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Japanese team unveils outstanding plaid jerseys

The Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan may not be your favorite baseball team, but this might be a good day to reconsider that.

First of all, the team recently unveiled its new catchphrase "Happy and Good," which is simple, effective and undeniably awesome. But it's their new jerseys that will make everyone happy and are most certainly good marketing.

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Observe and admire, if you so desire.

Your eyes do not deceive you. Those are, in fact, plaid, button up jerseys they are sporting. The jerseys will be worn in various games throughout the 2016 season, and apparently come in at least two colors.

It should be noted that the Buffaloes' online shop shows the blue and pink jerseys and pink plaid towel that can be waved at games. Not a bad start, but we're hoping there's potential for several more colors to join them.

It's also worth pointing out that Orix will not be the first baseball team to wear plaid jerseys. Just last season, the Class A Eugene Emeralds celebrated “Portlandia Night” by wearing plaid jerseys and pants made to look exactly like skinny jeans. You can view those here.

As far as one-night promotions go, the Emeralds uniforms are pretty tough to beat.

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As far as an alternate jersey goes though, ones that we'll see time and time again, hopefully for years to come, these plaids from Orix can and will stand the test of time.

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Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at bigleaguestew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!