This reminds me of an old story, presumably true, about such:
Edward Bennett Williams owned the Baltimore Orioles and a young marketing intern mentioned to him that the caricature Oriole on the teams' caps didn't seem right.
Edward Bennett Williams shot back: [[paraphrasing) "the team just lost 100 damn games and you're worried about a baseball cap..."
I'll see if I can find the story. It might have been told by the late, great sports talk host [[when it was information and not crazy banter) Ken Beatrice.
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Apparently there is at least some truth to the story:
"After winning the World Series in 1983, the Orioles organization began to decline. In 1986 the team suffered its first losing season since 1967. The 1988 season started unceremoniously when the Orioles lost their first 21 contests, and ended the year at 54-107, the worst record for the franchise since 1939. The horrendous season resulted in the dismissal of manager Cal Ripken, Sr. and his replacement by former Oriole great Frank Robinson.The next year, the O's sported a new look, replacing the cartoonish bird with a more realistic one.
[[from Wikipedia).
And, history could repeat here in Detroit. Tigers could lose 100 games while fans fuss about the old English D.
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