Red Sox Unveil New Road Uniforms
by Al on Dec 13, 2008 7:49 AM CST
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For some reason, the Red Sox have decided to go "retro" with their road uniforms:
via f3.yahoofs.com
They're OK, I guess, but as pointed out here:Why would the team want to turn in the jerseys it wore while clinching two world championships to bring back one similar to the one worn to choke away the 1986 World Series? Beats me, chief.
Good point. Further, I agree with Joy of Sox, which says of the new "alternate" cap, shown above:
All of these minor changes seem fine -- I like the 1980s road grays a lot -- except for the alternative caps. I don't mind the club selling caps with the two socks on it -- in fact, I could see myself wearing one -- but the players should wear nothing but the B.The Cubs should take a lesson from this. I have never liked the Cubs' road cap -- the one with the red bill. The Cubs should stick with the all-blue cap, home and road.
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I agree about the road cap. The Cubs road cap with the red bill is lame.
Keep it all blue.
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by zevkalman on Dec 13, 2008 8:02 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I completely agree...
the two things I dislike about the cubs uniforms are the red bill on the road cap and the crawling bear on the blue jerseys. I think the our alternate blue jerseys should have the circle with cubs written in it like the home jersey (just like during Ryno’s days).
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by In Piniella We Trustiella on Dec 13, 2008 8:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Its all a way of making money
Red Sox fans will now feel as though they need to buy this new hat. Either die-hards who want all Red Sox merchandise or passive fans who like the two socks and think they will be different with the new logo.
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by DTJchris on Dec 13, 2008 8:21 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
actually the Pawtucket farm team has always
used the hanging socks and it has been a big seller, so it was logical for the major league BoSox to finally incorporate this logo into their arsenal. I think it is a marketing blunder that it took this long.
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by LAcarl519 on Dec 13, 2008 1:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So you're saying the team should use the Triple-A logo as their logo?
I think the Red Sox have always used the hanging sox as part of their marketing — but never as part of their uniform.
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by Al on Dec 13, 2008 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry Al, I was not clear.
Pawtucket uses the hanging socks as their logo on their cap and it has been very popular with the BoSox fans that I know (I went to school in Boston for two years, so I know a number of people from the area).
Sorry for the confusion, I was commenting on the new Red Sox cap that had the hanging socks on it.
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by LAcarl519 on Dec 14, 2008 3:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No, I know exactly what you're saying.
I know the PawSox use that logo on their cap. But IMO, the parent club should use nothing but a “B”.
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by Al on Dec 14, 2008 4:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs Uni's
i’m not a big fan of the red bills, either. This year, when the Cubs wore the stars and stripes hats in St. Louis, I thought the blue hats looked great with the road greys.
Like a lot of you, I’m not a fan of the blue jerseys — especially at home. They look like softball jerseys. The blue pinstripes are a classic look, as are the road greys.
Dump the red bills and the alternate jerseys!
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by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2008 9:16 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
ditto the red bills
I’ve never liked them.
Count me as someone who likes the blue jerseys. I really liked it a few years back when the Cubs had the darker (more navy) warm-up jerseys and caps. I thought those looked great and I’d like to see the Cubs go with an alternative jersey like that one.
by dmlichte on Dec 13, 2008 9:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I like them
I wish the Cubs would do some sort of retro third jersey
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by bren on Dec 13, 2008 9:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I know lots of Red Sox fans who like to remember
Calvin Schiraldi, Rich Gedman, et al, from those mid-1980’s Red Sox.
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by Trey2317 on Dec 13, 2008 9:38 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Cool unis...
…but just more $ that their bandwagon jumper fans will have to buy. I used to actually like the Red Sox until they won the world series- since, I simply cannot believe the amount of red sox hats I see on 20 somethings in suburban Chicago. I know they have many long time, died in the wool fans, but they sure have become flavor of the month.
I have developed a real disdain for the Red sox resultingly over the last few years.
by reedjohnson on Dec 13, 2008 10:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
It seems like every other
cap you see in SD is a Red Sox hat. Never saw that until a series win. (Interestingly enough, a White Sox WS didn’t start such a clamor for their headgear….)
