How cool would it be if the Cardinals did a throwback showcase of the 1920s throughout an entire season? We've mocked up some throwback concepts to honor Cardinals uniforms worn 100 years ago and see how they would look. Click images to expand, and scroll down to read and see more. 1922 Showcasing the first … Continue reading 1920s Throwback Concepts
Reposting from Jeff Passan's story at ESPN last night. Apparently Major League Baseball has heard the outcries and is going to be doing something. If you've been living under a rock, due to Nike's design changes, the Cardinals this season have been wearing the Birds on the Patch, mismatched gray colors on their road uniforms, … Continue reading MLB to Address Uniforms After Player Complaints
More on the double serif, I asked Jeff Scott from birdbats.com if he knew anything about the double serif caps shown to us in our previous article. https://cardinalsuniformsandlogos.com/2024/04/22/1980s-double-serif-stl Jeff gave us some great information we didn't know. Here's what he had to say... That photo is from the 1984-88 period because I can see #16 … Continue reading 1980s Double Serif, Continued
More information on the 1944 Pepper Martin jersey up for auction over at Heritage Auctions. If you missed our first article on that jersey, click Zippers v. Buttons link below. https://cardinalsuniformsandlogos.com/2024/03/30/1944-cardinals-zippers-v-buttons Today we received an email from the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum's Curator, Amy Berra. Amy is awesome and dug through over 8000 … Continue reading 1944 Zippers v. Buttons, Update
The Armed Forces Day cap is officially available on the Cardinals online shop, and Stance has the 2024 Armed Forces Day socks on their website as well. This is the third consecutive year with a different camouflage design and different patch to be worn for Armed Forces Day, and that's if you don't include the … Continue reading 2024 Cardinals Armed Forces Day Cap & Socks
This weekend I received an interesting email about the STL logo on the caps from the 1980s, specifically during Whitey Herzog's tenure as manager. The STL had one particular detail we have never noticed. Here's what the email said... “With all of the Whitey Herzog tributes coming out over the last week, I’ve seen a … Continue reading 1980s Double Serif STL
Cardinals confirmed today on their instagram that May 20. will be the reveal of the new City Connect jersey, with the official on field debut of May 25. https://www.instagram.com/p/C56KRIEr5Xk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Happy belated Jackie Robinson Day, which was yesterday, and is an official MLB holiday every April 15th. Here's all the things I noticed and could find from yesterday. The Cardinals began the day by posting an instagram image, further using the font that is expected to be on the City Connect jerseys. Here's the Jackie … Continue reading 2024 Jackie Robinson Day, Cardinals Roundup
It appears that the Cardinals socks, being produced by Stance, still have the old STL (pre-2020) on them. The Cardinals only have had a small amount players wear high socks this season so far, but leading the charge is Brendan Donovan who shows full socks every game. So we usually get a good luck at … Continue reading Stance Has Not Updated STL on Socks
We're keeping score. Yesterday, Saturday April 13, the Cardinals played in Arizona against the Diamondbacks and wore their road gray uniforms instead of their road blue alternates. If you haven't been following the news, 1: Nike has imposed limitations on how many uniforms teams can wear, AND 2: they aren't capable of even producing/delivering the … Continue reading Nike Fails To Deliver Alternate Uniforms… Week 3
In the past 10 years, there has been a noticeable amount of chatter regarding what color caps the Cardinals should wear on the road. What is hard for me to tell is whether there is a big uproar over this, or if it's a vocal minority making themselves known, especially when you consider how many … Continue reading Which Cap Has Precedent?
Why does a team make uniform changes? And why does the team sometimes wear a specific design for only a single season? A recent Reddit thread prompted us to write this. The user on Reddit asked why the Cardinals wore a bird on their cap in 1941, and then abandoned it the very next season. … Continue reading Why Does a Team Make a Change?
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