Bizarre Uniform Tuesday: The Richmond Flying Squirrels

Once again this week, I'm going to break the norm of what is usually shown in this article. Generally I focus on one time uniforms for special events (like Star Wars Night, odd Throwbacks, etc) but tonight I want to highlight a team's actual uniform set. For the Flying Squirrels of Richmond, it isn't really the uniforms that are strange, but their moniker. And by strange I mean really totally awesome. I would love to root for the Flying Squirrels.

Generally when I discuss uniforms I like, I focus on uniforms that are clean cut, serious looking, and have a strong classic feel to them. I generally don't like things that feel gimicky. Well throw that out the window. The reason that these somewhat goofy uniforms actually look good is because if your moniker is “Flying Squirrels” then your uniforms should have the same amount of personality. (In other words, if the Mets were to do something really non-Traditional it would feel gimicky and awful because the look would not fit the moniker). Anyway here are some highlights, all from their official shop:

(via Richmond Flying Squirrels Official Shop)

(via Richmond Flying Squirrels Official Shop)

Above are the two alternate jerseys. The one of the left features the same patch the squirrel on that hat is wearing and I included the one on the right because I wanted to highlight how they write the “R”. If you look closely, the diagonal line out of the “R” is actually a squirrel tail. Nice touch because it goes along with and matches (please note the subtle difference in those statements) the team moniker.

(via Richmond Flying Squirrels Official Shop)

Normally I would hate the typeface of the above jerseys. However I feel that typface matches the persona of the team and is indeed a nice touch.