RichO

Sometimes I want insane things to have happened,even if just once as a lesson. Like the White Sox shorts. But then, what if it turned out that that was actually the most comfortable construction of basketball uniforms possible? I have that actual thought about the NC State basketball unitards. Sure it's a wild departure from what players saw and wore before. But it was for sprinters too. Compression gear feels good to wear, guys wear it under their uniforms all the time. It's odd to see distance runners in half tights now- but Nike seems to think they have research that that's a the best idea so they stuck the breaking 2 guys in them. What if the most sensible and comfortable gear for a sport is too much of a departure for our minds?

This makes me want a team- any level- to roll out a romper uniform just to see it happen, and for my brain to break a little.

Is he wearing black pants or just stepping out to start something in just his socks, spikes, and cap?

Definitely with you on the bold part. The thing with the teal for me is that some teams are tied to certain windows of time. Some if it is because that's what they were when they won, sure. Some it is because the Marlins really steered hard into the 90s-ness by going teal and stuck with some version of it for so long. I have similar feelings about the Expos. I really liked those 90s uniforms they had, but the longevity of the old look made it who they were in my brain. The Blue Jays could look good (if an imitation of the Dodgers and Royals) in a classic baseball script, but they only look right in a version of that 70s split font because they started in the late 70s, went for a truly 70s look, and rode it for a long time. And similar to the Marlins got a little boost from winning in a version of it. The boundary between being "dated" and being identified with a time is a funky, and almost certainly very subjective thing.

I like it too. It feels right for Miami. My struggle is just that the Marlins ARE 90s teal in my brain.

And Wilt's over here wondering why that Nike cut is so baggy. .

Yes on the low cut stirrups. I will take today's pajama pants over 80s ribbon stirrups 100/100. And 60s/70s higher cut stirrups just look wrong to me, but at least there's something there. My pref list: low cut stirrup>high sock>high cut stirrup>pajama pants>ribbon stirrups>self immolation>2 in 1s.

Tell that to the Italians

"Forced fun" comes to mind on this and some other recent name changes. Leads my brain to: " “People can get a cheeseburger anywhere. They come to Chockees for the atmosphere and the attitude.”

Those were a couple reasonable ideas so naturally the team and/or Brandiose combined them into a voltron of stupid and put it in the vote. To whatever degree these explanations are ever to be believed of course.

Can't lie, the Reds pullover is, to me, their definitive jersey. Which I guess makes some sense since, for as long their history is, their peak in terms of quality was basically the pullover era. It's also pretty much the only pullover that I would be cool with coming back.