No, not seriously, as they're still going to pollute and players are still going to drive SUVs to the ballpark. As a matter of fact, they're not really going green in any way at all. You'd think something might be up based on this Divish tweet:
The mariners will wear the northwest green alternate jerseys on Friday night home games next season
...but as it turns out, "northwest green" is another word for "teal".
(Photo also via Divish)
That's not green. There's green in it, but you might as well be calling orange yellow.
As far as the terminology is concerned - I might've believed this before. I might've believed this a year ago. But I live in the northwest now, and that isn't what the green is like. The northwest is like the greenest place I've ever looked at. It's green. There are trees everywhere, and ferns, so many ferns, and when you're up in an airplane looking down you can't help but feel like this must be a sniper's paradise. Teal is in no way representative of the true northwest green. To call that "northwest green" is insulting to the northwest in the way that calling them "Mexican wedding cakes" is insulting to Mexico. Come on, that's not what their cakes are like.
Anyway, the teal jerseys are a nod to the more distant past, which was a time during which the Mariners didn't suck a lot, so that's a nice touch, and they're sure to be popular. But they still blew their chance to go with something a bit more creative. Just once. All I'm asking is once.
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See, when I heard "Northwest Green", I was thinking it meant something more like the 2001 All Star game uniforms
Not that I don’t like teal, but GREEN green would be cool to see, and kinda different too
ManifestDestiny - October 20, 2010
That was what I was expecting too
Jeff Sullivan - October 20, 2010
Northwest Green should mean either the color of the 2001 Allstar Jerseys or neon green.
If you are too embarrassed to call it teal than perhaps you shouldn’t be using it.
Robert - October 20, 2010
Northwest green is butt ugly
Poochie - October 20, 2010
Your face is butt ugly.
Robert - October 20, 2010
Is not
Poochie - October 20, 2010
Your typeface is butt ugly.
SeattExPat - October 20, 2010
Your neon green is butt ugly
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
The man speaks truth.
Ence - October 20, 2010
Like the color or not you have to admit that it is the closest thing that we have to a tradition in Seattle sports.
Robert - October 20, 2010
There you go applying logic to an argument
Still fugly though.
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
Neon Green is the world's most perfect color.
Robert - October 20, 2010
It's already called neon green though.
Northwest Green should mean Forest (or, alternatively, Cascadia) Green
Ah yeah, that’s the stuff
Matthew - October 20, 2010
Northwest green should basically be a screenshot of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Jeff Sullivan - October 20, 2010
You've obviously never been to the Hoh Rain Forest
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
Gifford Pinchot National Forest is for the fags because its all about the Snoqualmie National Forest.
Robert - October 20, 2010
Olympic National Forest is where it's at.
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
This. And yes, true Washington natives, arguing about their forests :)
Ence - October 20, 2010
Two of the four comments in this subthread were not by Washington Natives and the other half don't live in this state anymore.
Robert - October 20, 2010
You cannot take the Washington out once it is in people?
Ence - October 20, 2010
Correct
I have not had the Washington taken out of my person.
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
I'll be back.
SeattExPat - October 20, 2010
Correct.
Robert - October 20, 2010
Maybe they are trying to match the color scheme of Sound Transit or something
I would’ve rather seen the Mariners completely phase out the teal for the hue that you posted.
Fin - October 20, 2010
The argument is for accuracy in labeling, not revamping the M's to look like the Eagles
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
The Eagles use a awesome shade of green.
Robert - October 20, 2010
I love those unis
BrianL - October 20, 2010
Philadelphia Eagles:
great football team inspired by a New Deal initiative that was eventually declared unconstitutional or greatest football team inspired by a New Deal initiative that was eventually declared unconstitutional?
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
Or the A's or the Timbers, for that matter.
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
Rumor has it that the Mariners were going to go to that color green but then the Timbers stole it and they didn't want to be associated with them so they went with the teal.
Robert - October 20, 2010
This makes me think about the Sonics
Being a Seattle fan ain’t easy. :(
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
Ah, that looks like home.
SeattExPat - October 20, 2010
Neon green is the single most disgusting color I have ever seen.
Kirk - October 20, 2010
I want some sort of blue and yellow alternate
That color scheme is my favorite! I would also be into bringing the trident back too.
doublemazaa - October 20, 2010
Give me a trident.
SeattExPat - October 20, 2010
Just another chance to try and relive the 90's.
This is so fucking stupid.
Sec 108 - October 20, 2010
Anem, brother
bring back the trident or don’t bother.
pdb - October 20, 2010
Or even Amen, brother
pdb - October 20, 2010
Reliving the 70s would be even stupider
Poochie - October 20, 2010
As a design the trident uniforms are far better than any teal thing the m's could come up with, regardless of decade
pdb - October 20, 2010
I hate the blue and gold
Poochie - October 20, 2010
I suppose that I could go along with blue and gold if they made it into a navy and vegas gold.
Robert - October 20, 2010
I disagree
I like the teal, and I dislike the trident. Looks like we’re at an impasse.
Andersean - October 20, 2010
More stupid
Sec 108 - October 20, 2010
Seriously, the trident fucking rules and needs to come back in the worst way
ungoreatstefan - October 20, 2010
There's nothing wrong with the compass
Matthew - October 20, 2010
THANK YOU
Eyeball Kid - October 20, 2010
I love the compass
I love it. I hope the basic logo (Silver S over compass on Navy Blue) never, ever changes. It’s seriously one of my favorite logos of all time, and not just for the biased homer reasons.
Andersean - October 20, 2010
I actually never realized that was supposed to be a compass
jackyz - October 20, 2010 via mobile
What did you think it was?
