Thursday, December 9, 2010

New Tribe Unis


So the Cleveland Indians unveiled a new uniform set for the 2011 season. Overall they're half awesome and half meh. Both the standard home and alternate away jersey fall into the meh category. Except for some minor tweaks the home white has remained virtually unchanged since the 1994 overhaul and I think is due for a change. While not bad it has just grown a bit old. Plus, what's up with the cap's navy blue not matching the navy on the helmet, or any of the blue found on the Tribe's uni's for that matter. Looks even more noticeable on the road alt, which by the way goes back to the standard Chief Wahoo cap apposed to the script 'I'. Where these uni's shine are the new road grays. The Indians are going with a retro look that compliment the home alternate cream jerseys perfectly (more on those in a minute). The road grey's and home alts really clash with the script 'Indians' jerseys with the retro vs. modern look, script vs. block lettering, piping vs. no piping, Chief Wahoo vs. block 'C'. It's actually starting to become a mess really. That said, the cream home alts should really become the standard homes, and this team will instantly become one of the better looking team in baseball. A classic team really should stick with a classic look. But the worst move of all? Switching from the navy block 'C' cap on the home alts to red. Blah!

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