Twins Dropping Pinstripes From Uniforms, Going For "Cleaner, More Contemporary Look"

The Twins today announced they "will have a new, pinstripe-free look when they take the field" next April, according to Phil Miller of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE. Twins President Dave St. Peter said that pinstripes -- which they adopted for the '87 season, when they won their first World Series -- are "out, and 'a cleaner, more contemporary look with Kasota gold accents' will be the new standard home uniform." St. Peter: "Major League Baseball introduced the Kasota gold trim for the All-Star Game, and we really liked it. The color is symbolic of the sandstone that you see in Target Field, that comes from a quarry near Mankato (Minn.)." The gold "serves as a 'shadow' color on the team’s name on the front, and also as a stripe between the red and navy blue trim around the neck and sleeves." The cream-colored throwbacks "are unchanged, as are road grays, and the navy blue alternate uniforms" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 11/10).