The Arizona Diamondbacks have dumped their old, purple, teal, and copper uniforms for ones that are Sedona red, Sonoran sand, and black. Apparently, black needs no modifier.
The colors are indeed a vast improvement, but they still have two different cap logos, two caps and four jerseys. The font for "D-Backs" and "Arizona" is awful, and they fail to use the sand color as anything other than an extra outline. That black cap and black jersey could use more of the sand color, such as on the "diamonds" on the back of the A logo.
Hey, beggars can't be choosers, right? I just can't wait until they play the Astros and no one can tell the two teams apart.
Oh my god. Those are hideous. Am I the only person who thinks these dark jesey/light pants combos that so many teams wear now look like a company softball team?
And they put "D-Backs" on the front of the uniform?! Why not have the whole league go to nicknames - front and back? The possibilities are endless.
3 Clearly the folks who picked the team nickname never thought about how difficult it would be to squeeze 12 letters on the front of a jersey.
As for the dark shirts thing, they all make me think of the Cubs' '80s road unis and thus conjur up images of Leon Durham and Andre Dawson.
I'm more distressed at the fact that several newer baseball unis/logos have that characterless corporate advertising look (think D-Backs, Nats, Brewers), the sand or gold highlights just make them look more like beer labels than baseball jerseys.
I couldn't agree more with the comments here. The colors overall are OK, but the typography is terrible. More from the Nike school of design and corporate branding.
New uniforms have become like new stadiums - all variations on the same basic idea. I like the color scheme, but it'd be nice to see more gold and less red. How many teams have red jerseys now? I count at least 7 (Reds, Red Sox, Nats, Astros, Rangers, Phils, "Dbacks"). Wonder when Cleveland will bring their red jerseys out of mothballs. Didn't the ChiSox were red too at one point?
5 "that characterless corporate advertising look" always makes me think of Nike. Wonder if any of their folks were involved in designing the new logo?
Again, completely agree. "D-Backs" < C-Rap. I'm not sure what I like less: having a nickname on a jersey, or having one that's purple and/or sleevless. Wait....purple and/or sleevless is worse. Much, much worse. The grey aways aren't that bad. Of course, I live in Phoenix so I'll only see the homes.....
The colors on the new uni's are fine, but the typography is just... meh.
Hey, beggars can't be choosers, right? I just can't wait until they play the Astros and no one can tell the two teams apart.
And they put "D-Backs" on the front of the uniform?! Why not have the whole league go to nicknames - front and back? The possibilities are endless.
expantion teams you gotta feel bad for the poor breed.
As for the dark shirts thing, they all make me think of the Cubs' '80s road unis and thus conjur up images of Leon Durham and Andre Dawson.
I'm more distressed at the fact that several newer baseball unis/logos have that characterless corporate advertising look (think D-Backs, Nats, Brewers), the sand or gold highlights just make them look more like beer labels than baseball jerseys.
5 "that characterless corporate advertising look" always makes me think of Nike. Wonder if any of their folks were involved in designing the new logo?
i guess it COULD be worse....
12 Of course not, but its not like the Reds use a red home jersey all the time.
The snake that forms a D is so stupid. Just have a goddamn snake.
I recommend the one from the Gadsden flag. All the goofy libertarians and English language only wackos out there would probably be thrilled.
Everyone else...not so much.
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