The case for Brown

OK, so everyone is talking about what should be done about the Padres uniforms. Now that we have new ownership a change in threads can't be far behind, right?

Just in case Mr. Moorad and Mr.Garfinkle have become faithful Gaslamp Ball readers (how could they not?) I want to put out there that I think SDFriarFan is right. A little tweaking of the current design is the right way to go. Everyone should take a look at the idea at:

http://thesacrificebunt.com/tag/uniforms/

I know there is a groundswell of support for the early 80's look and I love the old unis too (in fact I am wearing the 1982 Tony Gwynn rookie jersey right now) but trying to go back almost never works. And if we suddenly put the guys in the '84 outfits I think we will quickly remember why, just like parachute pants and mullets, we left that look in the first place. I think more than a new look we need a color that we can call our own. When the Dodgers and Cubs come to town, there is royal blue everywhere. When the Cardinals show up you see red in the stands. When the Giants are here you can spot their fans in orange. A few have mentioned yellow as it is used by very few other teams and that isn't a bad thought.

But there is one color no one else uses, BROWN. Let's make it ours. Let the color brown stand for the Padres and their fans. When we go to the other guy's ballpark, and more of us should, they will know us from the brown we are wearing.  I know a lot of people don't think brown is cool but that can be what makes it cool for us. It is the sad orphan color that you can't even find in the the rainbow. It is the sorry broken crayon that gets left in the box. It is the color that 29 other major league teams wouldn't embrace but we did because we don't care what other people think. WE'RE PADRES FANS! We could have jumped on a Dodgers or Yankees or Red Sox or Cubs or whatever bandwagon but we didn't! WE'RE PADRES FANS! If we cared about what was cool we would never have made that one profound (some say fatal) sports-team choice.

I travel around the country a bit and when I do I always wear my Padres gear and people often look at me in sort of a bemused way like how could I be so insane as to be a Padres fan. I don't care. I am not a Padres fan to impress anyone. I am a Padres fan because they are my team no matter how crazy the rest of the country thinks that is and I say there is a color for that sentiment and that color is BROWN.

So, Mr. Moorad, Mr. Garfinkle, I respectfully submit that you leave the current uniform essentially intact and you incorporate Brown either as the primary color or as the highlight color against the navy blue. You can then safely make the boatload of money that you would like to make from all the new clothing that fans will have to buy. But fair warning, I will probably show up in a certain 1982 Tony Gwynn rookie jersey which happens to already be....brown.