Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 25, 2008
Park Tour

Tom Bridge took a tour of Nationals Park as they tested the plumbing. He was impressed with the signage:

There's a lot to look at, image-wise, in the choices the Nationals have made for the signage. This concourse sign is a great example. If you look at the detail work beneath the sign itself, you'll see a gentle arched/lined pattern that I tend to associate with suspension bridges, but looks oddly like the Yankee Stadium "Treble Arch" Logo. You can see the exterior sign version shares that motif as well.

I'd love to read the style guide that they devised for the various signage, as well. Most of the main concourse signs are royal blue on a parchment background with a blue pinstripe, which also evokes images of the most famous franchise on the planet. No other baseball brand is so closely associated with the pinstripe motif than the Yankees, and one might suggest that to approach the pinstripe as part of an attempt to rebrand yourself might be the kind of hubris that gets your karma in trouble.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:22 PM | Stadiums | TrackBack (0)
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Be careful, David. Your site also has the "pinstripe motif." Are you concerned that this "might be the kind of hubris that gets your karma in trouble?"

Posted by: Mike at February 26, 2008 08:02 AM
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