College Baseball MLB Inspired Uniform Elements

[TBGKon]

I’ve noticed some college baseball teams have uniform elements inspired by MLB teams.  It could be as simple as something like the Astros rainbow, but I’m thinking more like what the FIU Panthers did in the past with a nod to the Padres.  I also recall seeing something from TCU that looked similar to the Blue Jays late 2000s era.

 

 

Feel free to add any others you find.

[VandyDelphia Mike]

When you say TCU, I thought you were going to mention the Twins cap logo borrowing

 

 

Then there are the teams who mimic Cardinal-logo-on-bat stylings.

 

 

[shstpt1]

VT Baseball has had quite a history of utilizing the different MLB elements. 

 

Astros Rainbow Guts:

 

 

Bird on Bats:

 

 

And 70's/80's Orioles Inspired:

 

 

 

Padres Inspired:

 

[TBGKon]

Here’s the TCU one I was referencing

 

[GriffinM6]

Max Scherzer wore a Marlins inspired uniform in his time at Mizzou in the mid 2000s. 

 

They also had Pirates inspired hats and vests.

[eastfirst107]

Cubs-inspired Austin Peay:

 

Saint Leo borrowing the Cards' STL:

 

 

[Discrim]

They seem to have moved away from this in recent years, but Purdue used to wear a Braves-style script

 

 

and they also messed around with a black jersey inspired by the late 90s Padres

[Discrim]

Unsure if either was intentional, @Clintau24 is much more likely to know, but Auburn has occasionally worn a Yankees-like uniform in recent years...

 

Bo knows Dodgers inspiration

[Clintau24]

9 hours ago, Discrim said:

Unsure if either was intentional, @Clintau24 is much more likely to know, but Auburn has occasionally worn a Yankees-like uniform in recent years...

 

Bo knows Dodgers inspiration

 

Correct! Those pinstripe uniforms were often referred to as "Yankees pinstripes" by the team. They were replaced last year with a set that includes some more orange and a white hat, so the Yankee parallels are gone.

 

The Bo look is reminiscent of the cream throwbacks the Tigers wore for many years but have since mothballed and haven't worn since 2018. The orange numbers were directly inspired by the Dodgers.

 

Auburn has also worn a rather Twins-inspired "Tigers" wordmark back in 1997 and 1998.

 

[eastfirst107]

Long Beach State with the Pirates vests:

 

Southern Cal with Padres lettering:

[-Akronite-]

A lot of these are hilarious, thanks to all for sharing. Baffling that so many teams decided to borrow from the Padres aesthetic.

[Lights Out]

Some 1983-1993 Giants inspired looks:

 

 

 

 

And here's Miami using a slightly modified version of the Marlins' current script:

 

 

[AstroCreep]

Orioles vibe from OSU. 

[dont care]

1 hour ago, insert name said:

Orioles vibe from OSU. 

I mean sure if you consider any teams that happen to share the same colors. Only thing they remotely share is the panel hat but that’s likely coincidence being a fairly common thing in college ball.

[eastfirst107]

Dallas Baptist with the Padres wordmark and Dodgers BP hat:

Western Kentucky borrowing the Nats' W:

 

Delaware and Duke have both used versions of the Tigers' D :

[1991]

On 3/27/2021 at 12:16 PM, Lights Out said:

Some 1983-1993 Giants inspired looks:

 

 

 

 

And here's Miami using a slightly modified version of the Marlins' current script:

 

 

I think this was SMS/Missouri State Bears best baseball look, unfortunately when they went to Adidas they went to a terrible generic look!

[CaliforniaGlowin]

These are great

[MJWalker45]

Tiffin University have copied the old Brewers uniforms. 

[stumpygremlin]

Surprised nobody's mentioned this hat that University of North Florida used to rock:

[Discrim]

West Virginia used to have a similarly Yankees-like cap logo, though IIRC they did away with it somewhere around ten years ago.