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Well, those colors wouldn't really make sense, given the name. Thanks! The teams you mentioned actually wouldn't fit the premise of this particular series, since both rebranded upon moving (the Pilots became the Brewers and the Senators became the Rangers). What if the Milwaukee Brewers (Braves) became the Atlanta Eagles? HOME: ROAD: HOME ALT: ROAD ALT: Notes: - This one isn’t much of a stretch. When TV mogul Ted Turner purchased the Braves in 1976, he considered renaming them the “Eagles,” which would’ve fit with Atlanta’s two other bird-themed team identities. - As I’ve done with other Braves concepts in the past, black replaces royal blue/navy to produce some nice visual synergy with the local Hawks and Falcons. - The sleeve feathers have been recolored to better resemble those of an actual eagle. C&C appreciated!
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I really like this! The addition of orange/guava to the gradient is a nice touch, and the pale gold outline around the logo is really interesting. I probably would've never thought to done that.
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Thanks! Glad you like the socks. WASHINGTON SENATORS (est. 1901) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - The Twins' roots trace back to the original Washington Senators (1901-04). For most of their existence the Sens wore navy and red, a look the team retained when it moved to Minnesota in 1961. - I repurposed the Washington Stars' prototype logo, which actually looks pretty similar to the Senators' original jersey/cap logo with a star on top. - Following the approach of the Twins' new uniforms, the colors are segregated, with navy becoming the primary color and red being relegated to the sleeve and pant stripes, meant to evoke the D.C. flag. - The sleeve patch is a silhouette of D.C. with a star marking the Capital, an idea both @MJD7 came up with at the exact same time for our own projects totally independent of one another. C&C appreciated!
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Thank you both! What if the Philadelphia A's became the Kansas City Blues? HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - Like the Brewers, the Blues were an American Association identity. The team served as a minor league affiliate to the Pirates and Yankees from 1935-54. - Just as the Athletics abbreviate their name with an Old English “A,” the Blues use a “B” in that same style. - The Kansas City A’s have the distinction of being the only MLB team to feature three sets of numbers on the same jersey—the back, front and sleeves—a quirky detail I preserved here. - I was at first reluctant to make the away set baby blue, as powder blue road uniforms didn’t really become big until the early ‘70s, but then I remembered that both the Cubs and Dodgers rocked baby blue roads over a decade prior. C&C appreciated as always!
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Thanks! Taking all your feedback into consideration, how's this? ROAD: HOME ALT: ROAD ALT: @VampyrRabbit, I didn't want to drop the TV numbers altogether, so I converted the road and home alt into pullovers (a la the home and road alt) which allowed me to shift the numbers a bit more to the center of the jersey. NEW YORK YANKEES (est. 1913) HOME: ROAD: Notes: - Upon becoming the Yankees in 1913, New York switched from navy to black before reverting to navy in 1915. - With no pinstripes, the home jersey now uses the same thick sleeve stripes as the road. - The road jersey features a Tuscan style wordmark, which is just different enough from the one used by the Mets. - I was on the fence about keeping the red sock stripes from 1912 (which a few Yankees rocked when the team threw back to that look in 2012) but I like the pop of color they add and the quirk of the color appearing nowhere else on the uniforms, a la the Dodgers’ TV numbers. C&C appreciated!
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It's weird to see, isn't it? Thank you! It occurred to me that in this series I tackled a few teams' original, defunct identities, but not their present day, MLB ones. With that being said... BOSTON RED SOX (est. 1908) HOME: ROAD: HOME ALT: ROAD ALT: Notes: - While Boston's AL team began life in 1901, the team wouldn't adopt the "Red Sox" name until 1908, when owner John Taylor had his players take the field in red stockings for the first time. - Those 1908 jerseys famously featured a laced collar and oversized red sock on the front, but since the sock wouldn't work on a modern, button up jersey, I compromised with a two-button pullover, a la Oregon's uniforms. - The home jersey features a "RED SOX" wordmark within the sock, while the road alt keeps the "BOSTON" mark from those original unis. - I considered putting an "R" and "S" on the road jersey to mimic the "B" and "A" (standing for "Boston Americans") on Boston's 1908 home/road set, but that looked off, so I added TV numbers on the opposite of the jersey logo. - The white crowned home cap is loosely inspired by these one and dones from 1997. C&C appreciated! I should have one or two more teams ready to go soon.
