Battle of the uniforms: The End - A Hunt and Peck

Several weeks ago I asked for your help to determine the best Cardinals uniform ever. After four rounds of grueling head-to-head matchups, we finally declared a winner: the beautiful, classic 1969 uniforms.

But that wasn’t good enough for you all (read: mister_manager), was it? Nope, every damn week I fielded complaints about the omission of the lovely Saturday Alternate jerseys unveiled in 2013. But I had a plan, and that plan was to put them up against the regular uniform champion.

And, yeah, the Saturday Alternate uni kinda cleaned house. But it was not like that was not expected, they are beautiful...

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So there you have it! While the 1969 uniform reigns supreme among the everyday unis, the Saturday Alternate stands in a class of its own.

Please direct all complaints about the results of this to ley@deadspin.com

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