The Red Sox are unveiling a brand new logo. Well, kind of -- they're actually rolling back the clock to create a different look than most fans are used to. The problems is that new uniforms and new logos are always nice in principle, but can oftentimes fail miserably (hellloooooo, Minnesota Timberwolves). However, based simply on what I've heard and read around the webs, this Sox uni change sounds pretty cool.
The club will also go with the "Hanging Sox" as the new primary logo, and it will be displayed on new caps that the Red Sox will wear with their alternate jerseys at home and on the road.I'm all about classy throwbacks, and when a team decides to incorporate such a uniform on a full or part-time basis, I'm throwing thumbs in the air, even if it is the BoSox. I do, however, think it's kind of amusing that as we look around and see teams running out of mascots to use (the Winston-Salem, NC minor league team just switched from "Warthogs" to "The Dash") that we've got one of baseball's oldest team reminding us how tough a pair of socks are in the face of a 99 mph fastball.
For long-time fans, the new road jersey will be a trip down memory lane, in that it will resemble the road grays worn in the 1980s during the days of Jim Rice, Dwight Evans and Bob Stanley.
The "retro roadies," as the Red Sox referred to them in a press release, will feature the word "BOSTON" in blue lettering across the chest.
H/T: Sox and Dawgs
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They will look awesome in the 2009 champions photos!!!
As usual, Sox fans will love it and Sox haters will hate it.
It's all about the almighty dollar.
These guys must have a lot of time on their hands. As Einstein say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The "new" retro look was probably abandoned for a reason, like it's "U-G-L-Y, it ain't got no alibi." Do something constductive, like find another Clemens.
Amen to its all about the almighty dollar.Changing logos to sell more jerseys, hats,T-shirts. And right before Christmas so that someone can run out and get something. Its all a game. We're not stupid.C'mon Red Sox give us more credit than that!
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HEY, IT WORKED FOR THE TAMPABAY "RAYS". GO SOX!
Liked the uniforms of past years. Prefer the Red on the road uniforms. Red is the team prime color. Logo is o.k.
You guys probably will not be interested in this, but I have a lot of excess craft fabric in the "old" Red Sox logo that have been incrementally sold off and still selling.
I'm positive that the older designs/ logos are always a hit before the newer designs. Same with the Cubbies. People in these institutional baseball teams like tradition and not change.
yanks suck so do the angels red sox logo is da bomb