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Ill tell you right now the Blue jersey will be worn during the regular season.  No team that can choose between 4+ jerseys is going to waste a jersey slot on a Spring Training-only jersey.

2 hours ago, MJD7 said:

I don’t know, they both look to me like 2-stripe cuffs, but the Royals one just appears bigger.

From the pictures, both are using a 2-stripe cuff.  The Royals cuff is definitely bigger.

8 minutes ago, itsmb8 said:

Folks, we have official confirmation.  What we have feared is true, all teams will be forced into the one size sleeve trim on the cuff.  See this photo by the Brewers today, the thicker patch swoosh and numeric size on the tag confirms this is the Vapor Premier (authentic) jersey.

Extra confirmation here:

https://x.com/Brewers/status/1746557170391388450?s=20

Folks, we have official confirmation.  What we have feared is true, all teams will be forced into the one size sleeve trim on the cuff.  See this photo by the Brewers today, the thicker patch swoosh and numeric size on the tag confirms this is the Vapor Premier (authentic) jersey.

1 hour ago, monkeypower said:

UniWatch posits the Angels might be promoting the 70s throwbacks to a full time alternate because the throwback hat listing on the MLB shop says "on-field".

 

New Era makes retail versions of whatever hat is worn on-field and these throwback Angels hats were up for sale whenever they have worn them before, but I don't recall what they (or other team's different hats) were designated as before. Is there any truth to that specific wording or designation of hats?

Doesnt mean much.  The Shop also has the Nats stras and stripes hat, the Astros orange hat, and Rockies purple hat all as “on-field” and none of them were worn the past 2 seasons at least.

So far this new template is NOT looking good at all.  However, these are only the replicas.  Replicas are the Vapor Limited, Authentics are Vapor Premier.  So I'm not going to pass final judgement until we see on field jerseys available.  
 

IMO, the benchmark is the Brewers because they have all different styles of sleeve trim.  Home is the wide trim, away has the offset trim, weekend home is pinstripes, and navy has the single color offset trim.  And for added measure, the Nike replicas for their home uniform have always used the a narrow trim rather than the correct wide trim, so it’s been common knowledge now that nike replicas aren't the best reference material.  
 

It certainly looks bad so far, but we really do need to wait until Authentics are in the wild.

Overall I think its definitely a step back, but I still think its growing on me since they essentially did exactly what Milwaukee did in white/cream at home and gray/navy on the road (yes I know they will still wear navy at home too).   The M Star hat definitely sucks though.

Off hand though, has anyone seen flat images of the MSP and state outline logos?

That Nats concept is GORGEOUS, but the execution overall has been unreal.

Would you be able to share these files with my personally so I can recreate them for the OOTP game?  As a reference, I just remade all 2022 uniforms for the game.

3 hours ago, MJD7 said:

In trying to limit myself to a 4 jersey maximum for every team, the pinstripe alternate had to be the one to go, if I wanted to keep the powder blue throwback.

 

I'm thinking about maybe posting an additional throwback look for each team once I've completed the main uniforms, and if I end up doing so, the pinstripe jersey would definitely be the Brewers' choice.

Id say I agree that teams in general should be limited to 4 main uniforms.  Teams like Minnesota and Arizona have 5 or 6 and it gets to be too much.  

What about possibly making the home cream uniform a cream pinstripes uniform?  Of course this is just me spitballing, your refresh ideas are essentially perfect IMO.

6 hours ago, MJD7 said:

Milwaukee Brewers

I think the Brewers' 2020 redesign was nearly perfect; I just matched the home sleeve stripes to the away jersey, put the City Connect sleeve stripes on the navy alternate, & added a powder blue throwback.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for getting rid of the barley ball logo, the state outline logo is 10x better and should be on a sleeves.  One thing I'm kinda surprised about though, no pinstripe alt?

3 minutes ago, hormone said:

If MKE is a popular abbreviation, why has every score bug I’ve ever seen use MIL?

Same as WAS vs WSH.  MIL is the official abbreviation used, but MKE is the airport abbreviation and is the one commonly used among locals.

I dont like it.  And i've wanted a powder blue uniform for the past 3 years now, ever since the rebrand was unveiled.  

11 hours ago, mjd77 said:

Seems to be the case for this season.  However, I don't believe they've worn the navy jersey at home yet.  I don't know if they will, but that jersey has always been worn with the yellow panel hat.

Gray and Navy with gold paneled cap - road only.

Cream and Pinstripes with navy cap - home only.

Those red and black alternates should become real Reds alternates.  I know everyone says the Reds should have ONLY red and white, but this makes as well a case as ever for black to be included.

7 hours ago, insert name said:

They removed it for some reason. It's really jarring when they put the 2 next to each other. It honestly looks unfinished. Many pointed this out on Twitter last night. 

Agreed, the headspoon piping looks 100% better when compared side to side.

15 hours ago, EddieJ1984 said:

I really don't care for players wearing different color undersleeves, it was much better when it was a contrasting color to the jersey.

