Bye-Bye Pinstripes: Twins Changing Home Uniforms

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In one of the most surprising pieces of Twins from the off-season, word has slowly trickled out that the Twins will be sporting a new look when it comes to their home uniforms. The first major change to their home uniforms since the 1987 season, the first World Championship year.

According to multiple sources, the team is shedding their pinstripes from their home whites for 2015. The letting will stay the same on the front of the uniforms but the club will add gold as a drop shadow behind the letting. The team's alternate cream heritage jersey will remain unchanged and it does contain pinstripes.

Another uniform change will be the addition of gold trim on the team's cap. There is no word yet if this will be the full time cap or if it will just be an alternative. However, it seems logical that the club would wear the gold trim cap with the gold trim jerseys.

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In the past, Minnesota has dropped the pinstripes from their jerseys for over a decade. From 1972 through 1986, the Twins sported a non-pinstripe look. After moving from Washington, the Twins wore pinstripes until the switch in the early 1970's. The pinstripes popped back up for the team's 1987 World Series run and they have been with the club every since. In recent years, the Twins had removed the pinstripes from their gray road uniform.

The Twins will announce the official change in a jersey unveiling ceremony next week.

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5 Comments

Thegrin

Verified Member

November 5, 201412 yr

Gold ? Gold ??? We don't need no freakin' Gold.

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James

Verified Member

November 6, 201412 yr

I need to see some pictures of these before I come to a conclusion.

As long as they aren't the "Turn Ahead the Clock" Jerseys, I think we'll be fine.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzLDBQyPhT9ZapmYx5Kmh9xIUb88xSNWmkQzT5Mu0JC0Ewj-TxeA

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Molitor4manager

Provisional Member

November 7, 201412 yr

I'm dating myself (56 years old) but my favorite Twins jerseys are the cream-pinstriped heritage jerseys. Maybe it's the memories of Oliva, Killebrew, Tovar etc...in them, but I love the blue lettering and numbers.

That said, I've got no idea where GOLD comes into the team color scheme unless Terry Ryan and the Pohlads are going to part with some of their GOLD and sign a bona-fide ACE to the starting rotation. I'll just have to see how they look. But I wish they would wear the "heritage jerseys" at least 3x per week.

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