VampyrRabbit Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 With the sleeve ads, my guess is that if the Fish do wear the teal pins, they'll wear the version with sleeves and not the sleeveless version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCreep Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, WSU151 said: The sleeves are just going to be a mess. What is this? Just what are they doing? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namefornamesake Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, WSU151 said: The sleeves are just going to be a mess. Is it just me or is that Nike logo way too high? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 In regards to the Marlins pinstripes, if these are throwback pants/jerseys I'm curious why send them to Jupiter for spring training. Unless theyre having a throwback to the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Marlins spring training in Jupiter (2003 was the first season after the Expos and Marlins swapped spring sites because of the sale to Jeffrey Loria). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins93 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, TBGKon said: In regards to the Marlins pinstripes, if these are throwback pants/jerseys I'm curious why send them to Jupiter for spring training. Unless theyre having a throwback to the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Marlins spring training in Jupiter (2003 was the first season after the Expos and Marlins swapped spring sites because of the sale to Jeffrey Loria). Perhaps the teal pinstripes would be there for photo shoots? Not the official player photos, necessarily, but for other reasons? Perhaps promotions for anniversary festivities later in the season? Keep in mind, there's only one pinstripes jersey in that Twitter image. And I don't see any pants with it. I'm trying to keep my expectations low for this very reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, coco1997 said: The Marlins should absolutely have a home alternate in that gorgeous shade of blue they use (think these but with front numbers added) but yeah, they are not a powder blue team. That's the blue I meant. 2 Last updated 5/23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 56 minutes ago, namefornamesake said: Is it just me or is that Nike logo way too high? It is, and it also looks out of place by not having a white outline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 21 hours ago, Cujo said: If the Cubs everrrrrr resort to a massive ad patch Well I have bad news for you… it’s inevitable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1409 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 7:45 PM, McCall said: No, it appears it's on either side dependent on whether or not the player is left or right handed, batters and pitchers. I don't know what they'll do with switch hitters. Adding ads was bad enough but this particular feat is the last straw... How :censored:ing awful... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damnyoutuesday Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 The only team I have any hope in not putting ads on the sleeves is the Yankees, and even for them I'm not so sure 3 Sorry, I'm on an iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 12 hours ago, MNtwins3 said: The only team I have any hope in not putting ads on the sleeves is the Yankees, and even for them I'm not so sure The Yankees lost the benefit of the doubt years ago when they gave in to the "special event" cap nonsense, then the uniform advertiser. They used to be a team I envied because of how much they cared about and protected their brand, but now they're no different than anyone else. 2 "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...
spartacat_12 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 10:36 PM, BBTV said: Can we stop with the phrase "maker's mark"? Nike didn't actually make the uniforms for the past few years, and in both baseball and NFL, the uniform advertiser (Reebok, Puma, Russell, etc) didn't "make" the uniform. It's an advertisement. There's absolutely no other way to look at the swoosh other than as an advertisement. And it sucks - just like these ads do. I'll never understand anyone defending ads on uniforms. We get it, you don't like the swoosh on the uniforms. But you can't honestly look at these giant, distracting ad patches and say that the Nike logo is equally as bad. Just look at this picture and tell me which patch is more of a distraction. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, spartacat_12 said: We get it, you don't like the swoosh on the uniforms. But you can't honestly look at these giant, distracting ad patches and say that the Nike logo is equally as bad. Just look at this picture and tell me which patch is more of a distraction. It's not whether I like it or not, it's the refusal for some people to understand that it is and advertising patch and not something that has any more right to be on the uniform than the actual team marks. Obviously the Loves patch is more noticeable, but 1) you picked an extreme example, and 2) we're just so used to the swoosh that it kinda blends in - but that doesn't make it any more or less of an advertisement. 1 1 "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...
damnyoutuesday Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I'm more indifferent to the Nike logo because it's more abstract and natural looking. There's no words on it, it has a nice flow to it, and it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. And it's in team colors. I would be somewhat more accepting of ads if leagues required them to be in team colors/fit more naturally on the jersey. Also having the ad on whatever side faces the camera when the player is batting is simultaneously a genius idea from a marketing standpoint and the stupidest thing I've ever seen in practice 7 1 Sorry, I'm on an iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, MNtwins3 said: I would be somewhat more accepting of ads if leagues required them to be in team colors/fit more naturally on the jersey. Here's a couple example of that. I think one reason why there's not as much hatred for the swoosh and GE (I don't recall hearing the level of hate for GE that I did for other advertising patches) is that those logos are so recognizable on their own that they don't stand out, since our brains instantly recognize them and don't get distracted by them or have to spend any cycles figuring out what it is, like they have to do with the Crypto patch. Obviously the GE blends in better (and in this case, almost looks like a memorial patch for someone with the initials GE). It is a little less intrusive, since teams regularly had anniversary patches or memorial patches or something that would be in their colors anyway - but it still shouldn't be there, and is still a second ad. Another example that doesn't quite work as well (mostly because of the wording, without which we'd have no idea what the ad was for.) 1 1 "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...
Shumway Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 At least it's not as big as the Padres Motorola patch and gets rid of one of the extra Angels' logos on the sleeve? It still sucks. 2 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Shumway said: At least it's not as big as the Padres Motorola patch and gets rid of one of the extra Angels' logos on the sleeve? It still sucks. I only just noticed that the stripes on the sleeve of the Halos CC are subliminated and not stitched on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanshepherd Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 While they still undoubtedly make every NBA uniform worse, I don’t think I can tell you more than 10 current jersey sponsors. They’ve changed so much and my brain instantly tunes them out. 5 i have unquantifiable corpses on my conscience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 5 hours ago, Shumway said: At least it's not as big as the Padres Motorola patch and gets rid of one of the extra Angels' logos on the sleeve? It still sucks. If ever there was an indictment about how far this franchise has plummeted this is it. I live 30 miles from the stadium and this is the first that I’ve ever heard of this company. Plus, they got rid of the wrong patch. At least the roundel was slightly more unique. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 9:07 AM, BBTV said: The Yankees lost the benefit of the doubt years ago when they gave in to the "special event" cap nonsense, then the uniform advertiser. They used to be a team I envied because of how much they cared about and protected their brand, but now they're no different than anyone else. Im honestly dreading their city connect uniform Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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