The colors would lead them to another championship in 1960. Rockies just wear the purple and
Giants you also took the path of the Orioles and chose orange in the 1970's.Wearing
black for no apparent reason, the Toronto Blue Jays, winners of back to back World
Series in 1992 and 1993 wearing their traditional sky blue uniforms and in black, nothing
but losing.The Arizona Diamondbacks seemed to have come to their senses as an organization, after
having dabbled with many looks over the years, including the dreaded black uniform; they seem
to have settled on red as a primary color and it looks sharp. Marlins, black
has been part of your original color scheme from the beginning, although you look more
professional in the blue uniforms. They even made a big deal of announcing that they
were adopting the colors blue (in honor of the Dodgers) and orange (in honor of
the Giants). Maybe you should be made to live with that decision. In this decade
they have bowed to the trend and adopted a black uniform. Kudos to the D-backs.The
New York Mets entered the National League in 1962 and pronounced themselves "the team" for
all of the former Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants fans, who no longer had
a team to call their own. It's not the answer.Other examples would include the Baltimore
Ravens, Super Bowl Champs in purple. The Kings are probably just trying to toughen up
after being called the "Queens" for years by Shaquille O'Neal. The Anaheim Ducks or Mighty
Ducks - forget it, they should be thrown out of the league for ever having
been known as the Mighty Ducks.Approved to wear black in the NHL, the Boston Bruins
and the Pittsburgh Penguins. We know now that doesn't work - see Piazza and the
Mets. We'll discuss pewter later!I know my disgust will not be enough to cause a
sufficient ground swell of emotions to overturn this trend in sports fashion, and I recognize
that there may be some who disagree with my viewpoint. Some suggestions would be the
following; Orioles, I'm fine with black as a third uniform for you, but truth be
told in the 1970's when you first opted to have a third uniform you chose
orange. Why you'd ever want to mess with Honolulu blue is a puzzle, but let's
stick with facts and save the commentary for later. Bengal fans settle down, your team
should be thrown out tn requin of the league for the tiger striped horror show that appears
every Sunday on television screens across America, trumped only by the "creamsicle" orange alternate uniforms
adopted a few years ago.Let's examine our national pastime, Major League Baseball for a moment.Allowed
to wear black are the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates
- that's it. Jacksonville, go back to the blue, black will slow you down in
the hot Florida sun - I'm just saying.The only teams that are approved to wear
black in the NFL are the Oakland Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans
Saints. Their team colors have always been green and white, sure they added a splash
of silver in the 1970's, but it was the disco era and it was understated
and tastefully done. The Dallas Stars, cup winners in 1999 wearing green, have done nothing
wearing black. In black, nothing but disappointment. The Mets lost, of course, black in the
uniforms to blame and the looking tougher, well that theory went out the window when
Roger Clemens fired a piece of Mike Piazza's broken bat at him and Piazza and
the Mets did absolutely nothing about it! Perhaps yellow may have been a more appropriate
color choice.The NBA is absolutely ridiculous and I am reluctant to test my blood pressure
any more than necessary, so lets leave it at this, the San Antonio Spurs are
the only team that should be wearing black in the NBA, period!The Celtics, Knicks, 76ers
and Bulls should know better than to mess with success. Clad in the traditional green
and white they played in three consecutive NFL championship games from 1947-1949, winning twice, 1948
and 1949. They get a pass here though, as originally they wore predominantly more black
than red and won Stanley Cups clad in both red and black uniforms. Sporting their
traditional colors, the Lions won NFL Championships in 1935, 1952, 1953 and 1957. So facts
are facts and numbers don't lie. I acknowledge there is some gray area with the
Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants, but what makes fashion sense
in baseball is to be traditional and wear white at home and gray on the
road. I know I shouldn't be that concerned with such trivial matters as the color
scheme of a few pro sports teams, especially in light of all the financial and
political chaos in this country, but I am. tn requin Of course with everything there is an
