What's your favorite Cubs uni?
by Keith on Jun 30, 2008 1:40 PM CDT
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Well, I'm home alone and unfortunately sick with the flu (since Saturday!), so I'm killing time one of the best ways I know; surfing eBay! I was searching for Cubs jerseys since my Greg Maddux home from 2004 is getting kind of small on me, and I was thinking about which Cubs jersey best suits me. So I'd like to get all of your opinions! (these opinions won't help me decide what jersey to get, I'm simply curious.)
Personally, I used to be a fan of the 1970s pajama tops since I'm in love with just about every powder blue jersey I see, but recently my tastes have gone towards the 1984 road...
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Hands down the current alternate blue tops with white pinstripe bottoms.
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by nji232 on Jun 30, 2008 1:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
i love those too
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jun 30, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really liked the vintage jerseys they wore a couple weeks ago
I hate the pinstripes and wish they would do away with them.
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by snley on Jun 30, 2008 1:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 on the non-pinstripes from the vintage game...
....and honestly, I think that 1909 jersey that says “Chicago” in vertical letters down the middle is very hip.
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by CaughtInTheVines on Jun 30, 2008 2:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The alt blue
Best example can be seen in the 1990 Topps cards.
by BigDcubbie on Jun 30, 2008 2:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My Favorite
I always liked the style of uniform Grace is wearing in that pic, plus the basic home pinstripes. I’ve always been fond of these because they were what the Cubs wore when I first became a Cub fan. So in a sense, there my childhood uniforms…. I would love to see the Cubs have a turn back the clock style day where they were these again. Yahoooooo!!!!
by TheHawkRules on Jun 30, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s not too bad, actually. It’s just that I seem to remember those worn in combination with blue pants, and it just looked ridiculous.
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by Cool Hand on Jul 1, 2008 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry...
... both of the ones you like are awful. The ‘70s road blues look like pajamas, and the ‘84 tops are softball jerseys.
The current uniforms are classy and timeless. That’s the one I like.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 2:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Softball jerseys?
That’s what I think about when I think about major league softball unis.
I also like the road unis the Cubs used in the mid-90s, with the cursive “Cubs” on the chest that’s similar to what the Iowa Cubs use as their home jersey.
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by Keith on Jun 30, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, you're 0-for-3 with me.
The cursive “Cubs” looked a lot like “Cuba”. You know, sort of like this:
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I see those Cubs uniforms...
... I always wonder if somebody let one. Because these stink back…. I began to wonder if there was a Cubs/Cuba thing going on. Wasn’t Larry Himes the GM back then? There had to be a connection between him and Castro… I can’t prove it yet, but someday, I will.
by TheHawkRules on Jun 30, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That looks like a
Cuban Mets jersey…. BAD!
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by tony412 on Jun 30, 2008 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...both of the ones you like are awful.
Sheesh! Let him have his own opinion!
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, let me clarify.
I THINK both of the ones he likes are awful.
Better?
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. : )
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am not a fan of the blue alternates, if only because it’s a different color blue than their caps…which for some reason irritates me to no end. I mean they are a professional ball team you think that they could match the colors. I’d like to see a uni with the newer bear face that I believe Nike has been using on merch. for the past couple years.
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 2:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's what I meant
"Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssss!"
"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh.
Not as a game jersey.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that color scheme…just the logo
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"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I get it.
The logo’s interesting. If they did it as an alternate, say, on a pinstripe or gray jersey I think I’d like it.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please excuse the crudity
..I’m at work without photoshop so I had to manage this with MS paint
"Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssss!"
"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What would it look like
with red numbers and white trim on the lower right chest?
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
(the wearer's right)
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the lettering would be the same as the current greys…but no numbers on the front because it might look oddly-balanced if that makes sense..it wouldn’t replace the other greys..just as an alternate. possibly a pinstripe one as well…could be like a sunday jersey
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"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A certain Chicago team disagrees with you....
