Cubs, Reds to wear 1990 uniforms 4/24

[J.R.]

 

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/ItemImages/000110/114043b_lg.jpeg

 

 

You could barely read the "CHICAGO" on the TV sets of the day. It was changed the next year to be more legible.

[Cubswin11]

I've always like those jerseys

[jersey cubs fan]

Why? To celebrate the start of the previous worst stretch of baseball the team has had? 8 years of suck with the only good year being a sucky strike year?

[J.R.]

The Reds are celebrating the 1990 championship team. We're just being good sports.

[jersey cubs fan]

The Reds are celebrating the 1990 championship team. We're just being good sports.

Oh I thought wrigley for some reason. All that decade stuff last year is still in my head.

 

 

They should do steroids to honor the era.

[seanimal]

hate that font/hate that jersey

[Janelle-Alexis]

Maybe Joe Maddon could punch Brian Schlitter in the face to commemorate that era of Reds baseball.

[Geech]

I initially read the subject as "1900" uniforms, and that's a lot more appealing to me.

[treebird]

i like any and all throwback uniforms so YAY

 

also this was one of my first/favorite baseball cards so i have positive memories of these uniforms

 

http://i.imgur.com/orVqvS7.jpg

[George Hayduke]

I do not care for these unis at all. The alternate road ones they have now are a bajillion times better.

[Fro]

The Reds are celebrating the 1990 championship team. We're just being good sports.

Oh I thought wrigley for some reason. All that decade stuff last year is still in my head.

 

 

They should do steroids to honor the era.

 

They're also giving away some sort of "NASTY BOYS triple bobblehead" the next day

 

http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/cin/images/ticketing/y2015/nasty_boys_bobblehead_save_a_360x280.png

 

And you get the fine Michelin 3 star dining of a McDonald's Extra Value Meal per game if you buy a ticket pack for 6 games

[Gmoney08]

I was hoping they would at least be wearing the Cuba jersey!

[Southpaw191679666239]

These are actually my favorite road jerseys and I've always wanted one.

[J.R.]

That script is this closest this wordmark ever came to appearing on the field.

 

http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/129/1294318434.jpg

 

Very popular on T-shirts and Wrigley giveaway caps of the era. Seemed very out of place to my eyes at the time. The modded version of this came out in 1991 and lasted until "Cuba" showed up in 1994. The 1997 edition got the "Chicago" much closer to that used pre-1982.

 

Hard to believe that the Cubs' standard home and road designs will be 20 years old two seasons from now.

[Guest]

Hard to believe that the Cubs' standard home and road designs will be 20 years old two seasons from now.

 

With the roads, that is pretty crazy. Remember them debuting those pretty well.

 

The homes have looked more or less the same though since, what, the late 70s? Early 80s?

 

I know there have been some subtle changes (different bear on the sleeve in the 90s)...and I loved the 80's throwbacks they wore in the Rays series last year. But yeah, more or less the same.

[J.R.]

Home changes were subtle to be sure.

 

The walking bear showed up in 1997. The last of the Cub "faces" debuted in 1994, and that set featured a thinner pinstripe and lost the sleeve trim. 1990 brought belts and buttons, the first real changes since 1979.

Edited April 18, 2015 by J.R.

[J.R.]

1988 version on the left, 1994 on the right.

 

 

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/southfork76/IMG_0051_zpsgte6o90a.jpg

 

 

The 1988 polyester is much thicker, much more coarse.

[J.R.]

Nice look at the details of the 1979 jersey here:

 

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/10281-1979-game-used-autographed-dave-kingman

[imb]

i like any and all throwback uniforms so YAY

 

also this was one of my first/favorite baseball cards so i have positive memories of these uniforms

 

http://i.imgur.com/orVqvS7.jpg

 

yes and yes. loved that card, thats exactly what those throwbacks reminded me of

[Sammy Sofa]

Damn. That card is like an acid flashback.

 

Since I'm back home for the time being, I should really dig out my old collection.

[mul21]

 

Hard to believe that the Cubs' standard home and road designs will be 20 years old two seasons from now.

 

They just changed the script on the front from CHICAGO to CUBS last year didn't they?

[J.R.]

 

Hard to believe that the Cubs' standard home and road designs will be 20 years old two seasons from now.

 

They just changed the script on the front from CHICAGO to CUBS last year didn't they?

That's the road alternate. CHICAGO is still the standard.