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Thanks, man! What if the New York Giants became the San Francisco Dodgers? HOME: ROAD: HOME ALT: ROAD ALT: Notes: - This one is bound to piss off at least a few people. Like Brooklyn, Los Angeles once had a bustling trolley system, but that's no longer the case—making the name a bit of an anachronism. San Francisco's cable cars, on the other hand, are still very much in operation, and the Giants even had one on their dugout jackets in the ‘80s. - The uniforms look pretty much as you’d expect, with an arched block and script style “DODGERS” replacing “GIANTS” on the home and home alt. - Front numbers have been added across the board for uniformity. - I’ll be the first to admit this rebrand is the one least likely to have happened, due to both the historical cache of both the Giants and Dodgers’ names and the rivalry between the two. Still, it was a fun experiment. C&C appreciated, and have a great weekend!
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Thank you! What if the Brooklyn Dodgers became the Hollywood Stars? STARS HOME: STARS ROAD: STARS HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - By the end of the 1960s, there was a precedent for expansion teams coopting Pacific Coast League identities. Had the Dodgers started this trend a few years prior, the “Stars” would have been the most obvious choice for them. - The original cap logo for the Astros (who wouldn’t join the league for another four years) works nicely for the Stars, and the block “H” even matches the style of the Dodgers’ monogram “LA.” - I tried to keep the uniforms as Dodger-y as possible, while cranking up the level of red just a bit. - Even after the Stars played their final game in 1957 (moving to Salt Lake City to become the “Bees” the following season) the team name lives on, with Dodger Stadium hosting its annual Hollywood Stars Night charity game for the past 50+ years. C&C appreciated! The next team is likely to cause some controversy.
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Another thought exercise has produced another (mini) series! Relocation has always been a big part of Major League Baseball, particularly in the mid-20th century. Several teams who moved (including the Senators, Pilots and Expos) started afresh with new identities, logos and uniforms. In contrast, other team names, such as the Braves and Athletics, have survived as many as three cities and counting. But what if those teams who moved had decided to rebrand? This series is a short trip through an alternate timeline in which every team who relocated but kept their original name instead adopted a new identity and uniforms, logos, etc. along with it. I'll be posting chronologically, starting in the 1950s and posing the question: What if the Boston Braves became the Milwaukee Brewers? HOME: ROAD: Notes: - From 1947-52, the Brewers served as the AAA affiliate of the Boston Braves and wore navy & red uniforms resembling those of their parent club. When the Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953, they kept the same basic uniforms, changing only their cap logo and adding front numbers. - A stalk of wheat replaces the tomahawk and adds a nice pop of gold to the front of the jerseys. C&C appreciated! Things will get a little more interesting from here on out.
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How's this? After signing former Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto this winter, it's a safe bet the Los Angeles Dodgers have secured the baseball loyalty of the entire nation of Japan for years to come. So what would you get if you crossed the Dodgers’ uniforms with Samurai Japan's? SAMURAI LOS ANGELES HOME: SAMURAI LOS ANGELES ROAD/ALT: Notes: - Samurai Japan’s uniforms feature several interesting elements, including navy headspoon piping, segmented, wide-set red pinstripes and gold trim. - Both jerseys make use of the arched, Tuscan style "Dodgers" wordmarks worn by Brooklyn from 1932-33. The cap also features a new "LA" monogram in that same style. - Above the wordmarks is the Los Angeles flag, similar to how the flag is placed on Japan's jerseys. - I took a little liberty with the road set by keeping the piping and color balance from Japan's 2017-21 away uniforms while dropping the pinstripes (a la the team’s current look) which seemed to clutter up the design. I also gave the uniforms matching blue pants, while Japan’s road pants are plain white. C&C appreciated!
