SilverBullet1929 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Since when do the Brewers show their initials as MKE???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, WSU151 said: It's odd Stance doesn't have this basic style for the Giants (even if they added a logo onto it) They might. The team-specific socks for the Giants haven't been released yet (not sure why) so we could very well be seeing something along those lines shortly. Plus I'm pretty sure each team will have two team-specific designs so there are still plenty of sock options that have yet to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 26 minutes ago, SilverBullet1929 said: Since when do the Brewers show their initials as MKE???? MKE is the airport code...I've seen it before, but rare, since MIL isn't easily confused with anything. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Lankford Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 The Phillies/Reds game helps me to appreciate how the Cardinals wear their dark blue hat on the road when they play other red teams and makes me think that all teams should be required to have secondary hats for such occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 High socks are great, as long as the whole team is wearing the same ones. Stirrups look dumb. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, upperV03 said: Every team does have their own design with their logo, it's just up to them whether or not to use them. There are other options available, whether it's the solid-colored socks or the socks with the more generic designs and striping patterns, and it's up to each team, or even each individual, which socks to wear. Oh okay. Thank you for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 52 minutes ago, SilverBullet1929 said: Yeah but the purpose of football helmets and goalie masks (head/face protection) still exists today. The purpose of stirrups (to block colored dyes from the outer sock) no longer exists. The aesthetic purposes of the stirrups (showing team colors, keeping pant legs high, and looking like a traditional baseball uniform) are still there with the high socks. Granted you're saying your personal preference and that's great too but I don't see why a solid colored high sock can't replace a stirrup. A single sock having the white arches of the stirrup would be just fine for me. While there is definitely something missing without that arch, a solid sock is something I can accept ahead of showing no sock. So these new socks are are a mixed bag. They're good in that they promote going away from the worst of all conditions, which is pants down to the shoes. But they have the bad effects of contributing to the further pushing aside of stirrups and of featuring far too much striping. Also, they induce players to wear their pants too high, just under the knee (though that's better than all the way down to the shoes). The main point is that the pattern of stirrups, with a little white between the sock colour and the shoe, has been the norm in baseball uniforms for almost a century. 1920s -- 1930s 1940s -- 1950s 1960s -- 1970s 1980s -- 1990s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evoquik Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 From the Rockies twitter... I noticed in their game today in Milwaukee that Arenado was wearing what looked to be high socks with a very low two stripe on them, but turns out they are tights with crew socks over them. Nothing like I've ever seen. Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 14 minutes ago, evoquik said: From the Rockies twitter... I noticed in their game today in Milwaukee that Arenado was wearing what looked to be high socks with a very low two stripe on them, but turns out they are tights with crew socks over them. Nothing like I've ever seen. Khris Davis did that during the second half of last season, although he wore the crew socks over regular high socks instead of tights. The Rockies are another team whose team-specific socks have yet to be released so perhaps that's a temporary solution on the part of Arenado? Seems bizarre but it's the only explanation I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOatsMustFlow Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Diamondbacks were way ahead on this trend! Tbt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 12 minutes ago, TheOatsMustFlow said: Diamondbacks were way ahead on this trend! Tbt The Twins even more so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBullet1929 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 4 hours ago, WSU151 said: It's odd Stance doesn't have this basic style for the Giants (even if they added a logo onto it) That style with just two orange stripes in that same thickness would be amazing for the Giants because of one subtle thing that I think most don't think about... It would match the piping on both the pants and the sleeves with the orange black orange combination. The socks would match the uniform more cohesively and would look great. Makes me think about other sock styles that would match uniform elements for other teams as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBullet1929 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 2 hours ago, evoquik said: From the Rockies twitter... I noticed in their game today in Milwaukee that Arenado was wearing what looked to be high socks with a very low two stripe on them, but turns out they are tights with crew socks over them. Nothing like I've ever seen. As much as I wanna hate that look it's not much worse than some of these weirder stance designs anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk36 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Sorry if it's been addressed but why is MLB allowing mismatched socks for teams. Shouldn't they be "uniform"? Design Hovie Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 4 hours ago, WSU151 said: Despite my banging on about stirrups, I like this look. I could raise the quibble that the pant legs are cuffed too high; but in this case the stripes at the top of the sock make that OK. With a solid-colour sock (stirrup or not), that height of cuffing would not look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveindc Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Ray Lankford said: The Phillies/Reds game helps me to appreciate how the Cardinals wear their dark blue hat on the road when they play other red teams and makes me think that all teams should be required to have secondary hats for such occasions. Playing the Reds in Cinci is the only rationale I've seen people use for the Cards wearing navy caps. Too me it always just looked odd them. Red caps look tons better: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 3 hours ago, evoquik said: From the Rockies twitter... I noticed in their game today in Milwaukee that Arenado was wearing what looked to be high socks with a very low two stripe on them, but turns out they are tights with crew socks over them. Nothing like I've ever seen. Did he wear those shoes in the game too? I saw a bunch of players wearing lebron soldier 10s opening day and wondering if wearing basketball shoes is the new trend in baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Some more of the team-specific socks have been officially released: We've now seen two different pairs for each of the teams represented here, which seems to definitely suggest that all of the other teams in the league will have the same. The second designs for the Rays, Cubs, Reds, Tigers, Nats, and Indians are all very similar to the first designs, whether it's a simple color swap of the base, striping pattern, or logo, or the socks feature a different one of the club's logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjwii Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 20 minutes ago, upperV03 said: Some more of the team-specific socks have been officially released: We've now seen two different pairs for each of the teams represented here, which seems to definitely suggest that all of the other teams in the league will have the same. The second designs for the Rays, Cubs, Reds, Tigers, Nats, and Indians are all very similar to the first designs, whether it's a simple color swap of the base, striping pattern, or logo, or the socks feature a different one of the club's logos. No chance of seeing some socks with Wahoo on them, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOatsMustFlow Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Diamondbacks purple stance socks tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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