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Monday, January 15, 2007

The Diamondbacks' Uniforms

Sartorially the Diamondbacks have always ranked among the worst franchises in the league, and the new uniforms don't change a thing. They're still ugly, but now they're ugly in a different way. Before, the Diamondbacks' colors screamed haphazardly put together, and now they scream stupidity; who had the great idea of putting an abbreviation on the uniforms?. Who wants that? In the D'backs'—or rather, D-backs', as the uniforms define the new abreviation—In the D'Backs' old uniforms, the color purple was prominent. Why? Because the Phoenix Suns wore that color! That is the epitome of sartorial BBLLEECCHH. And then there are the placket problems. In the words of Paul Lukas of Uni Watch:
Turns out I was right, but not in the way I expected. Whatever else you may think of the new unis, it looks like they’ve got a major problem with the way the chest insignia breaks across the jersey placket. In short: Because of the logo’s design, they had to split the “a” into two halves, and most of the time it doesn’t line up. This shows up again and again (and again) in photos from last night’s unveiling event, and even, to a lesser extent, in MLB’s official merch photo.

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