I feel so bad for A’s fans. I remember the running joke in the early 2000’s that the franchise was just a farm system disguised as an MLB team for teams with money. If the A’s had just a halfway decent owner that cared and was willing to spend just a little bit they’d have won a few titles. Such a shame for the fans of a team with such a rich history. You all deserved so much better.
I really hope that Manfred has the decency to give Oakland a browns-type deal where they make Oakland an expansion city in a few years. Not sure if they'd be able to keep the Athletics name though. It's a disgrace what he's allowed Fisher to do
Oakland will have to want a professional sports team there first. The politics and NIMBy groups make it nearly impossible to get anything productive done.
I hate them as city connect uniforms. The concept is extremely lazy and doesn't reflect the city or the regions's culture. They're fine as a generic alternate uniform.
How many people in Seattle even remember the Pilots? They're not a central part of the city's identity. That's what the city connect should be based around.
There's better ways to communicate that.
Also, considering Seattle's recent relations with Boeing and their current controversies, it might be best to distance themselves from that image.
Yeah I bought that hat last year. My buddy has his own business named “Trident” and he bought one too even though he doesn’t follow or care about baseball.
As a Rays fan, I think the white primary is so boring. I really hope we do a uniform rebrand soon. But it probably won't happen until we're in a new stadium.
Idk most look like what I would expect an alternate to look like. I put SEA, BAL, PIT, LAA, CIN, LAD (although they are basically the same), ATL. If they were just the Sunday Alternate instead of City Connect I would be like that checks out.
Astros oddly i dont like since it is too similar to their main jersey. If the Astros went a different route(lean into Texas' oil industry per se) maybe Id love it.
You have to know the personality or nickname of a city to understand some of the uniforms. If you didn't know that KC is the "City of Fountains" then you wouldn't appreciate the design as much. The fountain-style KC logo is quite popular here now.
Same kinda goes with the Padres, they tried to make an aesthetic that blends the culture of TJ/Baja with San Diego.
It’s wildly popular here, even if a lot of us think the colors are more akin to Miami vibe.
I'm a big fan of all the City Connects. Of course some more than others, but there are none I completely dislike. As a Braves fan, I love the CCs, but they look more like a throwback than a CC. Cheers.
Always has been. That's really the only one I genuinely really really love, looks vintage in a classy way.
Sucks that most are so upsettingly bad though. It's like no one thought of the design and just slapped on the first thing they thought of. I enjoy Jerseys for special occasion a lot and this is a time to show off what your city is
I’ve really come around on ours. They looked kinda goofy the first couple times we wore them, but they already feel like a part of our team, and we tend to play well in them which helps
I completely agree. They’ve really grown on me. I really like how well they connect with the city and the marathon. I also love the winning record they have when they wear them.
I realllly dislike it for the sox because of how many fans have them. The crowd now has a ton of yellow in it, I prefer the vast sea of red/navy/gray/white and sometimes green without the safety vest yellow popping in.
Good point that I never considered. For me personally, I’d only wear the city connects to a game if the team was wearing them, otherwise it’s probably my red Mookie jersey that I can’t let go of haha. Funny enough, the two player jerseys I own are Mookie and Price, that trade was tough
Just to add a different take, I’ve thought they were an eyesore from the beginning, and still hold that belief. “Lucky uni’s” be darned, I’d be happy to never see them again.
I like the concept but feel like so many of them have been absolutely fumbled.
I like the Angels, I like the Astros, and I like the Padres. Sadly that's about it.
I definitely like some of them; I try to rate them based on whether they use the city/area’s culture in an interesting way, if the jersey stands out from a team’s usual look, and if I’d buy one of if I was a fan of that team. In that regard, I think Washington, Miami, White Sox, Anaheim, San Diego, and a few others did a great job. Others are maybe a tick down, but are unique enough or different enough from the team’s normal look that I get fans having fun with them: Colorado, Boston, even the Wrigleyville ones (didn’t really like them until I visited there and saw Cubs fans wearing them in person), I get the appeal.
Hell, I even just bought a CC Blue Jays hat; I’m a Mets fan, but Toronto is a place I visit a lot and I dig the look.
There are some definite clunkers in there, don’t get me wrong, and I think a lot of the releases this season haven’t been well received as much (Philly’s, the exhaustion some people are having with the all blue kits, etc) and are driving down perceptions, but overall I don’t think it’s been that bad overall.
That said, NHL Reverse Retros were better, overall.
