It's Official: Marlins Dropping FLORIDA from 2010 Road Unis

[Party]

It is a rumor on a sports logo/uniform discussion site. Nothing official yet or leaked pictures from the MLB Style Guide.

If true, the rebranding has begun.

[emkayseven]

Chris Creamer's site has all our uniforms as being through 2009, except the BP jersey. They're almost always accurate so I'd guess they've gotten some pretty solid info.

[geemoney]

Not really a surprise, what with the news they were going to be getting new jerseys or whatever for '10 anyway.

[penis34]

Ha, on the other board they have it posted as speculation. Other teams are changing too. Mets, Twins, Brewers, Giants, and Rays/Royals.

[Chewford]

But there's no other name so glorious, all hail Florida, hail...

[Swifty]

A lot of the renewal stuff also omitted Florida. It was a lot of "watch your Marlins" where they'd usually do "your Florida Marlins."

[Party]

A poster on CCSLC says the Marlins are dropping the black alternate for 2010.

The sleeve patch is also gone.

[wanks1212]

Is dropping the black alternate the first step in eliminating black from the color scheme? Or are they still expected to have black in 2012, but not have teal?

[Swifty]

Getting rid of the black alternate is so dumb. I love it, and we made it the "big game" jersey since its inception.

And, as anyone knows, the dark color jerseys are always the best sellers.

[wanks1212]

Yeah, they should at least keep it around for the "big game" purposes. Maybe somehow reduce how much it's worn (even if that's usually the SP's decision), but don't ditch it altogether unless it's being replaced with a different alternate jersey.

[Party]

Well we have no confirmation yet. I find it hard to believe.

We'll have the most boring set in baseball. MARLINS on home and away, no patches and the cap. I think it is half-assed to eliminate FLORIDA but not replace the F cap with the M cap.

[Jay]

Well we have no confirmation yet. I find it hard to believe.

We'll have the most boring set in baseball. MARLINS on home and away, no patches and the cap. I think it is half-assed to eliminate FLORIDA but not replace the F cap with the M cap.

It's just baby steps toward new uniforms

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Why would we get rid of the black altenate? I have no way to go back and check this easily but I'd say the black alternate gets worn about 90% of the time when we're on the road. They hardly ever wear the grey uni's.

[Fish and Chips]

the black unis are my fav

[Flum]

Yeah. They better not eliminate the black one. It's the best. The only Jersey I own is a black one that says PTBNL on the back.