BBTV Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I'm also one of the weirdos that liked this look (when paired with red accessories) 7 1 Quote "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...
VampyrRabbit Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, The_Admiral said: The Mariners have taken their '90s design about as far as it'll go. Time for neon green and some modern flair. Modern flair I can get behind, but they should keep the Teal. The problem is that the shade of teal they generally use for their uniforms is too dark to contrast well with the navy. If they can consistently match the teal across the board to a shade similar to the alternate here, then that should solve the contrast problem. Seattle can definately create something new and modern while keeping the navy and teal, get those colours right and it's a fantastic scheme. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 They should go straight-up Seahawks. Ecto Cooler green, navy, and silver. Their uniforms have always been "nice", but not.... inspiring. Not special. Just... nice. Time for a change. Time to make some noise. Time to brighten things up and embrace the scheme that the other outdoor Seattle teams have made nearly standard for the city. Counterpoint - I wonder what they'd look like in a Kraken-colored scheme. I think I'd still prefer Seahawks, but Kraken could be cool too. 1 1 1 Quote "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 January 24 Share Posted January 24 The teal-brimmed Mariners hat is still one of the best in the league. Problem is they don’t wear it enough. If they do change, navy/process blue/lime/tiny bit of red like the Everett Aqua Sox would be pretty good 4 Quote Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 44 minutes ago, BBTV said: They should go straight-up Seahawks. Ecto Cooler green, navy, and silver. Their uniforms have always been "nice", but not.... inspiring. Not special. Just... nice. Time for a change. Time to make some noise. Time to brighten things up and embrace the scheme that the other outdoor Seattle teams have made nearly standard for the city. Counterpoint - I wonder what they'd look like in a Kraken-colored scheme. I think I'd still prefer Seahawks, but Kraken could be cool too. The Mariners can make some noise and brighten things up without dropping the navy and teal, formost by actually brightening up the Teal and coming up with a new logo set. They don't have to change to one of the colour schemes the teams at Lumen Field currently use now or have used in the past, especially not the pea soup shade the Sounders have (hopefully) just dropped. I like the idea of all of the Seattle teams (except the Sonics when they return) having schemes that share a similar "theme", so to speak, but not using the exact same palette. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttep Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Yankees new road uniform should look great. I think both sides of the argument make a good point: The lack of white is much more retro and pulls off the "untouchable classic" vibe better, but it's also factually correct that the uniform has had the white-outlined design for half a century at this point. The Yankees won most of their World Series in the non-outlined jerseys, but their most recent run of dominance did occur in the outlined jerseys. I'd call both designs equally iconic at this point, with a slight advantage to the outlined jerseys since they're more recent. I think that the road uniforms really shouldn't have been tinkered with in the 70s. No one would have a problem with the non-outlined design if it was here for the last 50 years. In a vacuum, I think the new (old) road uniform is perfect for the Yankees, it's just that the previous uniform lasting as long as it did makes this change unnecessarily controversial. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1409 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Do we know if the Mariners finally fixed the shade of their navy jerseys to match their hats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 4 hours ago, OnWis97 said: Why specifically 2009? Opening of New Yankee Stadium and a return to select pre-renovation aesthetics, e.g., frieze moving back from outfield to grandstand, natural stone exterior rather than whitewash. I mean, they could have done it at any time before or after that, too, but that would have been the cleanest break. 13 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, BBTV said: They should go straight-up Seahawks. Ecto Cooler green, navy, and silver. Their uniforms have always been "nice", but not.... inspiring. Not special. Just... nice. Time for a change. Time to make some noise. Time to brighten things up and embrace the scheme that the other outdoor Seattle teams have made nearly standard for the city. Counterpoint - I wonder what they'd look like in a Kraken-colored scheme. I think I'd still prefer Seahawks, but Kraken could be cool too. I think the Mariners could commit to a true sea foam green and not just the Kraken's pale greenish blue that sometimes looks sea foam green but technically isn't. Or they could go with neon green like other teams in town (presumably any returning Sonics team would add it in the way the Storm did). I just feel like the current identity has been so poorly maintained through both on-field play and actual tinkering that, since it's not their inaugural color scheme anyway, there's no imperative to keep it anymore. 2 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 minutes ago, The_Admiral said: Opening of New Yankee Stadium and a return to select pre-renovation aesthetics, e.g., frieze moving back from outfield to grandstand, natural stone exterior rather than whitewash. I mean, they could have done it at any time before or after that, too, but that would have been the cleanest break. I get the idea but a new home stadium doesn’t tie into a road jersey very much. 1 Quote Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Well, teams change their entire uniform sets upon new stadium moves all the time, but the Yankees obviously weren't changing their home uniform. Would have been a good time for the Mets to have dropped the black outlines, too. 5 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 42 minutes ago, The_Admiral said: I think the Mariners could commit to a true sea foam green and not just the Kraken's pale greenish blue that sometimes looks sea foam green but technically isn't. Or they could go with neon green like other teams in town (presumably any returning Sonics team would add it in the way the Storm did). Y'know, both are a good idea. Provided the sea foam green has actual contrast with the navy base (unlike the current shade) and the silver is either demoted/removed, I could see it happening. The neon green is a little too much of an ask, but provided a relatively tasteful application, it could be done. The Law & Order font they use now (I'm not kidding, it's the same font) should give way to something a lot less staid. Not the ITC Serif Gothic bootleg used from 1977-86, but something with flare serifs and a degree of weight to it. The font is a much bigger issue for me, significantly more than the colors. 