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, I suck at Photoshop...
... but I think this is what you had in mind:
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Close, I was picturing the number a little bit lower, maybe with the top of the numerals even with the bottom arm of the C
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awful..
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by MDBNIU on Jun 30, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok easy...
Listen…I really don’t mind if you don’t like my idea…it’s just that an idea…but to call it garbage and awful…kinda overstating things. I mean easy man…I didn’t claim to be a uniform designer nor da vinci.
for what it’s worth here’s what I was able to do with photoshop at home.
sunday road jerseys
alternate road caps
sunday home jerseys
"Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssss!"
"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I kind of like those.
Not so sure about the home jersey, but the gray alternate would be nice, as would the cap.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks
i tried to think of an alternate home cap…but I came to the conclusion that you can’t improve on perfection.
only thing I could think of was possible the 1914 cub holding a bat with updated colors
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"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not Bad
But I really like the City name on the road Unis. And IMHO, the walking bear/cub face, seems too informal. I agree with Memphis, If we must use the blue alternates, relegate them to road days.
by StevenABQ on Jun 30, 2008 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I absolutely would be in favor of keeping the current road greys, and I actually prefer the meaner-looking straight on cub face from the late 80’s with the “rough beard” on the sides of the face
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"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Call me crazy...
But I LOVE the away gray (or is it grey?)... Maybe because it’s the uniforms I see them most in out here on the West Coast trips – or – because my COOL wife got me a DLee last year! I’m with ya on the blue alternates… why don’t the caps match?
by socalicubsfan on Jun 30, 2008 2:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the red number and blue name on the back. That's probably my favorite thing about the road threads.
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like that too.
Classy look, puts all the team colors on the shirt.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had the same thought, all the team's colors are represented. Well done, Cubs.
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by northsider on Jun 30, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like these
and the home pinstripes W/O the names. I also like the home blues that Zambrano likes as my 2nd choice for the home jersey.
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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 30, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Chicago Lettering on this is really nice too…not too busy but not generic looking either
"Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssss!"
"Oh boy Patrick..."
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by IvyOnTheWall on Jun 30, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. The 1937-39 home jerseys
2. The 1929-36 home jerseys
3. The 1994 “Cuba” road jerseys
4. The 1909 vertical Chicago road jerseys
by Clark Addison on Jun 30, 2008 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My vote
I love the piping and the contrasting colors on the lettering. In addition, this happens to be Fergie Jenkins favorite road unfiorm too. (I know because he told me, and mentioned he was quite dissapointed when they switched to the 1969 models minus the piping and the outline on the letters/numbers. I think its timeless, and looked particularly nice with the strirrups.
by StevenABQ on Jun 30, 2008 2:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The late thirties were the best
I really like the striped socks and undershirts. The shade of blue they wore then was also a lot “bluer” not quite as royal as the blue they wear now.
That said, I love the current ones, but I think they could do more with the road jerseys. Like maybe adding a red underline to Chicago like they had back then.
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by STLCubFan on Jun 30, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I did like the red stripes on the
sanitaries from the throwback game this month.
by N Oakley on Jun 30, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like those, too.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pure class
Jersey selection guidelines:
1. The 1909 jersey is pure class; class of 09’. I also like the 1907 World Series jersey.
2. Buy it on sale.
3. Cubbie blue is an ok color, but not that great to wear IMO. Pick one with little or no Cubbie blue. The last time this team won a WS Cubbie blue wasn’t yet invented.
4. Stay away from the bowling shirt look of the 80’s. .
by AboutTheCubs on Jun 30, 2008 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you know...
That jersey is the first jersey in baseball history to use pinstripes, and the first to have the city name and nickname spelled out on it?
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by STLCubFan on Jun 30, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
*That* is stylin'!