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Thanks! Not sure there's enough material for an entire series, but I can say I do have an idea for at least one more mashup. Yeah, the more I look at it, the more I agree. Here's an updated set with the White Sox actual shade of black: HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT:
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Ever since the Chicago White Sox hired the Kansas City Royals’ former bench coach as manager, promoted a former Royal to GM, filled out their front office with other former Royals and began amassing ex-Royal players all within the past few months, it’s become a joke amongst Sox fans that our team seems determined to reshape itself into the Royals for, uh, some reason. With that in mind, I thought it would be fun/funny to imagine what a mashup up the two teams would look like: ROYALS LOGO: ROYALS HOME: ROYALS ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - A royal shade of gold replaces silver on the South Siders’ uniforms to produce a look similar to the one used by the Charlotte Knights, Chicago’s Triple-A team. - The road uniforms feature a new “Chicago” script in the same style as KC’s “Royals” wordmark. - The crown in the shield logo replaces the four circles with six-pointed stars as a nod to the Chicago flag. Much as I disapprove of what the Sox have been doing, at least it inspired a fun creative exercise. C&C appreciated!
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Thanks! I get what you're saying about blue and red being overdone; however, the bolded part isn't entirely accurate. See this jersey, for example. Wrapping up the series today! PITTSBURGH ALLEGHENYS (est. 1882) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - The Alleghenys began play in the American Association in 1882 before becoming the first AA team to switch to the NL in 1887. The team formally adopted the “Pirates” nickname in 1891. - I’ve gotten a bit bored doing variations on the Pirates in black and gold, so I instead used the Alleghenys’ black & purple. Perhaps in this alternate timeline, black and gold never became the unofficial colors of Pittsburgh’s sports teams. - I leaned into the Pirates’ City Connect uniforms a bit with this set, pairing all three jerseys with black pants. And that's the series! If there are any other teams you feel are worthy of inclusion in this series, please let me know. Thanks again for following along!
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Report: Rays Looking to Add a ‘St. Petersburg’ Jersey (uni-watch.com) Seems like a pretty obvious hint of what their City Connects will feature.
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Thanks! That sounds good to me. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (est. 1882) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - The original Baltimore Orioles (not the team that eventually became the Yankees) played in the American Association and later the National League from 1882-1899. - Various photos of the Orioles depict an Old English "B" logo and arched, block "BALTIMORE" wordmark, both of which I worked into this design. - One photo of the original O's seems to show a black cap with orange pinstripes, an intriguing look I applied to the alternate uniform. - The sleeves feature a recolored version of the present-day Orioles' Baltimore flag roundel. C&C appreciated! One team left before I wrap up the series.
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Neither did I. There was also a California Winter League team from the '40s called the Royals. MIAMI MARLINS (est. 1956) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - As suggested by @VampyrRabbit (and admittedly, totally forgotten about by me), the original Miami Marlins played in the International League from 1956-60. Hands down my favorite part of these uniforms is the playful Swingin’ Fish. - The shades of blue & orange have been tweaked in order to make the team look less like the Mets. - One distinct feature of the Marlins’ road uniforms were the contrasting sleeve & headspoon piping, a detail I preserved here and also applied to the other two jerseys. - While those original road jerseys featured an arched block wordmark, I opted for a new script “Miami” to match the “Marlins” one. C&C appreciated!
