Frequent reader “Nickieboy” commented about the new IronPig’s all black Friday night uniforms:
“Guys have a question about the all black jersey. Wonder if they remember the 1979 Saturday jersey the Phillies so proudly introduced: all scarlet shirts AND pants? When they got around to wearing them they discovered it was a total disaster on television. So much so that they NEVER wore them after that one time because they found out they didn’t show up well on the small screen. Probably TV is better quality now, but wondered if they checked to be sure they will show well.”
Nickieboy brings up a good point.. one that I thought of as well. When I saw the new black uniforms I initially thought they looked like pajamas.
My style tastes aside, the all black uniforms during a night game could prove difficult to follow for the average fan.. or camera depending on lighting. (Sidenote – If you have trouble seeing at games in general I know a GREAT eye doctor who can help you with that!) 🙂
Thinking back to baseball in 1979, I watched most games on TV in black and white. My family had a color TV but being the youngest I was relegated to the basement to watch baseball on the old Black and White model. Standard definition and static were just something we lived with in the pre-digital tv age. Twist the rabbit ears or crank the rooftop aerial a bit to get better reception. With digital TV and high definition I don’t believe we’ll have any problems seeing the players on TV but in person.. well that’s another story.
Let’s take a look at the 1979 Phillies attempt at a “Saturday Night Special” uniform that lasted only one night.
From – http://www.uni-watch.com/
From – http://www.uni-watch.com/
Looks pretty schnazzy in the daylight but as you can see with the greatest 3rd baseman of all time.. those uniforms went right into the Schmidtter following that one game in 1979.
So are the IronPig’s new all black uniforms going to last?
noisenation.mlblogs.com 
Perhaps they should keep the white pants along with the black jersey and if the all black looks too tachy maybe they’ll do it. Personally I like the black jersey and the cap. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens. PS I remember the Sat. night special….UGH!!
TV’s come a long way like you said. HD produces deep rich blacks, that don’t look washed out on television, even modern standard def signals look good with 3 chip cameras. We’ve already seen college football teams rock the all black uni’s and make it work, no reason why the pigs can’t do it and look badass.
Thanks RK! We’ll need to meet up soon to talk about our “Green” initiative.
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