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 13, 2008 4:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs unis
I don’t like the blue jerseys at home. They should wear the white with blue pinstripes exclusively at home. I like the blue jerseys on the road. All gray is just so depressing to me. I do think with the blue jerseys, the logo should be what they have at home and what they had on the road back in the mid 80s. And get rid of the red bill on the caps!
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by revtrh on Dec 13, 2008 11:21 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
You mean the sleeve patch
from the 80s as the main logo on the alternate jersey? I would like to see this with the 60s – 70s patch.
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by DrGalazkiewicz on Dec 13, 2008 4:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have wished for years that the Cubs would
come up with a new uniform (for home or away, I don’t care). I’d like something that incorporates the very popular logo from 1914. I’d like anything that breaks up the Karma of the last few years. New look—new attitude.
I am willing to try ANYTHING!!
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
by LAcarl519 on Dec 13, 2008 1:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
"Few" years?
The uniforms have nothing to do with failures since……..oh, let’s go back to 1969.
A team that keeps changing their uniforms for no apparent reason becomes the Padres, Rays, the Brewers, the Astros….etc, etc. Their unifoprms mean nothing.
The Yankees have only two uniforms. The Dodgers have only two uniforms. The Red Sox retro road perfectly accentuates their traditional home uniform. That stupid red top they wore, both at home and the road was awful.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 13, 2008 4:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
At least red was one of their primary colors.
Unlike this one, which is an abomination.
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by Al on Dec 13, 2008 4:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
whats wrong
with this jersey?? it has color and life and isnt the same old boring concept over and over again.
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by cubsluver22 on Dec 13, 2008 8:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Plenty
It’s not really their colors, it is a pure marketing gimmick and it’s ugly.
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by Shanghai Badger on Dec 13, 2008 8:35 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Like 1982 Uniforms Better
Those light blue Braves road uniforms said Atlanta across the front. The pedestrian looking home uniforms that said Braves in cursive in blue with red trim and no tomahawk looks better than that monstrosity.
I like the fact that the Mississippi Braves use a logo with the “M” and tomahawk that looks just like the old Milwaukee Braves logo.
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by memphiscub on Dec 15, 2008 10:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ever since Bill Buckner
Got traded to the Boston, I’ve cheered for the Red Sox
As a Cubs fan back in the 80’s, we really hated the Mets (our rivals)
Ah the 86 World Series,
Hatin the Mets, Lovin BILLY BUCK
No Brainer
Then we ALL knew what happen……
As far as the Uni’s
I like it when a team sports the name of the town they’re from
They should do it at least on the opener of the series
GO CUBBIES
GO REDSOX
GO ROYALS
and everyone else who plays against the White Sox
(and in that order)
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by CubFreak on Dec 13, 2008 4:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
SInce you all haven't heard...
The red bills are gone for next season, courtesy of a dealer on the Chris Creamer boards.
CUBS WIN! CUE THE ORCHESTRA!
by Keith on Dec 13, 2008 6:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Link?
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by Al on Dec 13, 2008 6:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Clarence Williams III
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Dec 13, 2008 7:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Here's another Link
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Dec 13, 2008 7:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I heard it on uniwatch a few months ago
no link, sorry.
by stadiumguru on Dec 15, 2008 12:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Typical sourpuss Al =)..
I’m digging the different uniforms. Whether it be the old school. Or the Cubs “softball” jersey. Its a fun change of pace even if the change is one from years ago.
Those BoSox unis are pretty sharp.
by MattHaggard on Dec 13, 2008 7:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Sorry...
… I’m a traditionalist about uniforms. White or pinstripes at home, gray on the road.
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by Al on Dec 14, 2008 4:04 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So, no '78 road jerseys?
Please? Or maybe the ’42 away blues? Or dare I mention the ’12 travelling unis?
Oh, yes. Yes, I do dare, sir. :P
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by znohitter on Dec 14, 2008 8:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The 1912 unis are cool.
1978? The pajamas? No, thanks.
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by Al on Dec 15, 2008 4:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
+1000
the uniform is what we all cheer for in reality. The players change almost daily, but it’s always the uniform that stays the same, and should stay the same
by stadiumguru on Dec 15, 2008 12:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
road grays because you think they look good or just because of tradition?
or both?
