This past weekend, the Charlotte Knights revealed their new uniforms for the 2014 season and just as the logos were a pretty huge departure from their previous look, the uniforms are also a far cry from their previous identity of blue-and-green.
The uniforms themselves are pretty standard, with only 3 uniforms instead of 4 or 5 like we’ve seen most other Minor League clubs unveil this offseason. It appears that the Knights are letting the strength of the solid logo set from the Brandiose team to the talking. The home uniform is adorned with black pinstripes, with the Knights wordmark on the chest in black, black numbers in the team’s font below the wordmark, with one of the alternate “K” logos on the left sleeve. The road uniform is traditional gray with black piping on the pants and sleeves, and although the Charlotte wordmark across the chest is in black, the numbers on the front and back of the jersey are in gold. The other “K” logo is on the left sleeve here.
The alternate jersey is black with white striping, with the “C” alternate logo on one side of the jersey and gold numbers outlined in white placed on the other side of the jersey, slightly below the “C” logo’s placement. The “K” alternate logo from the home jersey’s left-hand sleeve makes an appearance on this jersey’s left-hand sleeve. The alternate jerseys will be worn a “number” of times (as noted in the press release for the new uniforms), and it looks like they’ll be worn both at home and on the road.
As you may have noticed, each uniform has its own hat, utilizing three different alternate logos in the Knights’ identity. Here are the home, road, and alt caps in order (there is also a BP hat using the “K” logo that is seen on the sleeves of the home and alternate jerseys).
Overall, the uniforms are very tradtional and appear to let the logos be the focus of the set, rather than vice versa. Also, the order of a white pinstripes-plain gray-black alt uniform set is a nice compliment to the Chicago White Sox’s look, who are the parent club of the Knights. The look is similar, but not enough to where they are clones of their parent club, and the logos and addition of gold makes sure that the Knights still have an identity that is unique to their club.
So, it appears to be another solid look for Grandiose and the fans of the Knights should be happy with the new look. But what do you think? Do you agree that it’s a good look for the Knights, or do you think that they should have gone a different route? As always, we’d love to hear what you think of the new Charlotte Knights set! Also, we’d like to thank the Charlotte Knights (specifically PR director and friend of the site Tommy Viola) for providing high-quality images and details for the new uniform set.
