One of the most interesting parts about the beginning of each Philadelphia Phillies season usually relates to trying to understand what any patches on their uniforms — which almost always relate to the death of someone connected to the organization, mean.
Fortunately, the Phillies don't have any patches on their uniforms in 2016, but there is something different with both their home pinstriped jerseys and their away grey jerseys.
Paul Lukas of uni-watch.com noted this weekend that the font on the Phillies home jerseys has been adjusted, looking a bit wider.
A few people have noticed that the Phillies' script looks a bit bolder/wider. Old version on left, new on right. pic.twitter.com/5NyR9sUo2n
— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) April 2, 2016
That also appears to be the case for the grey road jerseys.
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Seeing that both the home and road jerseys have the new font, along with the Phillies new red Spring Training/Business Person's Special jerseys, it's seems safe to assume that cream alternate jerseys that are worn during home day games that aren't Business Person's Specials will also have the adjusted font.
At first glance, this change seems unnecessary, though in time this may prove to be a positive modern update to what has become one of the league's more classic uniform pairings.
Judging off of the performance of the team's bullpen in today's Opening Day loss, any small changes to their jerseys may prove to be the least of their problems.
Tim Kelly (@TimKellySports) is managing editor of Philliedelphia.com, focusing on news and features.
