Best and worst uniforms in sports, of all times.

World League edition (I actually had one of these in high school):

 

That seemed to be a trend in that era. Remember the Pittsburgh Pirates, who had about a dozen uniform and cap combinations? I did like the fact the uniforms had more color in them and weren't all white or grey.

 

Heavens. I have never seen that before. It looks more like a poster than something you'd wear.

 

The best are usually the classic looks that don't change (or change very little) over the years:

Colts,
Raiders
Steelers
Packers
Michigan football
Notre Dame football
North Carolina basketball
Alabama football
Yankees
Cubs
Dodgers
Cardinals

There have been so many different versions of "worst" over the years that I'm not sure where to even begin listing them.

 

I still don't understand the random bright red numbers on the front. No red anywhere else...why is that?
Here is an answer I found...still I have always found it odd
http://www.thinkbluela.com/index.php/2012/04/18/whats-with-the-red-number-on-the-front/

 

I was about to post that the Alworth-era unis were my favorite. The current ones aren't horrible, IMO, but don't measure up to past versions. I always thought the Fouts-Winslow era jerseys, with the gold numerals looked great.

My worst: Those ChiSox 1890s throwback uniforms, even taking the aborted shorts out of the equation. Even in the 1970s, those things looked like the most ridiculous things ever.

Guilty pleasure: Astros rainbow uniforms. Loud and ostentatious, but I always loved them.

Agree with the views on the Padres brown and yellow in the late '70s and '80s, but you'll hear a vocal contigent of Padre fans constantly saying how great those uniforms are and how the team should go back to the brown and yellow. I just shake my head at that.

 

Yep.

 

http://www.uni-watch.com/2013/10/16/revealed-the-story-behind-the-dodgers-red-numbers/

The TV thing isn't exactly accurate.

 

The Padres' all yellow uniforms were arguably worse.

 

Black and brown?

 

Agreed. People often mention the powder blues in these discussions, but I think the Air Coryell era Charger unis were also mighty sharp.

Not sure why the Chargers continue to stick with the ones they have now, since everybody seems to agree what they used to wear looks better. Doesn't even matter which one they returned to--could be the powder blues or the air coryells--still would be an improvement over what they've been wearing the last couple decades.

I think the best era for football unis was from around the mid-70s to early 80s (which oddly enough, was quite an ugly era for baseball unis). I think the teams that have the sharpest unis today are the ones who simply kept the basic designs they had then (Colts, Raiders, Steelers, Cowboys, Packers, 49ers). Most changes other teams have made since then have only been for the worse.

 

Not sure if they're still doing it, but a couple of years ago they put the brown and yellow throwbacks into the regular rotation. They'd wear them for Wednesday home games, which had odd starting times (3:30 PST, if I remember right).