NHL Uniforms

So here are my NHL concepts. Some have no changes, as I think unlike NFL and MLB uniforms in the NHL things are pretty simple, and you don't see too many crazy designs that need to be fixed. I guess the big things I have done is relocated a few franchises. Let be honest, Miami and Nashville aren't hockey towns, so lets bring back the Whalers (mainly because they have one of the best logos and uniforms in all sports), as well as the Nordiques. And while we are at it, franchises are going to fare better in Canada, and there should be more teams there, so will send the Islanders up to Nova Scotia, hey the names fits there too. Also, while it might make sense for two MLB and NBA teams in LA, I think we can move the Ducks, and will a new arena likely for the soon to be Supersonics, Seattle seems like a great location for a franchise. Granted teams like Columbus and Phoenix could also be moved, but as I see it, Phoenix is one of the largest cities in the U.S. so the southwest really should have some representation. And with Columbus, well it makes sense to have a team in Ohio, you could move them to Cleveland, but they're more centrally located in Columbus.
After relocating teams I tried to find a good set up for divisions. The best seemed five divisions of six teams, you have your original 6, two east divisions and two west divisions, with the names coming from the old school divisions in the league. Tried to maintain rivals as best as I could.
Uniform template are from Silent Wind of Doom on wikipedia, as with the MLB uniform templates, it was a great starting point for me.
So here you go...

 

NFL Uniforms

First off, all the uniform templates are designed by wikipedia user JohnnySeoul so thanks to him for supplying the backbones for this. Some unis that I didnt think needed changes are direct from his art on wikipedia, so all credit to him for giving me something to start with. I hope everyone enjoys my design ideas.

Now some uni basics that are league wide.
1. No alternate uniforms, just color and white.
2. Teams are allowed a sort of alternate design if they are matching white pants with a white jersey at home during early season warm weather games. Baring the heat, teams wear color at home (looking at you Dallas) and white on the road.
3. Captain patches are gone, it was a nice idea, but its too clunky looking. Maybe a Captain C sticker on the back of the helmets?
4. No logos on the back collar of jerseys like Arizona, Buffalo, and Minnesota do now, that's a bad trend. And last...
5. The idea is to make teams visually distinct and have a design that is recognized easily and associates them with the franchise. You'll see I consider some looks ugly, but its an ugly look that really is part of the teams identity (Seattle). Which is also why alternate unis have been ditched and for the most part there is no crazy mix and match with different pants and jerseys, the looks should be easy to identify and associate with a team.
6. I thought about just moving the Jags out to Los Angeles, but I'm going to give the people of Jacksonville the benefit of keeping them in Florida. So I added two teams, Los Angeles and San Antonio. San Antonio seemed the most logical city to get an expansion franchise along with LA. I chose Stallions and Vipers for the names. I'm not a logo designer, so I found two I liked to use for this exercise. The Stallions was a supposedly a concept the Texans had in the works before they settled on the bull, and the Vipers is based on an Army special unit. With two new teams in the best way to organize seemed to be a simple split of Eastern and Western Conferences, especially since there are 17 teams in the eastern time zone. A 16 game schedule would be play everyone in your conference once, alternate home and away each season.


EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta Falcons:
This is sort of a combo of the modern logo with the old red helmet and black jersey design. I just think this works better, and is more distinctive. Its not exactly like the old unis, I like the new uniforms blocky shadow numbers, so I kept them in the design. Also going with black pants with the white jerseys on the road. Like other dome teams, with no warm weather games they don’t need a white on white home look.

Baltimore Ravens:
I am not a fan of purple unis, but in a league of 32 teams you need one or two purple teams to provide some diversity. The only real change here is having black pants with both the purple and white jerseys always. The current black pants have no stripes, but I think adding in some white and purple makes them look better. Also ditching the solid black socks that make it look like they're wearing long black tights with the black pants.

Buffalo Bills:
When the Bills recently made the switch back to a look much more like their classic design it was great. My only issue is really the helmet. They should keep the red helmet rather than going to white. There's already lots of teams with white helmets, and the Colts already have the white helmet / blue jersey look. The jersey needed some clean up around the neck, and while its not visible on here, you have get rid of the logo on the back of the jersey above the player name, that’s an unfortunate trend that Minnesota and Arizona seem to have started. All in all, not much change beside the helmet color, a good look.

