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I also don't see any perforations in the numbers, like we have seen with other teams. Either they're too small to really be noticeable, or teams maybe have the ability to opt-out of them. Either way is a win in my book.

"Drab" probably wasn't the best word choice to describe what I was thinking, maybe more like... "sterile"? Don't get me wrong, I love that Marlins uni, so even that description feels a bit too strong. Essentially, the point I'm trying to make is that I think just a little bit of a warm color as an accent would help. Orange would work, as @M59 suggested, but that feels a bit safe, with the only team in the NL East that doesn't use red (the Mets) already using it, not to mention Miami's own NFL franchise essentially sharing the same scheme. Pink would be unique, definitely in MLB and even in the 4 major sports as part of a primary color scheme. Plus, it wouldn't even really be that much of a risk given that, as far as I can tell, the Heat's "Vice" program was quite possibly the biggest hit of the NBA's City Edition program, and probably was as popular of a uniform campaign as any in recent memory. I've long thought that Miami's teams should share teal, pink, and orange: the Dolphins should be teal & orange, the Heat should be orange & pink, and the Marlins should be teal & pink.

The Marlins do seem to be in a Padres-like situation where most of the fans clearly want to go back to the original color scheme, but ownership seems to not want to. For me, having no tie to the Marlins, my only hesitation would be in not wanting to lose that gorgeous blue color, while going to a color another team already has (the Mariners). If Charlotte ends up getting an expansion team, I'd fully support them adopting that blue (essentially, the Knights' new color scheme) and the Marlins going back to teal. I also think teal & black on its own can get a bit drab at times, even with a larger presence of teal. My solution, as I've mentioned, would be to add a little bit of pink: it'd be perfect for Miami, and would even tie to a bit of unknown history that they were almost named the Flamingos.

Probably the single most puzzling thing about the Marlins' 2019 was the addition of red, with 3 other teams in their division already using it, not to mention the rest of MLB. It was made that much worse by placing it right next to the (really nice) bright blue color in the wordmarks & stripes, giving a "3D-glasses" effect to it all, whether they intended to do that or not. It was the perfect opportunity to hop onto the Heat's "Vice" jersey hype, and do them one better by making it the full-time set, but they blew it. I actually really like the current scripts, they feel like a perfect blend of the original Marlins' set and the more modern vibe of the 2012-2018 set. I agree with you that they don't need the red, though, so maybe replacing the red dropshadow with more blue would help with adding color. It'd be a subtle change, but would definitely help emphasize the blue:

I like your version that goes with a double-gray. Makes it feel a bit less Yankees-like.

To make matters worse, I just noticed the stars beside the "Capitol" logo are navy on the cap, but red on the jersey. Maddening.

It makes it looks more Twins-like, which I don't appreciate. Plus, the home still has a red & blue dual-stripe. Even if the Nats set was perfect, I think I'd still prefer the Washington Grays.

Wow, there's a lot to unpack with these new Nationals jerseys... I try to avoid saying things like this, but the gray away jersey really looks Create-a-Team like. It's hard to believe they deliberately went in the opposite direction of consistency with the home "Nationals" script jersey (which appears to be staying, by the way), when the easy solution would've been to just flip the colors of the "Washington" script to match the home. The new wordmark is brutal (especially after @monkeypower pointed out the inconsistently filled-in "S"), incredibly generic, and now the stripes don't match. I would've at least had more respect for it if they moved on completely from the curly W and the scripts, but they only went halfway. Just a baffling move there. On the other hand, even though I've never liked the Capitol Building logo, I think it actually works pretty nicely with this white jersey. The contrasting sleeves and the "wishbone" collar give it a bit of a soccer jersey vibe, which I honestly kind of like, it feels really unique. I'm not sure I'd use it in place of either the red or navy jersey (which, given the 4+1 rule, they'll seemingly have to drop one of those two now), but I actually really like it for what it is. It'd make a nice Spring Training jersey, maybe. It's also worth noting that the "DC" patch is shown on the model/player's left sleeve, while on the "display" jersey it's on the right sleeve, meaning an ad patch is surely coming, unfortunately. The Nats have been a bit of an inconsistent mess for a while now, and these jerseys only make it worse.

The blue jersey is long overdue for the Marlins. That immediately becomes the best jersey in their set by a landslide. I’m honestly not that big on the black jersey, though. it’s probably an upgrade by default because it’ll actually be readable, but I liked what they were going for with the neon aesthetic, they just unfortunately didn’t execute it well. This would've been a great time to subtly transition to pink in place of caliente red.

Name checks out.

In regards to the Mariners, as I've certainly mentioned before, navy & teal is probably my single favorite color scheme in all of sports, so I wouldn't want to see it go. I think that photo shows how gorgeous the shade can be, as does pretty much any other photo of the teal jersey. The problem is that they don't use the shade nearly enough across the rest of their set. As @SFGiants58 has suggested, they really need to go the Orioles' route as far as color distrubtion: teal wordmarks with navy outlines. While we agree that the font has become a bit dated, I do think an update using the ITC Serif Gothic font can work, as I tried in my most recent MLB series. As part of promoting teal more, they also ought to use the teal-brim cap full-time, if not a teal alternate cap. The M's have no reason for an all-navy cap.

