With a new name comes a new logo. The generic baseball in the grass logo worked just fine as a quickly slapped together image for the time being, but it’s now time to get a more permanent logo. Something that just screams Fan Interference.com. So I’m turning it over to you the readers. No voting this time, I’ll pick the winner, but if there’s overwhelming fan support on an appropriate logo (I do browse this site at work and don’t need anything that will set off the web filter alarms), that will heavily sway my decision.
Here are the requirements.
First, the image must be one we can legally use. No intellectual property. If you find it on someone’s Flickr page or something, make sure there is no copyright. Really don’t want to have to change to a new logo in a month because someone is (rightfully) pissed off we are using their stuff without consent. So be careful with whatever you are pulling from Google.
Second, the image must be in a similar format to the one we are using now. That is the banner style image. If it’s 4:3 or 1:1 then I’ll have to massively crop the crap out of it and that can invalidate the image immediately. I don’t mind doing some VERY basic touch-up work, but I’m no graphic artist.
Third, if you are a graphic artist, or know of a graphic artist who wants to custom design us something, MASSIVE BONUS POINTS. Of course the gig is unpaid, but proper credit will be given and I’ll link the crap out of your personal portfolio, and well do whatever I can in fair trade.
Fourth, if at all possible, incorporating the words Fan Interference is a plus. Incorporating actual fans is also a plus. Especially in a baseball setting.
Fifth, and probably most important, anyone who posts anything Jeffrey Maier related is subject to a public flogging.
I’m sure I will have forgotten other requirements, and there will be much debate and discussion. I reserve the right to change my mind without any notice and go in a completely different direction at any time. Because reasons.
Fan Interference 
Here’s a few really cool pictures that I really liked. Unfortunately it’s not quite what we are looking for, but I really like the art style.
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/514a2911e4b0896b36342655/515b7b42e4b0da6f25dd3091/515b7b43e4b0da6f25dd3280/1364949890966/?format=750w
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/514a2911e4b0896b36342655/515b7b42e4b0da6f25dd3091/515b7b43e4b0da6f25dd3284/1364949886802/?format=1000w
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See Rule number 2:
Second, the image must be in a similar format to the one we are using now. That is the banner style image. If it’s 4:3 or 1:1 then I’ll have to massively crop the crap out of it and that can invalidate the image immediately.
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Killing me smalls!
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Attribution credit: http://thebigfootdiaries.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-night-that-will-live-in-infamy-disco.html
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Scout, if you want to hit me up with more specific ideas, let me know, and I can prolly knock something out. The “Altuve” below was easy for using just Photoshop. I know InDesign as well, and have built newspaper pages for years. (Remember the fake newspaper page masthead I did for “NBC baseball guy”?)
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Unfortunately, copyrighted, from the newspaper I was at, at the time, and I’m not sure if technically, I have future rights when used nonprofessionally, but a shot of mine from a high school game:
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Scout, I’m sorry for this. Sometimes (?) my mind goes off into strange territory.
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Fan interference? Get it? crickets I love it honestly.
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Lol cute.
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Any classic bartman pic or someone reachin over outfield wall. Classic fan interference.
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“Fifth, and probably most important, anyone who posts anything Jeffrey Maier related is subject to a public flogging.”
Anyone who posts anything Steve Bartman related should just be shot, no questions asked.
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I’ll co-sign the runny fuck out of that.
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I don’t care about your childhood trauma.
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I got over it a long time ago. The ball was in the seats, not in the field of play, therefore not fan interference…so it’s not applicable here anyway.
(I’m far more bothered by Alou acting like a spoiled bitch who didn’t get a brand new porsche for his 16th birthday.)
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Ai ai ai… lighten up. I don’t want something so Cubbie specific. I think we can do something better and more original than that.
Completely not Bartman’s fault. I’ve been trained since childhood to always, always get out of the way for one of my own in the stands. It’s totally his parent’s fault. Poor rearing.
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Totally agreed on Alou throwing a temper tantrum. Sadly, he still seems to have no remorse whatsoever about his actions on the field…at least, not when interviewed for the 30-for-30 show.
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Besides the fact that it was Moises Alou chasing the ball.
He wasn’t going to catch it. He never caught anything.
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BOOOOOOOOOO!
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Ok, how about a baby getting beer tossed on it? Kinda interfered with the game… the players had to ask all you crazy Canucks to calm down…
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Keep in mind the picture does not specifically have to be of a fan interfering with the game. It could just be a really good shot of fans, or of a stadium, or of a game, or even just the words Fan Interference in a really cool font maybe with baseballs with the seams turned to look like the e, and some cool background or whatnot. Just saying don’t pigeonhole your thinking here. Lots of great directions to go in.
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I think that Ferris Bueller picture sums it up perfectly — we’re all running our mouths, with zero impact on the actual game, just for our own amusement.
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Check out this album by a newbie to my fantasy league of old newspaper friends. All Citi Field. Guy’s shot 24 of the 32 parks:
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That’s a really nice picture.
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Did you click through? The whole album is good …
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This one is available at a price…
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I don’t think it actually has to be a picture of a fan interfering at a game, although fan interference is the name of our site. The essence of our site, I think, is the interaction, the conversation that occurs between us. The community. A picture of fans having a great time at a game, interacting, being involved, really captures more what this site is about. We are not the type of people who would interfere with a game. We have good manners, I think. If someone has a great camera, and could capture a wide-angle of a full stadium, that would look amazing, I think. Camden Yards on Opening Day or something. A good looking stadium.
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If you want to go that route…how about some berm seating instead?
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Got some Bern seating instead?
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Berm seating reminds me of Brighthouse Field, which is very close to me and my preferred seating when I go there.
The palm trees make it too recognizable from this angle:
But it is a really pretty little stadium:
This is a nice shot of it, not too recognizable so it looks more neutral:
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Going a little outside the box
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Or this
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OOOOPPPPPS. Wrong pic.
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That reminds me of this.
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The arrival of the Gods?
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The Gods must be angry.
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They are always angry and we deserve it.
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Bartman.
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