Unpopular Opinions

[Rj0498 351]

I really like the Astros current logos and uniforms and I think they are better than their early 2000s set that everyone loves 

[SFGiants58 12,667]

I wish more baseball teams had followed Charlie O. Finley's example and diversified their color schemes in the 1960's. These color changes wouldn't be nearly as drastic as the A's, but would be enough to prevent the navy/red or royal/red overdose we have today. Some examples of this would be:

 

Red Sox: Forest Green (to tie in with the Fenway deco)/Red

Twins: Navy Blue/Kelly Green, Royal Blue/Kelly Green, or Forest Green/Powder Blue

Indians: Red/Brown

Braves: Black/Red/Yellow-Gold (for accents)

Royals: Purple/Yellow

Rangers: Blue/Silver or Blue/Bronze

 

I wouldn't want any of these teams changing their colors now, but I still think it would have been interesting and visually refreshing to see more teams take advantage of color TV in the same way Finley did with the A's and other teams did with their initial color schemes (Pilots/Brewers, Padres, etc.).

[Ray Lankford 1,297]

3 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

I wish more baseball teams had followed Charlie O. Finley's example and diversified their color schemes in the 1960's. These color changes wouldn't be nearly as drastic as the A's, but would be enough to prevent the navy/red or royal/red overdose we have today. Some examples of this would be:

 

Red Sox: Forest Green (to tie in with the Fenway deco)/Red

Twins: Navy Blue/Kelly Green, Royal Blue/Kelly Green, or Forest Green/Powder Blue

Indians: Red/Brown

Braves: Black/Red/Yellow-Gold (for accents)

Royals: Purple/Yellow

Rangers: Blue/Silver or Blue/Bronze

 

I wouldn't want any of these teams changing their colors now, but I still think it would have been interesting and visually refreshing to see more teams take advantage of color TV in the same way Finley did with the A's and other teams did with their initial color schemes (Pilots/Brewers, Padres, etc.).

I'm a big fan of regional colors so I think the Brewers should switch to green. 

[SFGiants58 12,667]

Just now, Ray Lankford said:

I'm a big fan of regional colors so I think the Brewers should switch to green. 

 

The history of the American Association Brewers with blue would make me defend blue/yellow for the Brewers. Besides, the A's should be the only green/yellow team.

[Ray Lankford 1,297]

31 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

 

The history of the American Association Brewers with blue would make me defend blue/yellow for the Brewers. Besides, the A's should be the only green/yellow team.

You could argue for the Padres to switch to navy and red using that logic.

[SFGiants58 12,667]

2 minutes ago, Ray Lankford said:

You could argue for the Padres to switch to navy and red using that logic.

 

Of course you could. But that goes against the point of diversifying color schemes.

 

Royal Blue/Yellow would still be unique, and Green/Yellow wouldn't be.

[Ray Lankford 1,297]

Green and gold then. You could even throw in dark blue as an accent color, kind of like what the Brewers had in the mid-90s.

[OnWis97 4,399]

9 minutes ago, Ray Lankford said:

You could argue for the Padres to switch to navy and red using that logic.

There was some talk of this around here for a while (semi-legit rumors?)  That is about the only thing the Padres have left to do to make themselves forgettable.

 

I am OK with the number of navy/red teams given how long most of them have used the scheme.  But I don't want to see any teams change to it or any expansion/relocated teams adopt it.

[SFGiants58 12,667]

11 minutes ago, Ray Lankford said:

Green and gold then. You could even throw in dark blue as an accent color, kind of like what the Brewers had in the mid-90s.

 

That's not a bad idea, but dark blue should probably be a light blue, so it doesn't look all muddy. I still think Royal/Yellow is better (and still unique), but to each their own.

[Ray Lankford 1,297]

30 minutes ago, OnWis97 said:

There was some talk of this around here for a while (semi-legit rumors?)  That is about the only thing the Padres have left to do to make themselves forgettable.

 

I am OK with the number of navy/red teams given how long most of them have used the scheme.  But I don't want to see any teams change to it or any expansion/relocated teams adopt it.

That was the old owner.

[Rj0498 351]

5 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

 

That's not a bad idea, but dark blue should probably be a light blue, so it doesn't look all muddy. I still think Royal/Yellow is better (and still unique), but to each their own.

I would actually use a nice sky blue instead of royal while I hate it when the chargers wear sky blue I think it would look better with the padres

[MCM0313 2,569]

3 hours ago, Rj0498 said:

I would actually use a nice sky blue instead of royal while I hate it when the chargers wear sky blue I think it would look better with the padres

He was referring to the Brewers. Although I could see sky blue being returned to its old position of accent color for the Pads. Brown/yellow/sky blue, anyone?

[Rj0498 351]

1 minute ago, MCM0313 said:

He was referring to the Brewers. Although I could see sky blue being returned to its old position of accent color for the Pads. Brown/yellow/sky blue, anyone?

Oh my bad brown yellow and sky blue would make for a good color scheme as for the brew crew I would go with either a navy/yellow scheme with their 80s template or go with blue/gold/green

[MCM0313 2,569]

10 hours ago, Rj0498 said:

Oh my bad brown yellow and sky blue would make for a good color scheme as for the brew crew I would go with either a navy/yellow scheme with their 80s template or go with blue/gold/green

I like the idea of royal and yellow for Milwaukee. I also like blue and green or blue/gold/green. I feel like the set they had in the late '90s was underappreciated. Not the "Motre Bame" set but the one right after it.

[Rj0498 351]

1 hour ago, MCM0313 said:

I like the idea of royal and yellow for Milwaukee. I also like blue and green or blue/gold/green. I feel like the set they had in the late '90s was underappreciated. Not the "Motre Bame" set but the one right after it.

Yeah I honestly think their big design is a little generic and that the brewers had a good look in the 90s

[FinsUp1214 4,962]

I think the thing that ended up downing the 90's Brewers sets was that it needed some sort of nod to brewing in their imagery in order to be "enough" after departing from the ball-in-glove. As it was, though the "MB" and script had Germanic influence to fit Milwaukee, that was really all it had going for it and it just wasn't enough to make a successful identity out of. It's a shame too, because I actually really liked the colors and text. I even kinda liked the "MB". It just seriously needed the barrelman on the sleeves or even a hint of barley somewhere. If it had either-or-both, I really think it would've propelled it from a decent identity to an awesome one. That's not to say every team has to have something in their identity that literally ties to their nickname - the Giants, among others, do just fine - but in the Brewers case having departed from an iconic logo, that's exactly what was needed to, I guess, "make up for it".

 

Thats why I think (admittedly, unpopularly haha) this current set succeeds in my opinion; that little bit of barley in the identity nods to the industry just enough to make the identity seem complete. It fills the void the 90's identity always had.

[Rj0498 351]

That is true but my only beef with the design is that the colors are a little drab while fitting for a brew based team I wish they had bright fetching scheme that is neat to look at

[Ark 2,478]

The Blues should bring back red as a secondary color

 

[Rj0498 351]

22 minutes ago, Ark said:

The Blues should bring back red as a secondary color

 

Those unis were pretty awesome and the red didn't mess with the overall look it is a similar matter to a team called the reds wearing blue

[JerseyJosh 269]

Not sure if it's unpopular or already has been posted but the inaugural Washington Nationals logo from '05 is just so much better than the newer roundel logo.