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2008 All-Star Game Logo Unveiled

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2007_08_allstar2008.jpgYesterday at Yankee Stadium, Major League Baseball unveiled the logo for its 2008 All-Star Game. Mayor Bloomberg was on hand to unveil the logo along with baseball officials, former Yankee players (including Yankees legend Yogi Berra) and current Yankees Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui. The 2008 Midsummer Classic will take place on Tuesday, July 15. The logo, pictured at right, features the historic facade of Yankee Stadium, which will be in its final season, along with the classic pinstripes of Yankee uniforms.

In a pun-laced speech, Mayor Bloomberg said:

We're going to be swinging for the fences for the 2008 All-Star Game. That will include an unstoppable lineup of All-Star events and promotions. They'll touch the bases with every part of our city and create a memorable few days for thousands of people who will come to New York City for the game, as well as hundreds of millions of people watching the game around the world.
That's quite a pitch that the Boston-born Bloomberg presents.

Mayor Bloomberg estimates the city will generate an $150 million by hosting the All-Star game. The 2008 game will be the stadium's fourth game as host and the city's first time since hosting the 1977 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. It certainly won't take New York City another 20+ years to host its next All-Star game as two new stadiums are scheduled to open in 2009.

What do all you graphic designers out there think of the logo?

From left-right: Ron Guidry, Yogi Berra, Mayor Bloomberg, Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui; photo by AP/Kathy Willens

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  • guest

    ledgend? LOL

  • guest

    Guest 12:44 is right -- there are no puns at all. Geez, Gothamist, let's get it together, alright?

  • guest

    Like ginger

  • guest

    Oh yeah #31? And how do they taste?

  • Nick S

    hopefully this will go as smoothly as the Las Vegas NBA all star weekend.

  • Roger McDowell

    What's the cup/jock for, an over aggressive Yogi/Bloomie tag team? It's a photo op

  • guest

    Asian men have tiny weewees

  • guest

    protective cup and jock strap people.

  • JRod5417

    Maybe it's the way he tucked his shirt into his pants. Otherwise, YOWZA!

  • cwbuecheler

    It kinda looks like Matsui's packin' a double-header - so to speak - in his pants to me.

  • guest

    expect another losing season,

    go Mets.

  • guest

    25 - Torre wasn't there since he was never an All-Star player for the Yankees (although he's managed several all-star games). Guidry will not be the manager next year. It will most likely either be Torre, Mattingly or Girardi.

  • guest

    Where's Torre? Could i speculate Guidry as coach of the Yankees in '08?

  • guest

    How do we get tickets for the All-Star game?

  • Roger McDowell

    Matsui's packin godzilla in his pants

  • guest

    That speech is not "pun-laced." (At least, not the part that was quoted.) It actually does not contain any puns at all.

  • guest

    Hey! Isn't the "other" guy, the Ragin' Cajun, Ron Guidry? I guess Ron was the only Yankee on today's team that was also on the team when the Yankees last hosted the All Star Game in 1976.

  • EricGewiz

    They usually don custom jerseys, in the colors or style of the hosting team, for the HR Derby. I guess they'll all have pinstripes for that!

  • guest

    this logo is misguided in my opinion. So generic and corporate, not fun at all. Isn't the all-star game supposed to be fun?

  • guest

    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Rocknrope

    Hideki's got a big skull, like a Rottweiler.

  • mfib

    Say what you will about the new logo. It's the only thing keeping Yogi vertical.

  • Rocknrope

    What, they couldn't get Phil Rizzuto out for this photo op?



    "Holy Cow! Are you as confused as I am by all these new tax laws? Rrrrrrhrrh...." (pushes papers off desk)

  • guest

    there should be a skyline of high-rise condos on the top and a caption on the bottom that reads something line, "NEW YORK YANKEES. 12 YEARS IN A ROW OF THE HIGHEST PAYROLL IN BASEBALL AND 12 YEARS IN A ROW OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. YANKEES TRADITION!!!"

  • Toby von Meistersinger

    Nice logo. It is actually tasteful, unlike some [alleged] drug addict cheater sullying the record books and acting like Charles Barron when challenged.



    Now Yogi would be the perfect baseball commish, since I think he has something that Herr Selig doesn't - a love for the game.

  • Alex

    Great logo, maybe these guys will go over to London and help them out.

  • JMH

    It's a nice logo. Yankee Stadium is a shithole, though.

  • anyone else think that those things on the side look a little like adidas stripes?

  • guest

    I especially love the white flags. Entirely appropriate.

  • guest

    I wouldn't be smiling too if I were that short.

    but you gotta love yogi. yoohoo.

    I think Yogi and the mayor are the same height, yogi's wearing boat shoes and the mayor has on dress shoes. I'm calling it a draw.

    Look at the package godzilla's packing.

  • EricGewiz

    I love the fact that Bloomberg isn't even smiling!



    But, I do like the logo; classy is the best word for it. Like the pinstripes and the incorportation of the identifiable design of the top of the stadium.

  • cwbuecheler

    Hey, wow, that wax statue of Yogi Bera is great!



    Oh, wait ...

  • jenchungsgrammar

    i like bloomberg, but next to jeter, hes a tiny little feller.

  • guest

    The Yankees are being rewarded for tearing down a great historic venue. As if the half billion plus in subsidies and tax breaks for the new stadium aren't enough.

  • guest

    $150 is not much... considering all of the extra people, security, general mayhem that event is going to generate for 4-5 days.

  • Outter Burrougher

    I'm shocked - that's actually a really classy (and classic) looking logo.

  • guest

    The city's going to generate $150?

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