The Marty Show wrote:

phatj wrote:I agree that losing Wahoo is good, but those new hats look dumb.

Yeah, the "C" is not that great. I thought it was based on an old uniform, but they've never had one just like it.

Losing Wahoo? He appears on all four versions of the jersey, and on the main hat as well.

thephan wrote:

mozartpc27 wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Anyone that bought a Strasburg jersey has to buy a new one. The Nats are changing their uniforms AGAIN....

(rumor is they're switching the home one to a cursive "Nationals" similar to the road "Washington" one, and they're removing the gold)

Long overdue IMHO. As in, they should have done that with their first uniforms. The typeface they use right now is so generic "professional sports team" font.

Source?

So there are a fefw things here.

1. The change is to make the Unis red, white and blue to honor the nation. No other colors. Fan pressure for this.

2. They have an alternate blue hat that looks close enough to the Phils blue hat that there has been a stink about trying to attract some buyers. This assumes that most of you cannot tell a P from a W. Frankly, it is as close to the Cubs hat as the Phils. Our presence in Nats Town really has people hating the Phillies down here these days.

The Cubs dropped that hat, and the Phils's blue/red hat was darker than the Cubs blue hat.

The road blue hat the Nationals use now is a noticably darker blue than the one the Phils use - it matches the navy blue of the USA flag, if I remember correctly. Is the new Nationals blue hat going to use the same shade of blue that their current road hat is, or are they going lighter?

Compare:





Is there a picture of the new hat out there anywhere?

All interlocking "DC" references are gone

Dave Niehaus has passed away. One of the greats.

thephan wrote:Fan pressure for this.

The pressure must have been crushing.

This has been talked about before, but how awful are the Angels at translating their minor league talent into major league results? If I was Mike Trout, I'd be praying for a trade all winter long.

Look at how many highly touted position prospects they've had that haven't come close to reaching their potential:
-Jeff Mathis
-Dallas McPherson (who really, should have a major league platoon job. I'm surprised he hasn't had more of a chance to make someone's team as a power bat off the bench)
-Howie Kendrick
-Brandon Wood
-Casey Kotchman
-Erick Aybar (he was a decent enough hitter in the minors, inept in the majors)

You know what, I really like Mike Trout, but I'm going to hold this against him until he's out of the Angels organization.

those nats unis look like something a high school legion team would wear.


the american flag one is awful.

I actually like them going all the way on the American flag thing, rather than just wearing those crappy caps with the regular uniforms.

Are they trying to avoid another "Natinals" incident?

CalvinBall wrote:the american flag one is awful.

Agreed. I put it right up there with the Padres camo uniforms.


Wow. I come across as all sorts of unpatriotic in this post.

Fusilli Jerry wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:the american flag one is awful.

Agreed. I put it right up there with the Padres camo uniforms.


Wow. I come across as all sorts of unpatriotic in this post.

AND ON VETERANS DAY OF ALL DAYS!! COMMIE!

Fusilli Jerry wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:the american flag one is awful.

Agreed. I put it right up there with the Padres camo uniforms.


Wow. I come across as all sorts of unpatriotic in this post.

All I read was you hate America, especially our military.

BigEd76 wrote:

Like it. Even though they probably won't play like one yet, they'll look like a real team now, although the right one is still a bit silly, at least that one cap sorta matches it. I wanted them to make some version of that center one for a while. Did they say which is the standard uniform?

I'd be guessing Away, Home, Alternate from left to right...

Not much gets by you.

All three are home jerseys according to the site. White being regular, other two alternate

Olney wrote:Heard this: The Seattle Mariners likely will not be doing a whole lot of stuff this winter, beyond shopping from the bargain bin.

/6orgy

If you've been to baseball-reference's home page recently, you've seen that they have 12 players' pictures on it which rotates every few minutes.

This guy was one of the 12 just now. Great name and great nickname

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be called Ugly Dickshot.

holy crap, the Padres are only expected to be on the books for 39.7 million after arbitration awards, pre-arb contracts, and league minimum players to complete the roster

(per baseball-reference.com)