exception to the rule and the Penguins are it. The Eagles are a proud and
historic franchise that dates back to 1933. I considered that black may be slimming and,
that alone would be a legitimate reason to adopt the color. They originally entered the
NHL in 1967 wearing powder blue and black. Can someone explain to me why it
seems almost every professional sports team has either changed their colors, added to their colors
or adopted the dreaded alternate uniform, in BLACK!It is a trend that quite frankly has
irritated me for quite some time now. Perhaps they thought black would make them look
tougher! In October of 2000 the Mets found themselves in the World Series again this
time against their cross-town rival Yankees, the team probably most responsible for hastening the demise
of the Dodgers and Giants in New York during the 1950's. The Miami Heat should
stick to red, the Orlando Magic, blue and the Utah Jazz, purple. The Portland Trail
Blazers switched to black from red and now lead the league in arrests - your
team colors are red; note your 1977 NBA championship team.Hockey sadly has many of the
same issues.The Philadelphia Flyers with one of the most distinct uniforms in the league, orange
trimmed in black and white, won Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975. Wearing those colors
they would win the World Series in 1969 and 1986. The Washington Capitals are looking
better these days in their new federal blue uniforms - nice job. However this method
of reasoning soon left my mind when I gazed upon Warren Sapp looking just as
fat in Raider silver and black as he did in Buccaneer red and pewter. At
first they began subtly adding it in the form of trim and then openly began
wearing a black alternate jersey. The Penguins had suffered through seven losing seasons in their
first decade. Since the switch to black and gold they have won three Stanley Cups.Checking
the "tale of the tape", teams stated, wearing traditional uniforms have won 15-championships, when switching
to black uniforms nothing! The Penguins are excluded, remember I legitimized them. The Flyers of
the 1970's certainly didn't bow to trends, in fact they fostered a reputation of going
against trends in the NHL and this new generation of Flyers should adopt the same
stance.The Chicago Blackhawks have traditionally sported, what I believe to be the nicest uniform in
hockey. So, let me bring some solid factual insight to this matter.Let's start with the
NFL.Sometime after the 1990's the Philadelphia Eagles began to wear black. Wearing black the Eagles
reached the NFC Championship game five times in eight years (2001-2008), losing four times -
the one time they were successful they lost the Super Bowl. Teams that are also
kidding themselves would be the Carolina Panthers; stick with the Carolina blue please. The Steelers
had won four Super Bowl Titles at that point and the Pirates had just won
their fifth World Series. The Atlanta Falcons, sure they made the Super Bowl when they
switched to primarily black uniforms, but it resulted in defeat, to the Denver Broncos, who
were the worst Super Bowl performing team in history to that point - go back
to red and stay true to yourselves boys. Then for whatever reason early in this
decade, they adopted black into their color scheme. In 1979 they legitimately adopted the colors
black and gold to keep themselves in line with the city's other two sports residents,
the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now I know they've had a little dry
spell that has lasted some fifty years now, but adding black has provided them with
eight consecutive losing seasons. Sports are about tradition and tradition has always been about building
something meaningful and being proud of what you are and where you come from.I did
not reach my level of concern without first trying to understand and adapt to the
current trend in pro sports apparel. A pass also goes to the Ottawa Senators and
the Tampa Bay Lightning, though I like them better in red and blue respectively.The Flames
should never have deviated from the red and yellow that brought them a Stanley Cup
in 1989. They were arguably the better team and at home for several of those
games - blame the black.The Detroit Lions entered the NFL in the 1930's sporting the
colors Honolulu blue and silver. If you want to be successful in professional sports keep
your teams operating in the "black" and playing in their traditional colors.By the way, any
of you who read this and said to yourselves, "the Chicago Bears and New York
Yankees wear black and he forgot to mention them." They wear blue - and that's
a topic for another day!Watch these teams and all your favorites in crystal clear High-Definition
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