[DixieBaseball]

You should not get clobbered for your observation as it it a keen one. There have been a legion of folks for years that have thought the brown back is a off shade of black. There are folks on both sides of this argument... I have seen a few of these with my naked eye and I have never been convinced they are in fact brown. The ones I have seen look to be faded black, soft black, or possibly brownish-light black tone. I do believe there are different shades of the black which actually look more brown than black, but simply believe there was a few that got out the door that were "off black."