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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by The Voice of IH View Post
    I think the jerseys are ugly.

    It looks like Walt Disney made the letters/signature for it.
    Or a graphic artist in depression era Cincinnati

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    Re: Los Rojos

    The idea is fine but the execution stinks, in my opinion. A couple reasons:

    First, as brought up elsewhere, the convention in Latin America is to translate the name of baseball teams excepting those that can't be easily translated into Spanish. Hence, Rojos, Cachorros, Cardenales, Gigantes, Piratas, Cerveceros, etc. vs. Los Dodgers. The "Los" article is used on the Hispanic heritage jerseys in the NBA because the team names aren't usually translated (e.g., los Bulls rather than Toros, los Lakers, el Heat, los Spurs).

    Second, the most successful of these jerseys (Gigantes and Cerveceros) work because they are minor changes to the familiar uniform template. They don't look like gimmicks because they resemble the team's typical uniforms with a minor nod to the language being used.

    My question is simple -- why not just do a standard home or alternate red top with the C-REDS logo replaced by C-ROJOS? Why do we need a crappy looking softball jersey with silly piping and a design that has no connection to the Reds existing visual identity? (I guess arguably it looks a little like the batting practice jersey.)
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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by M2 View Post
    To sell shirts and make easy money.
    This is absolutely the reason, it's not about anything else deeper, more cultural, more sacred, and it's not that hard to understand

    If los Rojos can get Shin-Soo Choo this offseason, I'm having a custom made jersey with "Reds" in Korean script.

    And if he gets on base 38% of the time, I'd bet I could sell a boatload of them too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reds Freak View Post
    How many people on this board are actually from Cincinnati?
    I think it's fair to assume most of us are associated with the city in some regard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Always Red View Post
    This is absolutely the reason, it's not about anything else deeper, more cultural, more sacred, and it's not that hard to understand

    If los Rojos can get Shin-Soo Choo this offseason, I'm having a custom made jersey with "Reds" in Korean script.

    And if he gets on base 38% of the time, I'd bet I could sell a boatload of them too.
    Sounds cool, good luck selling them though if Atlanta fans can't even sell "BARVES" t-shirts.

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    Re: Los Rojos

    So, I'll bite:

    Who else wants a LOS ROJOS Shin-Soo Choo jersey besides me?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Caveat Emperor View Post
    So, I'll bite:

    Who else wants a LOS ROJOS Shin-Soo Choo jersey besides me?
    Sign me up! Best jersey ever!
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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds View Post
    Sounds cool, good luck selling them though if Atlanta fans can't even sell "BARVES" t-shirts.
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    And that's just for "Reds". I don't think that would fit on the front of a jersey. I also plugged it into Spanish, and it told me Rojos and Comunista, so maybe the Korean is saying some bad stuff about communists?

    Which takes us back to REDLEGS!! We've come full circle.
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    Re: Los Rojos

    Do we get these complaints when the Reds wear green on St. Patrick's Day? I'd be tempted to buy a "Rojos" jersey if it looked liked the English language one with the wishbone C. Otherwise, this jersey doesn't really look like a Reds jersey.
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    Re: Los Rojos

    If you do get a Los Rojos jersey, I expect to have the option to add unnecessary accent marks or tildes above player names.

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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Caveat Emperor View Post
    If you do get a Los Rojos jersey, I expect to have the option to add unnecessary accent marks or tildes above player names.

    Hañigañ
    My, God, that'd be hard to pronounce..
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    Re: Los Rojos

    While I agree with Randy in not liking the design, I have no problem with a Rojos jersey if properly executed.

    Personally, I've always thought the Reds should do something to tie in with Oktoberfest Zinzinnati and celebrate the city's German heritage. "Roten" or "Rotstrümpfe" (Red Stockings/Redlegs) on a classic home white jersey would look good. Add in a hat giveaway, like a German hat with a wishbone C stitched on it would be fun.
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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Yachtzee View Post
    While I agree with Randy in not liking the design, I have no problem with a Rojos jersey if properly executed.

    Personally, I've always thought the Reds should do something to tie in with Oktoberfest Zinzinnati and celebrate the city's German heritage. "Roten" or "Rotstrümpfe" (Red Stockings/Redlegs) on a classic home white jersey would look good. Add in a hat giveaway, like a German hat with a wishbone C stitched on it would be fun.
    I like that. Make it so.
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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Yachtzee View Post
    While I agree with Randy in not liking the design, I have no problem with a Rojos jersey if properly executed.

    Personally, I've always thought the Reds should do something to tie in with Oktoberfest Zinzinnati and celebrate the city's German heritage. "Roten" or "Rotstrümpfe" (Red Stockings/Redlegs) on a classic home white jersey would look good. Add in a hat giveaway, like a German hat with a wishbone C stitched on it would be fun.
    Quote Originally Posted by marcshoe View Post
    I like that. Make it so.
    Made it so (at least with photoshop)! These would be a huge hit at Oktoberfest.
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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Tadasimha View Post
    Made it so (at least with photoshop)! These would be a huge hit at Oktoberfest.
    If you move the wishbone C, people would be all over that. It's only a matter of time before someone's making money off that.


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