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For a traditional franchise, the Braves have had a ton of changes to their home and road the last decade. Recently, they’ve had scripts looking like this: They finally cleaned up the home script, which looks much better: However, it took them a few tries to fix the away script. They updated it to this version, which definitely made the “A” much closer to the cap logo, but the rest of the script felt too squished. They fixed it a couple years later: Here’s a side by side: And now the change to the sleeve striping:

On pitch debut for the controversial pink/purple German kit happening right now.

I get the symbolism but it’s hard when a team has worn certain colors for countless decades to just add a new color and it not look weird. I’d honestly prefer if they used a black alternate like they used to use (with gold-black-gold the nicest).

On pitch debut for the US home. I mentioned a page or two ago it’s odd the swoosh and crest are navy. Sure enough, the numbers are navy, too, and they stick out a lot. Royal blue numbers would have been better. But as far as plain kits go, I think this is one of the best the US have had! I almost always prefer navy, but I am loving the shorts. The trim is excellent. I’d still prefer a sash or some kind of stripes, but this kit is minimalism done very well.

I have the player spec versions of the 2016 shirts and never saw any color bleeding of the badge. If there were, there are other ways they could apply the material, such as using white for the mesh. What’s especially interesting is that the Nike images showed exactly that (might need to zoom in to notice): Those are the kind of details that sell me on player spec shirts. When I noticed the US shirts didn’t have it, I opted for the fan replica this go around.

I saw that tweet and it made me wonder why the US crest application is different than the other Nike teams using the breathable material.

Couple more looks at FSU’s turquoise. This looks like a lock to happen this year.

Here are a few. Absolutely fantastic. Love seeing the French in the bright blue as well as Germany opting for black shorts. I wish the collar on the French shirt was a standard v-neck but that’s a minor complaint. Here are a couple other on pitch debuts: Netherlands. Not my favorite design. I like the badge shape, but the Dutch always look best with black or white trim. I don’t care for the accent colors. The side panels are weird. Spain and Colombia. I find myself liking the Spanish away kit more, but think it would be much better without the white side panels. Ditto for the adidas stripes - they should be red. Hungary and Turkey Chile Norway - I like the kit, but that number and name font might go down as one of the worst ever. Argentina Portugal and Sweden England and Brazil Mexico We already saw the US away shirts, but the prematch tops are horrendous. Just look at the way the collar and shoulder seams are constructed!

Forbes says Adidas has been paying them €50 million, but doesn’t disclose what their new contract proposal was. I wouldn’t be surprised if they offered in the range of €70m+ going forward. But hard to argue with €100m from Nike. https://www.forbes.com/sites/manuelveth/2024/03/22/despite-backlash-nike-celebrate-108-million-german-national-team-deal/amp/ The DFB has put out an 11 point FAQ addressing concerns regarding the switch. https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/faq-zum-vertragsabschluss-mit-nike-259945/?fbclid=PAAabFijoOD4sjJsQbN-1SnqJm4YuXwA3jNKh_lvI6Qr3L6Yk3DRRU_kUpvLU_aem_AU78_TPV87AXVRja_VnFD4-zfiblrAZi5Dg2LpkbOF7CrRRQUUfK3t71YrExUAhlH6s Edit - Barron’s is reporting Adidas’s final bid was in the range of €60-65m, a sizable pay rise from their current deal, but nowhere close to what Nike was able to offer. https://www.barrons.com/news/nike-s-long-international-struggle-with-adidas-b2376291?refsec=topics_afp-news

Black shorts option confirmed for the men.

