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Notice: All logos on this page are included within the parameters of 17 U.S.C. § 107, which states that the reproduction of a copyrighted work for purposes of criticism and/or comment is not an infringement of copyright. No challenge to the copyrights of these logos is intended by their inclusion here. Posted 2021 May 30 The last time I wrote a review for this team, it was called the Lexington Legends, and I commented that they needed to pick a new name because it was impossible to make a good logo for a team with the name Legends. I furthermore suggested something horse-related because it would be harder to screw that up. Harder, I said, but not impossible. That turned out to be prophetic. The idea behind the name Lexington Counter Clocks is that base runners in baseball, like horses in horse races, run counterclockwise. If you read the explanation on the team website (which would be a waste of time, frankly), they try to explain how this indicates a spirit of independence because previously horse races had run clockwise. Specifically, horse races in Britain ran clockwise, and since we were newly independent we wanted to do things differently from how they did things in England, we ran them counterclockwise. But there's a problem with this explanation, which is that as best as I can determine it's nonsense. I can't say with absolute certainty which direction horse races were run in England back in the 1700s, of course. But I see no reason why they would have switched directions, and when I looked at a few horse races from England on YouTube, they all ran counterclockwise. I did find a race from Germany that ran clockwise, but America didn't declare its independence from Germany. Also, it's not just horse races and baseball that typically run counterclockwise: so do foot races, bicycle races, speed skating races, oval track car races (although F1 races do tend to be clockwise)...heck, even revolving doors and carousels typically go counterclockwise, and again, this is true in most places, not just in America. As for baseball, go find a video of rounders or British baseball (which is a different game, not just baseball played in the U.K.). Again, runners run counterclockwise. So apparently there's a uniquely American spirit of independence being shown by having a sporting contest that goes in the same direction as the vast majority of other sporting events (and even some non-sporting events) in most countries. Uh, sure. And in order to express this renegade spirit in the form of a logo, they went with...a backwards C. Ooh, edgy! Then again, what the hell else were they gonna do? Draw a clock with a voice balloon to indicate it's saying "1, 2, 3"? The reason I suggested they should change their name because it was impossible to make a good logo for a team called the Legends. Well, this is an even harder name to make a good logo for. The backwards C is probably the best anyone could come up with. I know I can't come up with better. In short, I was wrong. I was so completely and utterly wrong. I thought they needed to change their name, and clearly they needed to keep the bad name they had at all costs, because that bad name was so much better than this. Clearly, I overestimated these people. I want to tell them they need to try again but honestly I'm scared of what might happen if they do. Were they soused on mint juleps when they came up with this name? If so, then maybe they should try while they're sober. And if they were sober when they came up with it, maybe they should try again while they're soused on mint juleps. But really, it's probably best if they don't try at all. It would have been better had they not tried already. I admit it, everyone. I was completely, totally, utterly wrong.
Final Score: 95 points.
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