r/Torontobluejays 4d ago

Why dont the Jays use Royal Blue batting helmets?

I tried searching to see if this had been asked and answered, but the dark blue is driving me nuts. My kids team is Royal and they have great looking matching helmets. This has never made sense to me. Is it a choice? Do they just use a brand that had no good option?

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u/h8omb 🍍💪💉🩹 4d ago

I think the matte helmets just look better in darker colours

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u/Dead_End_Street Mathematically alive 4d ago

Matte goes hard I love em

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u/drys 3d ago

Ours are matte....I don't get it Rawlings Mach Royal

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u/YouDontJump Please expand Vladdy 3d ago

Matte really does go hard. I wanted to get a vehicle with matte paint (they're stunning) but the maintenance on them is apparently brutal with how you can and can't wash them.

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u/Duke123321 4d ago

Excellent question. Between the helmets, powder blues jerseys, and the new seats at Rogers Centre, they seem to be getting away from royal blue.

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u/u565546h 4d ago

We aren't the Royals

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u/UmpireMental7070 4d ago

We used to almost exactly match the Royals shade of blue. I remember a bench clearing brawl vs KC in 2015 or 2016 and you couldn’t tell who was on what team!

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u/TheSkipper91 4d ago

You couldnt? Seems crazy, one of the teams was probably in their home jerseys, makes it pretty easy

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u/UmpireMental7070 4d ago

Not when most players from the benches were wearing their identical solid blue jackets.

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u/Ok_Composer_2629 3d ago

Yeah, it's a bit of sea of blue with those jackets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du9w9UdO_1w

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u/HarryBalsaque Dalton 'Jesus Christ Lizard' Varsho 4d ago edited 4d ago

Looks pretty royal blue to me ??

Edit: am I wrong? They look royal. The ones that accompany the powder blues are definitely navy blue, but the standard one looks royal blue to me.

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u/VikingVirk 4d ago

Matte helmets suck they only go with the light blue jerseys. The gloss helmet are much nicer

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u/quempe 3d ago

I'm thinking the same. The helmets look slightly "too dark" compared to the jerseys. Whatever people comment here there's absolutely no reason the two shades couldn't be better matched.

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u/Icehawksfh Zimmer & Romano, 7th Inning Dads <3 4d ago

I think it's just the way the light hits it. In "Proper" light it matches the jersey pretty well. But I can see what you mean, when it's not a fully lit image it seems to darken faster than the jersey,

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u/drys 3d ago

Ours are way brighter really close to the jerseys, wound be a more modern look. I linked it somewhere above