MLB: Power ranking the best uniforms for 2015
By Will Osgood
30. Miami Marlins
The Miami Marlins have an upcoming series with the Philadelphia Phillies and will meet in a precarious place—last in all of baseball. Yes, the Marlins are now alongside the Phillies as the worst team in baseball, so it’s of little surprise that they also sport the least aesthetically pleasing uniforms team in the game. There is clearly a correlation.
The franchise’s old threads when they were the Florida Marlins were nice though, like many teams in baseball today, became far too reliant on their alternate jersey (which for most franchises is a choice of the starting pitcher). But now, the Marlins’ uniforms are just weird, kind of like their ballpark.
Credit is due to them for matching the uniforms with the stadium. Unfortunately that isn’t a compliment.
And unlike with most teams, where the alternate uniform is clearly a hindrance to the team’s overall look (there are a few exceptions), the Marlins’ uniform combinations are enhanced at least a degree when they wear either black or orange alternate tops.
I mean just look how bad those gray tops are. They are sewn together in such a way, and the lettering in such a color, that it is almost impossible to even read “Miami.” The Marlins got cute, especially with their gray road tops–and it isn’t a good look on them.
Even the improved alternates are atrocious. Frankly it just doesn’t matter; the Marlins clearly have the league’s worst uniforms.
The only positive thing to say about these orange tops (a color I normally like on uniforms) is the fact they read “Marlins” and thus act almost exclusively as a home alternate. But there’s nothing else good to say.
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