I believe it was Tom Hanks who once said, "Uniformity? There's no uniformity in baseball!" Or something like that.
But it struck me, after both All-Star lineups were introduced tonight, that all the National Leaguers were wearing white uniforms and all the American Leaguers were wearing gray uniforms. No red tops. No blue tops. No black tops.
Then I remembered watching a show on MLB Network about the 1979 All-Star game. Get a load of these unis.....
Now, I don't believe the Phillies wore those red tops during the game, but look at all the different colors. First off, there were the baby blues. Why that color was so popular, I'll never know. But look at the yellow of the Padres (Dave Winfield!) and the Pirates (including yellow PANTS!). The Giants wearing orange. Then there's the Astros. Oh, the Astros. Houston, we have a problem.
By the way, here is the logo for the game. Love this logo.
I always loved the Pirates uni's from that era. They were my 2nd team just because I thought the uniforms were so friggin cool. They'd go yellow shirt, black pants... black shirt, yellow pants, all yellow... all black... all white... and of course the circular hats!
ReplyDeleteI HAD one of those hats!! I was probably 9 or 10 at the time, and I guess I lost it.
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