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or..."who has the best/worst/weirdest uniforms?" pix always welcome

Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 25 March 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago) link

don't forget the baseball hall of fame online uniform database!!!

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 26 March 2004 00:09 (twenty years ago) link

my personal favorites:

1977 pittsburgh pirates
1975 houston astros
1978 san diego padres

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 26 March 2004 00:11 (twenty years ago) link

the new padres uni is fantastic, but the devil jays thing..my god.
pretty much all alternates are crap; this is another reason the yankees rule.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 26 March 2004 03:57 (twenty years ago) link

i like the dodgers home unis maybe the best... that impossible white with the deep red and royal blue.

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 26 March 2004 03:58 (twenty years ago) link

Have I told the world how much I hate navy blue jerseys? I hate them.

new red twins cap = hott. Uni-watch is way off base on this one

Indians Jacobs field patch = dud city! christ!!

lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 26 March 2004 15:34 (twenty years ago) link

ok I like blue jerseys if they match the pants:

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/dressed_to_the_nines/images/fl_1915_buffalo_01.gif

lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 26 March 2004 15:37 (twenty years ago) link

WTF. This chicago team has a whale in it's logo. Sweet. i wonder what porpoise it serves?

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/dressed_to_the_nines/images/fl_1915_chicago.gif

lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 26 March 2004 15:44 (twenty years ago) link

It seems Uniwatch is doing much better at Slate than it did at the Voice.

Mary (Mary), Saturday, 27 March 2004 00:03 (twenty years ago) link

Uh, Lawrence, the whale is because it's the uniform of the Chicago Whales, the Federal League team.

jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 27 March 2004 00:33 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...
The Brewers and their fans will turn back the clock every Sunday at Miller Park next season.

The team has unveiled "new" uniforms for Sunday home games which, as expected, are recreations of the team's garb from 1978-1993. Blue pinstripes adorn the white jerseys and pants, "BREWERS" is stitched across the chest and the caps feature the popular "ball and glove" logo.

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/images/2005/12/01/cYMP4dc5.jpg

maura (maura), Friday, 2 December 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not surprised I've seen the hideous Astros rainbow jersey on the subway at least once, or the 1974ish Atlanta top (w/ feathers on sleeve), but also a peanut-yellow Padre shirt w/ WINFIELD 31.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 December 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Yay to the Brewers!: Cleverly designed corporate logos

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 2 December 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I always figured the Astros 70s and 80s desert rainbow was fitting for a team that looked like they played in a warehouse like the Astrodome. I don't remember the Stros pulling that one out of the mothballs too often.

I don't think the Padres have ever had a uni that didn't look like something out of McDonald's drive through.

The Brewers fun hat is the one from the early 70s with the big frosty mug of beer on the front.

The Mariners had that trident on the hat forever until it was pointed out that that is considered a maritime symbol of bad luck. Oddly enough they seemed to start winning around the time they dropped the trident.

Earl Nash (earlnash), Saturday, 3 December 2005 03:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually like the Padres' brown and yellow uniforms up until the '76-'77 road uniforms, which were ugly. Adding orange in 1980 was a mistake, but the '85-'90 uniforms were OK.

Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 3 December 2005 06:27 (eighteen years ago) link

No representation on the Hall of Fame site of the White Sox' shorts that they wore that one year in teh '70s. Did they only do that for one game?

Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 3 December 2005 06:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Brewers 78-93 uniforms >>>>> current uniforms

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 3 December 2005 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link

The Brewers' current uniforms look just like the Padres' -- like an upscale yet crappy "river restaurant" in some chintzy downtown revitalization area.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:43 (eighteen years ago) link

how about the a's in your face green and yellow unis? maybe they toned things down when it was suggested they were part of global cabal that included british petroleum and church's fried chicken.

or not.

jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...
Paul Lukas on uses for uni pants pockets (picking the minds of SABR members)... hot dogs, rosin bags, guns:

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2006/06/22/is-that-a-hot-dog-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-glad-to-see-uni-watch/

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

three weeks pass...
The Nats look really sharp in alternate red

http://www.fanschoicesports.com/products/natsthird.jpg

Mary (Mary), Saturday, 22 July 2006 03:31 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

Lukas on All-Star uni shenanigans:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/080715

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link

Alex Rodriguez has gone ivory-footed in the All-Star Game at least since his Rangers days. Writing in his now-defunct blog two years ago (yes, A-Rod had a blog), he explained why: "When I was a kid, I used to watch the All-Star Game on TV. I grew up a big Mets fan, as many of you know..."

.................................

Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link

sfw? He probably wasn't even a Republican then.

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link

still trying to come to grips with this abomination:

http://www.prosportsmemorabilia.com/Images/Product/51-48/51-48572-F.jpg

brownie, Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link

you too can be a SS for the Toronto Blue Jays!

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link

a couple things:

1)I was really bummed to see that the Rays removed any hint of green from their new uni's.

