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Another interesting tidbit from the Post: this will be the last year for the Nationals' current Cashgrab Connect set.

Re: the Nationals 1) I've never understood why a DC team would shackle itself to a variant of the Dallas Cowboys 1960s number font...and then stick with the bloody thing through all their various (mostly bad and generally mismatched) uniforms. 2) I think the Nationals script wordmark is tilted like it is because the team name is so long. The Orioles could save themselves a bit of grief with tilting their "italicized" wordmark at a similar angle. Might eliminate the four lane divided highway between the "i" and second "o". 3) Slap a giant Pepsi logo on the right breast of that alternate jersey and you have this season's SGA soccer jersey. 4) That collar treatment...that collar treatment utterly sucks. Somebody bring back the two-button Henley style...please!

Shockingly enough, they didn't split the middle "o"...although there is enough space between it and the "i" to drive a truck through. And we have the answer to my other question: the front numbers are now just smaller versions of the back numbers. The distinctive front number font previously used by the Orioles is now gone. Oh, well, at least they now have holes in them. I'm so glad the Nike designers didn't phone this stuff in or anything. See this auction for a comparison.

I'm with you on the number font. Still of the opinion that the Orioles black jersey with the orange/black/white lettering and numbers (low i version) was the best version. https://goldinauctions.com/1999_cal_ripken_jr_baltimore_orioles_game_used_alt-lot96150.aspx

I like your Mariners concepts. I'd keep the current block numbers...and the teal jersey IMO needs a white outline on the letters and numbers.

Actually, I've been here for years...but when I took some time off, I couldn't get back in under my previous user name (tpoh59). So, while I freely admit to being a contrarian (and someone who believes that jersey design peaked in the late 1990s and has been declining since) I dispute the troll characterization.

In this case, 2+2 very much =5!

Agree that getting rid of that number font would be an upgrade.

I'm sure it will come as a shock to no one that I 100% disagree with you on which of those two is the better jersey...although the new Nike template would have wrecked the headspoon. I wonder if the "n" is gonna get split?

Sorry, I just fell asleep for a moment. The Yankee$ have finally gotten what their fans have wanted for a while now: the most boring road kit in MLB. Congratulations. I'm sure the $ you saved on no longer paying for white outlines will be well spent.

If the Mets had changed the white trim from a drop shadow to an outline, they would have hit a sartorial home run. This is just another step in MLB's current uniform direction: cheaper and more boring.

And now we know where the weird collar treatment on the Angels pullovers is coming from. IMO, it's official: Nike had the basketball division design the new MLB templates.

I think further exposure to Nike's ridiculously narrow placket is going to change some minds. I'm already of the opinion that the Orioles would be well-served by two-button pullovers, as their semi-italicized, vanishing point script just doesn't work right across a placket...and REALLY isn't going to look good once Nike splits the middle "o".

That collar treatment is...odd. Aside from that, I like this.

And completely unnecessary on these replicas, given that they have wider plackets than the gamers are going to have. What kind of backasswards uni-verse is this ?

This doesn't bother me much, as it mimics the sleeve trim placement of the Orioles' early 90s Russell jerseys.

The font is off. The front numbers for the Cardinals and Orioles are not just smaller versions of the back number. The aspect ratio is different...or at least it was different.

IDK if this is a result of Photoshopping numbers onto imaginary jerseys, but the front numbers are wrong. What we're seeing here are just smaller copies of the 8" back numbers. Neither the Mets nor the Cardinals were wearing such front numbers as of last year.

I was wondering where this "move the MLB logo below the placket and make the NOBs smaller" business came from, and then I accidentally caught a couple minutes of the Lakers game on ABC. This is what happens when you let the designers of basketball jerseys do baseball. It ain't pretty.

Can't say for certain, but based on the photos I've seen here, it appears the plackets on the replicas are going to be wider than the plackets on the on-field jerseys. This whole new Nike template thing is D-U-M-B...and getting dumber. Ugh.

$15MM a year for five years. In real people terms: "I just won Mega Millions!" In MLB terms: "we just defaced our jerseys for the price of a middling infielder. Yay!"

That road jersey photo! The tiny headspoon, the button/placket pooch above the belt. So very, very sad.

The current Orioles script would definitely work better on a pullover (or one or two button) jersey. They've never figured out how to deal with the vanishing point, "i" winds up taller than the "l" script across a placket, and I can only see things getting uglier with Nike's "look ma, we saved a nickel per jersey" template. I'd be willing to bet they wind up with a split middle "o" in Orioles...and can't wait to see how they manage to screw up "Baltimore". It's gonna be bad. I'm also experiencing a bit of schadenfreude over the idea that the replica jerseys will apparently have wider plackets than the gamers. I'd really love to know what the "designers" at Nike are smoking...so I can never go near it.

Nike is working REALLY hard to make headspoons a thing of the past. Also, what the heck is going on with the new version of the "D"? Seems like it's gotten really long at the top and bottom. One can only hope it's just a camera angle thing...because it's neck and neck with the tiny, tiny headspoon for worst element on the jersey.

Sorry. My bad. There was something about the "Twin Cities" alternate that just screamed "cash grab connect" to me. Please return to your regular programming.