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As long as I can remember (and my memory of specific Giants’ jerseys isn’t all that great), the San Francisco Giants have worn a simple gray road jersey, with just ‘San Francisco’ spread across the front in condensed, graphic lettering. Which is great. It’s a nice, classic, clean look, and something that’s worked for them for a number of years. But check it out:

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(How cool does that look? Okay, sort of cool.)

But I always welcome new things, and new ideas, and I have to say, I’m pretty excited about what the Giants are doing this season with their road jerseys. Not only are they putting a retro spin on their main road jerseys, by adding piping down the middle, they’re also introducing an alternate jersey that they’ve worn in the past, most notably in the 1980 season:

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The alternate jersey utilizes a simple ‘SF’ monogram over the left breast, the same piping seen in the new regular road jersey, and similar striping around the sleeves. It also, curiously enough, loses the collar striping that we’ve seen over the years, and I think that’s a good thing. It’s a lot cleaner this way and not as distracting.

One thing I think is a little distracting, however, is the vertical piping. It’s really a nice look on the new alternate jerseys, but on the original road unis? Kind of an odd look, if you ask me. Runs into the type too much.

What do you all think?