By John Turney
The club calls them "Prowler Throwbacks." and are supposedly based on the According to the team they are based original 1995 expansion uniforms.
Well, they are close. They are based more on 1998 than 1995. In 1997 they changed the numbers but added black underarm panel and in 1998 they got it right by eliminating that.
The first couple of years the uniforms had block numerals—
The 1997 rounded numerals and black panel jersey—
Then they settled on this in 1998 and this is what Jags have chosen as thee 1995 Throwback.
No, they are not from 1995-96 or even 1997 but no matter, the ones from 1998 and after they debuted today are great—
Side note, click here for a good story about the 1997 preseason font by Paul Lukas, the home run king of sports uniforms.
He explains the problem with legibility for the changed number set and the change to what they replaced them with, which is what was the font they used today.
The Jags also brought back their original logo—
There is not much difference ... but might as well make the look complete, rather than mix and match throwback uniforms with the newer logo.
Regardless, there isn't a lot to say -- The Jags get an "A" for these. Goes to show classics almost always look great and these are no exception.
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