Four years after the Cincinnati Reds honored their 150-year history with 15 throwback uniforms from different eras, they wanted their new City Connect uniforms to represent the future.
The Reds revealed their City Connect uniforms Saturday – notably on “513 Day” – which features a black cap, black jersey and black pants with bright red and white as the secondary colors for the outline and lettering. The jersey reads “Cincy” across the front with a stylized red wishbone “C” on the caps and sleeve.
The uniforms will be worn for the first time Friday, in a home game against the New York Yankees, and they will be worn every Friday home game for the remainder of the season. The Reds are the 18th MLB team to receive their City Connect uniforms, which will continue to be a part of the team’s regular uniform rotation in future seasons.
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“I like how simple it is,” Joey Votto said when he first saw the uniforms during spring training in a behind-the-scenes video released on the team’s social media channels. “It’s hard to do black correctly and it feels like it was done right.”
There was a line of more than 50 fans lined up at 9 a.m. when the Reds Team Shop opened at Great American Ball Park to purchase the new merchandise. All MLB teams, in conjunction with Nike, have one home uniform, one away uniform, two alternates and the City Connect set.
The City Connect jersey includes a black Kroger sponsorship patch on one of the sleeves with white lettering. On the neckline in the uniform is the city motto, the Latin phrase “Juncta Juvant,” which means strength in unity, underneath a red Buckeye leaf.
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