New Uni Thoughts

2010 Twins Home Opener/Saturday Jersey and Primary Road Jersey

So, they debuted. I was not suprised by the home jersey, the 1961 version when the Twins came to Minnesota and bettered their history from the years in Washington D.C. (I do count the '24 World Series Championship as our own as it technically is.). I did like the fact they did keep the all blue TC hat. I was never a fan of the red/blue combo of the 70's. Tho more on that in just a little bit. Anyways, a nice touch of old along with the uni's we have donned since the great year of 1987. 

As for the Road jerseys, as soon as I saw it, I liked it......alot. While it does keep the traditional grey look, thankfully, the "Minnesota" font doesn't look so bland anymore. It now has a little zing and class. I also like that the pinstripes are gone. Don't get me wrong, I like pinstripes, just on home jerseys's. Seeing two teams play each other and sporting stripes is just a bit overkill on the eye's. I know some favored it, but I'm happy the 70's baby blue uni's remain in jersey hell. I'd rather have my eyes gouged out with a rusty spoon picked up from a Minnesota road after plowing and salting or be forced to watch Roseanne Barr porn for the rest of my life then see those K.C. Royals reject looking things come back. Apologies to K.C. fan's but I always hated the baby blue look. I never watched road games on 9 as a kid until they went to grey because I hated the color so much. Stay gone and remain in the bowels of Earth! While I'm not sure if it was official or they just had him wearing it, I'm concerned about the road hat. I never cared for a blue skull dome with red bill or red skull dome with blue bill. Those old 70's TC hats just looked cheesy. Keep the all blue TC hat for home and road games. It looks like the "M" hat has finally died. While I liked it when it came out, by the mid 90's, it had worn thin.

Love the new primary logo "Minnesota Baseball Club" . A nice classic look with the new style font. Anyone notice the "Twins" script has been slightly altered with a little more edging instead of squared off? Looking at the Twins online shop, will be on the normal home Uni's as well. And hat's off to the 1st year in the Target logo.

I hope the road uni's stay around a long time. But as I was looking at the classic '61 home jersey and the ones we've had since '87, I started thinking. I liked the look back then and the one now. Sorry, the early 80's look can go where the baby blue uni's are. But maybe starting in 2011, a whole new primary home uni all together. My thought is, though I know won't happen, keep the off white jersey of 1961 with the pinstripes, the remade 1987 font, but invert the colors? Instead of red with blue outline, reverse it to mesh with the 1961 look. The remade font with red outline and blue lettering? Drop the front number and no name on the back. A nice clean look of old and new all together for the next 30 years.

What did everyone else think of the new uni's or my thoughts. And I know I'm gonna have to duck about the baby blue uni's......uh oh, here comes the first tomato..........