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Thank you! KANSAS CITY ROYALS (est. 1917) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - The original Kansas City Royals were a semi-professional Negro League team assembled by Chet Brewer in 1917, predating the MLB club of the same name by over fifty years. - Sadly (but not surprisingly), photographic documentation of black ballclubs from this period is sparse at best. This is the only photo I could find of the Royals. - It's impossible to tell the uniform colors from that photo, so seeing as the Kansas City Monarchs' unis were seemingly influenced by the Royals' (note the arched block "ROYALS" and large "K" and "C" on the front of the jerseys) I opted for a Monarchs-esque navy and red scheme. C&C appreciated! Just a few teams left before I wrap up this series.
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Thank you both! BROOKLYN GRAYS (est. 1883) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - Brooklyn’s NL team started out as the Grays from 1883-87 before being known alternatively as the “Bridegrooms,” “Superbas” and eventually Dodgers beginning in 1911. - This one is a straightforward swap of the Dodgers’ blue for gray, while keeping the team’s iconic red TV numbers. - I also added T-bars as a small nod to the Negro League club of the same name. As always, C&C appreciated!
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Thanks! Stay tuned. BOSTON RED STOCKINGS (est. 1871) HOME: ROAD: HOME ALT: ROAD ALT: Notes: - Like the Reds, the (Boston) Braves started off as the “Red Stockings” and went through several interesting name changes before becoming the Braves in 1912. - The uniforms combine design elements of the Red Sox (McAuliffe numbers) with the Braves (triple piping), along with wordmarks in the style of Atlanta’s scripts. - The sleeve patch is a recolored version of the White Sox’ 1926 cap logo, which evokes the crossed tomahawks from the Braves’ alternate logo. C&C appreciated!
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Wonder no more: CHICAGO WHITE STOCKINGS (est. 1870) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - The Cubs ironically began life as the “White Stockings” a full thirty years before their crosstown rival joined the American League. - For this design, I rolled elements of the South Siders’ current look into the Cubs’ uniforms, with black becoming the team’s primary color and red remaining the secondary color. - The cap and home/alt jersey logo swaps out the bat-wielding bear from the North Siders’ 1908-14 primary logo for a sock. C&C appreciated!
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Are you referring to the Florida Marlins or the Miami Marlins of the International League? If it's the latter, I totally forgot about them, but I suppose they deserve to be included in this series, huh? PHILADELPHIA QUAKERS (est. 1890) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - The Quakers played for two seasons in the Players’ League and American Association before folding due to financial losses. - The orange & black color scheme and script come from the short-lived NHL team of the same name. These colors were later repurposed by the Flyers. - An Old English “Q” serves as the cap logo, mainly because I wanted an excuse to put the letter “Q” on a baseball uniform. - The six-pointed star at the end of the “PHILA” wordmark is used by the American Friends Service Committee organization. C&C appreciated, and Happy New Year!
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Well, Milwaukee is Cream City, after all. Funnily enough, I'd always thought the Milwaukee Electric Tool logo would look cool on a baseball jersey but never got around to actually testing it out until now: It looks surprisingly great! CINCINNATI RED SOX (est. 1869) HOME: ROAD: HOME ALT: ROAD ALT: Notes: - Oddly enough, the present-day Reds got their start as the “Cincinnati Red Stockings” back in 1869. With that in mind, I took a stab at a Red Sox design in the style of the Reds by using Cincinnati’s current script & numbers style while replacing navy with black. C&C appreciated, and I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year's Eve!
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I can certainly try that once I've gotten through the rest of the teams in this series. Thank you! How's this? I think I prefer the star, but this was worth trying out! MILWAUKEE BREWERS (est. 1902) HOME: ROAD: HOME/ROAD ALT: Notes: - The first iteration of the Milwaukee Brewers played in the American Association from 1902-52. From 1947 on, the team served as the AAA affiliate of the Boston Braves and wore navy & red uniforms resembling those of their parent club. - I used the Old English “M” worn by the team in their early years while retaining the Brew Crew’s current beer barrel-shaped wordmarks and numbers. - Owgust, who was first introduced in the 1940s, replaces the Wisconsin state logo on the sleeves. C&C appreciated as always!
