# Team apparel in non-team colors **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110 "2008-06-24T20:44:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/21 "2008-06-25T16:18:03Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] As for the camo gear…the Padres wear camo every spring for one game in honor of the military. I think the uniforms look sharp. But as always in sports, money talks. [/QUOTE] Good idea. If I was a Padres fan, I’d get a camo uniform so no one noticed I was wearing a Padres shirt, too! (Sorry, couldn’t resist) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/22 "2008-06-25T16:18:21Z")
I think the NBA goes one worse - on St. Patrick’s Day, almost every freaking team wears green. It looks hideous for most teams and makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/23 "2008-06-25T16:43:09Z")
My Giants Super Bowl XLII Championship hat is black and white. And while my preference would be to have it in team colors blue and white, I just happily remind myself that my Super Bowl XLII Championship hat is a Giants hat at all. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/24 "2008-06-25T17:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Word. We went to a game at the Jake, er, Progressive Field hate the new name [/QUOTE] Call it the Jake. I’ll call it after the insurance company when it decreases the price of insurance premiums. Until then, its the Jake in my book. Incidentally, all MLB teams will soon be wearing blue (and ugly) “Welcome Back Veterans” caps like [like this one](http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3141561&cp=1452349.1452728.705486) during an upcoming promotion. Welcoming back veterans is fine, but those hats are not. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/25 "2008-06-25T19:19:04Z")
I kinda like those hats. Of course, it isn’t much of a change from the regular cap for us. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/26 "2008-06-25T19:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=Siege] Unfortunately, here in Pittsburgh, we’ve been deluged by a flood of sports gear in pink. It’s usually stuff for the Steelers, but I think I’ve seen things for the Pirates and the Penguins. Pittsburgh’s colors are black and gold. Now, I’ve never been particularly feminine or fond of pink anyway, so that affects my point of view. I don’t care. It’s still awful and something I’d never own. [/QUOTE] Ugh, I hate those stupid pink Steeler/Buco/Pens shirts. Its irritating and it makes no damn sense whatsoever. My girlfriend has one of those pink Pirates shirts and I always grumble about it. > [@](#): > > Is this happening in other cities? I remember seeing the non-team color trend back in Jersey when I was in middle school and junior high ('96-'99). People loved to wear Yankees hats in non-team colors that would match whatever outfit they happened to be wearing that day. My cousin had a series of multi-colored Yankees hats and he was living in Greensboro, NC. If Greensboro had it in '98 then its likely been far reaching for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/27 "2008-06-25T20:14:50Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] Call it the Jake. I’ll call it after the insurance company when it decreases the price of insurance premiums. Until then, its the Jake in my book. Incidentally, all MLB teams will soon be wearing blue (and ugly) “Welcome Back Veterans” caps like [like this one](http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3141561&cp=1452349.1452728.705486) during an upcoming promotion. Welcoming back veterans is fine, but those hats are not. [/QUOTE] I understand it’s all about the Benjamins, but I’d rather they named it something, y’know, less corporatized: Indians Park, Tribe Field, Cleveland Park, New League Park (the original League Park was open from 1891-1946, and is now just an open field), or the like. I kinda like the “Welcome Back Veterans” cap, too - looks like Chief Wahoo has his patriotic warpaint on. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/28 "2008-06-25T22:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Is this trend widely spread beyond Chicago? [/QUOTE] Yes, so much so that I can’t even complain even though it does bother me. What I will still complain about is the Giants hat that was dodger blue & white, and the Giants hat that was green with a white logo and yellow brim. Those are just unholy. And those hats **zamboniracer** linked to are hideous. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/29 "2008-06-25T23:40:07Z")
Getting (further) annoyed by the Trixies, **Dinsdale**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/30 "2008-06-26T07:19:28Z")
You guys are taking the wrong tack here. These idiotic off-color team clothes are incredibly efficient at one thing, one very important thing. It allows morons, douchebags and losers to readily self-identify themselves for sorting. Remember, knowing is half the battle. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/31 "2008-06-26T14:03:32Z")
As usual, the Dope is a little ahead of the mainstream media. Boston Globe article: [http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/articles/2008/06/26/why\_is\_this\_pink\_hat\_so\_hated/](http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/articles/2008/06/26/why_is_this_pink_hat_so_hated/) Don’t forget the all-black/silver urban-look variant of team logo hats. Right behind pink as a popular Red Sox hat in the city. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/32 "2008-06-26T14:15:20Z")
I’m okay with this sort of thing if there’s a valid reason for it. Examples: -A few weeks ago, the Washington Nationals had an environmental awareness night (or some such, I forget the name that they used) at their stadium. That night, the players were to wear (the game was rescheduled due to rain) green versions of their usual hats (which are red.) Green Nats hats were also available at the stadium stores. -Several months ago, when the Yankees played an exhibition game against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, maroon and orange (Hokie colors) Yankee hats were available at the university book store. Aside from situations like these, it kind of bugs me, especially the paint-it-pink mentality aimed at women who want to wear a baseball cap without any risk of being mistaken for a regular fan. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/33 "2008-06-26T14:17:14Z")
It only irks me because I have a Brooklyn Dodgers hat, and it now looks to the world like a Red Sox hat that’s light blue with a white logo. The pink doesn’t bother me, especially as kids’ wear, because no team’s colors are pink. Seeing a Yankees hat in the Padres 1970s colors just makes me think the wearer is color blind. I’d complain about flattened brims, too, but I have to go check my lawn for kids. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/34 "2008-06-26T17:41:02Z")
For a while pink Packer hats were available with some of the proceeds going towards breaat cancer charities - they rasied $1m [http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2005/10/28/2/](http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2005/10/28/2/) I don’t see them for sale anymore with a quick check. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/35 "2008-06-27T19:29:52Z")
Baseball (team) caps: If you are a male, if the team has never worn a hat on the field during a game, you can’t wear it either. Though I could see an exception for a World Series Commemoration type hat. If you are female, it’d be nice to see you following the same rules, but I’ll let it slide. Other team caps: Eh, keep the same colors. Beyond that, who cares? They are just trying to be as cool as baseball players anyway 🙂 Jerseys: Same rules apply as the baseball cap rule, but it goes for every sport. Seems pretty simple to me! ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/36 "2008-06-29T05:19:00Z")
In Pittsburgh, every true fan wore the black and gold, men, women, and children. People decorated the football room, and in some cases, their entire houses and cars, in the team colors. All was well. Then I started seeing pink and white Steelers jerseys a few years ago. That sound is Art Rooney spinning in his grave. It is an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110/37 "2008-06-29T05:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=Apocalypso] In Pittsburgh, every true fan wore the black and gold, men, women, and children. People decorated the football room, and in some cases, their entire houses and cars, in the team colors. All was well. Then I started seeing pink and white Steelers jerseys a few years ago. That sound is Art Rooney spinning in his grave. It is an abomination. [/QUOTE] Speaking of graves and colors and Pittsburgh…posted in here some time ago was the funeral of one faithful: [http://www.kcra.com/irresistible/4694245/detail.html](http://www.kcra.com/irresistible/4694245/detail.html) Overall, yeah, I don’t get why they vary the colors. I thought team sports were a usually a metaphor for war, rallying around your colors, etc. I can understand reversing the colors, e.g. NY letters in black on a white Yankees cap, but going with totally different ones like pink? Nah! OP, didn’t the Bears choose blue/orange to imitate U of I or vice-versa? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-apparel-in-non-team-colors/454110.md?page=1)