MCM0313 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Ray Lankford said: One thing about the Giants' cream look is that the pants look terrible when paired with the orange jerseys. I agree that the Giants need orange pants to go with their orange jerseys, and that this combo should be their primary road look. Great ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 On this board I'm surprised this isn't a popular opinion but stirrups should be required in MLB 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 26 minutes ago, Ark said: On this board I'm surprised this isn't a popular opinion but stirrups should be required in MLB At the very least, high socks or stirrups should be required. I hate the lack of uniformity with socks across baseball right now. The thing with stirrups is that every fan prefers different lengths, and there's really no one "perfect" length. I'd bet it's usually based on what they grew upb with - fans who came of age in the 60s and 70s probably would prefer higher stirrups. Personally, I'm a fan of very low stirrups, such as these: On the other hand, I hate the very high stirrup look that was popular in the 80's. I suppose the best solution is to say that every player has to wear their pants up to a certain length, and allow players to choose between high socks or stirrups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj882000 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Maybe less of an unpopular opinion and more of a weird one, but I'm usually a big fan of uniform numbers with gapped outlines, like so: I think it just generally makes for a really nice look... with one exception: the Montreal Canadiens. I don't know exactly what it is, but to me that just looks awful on the Habs' white jersey; I think the old gapless look is much better: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCreep Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I don't know how unpopular this is but I do not like the little tweaks made on the Mariners uniforms. I think they're a downgrade to what was a perfectly fine set. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Sands Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 is better than... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 7 hours ago, mcj882000 said: Maybe less of an unpopular opinion and more of a weird one, but I'm usually a big fan of uniform numbers with gapped outlines, like so: I think it just generally makes for a really nice look... with one exception: the Montreal Canadiens. I don't know exactly what it is, but to me that just looks awful on the Habs' white jersey; I think the old gapless look is much better: I'm actually the opposite - I hate double outlines, especially gapped outlines, as a general rule. I actually think the Canadiens' look a little better than most, though I still much prefer the gapless outline. The only example in your post that I think looks okay is the Penguins' jersey, since the Vegas gold and white never touch across the entire jersey (and thus the gapped outline maintains consistency across the jersey). But I generally think those gapped outlines add visual clutter, and make numbers far less defined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 2 hours ago, insert name said: I don't know how unpopular this is but I do not like the little tweaks made on the Mariners uniforms. I think they're a downgrade to what was a perfectly fine set. I hated this update. I know that seems extreme for a simple change in outlines, but it actually gets to my post above - the silver outline in the middle effectively creates what looks like a gapped outline, since the silver is virtually indistinguishable from either the white or gray fabric from a distance. It looks especially bad on the home uniform, IMO. The original version, with silver on the outside, looked far superior, since the silver basically blended in with the background. I'd personally prefer a simple blue-outlined-in-teal wordmark, but the silver was barely noticeable, so it basically created the same effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Double outlines can be good ways to reinforce novel color schemes. Teal/silver/black numbers would look top-notch for the Sharks, better than plain old teal and black do. They do look bad on the Habs' whites, but double outlines would work (and have!) on the cult-classic chest-stripe whites. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 22 hours ago, Ark said: I think if an NHL team wore white pants with white jerseys it would be a good, original look. No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 30 minutes ago, kroywen said: I hated this update. I know that seems extreme for a simple change in outlines, but it actually gets to my post above - the silver outline in the middle effectively creates what looks like a gapped outline, since the silver is virtually indistinguishable from either the white or gray fabric from a distance. It looks especially bad on the home uniform, IMO. The original version, with silver on the outside, looked far superior, since the silver basically blended in with the background. I'd personally prefer a simple blue-outlined-in-teal wordmark, but the silver was barely noticeable, so it basically created the same effect. I do think the road uniform is better with the alterations. The teal used to just blend in with the navy wordmark and white outline. However, this prevented the tweak I actually wanted to see: Using teal like the Orioles use orange (a statement I've been saying a lot lately) would allow the Mariners to stand out from the other navy teams and promote their unique color scheme. Also, going down to one outline makes for clearer scripts. 6 Quote MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 14 hours ago, kroywen said: At the very least, high socks or stirrups should be required. I hate the lack of uniformity with socks across baseball right now. The thing with stirrups is that every fan prefers different lengths, and there's really no one "perfect" length. I'd bet it's usually based on what they grew upb with - fans who came of age in the 60s and 70s probably would prefer higher stirrups. Personally, I'm a fan of very low stirrups, such as these: On the other hand, I hate the very high stirrup look that was popular in the 80's. I suppose the best solution is to say that every player has to wear their pants up to a certain length, and allow players to choose between high socks or stirrups. Yes on the low cut stirrups. I will take today's pajama pants over 80s ribbon stirrups 100/100. And 60s/70s higher cut stirrups just look wrong to me, but at least there's something there. My pref list: low cut stirrup>high sock>high cut stirrup>pajama pants>ribbon stirrups>self immolation>2 in 1s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBullet1929 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 1 hour ago, SFGiants58 said: I do think the road uniform is better with the alterations. The teal used to just blend in with the navy wordmark and white outline. However, this prevented the tweak I actually wanted to see: Using teal like the Orioles use orange (a statement I've been saying a lot lately) would allow the Mariners to stand out from the other navy teams and promote their unique color scheme. Also, going down to one outline makes for clearer scripts. I like this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 1 hour ago, RichO said: Yes on the low cut stirrups. I will take today's pajama pants over 80s ribbon stirrups 100/100. And 60s/70s higher cut stirrups just look wrong to me, but at least there's something there. My pref list: low cut stirrup>high sock>high cut stirrup>pajama pants>ribbon stirrups>self immolation>2 in 1s. I'd have to agree entirely on that preference list. As a child of the 90s, who grew up right after the "ribbon stirrup" fad ended, it looks so terrible to me. I'd honestly rather players wear pajama pants than those awful ribbon stirrups, though perhaps that's just because I'm more used to pajama pants (to my dismay). High cut stirrups aren't terrible, and at least on the A's, can lead to a really unique and exciting look: I wouldn't necessarily want the entire A's team is high stirrups like that, but a few guys? Especially some quirky relievers (who always seem to be the ones rocking the high stirrups as it is)? I love it. 2 in 1s deserve to be burned in a fiery pit and never seen again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk36 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 2 hours ago, the admiral said: Double outlines can be good ways to reinforce novel color schemes. Teal/silver/black numbers would look top-notch for the Sharks, better than plain old teal and black do. They do look bad on the Habs' whites, but double outlines would work (and have!) on the cult-classic chest-stripe whites. In my opinion and experience, double outlines are a misguided attempt to give an existing look a better feel. Similar to the mistake of adding a random black outline to something and thinking it is an improvement. Generally when designers feel the need to add these things there is some other underlying problem with the design that needs addressing. In the Mariners' case, I think it was change for change's sake rather than changing for the better. But, we see this mistake made everywhere. 1 Quote Design Hovie Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-ROY Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Stirrups are ugly, any stirrups 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Quote I don't like stirrup worn like that, they are the best like this or this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobster Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Stirrups the right way. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM0313 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 11 minutes ago, Bobster said: Stirrups the right way. Man, that outfit looks good. The Pirates had some great looks back in the day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Lankford Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 On 3/22/2017 at 0:39 AM, Ark said: On this board I'm surprised this isn't a popular opinion but stirrups should be required in MLB I would only be on board with this if players were also required to wear low top cleats. I really hate the look of high socks with big sneaker cleats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.