2010 MLB New Logos, Uniforms, Patches

[FiddySicks]

Prediction - the light-blue Royals cap will go the way of the gray road caps that the Orioles, Pirates, Royals, et al tried in the late '90s. They'll be back to royal by the ASG.

This cap would be better if there wasn't royal around the monogram. Just like the jersey would be better if the script wasn't royal.

I have to agree. I like the cap, but look at the set it'll produce.

Cap: Powder, white script outlined in blue

Jersey: Powder, blue script outlined in white

Pants: White

That's a HORRIBLE looking set.

But wearing it with the regular home set would look nice.

[zooropean]

That should about do it for the "M" then.

Not so fast...

Seconded.

Damn. I was hoping so.

So we're either talking an alt cap, bringing the Twins to 3 caps; the home cap, which I highly doubt; or BP, a possibility. Or perhaps the above cap is the new home cap. But I'd guess the all-blue is going to remain the primary home.

New Era does show the TC with the red bill as a road hat.

To those of you who seem to say the "M" isn't dead-how is it going to be used?

[GuitarPunk2512]

love the new twins hat, i always wondered why they didnt have a red birm hat. it looks so natural, more so than the red crown hat. the red sox need to go the same way with a red birm. the royals hat actually looks good, i like the royal around the letters, if they redo the powdered jersey to have matching script then it would be perfect

[GuitarPunk2512]

That Twins logo doesn't look bad at all. I like the light blue Royals hat too. So far so good on the changes. I'm eager to find out which team completely screws it up this year

i guarentee its the mets...i just have a feeling lol

[Bmac]

The M hat isn't listed and the alt red cap is on sale. Yet the M is staying? I guess the red cap is gone then?

[MDC]

I like both hats. a lot. i may have to pick that royals hat up off lids.com once its released

[BallWonk]

This is a huge mistake for the Twins. The Twins have a simple and unique-in-MLB visual identity: pinstripes, red lettering, dark blue caps. Screwing with any element of that is a mistake on its face, especially since the franchise has been defined by the all-navy cap for most of the last 110 years. Screwing with the uniform identity such that the Twins wind up with a cap that closely resembles the distinctive caps worn by division rival Cleveland compounds the mistake. Especially since blue crown, red bill is pretty much the one variation the Twins have never previously tried.

(Though considered outside of the context of the Twins uniform identity, that's a very attractive cap. As soon as Cleveland drops the color red from its color scheme, this may be what the Twins ought to wear home and road.)

Love that KC cap, though. But I kind of wish it does go away quickly, because it breaks KC's color scheme, and because that exact cap -- well, with the correct shade of blue on the bill -- is what the Rays need to wear full time, and they're not likely to do so while the Royals are wearing an essentially identical cap.

[blueclad]

I've never been able to get a handle on what Kansas City thinks its primary second color is. When I was a kid, it was either yellow or powder blue. That changed over to a metallic gold in the mid-1990s, at least on merchandise. They flirted with gray for about ten years. Then there was black. Now there's metallic gold and powder blue. Many of the on-field items (like the dugout jackets and the primary uniform set) are simply royal blue and white and NOTHING utilizes royal, powder and gold.

I wanted powder blue back (and I own a lot of powder blue merchandise), but it muddies the consistency of the brand. I think it's fair to question whether the team should modify the traditional home set, which hasn't changed that much since 1969, by adding a powder blue outline and relegating gold to the logo.

[Bmac]

I've never been able to get a handle on what Kansas City thinks its primary second color is. When I was a kid, it was either yellow or powder blue. That changed over to a metallic gold in the mid-1990s, at least on merchandise. They flirted with gray for about ten years. Then there was black. Now there's metallic gold and powder blue. Many of the on-field items (like the dugout jackets and the primary uniform set) are simply royal blue and white and NOTHING utilizes royal, powder and gold.

I wanted powder blue back (and I own a lot of powder blue merchandise), but it muddies the consistency of the brand. I think it's fair to question whether the team should modify the traditional home set, which hasn't changed that much since 1969, by adding a powder blue outline and relegating gold to the logo.

I always thought a nice powder blue outline would look good, but it looks pretty clean and simple as it is.

I would like the Royals to use another color, preferrably powder blue, but gold wouldn't be too bad if they do it right.

[McCall]

I think the way the Royals use powder blue is fine; just the jersey and now cap combo and that's it. Nice nod to their past (without going overboard with the crappy powder pants), yet lets the rest of their set remain royal and white.

New Twins cap: looks nice, but I gotta agree with Wonkers here. I think of them as primarily navy with some red and I think this just gives them too much red which in turn makes them look too much like the division-rival Indians (and former World Series foe Braves as well). If their gonna do home/road caps, keep them to the all navy 'TC' and the all navy 'M' or one or the other as a game cap.

[zooropean]

I think the way the Royals use powder blue is fine; just the jersey and now cap combo and that's it. Nice nod to their past (without going overboard with the crappy powder pants), yet lets the rest of their set remain royal and white.