I don’t love either of these designs, but the original bomb pop was better. Also, sorry to clog the board but I gotta pour one out for adidas and the DFB. Supplier changes like this, the end of a truly iconic relationship, don’t happen very often. Teams change suppliers all the time, but Germany and adidas are about to conclude about 70 years of partnership, nearly unheard of these days. I truly can’t believe it’s happening. Countless masterpieces over the years. A crime for it to end. Hopefully Nike treats the Germans on the same level as France and England. If so, I’m sure they’ll look good. But they’ll always be missing something without the three stripes on their sleeves. These are not all of their kits, but they represent their best. Either the pinnacle of design or noteworthy moments in the partnership’s history. Adidas hardly ever whiffed on das deutsches trikot. If adidas and Germany couldn’t figure it out, I think the phrase is something along the lines of “football is dead.” Damn, just damn.

That article was from the federation. It’s a done deal. Also:

Ok, buckle up guys. This might be the most shocking news in years. Adidas, long time German national team supplier will end its countless decades long relationship when Nike steps in to take over in 2027 I truly hate this. If adidas can’t maintain its relationship with the DFB, then nothing is sacred anymore. As of now, all I can find are German language articles. https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/nike-wird-neuer-dfb-ausruester-ab-2027-259898/

Old template but Texas with the SEC patch

Another minor change I noticed for the Braves. The script on the old jerseys had red text raised sitting on top of the navy blue outline. The new jersey appear to use a red twill base layer with the blue outline raised. You can see both here.

For me, this is clearly a stylistic design choice. 90% of the league uses solid twill. The perforations do not go to the edge of the material and are an inset design to give the number an effect or depth, if you will. It’s clearly a style choice and not born out of necessity like old mesh jerseys. I think Nike is trying to force design into the numerals because they realize jersey real estate is shrinking. We have seen them do this on the more extreme end (Seahawks pattern, Rams gradient, Commanders gradient on away) to the more subtle (Cardinals perforations, Commanders perforations + stencil font).

Where are you seeing this?

It appears the blue stripes have a red stripe between them. Also looks like no TV numbers. And hard to say, but possibly double outlines on the numbers like the Bills. Not a fan of that choice.

Texans look ok. Number font is a downgrade but the whole thing could have been so much worse. Though, we need to temper our expectations because of that rumor each jersey having a different design a la the Commanders. It could still end up terrible Side note, I really hate the idea of having four unique designs. There’s no continuity and when the Commanders unveiled theirs, you could see what a dumpster fire it was. I can appreciate a historic franchise like the Giants having different designs, but the Commanders took it too far by applying three different sleeve designs (two different stripe patterns, one with logos), three different chest wordmark applications, one with gradient numbers, and a totally unrelated helmet for the alternate. There’s a balance to pull it off and they failed.

It’s kinda weird how the home kit uses a royal blue collar and shorts, but a navy swoosh and color on the crest. Just pick a shade. If it’s me, I almost always choose navy for the national team.

Looks like they will carry over the old school block numbers from the 2022 WC kits and the most recent third kit. Also, lmfao at Nike trying to label the away kit as inspired from 1950. What a freaking reach. The USA sash has never been oriented that way (it’s always descending). Nor has it ever featured on the back of a shirt. And since when has a sash been worn from the waist to the belly button? We have had many fitting 1950 tributes over the years, and nothing about this new shirt makes me think about that team. If anything, it makes me think of this: …which is fine, but I hate that we are labeling this a 1950 tribute, which means we probably won’t see it for another 10 years, and that’s a shame because I truly think the sash is one of the best sources of inspiration we have. Hopefully 2026 gives us some good designs, like a tastefully done Waldo.

I have to add this photo, because the shorts elevate the entire look. Now that I’ve seen the stripes on the short, I feel more confident in saying the entire collar should have been blue. It’s kinda stripe overload. Still great, though.

I love the shirt, but they don’t work for me on the shorts. Plain blue shorts would be much better. The problem lies in that the contrast of blue and red pinstripes against the white shirt is the same, however, the white pinstripes against the blue shorts stick out too much compared to the red pinstripes.

Massive Nike leak France away, I really liked this one when it leaked earlier with the two tone pinstripes, but I am not liking the two tone pinstripes on the shorts at all! USA - I am convinced the original leak was from a fake, because these look way better. Edit - better pic with the France away shorts. Yikes!