2 Quote MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolingian Steamroller Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Something interesting to me about the new Yankees road jersey is that they got rid of the sleeve stripes at the exact time the template switched back to elastic inserts at the cuff. The Yanks had been using the elastic insert. Then they switched a few years ago to braided ribbon stitched flat on the sleeve. If you were ever a fan of the original style, now would be an ideal time to let it come back but they just let it drop. Maybe they really did get great feedback on the Field of Dreams Game: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I like this move for the Yankees. The road uniform always felt sort of out of place with the white outlines. I hated it when the Red Sox did this, though. The roads they use now are much better. 1 Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Real life photo of the Yankees road jersey. Pretty sure this is an authentic and not a replica. You can tell it’s the new template and not the Field of Dreams because of the extra collar trim, batterman below the headspoon seam, and the letters are slightly taller than the FOD set. I’m loving the simplicity. Long overdue. 7 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJD7 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Carolingian Steamroller said: Something interesting to me about the new Yankees road jersey is that they got rid of the sleeve stripes at the exact time the template switched back to elastic inserts at the cuff. The Yanks had been using the elastic insert. Then they switched a few years ago to braided ribbon stitched flat on the sleeve. If you were ever a fan of the original style, now would be an ideal time to let it come back but they just let it drop. Maybe they really did get great feedback on the Field of Dreams Game: I do wonder how much of this change was facilitated by the new Nike template, because their (now) old design would’ve seemingly transferred over just fine. 8 minutes ago, aawagner011 said: Real life photo of the Yankees road jersey. Pretty sure this is an authentic and not a replica. You can tell it’s the new template and not the Field of Dreams because of the extra collar trim, batterman below the headspoon seam, and the letters are slightly taller than the FOD set. I’m loving the simplicity. Long overdue. It definitely looks to be an authentic because of the much thinner placket. It looks like authentics are keeping the more “chubby” thicker Nike swoosh, while the replicas now have a thinner stitched version (which, in my opinion, looks better). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, FiddySicks said: I like this move for the Yankees. The road uniform always felt sort of out of place with the white outlines. I hated it when the Red Sox did this, though. The roads they use now are much better. It didn't work when the Red Sox did it either time: Because the Yankees don't have a home script to begin with but rather a monogram, they're not bound to any sort of matching across jerseys. The Red Sox have their distinctive Tuscan red lettering at home, but had an ugly mismatch with either a single-layer navy version the last time or plain block the first time around. Both were bad but the newer one was worse because they should have known better by now. The other thing that made it worse was the lack of the team's dominant color. I've been steadfast in saying that the Red Sox need a balance of navy and red, with navy undershirts and jackets contrasting with red lettering and, of course, socks. The Red Sox had since gone all-in on red circa 2004 to be in opposition to the Yankees' midnight blue, a move I never liked because most of their red-base stuff just looks worse. The Red Sox went so far into the home/road split that initially they even wore blue socks. That's ridiculous. 4 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjarvie Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 8 hours ago, BBTV said: It sucks that Nike either cant, or is choosing not to, make heathered fabric that replicates the old flannel look. That would make the Yankees even better. As for the Dodgers, this is the best they've looked on the road since being in LA: This is a factual opinion. If you disagree with this, your opinion is not only wrong from an aesthetic perspective, but also an arithmetical one. Just as wrong as if you said that 2+2 = 5. As for the Dodgers, this is not the best look. It's ruined by the stupid "LA" on the sleeve. If you take that off then it's by far the best look, but the "LA" on the sleeve ruins these to an average look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC985 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 7 hours ago, aawagner011 said: Real life photo of the Yankees road jersey. Pretty sure this is an authentic and not a replica. You can tell it’s the new template and not the Field of Dreams because of the extra collar trim, batterman below the headspoon seam, and the letters are slightly taller than the FOD set. I’m loving the simplicity. Long overdue. Missed opportunity by Nike to create a faux flannel jersey. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 6 hours ago, mjarvie said: As for the Dodgers, this is not the best look. It's ruined by the stupid "LA" on the sleeve. If you take that off then it's by far the best look, but the "LA" on the sleeve ruins these to an average look. While that would be better, it's not one of their looks. Therefore, what I posted is true. 2+2=4. Say it with me: two plus two equals four. 3 Quote "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...
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