retro fridays

[patrickgpe]

haven't heard a peap if the 80's alternates are coming back or not. Does anyone know if they are or not. To be honest i wouldn't be upset if they didn't. It was a great novelty the first year and it was cool to honor the 82 team last year, but we really need to start making our own memories and bringing out 82 players every weekend doesn't help that. just wondering. i know there has been announcements and the winter warmup the last 2 season and i haven't heard anything.

[BrewCrewForever]

Honestly I hope they don't come back. Keep selling the merch thats cool with me and I even own some. But don't continue to wear it out on the field.

[trwi7]

Honestly I hope they don't come back. Keep selling the merch thats cool with me and I even own some. But don't continue to wear it out on the field.

That's the way I feel. They keep harping on the old uniforms 25 years ago from the last time the team was good. I don't even think the uniforms are all that great anyways.

[thablingster]

I was thinking about this the other day. I figure if they were going to bring it back they'd have announced it by now. I definitely won't miss it, personally.

[Mr QL]

I don't know, I like the old jerseys and logo alot better than the ones we have now which are pretty bland and just meh. Celebrating the 82 team was getting pretty lame though.

[temke]

save them for once or twice during the season i say.

 

they used that gimmick to raise attendance the past two years...hopefully they dont have to worry about that this year

[TooLiveBrew]

Yea, keep 'em, but away with the regularly scheduled wearing. They could easily mix them in for (+ or -) 15 home games. These uniforms were worn for more than 1982, ya know!

[logan82]

If I were them I would switch most of the promotions to weekday games. I am pretty sure that as long as the team is good they will sellout weekend games.

[BrewCrewForever]

Maybe wear them once a year for a turn back the clock night. Other then that they should be dead.

[snyttri]

I think the Brewers can make more money by having the team wear original Brewers uniforms instead of the '82s for a while on turn back the clock and retro nights. The fans have their '82 stuff and if they see the team in the original Brewers uniforms they will buy original Brewers hats.

[hauser42]

I love the 82 team, but it his time to let go of the promo. Still wish they could bring back that glove logo though.

[jlau20]

I loved Turn Back the Clock Night...definitely should only be used for that once a year, if I had a vote.

[RickieDROPSbombs]

I love the jerseys dont get me wrong but im sick of hearing about the '82 world series runner up. Its 2008 and this team is good enough to make the playoffs and who knows. But i like the idea of still sprinkleing them in because they are cool jerseys.

[Brew City Baseball Fan]

I need to disagree with most of you and say that I really like the old school uni's on Fridays. The whole celebrating 25 years since we finished in second place was bad. But the pinstripes and the old logo is great on fridays.

[Dragonbait]

Ahhh turn back the clock night...... I myself would LOVE to see the Brewers honor the franchise's origins and pull out the old Pilots uniforms... I got me a poster/plaque thing on my wall of the uni's the franchise has used over the years, and the Pilots is the only one I havent seen in person.

[BrewCrewForever]

Brew City Baseball Fan that avatar is awesome! One of the greatest posters in the history of the universe.

[MNBrew]

Ahhh turn back the clock night...... I myself would LOVE to see the Brewers honor the franchise's origins and pull out the old Pilots uniforms... I got me a poster/plaque thing on my wall of the uni's the franchise has used over the years, and the Pilots is the only one I havent seen in person.

I actually saw the Brewers play the Twins up here on a Turn Back the Clock night when the Crew wore the Pilots uniforms. First game I took my wife to, which puts that back around 2000. Why do I think I remember Alex Diaz in CF? I think the Brewers won, too, but someone will probably point out all my references (year, Diaz, win) to be off the mark. Anyway, I was there....

[MNBrew]

The other thing is this: I think I remember hearing around Winter Warmup time that they definitely are continuing the Retro Fridays thing. While maybe they're not trumping it up so big, I think they'd be making a bigger deal about it if they hadn't decided to continue them.

 

I've felt this way since long before those duds were unleashed again a few years ago......I've loved the Brewers since 1980 and have fond memories of that era. I love the MB logo. But I like the current duds much better and would only hope to see the MB logo appear in the current color scheme on an alternate home hat (a la the Twins) or as a permanent sleeve patch opposite the M/barley/Wisconsin patch. I'd already had way too much of the "living in the past" that became almost obnoxiously pervasive when they unveiled the '82 retro duds to the point where I vowed I would not ever buy that jersey -- and I love buying jerseys!

 

I wish I could see some of Colbyjack's cool renderings from the pre-Retro Sunday announcement 2 years ago. Some of those were especially cool.

[Blancofan1]

I'd like to see hats or patches of the barrel man logo, at least on the barrellman bobble night.

[brains and braun]

I don't why we can't have both. Last year was the big anniversary celebration, so I see how people are a little tired of '82, but I think it's a nice change of pace to quietly do it on Fridays. Plus, it brings extra merch bucks to the clubs.

[Dragonbait]

I like the idea of putting the Old logo on the shirt as a patch. It works for the Admirals.

[Tbadder]

I'm kind of indifferent to the old uniforms which I thought were ugly. However I think it's good to remember stuff; baseball is about history. I'd commerate the old uniforms from all the past Milwaukee teams including Braves, Brewers, Bears, etc. I'd like to commerate the Barrell guy, and Bonnie Brewer, etc. I'd sprinkle them throughout the stadium on walls, on the scoreboards, heck I'd like to see the grass cut ocassionally in the Pilot's old logo or Earl Gillespie's face. Little things like that would be cool in my book. I know a lot of it would be time comsuming, but it would tell a story about the franchise and baseball in Milwaukee. Didn't I hear that the original Brewers became the Baltimore Orioles or the St. Louis Browns. If true, I think the casual fan and the young fan should be encouraged to know such things.

[jodo23]

I went to quite a few games last year, and was amazed at how many fans, regardless of the day of the week, were wearing the retro uniforms (mostly the home pinstripes, but a few road blues, too). I'd say I saw more retro pinstripes than all three "flavors" of the current uniforms combined.

 

And I'm ok with that. I think the retros are really sharp. I'm glad the team brought them back, and I hope they keep them, and Retro Fridays, around for a while. There's room for well-placed nostalgia while the team continues to create their own legacy. And a deep run into the playoffs would likely make the whole overuse-of-1982 thing moot, anyway.

[1992casey]

I myself would LOVE to see the Brewers honor the franchise's origins and pull out the old Pilots uniforms...

I grabbed this out of my Yuku profile:

http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/f173501a53e5495157a44b620d6a5d23fd299eb.jpg

 

[Invader3K]

I've heard Drew Olson say on multiple occasions that the players hate the retro uniforms.