What's your favorite Padres Uniform?
by jbox on Jul 29, 2009 10:46 AM PDT
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PrintRecently there has been a lot of talk about the Padres uniforms. I'm a little scared of the new ownership rebranding the Padres and creating yet another new uniform, especially if they choose new colors. I would be in favor of returning to the more unique Brown and Yellow colors of yesteryear though.
The Union Tribune did a feature on the uniforms titled (Un)common Threads, where they talk about how fans are wearing everything from brown, orange, blue, yellow, gray, sand and camouflage to the ballpark. There's no solidarity and there may never be.
miatamx5: Will new uniforms be considered now that a new era of Padres baseball is upon us?
j_moorad: I'm a big fan of the Padres colors -- unlike Arizona, where we changed the colors completely, the only thing I'm open to is an occasional tweak to the designs.
COO Tom Garfinkel answered the question:
Q: Could we see a change in uniforms? A lot of fans don't like the present uniforms.
A: We can't change anything for 2010. The potential for adjustments beyond that, we're open-minded. The fans seem to like the traditional brown-and-yellow in terms of merchandise sales. I think it's part of our brand, part of our history. We might be looking toward some of the more traditional themes. The name of the city on the road uniform and the name of the team on the home uniform. Some like the very first Padres colors of red, white and blue. It fits with the city and our connection with the military.
Vote for your favorite uniform in the poll. These images are in the same order as the choices in the poll.
Images via Dressed to the Nines
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If you don't pick the '84 batch, I hate you
Seriously, we can’t be friends.
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by matthewverygood on Jul 29, 2009 10:52 AM PDT reply actions
I wonder if there is a way that we could switch between all of these
I think the only ones I really don’t like are the 2000-2003
Agreed on that
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I'm down with that
I also could do with out either 72-73 or 74-77 or both if need be.
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Again
NO Red, White and Blue!!!
Looking like everyone else isn’t cool when you have your own history, and more importantly, your OWN colors!
These were alternates, but still
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I like it!
Replace the tan shadow around the lettering on the home uni with yellow, and add a little yellow to the away uni, and I think we have a winner. Keep the tan for the base color on the away, though. All that yellow would make it look like a “Man in the big yellow hat” convention.
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by Boilermaker19 on Jul 29, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
funny...
you didn’t list the B Giles uniform – tan, shaved and naked.
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1984
my most recent purchase was a 1984-style brown w/yellow detail players’ therma base fleece… yummy
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although truth be told
i picked an older hat because i dont like the way the 1984 hats sit on your head… too low-profile
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I really like the font for the Padres curent home jerseys
Maybe keep that font, but use the colors for 78-84. Basically take the current jersey and make the colors brown and gold, but replace the hat with the 78-84 hat and the stripes on the pants I could go either way. For the away unis put San Diego instead of Padres on the away jerseys with the brown shirt. I don’t really like any of the fonts for San Diego we’ve used, something more cursive-y might work.
You could also wear the cap with just a yellow SD and brown background as an alternate cap and maybe have an alternate jersey that goes with that. Maybe the alternate is just another solid brown jersey with Padres instead of San Diego on it for home.
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Hmm
The 1998 team definitely wore road jerseys that looked like the 2000-2003 variety. I don’t really recognize the road one they show for 1991-2000.
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1998
There’s a lot more orange than the picture makes it seem.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Another look
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Where is this jersey?
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by Wonko on Jul 29, 2009 11:24 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
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Those socks are great. It’s funny that the thing that winds up standing out in that picture is the white shoes.
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by John Gennaro on Jul 29, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That's pretty much why I hate 2000-2003.
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Those uniforms sucked regardless
The home unis looked like darkened Dodger uniforms.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
1st year i went to spring training
they had those jerseys. I think that was the year Garth Brooks tried out for the team. I remember everyone saying how much they hated those uniforms and how dodger-esque they were.
The first time Brooks went to Spring Traing
They were still wearing the pinstripes.
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hmm weird
I remember him like this. Did he really go 2 years in a row? Jesus.
Ok thats 2 too many pictures a post needs of Garth Brooks.