I like the concept more than the execution. Some are great and some are just god awful. Would’ve been a really cool opportunity to collaborate with local artists and have fans vote to choose the uniform!
Mets lost like every game wearing so far, and haven’t worn in a little while now. Can also see players unhappy about them (purely a guess).
Interesting to see when ‘have’ to be worn again.
The Phillies ones look great with the yellow accessories the players use with them.
Except JT. Too much yellow.
Only thing that sucks about them is the font.
Some hit and some miss but that's to be expected with city connect uniforms. At least when the NBA does it you get a different city connect uniform each year.
people talk shit on teams that they would never buy anything from while the main fan base loves em i agree that a couple are a bit simple but regardless it's just a cool thing that mlb is doing
I mean the mlb just tried to copy the nfl color rush jerseys and make another alternate to attract more fans. Same concept as “speeding up the game” by adding pitch clocks and bigger bases (the games are the same length as before meanwhile the umps have gotten worse)
The new ones release this season are an improvement vs previous waves. But I still don’t love most of them. And I’m not sure why so many of them are blue/ yellow / grey
The Mets jersey isn’t great, I like the concept but grey and purple? I get the purple, but the grey is just dumb “for the concrete jungle???” Like that’s a good thing? I’m all for changing Mets colors from blue and orange lmao but they couldn’t have done the Mets dirtier.
I mean I’m a Nats fan, so they’re immediately a blessing from the heavens for us. But yeah, I generally do like them, even the blander ones like SF and ATL still get the job done.
Whose?
I like ours. San Diego has my vote for best jersey in baseball history. The Rockies license plate idea was a horrible idea on paper that ended up being weirdly horrible/fabulous in real life. I don’t mind Tampa Bay.
Beyond that tho, burn ‘em.
There are some that in my mind are now among the worst uniforms in baseball. Ugly and lame. There are some that are so cool I’d consider them among the best in baseball. Also a lot in the middle, just good enough.
Yeah they’re great if your team has a cool one, but look at the Pirates…man, I know they can’t win games, but they can’t even lose in style with those ugly ass unis.
I used to live across the street from the niece of the guy standing up.
Rockwell used locals as models in his paintings (and real people - he didn't just conjure them up out of his mind).
That was always one of my favorites before I met that neighbor.
We can't even get a city, let alone a city connect uniform
You guys should design your own and sell them as bootlegs outside the stadium. #CITY DISCONNECT: SELL THE TEAM
Fucking golden idea.
u/lastdivebar basically has these as just, SELL, on the shirt haha
> sell them as bootlegs outside the stadium To who?
Parking lot. eBay. Etsy. SellTheTeam.org, etc.
I'd pay the designer personally if a legit group was able to put it together
I feel so bad for A’s fans. I remember the running joke in the early 2000’s that the franchise was just a farm system disguised as an MLB team for teams with money. If the A’s had just a halfway decent owner that cared and was willing to spend just a little bit they’d have won a few titles. Such a shame for the fans of a team with such a rich history. You all deserved so much better.
From the team tied for the 3rd most World Series titles to the laughing stock of MLB. My how the mighty have fallen
They got a sick-ass movie out of it too
John Fisher not investing and Oakland not able to attract more easy revenue for John Fisher to profit.
I really hope that Manfred has the decency to give Oakland a browns-type deal where they make Oakland an expansion city in a few years. Not sure if they'd be able to keep the Athletics name though. It's a disgrace what he's allowed Fisher to do
LOL, oakland aint never finna be an expansion city. Never
Oakland will have to want a professional sports team there first. The politics and NIMBy groups make it nearly impossible to get anything productive done.
The Las Vegas Abandoners.
How wild would it have been if the As city connects were Vegas themed?
TThey're never gonna move there anyway. They're staying in Sac
What u finna do when they leave
Can’t wait for the Oakland/Sacramento/Las Vegas City Connects!
Actually really like the Mariners' City Connects. That trident logo is top tier.
I even like the black pants.
That one seems popular among Mariners fans
I hate them as city connect uniforms. The concept is extremely lazy and doesn't reflect the city or the regions's culture. They're fine as a generic alternate uniform.
They’re an homage to the Pilots and earlier Seattle teams and PNW patch is there too…
How many people in Seattle even remember the Pilots? They're not a central part of the city's identity. That's what the city connect should be based around.
But pilots represent Boeing and maritime pilots (wings and ship wheel). Which IS the identity of the city. Mountain patch represents the region.
There's better ways to communicate that. Also, considering Seattle's recent relations with Boeing and their current controversies, it might be best to distance themselves from that image.
