Back in April, Nike announced they would be introducing City Connect uniforms to Major League Baseball, similar to their ColorRush and City uniforms for the NFL and NBA respectively, which reimagine a teams look and “celebrates the bond between each team and its city.” The Red Sox were the first to both announce their uniforms and to wear them, a blue and yellow monstrosity based on the finish line of the Boston Marathon which they wore against the White Sox on the weekend prior to Patriot’s Day.
Yesterday, the White Sox released their design, which they will debut next weekend against the Tigers. The jerseys and pants are mostly black, with white pinstripes and retain the olde English S to spell out Southside rather than Sox on the jersey. The white sock patch, currently only seen on the black alternates, graces the left sleeve.
All things considered, this could have been much worse. They retained the team’s color scheme, which has been a constant since the end of the 1990 season. Assuming they only appear for the weekend series and then go away for the remainder of the season, I have no complaints. In fact, one of the videos the team posted on Twitter showed the Southside logo on a sweatshirt that may end up in my closet one day.
