MLB 2024 Uniform/Logo Changes

[MJD7]

5 hours ago, Marlins93 said:

 

Although the Marlins and Mariners both unveiled new brandings in 1993, I still contend that the Marlins "wore it first" especially since their announcement came months earlier.

 

I also think the shade of "teal" is distinct enough for both teams and I actually don't even consider the Mariners' Northwest Green to be teal per se, anyway.

 

But I definitely disagree with any notion that the Marlins should back away from teal because of the Mariners. And I also don't think the "Miami blue" shade is *that* good.

 

In no shape or form would I consider *this* drab:

 

"Drab" probably wasn't the best word choice to describe what I was thinking, maybe more like... "sterile"? Don't get me wrong, I love that Marlins uni, so even that description feels a bit too strong.

 

Essentially, the point I'm trying to make is that I think just a little bit of a warm color as an accent would help.

 

Orange would work, as @M59 suggested, but that feels a bit safe, with the only team in the NL East that doesn't use red (the Mets) already using it, not to mention Miami's own NFL franchise essentially sharing the same scheme.

 

Pink would be unique, definitely in MLB and even in the 4 major sports as part of a primary color scheme. Plus, it wouldn't even really be that much of a risk given that, as far as I can tell, the Heat's "Vice" program was quite possibly the biggest hit of the NBA's City Edition program, and probably was as popular of a uniform campaign as any in recent memory.

 

I've long thought that Miami's teams should share teal, pink, and orange: the Dolphins should be teal & orange, the Heat should be orange & pink, and the Marlins should be teal & pink.

[aawagner011]

Couple looks at the Braves in the new on field template. The script and tomahawk seem a hair smaller. Sleeve trim has already been touched on, but still taking some getting used to. The Quikrete sponsor patch has changed from full embroidery to a cheaper patch with a thicker outline. It looks like the embroidery no longer goes deep under the placket to mask the clear separation (not sure of a better way to describe that). Also, they do not appear to have perforated numbers. Not sure if that’s something they were able to opt out of, or if they just slapped some old numbers on the new jerseys for their Fan Fest event.

 

If you click the tweets, you can view the photos in higher res and a better aspect ratio.

 

 

[SCL]

How the Nationals went from the middle to the right is unfathomable. What in the name of fake made for TV movie teams is that?

 

 

[Brave-Bird 08]

It's infuriating. I even kind of liked the ridiculous monument font from the original -- definitely looked like a Minor League team, but hey, they kind of were! 

 

The Nationals really need to have the curly W at the core of their branding and home, road, alternate that can be worn both home and away, and then sure -- have a fourth jersey that is like the new pullover, especially because a fauxback style like that is fun for them considering there's a huge gap in their history where styles from that era (70s and 80s)  were never realized. 

[FiddySicks]

Back in the 1970s the San Diego Padres nearly moved to Washington DC. They put out a very rushed, very generic looking Washington Stars uniform set, and had the players (or front office staff. I can’t remember) model them before the whole thing fell apart and they returned to San Diego. 
 

It’s obviously not exactly the same, but man, does that new Nationals road script give off a similar vibe. 
 

Washington Stars story, for reference.

[(probably)notabandwagonfan]

12 hours ago, aawagner011 said:

 

Is it just me, or did the navy get lighter again and did the script get smaller?

This is from last year's BravesFest

 

[DCarp1231]

Nationals are ditching their city connect jerseys after 2024.

 

The first domino has fallen.

[BadSeed84]

2 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Nationals are ditching their city connect jerseys after 2024.

 

The first domino has fallen.

Or it means they'll have an even worse one in 2025

[MJD7]

12 hours ago, aawagner011 said:

Couple looks at the Braves in the new on field template. The script and tomahawk seem a hair smaller. Sleeve trim has already been touched on, but still taking some getting used to. The Quikrete sponsor patch has changed from full embroidery to a cheaper patch with a thicker outline. It looks like the embroidery no longer goes deep under the placket to mask the clear separation (not sure of a better way to describe that). Also, they do not appear to have perforated numbers. Not sure if that’s something they were able to opt out of, or if they just slapped some old numbers on the new jerseys for their Fan Fest event.

 

If you click the tweets, you can view the photos in higher res and a better aspect ratio.

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, (probably)notabandwagonfan said:

Is it just me, or did the navy get lighter again and did the script get smaller?

This is from last year's BravesFest

I also don't see any perforations in the numbers, like we have seen with other teams. Either they're too small to really be noticeable, or teams maybe have the ability to opt-out of them. Either way is a win in my book.

[MJD7]

11 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Nationals are ditching their city connect jerseys after 2024.

 

The first domino has fallen.

 

9 minutes ago, BadSeed84 said:

Or it means they'll have an even worse one in 2025

The City Connects were always intended to have a 3-year lifespan. It’s a slight improvement on the NBA model, to have a new City jersey every year, which has resulted in progressively worse designs.

 

They’ll almost certainly have a new one in 2025. Since the cherry blossoms seemed to be pretty popular, we’ll likely get an updated version, hopefully with pink as the base color this time. 
 

(I’ve really been quite the champion for pink lately…)

[BBTV]

2 hours ago, SCL said:

How the Nationals went from the middle to the right is unfathomable. What in the name of fake made for TV movie teams is that?

