Sport Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 So I'm half-watching Baseball Tonight, and they played a highlight from the Marlins game. I'm not really paying attention since I'm currently caught up in something else, but I glance up at the TV and thought that they were playing the Braves. To my surprise, I was wrong; they're playing the Nationals, who now with their new jersey/hat combination look exactly like the Braves used to look before they switched to wearing that hideously boring blue hat on the road.Additionally, I'm glad that the A's still haven't dropped the all-green road hat. I think it works with the greys really well.Question: are the A's still wearing the home batting helmets with their road uniforms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoOakland9 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Question: are the A's still wearing the home batting helmets with their road uniforms?Yes, so I guess they only have one batting helmet this year. I wish they'd go back to the all green helmet on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightSun Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 i actually can't stand the pirates alts. i think the P is way too big, the front numbers look out of place, the outlining around the P just looks odd, and the hat is pointless.ugh.When paired with white pants, those uniforms are the best alternate in MLB. The grey pants don't give the nice contrast that white does.ahh i just can't get over the size of that P lol.Not only that but IMO Pittsburgh has one of the nicest home/road sets in baseball, there's no need for an alt when your primaries look this great.beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I look at it kind of the same way as I do the "O's" caps, and the "Bolts" and "Sens" jerseys. Not nearly as egregious though.Those are essentially recent ripoffs of something that has been in place for something like 40 years. Not really a good comparison. A's is far more well known and excepted.I would love to except them, as opposed to accept them.Just because it's always been that way doesn't make it right. I don't think that colloquialisms should appear on sports uniforms. Just my opinion. It doesn't matter how long it's been done, who started it, or who copied it.It's not just a colloquialism in the A's case however. The team's official name for over a decade was the "A's" not the Athletics. Additionally they're often today still officially referred to as the A's by the team, the fans and MLB at least as often as they're referred to as the Athletics. It's not really the same situation where a team like the Phoenix Suns are wearing PHX or the Baltimore Orioles wearing their O's caps. Now I'll grant you it grew out of a VERY commonly used colloquialism from as far back as the early days in Philly, but it's grown into much more than that over 111 years.Out of curiosity, are the Mets offcially the Metropalitans, or is it really just Mets?Officially today they're the Mets. The Metropolitans is just one of their nicknames (and a rarely used relatively speaking). However the were named in honor of the original Metropolitans that played in the 1800's and the original group that brought them back was the New York Metropolitans Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I saw this on the @MLB_PR twitter page.When getting their @WorldSeries rings on Sat, @SFGiants will be wearing these gold caps & jerseys:I picked up that hat a week or so ago, and just got the Jersey today. I hate the new replicas and absolutely HATE that they put the players names on the home jersey, but when I walked into Champs here in SF today and saw that jersey I just had to pick it up. I'll be taking a ton of pics tomorrow at the game so I'll post it some time tomorrow. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Out of curiosity, are the Mets offcially the Metropalitans, or is it really just Mets?The Mets. They've always been just the Mets."New York Metropolitan Base Ball Club" was the corporate name before the team settled on a nickname, which is where some of the confusion comes in. But the team has never been anything but "Mets". The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Back of the gold jerseys the Giants will wear tomorrow. The authentic won't have names, though. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 The white or cream outline seems to be a tad unnecessary. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Flashback Friday!I've said it countless times, but the Angels really look better with navy caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTnSocal Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Angels home opener tonight .... wearing California Angels throwbacks with the California patch arm-sleeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTnSocal Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Flashback Friday!I've said it countless times, but the Angels really look better with navy caps.I'm looking forward to seeing them in the '71 jersey and caps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Saw a highlight of the Mariners Indians, I think the new road uni's for the Tribe look pretty good! The picture here doesn't do it the same justice.Also, first peek of the Mariners' teal threads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Flashback Friday!I've said it countless times, but the Angels really look better with navy caps.And you've been right countless times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Flashback Friday!I've said it countless times, but the Angels really look better with navy caps.That hat looks AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYYNYR Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Flashback Friday!I've said it countless times, but the Angels really look better with navy caps.Sweet ginga brown !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYYNYR Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Saw a highlight of the Mariners Indians, I think the new road uni's for the Tribe look pretty good! The picture here doesn't do it the same justice.Also, first peek of the Mariners' teal threads.. 2 crappy teams but 2 nice sets. I'm down with both ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTnSocal Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 How about those new Tribe uniforms with this cap ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYYNYR Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Someone brought up the Nats' unis, and I wanted to chime in. I'm glad they decided that a red-based / red-accented jersey with no real blue looks awkward with a solid navy cap. However, I still find the new away jersey to not be completely right. The red brim helps, but I'm thinking they tried too hard here. Pair the away with the home hat, and you probably are set. Make it easy on yourself. I still think this would / could be a great red/ yellow or maroon/ yellow club (because of the Redskins tie-in), but I think they're trying to force the navy here. The Phillies are sort of your NL East "red" team, so I'd say try the red/ yellow concept or just don't try so hard to force in the navy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 They should've been the navy team with hints of red and gold. Those Indians roads are not very good at all. "A baseball team." ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkSaber Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Is it just me, or are the Mariner's teal jerseys different from the ones they wore last year?To me, the new jersey is more green, and the letters and numbers are a brighter silver, instead of the dull grey ones that were on last year's throwbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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