April 18, 20197 yr Here's a very crap mockup of what I'm describing. Name and numbers remain as they currently are on the black and blue jerseys. Put a patch on the blue sleeve. Maybe put a black on black number opposite the logo. I feel like this switch would solve a lot of the problems. The black on black looks good in retail. The legibility in game is certainly an issue. Those BP jerseys looked awesome in spring training. Would love to see that color jersey all year. The black on black hat doesn’t bother me and I think it is superior to any other version of the hat logo/color combo I’ve seen. BATTING PRACTICE ALTERNATE [ATTACH]2885._xfImport[/ATTACH]
April 18, 20197 yr Here's a very crap mockup of what I'm describing. Name and numbers remain as they currently are on the black and blue jerseys. Put a patch on the blue sleeve. Maybe put a black on black number opposite the logo. I feel like this switch would solve a lot of the problems. The black on black looks good in retail. The legibility in game is certainly an issue. Those BP jerseys looked awesome in spring training. Would love to see that color jersey all year. The black on black hat doesn’t bother me and I think it is superior to any other version of the hat logo/color combo I’ve seen. BATTING PRACTICE ALTERNATE [ATTACH]2885[/ATTACH] I think that looks great. My only disagreement would be to use the black crown/blue bill cap with the blue jersey. Of course, I may change my mind if I actually saw it together. The all black cap with black jersey looks good.
April 18, 20197 yr Author Here's a very crap mockup of what I'm describing. Name and numbers remain as they currently are on the black and blue jerseys. Put a patch on the blue sleeve. Maybe put a black on black number opposite the logo. I feel like this switch would solve a lot of the problems. The black on black looks good in retail. The legibility in game is certainly an issue. Those BP jerseys looked awesome in spring training. Would love to see that color jersey all year. The black on black hat doesn’t bother me and I think it is superior to any other version of the hat logo/color combo I’ve seen. BATTING PRACTICE ALTERNATE [ATTACH]2885[/ATTACH] AREN'T THOSE MINE???? I'm just playing but I did make these suggestions last fall and yes that would help tremendously without overdoing everything.
April 18, 20197 yr AREN'T THOSE MINE???? I'm just playing but I did make these suggestions last fall and yes that would help tremendously without overdoing everything. I just made them but I don’t doubt you did a version which was better. I just didn’t have it in me to go looking.
April 18, 20197 yr My only disagreement would be to use the black crown/blue bill cap with the blue jersey. Good call. It’s nice that these aren’t changes to any marks. It’s just using the existing rebrand and putting different marks on different jerseys.
April 18, 20197 yr I just made them but I don’t doubt you did a version which was better. I just didn’t have it in me to go looking. He photoshops like nobody else.
April 18, 20197 yr Author I'm about done with the uniforms analysis but I finally got these done... these are the changes I've had in mind. A couple have options that I would be happy with either so I didn't make a decision one way or the other, Do these and add a blue brimmed cap option and I'd be in love with the uniforms. Disclaimer, these are cheap photo shops, not meant to be precise, just to visualize the changes... [ATTACH]2888._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]2494[/ATTACH][ATTACH]2495[/ATTACH][ATTACH]2496[/ATTACH][ATTACH]2497[/ATTACH][ATTACH]2498[/ATTACH][ATTACH]2499[/ATTACH] Here are mine... some of the best work I've ever done... they're basically the same quality as the images on MLB.com I think...
April 18, 20197 yr Be jealous. The best part is that you posted that in November and wrote “I’m about done with uniform analysis”
April 18, 20197 yr Author The best part is that you posted that in November and wrote “I’m about done with uniform analysis” HAHA it never ends!
April 18, 20197 yr HAHA it never ends! If the marlins were good it would end. Alas...you have any versions with a different marlin?
April 18, 20197 yr Random sidenote, but I forgot to mention it before - Billy the Marlin looks ok, but I'm with Silver - that straight across neck line looks horrible - like it's just a guy in a mask - the curving down under the jersey of the old one looked much better.
April 19, 20197 yr I went custom. They ain't trading me. You must play for very little money then. Or for $42 million more than he is worth...
April 19, 20197 yr The sports logos board is tearing the Marlins a new one for how the black jerseys look in action. Can't say I disagree but man they're rough over there. "Worst jersey ever" level comments lol sometimes those guys could be worse than @Das Texan
April 19, 20197 yr Horrible jersey for the Mets though because they should never have used black. The Mets look so good in just blue and orange on gray or white, no black needed. With that said that jersey looks good because it has contrast, the white outline helps tremendously as opposed to the Marlins black jersey that has little to no contrast. Mets are a amalgam of the Dodgers and Giants, I was ok with them introducing black... the problem is when they leaned heavy on the black, The Dodgers Logo is White and Blue, The Giants Black and Orange. I think it worked.
April 19, 20197 yr Author Mets are a amalgam of the Dodgers and Giants, I was ok with them introducing black Oh no this is a cheap excuse. I know they're a mix of those teams but they're not those teams, they're the Mets, blue and orange 100%. The black was total shit for them. It caught on because it wasn't ugly and putting everything in black was the trend at the time but it was a complete downgrade for them. The Royals and A's are two other teams that should have zero black that went way too far with it in those years.
April 19, 20197 yr Oh no this is a cheap excuse. I know they're a mix of those teams but they're not those teams, they're the Mets, blue and orange 100%. The black was total shit for them. It caught on because it wasn't ugly and putting everything in black was the trend at the time but it was a complete downgrade for them. The Royals and A's are two other teams that should have zero black that went way too far with it in those years. The black for the Mets worked though. Their look had become terrible just prior to the black and NY isn't always cheery. They Royal Blue and Orange with WHite Homes and Road Greys were stale. Once they added the black, they were able to stabilize their look, add more merch and had a kick ass hybrid black/blue cap to boot. They dropped the black drop shadow, but pretty much still use the same uniforms as 1998-2011. It's a good look now, but having that Midnight Black was a good choice. The black worked regardless. Same with the Reds. The Royals should have added gold, the A's shouldn't have done anything - but then again I think it was #FuckBeane and #CheapBeane because he didn't want to pay for stain removers in the clubhouse.
April 19, 20197 yr Mets jumped on the "let's add black bandwagon" and I agree with @SilverBullet didn't look good on them, the all black hats was a step closer to the old NY Giants since they weren't creative enough to have a new logo. But maybe MLB insist them to use the old NY logo like they interfered with the curvy W to the Nationals Black didn't look good for the Mets, Royals, A;s and Rangers, Reds are meh
April 19, 20197 yr Author Mets jumped on the "let's add black bandwagon" and I agree with @SilverBullet didn't look good on them, the all black hats was a step closer to the old NY Giants since they weren't creative enough to have a new logo. But maybe MLB insist them to use the old NY logo like they interfered with the curvy W to the Nationals Black didn't look good for the Mets, Royals, A;s and Rangers, Reds are meh It fit better for the Reds because they only used mostly red so black was more like a second color, all those other teams already had two good colors and the black became the third wheel so to speak, it just gets shoe horned in and just doesn't work as well.
April 19, 20197 yr Author So this is clearly edited for social media but look how it makes the letters and numbers contrast better off the black jersey. Big difference. They need to aim for this clarity whenever they tweak the black uniforms. [ATTACH]2889._xfImport[/ATTACH]
April 19, 20197 yr So this is clearly edited for social media but look how it makes the letters and numbers contrast better off the black jersey. Big difference. They need to aim for this clarity whenever they tweak the black uniforms. Drop shadows aren’t my favorite. I wonder if they’d ever consider just doing a blue outline without the red.
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