Uni Watch Looks At New Reds Uniforms

by JD Arney on Dec 8, 2006 4:43 AM EST in News

2007 Reds Uniform

Uniwatch is a great site that goes into obsessive detail on sports uniforms. They recently took a look at the new Reds unis:

Good vs. stupid -- that's really the fundamental question of our age, no? "Bad" has almost fallen out of the equation, because bad implies a failed attempt at doing something good, while most bad things in today's world never tried to be good in the first place -- they're just pointless, insipid, stupid. Case in point: the new Reds uniforms, which were unveiled yesterday

He actually does go on to find quite a bit to like about the new uniforms, but the guy really hates the drop shadows. I don't mind them myself, but I don't really know alot about design. Uniforms are kind of like my taste in just about everything, I like what I like, even if I can't quite say why.

I do like the home jerseys quite a bit more than the road though, now that I've had some time to digest everything. Maybe I just really like the piping on the home uniforms. And I'm a sucker for the all Red cap, even if I'd never personally wear one. Not a fan of the red top, black billed road cap.

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I'm tired of the hate against the Reds

Reds fans of the world, unite! Rise up against these oppressive messengers of hate! We will be victorious! We will have justice!

That's all. :)

winter is boooooooring

by Daedalus on Dec 8, 2006 11:40 AM EST reply actions

dropshadows

His two examples of stupid in the second paragraph are hilarious.

I hadn't taken a close look at the backs yet. He's convinced me that the dropshadows make the names too hard to read.

by Red Menace on Dec 8, 2006 12:54 PM EST reply actions

maybe they do from the cheap seats

winter is boooooooring

by Daedalus on Dec 8, 2006 1:54 PM EST up reply actions

Agree

The observations are right on the money. Someone on their site commented that if the players wore uni's that fit they would look much better, but I think that's asking a bit much. Most players don't have a clue about what actually looks good, hence the rise and universal adoption of things like Oakley sunglasses...Awful, but over the years accepted as perfectly normal. But, as a positive, the new uni's are way better than they were, and god bless the all-red home cap!

Let's bring back 1983 and call it Gary Redux!

by Pops Daniels on Dec 8, 2006 1:48 PM EST reply actions

amen to the red cap

i think it is universally approved of...

winter is boooooooring

by Daedalus on Dec 8, 2006 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

Red

Wear the all-Red cap at home and on the road.

by TR on Dec 8, 2006 2:05 PM EST reply actions

Yep

The two tone cap bill is an awful look, but at least the reds haven't come close to this http://www.sportsartifacts.com/aublasshat.JPG .

Let's bring back 1983 and call it Gary Redux!

by Pops Daniels on Dec 8, 2006 3:05 PM EST up reply actions

The Road Uniforms...

Should be just like the home and alternate uniforms, except for they should be black.

Michigan was Robbed!

by chandrathan on Dec 8, 2006 2:52 PM EST reply actions

Like

These....
http://shop4teams.com/baseball/images/927_softball_jersey.jpg

Let's bring back 1983 and call it Gary Redux!

by Pops Daniels on Dec 8, 2006 3:15 PM EST up reply actions

Just like those...

Give the players a chance to show off their "guns".

Michigan was Robbed!

by chandrathan on Dec 8, 2006 3:17 PM EST up reply actions

no

city name goes on away uniforms. there are only a couple who don't do that.

winter is boooooooring

by Daedalus on Dec 8, 2006 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

The Audacity of Red

I say give them red pants too on the alternate uni days. That's at least 10-12 wins as a result of sheer awe by opposing teams.

by satyanaas on Dec 8, 2006 4:05 PM EST up reply actions

oh god

i have awful images in my mind of the seventies and eighties uniforms in major league baseball. how the heck did anyone think those things looked good?

winter is boooooooring

by Daedalus on Dec 8, 2006 4:27 PM EST up reply actions