coco1997
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Thanks! Yeah, some of the designs might not be to everyone's tastes. But along the way I'm hoping to tally a few more base hits and maybe even home runs than strikeouts. (You'll also come to learn if you didn't already that it's not without precedent for a team to wears its full name on their jerseys.) Here's how that looks: Up today is the AL East! ORIOLES: For the upstart O's, I used Baltimore's 1992-94 primary logo, which I found lends itself surprisingly well to a jersey design. RED SOX: I gave the Red Sox a '70s-esque pullover look using a variation on Boston's 1960-2008 wordmark logo. YANKEES: The Bronx Bombers get the monochrome treatment with a recolored version of their 1973-present secondary logo for the front of the jersey. RAYS: Rather than just rehash the Rays' 1970s fauxback uniform, I combined the fauxback with the team's everyday look, swapping out the funky, Padres-esque scripts and rounded numbers for the team's usual wordmark and block numbers and opting for a more traditional button-down design. (On a s side note, I've found that ditching the drop shadows from the "RAYS" wordmark makes for a big improvement.) BLUE JAYS: I went with the midnight blue from Toronto's blue jay logo and replaced the bird on the lower left with numbers so the maple leaf wouldn't show up twice on the jersey. The front of the jersey uses Toronto's current wordmark logo. C&C appreciated! I'll have another NL division up soon.
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Haha! Our brains were clearly on similar wave lengths when we designed those jerseys. I would be happy to see either on the field. Great job on the Phillies & Pirates, too!
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Very cool!
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The more I look at these designs the more I pick up on great little details I missed at first, like the apple on the sleeve of the Metropolitans. I am curious about the logo being on the bill of the Brewers cap. Is that based on something specific or is it just a crazy idea you had?
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Thanks! I think dropping the snake from the front causes the design to lose some of its personality, but here it is anyway. And replacing white with cream was a good call:
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Oh baby, those Marlins and Nats chest logos are just perfect.
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This is a series I've been talking about doing for years with @Victormrey, @Carolingian Steamroller and @MJD7. Vic had the idea that it would be cool if each MLB team had an alternate uniform that displayed both its city AND team name. For this series, I scoured the main site for teams' primary, alternate and wordmark logos--all of which tend to include their full names--for inspiration. Since many teams' current primary/alternate/wordmark logos don't feature their full names, expect some designs to be of throwback in nature. I'll be posting division by division, starting today with the NL West! DODGERS: The Dodgers get a blue alternate that uses the arched block "LOS ANGELES" from their 2008 50th anniversary logo. GIANTS: I gave San Francisco a mono black treatment with a jersey displaying their 2000-present wordmark logo. PADRES: This one's a bit of a fauxback, as I recreated the Friars' 1978 uniforms but with the team's current script and numbers. I feel this one could easily slot into the Padres' uniform rotation, as they don't currently use a gold alternate. ROCKIES: The Rockies design is based on Colorado's Turn Ahead the Clock unis, with the team's current alternate logo and block numbers replacing the TATC jersey's giant mountain range and "futuristic" numbers. DIAMONDBACKS: For Arizona, I brought back the Snakes' classic purple/turquoise/copper color scheme, using a modified version of the team's 1998-2006 alternate logo for the jersey. I'm tempted to try this one in Arizona's current black/Sedona red/turquoise colors, so let me know if anyone is interested in seeing that. That's the NL West! An AL division will be up next.
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Thanks, guys! Thanks for the feedback! And thanks again for your input on the Pilots. Here are the Brewers in emerald green, with brown as the secondary color:
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So the Red Sox and O’s aren’t wearing any special jerseys for the Little League Classic game tomorrow?
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I really like what you did with the Marlins. It feels like a combination of all three eras in Marlins history. Maybe it’s my phone screen but the “light blue” you used for the trim looks more like lavender or periwinkle to me. I also feel the teal alt would benefit from some white somewhere. Other than that, really nice work here.
