Second person to say it looks too busy. Interesting. I'm open to the possibility that's a widely-held reaction.
To me, there's just three common/routine elements here:
- Primary logo ("nationalized" curly W, which would theoretically show-up on unis where the current curly W shows up)...
- Wordmark below it (which again, would theoretically show-up on uns where the current "Nationals" shows up)... and
- The diamond element just to add some boundaries to package the primary logo and the wordmark together, while injecting the gold accent that sets apart the Washington Nationals logo set from most all of the rest.
But to be clear, I wouldn't imagine the diamond to show up on uniforms (unless you did it with special events or for spring training), nor would I imagine the entire packaged set to show up that way. Rather, the set would be featured as part of the website banner, on game programs, and that kind of thing.