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Mets to Sport New Blue Alternate Jerseys Tonight

Posted by Scott Lewis under New York Mets, Uniforms And Logos on Apr 05, 2013

It was “weird hats” that took some of the blame for the New York Mets’ loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday. If the Mets struggle versus the Miami Marlins at home tonight, then it’s probably going to be those blue alternate jerseys that draw the ire of bizarro beat writers.

The Mets will be wearing one of two new blue alternates when they trot out at Citi Field on Friday night. No word if it’s the ‘Mets’ or ‘New York’ model that will be worn tonight. We do know that Jeremy Hefner will be wearing one, though.


The Mets announced that they would be wearing two new alternates for the 2013 season back in November. For more on the Mets new look, and what else is new in uniforms and logos for 2013, check out Chris Creamer’s latest at Getting Blanked.

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What’s New in Logos and Uniforms in 2013

Posted by Chris Creamer under Uniforms And Logos on Apr 03, 2013

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There was a time — long, long ago when you wouldn’t know which teams had changed logos and uniforms, or added special sleeve patches until your local team actually played them on television.

Yeah, those days are long gone. With the Internet there are no longer any surprises in life, you won’t have to wait until the Chicago White Sox make an appearance on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball to learn they’re actually wearing their old 1983 uniforms for every Sunday home game, or that the Orioles are honouring the memory of their old skipper all-season long.

Why?

Well because we got everything logo and uniform related for you here in one handy new graphics preview guide for the 2013 MLB season!

We’ll start things off with the biggest change of the off-season, it’s the…

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Crimes Against Design and Crowdsourced Uniforms

Posted by Chris Creamer under Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Uniforms And Logos on Feb 01, 2013

Earlier this week the Milwaukee Brewers announced the winner of their “Design a YOUniform” contest, a contest in which one lucky fan could see his very own uniform concept on the field for two Brewers’ Spring Training games this March.

After receiving over 500 entries from all over the United States, SportsLogos.Net reader Ben Peters from Minnesota was chosen as that one lucky fan, his design took the current Brewers colour scheme and paired it with retro elements to create a great looking uniform that I think many wouldn’t mind seeing the club use full-time one day in the future.

Milwaukee will wear this fan-designed uniform for two games this March

The Brewers had a great response from the fans for this contest but they were hardly the first ones to go this route – they weren’t even the first Major League club to do it – below we’ll take a look at the winners of various past fan-designed uniform contests held throughout sports.

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Cardinals Unveil New Home Alternate Jersey for 2013

Posted by Scott Lewis under St. Louis Cardinals, Uniforms And Logos on Nov 16, 2012

The St. Louis Cardinals unveiled an alternate jersey that will be worn at Saturday home games next season. The Cardinals showed off their new look at a press conference, streamed live on the club’s official site Friday morning.

The jersey is both a nod to and break from tradition. The off-white (or “heritage white” as our friend Chris Creamer calls it) is similar to what we’ve seen in alternates from the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies. The new look marks the first time the club will have a jersey that features St. Louis across the chest rather than Cardinals in 80 years.

Team president Bill DeWitt III on the uniform change:

“It’s not an earth-shattering change, but any change with the Cardinals is big news because there’s such tradition with our uniform look. We don’t take it lightly. I’m excited about [Friday's unveiling], and I think our fans will be more than pleased with the changes.”

The Cardinals also announced that they will wear red caps on the road next season. RIP, navy caps.

Via St. Louis Cardinals

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New York Mets Unveil Two New Alternate Jerseys

Posted by Scott Lewis under HardBall Talkin', New York Mets, Uniforms And Logos on Nov 14, 2012

The New York Mets official Twitter account posted photos of blue home and road alternates for the 2013 season. The Mets will adopt a design similar the blue versions of their “Los Mets” jerseys that they have worn on occasion over the past two seasons.

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The Phantom Merchandise World

Posted by Chris Creamer under Uniforms And Logos on Oct 03, 2012

It happens every season, merchandise manufacturers do their best to get items available for sale to fans and on the players in the clubhouse the second a team clinches either a championship or a berth into the post-season.

Being so prepared naturally there will be items produced for teams that don’t end up winning… So, every October for longer than I care to remember, I scour the Internet.  I seek out online shops who have images of this merchandise up on their websites up in an attempt to be ready to sell as quickly as possible, the real fun of course is finding the t-shirts and caps of the teams that don’t win the big game – this is what I like to call “Phantom Merchandise”

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Astros To Make Old New Again

Posted by Dustin Parkes under Houston Astros, Uniforms And Logos on Aug 27, 2012

According to our friend Chris Creamer at SportsLogos.Net, the Houston Astros will be going back to a blue and orange color scheme for their logo and uniforms as part of their rebranding efforts ahead of the 2013 season. This is just one of the major changes that the Astros will be undertaking to their look and feel, something that Mr. Creamer predicted on this very website back in January.

The new Astros uniforms were described as very simple and traditional, a stripped down version of their original Astros uniforms which included the shooting star arching over the team script on their home jerseys.  I have been told that this shooting star is absent from the new uniforms for 2013.  Look for script similar to their road jerseys from this era.

As for the new Astros logo, I’ve been told it will be a new design for the team but similar to other recent new MLB team logos in San Diego and Washington, hard to get excited about that aspect of the new look.

The reported changes match what owner Jim Crane had said about the new uniforms when they were first submitted to Major League Baseball for approval. At the time, he referred to them as “modest,” “traditional” and “very classy.” As Mr. Creamer notes in his piece, this approach to rebranding follows the success of the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays uniforms, which borrowed from the past to make themselves new again.

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