Sometimes people have brilliant ideas.  Sometimes, people have not so brilliant ideas.

And sometimes, people have ideas that can be sold for ten bucks on the walkway from the BART Station to the Coliseum.

This, is one of those ideas.

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Since very early on in my life, I've always been fascinated by uniforms in sports.  I avidly enjoy ESPN Columnist (put the pitchfork's down!) Paul Lukas' blog, 'UniWatch : The Obsessive Study of Athletics Aesthetics', who have actually had some interesting reads about A's uni happenings as of late.

I am instantly a fan of any player who opts for sanitaries and stirrups.  I absolutely loathe the way Manny Ramirez wears the uniform.  And when it comes to uniforms in sports, I believe firmly that the best route in design is to "Keep it simple, stupid."

So it's with that design notion, and a sense of tradition in the teams that I love, that I can't help but cringe every time I see the A's take the field in the black jerseys.  They just look out of place, and I can't help but think that they could be doing a lot better.  It's no secret that the sand knit era is making a comeback in terms of design, anyway, and I think the A's are missing a GOLDen opportunity to not only wear something that hearkens back to a time when the lineup's were fleshed out with Dave, Reggie, and Catfish, to name a few.

But also, and this is the part that the business-man in me loves, is that the potential for merchandise sales is there as well.  And the black jersey just feels like it should have been left abandoned after it was originally toyed with in 2000.

After the jump, I finally make my point, and ask the AN Community to get creative.

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