Ferdinand Cesarano Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 4 hours ago, Tigers35456884 said: It's awfully frustrating how reluctant the Tigers appear to be when it comes to introducing alternate road uniforms, something other teams in the division have embraced to largely positive results. While the home uniform has always been sacred ground (up until 2018, that is), I've always viewed the road uniform as a platform for experimentation. I happen to be a big fan of the current road set, as it nicely blends the 1930s and 40s script with the 70s and 80s colors, but adding one of the 60s or 80s sets in the rotation permanently should've happened years ago. A team that shows restraint in introducing alt uniforms deserves praise. After all, no team needs an alt, least of all a traditional team. And while the current road wordmark has the merit of harkening back to the script of the 1930s through 1950s, the road wordmark that was in use from the early 1970s to the early 1990s (as seen on Gibson and on the throwback jersey) is aesthetically superior by a wide margin. Cursive feels wrong for that team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers35456884 Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said: A team that shows restraint in introducing alt uniforms deserves praise. After all, no team needs an alt, least of all a traditional team. Of course, that’s what makes their decision to alter a home uniform design worn every season except one between 1934 and 2017 so baffling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers35456884 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Re-upping this as the Tigers recently issued a survey soliciting opinions on new logos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanny Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Agree the inconsistent look is better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed618 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Sorry, but I think they look better with the logos matching. "It’s what they’ve always done" isn’t a very good reason to continue using branding that doesn’t make sense. Take my own Cardinals as an example. I started following them in my early childhood in the early 90s. By then, they were 30 or so years into a branding that even though it looked okay and there was nothing glaringly wrong with it, it did use no less than 3 different drawings of a cardinal in the same set. (The primary, the Sluggerbird, and the jersey wordmark.) When they updated their brand in '97, most of us, myself included, agreed that it was an upgrade. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers35456884 Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Interestingly, in recent months the Tigers have solicited feedback for throwback uniforms, as noted here: https://uni-watch.com/2021/09/22/exclusive-tigers-focus-grouping-new-throwbacks/?fbclid=IwAR0EH53ViU5UXcKgPfjL_2xucGO6r99bDdr2I4N6w5YuF9_CB6uTlxtwXoY Also, they've begun selling a new Nike Cooperstown Collection Al Kaline 'shirsey' with the classic Old English D adorning the chest. Hopefully this is a sign of the logo's eventual return to the team's home uniform: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metsguyinmichigan Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 I agree about the home jersey! But I think the Tigers' road script is one of the best road uniforms in baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 It should be the same D, pick one or make a new combined one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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