Mariner John - October 20, 2010
A baseball with a star on the top
jackyz - October 20, 2010 via mobile
The compass is actually a really cool logo
but I would love a throwback to the trident every once in a while.
pdb - October 20, 2010
I hate it because it looks like something Eddie Bauer came up with
Aaron Campeau - October 20, 2010
Can we bring back the sleeveless uniforms next?
Two Rs and Two Ls - October 20, 2010
Bringing back an old jersey doesn't actively hurt the team, nap in the clubhouse, or get a manager fired
I get that the ‘95 lovefest is extreme and annoying, but I see absolutely nothing wrong with bringing back a popular jersey style. Teams do it all the time. It’s not like we’re branding Monday and Friday nights “1995 nights.”
Fuckmikereilly - October 20, 2010
just wait
pdb - October 20, 2010
Little known fact, but people who like teal jerseys need to use fingers and toes to count.
Sec 108 - October 21, 2010
True story
lemonverbena - October 21, 2010
That shirt is like Mariners Camo
I can’t see you through the suck!
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
Actually that's another two words for teal
BrettJMiller - October 20, 2010 via mobile
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Poochie - October 20, 2010
I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE BUT BRING BACK THE TEAL HATS AS WELL
Poochie - October 20, 2010
Agreed.
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
This should be under Great News.
Mariner John - October 20, 2010
Actually that's another two words for teal
BrettJMiller - October 20, 2010 via mobile
Smartassery always requires a double-post
Jeff Sullivan - October 20, 2010
I'm kind of colourblind around that area, but it doesn't look like green to me.
JY - October 20, 2010
I hope Ichiro demands a trade because of this.
Robert - October 20, 2010
It seems more likely that he'll demand them each time out.
Only because he can’t get the black and pink turn ahead the clock ones.
JY - October 20, 2010
Our turn ahead the clock team name can be the Seattle Hello Kitties.
Jed MC - October 20, 2010
I always kind of figured
they were going for the color of the water, which is often greenish/blueish. Anyway, I’ve always been a big fan of the teal color scheme. First M’s hat I ever got had a teal bill.
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
The Nassau Mariners
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
This is the worst team i've ever been on.
JAH - October 20, 2010 via mobile
Yeah, ok. Cool, but..
Will they bring back the hats with teal, er, Northwest Green, bills?
I eagerly wait to see what Felix wears at the thing today.
-Carson- - October 20, 2010
Teal hats to be worn on alternating Thursdays against non-division opponents
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
Also, my poor girlfriend
I think I finally got her to figure out the three ways you can tell when the Mariners are home or away.
Now, the navy top will be used as the road alt, but still say Mariners according to @therealmariners – which foils the “If they’re gray or you see ‘Seattle’ on the top, they’re on the road” way to figure this out.
Also, she’s dating me. Poor, poor girl.
-Carson- - October 20, 2010
I'm still trying to get mine
to stop calling runs “points.” Baby steps.
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
I got mine to go to 30+ games with me this year.
Now I just have to get her to buy her own beer.
SeattExPat - October 20, 2010
Seems like it might be easier to point have her look at the score on the screen...
Joe Metro - October 20, 2010
You could just tell her to look at the score
The home team is always on bottom.
Thurston24 - October 20, 2010 via mobile
The home team should be listed on top for every other sport but nothing is going to change that.
Robert - October 20, 2010
The world can copy our process or be ignored, up to the world
lemonverbena - October 20, 2010
She could just look for Nintendo ads behind home plate.
That’s how I usually tell.
The Awesomest - October 20, 2010
100% of Mariners teams that have made the playoffs wore teal/nw green as some part of the uniform
Or, conversely, 0% of Mariners teams that did not include teal/nw green in the uniforms advanced to the playoffs.
This uniform change has functionally bolstered our playoff chances by infinity percent.
Andersean - October 20, 2010
Teal enhances wOBA by like .8%
SeattExPat - October 20, 2010
I would take never being in the playoffs over wearing those hideous vomit stains any day
pdb - October 20, 2010
You've been eating some strange things.
Steady diet of blue Otter Pops?
JY - October 20, 2010
THEY'RE SO GOOD
pdb - October 20, 2010
I doubt you actually believe that.
Kirk - October 20, 2010
Let's face it, that belief isn't in any danger of being tested
pdb - October 20, 2010
This needs to be the Mariners' full time uniform design.
Patrick Stites - October 20, 2010
I don't think you guys get how amazingly awesome this jersey is and how much the Mariners need to use it.
Patrick Stites - October 20, 2010
You stink of desperation. Let us come to the jersey, not the other way around.
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
THE CURSE OF THE JERSEY IS OVER!!!!
Dewey N - October 20, 2010
Now, to work on all them other curses...
JY - October 20, 2010
I like them, if only because our usual home jerseys are some of the blandest in professional sports.
I’d obviously prefer the trident as an alternate uni, but I have no particular problem with the compass hats/logo.
Fuckmikereilly - October 20, 2010
I don't think the navy on white are that bland
I think it’s actually a pretty classic look. Simple and understated, yes, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
I mean, I’d hate for us to be like the rockies with 50 different purple/gray/black/pinstripe/sleeveless uniform schemes.
Andersean - October 20, 2010
Yeah,
I really like the navy on white. The M’s, Tigers, Royals, Yankees, and White Sox are probably my top five favorite uniforms. Simple never goes out of style.
Liebkartoffel - October 20, 2010
Glad to see the teal uniforms return, those are awesome!
Heydude - October 20, 2010
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