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Great job on the last few teams! I really like that look for the Fish.
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Thanks! Wrapping things up today with the Stocking Series--Boston vs. Chicago: RED SOX: Boston's home set incorporates elements from the Celtics, including shamrocks, block "BOSTON" lettering and just a touch of green. I felt a white front paneled cap fit the general '70s/80s aesthetic of the design. The road set is sleeveless, and I applied a melange pattern to give it an old school, vintage look. WHITE SOX: The other Sox get a bit of a combination of eras treatment. I brought back the 1936-38 monogram for the home jersey and the 1926 crossed socks logo for the home cap & road sleeve patch with T-bars on the home set a la the early 1940s clubs and the 1976 "Chicago" script for the road uni. The buttons on the home jersey are multicolored pinwheels as a nod to Old Comiskey Park. Thanks for following! I may end up adding more teams to this series if I think of more rivalries that are worth tackling. Suggestions are welcome! -
I love that Rockies fauxback. Makes me wish the other three ‘90s expansion teams had fauxback alts like the Rays.
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Thanks, everyone! Up today is the Gillick Cup--Blue Jays vs. Phillies! BLUE JAYS: The Jays get a sleeveless, pinstriped home set based on the Maple Leafs of the International League who were a farm system for Philly back in the '50s. For the road, I went with a black and gold motif inspired by Drake's OVO brand (For a team vying for a playoff spot, "October's Very Own" seems like a good slogan). PHILLIES: The Phils get a patriotic off-white home set based on the Sixers' Earned Edition unis. The very Blue Jays-esque road look riffs on the fact that Philly briefly used a blue jay logo and actually called themselves (?) the Blue Jays back in the mid '40s. The Jays' trademark split style gets applied to the Phils' current numbers and 1900 road wordmark. Like those Toronto pullovers of the '70 & '80s, the logo gets placed front and center on the jersey, although in this case it's the Liberty Bell. Wasn't sure about sock patterns for either set so suggestions are welcome. C&C appreciated! The Stocking Series is next.
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The cream and mint green shades work wonderfully for the Saints.
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Love that Dodgers road alt! Can’t wait to see what you have planned for Miami.
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Great job on all the Cooperstown design so far! My only problem with the Boston one is that sock logo on a pullover jersey makes it kind of look like a T-shirt.
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Thank you! I'd still like some more feedback on the White Sox vs. Dodgers, but I think I'm ready to post the next set. For obvious reasons I'm calling this one the Leyland Cup, named after the man, the legend himself, who managed a combined 24 seasons between Detroit and Pittsburgh. TIGERS: The Tigers home set is basically the love child of the team’s 1984 road uniforms and the Detroit Stars of the Negro League. I always loved how the Stars' script cut across the solid-colored placket with the white “R” contrasting with the rest of the script. The road set is inspired by the city's NHL team, specifically their 1929-30 look. As you can see, I also wanted to dial up the orange across the board. Wasn't too sure about sleeve patch designs for either set, so if anyone has any ideas please let me know. PIRATES: The Bucs' home set is based on the Pirates' threads from 1909 (but in modern colors), the year they topped Detroit in the World Series. And as with the Tigers, I leaned into the NHL rivalry for the road set, opting for a Penguins-inspired look complete with diagonal "Pirates" script and white/black/gold striping for the sleeves, socks, collar and sansabelt. The diamond pattern on the sleeves and pants comes from Pittsburgh's 1979 dugout jackets which is an idea I've always wanted to incorporate into a Pirates concept. C&C appreciated!
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Nice job on both the Nats and Reds. However, you might end up having to change the player name on the back of those Nats jerseys by the end of the day... Speaking of the Nats, I think it's a little redundant to have three jerseys that use the "Nationals" script. I know you said you wanted to minimize the usage of the Walgreens "W" so maybe you could base one of the alts off this design (minus the flag within the "D.C.," of course)?
