I bought a navy ZT jersey when I visited Canton years ago. It was sharp. By the way, your manager had one hell of an epic meltdown.
Haha, yeah, Bryan Price is...interesting to say the least. He's usually pretty mild-mannered and is generally a straight shooter. C. Trent Rosecrans, the reporter that sparked the rant...let's just say that's not the first time he's gotten someone pissed off (Brandon Phillips); he's not Armando bad, but of the Reds writers, he's closest to that category. That said, as far as Price goes, most Reds fans LOVED him when he was the pitching coach under Dusty Baker. He's certainly made Johnny Cueto into such a dominant pitcher that he's probably in his last months in a Reds uniform, sad to say. Reds themselves are a mess. Their bullpen, other than Aroldis Chapman, is PUTRID. Walt Jocketty the GM seems to get a free pass on that despite leaving Price with no real way to get from the 6th, 7th or 8th inning to get Chapman on the mound in the 9th. On the other hand, Price makes some very questionable pinch-hit, pinch-run, which bullpen pitcher to use, etc. decisions and has yet to use Aroldis Chapman in a two-inning save chance despite saying that was definitely on the menu in spring training. Other than Votto, no one has hit well. Mesoraco is hurt. Jay Bruce was and still is very overrated. Marlon Byrd's been a bust, Phillips is on the decline, etc. I myself don't really have any expectation for the Reds this year. They're stuck between trying to rebuild (I believe this is what they should do) and having too many stupidly large contracts (Votto, Phillips and especially Homer Bailey) on the team and trying to convince themselves they can compete. They profess they want to keep Cueto but no talks ever happened in spring training despite Cueto wanting to stay in Cincinnati and his agents giving a deadline of Opening Day to get a deal done; seems as if Cincinnati's just showcasing him for contenders to get pieces at this point. Their farm system is pretty empty because of the Mat Latos trade they did to acquire him. Most of their top talent is still in A and AA, and I don't think it's enough talent to compete in the next 2-3 years. Votto's about the only player who is on an uptick, but he gets $20MM every year from this year until 2023... Last night was their 9th road win since the All-Star game last year. 9th. What's worse is Cincinnati is by far and away a baseball city and the fans certainly get behind the team when they're good. Despite the playoff appearances, I think too many fans can see the rift that developed between the front office and Dusty Baker. I think too many get the sense that Bryan Price is very much on the hot seat despite not having a viable bullpen to use (save Chapman), but then he goes out and most of his key decisions backfire. The owners (Castellini family) are pretty private, so there's no real sense of how in danger Jocketty and Price really are or aren't in, which I think is why so many, self included, are blase about the Reds. The only solace is that they do seem to be trying to reload on young pitchers with Anthony DeSclafani (been great so far), Raisel Iglesias, and several other prospects. Hopefully they re-sign Cueto or move him for multiple pieces. That said, and tying it back to the uniform thread, I did see that they're wearing their 1990 (last World Series team) jerseys just prior to the All-Star Break to honor the Nasty Boys going into the Reds Hall of Fame.
Hope its not navy blue....I feel like half the teams in the NFL already use blue, as do the Pats and Bills. Really hoping just for it to be a throwback jersey. Plenty of teams use throwbacks as alternates. 70s or early 90s.
Garfinkle confirmed that all home games not at 1pm will be aqua starting in 2016. My hope is that after that season, they'll also realize that many 1pm starts can be in the aqua as well. Based on the shading study we saw (which is of course in theory, not practice) Nov and Dec should be completely possible as there would be shade all over the playing field.
Looking at alot of the workout session pictures, there were several shots of guys wearing the blue shirts, with the grey shorts. Be interesting if the new uni was the blue jerseys, with the grey pants.
Yeah the one shirt Reshad Jones was wearing looked really nice. Thinking they will go that route, I gotta get that shirt.
The blue needs to be a little bit lighter then I'd like this. But it would actually look better if that color was Grey. Somebody should photoshop an Aqua and Grey uni.
You'd think they'd bring Gurley or whomever their 1st rounder is up to the stage with the Alt. to show it off!
Well, we all have our own unique preferences, but the aqua pictured in that photo is exactly what I want our team color to be. I have no plans or real desire to buy a new jersey after getting a 2012 RT17.....but I would really, really consider buying an alternate if that were our alternate. I'd just have to decide which player to choose.
I really like it. But as I said above, after seeing alot of the workout session pics in guys with the t-shirts in that color, and the grey shorts, I'd love to see those pants in grey, as opposed to white. Any chance anyone can mock that up too? I could really see us going that route. Garfinkle did say radically different right? blue, and grey with some aqua and orange trim around the numbers and the stripes would combine all of our color options together, and look great I think.
Tom Garfinkel 33m @TomGarfinkel We'll be announcing the alternate jersey on May 13 in conjunction with our single game on-sale..
Well, just two more weeks. I was hoping for this weekend when they have a press conference for Parker and other rookies.
Majorly disappointing if true. Especially because if I remember correctly, didn't Garfinkle say they weren't orange? and that it would be drastically different from anything we had?
That does look more like a blood orange though....doesnt it. Not as bright as the old ones...but could be the angle/exposure as well
I am guessing that that is a valid leak. However, it could also just be a retail jersey, too and nothing to do with what the alternate would look like. Personally, I was hoping for something other than an orange jersey, but whatever...its an alternate
I think that photo looks like they're just old leftover orange jerseys. The orange doesn't match our new orange and what looks like a number 1 on the shoulder looks more like our old number font versus the new one (which they worked together with Nike to come up with exclusive numbers so I can't imagine they'd change that up). Just my opinion.
Why would left over jerseys be hanging next to brand new ones? Seems like they'd be donated or in a dark deep locker room closet somewhere (like McLovin is)
Not sure, I see guys wearing old gear/logos time and again in the locker room interviews. Maybe to trick people a few days before the reveal? Not sure. But the color doesn't match the new orange (which the colors were really important when they introduced the new jerseys) and the shoulder numbers do not match up with our current number fonts and looks basically identical to the 1 on the old jerseys. I could be wrong of course.
Its possible that these jerseys aren't entirely orange. We are only seeing the shoulder so they be something like this:
Well, I don't mind the orange at all, but to calm you Orange Haters down If that is a pic in their team facility, is it possible those jerseys are red jerseys that quarterbacks wear during practice? The jerseys on the left row are definitely white game jerseys... but on the right side, there are no #s on the above the shoulders on the white and aqua jerseys that I can see... those look like practice jerseys to me.
And the numbers on QBs Red Jerseys are just white. If you look at these Orange Alternate jerseys from Nike though... These do look like the ones in the pick. I think Garfinkle is ****in with us...lol
Yeah, I like orange as an alternate jersey. To be honest, since orange is our second color, it SHOULD be what the alternate jersey is.
Orange with aqua numbers trimmed in white.....maybe, it might be possible that they are a little like the Cardinals...ours could have Orange shoulders with aqua sides with a variation of number colors and and alternate one with Orange shoulders with White sides, with aqua numbers trimmed in white?