2012 MLB & Logo Changes

[Bouj]

Between the basic nature of the uniform, and the name and number on the back, this looks like a screen grab of a beta version of an upcoming MLB video game.

Who's bright idea was it to have placket piping, neck piping, and double sleeve piping? What a disaster.

It's a nod to the old PCL set they wore in the 1940's. That set was navy/red/cream, and it had all the double piping. They wore the TBTC versions of them in 2006 or so, and they probably could have switched to them full time now and it wouldn't have been the worst thing they've ever done.

Let me clarify something; the Padres do not have "double-piping". The Rangers, Royals roads and alts and the Nationals use double-piping. The Braves and Reds roadies use triple-piping. The Padres use single colored piping. They just use it in more areas.

Basically if you took a jersey and put piping in each spot that would be an option (placket, off the edge of the sleeves, on the edge of the sleeves, and around/on the collar), it would look like the Padres uniforms. Instead of choosing a combination of areas, they chose them all. The next option once you've picked the areas where you want piping, would be to decide how many colors, or, how many colors wide you want. Used to be single or triple. Now that cheap, Walmart jersey looking double-piping has become an option. Anyway, the Padres chose single colored. That's why you only see single piping on the pants.

Hope I explained that well enough. If not, later when I'm at home, I'll make a diagram and post it. Otherwise, carry on with your regularly scheduled programming.

I referred to it as double piping because that's how he described it. I've seen it explained as double piping, as the way you described it, and as neck trim & collar trim. It all depends on the company you are ordering the jerseys from.

[Enio125]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?gameId=320409105&photoId=1992463#photo_1992463

The Indians' new duds look smoooooooooth.

[vmd9]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?gameId=320409105&photoId=1992463#photo_1992463

The Indians' new duds look smoooooooooth.

Agreed. Never was a fan of the piping and the double outline on the script. Would have liked them to darken the navy and lose the red brim, but other than that a very solid, clean look.

[infrared41]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?gameId=320409105&photoId=1992463#photo_1992463

The Indians' new duds look smoooooooooth.

Wow. That looks really good. I gotta agree with vmd9, go with a darker navy and lose the red brim. Do that and it's pretty much a perfect uniform.

[HighCheese]

i was happy to see the Twins wearing their normal home unis

i got tired of the throwbacks all season last year. i know it was to honor Harmon Killebrew. great gesture, i just prefer the white jerseys to the cream retro ones

[zpqmaowl]

Someone didn't get the memo…hopefully they'll order a new sign soon. (taken April 8, 2012)

For the love of all things holy, please take out the tags before this gets quoted nine times.

[Sport]

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?gameId=320409105&photoId=1992463#photo_1992463

The Indians' new duds look smoooooooooth.

Wow. That looks really good. I gotta agree with vmd9, go with a darker navy and lose the red brim. Do that and it's pretty much a perfect uniform.

and make Chief big again.

This looks so much better than the hats they wear now.

It's almost like they said, "it's a less offensive logo if it's smaller."

I also hate the blue they use now. It often appears purple in the sun.

[Magnum]

Hell, I thought all the logos of shrunk in the past number of years.

But yes, I knew about Chief Wahoo's shrinkage. I too liked him to be big and bold.

[McCall]

Hell, I thought all the logos of shrunk in the past number of years.

But yes, I knew about Chief Wahoo's shrinkage. I too liked him to be big and bold.

I hear they have a pill for that.

[Enio125]

Hell, I thought all the logos of shrunk in the past number of years.

But yes, I knew about Chief Wahoo's shrinkage. I too liked him to be big and bold.

I hear they have a pill for that.

[piratesfan16]

Hell, I thought all the logos of shrunk in the past number of years.

But yes, I knew about Chief Wahoo's shrinkage. I too liked him to be big and bold.

I hear they have a pill for that.

[Kramerica Industries]

Hell, I thought all the logos of shrunk in the past number of years.

But yes, I knew about Chief Wahoo's shrinkage. I too liked him to be big and bold.

He was in the pool!!

[FinalBeast]

The Astro's are wearing the Colt .45's tonight.

[CitizenTino]

A lot of Toronto fans made the trip down to Cleveland over the weekend, as I saw Jays jerseys and hats everywhere downtown on Saturday night. And literally every piece of Jays apparel I saw was from this year's redesign. Looks like the new identity is every bit as popular with the locals as it is with the hardcore uniform enthusiasts here.

As for the Indians, I know I've gone off the rails about this before, but what's so absurd about the Indians' set is that they insist on using two shades of navy for their hats. They quietly shrunk Wahoo and lightened the blue on all the hats in '03 (a year after they overhauled the set and added silver). When they introduced the navy block C hat and faux-back cream unis in '08, the block C hat was the darker navy that had been used for decades. Yet, they still kept the lighter navy for the Wahoo hats.

They did such a nice job of tweaking the script uniforms this year to bridge the gap with the block uniforms by making the numbers/names consistent. You'd THINK picking one shade of blue for your hats would be part of that bridge, but apparently not.

[bosrs1]

A view of a possible future in San Jose?

[Lights Out]

Maybe as an alternate hat. There'd be no reason to ditch the classic A's monogram.

[bosrs1]

Maybe as an alternate hat. There'd be no reason to ditch the classic A's monogram.

Oh I agree the primary/home will probably keep the long time "A's" on it as they've had for over 95 years of the team's history outside the few years they had the "KC". But I can see the far newer road cap or a third alternate cap getting an "SJ" of some sort (not like the A's haven't had third caps previously). And I'm sure the city leaders in SJ won't object if the A's put "SJ" on at least one of the caps.

[HolyStroke]

That's the San Jose Giants (Giants single A affiliate) logo

[RedSox44]

I really like that San Jose cap.

[bosrs1]

That's the San Jose Giants (Giants single A affiliate) logo

It is. It's also identical or similar to the cap logos of many of the minor league teams that predated the San Jose Giants. If the A's were to ever get an SJ logo it would be very similar to this logo if not exactly identical.