is THE BEST! :thumbup:

This is an amazing series, thank you so much for sharing!

As another NYC kid from Brooklyn, I'm sad that we still lose our franchise to LA in your universe, too :(

I actually like the Bears name for a NY team; aren't a lot of Giants there either:)

Here's the origin per Wikipedia:

The early entry of this team in 1883 was simply the New Yorks, also sometimes called the Gothams, "Gotham" being a synonym for New York City. According to legend, manager Jim Mutrie was bragging to newspaper reporters about the stature of his players, "My big fellows! My giants!" and by about 1885 the name was stuck on the team for good.

"The club was first called the Giants about 1885. P.J. Donohue, New York World baseball writer, probably picked up a chance to get into a type argument with Harry Palmer] of Chicago and Charles F. Mathison of Detroit.

All three scribes followed teams that had big men, were proud of that fact, and stressed the poundage and height of their athletes. The New York Nationals, after playing an exhibition game with Newark in 1886, were called Giants; and when they appeared in St. Louis later the same year, Joe Pritchard, Mound City expert at that time, alluded to them as the Gotham Giants."

Although the "Giants" nickname was well established by 1900, the prosaic "NEW YORK" or simple block letters "NY" were used on uniform shirts until 1918 when "GIANTS" first appeared.

Eventually the alternate nickname "Jints" (rhymes with "pints") was picked up as a colloquial pronunciation of the team name. It followed them, along with their real nickname "Giants", when they moved to the west coast in 1958.

The New York Giants of the NFL were named for the baseball team which was once their landlord.

Ain't no "Bears" in da Bronx, Brooklyn or Manhattan. Only at the Bronx Zoo. :)

Actually, there's quite a few in Chelsea, as well. :D

Of course there are "Bears" in Manhattan. Bulls, too.