SilverBullet1929

This phrase gets repeated a million times every year for The Show.

100% agree. The tricolor cap is carnival looking silly. The solid blue cap is bold. The tricolor can be nostalgic and cool in that sense but that doesn't automatically mean it was beautiful. It's a lot like the Astros tequila sunrise stripes. Nostalgic but ugly.

I love it. I think the Braves uniform and specifically their placket piping gets a pass because of what people are used to but I'd welcome this change. I'd love to see if others are receptive to it. I'd keep the sleeve piping to what they have though. It'd be a nice nod to the classic uniform without overcluttering the uniform and it still matches the wordmark well.

I'd say it's unpopular. No one seems to truly LOVE the Dbacks colors or logos but most would say that combo is their best currently.

Plain and incomplete? I don't agree with that. That's almost subjective. One could argue the Dodgers, Cardinals, and A's have plain and incomplete home jerseys as well. Simplicity isn't always a fault and I think it worked for that Marlins jersey. They made a simple black jersey without piping and just topped it with a nice wordmark. The letters could have been teal, yes, but the silver looked sharp and was still a Marlins color.

I don't get what was wrong with the Marlins 02-11 black alternates. Yeah they didn't use enough teal and it could be said they wore them too much but there was nothing wrong with them visually. They were quite nice. If anything, they're probably a really good example of how to use too much black and still look good.

Why can't the Big A be anything but red? Actual question because I don't know.

Wow thats beautiful.

They didn't copy the Dolphins. The Dolphins have aqua and orange, the Marlins had black red-orange and a bright blue. The orange is similar but there's enough differences in the color scheme to not be calling them copies. With that said, there's a million sports franchises in the same cities that use the same color schemes. I can understand your wishing for the teal and black scheme to return and/or for them to just drop black from their current scheme. That's fair and many would agree with you.

Where's the two tone teal? They don't use teal at all anymore and when they did it wasn't two toned. Are you confusing their current bright blue with their 93-2011 teal? They're not the same color and they've never used them together. Their current blue is occasionally wrongly thought to be teal. Also, what you are describing as your wish for them seems like a more colorful mess than what they already have. The only bunched up color they have now is on their cap logo (and sleeve patch) and on the M in their wordmarks. Beyond those spots everything is generally two colors with an occasional third accent color thrown in. Their home jerseys are white and black with red-orange trim. Their red-orange alternates are red-orange and black with light blue trim. Their black alternates are black and white with orange numbers and trim. Beyond the M their jerseys aren't as colorful as people say they are.

FWIW, the team is using way less black (sometimes none at all) in a lot of it's media, programs, logos, things around the ballpark, on the scoreboard at the ballpark, TV ads, social media, etc. And it definitely looks better too. More clean and bright and energetic, as they originally intended with the rebrand. I think the color black is quite popular here in Miami with the Heat and with the Marlins throughout their entire history, even in the early teal days there was plenty of black, and thus they probably felt almost obligated to include black in the rebrand. Maybe all of this is a sign that it will be toned down a bit eventually on the field as well. One beautiful example I've noticed more lately, you know those little rectangular things on the sides of the bases that has been customized to the teams and sometimes to the series and even the dates sometimes? The Marlins one lately has been the Miami wordmark on a blue background with an orange border and its beautiful. I'm pretty sure it can be seen very clearly if you find the footage of Buster Posey colliding face first with third base last week in Miami. Check it out.

I love them but more importantly I think they're closer to being great than some realize. The original hate for them was unwarranted and, in my opinion, only came about from shock.

Seeing Mike Piazza and Colin Rea as Marlins has inspired me to find some other "wrong uniforms" for the Marlins, both wearing Marlins uniforms and Marlins names wearing other teams uniforms. Knowing my team isn't exactly a popular team I can probably find a few that might surprise some of you. Note, I'll leave out Andre Dawson, Mike Piazza, and Colin Rea as they've already been said in this thread. Enjoy the rest... First part: Classic Marlins in other uniforms: Jeff Conine, Dontrelle Willis, Luis Castillo, Josh Johnson, Gary Sheffield, Juan Pierre, Alex Gonzalez, & Charles Johnson... Second part below: Players whose Marlins uniforms are the wrong uniforms: Terry Pendleton, Tony Perez, Tim Raines, Aaron Boone, Ryan Dempster, Byung Hyung Kim, Adrian Gonzalez, Jason Grilli, Joe Girardi, Trevor Hoffman, Carlos Lee, Dan Haren, Mat Latos, Carlos Zambrano, Tino Martinez, Heath Bell, Rafael Furcal, Placido Polanco, & lastly Jose Fernandez in a Florida Marlins cap... *********************************************************************************************

BP jersey. He wasn't there in spring training. And no the Marlins never once wore all teal uniforms in a game. The jersey though (there's two versions, the 93/94 version had a silver wordmark instead of black) was so popular it was seen so much by both fans and in media (such as posters, trading cards, programs) many assume the jersey was worn in a game and it never was.

