tohasbo Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Graphite! Graphite! Graphite!I can only hope NO! NO! NO!IIRC, it looked bad when they did it last time...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon_Matrix Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Graphite! Graphite! Graphite!I can only hope NO! NO! NO!IIRC, it looked bad when they did it last time......Uh oh... no you didn't!! Because Korbyn Is Colour Blind, My Signature Is Now Idiot Proof - Thanks Again Braden!!Go Leafs Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Graphite! Graphite! Graphite!I can only hope NO! NO! NO!IIRC, it looked bad when they did it last time......You, sir, remember incorrectly.How this would have looked with matching graphite pants, though, that's debatable. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 you think that looks good? Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohob Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 It's not that a graphite jersey looks bad, it's just that it doesn't work for the Blue Jays. They aren't the Black Jays or the Graphite Jays, they're the Blue Jays. I would support a graphite jersey for a different team, like maybe, if the White Sox wanted to stop reminding everyone of the Black Sox, or if the Pirates would finally ditch the red. NHL 2016 by Bowen Hobbs * BOHOB's MLB Redesign Project * MiLB Re-Brands * NCAA Football Concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 How this would have looked with matching graphite pants, though, that's debatable.Probably would've looked dull and grim, unsuitable for an outdoor summer sport, just like they did with the ugly graphite hats in 2004.I submit that there's no place for graphite, not for Toronto, not for Chicago (they should wear white socks, though), not Pittsburgh. It's ugly. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKAK Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ...or if the Pirates would finally ditch the red....Pirates did pitch their red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland ehs Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I think he meant the color as a whole... and Ditch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braden Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Screw you guys.Those graphite road jerseys would have been awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Do you have any rational reason for this (e.g. BallWonk's assertion that the extant grey jerseys have become indistinguishable from white jerseys in a lot of cases), or do you just have an obsession with dark grey? I don't get it. That whole 2004 revamp has been disastrous, graphite or no graphite. It's just awful. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Speaking as the only other person who apparently kinda liked this (though not as much as Braden,) the 2004 revamp was awful, and we're seeing it chipped away bit by bit as a result. The graphite jersey, IMO, could have been the only saving grace of the set. It could have been something distinguishing, and a bit of a breakthrough in a way. When they copped out and went to the standard gray just before the season, the end result was a very drab, unremarkable set with a mishmash of non-complimentary fonts. Note that the graphite jersey doesn't have any piping, sleeve patches, or any other of the usual distinctive features; in this case the jersey's color is enough to make it stand out on its own. When they went to the plain gray, suddenly, it's just a barren-looking yawn. It's a replica jersey being worn on-field.The unusual graphite color was, to me, the only potential good aspect of a design that was a raging sea of bad. But hey, I also dig the original look of the Philadelphia Soul, so maybe there's just something about that graphite/bright blue combo that really twirls my tassels. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I don't know. I just can't look at those graphite uniforms. They're so dreary. The regular greys are just as bad. But the real crime were the home jerseys, with the grey numbers/names/script and graphite hats, playing on plastic grass in a plastic-y stadium; it was like someone vacuumed the life right out of baseball. I understand that the Blue Jays have always had a progressive approach to their uniforms (those then-modern soccer numbers, vests, two-tone blue, the silver in '04), but I have no idea how that got greenlit. Or greylit. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELCAT-IDA61 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Are the Colorado Rockies finally sporting new uniforms for the upcoming 2009 season? Anyone heard any news about that? I heard rumors that they are ditching their pinstripes and sleeveless jerseys or perhaps for the 2010 season. One things I know for certain is that they need a complete overhaul. btw, I am surprised the Pirates got new uniforms, ditching the sleeveless home and road. They are the only major league team that looksed decent with sleevelss jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Nothing new on the Rockies over at Dressed to the Nines, and they've already added the new Rangers, Red Sox, and Cubs stuff. I think their uniforms are soulless and derivative at best and ugly at worst, but the fact that they won a pennant in them probably buys them another five years of looking like the dimestore White Sox. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The Society for Sports Uniform Research has posted colors for a 2009 Blue Jays alternate. Based on the colors I'm seeing, it looks like it's going to be a powder blue jersey with the old logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacker12 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 That doesn't make sense. They already wear a powder blue throwback alt at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I get the feeling it may be this one:Based on SSUR, all colors are present, and for those who dont see it immediately, the powder blue is on the sleeve cuffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I get the feeling it may be this one:Based on SSUR, all colors are present, and for those who dont see it immediately, the powder blue is on the sleeve cuffs.SSUR also reports that the primary uniform colour of this jersey is Light Blue "Powder Blue" --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net  "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'm with Braden and Sodboy on Team Graphite. Should the alt and caps and everything else in the home part of the redesign been blue? Probably. But when it comes to roads, I love it when the teams venture away from the standard gray. The Marlins and Rays used to have a nice green-gray, and I know the Cubs gray used to be different from the White Sox gray. But these are so subtle. (I remember designing and ordering uniforms for an all-star team in 1991 and having the choice between a flat gray and a Sox-like "baseball gray." Went for the latter, as it was more blueish -- and trendy, of course, with the black to match.) Graphite would have been the best thing about the set, and maybe made the black more forgivable. Maybe. I know having graphite pants could have been a bit much, but using white could have remedied that if it was really needed. I'm glad they are bringing these retro looks back, but it's too bad they couldn't somehow make the overall look more consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 But when it comes to roads, I love it when the teams venture away from the standard gray. The Marlins and Rays used to have a nice green-gray, and I know the Cubs gray used to be different from the White Sox gray. But these are so subtle. (I remember designing and ordering uniforms for an all-star team in 1991 and having the choice between a flat gray and a Sox-like "baseball gray." Went for the latter, as it was more blueish -- and trendy, of course, with the black to match.)Rays never had the "green-gray", but the Marlins sure did. It was a nice contrast to what I was used to seeing on road teams in the Trop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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