 

 

 

Neither of the first two were without their flaws, but WHAT THE MOTHERFCKING HELL was someone thinking when they thought that was an upgrade?

 

I don't doubt that Nike influenced some change, even if just to sell new stuff.  OK, changing to sell merch happens all the time.  But to that?  THAT?  THAT?  THAT????????

 

I get that it's kinda throwbackish, but the white outline is completely unnecessaary.  It may be passable with just the red and navy.  And the split in the I?   The only silver lining is that they've cemented the serifed block as their "forever" font, which I think is kinda cool.

 

I get that there's only around 500 Nationals fans in the world, but my heart goes out to them right now.  Sorry 

[tBBP]

3 hours ago, Brave-Bird 08 said:

It's infuriating. I even kind of liked the ridiculous monument font from the original -- definitely looked like a Minor League team, but hey, they kind of were! 

 

The Nationals really need to have the curly W at the core of their branding and home, road, alternate that can be worn both home and away, and then sure -- have a fourth jersey that is like the new pullover, especially because a fauxback style like that is fun for them considering there's a huge gap in their history where styles from that era (70s and 80s)  were never realized. 

 

Swap out the DC interlock for the curly W and you have my exact same thoughts.

 

Sure, "DC Nationals" might not roll of the tongue quite the same as "Washington"--but it's also far more direct. Plus, I've been waiting for one of the big major four teams in DC (see?) to embrace the DC moniker. (The MLS side figured that out long ago, as did the AAF and XFL teams that played there.)

 

Dare to be different, DC....

[M59]

3 hours ago, BadSeed84 said:

Or it means they'll have an even worse one in 2025

This seems the more likely outcome. Nike has too much invested in the Cashgrab Connects to allow teams other than the Yankee$ to just opt out.

[M59]

2 hours ago, BBTV said:

 

Neither of the first two were without their flaws, but WHAT THE MOTHERFCKING HELL was someone thinking when they thought that was an upgrade?

 

I don't doubt that Nike influenced some change, even if just to sell new stuff.  OK, changing to sell merch happens all the time.  But to that?  THAT?  THAT?  THAT????????

 

I get that it's kinda throwbackish, but the white outline is completely unnecessaary.  It may be passable with just the red and navy.  And the split in the I?   The only silver lining is that they've cemented the serifed block as their "forever" font, which I think is kinda cool.

 

I get that there's only around 500 Nationals fans in the world, but my heart goes out to them right now.  Sorry 

The true irony is that somebody got paid (and probably paid rather well) to produce something that the vast majority of the posters here would have been embarrassed to submit. The only thing the Nationals needed to do was change their number font (far to heavy for the script wordmarks, IMO) to the block font used by the Cardinals, and make the trim consistent across all sets and they would have been fine.  But no, somebody thought these jerseys were a good idea. SMDH.

[Anubis2051]

3 hours ago, MJD7 said:

 

The City Connects were always intended to have a 3-year lifespan. It’s a slight improvement on the NBA model, to have a new City jersey every year, which has resulted in progressively worse designs.

 

They’ll almost certainly have a new one in 2025. Since the cherry blossoms seemed to be pretty popular, we’ll likely get an updated version, hopefully with pink as the base color this time. 
 

(I’ve really been quite the champion for pink lately…)

just dump the WSH and I’ll be happy

[GriffinM6]

6 hours ago, SCL said:

How the Nationals went from the middle to the right is unfathomable. What in the name of fake made for TV movie teams is that?

 

 

They should've just paired the striping from the new one with the wordmark on the old one. Would be a really nice uniform. 

[Moseph]

4 hours ago, tBBP said:

 

Swap out the DC interlock for the curly W and you have my exact same thoughts.

 

Sure, "DC Nationals" might not roll of the tongue quite the same as "Washington"--but it's also far more direct. Plus, I've been waiting for one of the big major four teams in DC (see?) to embrace the DC moniker. (The MLS side figured that out long ago, as did the AAF and XFL teams that played there.)

 

Dare to be different, DC....

 

They could fully embrace the interlocking DC logo but still be known as the Washington Nationals, seeing as the Minnesota Twins do it with their TC logo.

 

3 hours ago, Anubis2051 said:

just dump the WSH and I’ll be happy

 

 

I always wished the City Connect uniforms had used the interlocking DC logo over WSH, it connects to the city a lot more.

[Bill0813]

On 1/27/2024 at 11:25 AM, BrySmalls said:

 

An even more stupid name is "Phillies" which is a short name for "Philadelphias". In essence, the Southeast Pennsylvania ballclub is called the Philadelphia Philadelphias.

Now do the LA Angels.  

[gosioux76]

22 hours ago, SCL said:

How the Nationals went from the middle to the right is unfathomable. What in the name of fake made for TV movie teams is that?

 

 

 

If you try really hard, you could take a leap and guess that the new road uniforms were inspired by the early 1950s road uniforms of the Washington Senators before that franchise relocated to Minnesota. I'm not saying that's the case, because the differences are vast, but it wouldn't surprise me.  

 

 

 

If anything, I'd prefer the Nats do what the Yankees and Dodgers have done and go with a simple, single-layer "WASHINGTON" road uniform as if the franchise dates back to the early 1900s. 

[1stAndPhoremost]

Since the Spring Training jerseys seem to be going the way of the dodo, is the same happening for the Spring Training caps? Haven’t seen any info for new ones in 2024.