Throwback Uniforms I Want To See

The University of Utah unveiled throwback uniforms for the Men's Basketball team that the team will wear in the team's match up with the Oregon Ducks on Jan. 31.

The uniforms look sleek. The white looks extremely crisp with the solid red lettering, numbers and accents. I love the look for the Utes and I fully expect the uniforms to be a big hit when the team debuts them this week. As I checked out the uniforms I began to think, what are some other throwback uniforms that I would like to see on the court or out on the field? So I sat down and compiled a list of the throwback uniforms I would most like to see.

Arizona Diamondbacks

Why the Diamondbacks ever moved away from their purple and teal uniforms I will never understand. It seems to me as if Arizona had the perfect color scheme and uniforms in their first try (as did the Toronto Raptors for that matter.) The purple sleeves with the pinstripes defines the Diamondbacks. These are the uniforms that Randy Johnson wore with the team and on top of that, Arizona won it's only world series in this beauty.

Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills' logo is always going to be a classic, synonymous with the 1990's era of NFL football. While the jersey itself is very... meh, the helmet is, in a word, awesome. White helmets are so played out in professional football and unfortunately due to the No Fun League's uniforms rule the Bills cannot roll out a red helmet for singular games. Meaning that if the Bills want to ever wear a red helmet again they would need to make the red their full-time helmet color. Personally, that's a move I would make in a heartbeat.

Utah Jazz

Ask most Jazz fans and they would tell you that they would love to see the Jazz roll out their mountain uniforms. And while the Jazz are currently wearing purple jerseys from the 1980's era for select games in the 2018-19 season. But these black and copper beauties are the Jazz jerseys from the past that I would most want to see. While I love nearly every uniform from the Jazz past (NOT the baby blue, Deron Williams era travesties) but these black uniforms will always be my favorites.

Oakland A's

The Ricky Henderson, Oakland A's era uniforms are some of the best looking uniforms in MLB history. For starters, these uniforms look a thousand times better that the current Oakland uniforms. The arm and neck stripes create a nice balance of green and yellow on the jersey. On top of that, I'm not a huge fan of the road gray uniforms that most teams wear and instead I want to see the visiting team wear a colored uniform, like the solid green jerseys shown here. Lastly, and most importantly, I'm a big, big fan of the t-shirt style uniforms as opposed to the button up style worn today. All-in-all, old school baseball uniforms are terrific and every MLB team should adopt them.

New England Patriots

*chef kiss sound*

These uniforms look SO nice. As a Patriots fan I like the uniforms the team wears now mostly because they symbolize winning. But you would be hard pressed to find someone who thinks the current 'flying Elvis' uniforms that the Patriots wear now look better than these Minutemen uniforms the team wore until 1992. Again, the Patriots face the same challenge as the Buffalo Bills as these helmets are white, different from the silver helmets the team currently wears.

Boston Red Sox

It's not every day that a mustache like that is only the second best looking thing in a picture but that's the case with this picture of the 1970's era Red Sox uniforms. I think the current Red Sox uniforms look fantastic and some of the best in baseball, but these are better. I love the red hats with the dark blue brims. And you already know how I feel about the non-button-up uniforms.

Baltimore Orioles

Cal Ripken Jr. was one awesome dude. Just look at those sunglasses. And the uniform that he wore while in Baltimore are just as awesome. Don't get me started about that cartoon bird head the Orioles use as their logo currently. Give me the biologically accurate depiction of the bird that Baltimore used in the early 2000's. While the uniform doesn't have the best history in terms of winning, it's Baltimore's best looking uniform. Really any of Baltimore's past logos would be better than their current one.