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Thanks, guys! Let's wrap up the series today with another relocation swap! MILWAUKEE PILOTS: The Seattle Pilots lasted only one season before moving east in 1970 and becoming the Milwaukee Brewers. But what if they had kept their name? For the Milwaukee Pilots, I took inspiration from Milwaukee resident General Billy Mitchell, considered to be the father of the U.S. Air Force and for whom Milwaukee's international airport is named. The color scheme is olive green (criminally underused across MLB save for the occasional tacky military appreciation uniforms) and athletic gold, which incidentally creates some nice visual synergy with the local NFL and NBA teams. The font for the script and numbers is Air Force and the crest is a modernized version of the original Pilots' alternate logo. Thanks to @NicDB for the consult on this one! SEATTLE BREWERS: It was a no-brainer to keep the "Brewers" moniker for a team based in Seattle, birthplace of Starbucks, meaning the name would now refer to coffee instead of beer. For the color scheme, I liked the idea of pairing the green from Starbucks' branding with a rich, deep, coffee brown color. I also used Santana, a typeface similar to one used by Starbucks, for the numbers and cap logo. The sleeve patch idea was inspired by Milwaukee's City Connect grill ball logo, which I reworked into a steaming coffee pot. Here's a better look at that logo: And with that, unless there are any relocation or intrastate rivalries I missed, the series is complete! I'd love some feedback on the last few sets of teams, including from @vtgco, as his is always highly valued. Thanks for following!
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Rockies - Oh, this is an interesting concept. I LOVE those scripts. I guess my only gripe is the color scheme is very similar to the one you used for Charlotte. But in a vacuum, it’s a beautiful design. Tigers - I like that you added the Negro League throwback to their regular rotation. Removing orange entirely from the road set makes them look too much like the Yankees, IMO.
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The D-Backs' current unis look really sharp in their classic colors. I agree with @mahnkej that you should incorporate sand as a replacement for copper and also have it replace white in the the inserts of the scripts and numbers. Having said that, I disagree about the need for pinstripes. The D-Backs have now been a non-pinstriped team longer than they were a pinstriped one, and I think the Rockies own the purple with pinstripes look. Of course, if Colorado ever decided to move away from pins, that look would be up for grabs. Great job on the other teams you've done, as well! The new "Cleveland" script for the Guardians is very well done. I also really like what you did with the Astros and Angels. Count me in as someone else who feels the Angels City Connect uniform would be the perfect basis of an eventual Angels redesign.
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I like that home throwback for the Phils. The contrasting "P" is a fun idea; it's nice and quirky. And nice work on the Pirates, Padres, Giants and M's! I really dig the two Giants throwback designs, as well. This is a nitpick but a few of the cap logos look ginormous, namely the Orioles block "B" and the "P" on the Pirates road throwback.
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Fair point. However, keep in mind that the Cubs actually did use a wishbone C starting in 1916 and intermittently into the 1930s. Nevertheless, here's how your idea would look: Next teams up are the White Sox and Dodgers. There's a bit of history between these teams, as they faced each other in the 1959 World Series and share a Spring Training facility in Glendale, Arizona. WHITE SOX: Big emphasis on the South Siders' 1951-63 look here, with a few City Connect elements thrown in on the road set for good measure. For the home, I swapped the cap and jersey logos from their '59 home set to mix things up a bit. I also opted for a sleeveless design, since it seems to be quite popular amongst Sox fans (though not with me, if I'm being honest) and certain players from that '59 team tried to cultivate that look on their own. DODGERS: I tried to come up with a different take on the Bums' classic home whites, going off-white with some fancier trim and "Los Angeles" replacing the "Dodgers" script on the jersey. In addition to facing the Sox in the '59 series, the Dodgers also hosted the (second) All-Star Game in Los Angeles that year, so the road set is basically their 1959 ASG logo extrapolated into a full uniform, complete with Clarendon style numbers.