He could probably make the team right now
if he tried out.
by jbox on Jul 29, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I had almost blocked that out of my memory
No wonder we still have Geer and had Silva, we have a fine history of circus acts.
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Do you remember when the blue and white (sans orange) hat first came out it had the white button on top?
That looked way to Dodgers to me
I want addresses!
for these people
Some like the very first Padres colors of red, white and blue. It fits with the city and our connection with the military.
Seriously who are these dicks?
I wish we all could have agreed on the 84 model. Unanimous consent amongst the fans would help them decide in our favor.
By saying FIRST Padres colors
does that mean PCL colors?
I dont think I have ever seen the red white and blue uniforms.
Best I could find so far (it's really small so I'm blowing it up a little, which makes it fuzzy)
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Found a better one (1940)
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can't really tell it's blue, looks black
looks kinda nazi-ish.
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Well, the team was called the San Diego Nazis back then
And they tied an onion to their belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees. ‘Give me five bees for a quarter,’ you’d say. Now where was I… oh yeah. The important thing was that they had an onion tied to their belts, which was the style at the time. You couldn’t get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones…
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by Wonko on Jul 29, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
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While we’re in that universe, what about sleeveless designs?
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Some like the very first Padres colors of red, white and blue
When? Who? What? Why?
I like any of the uniform combos from ’74 to ’84 ..
when they went to blue, i died a little bit inside.
552
the og's
they’re classy
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 29, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions
While the '84 jerseys are still my favorites...
if they had to pick an older uniform style to update I’d pick the 1969 jerseys. Love the colors, love the simplicity, love the hats. Update the font on the front a little and you’ve got a snazzy looking uniform.
The '74 ones can be done
-I love the ‘84 jersey but I don’t think they could duplicate that gem. The ‘74 ones look clean and not too loud. But I don’t think they will go with brown regardless. The Cleveland Browns have alternate brown pants that everyone hates and are getting poop jokes already. And they have only worn them once!
-The current Padres jerseys are the ugliest ones in the Majors. The script is awful, the colors are boring, the “wave” under the letters is dumb; even MLB players voted it the ugliest one in sports a few years back in SI and Fox. Definitely need to throw away the whole thing.
-The should go blue and yellow. Not too many MLB teams use yellow; just the Brewers, Pirates, A’s.
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That SD on the 69-71 hats are all scrunched up. If they fixed that, I’d like them better.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Hmm
Apparently they also wore the 1969-71 hats with the 1972-73 jersey/pants.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
They also had a hat with more gold on it.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
I have to assume that this was a spring training uni
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
There it is again
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And again
These are starting to look like real games.
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And a different one (Note the lettering on the front)
I also found people trying to sell this one as a throwback.
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Looks like the photo
was taken at Candlestick
Looks like we have a winner.
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 29, 2009 1:51 PM PDT reply actions
holy crap
have we really had this many uniforms? Damn. I voted ‘74 – ’77, they’re definitely the coolest, cleanest, and classiest.
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by LJbumfool on Jul 29, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions
i may be lonely in this
but i loved the brown pinstripey ones of the 80s
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I like those too
they are missing something though
They need to be tweaked a little bit IMO
Why So Many?
We’ve had so many uniforms because nobody is fully satisfied. For the poll winners – remember Tony Gwynn’s retirement ceremony? Several ‘84 players came on the field with their ’84 jerseys, but not the stretch-knit pants. Most of the players hated those. As far as the original uniforms are concerned, you have to go back to the original, non-affiliated 1936 team, not when they were a minor league team for somebody else. I think those were the best, classic uni’s. Maybe somebody can dig up a picture of Ted Williams in ‘37, wearing those uni’s. They might be the best of all.
Pictures from 1937 were mostly in black in white
Not terribly helpful.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
1951
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1951 Home (the first was away)
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Uncommon Threads
should be a feature somewhere else…
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I like the present road uniforms the most
would like to see those the most used. the 2000-2003 uniforms are the worst
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I like the lettering
of the present road uniforms.
But the color or cut of the uniform makes them look a little bit too much like pajamas.
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