I know it’s pretty much sacrilege not giving the Player O The Week nod to a Seahawk this week as we head to Green Bay, but I have to return to the early 80′s Mariners baby blue uni’s. You see, the
Toronto Blue Jays and
Kansas City Royals have recently announced they’ll return to their vintage baby blue’s for certain games this coming season.
I’ve been calling for them here so let’s hope our Mariners get with the program. Not everyone thinks it’s a great idea, however. Former Blue Jay Lloyd Moseby remarked “the uniform sucked” but he’s OK with it since this decade they’re wearing belted pants.
Vintage Seattle Player O The Week is Leon Roberts (with Seattle from 78-80) showing off his stylish blue uni from his 1980 Topps card.
Did you know that Roberts led the 1978 Mariners with a .301 batting average and his first hit that year was a grand slam
? Now you do.
Check out the card and give it a click.
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Leon Roberts, Seattle Mariners, Outfield, Topps, 1980.
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The thing is, not many athletes like the idea of dressing up in baby blues. It’s tantamount to a slap in the face. “Nice uniforms,” the visiting Yankees might say, “you babies.”
Not if the Yankees also adopt baby blue away jerseys. It’s kind of like the HD format war. If all the studios just switch to Blu Ray at the same time, we all win.
Cliffe