April 29, 2025Apr 29 Like my response to the leaks: Love / hate. Hat is a home run. I actually wasn't a fan of the Chi hat, so this is a step up. Sleeveless look is great. You can even argue that it connects to the city, with the dynasty being such a fundamental piece of the city's sporting history. But because it's JR, this feels like a cheap cop out. Also, Miguel Vargas is throwing sass.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 1 hour ago, nrockway said: it's a great jersey...for me to poop on. I’ll allow it
April 29, 2025Apr 29 12 minutes ago, Quin said: Like my response to the leaks: Love / hate. Hat is a home run. I actually wasn't a fan of the Chi hat, so this is a step up. Sleeveless look is great. You can even argue that it connects to the city, with the dynasty being such a fundamental piece of the city's sporting history. But because it's JR, this feels like a cheap cop out. Also, Miguel Vargas is throwing sass. Completely agree with all of this.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 New Hat>>the Chi city connect. But the jerseys look like a cheap lazy Bulls themed giveaway. I know Nike is mostly to blame but these are so hideously amateur hour.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 30 minutes ago, Quin said: Like my response to the leaks: Love / hate. Hat is a home run. I actually wasn't a fan of the Chi hat, so this is a step up. Sleeveless look is great. You can even argue that it connects to the city, with the dynasty being such a fundamental piece of the city's sporting history. But because it's JR, this feels like a cheap cop out. Also, Miguel Vargas is throwing sass. The design itself isn't bad, like you said the flying sock logo is actually pretty nice. It's just an incredibly lazy ass design. The point of these is to connect it the team to the city of Chicago, and this fails miserably at that. There is nothing connecting the Sox and Bulls outside of piss-poor ownership.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/28/white-sox-unveil-2025-city-connect-uniforms
April 29, 2025Apr 29 24 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: The design itself isn't bad, like you said the flying sock logo is actually pretty nice. It's just an incredibly lazy ass design. The point of these is to connect it the team to the city of Chicago, and this fails miserably at that. There is nothing connecting the Sox and Bulls outside of piss-poor ownership. Outside of profit motivations for the Reinsdorfs and "co-branding" you mean. If they can't manage to do it on the field or court, well...there's always souvenir sales, right? At least the Sky have a connection to the most famous building in Chicago. They might as well have put the infamous "bean" from Millennium Park on the hats, lol. Or maybe a whale from Shedd Aquarium?
April 29, 2025Apr 29 “They suck and I’m not talking about the standings,” added another, who could very well have been talking about the standings. The White Sox are 7-21, good for the worst record in the American League. And, it seems, one fan even saw the uniforms as an indictment on the entire White Sox' long, mostly boring history. “Stop making disconnected jerseys without the team’s colors,” they wrote. “Stop letting players wear equipment that is not the team’s colors. Stop trying to erase tradition and history.” On that note, a reminder that Jerry Reinsdorf owns both the Bulls and White Sox. “Really reminds me of how Jerry Reinsdorf has ruined two sports franchises, thanks,” said one fan. “A nice collaboration between the two biggest jokes of franchises in chicago 👌🏼,” said a commenter. https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-news-chicago-bulls-themed-city-connect-uniforms-mixed-reviews
April 29, 2025Apr 29 “One of the challenges we had coming out of having our first Southside City Connect jersey was how could you ever match it or top it,” White Sox Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Brooks Boyer said. “One of the thoughts that was pushed right away was that no one has ever done a collaboration between a Major League Baseball team and an NBA team. In a market like Chicago with a history of both teams, how great would it be to be able to collaborate with our partners in the Bulls, along with Nike and Fanatics, to do something that is unique and very different.” Both the White Sox and Bulls have specific elements throughout the uniform. The black and red colorway pays tribute to both franchises, and the pinstripes on the jersey serve as visual lineage to the Bulls’ iconic years in the 90’s and the White Sox history. The most subtle detail in the uniform comes in the neckline area, which includes all nine championships that both franchises have won in their histories. All three White Sox World Championships (1906, 1917, and 2005) are in white, and all six Bulls Championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 1998) are in red. Also, only team with TWO game caps, lol (more sales/revenues, yay!!!) https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-release-bulls-inspired-city-connect-uniforms
