It’s not often that on a cold afternoon in November, a crowd eagerly awaits as Toronto Blue Jays players emerge from the home dugout to cheers. But they weren’t baseball players on Friday, they were models.

One by one, some of the most popular players stepped into the spotlight of the dimly lit Rogers Centre to show off the new Blue Jays logo and uniforms.

“We feel that the new uniforms are going to represent what the fans want and what the players wanted,” said Toronto Blue Jays president Paul Beeston.

Giving a players a say in the design was a no-brainer, Beeston added.

“They came out perfectly, I couldn’t have designed them better myself,” said Jose Bautista, the first of the players to give their take on the uniforms. “We all had input, and it was very nice of them to do that.”

“They just asked for ideas,” said J.P. Arencibia. “The colours, the piping, everything that goes into the uniform, and we just said ‘yes, no’ to certain things.

Echoed in all the players’ comments was their excitement for the new look. “I think it’s really special,” said Canadian third-baseman Brett Lawrie. “It’s just getting back to old-school, but with new-school too.”

“We know the history here,” added Arencibia. “Now we want to make these uniforms historic.”

1: The look

• The home Blue Jays uniform starts with a full button white jersey and white pants with the arched ‘BLUE JAYS’ split-lettering font in blue and white across the chest. The secondary logo bird head, the same one featured on the caps, sits underneath the name on the player’s left chest. The road jerseys features grey jerseys and pants with the arched ‘TORONTO’ split letter font.

2: On the back

• The player’s number on the back features the same split letter font while the name appears in the standard solid blue font. It differs from previous split-style fonts made famous by the club in the past as this version is the first to include serifs. The sleeves have a blue-white-blue trim along the bottom that matches the outside stripes on each leg of both the white and grey pants.

3: The patch

• The Blue Jays are the first Major League Baseball team to use a “Puff Patch” designed by Majestic Athletic for their new logo. It is engineered to lift the logo off the polyester jersey, giving it added dimension, so that the graphic appears more realistic.

4: Caps

• The solid blue cap will be worn with all home, road and alternate uniforms. It features a partial version of the primary logo with only the blue jay head with the maple leaf. Unlike the caps of 1977-1996, the baseball is not part of cap logo. The logo is noticeably larger on the cap than in previous years.

5: Alternate

• The Blue Jays have one alternate uniform that can be worn with either the home white or road grey pants. The royal blue matches the colour featured on the caps. Common to all the jerseys, it features a blue belt and blue shoes to give a strong finish to the overall colour scheme.