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Padres uniforms: Visual history of brown, yellow, blue, orange, sand - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Blue replaced brown on Padres uniforms in 1991, by FriarWire
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Padres uniforms: Visual history of brown, yellow, blue, orange, sand - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Padres bring back the brown - NBC Sports
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San diego padres t - Gem
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Padres uniforms: San Diego returns to brown jerseys in 2020 - Sports Illustrated
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The Padres change uniforms, again, so let's look at their visual history
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Padres uniform history: The 1970s - ESPN - SweetSpot- ESPN
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Padres uniforms: Visual history of brown, yellow, blue, orange, sand - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Brown has been part of the Padres' history since expansion, by FriarWire