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47 minutes ago, dont care said:

Do you like watching the world burn?

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?

On 6/15/2017 at 11:16 AM, bkknight95 said:

I really like these uniforms 

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.

5 hours ago, oldschoolvikings said:

 

What's awesome about this is it looks like he isn't even concerned with the game, and is just coming at you to collect on a debt. And his little brother on the cap thinks it's hilarious.

 

 

 

And those absolutely need to be the team's game socks.

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

28 minutes ago, SilverBullet1929 said:

I love the old Marlins look but it's no longer the 90s and they now actually play in Miami so I'd say they WERE 90s teal but no longer are. The current look fits them for right now and for the ballpark and the name change. If they were a brand new team and not connected to the Florida Marlins their look would be more liked. 

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.

7 hours ago, mike2sana said:

I think the Miami Marlins have a fun clean aesthetic 

please don't shoot me down.

I like it too. It feels right for Miami.

My struggle is just that the Marlins ARE 90s teal in my brain.

3 hours ago, FinsUp1214 said:

This jersey cut doesn't bother me at all:

 

 

...because I don't see it as being that far off from this cut:

 

 

 

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

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14 hours ago, kroywen said:

At the very least, high socks or stirrups should be required. I hate the lack of uniformity with socks across baseball right now.

 

The thing with stirrups is that every fan prefers different lengths, and there's really no one "perfect" length. I'd bet it's usually based on what they grew upb with - fans who came of age in the 60s and 70s probably would prefer higher stirrups.

 

Personally, I'm a fan of very low stirrups, such as these:

 

 

On the other hand, I hate the very high stirrup look that was popular in the 80's.

 

I suppose the best solution is to say that every player has to wear their pants up to a certain length, and allow players to choose between high socks or stirrups.

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.

2 hours ago, the admiral said:

I used to like the San Antonio Missions a lot, and I want to note that I got way more pushback than I deserved for saying that you shouldn't italicize a building.

Tell that to the Italians

3 hours ago, insert name said:

Are minor league teams forced to have really dumb names?

"Forced fun" comes to mind on this and some other recent name changes. 

3 hours ago, Gothamite said:

No, but that's one way to stand out in a crowded marketplace. 

 

I love minor league whimsy, but there's a fine line between that and plain stupid.  And when the owner talks about his decisions like this:

 

"This is a high-energy, impactful, bold move," Babby said Tuesday

 

It leads me to believe he's firmly on the side of stupid. 

Leads my brain to: " “People can get a cheeseburger anywhere. They come to Chockees for the atmosphere and the attitude.”

2 hours ago, AstroBull21 said:

 

True, but this link goes over the reason for the name:

 

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20161026&content_id=207219106&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb

 

"Fire Frogs won the vote," said team president Joe Harrington, who spent the last three seasons as general manager of the Aberdeen IronBirds. "The name came from two fan submissions. Kara Morrison, from St. Cloud, suggested 'Fireflies.' Steven Strickland, from Orlando, submitted 'Coquis.' That's a species of frog native to Puerto Rico. So we merged those two into one made it part of the fan vote."

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.