Gothamite Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 The number of Friday home games varies from year to year (potentially, at least, without counting them up). I thought that in 2006 (Sunday) or 2007 (Friday) when they were given the approval to wear them, they couldn't wear them any more than x-number of times (where x = number of Friday home games).I don't recall that at all.Given that teams don't have to decide on wearing basic alternates until the same day, that doesn't seem to make sense. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBear Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 What I think is the real reason - the throwbacks are worn as a PROMOTION.An end of season game against the Cubs - Milwaukee's top draw - with the possibility (even back at the beginning of the year) that the games would be important for the pennant race - does not need promotion.Therefore, no throwbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Interesting, but I'm not sure that it really works, either. They've had plenty of other Fridays when they didn't really need the help.The old uniforms are more than a promotion like Disco Night - they're a top of the cap to the wishes of the fans. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Funny you should choose that word, for years I've been saying that the modern one looks much more like corporate softball.And I don't even like the ball-and-glove. Didn't in the 1970s when they introduced it, didn't in the 1980s when they won in it, didn't in the 1990s when they finally ditched it, don't now. But the current uniforms are just a lousy design, topped off by that horrendous primary logo. So much so that they make the glove look better by comparison.I am with you. They both stink. It's always "current vs. ball and glove." I find it aggravating because everyone forgets about the great look they had in the late 1990s (after they ditched the awful MB hat in favor of the M). THAT was a great classic baseball uniform. Sadly, it will never be seen again. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 As I've said before, put this guy on the sleeves of that beautiful uniform and you've got a winner:Heck, even the BP (and jacket sleeve) logo from that set was great: The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Say, that is a good logo. That whole set was decent, but for better or worse it's irreparably associated with the nadir of Brewers baseball. Seeing as the mid-1990s were, for obvious reasons, the nadir of all major league baseball, it's probably for the best that a lot of '90s designs start to go away. The Brewers, Angels, Astros, Reds, and Padres have all been redone and somewhat improved, or at least palate-cleansed. The Mariners, by all but dumping teal and still refusing to use the team font for name/number on anything but the alts, are in some sort of design purgatory where they're not distinctively dated, but they're not distinctive in any other way, either. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 The Mariners don't use the team for for numbers because it's ugly. The Angels changed because their 1990s uniforms were a laughingstock.Personally, I'd rather see teams stick with good designs than change them because they struggled on the field. The Astros, Padres and Brewers definitely downgraded. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I don't think it's that ugly. At least it matches. The Padres looked terrible before the overhaul, I feel. The Astros will never have a great uniform. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBear Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 For the record, the Brewers were supposed to wear retros on the last Friday of the season, but players asked to wear the current set. From the team's Web site:It was no accident, then, that the Brewers emerged from the dugout behind Suppan on the final Friday of the regular season wearing their home whites. Usually it would have been a "Retro Friday," and they would have donned the pinstripes that adorned Milwaukee's last playoff team in 1982. It would have given Suppan an opportunity to utter his favorite Friday rally cry: "Let's do it for '82!" But the 2008 Brewers had won four games in a row entering their final Friday game against the Cubs. After batting practice, several players approached clubhouse manager Tony Migliaccio about wearing the usual white home uniform tops. Suppan was already dressed in his pinstripes but he agreed, so Migliaccio got clearance from executive vice president of business operations Rick Schlesinger -- just in case there was a sponsorship of the retro uniforms in place -- and then from general manager Doug Melvin. Principal owner Mark Attanasio also agreed. "The consensus seemed to be, 'If it helps them win, let them go out in their underwear,'" Migliaccio joked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted October 4, 2008 Author Share Posted October 4, 2008 Interesting stuff. Thanks for the follow-up DrBear.Surprising, especially with the starting pitcher already dressed, that they went through that many levels of approval and got everyone to buy-in to change clothes between the end of BP and game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 The Angels late 90's logo etc. was actually designed well and not a laughing stock, it was just the team was bad. It's actually a pretty good design, just not for a baseball team. The same can be said about the Brewers blue,green, gold uniforms and logos. Good design, bad for baseball. The Angels early to mid 90's set (the set prior to Disney), was an excellent baseball uniform, better than the current look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I guess maybe 26 years from now the Brewers will wear those as throwbacks and fans will finally appreciate the greatness of the current uniforms I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Greatness doesn't type in Times New Roman. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 This is slightly off topic but I've noticed that MLB is selling the Brewers-Phillies dueling hats with the ball-in-glove logo on them instead of the modern logo like the rest of the hats. They probably just wanted to have the logo match the royal blue hat but it seems odd for a team to use a throwback logo for postseason gear.http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?prod...amp;cp=.3333024 Get Ron Santo in the Hall of Fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 As I said, I'd love to read into that, but I suspect that it's a royal v. navy thing. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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