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08.05.2008 3:40 pm

The All-Star Game Logo Unveiled

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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DOWNTOWN — The logo for Major League Baseball’s 80th All-Star Game all but designed itself, what with its host team and host city offering up “such signature elements you just had to use,” said its designer.

The Cardinals and Major League Baseball unveiled the logo for the 80th All-Star Game this afternoon at Busch Stadium. The logo will officially debut for the fans later tonight, before first pitch. There are two signs out in left-center field — one with the logo on it and the other with the phrase, “July 14th on FOX.”

The logo, as you can imagine, features the two most prominent St. Louis citizens — the Gateway Arch and the Redbird with  his bat.

“It’s a very simple logo to explain,” said Anne Occi, who designed it. “The icons are so steeped in tradition.”

Take a look for yourself, in these handy-dandy pics shot with my Post-Dispatch-issued phone just moments ago:

2009 All-Star Game logo

**the logo itself** 

All-Star Game patch 

**the jersey patch** 

All-Star Game hat and pin. 

**the hat w/ logo and, in the lower corner, the pin** 

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WHERE IS THE RIVER? how can you represent st. louis without the mississippi river? ALL of local history is wrapped up in the big muddy. where is a riverboat, a barge, a coonskin cap or beaver. these are the things that made st. louis a great city and a city with a longer history than many of it’s eastern snooty neighbors. i agree the arch must be there and i know it represents the gateway to the west, but folks not familiar with the city may not realize that. the bird on the bat is a given, as st. louis has been immeasurably enriched by baseball and the cards. but if the intent is to represent the city, much too much has been left out that could have been incorporated.

— roger from lake tahoe
4:37 pm August 5th, 2008

Great Logo!!! Classy and traditional. Very baseball in St. Loo

— P Donahue
4:39 pm August 5th, 2008

Roger, I think you overestimate how much could be included, plus a river wouldn’t really fit in very easily. A coonskin cap? You are ridiculous sir.

— Ray
4:52 pm August 5th, 2008

where’s the sink hole in front of the stadium

— tjsmooth
4:58 pm August 5th, 2008

the idea of the arch and bird on a bat is good but the logo looks goofy. i think it bubbles out too much. st. louis should have a more regal looking logo for hosting the all star game as the nation’s greatest baseball city. this looks more like something a 12 year old girl created in my opinion. a little too cutesy for my taste i guess.

— Steve
5:22 pm August 5th, 2008

Maybe instead of the Mighty Mississip or the Arch, they could simply have a snapshot of Lake DeWitt…

— bill
5:28 pm August 5th, 2008

roger from lake tahoe;
I enjoy reading your insights when you post. For this one, I appreciate your zeal for St. Louis. But consider the clutter that I believe would take away from the logo if all these good things you suggest were placed on it. The Arch is symbolic for all that St. Louis is. The Bird on the bat is symbolic to the Cardinals and MLB. I just think less clutter is better. When I think about it, I think the logo says it all. But with all due respect to you that is merely my opinion.

— drelboc
5:58 pm August 5th, 2008

Wow. Talk about lazy design. Very busy. What’s up with a predominately red logo on a red hat? St. Louis waited 40+ years for this? The city deserves better.

— DenverDean
6:02 pm August 5th, 2008

I thought that it would have the arch but come on How about a little more.

— michael biddle
6:12 pm August 5th, 2008

Why does the text under the Arch say “MLB” in some places and “St. Louis” in others?

— AdamL
6:12 pm August 5th, 2008

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