D-Backs' bold new uniforms create Twitter stir
Five days after sporting some throwback uniforms that were, as the kids say, "fire," the Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled a new uniform for Tuesday's series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers that generated much more ambivalence on Twitter.
Today's #Dbacks lineup. pic.twitter.com/2tm1s4R0FB
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) April 12, 2016
One of seven new uniforms that will be introduced in 2016, the teal-trimmed, charcoal ensemble the Diamondbacks debuted Tuesday at Chavez Ravine were so distracting, they nearly stole the thunder away from Vin Scully, who was honored in a pre-game ceremony ahead of his final home opener.
First, the detractors, who pulled no punches in their criticisms of the Diamondbacks' latest sartorial efforts:
Nooooooooope. pic.twitter.com/uZduaVLg3t
— Drew Silva (@drewsilv) April 12, 2016
Yeah, really not liking these Dbacks uniforms. pic.twitter.com/tkq8p7TKqg
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) April 12, 2016
Anyone who has done the walk of shame knows what DBacks are dealing with right now. I'm sure those uniforms looked 💯 in the club last night
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) April 12, 2016
Leave it to the Diamondbacks to make Goldschmidt look bad in a uniform. pic.twitter.com/YD78xumXs3
— Yants (@YancyEaton) April 12, 2016
Someday, the Diamondbacks will wear a decent-looking uniform. 2016 is not that year.
— Mike Bates (@MikeBatesSBN) April 12, 2016
The Diamondbacks uniforms today are preposterous.
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) April 12, 2016
Just to confirm: the Diamondbacks uniforms are terrible.
— Ahmed Fareed (@AhmedFareedCSN) April 12, 2016
I have absolutely no idea what the #Diamondbacks are wearing. And the players appear to be just as confused as I am pic.twitter.com/DOFhRXKG6s
— Courtney Finnicum (@courtney883) April 12, 2016
Some people (not many) dug the new look, though.
Counterpoint to what I assume people are saying: I think these D-Backs unis look cool. Love the dark grey.
— Ted Berg (@OGTedBerg) April 12, 2016
say what you want i like these unis https://t.co/cOdlb5kLPw
— megan brown (@thatgirlondeck) April 12, 2016