San Diego Padres 2020 Rebrand Discussion

[BringBackTheVet 12,086]

Yeah the brown top didn’t need white, but if that’s where we’re picking at then that’s not bad. I’m also not a fan of mixing trim with pinstripes, but while it’s not what I would have done, it really doesn’t look bad here.  
 

the road pinstripes are a perfect example of “what works works, and what doesn’t doesn’t”, as I’m a firm anti-road pinstriper, but this works. 

[hawk36 2,377]

6 hours ago, WSU151 said:

 

1. The outline on the wordmark matches "the system", as the other jerseys have outlines on the wordmarks.

But the cap doesn’t with the yellow on brown. Either outline the SD on the cap or leave the outline off the brown jersey. 

[WSU151 6,085]

5 hours ago, hawk36 said:

But the cap doesn’t with the yellow on brown. Either outline the SD on the cap or leave the outline off the brown jersey. 

 

The Pirates’ non-outlined cap is superior to the outlined cap in all instances though, even if the outlined cap matches the alternate.

 

The Mets, White Sox, Indians, and Royals have single color hat logos but outlines on the alternate jersey. The Mets don’t need the outline on the hat to match, either. 

 

[the admiral 20,954]

For all my complaints about the Padres' brown, the color of their brownish-grey is something they did get exactly right.

[Froob 659]

Boston Bruins should also go back to brown and yellow. It’s a great color scheme.

[Digby 3,362]

1 hour ago, Froob said:

Boston Bruins should also go back to brown and yellow. It’s a great color scheme.

 

But the Bruins have a strong, defined identity that's not brown, and besides they can just keep making new brown merch every 3 years when they're inevitably in a Winter Classic. The Padres make this work because they cycled through tons of inferior looks over the last several decades.

 

 

 

6 hours ago, WSU151 said:

 

The Pirates’ non-outlined cap is superior to the outlined cap in all instances though, even if the outlined cap matches the alternate.

 

The Mets, White Sox, Indians, and Royals have single color hat logos but outlines on the alternate jersey. The Mets don’t need the outline on the hat to match, either. 

 

 

I would submit that this is a "sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't" thing. It works for the Padres, I think because the cap monogram looks quite different than the wordmark, so you don't get a sense of failed matchiness.

[Froob 659]

1 hour ago, Digby said:

 

But the Bruins have a strong, defined identity that's not brown, and besides they can just keep making new brown merch every 3 years when they're inevitably in a Winter Classic. The Padres make this work because they cycled through tons of inferior looks over the last several decades.

 

 

 

 

I would submit that this is a "sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't" thing. It works for the Padres, I think because the cap monogram looks quite different than the wordmark, so you don't get a sense of failed matchiness.

They won’t, but it’d be nice if they could. Hopefully the brown is actually brown and doesn’t look black next time.

[hawk36 2,377]

14 hours ago, WSU151 said:

 

The Pirates’ non-outlined cap is superior to the outlined cap in all instances though, even if the outlined cap matches the alternate.

 

The Mets, White Sox, Indians, and Royals have single color hat logos but outlines on the alternate jersey. The Mets don’t need the outline on the hat to match, either. 

 

Right, it's something messed up a lot. Consistency would for all, would help all. The SOX is especially egregious since it's the exact same logo just treated differently. Horrible. 

[tpoh59 3]

Dear god these things are awful. Brown and pinstripes: a Stephen King nightmare of a uniform.

[Ray Lankford 1,237]

On 11/14/2019 at 5:30 AM, hawk36 said:

But the cap doesn’t with the yellow on brown. Either outline the SD on the cap or leave the outline off the brown jersey. 

Or outline it in sand? Dunno how that’d look but if it’s the road jersey, it’d at least be consistent.

[jn8 1,990]

16 hours ago, tpoh59 said:

Dear god these things are awful. Brown and pinstripes: a Stephen King nightmare of a uniform.

[SFGiants58 9,417]

16 hours ago, tpoh59 said:

Dear god these things are awful. Brown and pinstripes: a Stephen King nightmare of a uniform.

Ah, just like the nightmare he had when he realized that people liked Kubrick’s The Shining more than his book. 

[larrypep 213]

On 11/12/2019 at 10:57 AM, bosrs1 said:

Probably the idea. That was a big knock against the ‘85 at the time. They literally stole the Giants style from the same firm from the preceding year, added poop brown and pinstripes and called it a uniform. 
 

Thankfully the Padres and Giants both went in different directions within a few years into much better looks.

 

Also has anyone seen anything more on the Sunday Cap being official?

 

Just saw on MLB shop’s site that the alternate cap is now available there. 

[Ben in LA 783]

10 hours ago, larrypep said:

Just saw on MLB shop’s site that the alternate cap is now available there. 

Wasn’t in any stores when I was in SD this past weekend unfortunately. When it DOES arrive, this Dodgers fan is purchasing one.

[Gothamite 17,785]

2 minutes ago, Ben in LA said:

When it DOES arrive, this Dodgers fan is purchasing one.

 

 

That’s high praise, I guess.  Can’t imagine anything that could get me to buy a Cubs or Bears hat. 

[jmac11281 1,995]

51 minutes ago, Gothamite said:

 

 

That’s high praise, I guess.  Can’t imagine anything that could get me to buy a Cubs or Bears hat. 

Yeah, as much as I love blue and orange, I will never spend my hard earned money on a Mets hat.

[WSU151 6,085]

On 11/12/2019 at 1:57 PM, bosrs1 said:

Probably the idea. That was a big knock against the ‘85 at the time. They literally stole the Giants style from the same firm from the preceding year, added poop brown and pinstripes and called it a uniform. 
 

Thankfully the Padres and Giants both went in different directions within a few years into much better looks.

 

Also has anyone seen anything more on the Sunday Cap being official?

 

 

The alternate hat is nice, but then I realized the colors are essentially baseball's version of this

 

 

and now I can't unsee it. 

[hawk36 2,377]

On 11/12/2019 at 10:57 AM, bosrs1 said:

Also has anyone seen anything more on the Sunday Cap being official?

 

See those side by side really confirms for me that the yellow is vital. While not horrible, the tan/brown is just blah, drab, not San Diego at all. 

[larrypep 213]

6 hours ago, Ben in LA said:

Wasn’t in any stores when I was in SD this past weekend unfortunately. When it DOES arrive, this Dodgers fan is purchasing one.

The only places that have them are the Padres Store at Petco Park or online at MLB.com.  There’s some kind of exclusive thing going on. 

[LaJolla Archon 63]

This does look damn sexy.