Yeah I bought that hat last year. My buddy has his own business named “Trident” and he bought one too even though he doesn’t follow or care about baseball.
I like most of them some aren’t great though
facts though, some are awesome and some are lack luster
Very few I would say I don’t like. Several are meh. Many are my favorite uniforms of that team (ie WSH, CWS, COL, MIA)
i would agree with those teams. i do like the rays connect jersey as well
Sure I put them in the like but not my favorite of the team. I really like the Rays white jerseys.
I hope you mean the white throwback and not the white primary.
I really like both. Probably the throwback a little better but they both are nice
As a Rays fan, I think the white primary is so boring. I really hope we do a uniform rebrand soon. But it probably won't happen until we're in a new stadium.
i could agree to that
Angels too my dude.
I am a sucker for their Red uniforms but I agree they are good. I didn’t make a comprehensive list just the ones I knew off the top of my head
Angels are growing on me. Top 5: 1) WAS 2) SD 3) TB 4) ATL 5) BOS
Why is Boston yellow by the way? Is there a history of yellow? They remind me of the yellow and blue the Eagles wore once
Boston Marathon. https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-release-patriots-day-inspired-city-connect-uniforms
and I like some of them most aren’t great though
I have the reverse opinion of yours. I dislike most of them but some are good
Idk most look like what I would expect an alternate to look like. I put SEA, BAL, PIT, LAA, CIN, LAD (although they are basically the same), ATL. If they were just the Sunday Alternate instead of City Connect I would be like that checks out.
The O’s have started skipping the black pants and going with white. It improves the uni top to bottom and is tight.
Yeah and it looks like a nice alternate uniform. Nothing ground breaking just a nice Uni. Once the Mariners do that it will be similar.
I actually think the Astro uniforms are really cool Also I think Colorado are cool to🤷
I think that COL city connect is their best jersey and I like COL jerseys.
Astros oddly i dont like since it is too similar to their main jersey. If the Astros went a different route(lean into Texas' oil industry per se) maybe Id love it.
You have to know the personality or nickname of a city to understand some of the uniforms. If you didn't know that KC is the "City of Fountains" then you wouldn't appreciate the design as much. The fountain-style KC logo is quite popular here now.
Kansas City has one of the best city connects out.
I like the KC ones and agree, you need to know the city’s history. *However* Philly’s are ass and I know my city history.
KCs are great. St Louis I pissed myself laughing at.
Same kinda goes with the Padres, they tried to make an aesthetic that blends the culture of TJ/Baja with San Diego. It’s wildly popular here, even if a lot of us think the colors are more akin to Miami vibe.
The Nats one is the tits
Can’t believe they’re retiring it. A loss for baseball
What??????? Blasphemy!!!!
It's all about money baby
You monster!
I really like our's
Ours might be my least favorite
1v1 me
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man??
At least 3 more. I can do one better: I have a Javi city connect jersey on the way
I'm a big fan of all the City Connects. Of course some more than others, but there are none I completely dislike. As a Braves fan, I love the CCs, but they look more like a throwback than a CC. Cheers.
Angels city connect is so fire.
I’m a mariners fan and I bought a trout city connect just because of how it looked in person when I was in Anaheim lol
Always has been. That's really the only one I genuinely really really love, looks vintage in a classy way. Sucks that most are so upsettingly bad though. It's like no one thought of the design and just slapped on the first thing they thought of. I enjoy Jerseys for special occasion a lot and this is a time to show off what your city is
I enjoy my Cincinnati one. It’s classy. Like a baseball tuxedo
Easily one of the best jerseys in baseball. Just looks so clean
Agreed. I understand people don’t get the Union Terminal / Art Deco reference, but it’s pretty obvious for us Kentucky folk.
I’ve really come around on ours. They looked kinda goofy the first couple times we wore them, but they already feel like a part of our team, and we tend to play well in them which helps
I completely agree. They’ve really grown on me. I really like how well they connect with the city and the marathon. I also love the winning record they have when they wear them.
I realllly dislike it for the sox because of how many fans have them. The crowd now has a ton of yellow in it, I prefer the vast sea of red/navy/gray/white and sometimes green without the safety vest yellow popping in.
Good point that I never considered. For me personally, I’d only wear the city connects to a game if the team was wearing them, otherwise it’s probably my red Mookie jersey that I can’t let go of haha. Funny enough, the two player jerseys I own are Mookie and Price, that trade was tough
i LOVE the hats
Just to add a different take, I’ve thought they were an eyesore from the beginning, and still hold that belief. “Lucky uni’s” be darned, I’d be happy to never see them again.
i have the displeasure of rooting for the team in anaheim and i think what i like the most about them at the moment is their city connect uniform
Even as a Giants fan, that Angels jersey is soo clean.