Carolina Panthers:
This team is in Carolina, when you think of Carolina you think of the baby blue jerseys of UNC. Why the Panthers have black as a primary and the blue as a secondary I don’t get. So this keeps the current design but dumps the silver completely. Instead you stress the Carolina Blue color, its distinctive and just looks better than the current silver and black design. When I saw the black jersey / black pants combo this year I made me think a solid black (helmet, jersey, pants) uni would look decent and makes sense for Panthers, but I think the baby blues look best.

Cincinnati Bengals:
I know some people like the tiger stripe helmets, and think they make the uniform distinctive (which I am all for), but I just think they are awful. I’m fine with tiger stripes on the sleeves or pants, as I think that’s an innovative way to change normal stripe design up, but on the helmet, no I just can’t stand it. The team came up with a great tiger logo in the ‘90s (both head and full body version) that they don’t use it nearly enough. So I like the tiger head on an orange helmet to replace the tiger stripes. Also going from black to an orange jersey is big step in the right direction, as their current orange alternates look way better than the black jerseys. While I don’t dislike the tiger stripe B logo, it seems more suited for an MLB cap than under the neckline on a jersey where teams typically have a word mark. The uniform design stays pretty close the current one, with some tweaks. For the white uniforms I think you drop out the orange shoulders and make them all white, aside from orange sleeves. The orange pants also work well for a distinct look with the white jersey.

Cleveland Browns:
Another classic look. While some say its boring and the brown is ugly, I think that makes it distinctive and shows the heritage of the team. I considered using the jersey numbers on the helmets but there is something to the blank helmet that works. Just some changes to the pant stripes to better match the overall design of the stripes in the uniform. And also inverting the colors of the Al Lerner "AL" on the white jersey to make it stick out more. I am really sad to hear they are going to Nike up these unis come 2014, why mess with such tradition, Alabama and Penn State get this, why can't the Browns?

Detroit Lions:
The current uniforms are good, the only thing I’d want to change is to drop the black trim. Just go back to the honolulu blue and silver color scheme.

Indianapolis Colts:
The Colts uniform is classic that needs no changes.

Jacksonville Jaguars:
While teal is a distinctive color, the Dolphins already own it and the Jags are really the forgotten team in Florida anyway. Moving back to the old uniform design is a start, the current look with the side swooshes is no good. Making gold the primary color with teal as secondary and black as tertiary works. The gold jersey is very unique, yet still uses traditional uniform design.

Miami Dolphins:
No changes needed here. A good simple look, and the teal, even if you aren’t a fan, is distinctive and appropriate for the Miami area. I really hope the rumors of the logo and uniform change aren't true.

New England Patriots:
The current look with the silver helmet / pants and navy jersey is too generic. In general the trend towards dull navy from more vibrant colors has been bad. The silver and navy look is too similar to the Cowboys uniform. Also the navy pants with white jersey design has to go. The fix is simple, switch out the navy for red, which also is a throwback to their jerseys of the ‘80s.The red jersey stands out more and is definitely distinctive. Keeping the silver pants with the white jerseys also works.

New York Giants:
Their current style is good, but needs a few changes. For one thing, they're "big blue" right? So why so much red in the white jerseys? So just expand on the blue. Second, gray pants just look dingy, go to white and they're all set.

New York Jets:
No real changes needed here. My only issue is with the chest patch logo. Its makes the front asymmetrical, and really chest patches should be reserved for anniversary patches, memorial patches, or the Superbowl logo for the participating teams.

Philadelphia Eagles:
I like the overall design of the Eagles uniforms since they switched it up back in the 90s. However the new color scheme is bland. The dark green just doesn't pop at all. So I think you go with the current style, numbers, logos, etc. but with the old kelly green and silver. Now you've got a great look.

Pittsburgh Steelers:
A classic look, no need to mess around with it. The only change, like with the Jets, is dumping the logo patch on the chest of the jersey.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
The current look (when they stick with the silver/pewter pants) looks good. Why change? There is something about the old orange look that is retro-cool and says sunny Tampa more than their current look. To me the problem with old look was the logo, while it has a ugly trendiness to it, it just doesn’t work for an NFL team. So keep the modern logo and uniform design, but just switch it with the classic color scheme. I think its great blend of new and old, that seems appropriate with the warm climate, and also a distinctive identity, which is what I'm trying to set up here.