2)The Mets have the best uni's in all of sports. The orange highlights KILL me everytime.

diamondboxx, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link

I will rep for the Indians' 3rd college jerseys being the best in Baseball.

Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Paul Lukas last week on this year's patches (a little out of date since there were some late reveals):

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/110328_MLB_preview&sportCat=mlb

your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link

Holy shit, that Lukas dude is ugly. (As a fellow ugly person, I'm allowed to say that.)

The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link

perhaps if you both wore snappy throwback uniforms...

your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...
one month passes...

The all-stars are wearing stars on their hats for all-star awareness. How cute.

Has that been done before? Can't recall.

Steve Aoki Newsletter (Andy K), Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link

two months pass...
five months pass...
nine months pass...

if the AL East played footie

http://mwillis.com/post/37845751873/soccer-out-of-context-the-al-east

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link

like

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

meh

mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link

i mean he took existing logos, put them on a different type of shirt, and added a random corporate sponsor. doesn't really require 2500 words of insight into his 'design process'.

at least there are no pink versions for the ladies tho

mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link

I was just thinking last night about starting a "when do you think MLB/NFL/NBA uniforms will be logo'd up like they do in soccer or motor sports?" thread.

WilliamC, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link

think he did a good job! (regardless of how much effort might have been needed)
i think it's more than just using a "different type of shirt" tho... i like the way he incorporated the nuances of soccer jerseys, like the horizontal/diagonal stripes for example - and i didn't even know about the stars/championships thing.
and speaking as a designer, i never read someone's blithering about their design process etc unless i'm *really* interested (so i read the blue jays part).

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 3 January 2013 05:09 (eleven years ago) link

i like the Cubs one a lot.

Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 3 January 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link

three years pass...

@dick_nixon
Imagine being being a big league ballplayer and having to take the field for the Diamondbacks, dressed like a goddamn ice cream man.

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link

two years pass...

Lukas on all the teams' changes (or in the Mets' case, none)

https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/03/26/mlb-jerseys-opening-day-yankees-red-sox#ALE

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link

Playing baseball is hard. For players new to the Diamondbacks -- who have eight different uniform combinations, more than any club in baseball -- so is getting dressed.

My hard-hitting story for @TheAthleticAZ: https://t.co/27kk9gRqWT pic.twitter.com/O1aH7orqdZ

— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) April 3, 2019

mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Nice! I think they did something like that last year too. The Bowie Baysox (Maryland) became the Cangrejos Fantasmas (Ghost Crabs).

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*1hJziPwoPU00WLCFeQRX-Q.png

☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link

two months pass...

Paul Lukas on the Reds' vest revival yesterday

https://uni-watch.com/2019/07/08/reds-have-big-surprise-up-their-sleeves/

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 July 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link

If the White Sox won't wear throwback shorts, maybe the Reds will.

Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Monday, 8 July 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link

not part of their history, tho

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link

five months pass...

THIS SWOOSH IS BULLSHIT

Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 21 December 2019 06:33 (four years ago) link

rob manfred eat me ass you probably vote trump

Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 21 December 2019 06:36 (four years ago) link

My. Eat my ass.

I’m not a pirate.

Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 21 December 2019 06:37 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

lol at wilmer valderrama

mookieproof, Friday, 15 January 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link

KoNY 2012

Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 January 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

wut

Representing more than a team. pic.twitter.com/F0yvahwzOd

— Red Sox (@RedSox) April 6, 2021

mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link

What, no hat patch?

francisF, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

this could have been much worse, but the cap insignia is bad and the orange is too light/looks too much like red

In this city, you're in the presence of Giants. #SFGiants | @nikediamond pic.twitter.com/eXPrO0UJj2

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 5, 2021

mookieproof, Monday, 5 July 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link

one month passes...
one year passes...

Current Twins road jerseys are pure ass... bring back the TC dudes.

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 04:34 (eleven months ago) link

whatever the mariners decided to wear tonight was hot garbage... wtf

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 27 May 2023 05:09 (ten months ago) link

The new alternate uniforms for the Nippon-Ham Fighters were designed by their manager — Tsuyoshi Shinjo. pic.twitter.com/W1uPHwvH1Q

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) May 26, 2023

mookieproof, Saturday, 27 May 2023 20:40 (ten months ago) link

oh my god

Tracer Hand, Sunday, 28 May 2023 11:26 (ten months ago) link

very much in character for BIG BAWSE

brimstead, Sunday, 28 May 2023 16:51 (ten months ago) link

two months pass...

The Red Sox have done so well wearing their yellow City Connect uniforms that there’s a genuine question about whether they can be used for away games.

https://x.com/alexspeier/status/1690172476272025600

ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:06 (eight months ago) link

Ugh.

Just to clarify this: Sox can wear City Connect jerseys on the road so long as they don’t look too much like the home team’s jerseys. But they can’t wear white pants on the road. (Even though it’s not Labor Day yet!)

ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:07 (eight months ago) link

It's been fun but let's give the yellow a rest for a minute

Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:09 (eight months ago) link

grey and yellow isn't terrible, though.. kind of reminds me of the Eurostar maybe?

Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:11 (eight months ago) link

They should go yellow and blue

ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:29 (eight months ago) link

You’re such a hater of the yellow ones but they have the strongest aesthetic and they’re Bello’s faves

ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:30 (eight months ago) link

i’ve warmed to them as a novelty but the lettering still looks extremely junior softball league

better than the red batting practice style jerseys though i guess

blue trousers would be very bad imo. yellow ones would too

Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:36 (eight months ago) link

In a release, the new uniform “adopts colors that honor the spirit of Patriots’ Day weekend, and features ‘Boston’ in a stencil font across the chest paying tribute to the Boylston Street finish line. The numbers ‘617′ are highlighted on the left sleeve as a nod to the area code for Boston and Fenway Park. The numbers appear within a racing bib, honoring one of the city’s most iconic annual sports traditions.”

ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 12 August 2023 16:52 (eight months ago) link

i know why it looks like that, i just don't think it looks good on a baseball uniform! i mean the new york yankees are free to use i dunno the lehman brothers font to pay tribute to the victims of 9/11 but it doesn't mean it works

Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 August 2023 17:21 (eight months ago) link

They look like traffic cops.

The worst, though, are the Rockies' City Connect caps. They look like trucker hats.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 12 August 2023 18:26 (eight months ago) link

what in the

https://uni-watch.com/2023/03/03/giants-prospect-goes-ss-stirrups-n-shorts/

Tracer Hand, Monday, 21 August 2023 19:06 (seven months ago) link

five months pass...

This is what the back of the white jerseys look like with the new template. Players are pretty unhappy. Miles Mikolas says they also don’t fit right; pants are no longer as customized, and the fabric is a very different consistency.

“They look cheap,” another player said. pic.twitter.com/UoH4vVHTfd

— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) February 13, 2024



Re the new season’s uniforms which are being made by Fanatics (?!) this year rather than Nike

Noise of Chris Sale sharpening his knife intensifies

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 16:18 (two months ago) link

idgi, are the new uniforms nike vapor or fanatics?

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 19:20 (two months ago) link

Made by Fanatics!

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 19:23 (two months ago) link

so what’s with that press release about nike vapor? i’m confused

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 19:25 (two months ago) link

I think they contracted the manufacturing out to them?

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 19:28 (two months ago) link

Ah, I see that this is relevant reading once again. https://t.co/FFjoF94uQb

— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) February 13, 2024

mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:56 (two months ago) link

i didn’t know any of that!

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:04 (two months ago) link

The new MLB uniforms look so bad that the union is involved. “Any time there’s change, there’s an adjustment period," Tony Clark said. "In this instance, there appear to be some misses that could have otherwise not been misses."@SamBlum3 https://t.co/8TiztekdYh

— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) February 20, 2024



Lmao

That’s why the union wants to get involved in a remedy.

“We are on the phone with the requisite parties that are involved in making that decision because we aren’t,” Clark said. “We’re trying to make sure our guys have what they need in the fashion that they need it. And it’s reflective of what being a major-league ballplayer should be reflective of.

“It’s an ongoing dialogue. Hopefully, we can get some things done over the course of the next six weeks of spring training. Because I’d hate to be in a place where we’re still having conversations about some of the challenges we have in that regard once the lights come on.”

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 18:22 (one month ago) link

I just saw a picture, which I won’t link, of a Giants players visible balls through his baseball pants. These uniforms aren’t just cheap, they’re obscene

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:55 (one month ago) link

I wish morbs was here lol

Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 22 February 2024 21:17 (one month ago) link

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39577625/mlb-players-add-see-pants-concerns-new-uniforms

And some say the eggshell color of the pants -- the fabric is the same as last year -- is creating a see-through vibe. The fit has also come into question.

After visiting over a half-dozen spring camps in Arizona, Clark is getting a clearer picture of the complaints.

"A lot of the rhetoric is confirmation that the pants are see-through," Clark said. "It's been an ongoing conversation where each day has yielded something new that doesn't seem to make as much sense as you would like it."

Each camp seemingly has a different issue, including some that are worried about supply-chain problems that led at least one player to tell Clark he might have to go to Dick's Sporting Goods for spare pants.

"Universal concern is the pant," Clark said.

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 22 February 2024 23:05 (one month ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/wFODspW.jpeg

mookieproof, Thursday, 22 February 2024 23:43 (one month ago) link

I saw that, he’s in danger with the size of his backside 😭

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 22 February 2024 23:48 (one month ago) link

"Universal concern is the pant," Clark said.

this is one of the all-time great utterances

that said, looking at that photo yeah, the pant is definitely a valid universal concern. they should replace them with skirts. the rockford peaches look. it'd look good and it'd be practical.

Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 23 February 2024 03:03 (one month ago) link

one month passes...

WTF are the Phillies wearing!!!!!!

H.P, Friday, 12 April 2024 22:41 (four days ago) link


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