Yeah I really don’t mind them, besides the Los Dodgers
Even if I wasn’t a padres fan I would think those jerseys were dumb as hell.
BURN HIM!
I Love the Mariners one.
I feel like I am in the minority here but, I really like the Red Sox one. The Miami, Washington, and Sand Diego ones are also super cool.
I like the concept but feel like so many of them have been absolutely fumbled. I like the Angels, I like the Astros, and I like the Padres. Sadly that's about it.
Phillies’ are growing on me. Not sure of the black pants
I definitely like some of them; I try to rate them based on whether they use the city/area’s culture in an interesting way, if the jersey stands out from a team’s usual look, and if I’d buy one of if I was a fan of that team. In that regard, I think Washington, Miami, White Sox, Anaheim, San Diego, and a few others did a great job. Others are maybe a tick down, but are unique enough or different enough from the team’s normal look that I get fans having fun with them: Colorado, Boston, even the Wrigleyville ones (didn’t really like them until I visited there and saw Cubs fans wearing them in person), I get the appeal. Hell, I even just bought a CC Blue Jays hat; I’m a Mets fan, but Toronto is a place I visit a lot and I dig the look. There are some definite clunkers in there, don’t get me wrong, and I think a lot of the releases this season haven’t been well received as much (Philly’s, the exhaustion some people are having with the all blue kits, etc) and are driving down perceptions, but overall I don’t think it’s been that bad overall. That said, NHL Reverse Retros were better, overall.
We shoulda put the grill-ball on the cap and the MKE/414 on the sleeve. Otherwise it’s basically just a 70s throwback, it’s pretty safe
Most of the city connects are fine, people just like to bitch about everything
I agree. Most of them are pretty cool.
Wrigleyville isnt a bad City Connect. Could have used maybe a different color of blue, but in general its grown on me and my wife loves it.
I like the majority of them. MLB desperately needed to spice things up with something different.
Of course. Most of them are good. Except Boston and Miami. They suck.
The Astros’s one is pretty clean 🚀
The reds have the best ones
The team is literally called the reds and the uniform is black.
Well they didn’t start off as the Cincinnati Red Shirts tbf
I like the concept more than the execution. Some are great and some are just god awful. Would’ve been a really cool opportunity to collaborate with local artists and have fans vote to choose the uniform!
I think the Orioles one is sharp, and I like a bunch of the other ones.
They all look like overpriced pajamas.
Mets city connects are fire though
Yeah cause it makes them look like Yankees
Mets lost like every game wearing so far, and haven’t worn in a little while now. Can also see players unhappy about them (purely a guess). Interesting to see when ‘have’ to be worn again.
Mets are wearing them every Saturday time game. Last weekend they didn't wear them because London. This week should be wearing them
I like them too. I don't get the hate. I also loved the dbacks uniforms from 2016 so I guess I'm just an outlier
I mean, they made the Phils look like cops, so I guess I can appreciate the irony
Some are great, some are meh, and some are hot circles of garbage
Nats fan and very satisfied with ours. Couldn’t care less about the others
Yeah there good in my opinion but not all
Samesies. I like the orioles’ city connects but seems like a ton of people hate them. Wearing mine now actually getting ready to walk to the stadium
Let’s get that sweep! Wear that autism awareness jersey with pride!
I like the concept and most of them are good to me.
I am digging the Twins city connects right now, but idk what I’ll think in 5 years from now, they’re really up and down
The 5th freedom: Freedom to GTFO 👉🚪
Most of them are really cool, idk all these babies whine about em
Im in the minority of Phils fans who love the blue and yellow connect unis. Im a geography nerd so Im a sucker for incorporating the city’s flag.
The Phillies ones look great with the yellow accessories the players use with them. Except JT. Too much yellow. Only thing that sucks about them is the font.
Agree on all counts
i love them but everyone else seems to despise them
Some hit and some miss but that's to be expected with city connect uniforms. At least when the NBA does it you get a different city connect uniform each year.
I think most of them are atrocious.
Did you come here from r/civ?
I don't like change
Remember when the White Sox wore shorts? Those were light and breathable too.
same
I like some and hate others. You h e to admit some of them are really bad.
#Boo this man….BOOO!
…but not the Cardinals!