Washington Sentinels:
While I can deal with names like Chiefs, Braves, and even Indians, obviously Redskins is offensive, as is their logo. So new name, Sentinels, but lets keep the color scheme and we can just use the old spear logo to replace the their current look. I toyed with a yellow helmet, but ultimately the maroon helmet, maroon jersey, yellow pants look they started going with recently seemed too good to get rid of.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Arizona Cardinals:
The swooshes everywhere have got to go. The Cardinals, though travelers from Chicago to St Louis to Phoenix, are one of the oldest franchises. So just go with a traditional look of some simple sleeve stripes, contrasting collar and be done with it. Also drop the black from the jersey, I think keeping simple with red and white makes it more old school and similar to the nice one color looks of the Jets and Colts. With the roof on the stadium they don't need a white on white look for home games.

Chicago Bears:
It’s a good classic look, nothing to change.

Dallas Cowboys:
I know its tradition for them to wear white an home, but hey they haven't won a playoff game in how long? Just go with the navy jerseys, they do look good. Also lets fix up the white set, the different color silvers of their helmet and pants so they match, same with dumping the royal blue that is in there for some reason and just go with navy numbers and trim.

Denver Broncos:
I've been for going with the orange jersey over the navy for a while, so it was nice to see them make the switch this year. Not really a fan of the side swooshes, but they started this in the 90s, and like the Seattle monochromatic look, the Denver swooshes are distinctive. Since Denver started this trend, they keep it. As Denver goes back to orange jerseys, they also should go back from navy to royal blue. Chicago is navy and orange; Denver goes back to the old color scheme. Also of note switching the facemask to white, like the previous Bronco helmet design. And using orange swooshes on the white jersey with matching orange on the pants.

Green Bay Packers:
Classic look again. Nothing at all to change here.

Houston Texans:
The design works fine, its nothing special but acceptable, however the excessive navy is bland. Navy helmet and navy jersey makes them look too much like the Bears. The easy switch is to go to their red alternates, and on the road have white jerseys with red pants. Like the Falcons, playing in a stadium with a roof they won’t need to use the white on white look at home.

Kansas City Chiefs:
Also a classic look, no changes needed.

Los Angeles Vipers:
So with 32 teams already out there, it was hard to be unique, so I figured lets go with orange and purple, with silver. Isn't already out there, and I mean LA already is fine with purple and yellow of the Lakers, so they should be cool with orange and purple.

Minnesota Vikings:
The redesign a few years back ended up being pretty brutal. All these modern swooshes and horizontal stripes… awful. Really just lifting the design from their previous look. I’m not big on purple, but it does distinguish the Vikings from other teams, which is the whole point of a uniform identity. I went back and forth, but ultimately sided against purple pants with the white jersey, too much purple, white pants are the way to go.

New Orleans Saints:
The Saints have a great look. There really doesn’t need to be any changes. The ‘70s era gold color is a little better than the current shade of gold, but I have no problem keeping as is now. The only thing to note is no black pants. Stick with the gold pants at home or on the road and it’s a great look.

Oakland Raiders:
Great uniforms, nothing to change.

San Antonio Stallions:
Though the Eagles do feature some black in with their green and silver, its really not significant. So black and green is a good choice for San Antonio. I know the black pants with black jersey isn't a traditional look, but I think its something different. The shoulder to sleeve stripes were inspired by Texas A&M, its a good way to get stripes in with the ever disappearing sleeves. Of course its not quite the same as A&M since they don't have TV numbers to deal with, but I still like it.

San Diego Chargers:
Everyone loves the old powder blue Chargers uniforms, possibly the best uniform ever. A few years back San Diego moved closer to it, bringing back the white helmets, making powder blue a tertiary color, and even have powder blue alternate jerseys. So close. Really they just need to drop the navy and stick with the powder blue only. The modern look works when you switch to powder blue, even if its not quite the same as the retro.

San Francisco 49ers:
Their recent change back to the classic look is almost perfect. The only problem being the weird thing they did to the sleeve stripes needs to be fixed. I assume they did it, as mentioned before, since they really don’t have sleeves on jerseys anymore, but still… Also switching the black outline of the logo to red, and perfect.

