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This point is even more confounding. The design element that's the point of contention is the basketball more than the sun. And unless the Suns are now playing in the ABA, the color of it shouldn't be in question.

Good points. And in that case, it would seem only fair if the entire thing were held in Mexico next year.

That all makes sense. Just seems strange to label this a competition between two leagues when one league is the road team for the entirety of the tournament. I think it would good for this ongoing MLS/Liga MX partnership to eventually expose American audiences to the stadiums and crowds in Mexican stadiums.

Something I don't understand about Leagues Cup: Will the Mexican teams get to host games in later years of this tournament? It's great for MLS to have 6 of the 8 remaining teams in the tournament, but it also feels like a little bit of home cookin'.

I don't know, man. No. 2 just looks better.

Whether a legitimate rumor or not, the idea of the MLS pursuing a star-chasing strategy fueled by the success of Messi would effectively undermine some of the goodwill the league has built up in the past decade by expanding into smaller sports markets. Players of Mbappe's caliber will always favor New York, L.A. or bright spots like Miami and the league has proven it will whatever it takes to make their path to those markets easier. I remember being stunned when Kaka wound up in Orlando, even if that experience wasn't as successful for all involved.

I give them credit though for smartly digging into their past to find a way to do a unique and relevant Hispanic heritage jersey. Using that script and adapting it to Tigres is really clever, particularly for a team that's really only ever had the old English 'D' for most of their existence.

Not having followed them all year, I had no idea that this had become their defacto home uniform. It makes no sense for them to to be a mostly red and black team on the road and mostly black and turquoise at home.

After watching the DBacks play the Twins all weekend, for the life of me I can't understand why they don't wear the turquoise version of the current uniforms. They are, in every way, the superior version of the current uniforms. The look on its own is pretty good, especially since removing the weird sublimation patterns a few years ago, but the color scheme makes it forgettable. The addition of turquoise changes that.

This isn't a good look. It goes to show that, even under shared ownership, the MLS team will always be the second (or third) priority tenant in an NFL venue, no matter how much growth the league exhibits.

Looking at this from a different perspective, this continued alignment of big schools into a super conferences really transition of so many DII schools into FBS, or Division 1-A, seem somewhat farcical. It doesn't matter what label you give it, they're still essentially DII schools in the grand scheme of things.

And it holds up! That's what's remarkable about it. It could just be the nostalgia talking, but that '90s set doesn't feel like a '90s set.

This is a really nice piece of artwork, but I worry it gets lost on the yellow helmet. The yellow outline seems like a slightly different shade. And there seem to be too many keylines. I'd like to see what it looks like without the white border and placed on a green helmet.

I hear Roland might take the day off from working at the pawn shop to go to the game.

Spotted a guy wearing a Pete Rose Montreal Expos jersey at the Twins/Cardinals game at Busch Stadium last night. (It was also full of mistakes, so it was likely a low-quality knockoff.)

This is almost certainly generalizing, but I have to think that whether you like or dislike the current Panthers uniforms is in proportion to how much you like or dislike their attempt at military cosplay.

I don't know if I agree with this. If the umpire crew determines that the pitcher intentionally hit the guy -- I mean, he did the brush back, and then right for him, so it was pretty clear it was intentional -- are they really supposed to let that go? Was it really resolved if it was clear that Happ's clunking of the catcher was accidental and Mikolas doinked him anyway? You're pretty much asking for the Cubs to come back and continue the beanings. If the intentionality was clear, then they should get tossed. That's the only thing that ends it.

And that's 100% within their right. The outrage over this seems really overblown. These retaliatory beanings is another one of those sacred cows of baseball that the game doesn't really need. The situation yesterday says to me that MLB — or maybe just this umpiring crew? — is starting to see it the same way. I don't disagree that the example here seemed pretty benign, but Mikolas and the Cards could've also exercised better judgement in realizing ejection was a possible outcome of this, to the continued detriment to the team. And if they didn't, they certainly will next time, which is exactly what the league is probably hoping for.

In general, I'm pleased that the Suns are taking some cues from the Barkley-era uniforms, which is the best that franchise ever looked. I'm always a big fan of taking a classic look and evolving it. That said, these still feel inferior to the '90s throwbacks, which hold up incredibly well, far more than I'd have ever thought they would.

The Pelicans are kind of weird this way. Because generally, I think their brand is really nice. I like the typefaces they use and I think the symmetrical pelican carrying the basketball is a fantastic logo. Yet despite that, they somehow feel really boring and forgettable. You could blame it on the colors, but I don't even know if that's really the issue. Reminds me a lot of the Houston Texans in that sense. They have a nicely executed modern brand that's just really easy to ignore.

If anything, I'd like to see other leagues -- baseball in particular -- play up their stars like this. MLS is doing exactly the right thing in this case.

The Angels, to me, have one of the most visually interesting histories. Their early years, with actual halos stitched into the caps, were really incredible. I wouldn't advocate they go back to that. I only throw it out there to suggest that they have a lot of elements to play with. I also love the lower-case "a" with halo monogram. I'd love to see a look built around the lower-case letters like this. It's hard to disagree with those of you who point out that the Angels in navy and red would look too much like other teams. You're right. But that color scheme looks so much better, to me, than red-on-red. Their current look just feels forgettable, which being forgettable -- even with Otani and Trout -- seems to be a hallmark of this franchise.

This is a strange hill on which to plant your flag. It's not as if the royal/green of the 80s and 90s is such a vast departure from navy/neon green that you can't see the evolution from one to the other. This isn't like, say, the Broncos wearing their original brown and yellow uniforms, or the Eagles wearing powder blue/yellow throwbacks like they did once upon a time. Cut it down to its roots and you essentially have a team that's always been blue/green. Seeing them play in different shades of those colors won't lead anybody to believe that they aren't still the Seahawks. (The giant wraparound hawk on the helmets might also give people a hint.) It's OK to prefer the current look to the old one, but this point just doesn't make sense. Also, a team's brand shouldn't exist in a single place in time. These are organizations that carry their histories with them, and suggesting the throwback look doesn't fit the current brand is just false. Personally, I just feel like the league has become too drab and these throwbacks highlight that point. I'd love to see the Seahawks return to a more vibrant blue. It's also why I will always love the Bucs' Creamsicles and the Oilers uniforms. Looking back, you can pretty much map out a 25-year timeline of teams ditching bright colors for darker ones, starting with the Chargers in late '80s gradually shifting to darker and darker shades of blue before letting Navy take over. The Broncos, Patriots and Buccaneers soon followed, joined with three expansion franchises (The Panthers, despite incorporating a touch of brightness, still leaned into the black and silver.) and later with the Seahawks shifting to darker blues with both of their uniform redesigns. The transition of the L.A. franchises back to brighter colors seems like an indication that the trend may be shifting. I hope this new batch of throwbacks convinces some current franchises to follow suit.

I completely understand where @Lights Out was coming from with this take. I'm not sure I'd equate "Pigskins" with the silliness of minor league baseball names, but there's still something unsophisticated about it that makes it feel ill-fitting with the NFL. And it's not a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek sort of thing; it just feels campy.

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