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On 4/6/2019 at 10:50 PM, AndrewMLind said:

 

Had a similar feeling when Nick Markakis left town, too.

I honestly would argue that Nick’s right jersey IS Atlanta, not Baltimore.

Indy 500 unis for the Indians:

 

 

I stumbled upon a website that replicates older minor league jerseys among others and it’s proof of how the teams simply adopted their parent teams look at the time:

 

Hartford Chiefs:

 

Burlington Bees:

 

New Orleans Pelicans:

 

 

 

Seems to me like we’re going through the food inspired uniforms/names craze again, but now with alcoholic beverages

2 hours ago, Gothamite said:

 

I would prefer the opposite approach, where minor league teams create their own identities and then tie the design to the parent club.  Like the Buffalo Bison do, where they have an unblemished legacy that can span affiliations.   Let OKC take a name that means something to OKC, paired with a uniform that reflects the great visual legacy of the Dodgers.

Not sure why I like this idea, but hate the fact that the Keys applied it to their uniforms. I think what troubles me about Frederick is the poor execution.

 

Frederick was chosen as the host city for the Carolina League All-Star Game this year. Previous years have featured logos in the style of the host city team’s identity, including color scheme. However, this year the logo design is in red, white, and blue. Clearly someone in the marketing and design department has some sense:

Take note of the Keys script

For example, my hometown Frederick Keys who are part of the Orioles farm system, are partly just late 90s Orioles ripoffs. You’d think for a team named after the National Anthem poet, they’d be a little bit more red, white, and blue and/or musical with their identity. Don’t get me wrong, they have a great professional baseball uniform, but IMO they’re identity is a bit misconstrued.

 

Someone had said something about how the OKC Dodgers don’t need to be a rip-off of the LA Dodgers and I agree. They can still be named the Dodgers, but they could focus their identity on Rodeo Clowns being bull “Dodgers” or something along those lines. I’d imagine the rodeo scene in Oklahoma is relatively big?

 

 

1 hour ago, Gothamite said:

 

Is that supposed to be a bad thing?  These players are desperate to get to the Show; I think they’re the ones who would most like to identify with the big club.  

I never said it was a bad thing. What I’m saying is, it would do some teams a lot of good to try to differentiate themselves from the parent club. Parent club colors are fine, but at least try a little better than a copy and paste mentality.

I tend to have a problem with the Orioles minor league teams. They all use the same orange, black, white color scheme. Aside from Norfolk, who know, has a great identity. It gets boring. It pretty much feels and looks like if you’re a player, you’re on the same team your entire time in the Orioles farm system.

More and more I tend to dislike when minor league teams are either identical to or use their parent club’s colors. Have some originality and at least SOME fun when it comes to your identity.

8 hours ago, ltp74 said:

If it was my decision not much would change from the current setup. The only way North and South divisions wouldn’t be a killer time zone wise(Denver is two time zones from half their division) is if the NL and AL were radically altered or done away with. 

I don’t think MLB will do away with AL and NL. The most drastic thing I could see happening is we get an AL East & West and an NL East & West all with 8 teams in each division

6 hours ago, ltp74 said:

Why have Pittsburgh and Philly in separate divisions? Back in the day it was one of the fiercest rivalries in baseball and if they ever were in a race for the division crown it would instantly heat up again.

So from what I’m gathering, the NL should look like this:

 

North-

Chicago Cubs

Cincinnati Reds

Milwaukee Brewers

New York Mets

 

East-

Montreal MLB Team

Pittsburgh Pirates 

Philadelphia Phillies

Washington Nationals

 

South-

Atlanta Braves

Colorado Rockies

Miami Marlins

St. Louis Cardinals

 

West-

Arizona Diamondbacks

Los Angeles Dodgers

San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants

3 hours ago, ltp74 said:

Why are the Pirates and Montreal in the Central and the Reds in the East? As much as I hate that the Pirates are currently in the Central and Atlanta is in the East, in the scenario above the new Montreal team should definitely be in the East.

There are no Central Divisions in this scenario. To answer your question, I simply based it off the fact that even though Pittsburgh may be more east than Cincinnati, it’s still more northern. I also wanted to keep Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in separate divisions just how they are now. I definitely found the NL realignment more difficult than the AL.

8 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Swap Cincinnati and Montreal.

Honestly I was more worried about Arizona and Colorado, but I think it works.

In the event of a two-team MLB expansion that adds Montreal (NL) and Portland (AL) to up the league to 32 teams

 

American League

 

North-

Chicago White Sox

Detroit Tigers

Minnesota Twins

Toronto Blue Jays

 

East-

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

Cleveland Indians

New York Yankees

 

South-

Houston Astros

Kansas City Royals

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers

 

West-

Los Angeles Angels

Oakland Athletics 

Portland MLB Team

Seattle Mariners

 

National League

 

North-

Chicago Cubs

Milwaukee Brewers

Montreal MLB Team

Pittsburgh Pirates

 

East-

Cincinnati Reds

New York Mets

Philadelphia Phillies

Washington Nationals

 

South-

Atlanta Braves

Colorado Rockies

Miami Marlins

St. Louis Cardinals

 

West-

Arizona Diamondbacks

Los Angeles Dodgers

San Diego Padres

San Fransisco Giants

 

York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League go with White Sox inspired new alternate uniforms this season:

 

34 minutes ago, Maroon said:

I also like the modification of the Cardinals brand for their AA and high A affiliates in Springfield and Palm Beach (but let's be honest, I'm posting this for the sake of Luke Voit as a Springfield Cardinal with a huge knife).

I really like what they’ve done with the Memphis Redbirds 

 

Please get a name that can be shortened to Con-Air so they can get Nicolas Cage to throw out the inaugural first pitch

Salt Lake Bees with City Edition uniforms:

 

2 hours ago, M4One said:

 

One off jerseys like these shouldn't really count.  The uniform should be one where the players have worn them or they were in use for at least a year or two to count.

Exactly. Swap those pictures out for one Curry picture from when they used to wear them and it would make sense.

White vs grey baseball uniform matchups really drag down the look of the game. I’d rather have white vs color or color vs grey.

 

Also, as I was playing MLB the Show 19, I realized the Royals “R” BP/Spring Training hat looks so much better paired with the their home uniforms as opposed to their regular KC hat

 

 

This will forever break my heart. Adam Jones, after over a decade in Baltimore, now in a Diamondbacks jersey:

I cannot stand pinstripes on baseball uniforms. It makes them looked cluttered and it feels unnecessary. However, I don’t mind the Yankees. Which is weird considering I hate the team.

 

I also don’t like when a baseball uniform has a logo AND number on the front of the jersey. Just use the logo and call it a day. Again, it makes it look cluttered.