Seattle Seahawks:
So with Seattle switching from dark blue, darker blue, and neon green to dark blue, grey/silver, and neon green, was a start. But lets just dump the silver too. I'll keep the mono blue look for home, its ugly but its their trademark. I suppose there isn't too much to this, but really this simple look is way better than the abomination that was a result of nike taking charge of the NFL uniforms. And I know many don't like the neon green, but again unique.

St Louis Rams:
I like the modern era look, and even like the navy and gold. However I think switching it up to keep the same design but go from the modern navy and gold back to the classic blue and yellow is a better look. Also the recent trend of white or navy pants for the team is no good, stick with yellow for both home and road looks.

Tennessee Titans:
I’m not particularly a fan of the different color shoulder scheme the Titans use, so I dumped it for the shoulder stripe look similar to A&M again. A couple years ago they made switched from the navy jersey to the light blue as their primary look. They should go back to navy (we now have both Carolina and San Diego wearing light blue). Also for some reason the navy jersey has white numbers on the chest, but navy numbers on the light blue shoulder. Not a fan at all, stick white one number color, white, for the whole jersey. Also The Titans have some red in their logo, but none on the jerseys or pants, so adding in some red to the number outline and pant stripes gives the uniform some more color than the previous blue and blue theme. Also, not a fan of the flaming logo, so just the T with the stars on the helmet works for me. The sword logo would get a little color modification and become their primary logo.

MLB Uniforms

Much like my NFL uniform concepts there are a few basic ideas here when doings the MLB uniforms:

1. Tradition is important, especially in baseball, so crazy designs need not apply (for the most part). A lot of the looks I kept, no need to change what works for many of these teams.

2. Likewise enough with 5 different uniform combos, in baseball it should be simple, home white (or cream), gray road, and you can have ONE alternate, which should be specifically designated, for example, Sunday day games, Saturday night games, whatever you want, but have set designation for when you wear your alternate.

3. Also, no colored jerseys, this isn’t softball. If you really like colors you can buy the batting practice / spring training uniforms.

4. While throwbacks are good, it’s kind of hard to do a real 1920’s throwback when uniform material, fitting, etc are so different. So with a lot of these alternates that are sort of throwbacks, but not really, more like lifting old school designs into a modern uniform.

5. Uniform identity is important, your colors can help tie you to the city / fan base, make you easily identifiable when someone puts a game on, and lastly can actually win you some fans if you have a good design. That being said, I did a lot of these with the premise of not having multiple teams that look the same, which is tough considering so many baseball teams have some combo of blue/navy and red.

6. Home uniforms have the nickname and road unis have the city/region name (for the most part).

7. No logos on caps! Just the signature letter mark.

8. Socks or stirrups, whatever you wear at least wear your pants cuffed properly up higher and not down over your ankles!

9. All credit for the templates goes to Wikipedia user Silent Wind of Doom. The templates went a long way to helping me get started.

 

 

New York Yankees:

Hey no need to mess with a classic. Now yes, it’s a bit annoying that their cap NY is different than their jersey NY, but its quirky tradition I’m willing to let slide. For the alternate, they do have some old throwback designs I could have used, but keeping their home design and just switching from pinstripes to cream gives it a traditional feel that works for the Yankees.

 

Boston Red Sox:

They have red in their name, why so much navy? The overall design is simple, clean, classic… it works, just need to emphasize red in the uniforms. Like the Yankees, their uniforms have kept pretty much the same, one option was based on the 1908 unis that had a large red sock across the front of the jersey, too ugly for my tastes. So I went with one based on the 1902 uni, with Boston “B” on the right chest, and an “A” for American League on the left chest.

 

Baltimore Orioles:

Hey, I like the Orioles’ new/old bird head logo as much as the next guy, but those types of logos just don’t belong on major league caps. Go back to the “O’s” design. Also emphasize the orange more to make them stand out. Overall uni design is pretty good, and it’s really been the same for almost the entire history of the team. For an alternate, I know I am breaking my own rule, but this one exception, a design based on the Orioles 1901 all black design. You probably want to wear this one only for night games; it’s got to get pretty hot wearing that under the summer sun. By the way, in addition to the cool bird logo, also like the Maryland flag incorporation into their secondary logo. A nice link with their sister franchise in the NFL.

