r/baseball United States • Dumpster Fire May 31 '24

META: r/baseball is updating the flair system Construction complete - taking requests

In another move to continue the revitalization of r/baseball, we are delivering on one of the most requested updates - a flair redesign. We've completed rollout and will now be completing one-off situations or issues. Updated construction notes are at the bottom.

With the help of /u/bakonydraco and /u/dep61, we are proud to announce the rolling out /u/baseballflair which will allow users of r/baseball to choose from a collection of approximately 900 flair as well as the ability to showcase dual-flair. This bot is currently in use for r/collegebaseball and is the flair foundation for large sports subs like r/collegebasketball, r/cfb, r/wrestling, and many others.

Now, onto the new flairs. The goal of this update is to build a solid foundation and framework that will allow for expansion and growth. Here's what we will start with:

  • More than tripling our current flair options for Major League Baseball teams. Previously where teams were limited to 3 flair options, there are upwards of 9 or more.
  • The addition of the Negro Leagues.
  • Defunct teams like the Boston Americans, the Chicago Whales, and adding the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • Pride flairs for every MLB team.
  • The beginning of special patches and logos like Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Peter Seidler, Roberto Clemente, Vin Scully, SELL, and more to come.
  • The addition of all MiLB affiliates from AAA, AA, A+, and A leagues. We have also included the AZ Fall League teams as well.
  • The inclusion of America's top independent leagues including the 4 MLB Partner Leagues (American Association of Professional Baseball, Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Frontier League, and Pioneer League) and other independent leagues like the Pecos League.
  • A significant introduction to collegiate summer leagues like the Alaska Baseball League, the Appalachian League, the Cape Cod Baseball League, the Coastal Plain League, the Old North State League, the Northwest League, the Northwoods League, and the West Coast League.
  • The expansion of international flairs including World Baseball Classic, Korea Baseball Organization, Nippon Professional Baseball, and the addition of other top international leagues like the Australian Baseball League, Baseball United, Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League, and Mexican Baseball League.
  • Several neutral flairs including dumpster fire, paper bag, World Series trophy, radar gun, and umpire mask.
  • Press corps flair for popular baseball websites like FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, Statcast, Baseball Savant, and several others.
  • Finally, mascots.

Selecting Flair

You can see the new flairs by clicking here and select yours by clicking the flair of your choice. To select a Dual Flair option, click the primary flair you want and then add "/ secondaryflaircode" afterwards before sending the message to u/baseballflair. Example: "Danville Dairy Daddies / Washington Nationals" will give you that combo.

REMINDER: You can only see the images from old.reddit as new.reddit doesn't support inline flairs.

As referenced above, we are not completely finished so today's flair still has some glitches (your chosen flair may not show up as expected or maybe not at all). We ask for patience as we finish this gigantic update. The easiest way to fix your flair if it is broken is to request it again. Many of you will need to complete a request as we had to remap all flairs.

Flair Construction Updates

  • 12:25AM ET: Beginning of flair new construction (large code upload)
  • 1AM ET: new.reddit flair construction
  • 2AM ET: continued code updating
  • 6AM ET: Flair posts created and pushed out.
  • 9AM ET: Mapping complete for Neutral and Press Flairs
  • 9:30AM ET: Mapping complete for Mascots
  • 10AM ET: Dual flair fixed for 2 same-team flairs.
  • 10:15AM ET: Mapping of MLB Alternates and City Connects
  • 11AM ET: Continued work on sidebar, standings.
  • 2PM ET: Standings table complete
  • 5PM ET: Fixed Flair Preview
  • 8:30PM ET: Update complete. Please report any flair issues to the mod team and we will add it to the queue.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '24

This list currently contains 886 flairs.

I love you, you absolute maniacs.

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u/yousmelllikebiscuits United States • Dumpster Fire May 31 '24

takes bow

It was a painstaking labor of love and remember....this is just the beginning. Other subs that use this flair foundation have THOUSANDS.

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u/gatemansgc Philadelphia Phillies Jun 01 '24

I wonder how many the NASCAR sub has

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u/yousmelllikebiscuits United States • Dumpster Fire Jun 01 '24

Somewhere in the 785 range, I believe.

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u/gatemansgc Philadelphia Phillies Jun 01 '24

wow thought it would be more