New Marlins Uniforms?

[facegab]

PNC Park has blue seats which are meant to be steel blue, but still(steel, hahaha get it), the Pirates don't have any trace of blue in their color scheme. Fortunately, it's close enough to black that it gets the pass.

Actually the blue seats are Forbes Field Blue not steel blue.

They match the color of the old stadium seats.

Learned that on the tour.

[BBTV]

I think a dark maroon would've been fine, though I think of that more for indoor upholstery. The Corestates/First Union/Wachovia/Wells Fargo Center's seats are that color.

[Lee.]

I think a dark maroon would've been fine, though I think of that more for indoor upholstery. The Corestates/First Union/Wachovia/Wells Fargo Center's seats are that color.

Part of that late-90's early 2000's dark red carpety-type of fabric seating that swept the continent, from buses to arenas.

[The_Admiral]

Every coach bus I've ever been on has had blue upholstery with that sorta confetti-looking pattern of shapes and squiggles.

[miamimarlins]

Every coach bus I've ever been on has had blue upholstery with that sorta confetti-looking pattern of shapes and squiggles.

seriously. the guy who patented that pattern must be a zillionaire.

[FiddySicks]

Seats in team colors is more a football thing than a baseball thing, where everything is often just forest green whenever possible. Which is fine, if you ask me. If seats are going to be visibly empty, better they be visibly empty in a dark, close-to-neutral color.

I love the pastels in Dodger Stadium. They were originally set in that color scheme, very early '60s Southern California, then went to a traditional red/yellow/blue, then went back. One of the few good things the McCourts have done.

Sea foam green and creamsicle, what's not to love.

Well, it's more of a canary yellow and light blue, but that's just splitting hairs. IMO, the seats look awful at Dodger Stadium because they just look really faded.

[Gothamite]

They certainly don't look that way in person, especially in the sun. The colors are subtle, but maybe it's because they're even that they don't look faded.

[FiddySicks]

They certainly don't look that way in person, especially in the sun. The colors are subtle, but maybe it's because they're even that they don't look faded.

IMO, yes they do. I've been to Dodgers Stadium quite a few times, and that whole upper deck looks like trash. It's not Candlestick Park bad, but it's certainly not good. And that's the worst part. They're not even old seats, and they're not actually faded as far as I could tell. They just look that way. It reminds me of those hats you buy new that are already torn and faded and look dirty. It just looks dumb. It's a shame too, a couple of slight changes to that park and it could be the best old park in the league. As it stands, it mainly just looks like it needs a bit of a facelift to really stand out. I mean they're SO close, but they just miss.

Although, I don't know if there's any historical precedent to the colors of the seats, so that could change things a bit.

[BBTV]

I sat in the yellow lower-level seats this summer and I definitely thought they looked faded until I was up close and realized that's just how they were.

[The_Admiral]

I don't know if there's any historical precedent to the colors of the seats

There is. Those were the original seat colors, which seem to make a lot of sense for L.A. circa 1961. Very cool.

[uuh70]

Seats in team colors is more a football thing than a baseball thing, where everything is often just forest green whenever possible. Which is fine, if you ask me. If seats are going to be visibly empty, better they be visibly empty in a dark, close-to-neutral color.

I love the pastels in Dodger Stadium. They were originally set in that color scheme, very early '60s Southern California, then went to a traditional red/yellow/blue, then went back. One of the few good things the McCourts have done.

Sea foam green and creamsicle, what's not to love.

Well, it's more of a canary yellow and light blue, but that's just splitting hairs. IMO, the seats look awful at Dodger Stadium because they just look really faded.

I agree with you 1000%, Dodger Stadium Looks awful with those original colors. In my opinion this looked 1000 times better

in my opinion the change of seat colors in one of many downgrades McCourt has done to Dodger Stadium, including having the Outfield wall Light Blue instead of Dodger Blue and removing most of the posters from the outside of the stadium and only modernizing one level of the concourse (which the modernizing was truly unnecessary) but ill save this argument for another day in another post

[WSU151]

I'm with admiral - the pastels look a lot better than the primary red, yellow, blue, orange. It's easier on the eyes. The outfield wall probably should have remained royal, but the seats are better.

[fishheatcats]

I think seats should be the team color(s) whenever possible, especially for an attendance-challenged team like the Marlins. All those years in Joe Robbie Stadium looking at thousands of empty orange seats, even on nights with good crowds.

They even managed to screw that up with the new ballpark seats not really matching the blue color they will be using. Making seats the team color helps camouflage the empty ones. At the very least it would make the place feel like a proper home for the team that plays there. I get the retro-parks and their green seats cause that's the way it was way back when, and that's fine. But they had a chance to make something great down here and it's been totally mangled.

'Shopped this from one of the renderings a while back, this is what the place should look like:

Teal seats, no fugly red/yellow/green/blue tile quadrants and no gaudy 40 foot home run contraption in center field. Something we can be proud of. Unfortunately we're stuck being the laughing stock (more so than we already were) of baseball until hopefully someday a new owner comes in and sets things right. Maybe someday Wayne Huizenga will have a Grinch moment, his heart grows three sizes and he steps back in to make amends for Marlins Firesale #1 and to restore some pride to the team. One can only wish.