 

Toronto Blue Jays:

First things first, drop the bird logo the cap. Their typeface makes a distinctive “T” logo for the cap. They did a good job going back to their old design, but no need to modernize the bird as they did, I am good with bringing back the original design unchanged. I like keeping the maple leaf visible, just to stress themselves as Canada’s franchise. The alternate has some thick shoulder and pant stripes, again a call back to popular elements from 70s/80s uniforms.

 

 

 

Tampa Bay Rays:

Like it or not the (Devil) Rays original design and colors were distinctive. Now they have homogenized themselves with navy, and worse yet, light blue, and yellow. While navy, light blue and yellow is an amazing look (for the San Diego Chargers) is super trendy, every sports teams is adopting it now, so their current look get a zero for originality. The overall design is bland too; so I pulled from their old design with a new color scheme. Go back to green, throw some orange in there and they look like a Florida team, especially one that would play in a stadium named after orange juice. Imagine how great this team would look playing at the very cool proposed new stadium on the bay that sadly got scrapped.

 

 

Chicago White Sox:

Another team with a good looking design. No need for a change. For the alternate I pulled from their 80s horizontal panel look, but kept the current black and white color scheme. I love the old winged sock logo they had, so I brought that back, substituting the yellow background for gray.

 

 

Minnesota Twins:

Another simple and clean look. Swapped in a cream colored minimalist home design, and keeping the “TC” cap logo for home, with the “M” on the road. I really like the pinstripe gray road uniforms, another distinct feature. The white alternates also use the Twin Cities interlocking letters. And their alternate logo with the Minneapolis and St Paul “twins” shaking hands is a really cool.

 

 

Kansas City Royals:

Yet another simple and classic, if often overlooked design. No much in the way of changes here. For the alternate I put a modified “KC” crown crest on the chest, a nice change of pace from the standard home uni.

 

 

 

Detroit Tigers:

Like the Yankees they feel the need to confuse us with slightly different cap and jersey “D” logos, but hey, I’m not going to stand in the way of tradition when it comes to baseball uniforms, even if it is a stupid one. Yet another simple and classic design. The alternate jersey vest stands out with the tiger “D” and a little more orange than the usual home uniform.

 

 

 

 

 

Cleveland Indians:

Yeah, I know I changed up the Redskins in my NFL uniform concepts, but Redskins is far more insulting than Indians is. I have tried to downplay the Chief Wahoo logo and its not on the cap. The primary logo still features it, but is a bit more tasteful in my opinion. So the big change here is from blue/navy and red to scarlet and light blue. Here’s the thing, too many teams use the blue/navy and red color scheme in baseball, teams all look the same. This still keeps blue and red, but different hues that are unique. I like their script fonts, and simple “C” on the hat, and a cream home jersey. Meanwhile the alternate white has all sorts of 70s/80s design elements that give it one of those nice “awesome ugly” throwback looks.

 

 

 

Anaheim Angels:

Can we stop calling them the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim please? Come on Angels, everyone knows where you are, just own that you are in the suburbs of Los Angeles and be Orange County’s team.  So on that note, they need to throw “Anaheim” back into the road jerseys. Design, font, and logo wise they have everything looking good. Like so many teams they need to break from the blue and red pack. Just go red and yellow, it’s not in use in now, and the yellow makes sense with the halos.

 

 

 

Seattle Mariners:

I’d rather see them move from teal to a more green hue as their secondary color. And in doing so ties them in better with Seahawks, make Seattle recognizable as navy and green. Another team that pretty much has a good design going for them already, just need to cut down on the silver, it doesn’t really work in baseball. For the alternate I took the trident “M” logo and font, used the current colors, and put in some 70s/80s thick stripes.

 

 

 

 

Texas Rangers:

If the Rangers would just decide if blue or red was their primary color the current uniforms would be fine. I made the choice for them, it’s blue. They still get to bust out the red caps though, maybe Sunday reds or something with their alternate jerseys, which have the old Rangers script font.