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by CaughtInTheVines on Jun 30, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like those too
from a historical perspective they are pretty cool, but I have a hard time putting a jersey without some element of “blue” in my favorites list. I always thought that the Unis from the Late 40’s through the early 70’s (Home) were perfect, they were designed by Otis Shepard who did all the artwork on the Wrigley Field programs and advertisements for Wrigley gum. To me they are timeless, and the basis for our current Home unis.
by StevenABQ on Jun 30, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if they did...
... the 1909 style with the current team colors?
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like for a throwback game
Or as a straight up replacement for road unis? I think the trouble would be that somehow you have to incorporate the number on the front of the jersey. I think out of all of the other teams us and the Dodgers have the best looking Road unis, and alot of it is because, as you mentioned the contrasting number color, and I also think because the number appears on the front. What do you think Al, what could they do to the 1909 design to make it work?
by StevenABQ on Jun 30, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
... replace the black with the word “CHICAGO” with blue. Put the Cubs logo in the current colors.
And put the number on the opposite side from the logo.
Anyone want to try to Photoshop an example of what that would look like? Like I said above, I suck at Photoshop.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stripes?
Should it be solid road grey or striped as in the original?
by StevenABQ on Jun 30, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try both and see what happens.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Though certainly not the best, I've always had a soft spot for the 1972 roadies...
...because I’m pretty sure that’s when I first started watching the Cubs.Although the numbers in the center instead of left hand side makes it look really strange, I have always liked that Cub patch over any other. I think they only used them for that season, but I could be wrong.
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by carmen_fanzone on Jun 30, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The centered number is unique.
No other baseball team has ever done that.
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by Al on Jun 30, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's pretty cool actually...
...at least in a different kind of way. I never knew that. We should get some big chubby players, bring back those uniforms, and have 3D night at Wrigley. Whoa… the terror!
by TheHawkRules on Jun 30, 2008 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Photoshop whats that?
Well I wish I knew enough about Photoshop to at least suck at it. But I don’t, sooo… imagine the 1938 Home Jersey, in road grey, with the Chicago down the front in blue and the contrasting number? Would it look to busy?
by StevenABQ on Jun 30, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What ever happened..
...to the National League logo? I could swear I remember the Cubs’ jerseys having the NL logo on the right arm - thought it was classy! BTW, ditch the blue alternates like they did last year - IMO, they should wear white @ home, and grey on the road
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by calicubfan on Jun 30, 2008 4:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Blue Alts have the NL Logo on them...
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by carmen_fanzone on Jun 30, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think..
..they should add them to their road grays - those uniforms need it to be perfect - afterall, aren’t the Cubs on of only a few charter members of the NL—as well as the last remaining Federal League team still playing in the same city?
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by calicubfan on Jun 30, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs were never in the Federal League
Wrigley Field was originally constructed for Chicago’s entry in the Federal League, the Whales.
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by snley on Jul 1, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only good uni is the home whites
The blue softball jersey is a joke. The road unis have sucked for years. Why somebody doesn’t design a new road uni is beyond me because big merchandise sales opportunity is being missed.
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by MDBNIU on Jun 30, 2008 5:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Never Wear Alt Blues At Home
Even if Big Z is pitching, the alternate blues should not be worn at home. I think they should be relegated to afternoon road games.
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by memphiscub on Jun 30, 2008 5:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What afternoon road games
I wholeheartedly agree. Alt blues should be worn for day games only in Nov, Dec, and Jan..
by AboutTheCubs on Jun 30, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the home uniforms, of course. I also liked the road grays from ‘90 or so; I thought the lettering they used was cool.
Not a fan of the ones from the 80’s…don’t care for the pullovers. Which is too bad, because I can’t seem to find a Dawson throwback with the buttoned jerseys.
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by Cool Hand on Jul 1, 2008 12:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My Favorites
The 1929 home/away and the 1969 home/away. In fact the current club should go back to the 1969 uni’s on a permanent basis.
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by CaliCub on Jul 1, 2008 11:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lids?
I don’t have much of a memory for uniforms, but I absolutely love the road hats with the red bills. Very cool.
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