Here's a 1981 SI article about the uniform contest judging:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124532/index.htm
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"Sixteen hundred entries, huh?" mused ace Reliever Ed Farmer. "That means there were 1,600 improvements on what we have now."
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You can also click on "View this issue" and check out pages 30-31 for a look at a photos and a couple of the gag entries.