 

 

 

 

 

Houston Astros:

Well when it comes to crazy jerseys let stick them down in Houston. I brought back the old orange and navy color scheme as well as the star-H caps. The home jerseys look good with the old shooting star Astros font. I kept the current Houston script for the road jerseys, but took away the underline, which just didn’t look right. For the alternate, it’s a variation of orange rainbow look, using the Astros font from the 90s.  For team logo they needed something different, so slightly modified the Texas-star logo, also I modified their 45th anniversary patch to be used as a secondary logo.

 

 

 

San Jose Athletics:

Selig just needs to let the A’s move from that awful stadium in Oakland to some new revenue generating digs in the Southern part of the bay. Not really sure how the Giants can block this, by moving from Oakland to San Jose they’d actually be further away from San Francisco then they are now. And if MLB let the Expos move into Washington despite the Orioles complaints there should be no reason why the A’s can’t find a home in San Jose. That said, the A’s are great as the one team actually wearing green, looking good with the contrasting yellow-gold. Obviously the Oakland script changes to San Jose on the road uniforms, but very little change besides that. The golden “A’s” and no player names on the alternates give them an nice traditional feel for a franchise that has been around for 100+ years, even if they have called 4 cities (assuming the San Jose move happens) home.
 

 

 

 

Philadelphia Phillies:

They’ve already got one of the best looks in baseball. The only thing that needs to be fixed are the alternate uni socks, instead of the current reds go to blue with red stripes, to match the hat colors.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Atlanta Braves:

Hey if you ditch all their colored alternates it’s a solid jersey design. Some might find all the color around the button seams excessive, and yeah it is, but it’s their look, so I am fine with it. For the alternates I thought the navy font and tomahawk stands out well with the old cream color. Logo speaking I don’t think the tomahawk script should be their primary logo, that’s a wordmark logo, it shouldn’t be both. So the existing double tomahawk seal type thing works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Mets:

I don’t hate the black in their uniforms as much as others, so long as it’s minimal. I mean they did replace the Giants (orange and black) and Dodgers (blue) so having all three colors is fine, so long as black is in moderation. And I am a big fan of the just blue and orange, cream pinstripe alternate look they have now. Plus throw in a Mr. Met for the secondary logo and you have something nice. Yeah I know Mr. Met is incredibly lame compared to his rival the awesome, perfect, incredible, iconic, and stately Phillie Phanatic, but Mr. Met has a lovable loser thing going, and if the Mets are going to be losers, you’d think they’d at least want to be loveable losers.

 

 

 

Washington Nationals:

So it’s 2005, the Expos are set to move to DC and can start fresh, make a name for themselves, literally. What do they do? Pick a boring (though historic) name like the Nationals (rather than the better Senators) and go with an uninspired, generic color scheme. Now yeah I know that they probably want red, white and blue/navy since they are in the nation’s capital, but it’s been done to death in baseball. Hey at least they have two cool letter marks with the “W” and “DC”. So I changed them up, and used the Redskins color scheme (more of that city synergy). They look different than all the other teams out there and it’s a very old feeling color scheme, which works with pastoral baseball.
 

 

 

 

Miami Marlins:

Much like the Nats the Marlins wanted to start fresh this year, changing from Florida to Miami and finally getting to play in a baseball stadium. Whoops, they came out with the mess they have now. Heck I’d prefer the generic black and silver look to their current debacle. At least they went with orange and black rather than everyone else who switches to blue and red. But wait, the Orioles and Giants already have black and orange, so it’s not that original anyway. Not to mention the cap logo and font are a disgrace. I mean that hat logo looks like it should be for Miami International Airport, not on a major league ball teams’ hat. So I kept the old color scheme, making teal the primary and black the secondary, with a little orange thrown in there. It harkens to the lively Miami scene and to the Dolphins, beleaguered as they may be lately, still Miami’s first team, and most decorated, and most identified with the area. Plus with teal as the primary they unique and identifiable, which is part of the goal here. They already had an alternate “M” with the fish they could have just swapped in for the “F” logo. Uniform wise I think dropping the black pinstripes for a cream color makes them an interesting mix of modern (teal, black, and orange font) and historic. The alternate keeps the history of the first 20 years around, again swapping out “F” fish for the “M”.

