Request for Retro Style World Baseball Classic Caps, Jerseys, Logos and Ballparks
 

Some time ago, raysox at sportslogos.net, came up with an interesting concept: what if a tournament similar to the World Baseball Classic began play in March of 1953, rather than 2006.

In raysox' historical-fiction universe, the "World Baseball Cup" takes place every four years, with a different country serving as the host, and the teams playing in ballparks that were available at the time. Raysox wound up simulating 10 World Baseball Cup tournaments from 1953 through 1989, and created historically consistent tournament logos as well as baseball caps and jerseys for each of the participating teams. A total of eight teams participated in the inaugural tournament and by 1989 there were 12 countries competing for the coveted Cup.

His work, which is both meticulous and creative, can be found here.

As an example, pictured below is raysox' take on the caps and, as you would expect, pullover jerseys used by Puerto Rico during the 1973 tournament, which took place just a few months after the death of baseball great Roberto Clemente, and appropriately enough includes a commemorative patch!

Sadly, raysox' work is not in a format which is recognized by the OOTP game and I simply do not have the skill set to create the ballparks, jerseys, caps and logos. So, I am turning to the OOTP community in the hopes that, with your help, we can make this happen.

Also, if we were to focus only on a particular decade, this would not be a large undertaking by any stretch of the imagination. For example, during the 1970s, only 10 different countries participated in the tournament, while an additional five countries competed during the 1980s. That's just 15 teams.

Incidentally, in case you are wondering, raysox has graciously granted us permission to use his work to create the logos, caps and jerseys.

Thanks for reading and, if you are able, for helping out with the work that needs to be done!

Pictured below are the caps used by the participating countries in 1953 and 1989, as well as the tournament logos raysox created.

Here's the easiest one since he already created a uniform for it.

Thank you!

Raysox actually posted all of his work at sportslogos.net. Rather than providing a link here, I will simply attach his work below:

More jerseys ...
 

See below for the other jerseys he created for the teams participating in the tournament during the 1970s and a couple from the 1980s:

And some more ...
 

Here is his remaining work for the teams from the 1980s:

Two alternate jerseys
 

see below for alternate jerseys for Panama and the Dominican team

By the way, raysox is a member of the OOTP community and has given us the okay to use his work!

Thank you, raysox!!!

Team Israel
 

Perhaps I am getting ahead of myself, but I would love for someone to create a team Israel jersey. I envision a late 1970/early 1980s Astros style jersey, but with a jewish star instead of the Astros star and with different shades of blues replacing the astros colors.

I have attached a Jewish star that I have in mind for possible use in making the jersey, which can also be used as the logo for the baseball cap.

Canada

Cuba

Dominican (1973)

Japan

Usa

Mexico

Panama

Venezuela

cephasjames!
You are awesome!
Thank you very much

Completed:
Puerto Rico
Canada
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Japan
USA
Mexico
Panama
Venezuela

Remaining:
Netherlands
Korea
Italy
Taiwan

And we would need someone to create team Israel, if possible.

See the image below for what I have in mind for Team Israel's home jersey

Two modifications to the jersey would be necessary: (1) replace the regular 5-point star with a 6-point jewish star, and (2) using a similar font, replace the word "Nation" with "Israel"

For team Israel's cap, I think a 6-point star would suffice. I attached an example of a star that could be used in a prior post.