Template:Did you know nominations/Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 01:05, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo

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Brewers player with logo on hat

• ... that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called the ball-in-glove logo (pictured) "one of the most celebrated hidden-meaning logos in sports and corporate history"? Source: The Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo is one of the most celebrated hidden-meaning logos in sports and corporate history, cleverly hiding an "M" and "B" inside what looks at first glance like a simple glove with a baseball in the center.
  • ALT1: ... that CBS Sports said the Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo (pictured) "might just be the best in all of baseball"? Source: Brewers have unveiled their new set of logos and uniforms for the 2020 season and it includes a return to the ball-in-glove logo that might just be the best in all of baseball.
  • ALT2: ... that an art student designed a Major League Baseball team's logo (pictured) and he received US$2,000 for the design, but no royalties? Source: where they presented him with a $2,000 check... Still, no royalties.“I wish!” Elaine said. “They didn’t do that. I’m sure they made millions and millions off the logo.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Van Cortlandt House

Moved to mainspace by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 19:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Bruxton: good article, I like all of the hooks but ALT2 best. I might suggest an inflation template in ALT2? Not entirely necessary though. ALT0 and ALT1 also check out and it is up to the promotor. Lightburst (talk) 18:54, 2 February 2024 (UTC) Lightburst (talk) 18:54, 2 February 2024 (UTC)