 

 

 

 

Chicago Cubs:

They’ve got all sort of weird things going on. The bad: those logos on the front hip of the pants, dump them. The good: the NL logos on the sleeve. I wouldn’t mind if all teams wore their respective NL/AL logos on their sleeves. But it’s a good looking uniform. Ditching their blue alternates for solid white, but keeping the bear-C chest logo. I actually find myself liking that alternate design more and more.
 

 

 

 

 

 

St Louis Cardinals:

Come on guys, ditch the navy hats. I’ll give you red hats with navy brims and a navy logo, but you’re the Cardinals, you wear red, it’s that simple. On the away jersey switch up Cardinals for St Louis with the bird on bat thing and it looks sharp. Like the Yankees, you really don’t want to mess around with crazy alternate designs for the Cardinals, heck even if I was allowing colored jerseys I’d still keep the Cards in this cream design with the red “STL” logo on the chest.
 

 

 

 

Cincinnati Reds:

They really don’t need to do much other than drop the black trim. They are the Reds; embrace the one color, old school style of it all. And I really like their alternate vest design with the “Reds” script rather than just the stylized “C”.

 

 

 

Pittsburgh Pirates:

Another really good design that’s already in place, my one recommendation, drop the red from the logos and jerseys. Pittsburgh is black and yellow; I mean they even wrote a (stupid) song about being black and yellow.
 

 

 

 

Milwaukee Brewers:

Yeah I know the Brewers are historically blue/navy and yellow/gold. But they did start to introduce some green into the color scheme back when they switched to the navy design. And as I have done with other teams, matching the Milwaukee Brewers with their more famous in-state cousins up in Green Bay can’t hurt making them more indefinable. I like keeping the gold color, they are the Brewers after all, the gold reminds you of barley, beer, etc. Of course we’ll throw in the old “MB” ball in glove on the hat. But the modern fonts can remain on the jerseys. Meanwhile the alternate is, for the most part, the 80s uniform with a pallet swap.

 

 

 

Los Angeles Dodgers:

Like most of the original franchises, the classic look works. I made a new secondary logo based on their 50th year in L.A. patch. The years on it corresponding to the franchising founding and then relocation to LA. This logo gets swapped in for the LA sleeve logo, which just seems repetitive and unnecessary. Like the Cards and Yankees, a simple switch to cream for their alternates makes the most sense.
 

 

 

San Francisco Giants:

Pretty much did the same thing as with the Dodgers here, taking the 50th in S.F. patch and making it a secondary logo. Also dropped all the gold out, which somehow has been creeping into their designs. Alternate jersey is a simple white with “SF” chest logo, which really looks different for them having grown accustom to their cream uniforms.
 

 

 

 

Colorado Rockies:

I’m not a fan of purple uniforms, especially for baseball. But I mean when you have this many teams a purple ballclub needs to be in there before unis start getting repetitive. And you know, "purple mountains majesty" and all, so why not. Much like with Seattle and Miami I dropped out the silver elements. It’s a simple design that they have kept intact for a while, and it works, even after I switched up the purple and black in some spots. They’ve really only had one logo, so for a secondary logo I incorporated the mile high theme, rather than the “established 19XX” that you see with a lot of others. A unique touch I think.

 

 

Arizona Diamondbacks:

There is certainly something to the old teal, purple, and bronze color scheme, ugly as it may be. But I like the desert feel of the dark red, gold, and black. Though compared to their actual uniforms I curtailed on the black. Also I think the Arizona “A” is much better than the Diamondbacks “D” so I ditched the snake-D logo. Their primary logo might look familiar, yeah it shares a lot with the Coyotes logo, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Uniform wise I ditch the “D-Backs” on the home uniform and put in the just the A. For their alternate I went back to the pinstripes of their original design, and included “Diamondbacks” rather than the awful abbreviated name. It’s one thing to call them the D-Backs, it’s another thing entirely to put it on the jersey.
 

 

 

San Diego Padres:

When I think San Diego I think blue skies, golden sands, clear blue water, and awesome powder blue jerseys. So I use a similar color scheme to what the Chargers (should) have and go with powder blue and brought back in brown from their history. Brown is a rarely used color in sports, so bringing it in give some uniqueness to the design. The light blue and brown go well together also. For the logo and fonts I do like the current ones, and for the alternate the old font and some thick shoulder stripes does the trick.