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Breaking News Blue Jays Spring New Look
The Toronto Blue Jays have unveiled their new look for Spring Training.


The Blue Jays will use their alternate blue uniform with the difference being no name on the back. New is the blue maple leaf ball cap and a Florida spring training logo on both the cap and the uniform. (Image from @BlueJays)





The cap has changed since 2012 but this was the spring training uniform the Jays wore for the last four seasons. (Image from SportsLogos.net)


Personally, I would have preferred the team stay with the previous uniform because it defines Spring Training for me. I feel the regular season look should be used for the regular season. The new look will be in action March 1 in Clearwater before making its home debut March 2. What say you about the team's new threads?

In other related news...
  • SportsLogos.net has the new looks of all 30 teams
  • Sportsnet has announced it is airing 10 Blue Jays games this spring
Posted by #2JBrumfield on Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 01:02 PM EST.
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John Northey - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 01:54 PM EST (#318230) #
Black on the sides is nice but no name I hate. Very few casual fans will know who is who without the name so removing it is idiotic. The cost is near 0 for the Jays to do it so keep the bloody names on the jersey. Heck, most players I have no idea what number they are.
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Dave Till - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 02:47 PM EST (#318232) #
It's been ages since they showed spring training games regularly, but I think I recall that they never used to have names on the uniform backs in spring training. Have they been doing it recently?

Leaving names off makes it easier to handle all the last-minute spring training invitees with uniform numbers like 74.
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John Northey - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 03:58 PM EST (#318235) #
If a company with revenues in the hundreds of millions cannot handle getting names for jerseys at the last minute then someone needs to be fired. An amazing invention called 'Velcro' came out years ago. Allows them to rip off a name and attach another to a jersey if they are too cheap to replace the jerseys. Really, every spring invite should have a home & road jersey with name/number at the start of spring. A standing order should be at a local seamstress to get more done immediately if needed.
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Four Seamer - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 05:48 PM EST (#318237) #
I'm forever amazed at the variety of things different people can feel so strongly about (full disclosure: I loathe those maple leaf caps, regardless of colour scheme).
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ComebyDeanChance - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 10:06 PM EST (#318242) #
I loathe those maple leaf caps, regardless of colour scheme).

Thank you for saying what I have wanted to. It's been my feeling that the maple leaf caps pander to a low sentiment, though I must say I at least like the blue ones more than the red ones.
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ComebyDeanChance - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 10:13 PM EST (#318243) #
Those complaining about the absence of names have likely never been to Spring Training, where numbers and names are an annual tradition. Because of the large number of players, some of whom will be there for a short time, some of whom are there for the day, it happens that a number (a high one, usually in the 60's) will end up being worn by more than one player during the course of ST. For most of us there, getting the sheet when we enter with the numbers and the names is a mandatory daily activity. It's the way ST is for all teams.
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Michael - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 10:38 PM EST (#318244) #
I'm much more concerned with the spring training facilities, and will we lose any of our players to injury due to playing field than to the uniforms and presence or absence of names. Hard to imagine pitchers and catchers report in just 3 weeks (for some) 3 weeks and 4 days for the Jays.
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John Northey - Thursday, January 28 2016 @ 10:49 PM EST (#318245) #
Oh agreed. Quality facilities is #1. I just don't understand why putting names on shirts is so insanely hard for teams to do in spring. That is the time it would be most useful as there are dozens of guys coming in and out who no one has heard of. You have 100 single or double digit numbers out there why not make use of them? Have the 60's for the first batch of kids in and work your way up to 99 before re-using old numbers? Yeah it might cost a tiny bit more but so freaking what? Just sell the old jerseys online as 'game worn' with a number and name for a few times what it cost post-spring. I'm sure many fans would love it - heck, the players family might pony up for it if no one else.
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JB21 - Friday, January 29 2016 @ 01:44 PM EST (#318248) #
Good thing you're not a Yankees fan John, yikes.

Those hats are terrible btw.
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Dave Till - Friday, January 29 2016 @ 03:50 PM EST (#318251) #

Oh agreed. Quality facilities is #1. I just don't understand why putting names on shirts is so insanely hard for teams to do in spring. That is the time it would be most useful as there are dozens of guys coming in and out who no one has heard of.

Some unfortunate person would have the job of sewing all those names on the uniforms. Unless there's a machine that can do it?

Spring training at-bats for guys with numbers in the 70s aren't that meaningful anyway, as they're against pitchers with numbers in the 70s - all the good pitchers and good hitters have already gone to the bar or to the beach (or possibly to work out, if they're conscientious professionals and all that).

I agree with John that it would be useful to know who those guys are, if only to attach faces to names. ("Oh, so that's Rowdy Tellez!") But a cheap program would take care of that.

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#2JBrumfield - Friday, January 29 2016 @ 04:22 PM EST (#318252) #
Personally, I like the no names on the back. Pick your favourite number and never have to worry about updating the wardrobe so much when new players come along. Play for the name on the front of the jersey, I say!

As much as I liked the 2012 look, this will always be the best spring training jersey in my opinion. This CBC story says reaction to the new duds are mixed.
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