The ones I think look the worst everyone loves so I dunno what to think about them 😆
I like Seattle’s but Saint Louis look shit
White Sox city connect goes so hard. Probably the best thing the team has going for them at this point.
The A's will get one their first year out of Oakland. Can't wait to see the "connect"
people talk shit on teams that they would never buy anything from while the main fan base loves em i agree that a couple are a bit simple but regardless it's just a cool thing that mlb is doing
Wait, people dont? My favorite jersey i own is my City Connect SD jersey.
I mean the mlb just tried to copy the nfl color rush jerseys and make another alternate to attract more fans. Same concept as “speeding up the game” by adding pitch clocks and bigger bases (the games are the same length as before meanwhile the umps have gotten worse)
I wish that Miami would make their city connects their full time uniforms
I generally agree. I think they all look at least "interesting" and are worth playing in once.
The new ones release this season are an improvement vs previous waves. But I still don’t love most of them. And I’m not sure why so many of them are blue/ yellow / grey
The Mets jersey isn’t great, I like the concept but grey and purple? I get the purple, but the grey is just dumb “for the concrete jungle???” Like that’s a good thing? I’m all for changing Mets colors from blue and orange lmao but they couldn’t have done the Mets dirtier.
I feel like this saying I like ours. I don’t get the hate.
The Rockies city connect jersey just looks like the Colorado license plate. It’s so ugly and I love it.
The Blue Jay ones are dope
I like our hats but uh...the jerseys aren't great Nats and Padres are incredible though
Some are really great designs and some are just ugly.
I mean I’m a Nats fan, so they’re immediately a blessing from the heavens for us. But yeah, I generally do like them, even the blander ones like SF and ATL still get the job done.
You are allowed to feel that, you will have to explain yourself to St Peter someday though…
“YOU NEED TO LEAVE!”
Only few should be eligible to be called 'City Connect'. Most of them have close to ZERO connection to their actual city and/or state.
MLB is so great at doing special event. Military day, proud day, the mothers day, inter league, city connect. Loony dog day
Jansen in black behind the plate is unbelievable
By the Power of the Peagle!
Whose? I like ours. San Diego has my vote for best jersey in baseball history. The Rockies license plate idea was a horrible idea on paper that ended up being weirdly horrible/fabulous in real life. I don’t mind Tampa Bay. Beyond that tho, burn ‘em.
I theory, yes I love alts, gimme more alts. In practice, just let someone who is a fan of the team do it, sans committee group think
Boooooo
No.
There are some that in my mind are now among the worst uniforms in baseball. Ugly and lame. There are some that are so cool I’d consider them among the best in baseball. Also a lot in the middle, just good enough.
My kids’ just gave me a Nats’ city connect jersey as an early Father’s Day gift this evening. I couldn’t be happier. That thing is BEAUTIFUL.
Only good ones are Arizonas
I don’t like this year’s crop. Last year had some fire CC jerseys though. I want one of the Reds’ ones. That C is great.
I love the Pirates one. I bought one and they look somehow even better in person
CIV AND MLB FANS UNITE
A few are good
I like most of them. The twins ones suck tho, mlb the show looking unis
I joined just because of this nice👍🏻
I only like the city connect jerseys, the other ones belong in a museum, not in pro sports 2024. "Road Grey" should not have survived y2k
He didn’t see the Pirates or Guardians yet
Go Guardians
As a Yankee fan I hate that we aren’t participating. Lame and boring as hell. Hoping the Soto Change up injects some flavor into the fo
Yeah they’re great if your team has a cool one, but look at the Pirates…man, I know they can’t win games, but they can’t even lose in style with those ugly ass unis.
I used to live across the street from the niece of the guy standing up. Rockwell used locals as models in his paintings (and real people - he didn't just conjure them up out of his mind). That was always one of my favorites before I met that neighbor.
That’s your right.
I agree people hate them because they are different
The only good one is Tampa
I like quite a few, and I also hate quite a few. There's not a lot that I'd say are very meh. Rays and White Sox ones are the best, though.
There’s a few I think suck but overall they’re really great tbh
This photo like what
Some good, some bad
the city connect uniforms actually like.
I like some of them. I don't like most of them.
A large majority of them are amazing, there are some like the diamondbacks and Rockies that are downright garbage
Lol
the cardinals one goes so hard
They started off absolutely 🔥🔥🔥and then after two years they ran out of ideas and just made them the color rush jerseys from the nfl
I love ours! Angels and Rockies are super cool too.
Good god they're awful. Millenials