One great thing about my line of work is that I get to meet a lot of people, and most of them are just extraordinarily smart and interesting and good-natured. And then a few of those people are the sort you feel like you could drive across the country with and never run out of things to talk about.
For me, Len Kasper is one of those people. He's a tremendous broadcaster, of course. But I think he also sees the world in much the same way I see it. His recent column about uniforms is a great case in point:
The Brewers are another interesting team. Their terrific ball-and-glove logo is outdated by most standards, with a very disco-era late 1970s feel. But it is so clever that they keep bringing it back as kind of a pseudo alternate look.
One of my staunch logo and uniform tenets is uniqueness and that logo represents the franchise better than any before or after it. Their current combo is completely unmemorable. The Brewers need to ditch their 2014-style jerseys and go back to what clearly is their best design, established 36 years ago.
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Then we have the San Diego Padres, a team that seemingly can't run away far enough from what made the franchise stand out from all others. Their current (and boring) navy blue dominant look makes me yawn every time I see it. It is forgettable and frustratingly generic. This team had it right from the beginning with the Swinging Friar logo in brown and yellow.
Yes, brown and yellow.
Heck, even the brown and orange of the late 1980s would work. But brown needs to be the main color. Why? Because they own it. Like the A's own green, brown belongs to the San Diego Padres. It's in their DNA.
Yes, yes, and a thousand more yesses. Len also suggests that the Royals should wear their baby blue for road games, which is 100-percent correct in every way.
I just don't understand why the Lords of Baseball won't listen to us.