White w/ pinstripes is a classic look, no argument there. But the gray is just… well, gray. Very meh. I wouldn’t mind seeing them do a little something with the road look.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Dec 15, 2008 12:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Bring back....
the 69 jerseys…seriously the Cubs have changed jerseys so many times over their history, why should the current ones remain for the rest of time? Dont get me wrong i love the current jerseys and i love that theyre simple but they should eventually change. Theyre arent even classic, only since the 80s.
by northpaw22k on Dec 13, 2008 7:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
No, the Cubs really haven't changed jerseys.
Road jerseys, yes. But the home pinstripe jersey has been basically unchanged since 1957.
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by Al on Dec 14, 2008 4:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
my point about the Cubs uniforms
is that the 1914 cap seems to be very popular, so why not bring that back as either a home or away alternate uniform. I don’t want any of these red gimmick jerseys, that Al mentioned. I just want something different. I don’t think there is any “magic” to the Cub jerseys that have been used since WWII.
Saying the Cubs have to stay with what they have done since before the 1980s makes no sense to me. That is like saying Wrigley should not have lights or added the 2000+ seats that they have squeezed into the stadium through remodeling over the last three decades. A bit of change can be a good thing.
The Cubs were the most dominant team in baseball prior to WWII, why shouldn’t they go back to one of the logos from that era? I would have no problem with a little Karma from the past.
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
by LAcarl519 on Dec 14, 2008 3:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If the Cubs were to change...
… I’d like to see them wear something like the 1909 uniform:
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Dec 14, 2008 4:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I love it!
and I get my 1914 cap logo in the “C” on the home uniform.
Thanks for posting the 1909 uniform. Of course, you know 95% of the players will wear their pants below their ankles.
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by LAcarl519 on Dec 14, 2008 4:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe, maybe not.
There are quite a few players these days who like the high-sock look. Reed Johnson, Alfonso Soriano and Ryan Dempster are among the Cubs who generally wear their pants that way.
IF the Cubs were to change, this would be the look I’d like. They could even do it in blue pinstripes instead of B&W, to have some connection to today. I particularly like the vertical “Chicago” on the road jersey.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Dec 14, 2008 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
with the financial hole that Zell is in
I am sure that he would like to have that vertical patch read “1-800-588-2300” or whoever would want to advertise there. Let’s just be grateful that baseball hasn’t stooped to anything that low.
…yet! :-)
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
by LAcarl519 on Dec 14, 2008 5:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Northpaw's basic point is true.
It’s fine to hold onto a uniform that’s part of a successful tradition. The Cubs’ royal blue and home pinstripes don’t signify a winning tradition. I’d go back to navy and one of the previous logos.
by Seattle Mike on Dec 14, 2008 3:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
At least we havent changed our uniforms like the White Sox have
by truthaddict11 on Dec 14, 2008 10:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, they actually wore those for a couple of games.
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by Al on Dec 14, 2008 1:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't know the Sux played soccer. (Or rugby.)
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"What, so my choice is 'or death?' Well, then I'll have the chicken, please."
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by znohitter on Dec 14, 2008 1:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I've always thought
These Red Sox road uni’s with black lettering look too dull and Yankeeish. Gotta have some more red in there.
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by sanantonecub on Dec 14, 2008 1:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
At least Ronald McDonald didn't vomit all over THEIR uniforms.
by NittanyCub on Dec 14, 2008 3:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wow, I just noticed that I pretty much made the same comment
last August. I even used the same picture.
After a while, I just start reusing my jokes.
by NittanyCub on Dec 14, 2008 3:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Those are horrendous.
I know why they’re doing it, to honor a former mayor. There has to be a better way to do it.
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by Al on Dec 14, 2008 4:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Looking at those is an honor???
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
by DeRoMyHero on Dec 14, 2008 7:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
No… there was a mayor named “Redd” — so the jerseys are red. Yeah, I know, kinda dumb. They could have had a patch made, or worn caps with red bills, or something.
Anything but the Ronald McDonald shirts.
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by Al on Dec 14, 2008 7:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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