 

 

Like the Phillies here, they should only ever wear the burgundy sleeves with the light blues.

 

 

What I have personally found is that unless a team is OBVIOUSLY a light color-heavy team (like the Cardinals or Red Sox who are heavy on red), dark undershirts almost always look better.  

On 4/22/2022 at 2:33 PM, Silent Wind of Doom said:

So, I got a private message on Wikipedia.   Someone passed this onto me:

 

 

This true?   Anyone able to confirm or deny?   It would explain some of the missing alts that are not specifically stated to be supply issues.
 

As far as this season is concerned, it is not true.  According to MLB The Show, which strictly adheres to an official style guide given to them directly from Major League Baseball, teams like the Twins, Blue Jays, and Mariners all have more than 4 official uniform options.  Now whether it IS a rule or not, and MLB might've given teams a grace period i dont know, but for this season that would be a no.

15 hours ago, NicDB said:

 

It really is wild to think how close we were to having the Mil Sox. Or that the Sox are literally the reason why the Brewers exist. Hell, add Bill Veeck to the list of things that connects the Sox to Milwaukee.

Can I ask how you became a Brewers fan in Chicago?  

 

 

For me, the litmus test is how closely the "_____ City" name ties into the team's identity.

In the case of the Astros and possibly the Brewers... pretty much on the nose.

I became a Brewers fan in Chicago due to family.  Spent a lot of time with them in Wisconsin, grandparents minutes from the ballpark, more accessible, nicer stadium, etc etc.  My other side of the family are all Cub fans, so they definitely tried making me a Cub fan too (I even had a Sosa jersey smh), but the Cubs just were never an attractive pick for me.  

(Also, Chicago sports fans are mostly delusional ******** so I try to distance myself from that as much as possible)

On 4/19/2022 at 6:56 PM, NicDB said:

 

100 percent. In fact since moving down here, I've been pleasantly amused at the amount of Sox fans I've met who made the Brewers their NL rooting interest because I started following the Sox a lot more closely since I decided to move here. Frank Thomas was my favorite non Brewer back in the day and my grandpa was a southsider who lived near one of their farm clubs when I was growing up. So I saw a lot of their prospects in the 80s.

 

Either way... I want a Hiawatha Series!

Sorry for the double post, but you can count me as a +1 to this.  The Brewers will always be my #1 team in all of sports, but living in Chicago my entire life has 100% led to me adopting the Sox as my AL team.  And I know a lot of Sox fans here as well that think highly of the Brewers.  Its a real mix of the Sox playing in Milwaukee before Selig moved the Pilots, the tailgating common interest, and the mutual hatred for the Cubs.

On 4/19/2022 at 4:25 AM, NicDB said:

 

Not sure if I said it in this thread but I'm predicting something based on the peoples flag. Maybe "Brew City" across the front in the 1980s style script.

That was my sort of prediction as well.  There's a lot of "The Good Land" branded merch at the ballpark currently, a lot of Peoples Flag styled merch, and the slogan on the playoff hoodies last year was Brew City.  I can very well see it being the City Connect jersey.

I wish these supply chain issues were worse and some teams only had gray or white jerseys.  Anything to get Fanatics kicked to the curb.

Also, in uniform schedule news, the Brewers are back to wearing the pinstripes only during Friday home games.  Last two seasons it was all weekend home games.  Personal prediction, they made that decision to open up more space to wear their City Connect jerseys, which will be powder blue and become a natural alternate jersey.

Also, the Dodger blue 42 on the back was a swing and a miss.  Keep the 42 on the back and/or front the team's font, have the patch on the sleeve, and call it a day.

22 hours ago, Bmac said:

A few notes from around the league:

 

-Most teams (not just the Phillies) are missing their alternate jerseys due to production delays. It'll be interesting to see who gets theirs first. San Diego has theirs, who else?

-Giants got permission to add the City Connect uniforms as a full time alternate. (can't imagine the league having any problem with that)

-Many promotional pieces from MLB feature the winged G logo on caps for Cleveland, rather than the new C. I'll try to get a screenshot.

The Brewers have already wore their gray, navy, and now cream jerseys this season.  Assuming they wear the pinstripes this weekend, they will have all of their jersey options available with zero delays.

Brewers are wearing the alternate gold panel caps with the road uniforms again.  Seems like they've made the navy caps the home caps and the gold panel the road caps.

7 hours ago, mjd77 said:

 

I'm wondering if this was the first time?  I don't remember ever seeing it before.

Yes it would.   

4 hours ago, mjd77 said:

 

There must be 2 versions this year...trench coat and regular.  On the Brewers site they have the trench coat and a regular looking one, which I know is different from last years version since the sleeves are yellow this time.  The jacket was solid navy last season.

Negative.  There's the dugout jacket, and the performance hoodie jacket.  Last year's both were all navy, but this year both are navy with yellow sleeves.

Now for my personal opinion, the trenchcoat is bad.  Also, what's with the v cut and pull string at the bottom back???