OMG, you need some rest. Please. Lie down. If you still agree with these things in the morning, seek help immediately.

Wouldn't call that my favorite but it has some positives for sure. The wordmark could use some tweaks but I like that its a pinstripe road uniform, the periwinkle color could be useful if used right, and most of all I really think that's one uniform that looks pretty good as a vest.

remove the fading/sublimination and finish the ridiculous unfinished piping and then you something to work with. Problem is, those two elements are so huge and intrusive that it's hard to see the good qualities after them.

I know this red-orange Miami Marlins batting helmet isn't unused but it was only worn once (an exhibition game a few days before the official opening of Marlins Park in 2012)... I didn't like it at the time, especially with the black jersey, but with many wanting the Marlins to drop their heavy use of black, I wonder if this helmet is a simple block to build off of.

In MLB The Show the Marlins throwback uniforms (1993-97) have a teal batting helmet with a black brim. The Marlins never wore a two toned batting helmet at any point in their existence. I guess its based off their 1993-95 road cap but whatever it is, its wrong.

Oh man MLB The Show, such an amazing game with so many uniform gripes to complain about. I get "some" things might be influenced by the style guides but I've never understood how so many times The Show has uniforms and uniform elements that never once existed in reality but somehow got into the games.

Me too...would I want it for any of the East Coast or Midwest teams? Of course not...but this is MIAMI we're talking about here. Bright and flashy visuals is what Miami does best... These are often my thoughts about expansion teams in general. I've seen some people decree teams like Arizona or Colorado (not here, necessarily) bemoaning their colors and wanting more "traditional" looks. I've always felt like asking why? Arizona and Colorado are not traditional teams, they were founded in the 90s. (I'm just using those two as examples, of course.) I don't know why teams that were founded recently should ever feel compelled to look like an older team. The Marlins could break out teal pinstripes and have a chest logo just like the Yankees; doesn't mean they'd suddenly have a gigantic payroll and fan base overnight. I just wanted to point out how I've always felt the Marlins and Rockies actually stayed very traditional in their inaugural jersey designs except for the adding of one non-traditional color (teal and purple). Beyond that, both teams were very simple and traditional with the elements in their jerseys. Then came 1998 and the Devil Rays and Diamondbacks went all out expansion-style unique with several "unique" elements all jumbled together making an arguable mess. It was those two teams that brought out combinations of gradients, drop shadows, large and slanted wordmarks, multiple caps, and multiple non-traditional colors. While some have a liking for those two looks I think its fair to say most would agree that the 1993 expansion teams succeeded better with their initial designs than the 1998 expansion teams. Just an observation that I thought fit in with this discussion. I agree in that respect, I think it's easy to go overboard with certain design trends that now look dated. I was referring more specifically to the choice of colors. On another board, someone wanted the D-backs to go to only red and white, dropping all black, sand, or whatever colors they use entirely. Why? "Because that's what most teams do," which isn't even accurate in the first place. Oh yeah, I was agreeing with you actually. Your point just led to my observation, that's all.

Me too...would I want it for any of the East Coast or Midwest teams? Of course not...but this is MIAMI we're talking about here. Bright and flashy visuals is what Miami does best... These are often my thoughts about expansion teams in general. I've seen some people decree teams like Arizona or Colorado (not here, necessarily) bemoaning their colors and wanting more "traditional" looks. I've always felt like asking why? Arizona and Colorado are not traditional teams, they were founded in the 90s. (I'm just using those two as examples, of course.) I don't know why teams that were founded recently should ever feel compelled to look like an older team. The Marlins could break out teal pinstripes and have a chest logo just like the Yankees; doesn't mean they'd suddenly have a gigantic payroll and fan base overnight. I just wanted to point out how I've always felt the Marlins and Rockies actually stayed very traditional in their inaugural jersey designs except for the adding of one non-traditional color (teal and purple). Beyond that, both teams were very simple and traditional with the elements in their jerseys. Then came 1998 and the Devil Rays and Diamondbacks went all out expansion-style unique with several "unique" elements all jumbled together making an arguable mess. It was those two teams that brought out combinations of gradients, drop shadows, large and slanted wordmarks, multiple caps, and multiple non-traditional colors. While some have a liking for those two looks I think its fair to say most would agree that the 1993 expansion teams succeeded better with their initial designs than the 1998 expansion teams. Just an observation that I thought fit in with this discussion.

Thank you.

The owner dismantling the team immediately after winning it all doesn't help.Yep, I think that's the kicker. And Jeffrey Loria too. Gosh, I don't know how any fan could stand having to deal with Huizenga and Loria. Big kudos to any Marlins fan who's stuck with it since '93; that takes an iron will. Thank you. I'm the one with the iron will. There's a few of us around here. We do what we can to survive.