A whole lot of info just came in. Haven’t digested……
Someone tell MLB that bloggers would have preferred this had been 5 different announcements. This crap moves traffic!
Major League Baseball today unveiled the full lineup of special event uniforms that will be worn during spring and summer holiday weekends as well as special MLB events during the 2017 Championship Season. For the first time, MLB Clubs will spend the entirety of each holiday weekend – Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day and Independence Day – in newly designed uniforms.
MLB worked closely with its Authentic Collection partners Majestic, New Era and Stance to create cohesive looks for each event. This is the first year players have the option to wear uniquely designed athletic socks for the special event holiday games. After joining the league’s roster of on-field licensees in 2016, Stance made its special event debut during the 2016 All-Star festivities. MLB also worked in concert with Rawlings, the Official Baseball of MLB, to create new stitching color patterns on special event balls.
MLB will again donate its licensed uniform royalties that are connected to charitable initiatives. Proceeds will be donated to Susan G. Komen (Mother’s Day), Prostate Cancer Foundation (Father’s Day), Stand Up To Cancer (Mother’s Day and Father’s Day), and MLB Charities (Memorial Day and Independence Day) – used to support programs for military veterans and their families.
Mother’s Day WEEKEND – two days of this! Already for sale!
MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND: SATURDAY, MAY 13 – SUNDAY, MAY 14
After their debut last season, Mother’s Day uniforms will again incorporate pink into Clubs’ regular logos, with all caps highlighted by a graphite crown and pink visor. Each Club may also choose from two different pairs of pink-infused socks. Players have swung pink bats, worn pink ribbon decals and sported pink wristbands on Mother’s Day to raise funds and awareness to fight breast cancer since 2006.
God Awful Ugly Memorial Day Stuff
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: SATURDAY, MAY 27 – MONDAY, MAY 29
New Era has created a special cap for teams to wear during Memorial Day games for the ninth consecutive year, while Majestic has designed a special matching jersey for the fifth straight year. The right side of the caps feature five stars to represent the five branches of the military, while the stars are also stitched on the jerseys’ right sleeves. This year’s uniforms, including the specialty socks, also utilize a new ripstop woodland camouflage design. MLB’s annual league-wide observance of Memorial Day will honor those who lost their lives while serving their country. MLB again plans to participate in the National Moment of Remembrance through which ballparks on Memorial Day will conduct moments of silence and special pregame ceremonies.
Father’s Day WEEKEND – two days of this now.
FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND: SATURDAY, JUNE 17 – SUNDAY, JUNE 18
Similar to the Mother’s Day theme, for the second consecutive year Father’s Day uniforms will feature light blue incorporated in the Clubs’ logos. These caps will have a blue shadow tech heather crown and graphite visor. Also like Mother’s Day, each Club may choose from two different pairs of light blue-infused socks. Players have worn blue ribbons and sported blue wristbands throughout the years on Father’s Day since MLB first partnered with the Prostate Cancer Foundation in 1996.
4th of July – I kind of like the cap, will we see cap cross the $40 barrier? And by July 4th I mean July 1st thru the 4th.
INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND: SATURDAY, JULY 1 – TUESDAY, JULY 4
For the 10th summer in a row, U.S.-based MLB clubs will sport stars and stripes-decorated caps with red, white and blue LiquidChrome official team logos to celebrate Independence Day. For the third straight year, Clubs will also wear a matching jersey and for the first time, player socks can match the rest of the uniform with a stars & stripes pattern. The Toronto Blue Jays will sport new red alternate jerseys with new red Maple Leaf caps on Canada Day, July 1.
And I will add the All Star Game stuff when I get it….but for now you can see it here and visit Sportslogos.net for a great recap about all this. I didn’t even mention the socks.
UPDATED:
Here’s the aforementioned All Star stuff. First up it’s the All Star Workout Day cap. One of the nice quirks is all teams logo now comes in orange. In our case you won’t notice. This cap might be ok for other teams but as a Mets cap it sucks.
As an example, maybe if you are a Jays fan this is a nice diversion.
Here’s what Jay Bruce will be wearing during the Home Run Derby. This also comes in Nationals 20.
And finally, The ASG cap
So….
- Any doubt who the face of the Mets is, at least from a marketing standpoint.
- Re point 1, does Cespedes stuff not sell?
- If you are a completist, you will have to spend, what, $680 on this (I did $100 jerseys and $40 caps in some loose math). Yikes-a-roni!
