The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled their second Metropolis Join design on Monday.
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The cobalt and electrical blue uniforms will debut on Saturday in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels. There may be additionally a touch of chili pink on the design, a refined reference to the pink numbers on the Dodgers main uniforms.
“The brand new jerseys for 2024 are a nod to the town’s longstanding connection to being a metropolis of goals and dreamers,” the Dodgers mentioned in a information launch on Monday. “A metropolis stuffed with these taking pictures for the celebrities the place inconceivable goals can flip into actuality.”
The Dodgers are the primary group to disclose their second uniform of the Metropolis Join collection. Their authentic look was unveiled in August 2021 with “Los Dodgers” showing on the cap and jersey.
The “Los Angeles” entrance watermark is impressed by signage on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the place the Dodgers performed from 1958 to 1961, after shifting from Brooklyn. A contrail with an upward trajectory is featured on the watermark referencing “the town’s pursuit of what is above and past.”
The Dodgers provide a contemporary twist to their iconic interlocking “LA” emblem on a blue cap. The LA stays outstanding, however now a swooping “D” seems behind it. It is meant to signify the “LAD” group code. The LAD abbreviation additionally seems as a sleeve patch.
Numbers on the highest proper of the uniform above Los Angeles are impressed by the “mid-century typeface” that was well-liked through the franchise’s cross-country transfer.
A serious visible a part of the uniform cloth are the electrical blue and pink dots scattered all through the design. The Dodgers confer with that as a galaxy of stars centered on “the brilliance and variety of Los Angeles.”
The underside nook of every jersey consists of “#ITFDB,” an acronym for “It is time for Dodger baseball,” a phrase made well-liked by legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully. Los Angeles is the ultimate Main League Baseball group to disclose its Metropolis Join uniforms this 12 months.
