The Best: They were unchanged -- and looking good -- from 1960 through 1971 before moving on to the land of the double knits. Which still didn’t look horrible, although they were a bit generic. The best look was that classic look, which is nicely reproduced in the new home alternates. I like the new roadies better than the actual classics, though, thanks to the “Minnesota” on them as opposed to “Twins.”
The Worst: The World Series years pinstripes with the M on the hats. I know they have their fans -- especially any Twins backer under the age of 40 or so -- but this is a personal, visceral thing for me. Men wearing those things knocked Alan Trammell and the Tigers out of the 1987 playoffs. Men wearing those things picked up and threw the 1991 Braves out of the World Series. Seeing them causes me pain, and that’s without accounting for the fact that pinstripes on gray uniforms look terrible and that no team has ever in its history eschewed an epic logo like those 80s and 90s Twins teams eschewed the interlocking “TC.” That “M” cap they had for so long would be like the Yankees getting rid of their “NY” for a big block N.
Assessment: The Twins are living proof that the uniform a team wears during its greatest success is not necessarily its best uniform.