So the new Padres uniforms were showed off today, and the general consensus from the locals here are “meh”. I can understand the sentiment around the new uniforms, and to the padres organizations defense these are not really new uniforms but a refresh. I was one of the loud minorities hoping for the return of the brown color to the team nicknamed “The Friars”, but alas the navy is still the primary color. I grew up on the late 1980′s , Eric Show, Jhon Kruk, brown pinstripes ( the road jerseys with the interlocking SD ) is still my favorite. If anyone knows where I can get a replica throwback please email me! Well for the refresh uniforms the road jerseys are a definite upgrade from the bow tie San Diego front jerseys from last year, the new blue piping works for this uniform, and I like having traditional “road grays” I think it should be standard for all MLB teams IMO. We did have road grays last hear with the bow tie front but I was one of the few that liked the sand colored road uniforms because they were uniquely San Diego, and a part of me wishes that this was still true with the new uniforms. I do like the lettering resembling the PCL padres lettering and it’ll probably go unnoticed from the fair-weather fans and the national media, but I noticed it and appreciate the nod. From what I saw from the pictures there will not be a road cap, which is a little disappointing I like having a separate cap for road games, I also thought that this made the Padres unique. Overall with the new roads… I like them.

The new alternate jersey, is still the the traditional navy color with the interlocking SD on the left chest, it also features the new piping along the buttons and collar. The new piping is used through out all the uniforms except the camouflage unis. The colored piping gives these new uniforms more of the traditional look. I like the alternates because they remind me of the late 80′s jerseys that I’m so fond of, the bold SD and the piping make this my favorite of the refreshed jerseys… Still would have like to see this in brown tho.

San Diego being such a huge military town, the Padres have the tradition of wearing camouflage jerseys on Sunday home games, and let me get this out of the way now. The camouflage jerseys are probably the ugliest uniforms in the MLB! With that said, the representation in honoring the military with these uniforms far outweigh the uniform looks, and can somebody explain to me why the American flag patch only shows up on these uniforms. It should be standard on not only MLB uniforms but all major league uniforms in the US!

Now for the Home Whites nothing really changed here, the same script “Padres” lettering across the front outlined on sand ( only place the sand color is still found ).  What I hate about them are the blue piping along the buttons, it just feels distracting. I get this Wal Mart/Target generic jersey vibe to them that I don’t like. I really think that the whites from last year were great, just plain and simple and great looking when a padre would slide into second and dirty them up… only to strand him at the end of the inning. I just feel that the piping takes away something from the overall look of the home whites. Another thing I wished the padres would do is change the caps a little by trying white with a navy bill and interlocking SD. I thought the 4th of July- America caps that the MLB used last year were great only if they didn’t force the stripes on the logos. I think that those caps would look great on these new refreshed jerseys, and would be totally be different from the rest of the MLB. It would be nice to know immediately who’s a padre fan from behind or the side, Because nearly half the MLB teams use the navy color on their caps… can you tell Rays fan or a dodger fan from behind or the side?

Overall the navy color is here to stay… which I don’t mind Ive gotten use to the blue, heck the uniforms from 2004 to 2011 are the uniforms we won the most in, kinda sad to see them go, maybe a refresh will do us good with the baseball gods, and bless us with a Championship for San Diego. I can dream right?