Miami Marlins Reveal New Name, Uniform, Logo At Florida Ceremony (VIDEO)

It's a fresh start for "The Fish." The Miami Marlins, formerly the Florida Marlins, got more than a name change Friday night. The MLB team revealed new uniforms and a new logo for the upcoming baseball season during an unveiling ceremony on Nov. 11.

Players from the Miami-based team sported the new gear with an orange, black, yellow and blue color scheme on the "runway" during a gala event with more than 700 people in attendance, MLB.com reports.

A photo of the uniforms was leaked on Twitter before Friday's official unveiling, the Sun Sentinel reports. Rumors of the team's re-branding efforts have been circulating since September.

As if a new name, logo and wardrobe weren't enough, the Marlins are gearing up to play in a new stadium, New Marlins Ballpark, which is set to open in March of 2012, according to MLB.com.

The team is looking to start the season with more than just a new appearance, however.

The Miami Marlins are also hoping to recruit big-name players, such as Albert Pujols, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals for 11 seasons, CBS points out. Pujols, whose team won the World Series in October, is now a free agent and reportedly met with team officials in Miami on Friday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Management also has its eye on Jose Reyes, formerly of the New York Mets, and Mark Buehrle, formerly of the Chicago White Sox.

The team's first regular-season game is scheduled for April 4 against the Cardinals, according to the MLB schedule.

The Marlins previously sported a teal, black and white color scheme. The then-Florida Marlins have won two World Series: their first in 1997 against the Cleveland Indians and again in 2003 against the New York Yankees.

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[MahatmaCoat]

10:53 AM on 12/05/2011

Their new logo and jersey are horrible. They look like they've suited up in a children's anime program.

[darlenebonny]

12:09 PM on 12/02/2011

All I want to know, will they play better. Win more games, make the post season? If so great!

[FormerlyTCnSRQ]

07:54 PM on 11/18/2011

just terrible. What clown thought of these uniforms?

[Brian Rowe]

04:47 PM on 11/18/2011

kinda weak sauce

[Steveh0607]

09:40 AM on 11/18/2011

Horrible, like the Astros of the 80's. And change the name from Marlins to something else. How about the Miami Cubans!

[skatscan]

09:13 AM on 12/05/2011

Hey the Astros uniforms of the 80s were great only exceeded by the uniforms of the 70s.

[IndependentAndProud]

02:57 PM on 11/17/2011

C'mon, HP. Keep up with the news. This Marlins story is 5 days old, but still one of your baseball headline stories, while its been an hour since Clayton Kershaw was named the NL Cy Young Award winner and you still haven't mentioned it.

[baseballbell28]

09:15 PM on 11/16/2011

If it's not broken don't fix it (or in this case break it) ... First of all the name Miami Marlins sounds horrible ... and as everyone else is saying Miami's new uniform and logo and color scheme are horrible. Like Honestly what was wrong with the Florida Marlins. I really hope big name players such as Albert won't wont to play for this team when there are many other better teams out there.

[johnk245]

05:58 PM on 11/14/2011

I saw the pole who in there right mind would like these? Don Johnson fans ......u betcha!

[johnk245]

05:54 PM on 11/14/2011

worse unis in modern american sports history....awful could do better on my pc.

[Nicholas Livingston]

03:49 PM on 11/14/2011

wow, what's with the neon? they're supposed to be the Miami Marlins, not Miami Vice lol

[Ao Escobar]

01:43 PM on 11/14/2011

I'm from South Florida, as probably many are posting here, and I'd have to say for a city with so much "style" whoever made those uniforms should retire and hide under a rock, not only did they rip some of their design from my Alma Mater, (UMiami), but they also did a horrible thing with the color sequence... can you say Fail?

[johnk245]

06:32 PM on 11/14/2011

Im from NC if they took notes from the UM it would be a major improvement!

[pwanless]

01:37 PM on 11/14/2011

Who knows...now that Back To The Future II headline from 2015 might actually happen!

[Holly Birt]

10:17 PM on 11/16/2011

As a Cubs fan I would want it to actually say the Chicago Cubs, but in the "Back to the Future Part II", they had Miami as an AL team instead of an NL one, and you know the Cubs are NL as the Marlins are. Maybe we'll face them in an NLCS again, and this time we will win! Hope springs eternal....

[lezmajz]

01:16 PM on 11/14/2011

Two questions: 1.- Who designg such horrible logo and colors? and 2.- Are we goint to pay also for this with our taxes , like the stadium ? Thank you

[rpbusmc]

12:22 PM on 11/14/2011

Two World Series wins for a new team. How do you like the Cubs uniforms

[gevan]

05:07 PM on 11/14/2011

Liked the 1885 uniforms better.

[Holly Birt]

10:22 PM on 11/16/2011

The Cubs and the Marlins both have 2 WS wins -- just in different centuries, which I know to people who do not like the Cubs is SO hilarious! We haven't won a WS in 103 years, blah, blah. But both teams have the same amount of wins -- the Cubs in 1907 and 1908, and the Marlins in 1997 and 2003. I love the Cubs' colors -- they are red, white, and blue -- very American colors.

[skatscan]

09:15 AM on 12/05/2011

red, white and blue, just like the colors of the toronto blue jays and the late montreal expos.

[BeBop33]

11:49 AM on 11/14/2011

they're nice...

if you're an intramural softball team...

swiing! and a miss...