MLB: Power ranking the best uniforms for 2015
By Will Osgood
26. San Diego Padres
Here’s another franchise where the average fan would suggest the team should go back in time. Most everyone agrees the Padres would be better off returning to the brown and mustard they wore in the 1980s.
The color scheme was certainly unique, especially in baseball. They have worn those at times over the years on throwback days, but never committed to them the way the Milwaukee Brewers or Arizona Diamondbacks have, where the threads are scheduled once-a-week at home.
As for their current uniforms: well they aren’t absolutely atrocious. At least not until you compare them to the alternative. The current threads are an updated version of the model the team wore to when it first moved into its beautiful downtown yard in 2004.
The older version had no outlining. The new uniforms have the outline, which sometimes is awesome (see what the Seattle Mariners have done to update their fairly classic uniforms this season). For the Padres, the older version was better.
Also, I loved the unique shade of gray they used for their away uniform. Now they wear a more standard gray, just like everyone else. Those early 2000s home uniforms also featured an off-white design, which was unique.
It is necessary to mention the weekly military-inspired camouflage uniforms, which is a nice touch as an ode to the Navy—which of course has a large military presence in the greater San Diego area.
Perhaps because of their commitment to this uniform scheme, the Padres don’t want to cheapen their regular uniforms by also scheduling one home date per week for throwbacks. It’s certainly understandable. But it’s probably a sign they need to eventually go back to the brown and mustard colors.
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