The Padres' primary color for the past 27 seasons has been an "indistinguishable, unimaginative blue," and it is "time for a full-fledged endeavor to settle on (and improve) the uniform," according to Kevin Acee of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. The Padres are going to "spend a good amount of money and time on an internal and external review that will likely commence within the next year." The club has had 13 "distinct changes of their primary home uniforms since their founding" in '69 and made its "first switch three years later." That is an "average of more than one change every four years," and "just five of those uniform variations lasted more than four years." The "deadline for submitting" plans or requests to the league office for the '18 season has already passed. But the Padres "have other plans in the works for their 50th anniversary season" in '19. If there is going to be a change to the Padres uniform, it "will occur" in '20. Acee: "The Padres are one of 20 MLB teams with blue as part of their color scheme and one of 11 with blue as their primary color. Yawn" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 4/9).
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY? In San Diego, Kirk Kenney wrote nowhere is the Padres' rebuild "more apparent than in the team store at Petco Park," as the past is "more represented than the present." In "one corner of the store was the Cooperstown Collection," which included Tony Gwynn and Trevor Hoffman jerseys as well as T-shirts of Dave Winfield, Randy Jones, Steve Garvey, Goose Gossage, Kurt Bevacqua and Garry Templeton. The "current team is represented by only one player" -- 1B Wil Myers. An anonymous store worker said, “Most people have been putting their own names on the back" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 4/8).