[Krona]

I'm with admiral - the pastels look a lot better than the primary red, yellow, blue, orange. It's easier on the eyes. The outfield wall probably should have remained royal, but the seats are better.

The old light blue on the walls is the original color. the royal was only up for a short amount of time. the pastel blue IS Dodger Stadium.

[marlinfan]

The color quadrants at the new ballpark look sharp. I was weary at first, but when I went on a tour it wasn't overdone at all.

Teal seats would look terrible. Dodger Stadium can pull off the light pastel colors because they are going for an early 60s vibe which is very appropriate for the ballpark. Dark colors are the way to go for new stadiums. Looks cleaner.

[FooMasterX5]

actually the seats are blue, like royalish blue not teal

[CanesCop86]

actually the seats are blue, like royalish blue not teal

Yeah fishheatcats, brought up the teal and made a concept of what he wished happened. I like the color quadrants as well. They are not crazy overdone and it adds color to the park. The blue seats make it seem like a "sea of blue", like a fish tank or ocean feel.I just don't see Miami having a tradional ballpark in the sense of colors and architectural design. I like the change as much as I love the old stuff and I could careless if other fans think we are an embarrassment to the league. Every team has something in their history to be embarrassed about.

Fishheatcats, you make it sound like its a chore to be a Marlins fan. I dont agree with everything that happens but dang. I'm mighty damn proud to be a Marlins fan with our brand new stadium and home run display thats ours and not shared with a football team. Never mind the fact that we don't have to root on a relocated marlins team, even if that meant bringing the team into my home state of NC.

To each their own, you have the right to feel the way you do, but as a fan as well, I'm on the otherwise of the spectrum.

[shaydre1019]

I went to a game a while back and really enjoyed the whole look of tue stadium. Real retro feel and I think the dodgers might be the only team that can pull that off so they should. Being an Astros fan it's just a totally different environment and I think a big part of that is due to the color palettes chosen for each stadium respectively.

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[fishheatcats]

Fishheatcats, you make it sound like its a chore to be a Marlins fan. I dont agree with everything that happens but dang. I'm mighty damn proud to be a Marlins fan with our brand new stadium and home run display thats ours and not shared with a football team. Never mind the fact that we don't have to root on a relocated marlins team, even if that meant bringing the team into my home state of NC.

To each their own, you have the right to feel the way you do, but as a fan as well, I'm on the otherwise of the spectrum.

Hey, as a fan since day one, and a kid who saw his first ballgame in 1993 at Joe Robbie Stadium, I'm also damn proud to be a FLORIDA Marlins fan. And as such I have the right to bitch and be pissed off when my team is mangled beyond recognition with a TERRIBLE logo and TERRIBLE color scheme. They might as well have moved to Portland or San Antonio or North Carolina because I don't recognize my beloved team anymore. I would not have continued rooting for them if they moved to another market, and I'm not supporting them now either. It literally made me sick to my stomach to think about the team moving away when team officials were talking with other cities about relocation. Now they've pretty much done a relocation without relocating, so rather than try to forget about how some jackass from NYC came in and ruined my team, I have to see and hear about it every summer. I feel disrespected and betrayed.

They may go on to win more championships, they may have great crowds at every game, and may even eventually convince those crowds to wear that stupid logo, but they're gonna do it without me. I have my principles as a fan, consumer, and artist, and I don't care if they sign Pujols, Fielder, Halladay, bring back Babe Ruth from the dead, and win every World Series, they are not getting my support or my money. They are making a mockery of the game and South Florida and don't deserve anyone's support. Before, I was proud to call myself a Marlins fan. I'd have to explain low attendance and live with firesales and all that crap, but I could wear my Marlins cap with pride. Now, there is no dignity at all left in being a Marlins fan. So I'm not. Much in the same way my only joy from the Dolphins comes from seeing undefeated teams lose, relegating me to being a fan of the 1972 Dolphins which I only know from news clippings and NFL Films, I'm forever a FLORIDA Marlins fan. Left with nothing but memories of better times and hoping no expansion team comes in and wins 2 Series in less than 11 years.

We waited all those years for a true baseball park and we get stuck with this crap. Sorry, but I'm a strong believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I wrote letters to Samson years ago complaining about all the giveaways at the games being orange, begging them not to add it to the teal/black scheme. I've been up and down the east coast to see this team play, from Tropicana Field to the last game ever played at Shea Stadium. I've come home from the stadium soaking wet at 1:30 AM more nights that I can count, after losing most of the time. I'm done. I'm tired of having my heart ripped out. We win it all in 97. The team is dismantled. Win it again in 2003, dismantled again. And the last straw, we finally get the new ballpark but we get one of the most unnecessary and terrible rebrands of all time.

And the horrid new logo and colors are not the whole story, a big part of my anger is that the change was made because of the personal tastes of one man. No market research, no fan surveys, no asking season ticket holders. Nope, one man with no taste whatsoever decides he can do whatever he wants. The team is not a painting(surely an ugly one) hanging in his house. No, it's something everyone in South Florida takes ownership of, it's something we all enjoy. They belong to everyone who's ever put on a Marlins cap and that was not given any thought whatsoever. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should nor does it make it right, no matter if you're pissing off hundreds of thousands of fans or just a handful.