Ray Lankford Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, BringBackTheVet said: Yes. The piping works better when it accentuates the design. Plain piping makes the detailed wordmark or script the focal point, while still adding some nice detail and making it look like a "finished" design. Except the Nats don’t have a home wordmark or script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Wait - isn't the script navy? I thought other photos showed it as navy. The Senators were a red/white team, but the Nationals were more navy. If they want to be "Nationals", then they should probably stick with that. It's like they want to be the Senators, but call themselves the Nationals, creating an identity crisis and resulting in being one color at home and one on the road (though the road has become more consistent with home in recent years.) "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 32 minutes ago, BringBackTheVet said: Wait - isn't the script navy? I thought other photos showed it as navy. The script is navy on the ST jerseys. The red Nationals script is a prototype from years ago. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCree Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, DeFrank said: The Nats are a red first team and should stay that way. And I’m confident they will. I wanna punch the person that said no to this years ago. Can’t believe it took them till now to finally break these out. And to get my two cents in on the DC-Curly W debate, I’m going with the Curly W. Yes it looks like Walgreens but it has so much history with DC baseball. I find it a much better logo than the DC. The DC logo has a lot going on with the shading. Maybe if they clean it up it could look better but I’d still prefer the Curly W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Ray Lankford said: Except the Nats don’t have a home wordmark or script. Only because of a bad choice on the club's part. They have a script, an excellent one. That could become their home wordmark with a simple notification to MLB. And given the positive reception to their ST uniforms, that just may happen. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, RoughRiders99 said: Are there any merit to this? If it truly was intentional, then wow, kudos. If not, then a happy accident? What do you think? I think it’s a little of a stretch, but a happy coincidence. An obvious stretch. If that had been intended, they wouldn't have messed up the "p" by putting the line break where they did. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Speaking of hidden letters in logos -- eagle eyed baseball fans will see the hidden "e" for Expos in the Nats interlocking DC logo. A nod to their origin in the great white north: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeFrank Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 24 minutes ago, insert name said: I wanna punch the person that said no to this years ago. Can’t believe it took them till now to finally break these out. And to get my two cents in on the DC-Curly W debate, I’m going with the Curly W. Yes it looks like Walgreens but it has so much history with DC baseball. I find it a much better logo than the DC. The DC logo has a lot going on with the shading. Maybe if they clean it up it could look better but I’d still prefer the Curly W. This is listed as a current alternate logo on sportslogos.net, which actually surprised me when I researched just now. It isn't really used in many promotional materials that I can think of. concepts: washington football (2017) ... nfl (2013) ... yikes potd 10/20/12 origin story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, insert name said: I wanna punch the person that said no to this years ago. Can’t believe it took them till now to finally break these out. Agreed. The prototype is also better, given that the letters resemble the “Washington” script more. Quote And to get my two cents in on the DC-Curly W debate, I’m going with the Curly W. Yes it looks like Walgreens but it has so much history with DC baseball. I find it a much better logo than the DC. Well, if you want to count a solitary winning season by the money pit known as the Senators MK II and a bunch of playoff disasters under the current team, then yes, it has history. If you want to play the “history” argument, a block “W” has more history. Just look at the logos worn by the first and second Senators. If you want to modernize their “historical” look, an updated Block W (with some elements of Albertus, a lettering for for the 2005-10 Nats) would be perfect (shameless plug). Todd Radom’s “beveled W” would also be fantastic. Quote The DC logo has a lot going on with the shading. Maybe if they clean it up it could look better but I’d still prefer the Curly W. I’ve fixed up the known issues with the DC’s interlock problem as well (ignore the gold outline, if you want to - quite frankly, the Nationals and Twins should swap home uniform color balances). The Nationals have a lot of potential, most of which involves demoting the Curly W to the first letter in the road script. MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, DeFrank said: I really don’t like the way the navy outlines work on this. They’re obviously a remnant of the beveling, but without it they’re just odd. Either allow the red letters to fully interact and outline the whole thing, or complete the blue outlines on the right side of the crossing points. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigFiz21 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 23 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said: While I love the contrasting front number, and while I applaud the Nationals for wearing their real uniforms in spring training, this... ...is one hell of a beautiful baseball uniform that should not be messed with, except to make the piping red only. (No, I would not raise the number up.) The contrast of the home jersey having the chest logo and road jersey having the "Washington" wordmark is very nice, in the classic Yankees / Tigers / Reds tradition. I agree with you...not completely, but design-wise, I like most of what the uniform has going on. Took me a trip to the MLB Shop to realize the double piping is a bit trippy to the eyes and everybody knows what's up with that number placement. I don't know...as I'm watching it on TV, it doesn't really irritate me though. I often think I'm just seeing more red in the piping. If I had to make a change to save my life, maybe remove the front number and call it a day, but that's my unpopular opinion for the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I'm sure this has probably been done a hundred times before, but here it goes. Modified DC logo (as mentioned above) Modified current primary logo (possible sleeve patch?)—seams are from the original Nationals logo Curly W remains because I doubt they'd get rid of it entirely New number font "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Looks like the Brewers have tweaked their alternate navy cap: Here's the old cap from last year, almost out of stock (only 18 total left) on MLB's online shop: And here's the new one, put up without announcement: I think the different shade of navy is probably just a trick of the photo, but you can see that the New Era flag is now gold, and - best of all - white webbing! That's bothered me since the cap was introduced back in 2016. Now if we can just get Majestic or Nike or whoever to fix the sleeve patch: The Brewers still have terrible uniforms, but we can fix them one small step at a time. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_DietDrPepper_ Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Survival79 said: I'm sure this has probably been done a hundred times before, but here it goes. Modified DC logo (as mentioned above) Modified current primary logo (possible sleeve patch?)—seams are from the original Nationals logo Curly W remains because I doubt they'd get ride of it entirely New number font Replace the DC with the current W, or even the block. Both look 10x better Follow the NFA, and My Baseball League here: https://ahsports.boardhost.com/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Anything that minimizes the Walgreens W is an upgrade in my book. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msu Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I love the curly W. It was in the Karate Kid, and none of the block W versions look good. Like others have said, they need to ditch the numbers. They are the worst part of the current look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGeeX5 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Survival79 said: I'm sure this has probably been done a hundred times before, but here it goes. Modified DC logo (as mentioned above) Modified current primary logo (possible sleeve patch?)—seams are from the original Nationals logo Curly W remains because I doubt they'd get ride of it entirely New number font These look fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigbazah Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I was once on team DC logo, but I think I've changed to block W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveindc Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 8 hours ago, DeFrank said: The Nats are a red first team and should stay that way. And I’m confident they will. I agree, but it's still a red dominant look overall and the additional navy makes it look better to me. Maybe make the numbers navy and the script red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigFiz21 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 10 hours ago, Bill81361 said: The Orioles have done the MD flag jersey the last two seasons. I know that last year they wore the black flag jerseys on a Saturday. Traditionally, Saturday has been the day for orange jerseys, so my assumption is that will be what they will use this year. Saturday Jun 29 4:05 PM Cleveland Indians Giveaway: Orioles Maryland Flag Replica Jersey Can't wait to see what they will have in store...though I'm honestly worried how it would work in orange. The idea of a script and number filled in the flag pattern like before doesn't look good when I try to picture it in my head. And the flag as a background would be an utter disaster too... Nonetheless..time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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