April 29, 2025Apr 29 Not a fan of the jersey at all, hopefully it's a shortlived city connect. Big fan of that South Side hat though.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 2 hours ago, caulfield12 said: “They suck and I’m not talking about the standings,” added another, who could very well have been talking about the standings. The White Sox are 7-21, good for the worst record in the American League. And, it seems, one fan even saw the uniforms as an indictment on the entire White Sox' long, mostly boring history. “Stop making disconnected jerseys without the team’s colors,” they wrote. “Stop letting players wear equipment that is not the team’s colors. Stop trying to erase tradition and history.” On that note, a reminder that Jerry Reinsdorf owns both the Bulls and White Sox. “Really reminds me of how Jerry Reinsdorf has ruined two sports franchises, thanks,” said one fan. “A nice collaboration between the two biggest jokes of franchises in chicago 👌🏼,” said a commenter. https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-news-chicago-bulls-themed-city-connect-uniforms-mixed-reviews Red is a historical Sox color, so the bolded is talking out of their ass. The more I look at these, the more I realize my issue with them: The black pinstripes. It's an element from the Sox jerseys, which is hypothetically good to keep, but they never existed for the Bulls. It creates this weird, uncanny valley effect where it almost looks like a Bulls jersey, but something is off. If they had just done a red jersey (keep the black sleeves) with the cursive Chicago script that both teams (historically) share, I think they'd be less jarring / would come across as something better than a Reinsdorf-special. It's irking me because it was so close. The pants, hat, sleeves and logo all look good. It's just the torso.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 On the other hand: Everyone that spent the past five years hating on the Southside jerseys is now getting a "careful what you wish for" moment.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 1 hour ago, Quin said: Red is a historical Sox color, so the bolded is talking out of their ass. The more I look at these, the more I realize my issue with them: The black pinstripes. It's an element from the Sox jerseys, which is hypothetically good to keep, but they never existed for the Bulls. It creates this weird, uncanny valley effect where it almost looks like a Bulls jersey, but something is off. If they had just done a red jersey (keep the black sleeves) with the cursive Chicago script that both teams (historically) share, I think they'd be less jarring / would come across as something better than a Reinsdorf-special. It's irking me because it was so close. The pants, hat, sleeves and logo all look good. It's just the torso. Different tones of red, maybe? Are the early 70's and 1983/batting practice jerseys Chicago Bulls' red? The 1959 jerseys have that outline of red, but it's also not quite the same. Seems like slightly different shades. Edited April 29, 2025Apr 29 by caulfield12
April 29, 2025Apr 29 13 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Different tones of red, maybe? Are the early 70's and 1983/batting practice jerseys Chicago Bulls' red? The 1959 jerseys have that outline of red, but it's also not quite the same. Seems like slightly different shades. Eh, the '59 jersey red is still there. Just because it wasn't a dominant color doesn't mean it wasn't visible / a distinct part of their jersey/logo.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 4 hours ago, Quin said: Feels notable Feels a little desperate to sell merchandise lol. At least revenues from somewhere.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 2 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Feels a little desperate to sell merchandise lol. At least revenues from somewhere. Every city connect is for these desperate reasons
April 29, 2025Apr 29 6 hours ago, Quin said: Feels notable Does MLB/Nike still have their "4 uniform combinations plus a City Connect" rule they implemented a couple of years ago? I know it doesn't impact us as much because we don't have many alternates, but that would mean: - home whites - road grays - black jersey and white pants - Southside former CC - Bulls CC Some other teams like Seattle and Arizona had to make some tough choices and dropped some good ones.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 I like the final version much more than the prototype we saw a few weeks ago. And if they're keeping the black Southside Js, this is all good for me.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 21 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said: Does MLB/Nike still have their "4 uniform combinations plus a City Connect" rule they implemented a couple of years ago? I know it doesn't impact us as much because we don't have many alternates, but that would mean: - home whites - road grays - black jersey and white pants - Southside former CC - Bulls CC Some other teams like Seattle and Arizona had to make some tough choices and dropped some good ones. Yes still five. And I'd say it definitely affects us since no retros.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 I actually kind of like the uniform. It looks a lot better than the leaked pics from a while back. I like the black pants with the jersey. The Southside city connects will never be topped, though.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 16 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said: Yes still five. And I'd say it definitely affects us since no retros. Personally I've long since soured on the '83s, so I'm glad this officially bumps them. Time to move on.
April 29, 2025Apr 29 43 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said: Does MLB/Nike still have their "4 uniform combinations plus a City Connect" rule they implemented a couple of years ago? I know it doesn't impact us as much because we don't have many alternates, but that would mean: - home whites - road grays - black jersey and white pants - Southside former CC - Bulls CC Some other teams like Seattle and Arizona had to make some tough choices and dropped some good ones. 5 different uniforms is such a dumb self handicap lol.
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