The San Diego Padres have a long history of uniform changes. They started out in 1969 with a plain jersey with Padres across it, changed it in 1972 to mustard yellow, 74, 78, 79 (just took out the San Diego part), 80, 85,92 (changed color of jersey and writing), 2001, 2004, and now 2016. Crazy and that's not even counting all of the alternates!!
It was such a long list I had a hard time picking a match up to use for this segment. So what I ended up doing is randomly grabbing two cards from my Padres pile to use today. I could have easily done a Uniform vs vs vs vs vs vs as you see above, but decided two was enough. So I have one from 1994 and one from 2012.
Up first, the 1994 that they wore from 1992-2000. I think the uniform, despite being basic, is one I mostly associate with the Padres as it's the one saw the most in my prime of watching tons of baseball. So simply put, I would choose this as the winner just because of that. I also like the pinstripes (must be the Yankee fan in me) that were used. Something now they seemed to be completely away from.
It's wasn't that I hated this design as it fits with today's times and it was one they wore for a long time til this year,
But, I just give edge to the one I have seen them in the most.
Since this is a card blog and card segment, when it comes to cardboard for these uniforms, I would say base card wise, that the new jerseys look better, but when it comes to memorabilia, there is no denying that fans including myself would rather see pinstripes and some color on their jersey cards.
Now I gotta pose this question to the readers and Padre fanatics, which of these two jerseys would you choose and the even tougher question, which jersey OVERALL do you prefer?
Let me know in comments and why!
The new ones are a great improvement!
ReplyDeleteI'd go with the older uniform, but that's mostly due to sentimentality, as it's what I grew up with. The newer one seems too much like rip off of the Brewers.
ReplyDeleteMy all-time favorite Padres uniform is the gold/brown/orange from the early 80s.
My favorite unis are the yellow and brown ones from the 84 team. I also like the brown and orange ones from the late 80s. I feel that their uniforms keep getting worse over time.
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