MidwestEagle Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 God, I need one of those gree A's jerseys to go with the rest of my A's collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We knew it was coming, but it's not any less disappointing seeing it. I really hate this trend of teams going back to crappy '80s style uniforms to commemerate a time when the teams were worse than they currently are. I just don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden One Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We knew it was coming, but it's not any less disappointing seeing it. I really hate this trend of teams going back to crappy '80s style uniforms to commemerate a time when the teams were worse than they currently are. I just don't get it.Easy... $$$$new jerseys means new sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We knew it was coming, but it's not any less disappointing seeing it. I really hate this trend of teams going back to crappy '80s style uniforms to commemerate a time when the teams were worse than they currently are. I just don't get it.Easy... $$$$new jerseys means new sales.Fine, but why are these teams all going back to designs from the '80s, when the teams weren't as good, and more importantly, when the uniforms were worse? I mean, the A's could come up with any new alternate. They didn't have to go back to a style from the '80s. It was one thing when the yellow jersey was on this template, but it looks worse that this green jersey is replacing a superior one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestEagle Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I would almost expect the home or road to basically be phased out. Not very many people call them the Athletics, just the A's so if you take that plus a "potential" move coming up, I can see Oakland and Athletics being slowly removed. I can see them keeping both green ones since the script Athletics was primarily a road jersey to start off. Maybe they replace the road gray with the old green as primary road and use the new green jersey as a sunday day game type alt. Don't really know or care either way, but I will be adding this one as well to go with my 72 throwback, 2nd black alt, green, yellow, and gray jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I disagree about the need for placket piping on the new road. The home uniform is the iconic one, just like the Yankees. They don't need placket piping any more than the Yankees need pinstripes on their roads.I really hope this new/old road Boston uniform is for real. But I am with you on the placket piping not so much because it's not as iconic as the home uni, but I wonder what would happen to the spacing on the letters.The home jersey has a nice "Red" "Sox" divide. Would a "Boston" wordmark have a "Bos" "Ton" with too much space in between? Would there be letters on top of the piping? Maybe it could look nice, but I wonder...I'd say put the sleeve piping on and call it done. They did this once before. Not exactly the big divide you mentioned, but I think that probably wouldn't look too good.That bothers me more than BOS TON would, because there's three letters completely to the left of the placket, and only two to the right. The placket would be the center, so the T doesn't really belong there. "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...
bosrs1 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I would almost expect the home or road to basically be phased out. Not very many people call them the Athletics, just the A's so if you take that plus a "potential" move coming up, I can see Oakland and Athletics being slowly removed. I can see them keeping both green ones since the script Athletics was primarily a road jersey to start off. Maybe they replace the road gray with the old green as primary road and use the new green jersey as a sunday day game type alt. Don't really know or care either way, but I will be adding this one as well to go with my 72 throwback, 2nd black alt, green, yellow, and gray jerseys. Doubtful. The A's made the mistake of removing "Athletics" from their naming once before. They won't do it again. And while the grey away's are being phased out as part of Wolff trying to leave Oakland (and they're still the only A's jersey with Oakland on them), the home whites are one of the A's signature looks with the white cleats.Pitiful. Compared to the outgoing green jersey with "Athletics" on the front this is a big downgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportstar1212 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 That Red Sox jersey is a beauty. That's going on my list for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 They did this once before. Not exactly the big divide you mentioned, but I think that probably wouldn't look too good.That bothers me more than BOS TON would, because there's three letters completely to the left of the placket, and only two to the right. The placket would be the center, so the T doesn't really belong there.I understand what you're saying, but the positioning of BOSTON is the same as with no placket piping. Maybe having the piping just draws more attention to it. Either way, the wordmark has to be either unbalanced or off-center. It just has to. I can't figure any way it could be perfectly centered seeing as the T is almost center straight-up over the placket. It seems like the S should either overlap onto the placket or the T should be further to the right, with all the letters spaced more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I would almost expect the home or road to basically be phased out. Not very many people call them the Athletics, just the A's so if you take that plus a "potential" move coming up, I can see Oakland and Athletics being slowly removed. I can see them keeping both green ones since the script Athletics was primarily a road jersey to start off. Maybe they replace the road gray with the old green as primary road and use the new green jersey as a sunday day game type alt. Don't really know or care either way, but I will be adding this one as well to go with my 72 throwback, 2nd black alt, green, yellow, and gray jerseys. They're not keeping the old green one. This replaces it.It's a bummer that the A's wore their green jerseys half the time last year. The grays look so good but I don't know how much the owner has any influence on what jerseys are being worn. I know it's the pitcher's decision but just seeing the green that often just wasn't that great Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tohasbo Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Not that it can really relate, I'm going to work on a basic spreadsheet of all the alternates, throwbacks or whatever special jerseys this season. It'll certainly be a pain in the ass but it's something that can help out if there is a Daily Uniform tracker done again this season on the main site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1912 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 That bothers me more than BOS TON would, because there's three letters completely to the left of the placket, and only two to the right. The placket would be the center, so the T doesn't really belong there. The Red Sox have used different placements of the letters over the years. The most common has been the T nearest the center of the placket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeperino Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Somewhere in the Reds front office, someone is saying "Gee, that new Boston road jersey would look fantastic if only it had some additional white outline and black drop shadow." Obviously, I'm envious and bitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorSkaagi Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Awesome. I might have to buy me one.While I'm not the biggest fan of the placket piping, it's more than made up for by the classic script logo. I like it slightly more than I liked the old orange alt. I'm just happy it's not going to be worn with the original orange alt (Baer, pick either the "San Francisco" road, or the "SF" road, not both).Ummm....nice work Majestic on totally screwing up the replicas....Jeez. How does a company mess up their own jersey? Maybe it's just a bad photoshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 ^ Sure looks like it. Just slapped the new script on the old jerseyAlso, another look at the A's jersey Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooropean Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Regarding the Twins home blue alt: Dave St. Peter @TwinsPrez We dropped home version w/ Twins, kept road version w/ Minnesota. RT@zooropean:Saw a rumor Twins dropped home blue alternate. I am pretty bummed about this, Just bought an authentic blue Mauer home jersey last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rays Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 A´s jersey is not too bad, but gold insted of white A would be better imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 ^ It's now a throwback Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rays Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 A´s once had a black jersey too, and black cap, remember those ? Damn, they have had alot of jerseys in the last 10 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighCheese Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Are the A's still using the gold alts?Sorry if i missed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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