San Diego Padres fans who have long hoped their team would “bring back the brown” are sure going to love the uniforms the 2016 All-Stars will sport during the Home Run Derby at Petco Park.
The #MLB Home Run Derby this year gets the 1970s Padres treatment… I love these!
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— SportsLogos.Net (@sportslogosnet) April 13, 2016
The brown, yellow and orange color scheme is a callback to the threads the Padres wore during the 1970s and ’80s, and the lettering mimics the font San Diego used on the front of its jerseys from 1980 to 1984.
Wednesday was a big day for Major League Baseball uniforms, as the league also showed off what its teams will be wearing on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.