New Twins cap: looks nice, but I gotta agree with Wonkers here. I think of them as primarily navy with some red and I think this just gives them too much red which in turn makes them look too much like the division-rival Indians (and former World Series foe Braves as well). If their gonna do home/road caps, keep them to the all navy 'TC' and the all navy 'M' or one or the other as a game cap.

What if the script/numbers on the new roads are navy (like we have seen rumored)? Do you think that would balance out a red bill on the cap?

[McCall]

I think the way the Royals use powder blue is fine; just the jersey and now cap combo and that's it. Nice nod to their past (without going overboard with the crappy powder pants), yet lets the rest of their set remain royal and white.

New Twins cap: looks nice, but I gotta agree with Wonkers here. I think of them as primarily navy with some red and I think this just gives them too much red which in turn makes them look too much like the division-rival Indians (and former World Series foe Braves as well). If their gonna do home/road caps, keep them to the all navy 'TC' and the all navy 'M' or one or the other as a game cap.

What if the script/numbers on the new roads are navy (like we have seen rumored)? Do you think that would balance out a red bill on the cap?

Actually I think the red bill would just look more out of place.

[Royals Insider]

The MLB logo on the back of the Royals hat has no gold in it. Are they removing the gold from the back of the powder blue jerseys as well? Do any teams have multiple colored MLB logos?

[TheOldRoman]

(Though considered outside of the context of the Twins uniform identity, that's a very attractive cap. As soon as Cleveland drops the color red from its color scheme, this may be what the Twins ought to wear home and road.)

Are you saying they should go to red if the Indians ever leave it, or are you saying with some certainty that the Indians will drop red from their scheme?

I agree with you that this hat doesn't work for the Twins.

[CDixonDesign]

The MLB logo on the back of the Royals hat has no gold in it. Are they removing the gold from the back of the powder blue jerseys as well? Do any teams have multiple colored MLB logos?

I believe each team has team specifically colored MLB logos on the rear of the jerseys, correct?

[BBTV]

It is stupid for a team to have totally separate logos for their home and away caps. Good on the Twins for losing one of them, even if only in a "primary" capacity.

I'd argue that it's silly to have home and road caps at all, but that ain't changing any time soon.

[BallWonk]

[(Though considered outside of the context of the Twins uniform identity, that's a very attractive cap. As soon as Cleveland drops the color red from its color scheme, this may be what the Twins ought to wear home and road.)

Are you saying they should go to red if the Indians ever leave it, or are you saying with some certainty that the Indians will drop red from their scheme?

I agree with you that this hat doesn't work for the Twins.

I have no reason to believe the Indians will ever drop the color red, or ever stop using navy caps with red bills. I'm just saying, if not for the presence of a rival already wearing that exact cap in their own division, that would be a great cap for the Twins. But since the Indians are never going to not absolutely own the whole navy crown, red bill look, it's monumentally dumb for the Twins to adopt such a cap.

This is a perfect example of the difference between beauty and quality in design. This is a beautiful cap, but as a matter of design it's an abject failure, in that it communicates something very close to the exact opposite of what it needs to communicate. Design isn't fundamentally about looking pretty, it's about fulfilling a function, and as such this is a very pretty, very bad bit of uniform design.

[soxkrazy]

love the new twins hat, i always wondered why they didnt have a red birm hat. it looks so natural, more so than the red crown hat. the red sox need to go the same way with a red birm. the royals hat actually looks good, i like the royal around the letters, if they redo the powdered jersey to have matching script then it would be perfect

The Red Sox did have a red brim in the BP caps from 03 to 06 - wasn't a huge fan. What the Sox need to do is bring back the red crown, blue bill, blue 'B' from 1975 through 1978. The images of Fisk's homer in 1975 and, sadly, the one-game playoff loss in 1978 are made much more vibrant by those caps. Bring them back to spice up their road look, at least.

On a side note about the new BP caps in 2010 - I just bought a Lowell Spinners BP cap, and I love it. The brim isn't that bulky sandwich style, and there's no ridiculous piping or ear flaps (although I hate the MILB caps have the New Era logo on the side). I will buy the new Sox BP cap (or caps), but I'll probably come to the same conclusion I have since 2007 - they look silly, I feel uncomfortable wearing it, and I look like a loser in it!

[SmoothieX]

i guarentee its the mets...i just have a feeling lol

I'll give you 6:5 odds it probably is the Mets. Such a laughingstock from top to bottom, on the field and off.

[dahatman]

That should about do it for the "M" then.

Not so fast...

Seconded.

Damn. I was hoping so.

So we're either talking an alt cap, bringing the Twins to 3 caps; the home cap, which I highly doubt; or BP, a possibility. Or perhaps the above cap is the new home cap. But I'd guess the all-blue is going to remain the primary home.

This would bring the Twins to four caps. The all-blue "TC", the red crown/blue bill "TC", the road "M" and the new one.