Saturday, April 16, 2011

1970s-80s Devils Ray Uniform tweak

I've always thought the 1998-2000 Devil Ray uniform, with the gradient rainbow in the logo reminded me of the late 1980s Astros, where they still echoed the theme of their earlier Tequila Sunrise design, even though they had gotten rid of the actual rainbow uniform.  I wondered what if the Devil Rays had come along a couple decades earlier, how would they have looked in the disco/garish era of the great Astros-Padres-Pirates-A's uniforms?  Would they have had a uniform truly worthy of that era, that would lead to the later uniform that we'd see in 1998?

Maybe something like this: