MLB: Major League Baseball uniform power rankings

• Home Cap: 12^th
• Home Jersey: 5^th
• Road Cap: 10^th
• Road Jersey: 2^nd

The Good: Am I biased, having grown up in the Atlanta area as a Braves fan? Possibly, but I don’t think anyone can argue that the Braves have one of the best looking uniforms in Major League Baseball.

After experimenting with a lighter shade of blue during the 1970s and early ‘80s, the Braves finally settled on a classic look in 1987 and haven’t changed much since, aside from the great weekend cream-colored alternates, the almost-good navy blue jersey and the shelved red alternate the team wore on Sundays from 2005-13. And it’s a small thing, but I believe the red and blue piping on the jersey and pants is one of the greatest details found on any big league uniform.

Also, I haven’t talked much about BP/Spring Training caps, but adding the “little a” logo from the 1970s in 2014 was a nice touch.

The Bad: I understand it may look somewhat hypocritical to rank the Atlanta Braves so high – just outside the top five – while banishing the Cleveland Indians to the bottom five of our MLB power rankings.

It’s true that the Braves name is a direct reference to Native Americans and the franchise has used racially insensitive logos in the past, such as the Screaming Indian used from 1957 when the team played in Milwaukee to 1989. But since 1990 they’ve done a very good job limiting derogatory logos – other than the botched reintroduction of the Screaming Indian logo for the 2014 BP cap that never hit the field but was available in stores – and actions (in my personal opinion, though I understand if you disagree).

The club still uses the tomahawk logo (which I like) and the tomahawk chop (which I don’t like), but there’s really nothing to complain about with the team’s current uniform set; the possible exception being the blue “Atlanta” and numbers on the blue road alternate. Change those to red and you’ve got a practically flawless uniform set.

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