Exact Opposite: An Interesting Discovery About the Miami Marlins’ New Uniforms

Published: 3rd Apr 12 9:48 am
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by Tom Froemming
MLB blogger
Exact Opposite: An Interesting Discovery About the Miami Marlins’ New Uniforms
Graphic illustration, original photo by Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE

The above photo looks strange, but somewhat familiar, doesn’t it?

That’s Miami Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison. I’ve highlighted his jersey and helmet and inverted them as an exact photo negative. You can see Omar Infante unaltered on the right of the shot in the team’s new alternate uniforms that feature orange caps with a black jersey. That just so happens to be the perfect photo negative of the old teal and white unis the Florida Marlins debuted with back in 1993.

A big tip of the cap to David Kaleida of 6-4-3 Putout for making this discovery. He dubbed these the “Marlins Bizzaro Uniforms.”

I guess the only people who don’t think the Marlins’ hideous new orange hats look odd are old film photographers from back in the team’s early years. They’d be used to seeing Marlins players in orange and black in the dark room.

This could just be a really odd coincidence, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this color flip was intentional. Afterall, the franchise has completely turned over just about everything else.

Miami will have center stage tomorrow night when they open the brand new Marlins Park against the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals on America’s Opening Night.

The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics already opened the season last week in Japan. The rest of the MLB will start on either Thursday or Friday.

Marlins stars Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes have already taken a liking to the new orange look, both dying their hair bright orange. They’ll both try to make the horrendous home run feature at Marlins Park go off against Kyle Lohse and the Cardinals.

For more on the Marlins, read my NL East predictions.

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