2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

From the mlb.com story:

The orange alternate jerseys will be part of the home rotation with the Motor City jerseys that will serve as the City Connect jerseys for a third season.

So, sadly, no. It's in addition to.

If they leave it up to starting pitchers to choose the jersey, as many other teams do, we may never see the home whites or road grays ever again. Kids like colors.

They got very colorful in the 1970s (not the Tigers but other teams) and then they eventually went back to more traditional uniforms.  I don't really care anymore.  If they have to screw around with the game, let it be the uniforms rather than how the game is played.    

[chasfh]

7 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

They got very colorful in the 1970s (not the Tigers but other teams) and then they eventually went back to more traditional uniforms.  I don't really care anymore.  If they have to screw around with the game, let it be the uniforms rather than how the game is played.    

Lucky us, we'll get both! 🤡

[Sports_Freak]

4 hours ago, Edman85 said:

I like navy on the road. Hate anything other than the home whites at home.

 

But if merch sales are what is going to help pay for this roster, small price to pay...

I'm not sure about baseball but some sports pool all the merchandise sale money and split it up evenly.

[chasfh]

OK, so, perhaps not as bad as I imagined it might be. 

The way I read this, the orange kit will be worn for all Friday games in place of the City Connects, which will be relegated to the occasional Monday home game, although not all (or maybe all but one?); and on the road, the blues will be worn sometimes and not worn sometimes. I do have a feeling players would like the dark uniforms for road games, so they may wear them more than not.

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

OK, so, perhaps not as bad as I imagined it might be. 

The way I read this, the orange kit will be worn for all Friday games in place of the City Connects, which will be relegated to the occasional Monday home game, although not all (or maybe all but one?); and on the road, the blues will be worn sometimes and not worn sometimes. I do have a feeling players would like the dark uniforms for road games, so they may wear them more than not.

If we're forced to listen to them on the radio, it won't matter what they wear. Welcome to 1970...😅😅

[chasfh]

Also take a good look at Riley on the pic in this tweet: 

Does he not look as though he's taking one of his 201 trudges back to the dugout last year?

[holygoat]

3 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

"The orange alternate jerseys will be part of the home rotation with the Motor City jerseys that will serve as the City Connect jerseys for a third season."

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/detroit-tigers-unveil-blue-orange-alternate-jerseys

Booo.

I like both of the new unis. Quite a bit, actually. And as a gift to the board, here's a gif for y'all to use in future game threads.

[holygoat]

The video from the Tigers.

 

[Tiger337]

[RedRamage]

5 minutes ago, holygoat said:

Booo.

I like both of the new unis. Quite a bit, actually.

I'm just disappointed that they didn't come with shorts. 😞

[CMRivdogs]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

They got very colorful in the 1970s (not the Tigers but other teams) and then they eventually went back to more traditional uniforms.  I don't really care anymore.  If they have to screw around with the game, let it be the uniforms rather than how the game is played.    

I remember those horrible Pittsburgh Pirate uniforms...especially the caps. The Bumble Bees. 

[IdahoBert]

55 minutes ago, holygoat said:

Booo.

I like both of the new unis. Quite a bit, actually. And as a gift to the board, here's a gif for y'all to use in future game threads.

My wife got me that warm-up jacket in 1987 for Christmas and I still have it although – cough cough – it has “shrunk” or somehow it has become a bit tighter on me. 

[chasfh]

Boog Powell hated the 1975 all-red Indians uniform when he played there. He said it made him look like a "massive blood clot."

 

[Edman85]

Okay, so a lot less City Connect is a win. I am guessing select means any getaway Monday games or other hot weather games will be the whites, and we get a lot of city connect or road blue in cold weather.

Edit: there's only 7 Monday home games.

Edited 22 hours ago by Edman85

[IdahoBert]

[IdahoBert]

10 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Boog Powell hated the 1975 all-red Indians uniform when he played there. He said it made him look like a "massive blood clot."

 

That was one of the years I lived in Tucson Arizona and went to seven or eight Indian spring training games every year for 13 years and fortunately they never forced Boog to wear that uniform during spring training and I also didn’t have to endure it. 

[Tiger337]

35 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

I remember those horrible Pittsburgh Pirate uniforms...especially the caps. The Bumble Bees. 

I still have one of those caps and wear it frequently!

[Biff Mayhem]

7 hours ago, diaspora04 said:

Turning to an important topic, the new alternative jerseys are not as bad as they could have been.

In theory I should despise the new uniforms released to the public today but, in a strange twist, I actually like them.

 

I wish they’d return to the pullover style away uniform top of the 70s and 80s though.

[Tenacious D]

6 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Loved your work in Peacemaker Season 2, Bert

[CaliforniaDreaming]

I actually like the new uniforms as well and am happy with less of the city connects.

But if they EVER bring back that tiger coming through the D logo again, I will never forgive them.

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, CaliforniaDreaming said:

But if they EVER bring back that tiger coming through the D logo again, I will never forgive them.

Those were so minor league.

[oblong]

yeah it was bad.  I cringe, being "The Tiger fan" when people feel the need to gift me Tiger related items and sometimes the gift will have that log on it.

 

[RedRamage]

17 minutes ago, oblong said:

yeah it was bad.  I cringe, being "The Tiger fan" when people feel the need to gift me Tiger related items and sometimes the gift will have that log on it.

 

How about a Lion through the D? 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Those were so minor league.

I actually liked the logo...but not for the Tigers.  It was minor league.  

[RedRamage]

5 hours ago, CaliforniaDreaming said:

But if they EVER bring back that tiger coming through the D logo again, I will never forgive them.

I think this is less likely to happen now that they've gotten rid of the other Old English D. That logo used the more square D and that's gone now so if they tried to revive that logo their either have to bring back the old D (which seems like something they wouldn't want to do) or get a new version with the other D, which wouldn't work nearly as well.