Star: Blue Jays unveil powder-blue jerseys

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Jays unveil vintage jersey

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Lloyd Moseby wasn't a big fan of the powder-blue road jerseys the Toronto Blue Jays wore when he broke into the majors back in 1980.

Actually, he hated them.

So back again wearing the shirt he once loathed for the retro uniform unveiling by the Blue Jays on Monday night, he didn't mince words about his feelings toward the vintage outfit.

"When you came up and put it on, you looked in the mirror 1,000 times and it still don't look right," said Moseby, who sported the team's new old look alongside former teammate John Mayberry.

"When you start winning it doesn't matter, you stop looking in the mirror, but when you're losing you've got to look in the mirror and I'll tell you, the powder blue wasn't in.

"And the ones we were in, they were polyester, dog. Polyester! Come on!"

The Blue Jays will wear the powder blue shirts at all Friday home games this season as part of their Flashback Fridays promotion.

They also unveiled a new road uniform with a new font for the Toronto decal across the chest. Reliever Jeremy Accardo came out in that outfit, but was more interested in fronting the retro jersey.

"The baby blues? They're good now," said Accardo. "Those things catch on. It's fun wearing those throwbacks. So much stuff was done when they were wearing those baby blues, hopefully we can do it again."

The powder blue jersey is part of a trend around pro sports to bring back the gaudy vintage looks of years gone by. The loud logos and pronounced pastels that made those outfits so disagreeable are now back in vogue, to the chagrin of some.

"Now it's all nostalgia and everyone is doing it," said Moseby. ``I remember saying to my kids, `You wait, you're going to see the stuff we wore.' Now they're seeing it."

The powder blue jersey unveiled is the same as the one the Blue Jays used on the road from 1980 through 1988. The new road jersey replaces the one they've used since 2004.

The team is hoping the new looks will bring some good fortune back to the team after an injury-marred 2007 season left fans, players and club officials with a bad taste in their mouths.

"If we can stay healthy, we can do a lot of damage in the AL East," said Accardo. "We're in a tough division, but if we can get all these guys healthy, there's a lot more to do."

 

[billy corgan]

Lame

Go back to the 92-93 uniforms.

 

[Bogtrotter]

yikes- I remember those powder blue ones. They were nasty.

 

[Jayomatic]

Yeah. I had read something about this and hoped they would go back to the white ones instead. I love those white ones. That bluejays font is so classic.

 

[Long Island Mike]

Toronto Blue Jays 2008 Uniforms: Back to the future?

Wylie and everyone: I have liked the Blue Jays colors and uniform since the team began play in the late 70s. I have two Blue Jays uniform shirts myself-the mid-late 90s "TORONTO" road jersey and a dark blue "Blue Jays" BP jersey from about 1990.

I had a uniform design that I thought of but never submitted that would have been: A script "Blue Jays " across the front with a number down below on the right(or left as you look down) with three-tone blue Helvetica numerals and name and numbers on the back. These jerseys would have been bright white and a blue pinstripe variation(similar to the Colorado Rockies) and a solid blue alternate uniform for both Home and Road. The hats would have been the solid blue variation-which I felt looked the best.

The Current Blue Jays uniform and colors I have NEVER liked from its issuance. That "TORONTO" new road variation is a big improvement over the current road jerseys. I was not a fan of the "J" logo either. The original logo was NOT broken. I also never liked the cartoon bird or the strange T logo either.

I do agree with the sentiment about the Blue Jays' greatest teams-the 1992 and 1993 uniform types are and will be the best BJ throwback for obvious reasons!
That's my two cents- LI MIKE