# Why would a Los Angeles Dodgers tee-shirt be orange? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159 "2008-12-01T07:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/21 "2008-12-02T05:29:02Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > This current trend of non-team colors in team fashion is one of the signs of the Apocalypse. One should never see a red, baby blue, pink or green Yankees cap. Ever. It is an abomination against man for non-team colors to lie with team logos. So sayeth the shepherd… This is my favorite single post of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/22 "2008-12-02T07:58:42Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Could the wearer have been old enough to fondly remember [1952 - '57](http://www.chriscreamer.com/logo.php?id=2910)? Sure could. He’s 75 if a day. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/23 "2008-12-02T12:10:19Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Teams also are allowed at least one additional jersey to their standard home and away gear. Getting back to this … it looks like the [New York Mets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets) currently have _five_ different jerseys. I don’t think baseball teams are restricted in this way. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/24 "2008-12-02T14:20:48Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Getting back to this … it looks like the [New York Mets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets) currently have _five_ different jerseys. I don’t think baseball teams are restricted in this way. Except every other team I checked (I didn’t go through the whole league) has either 2 (home, away) or 3 (home, away, alt) uniforms. I don’t know why the Mets seem to be the exception. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/25 "2008-12-02T16:09:03Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > This past weekend in Wisconsin I saw for sale Packers jerseys not in green (home jersey) or white (visiting jersey) but in gold??? You saw the Packers official “alternate” [jersey](http://www.nflshop.com/sm-nfl-equipment-green-bay-packers-customized-replica-alternate-jersey--pi-2252467.html). Unlike the Bears’ hideous pumpkin-colored [alternates](http://www.nflshop.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2252408&cp=2237409.2237426&parentPage=family), the Packers have never worn their alternates for a game (and hopefully never will). However, the Packers do get to enjoy the added revenue stream from the fans who’ll buy anything Packers related, no matter how ugly it is. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/26 "2008-12-02T17:16:37Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Except every other team I checked (I didn’t go through the whole league) has either 2 (home, away) or 3 (home, away, alt) uniforms. I don’t know why the Mets seem to be the exception. Only because they have chosen to outfit five. It’s up to each individual team. The only official rule, if I recall correctly, is that all players on a team must be dressed alike in uniforms that distinguish them from the other team. There’s no set number required. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/27 "2008-12-02T17:28:14Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Getting back to this … it looks like the [New York Mets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets) currently have _five_ different jerseys. I don’t think baseball teams are restricted in this way. I also recall, back in the 70s, that the Pirates had a white uniform, a black uniform, and a yellow uniform, which they would mix and match all the time. This may have had something to do with the abundant use of cocaine in their lockerroom at the time, but that’s a whole other story. One day they’d go white top and yellow pants, the next all black, the next yellow top and white pants, then white top and black pants, and so on. I seem to recall a playoff series in which they played the entire series without ever wearing the same combination of tops and pants. They looked like a bad girls’ softball team, frankly, especially with those stupid caps (also multicolored). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159/28 "2008-12-02T17:48:46Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > I also recall, back in the 70s, that the Pirates had a white uniform, a black uniform, and a yellow uniform, which they would mix and match all the time. Yep. The A’s did the same thing with their white, green, and gold; the Indians with white, navy, and red; and the White Sox with white and navy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-los-angeles-dodgers-tee-shirt-be-orange/475159.md?page=1)