I do wonder how much of this change was facilitated by the new Nike template, because their (now) old design would’ve seemingly transferred over just fine. It definitely looks to be an authentic because of the much thinner placket. It looks like authentics are keeping the more “chubby” thicker Nike swoosh, while the replicas now have a thinner stitched version (which, in my opinion, looks better).

If they're gonna keep their current design, then I'd rather them go with that number font across the board instead of block. A full-on rebrand would be much preferable, though.

I'm not sure how I feel about the Yankees' road uniforms. I honestly really liked the white outlines and the sleeve stripes, it really helped cement them as a navy & white team as opposed to just navy. It's also been their road uniform for as long as I've been alive, & way longer at that. On the other hand, I can appreciate the even older history of the outline-less look. It definitely also has a classic feel in its own way. They'd never do it, since they wouldn't want to have more jerseys than are absolutely necessary, but I wouldn't mind if they had a Dodgers-like situation where they had two road jerseys, one with an outline & stripes, & one without. Speaking of... If the Dodgers want to continue their two road uniforms thing... the best solution in my mind is to keep the "Los Angeles" one without outlines (and probably drop the sleeve stripes while they're at it), and add a white outline and the stripes of that 80's jersey to the "Dodgers" one.

I love purple and old gold as a color scheme, especially for Washington, but I've just never liked the Ravens having gold in their color scheme. It's not even because it would make them too close to the Vikings or anything, I've just always found it to be a bit superfluous for them. I used to think that red should take its place as the tertiary color for them, but now I think that would be just as unnecessary. Purple & black is all they really need.

We had a feeling they might do that, and it's unfortunate that they did. The worst part is that the maker's marks (Nike & New Era) are remaining white, so they stand out extra, like they do on the Marlins' black alts. The white outline was probably the best part about the Mets' black alt. I don't anticipate this is going to look good, and at this rate I'd be fine without the black alt in it's entirety.

I (somehow) actually agree with both of you, in a way… I think it’d be cool to see the Jets try to utilize more actual jet imagery in their brand, but any jet logo I’ve seen either as a concept for the team or just in general doesn’t really captivate me. I’m genuinely not sure there’s a way to depict a jet that will really look professional and evoke speed any better than the 80’s logo did.

It's hard to believe it was really that recent, but yeah. I think what did that set in, and why so many people wanted a change (myself included) was the green becoming so unnecessarily dark and drab over the years, along with the template issues (remember the sweat stains?) and the off-white effect with the helmet, which you can see in that photo and others. I do think the 2019 set upgraded the Jets in those regards, in that they got a better shade of green, and that the new helmet finish was/is pretty awesome. Everything else was kind of a wash. Implementing those changes to the Namath uniforms would have made me fine with the Jets having that as their forever uniform. I personally think there is a way to combine the Namath era, the NYSE jet, and the current uniforms, though. I don't want to infest the Sports Logos discussion with a concept, and I also don't want to show all my cards before I'm ready to do the series, but it'd look something like this, just for the sake of discussion, even though it's very crude: (Here's a gif for comparison's sake) It's got the 80's era jet, with a modern touch of also adding it onto the jerseys, along with referencing the Namath era general striping style. I'd also probably remove the football from the helmet logo and add the jet back above the name. Not to mention that I'd brighten up the green even more to kelly green across the board. If it were completely up to me, they'd do something like that, or simply go back to the Namath set with all of the aforementioned adjustments.

Because not all throwbacks are created equal. For the two teams that people seem to most often clamor to return to their throwbacks, the Dolphins and the Saints, I think most would agree that those throwback designs themselves are far & away better than the teams’ primary sets, and would be among the best uniforms in the league if they were full-time. In the case of the Jets, the NYSE uniforms are probably better than their current set, almost by default due to not having black. But I don’t think many people would put them among the best in the league, like the Dolphins’ & Saints’ throwbacks are. If anything, this discussion has revealed that a lot of people think the Jets have another throwback that’s better in their own repertoire, i.e. the Namath era uniforms.

Only people on here would notice this, but it looks to me like the shade of silver on the Lions' pants stripes is noticeably different compared to the jersey stripes. The silver on the pants has much more of a warm tint to it. It's another reason why silver pants would be preferable with their home jerseys.

It's so easy a... you know.

It’s not often I’m giving the Reebok jerseys credit, but I didn’t realize how well they did the Jets’ shoulder stripes:

I believe they are the same exact shell. They probably could’ve implemented the throwbacks before the removal of the one-helmet rule if they so wanted to.

The easy solution would be to just flip the colors of the shoulder stripes or, even better if possible, just do one shoulder stripe spaced out away from the shoulder cap. (Side note: look how off-white Revis’ helmet is in that last photo compared to the jersey. Rough.)

I hadn’t really minded the Jets’ stripes, but yeah, you make a good point, it’s not as good at alluding to a jet if it’s pointing downward. I’d much prefer them return to the Namath set with kelly green, and maybe a green helmet, than use that “Legacy” set, which doesn’t have nearly as much character to it in my opinion.