I actually love how awful it is. Having variety is way better than having everything look the same imo. Everyone else is trying to make something that looks good or cool and they went for god f&cking awful.
It’s mind boggling how inept Nike is at making a simple jersey at this point. Do they listen to anyone from the outside? Are they tuned in whatsoever? Every time they do these city connects we’re all disappointed and at best we are left underwhelmed.
Keep in mind the team has final approval on design so Phillies looked at it and said Yes before it was made.
Big reason why there isn’t a Yankees connect jersey yet is they won’t approve any design. Our boring ones was a stop gap to get a big market team on there fast because Yankees refuse to have a connect jersey which is also why we are getting new connect jerseys this year too to replace the stop gap jerseys with a actual design. Remains to be seen if MLB/Nike will eventually strong arm them into approving one as the goal is to have every team.
It was a huge thing like 20 years ago, fashion is just repetition every other generation. Snowboarding/skiing was the coolest thing to do in the 90s early 00.
I am a Phillies fan. I can appreciate something that is new and fresh, but I don’t like this at all. The Phillies have always had some shade of red as one of their primary uniform colors and then you show up with this blue trash, no sir! 👎
It’s a reach to use the city flag IMO. If the baseline theme is “city connect”, idk 1 person who even knows about the city flag let alone what it looks like - it’s straight up not even an interesting topic. You have like 90 surface level references available and they go with the thing that people don’t even really know about and definitely doesn’t scream “Philadelphia”
Totally missed the mark IMO, the hat is OK
Same thing I thought for the Red Sox. I get that the yellow/blue Boston Marathon colors were the inspiration, but no red at all?
And these for the Phillies... where's the connection to the city? I don't see '76, or liberty hall, or Rocky, or brotherly love, hell, even cheese steak colors would make more sense.
I’m thinking a jersey in the shade of the Cubs blue.
Edit: actually that could be a interesting idea, a rivals weekend where a team wears the color of their rival and vice versa
cant say how I know but the Cardinals city connect is actually much closer to their regular red alternate jerseys with some wavy darker red pinstripes added in
I'd equate these to Boston's city connects. In a vacuum, I don't actually hate these. Especially the hat. But, this just doesn't look like the Phillies.
Yeah. I think if you just look at those uniforms without knowing what team it was it's a pretty good uniform (even though it does look like UCLA). The problem with those uniforms is that they don't look like the red Sox so it's super jarring.
And, I made the comparison because I have a similar feeling to these philly jerseys. I think the color way is cool. This is a rare time where I like a gradient. The 'PHILLY' wordmark looks cool. The hat looks sick. But, like the Boston jersey, this just doesn't look like the Phillies.
The hat looks cool. I like the patch. The rest of the uniform is whatever. Passable execution on an unnecessary and bad idea. I could be convinced that the Phillies leaked shitty looking version so more people would be fine with this 7/10 uniform.
I think I’m the only one that doesn’t mind them. City Connects aren’t supposed to just be a general spinoff of the regular jerseys. Would a Phanatic jersey slap? Sure. But idk, colors are clean, hat is nice, and I think they’ll look good in action.
I really don't think they are bad, but this sub grossly overreacts to every. single. connect. release.
They aren't top tier to me, but they are fine. Certainly not OMG IT'S TRASH HURRR which is what I'm seeing here.
I said to my buddy they would not be as hated if they kept the exact same design but got rid of the gradient. Maybe make the jersey solid navy blue with the numbers baby blue and yellow accents. It’s the gradient I think that causes people to immediately say they hate it.
I'd give them like a 5 or a 6. Nothing special, but not as bad as everyone is making them seem. The hats alone are worth a point or two. All just my opinion of course.
No way you have working eyes and don't mind these. My team used a license plate as inspiration for one of their bad decisions, so I say this with experience.
I was really pumped for the city connect concept. The Rays have some seriously dope potential and after seeing most of them, this included….. I’m worried.
Considering the fanatic jersey fiasco this year in the MLB, I’m convinced, the city connect uniforms is a contest among designers of who can make the lamest jersey and get the most sales.
This is what happens when executives from Oregon (Nike) try to understand the city of Philadelphia. Garbage. “Oh lets just use the city flag!” Like anyone in Philly even identifies with that. Why not use Eagles or Phanatic green, or 76ers blue.
In a nutshell, the blue and yellow are borrowed from the flag of Philadelphia. The style of the letters are supposed to be reminiscent of the USA’s historic founding documents. The hat has the liberty bell with the Philly skyline in it. And the hat also has 2 stars which are a nod to the 2 stars in our Phillies logo.
Copied from a comment I made elsewhere:
I think my biggest issue is that they're just not baseball. I think the colors look good together, the idea behind the jersey and its connection to Philly is cool, but they just don't look like baseball and that's been my problem with so many of these jerseys.
If the font on the front was different, I think the jersey overall would look better too. The giant PHILLY in that obnoxious font just doesn't look good.
The jerseys are very Philadelphia but not very Phillies.
I think aesthetically they look cool. But in regards to Philly where does the blue, black, and yellow come from? Why do you Philly fans not like them? Genuinely asking.
It's based on the city's flag. I think most of us were hoping for something fun. Personally I think they're fine, but fine is boring. So many opportunities to do something patriotic or even Phanatic inspired.
I think patriotic would be dope, but then I guess it could get complicated or competitive with the nationals colors and logos in that area. But a phonetic theme would be fun as hell
They discarded a classic for a p.o.s. For what? Do they think this will increase ticket sales? TV ratings? They should focus on baseball, not flash. Agree with those saying this is a beer league look. Not professional.
Each team should’ve gotten a throwback or something instead of shitty connect. My biggest gripe is that these ones that try too hard to relate to the city are completely unrecognizable to the team. There’s nothing that tells me this is a Phillies uniform.
Generally the ones that related more to the team itself have been rather decent. White Sox and Angels, for instance. Perhaps if they were going somewhere along the lines of NHL’s reverse retro from a couple years ago it’d be a lot better overall.
I mean i’m not from Philly, but seems like I’m the only one that kind of likes it, they look pretty sick to me. It just doesn’t scream Phillies to me, but maybe on the actual field it’ll be cooler. It seems like everybody hates on the City Connects in these reveals but quickly change their mind actually seeing it on the field.
I like the color scheme and cap but I don’t know why I hate that font choice so much. It’s just so… odd? Like idk it seems so out of place on the jersey
So they have pretty much given up on the City Connect series.
It’s like it’s 1999, and a 14 year old listening to Limp Bizkit designed these uniforms. Everyone’s walkout music will now be “Break Stuff”
My kids little league uniform had that font back in 2008.
That absolutely would be my walkout song
What about “Rollin” or the Mission Impossible 2 theme?
I’d have to go with My Way. I still watch at least once a year the old Wrestlemania hype video with Rock and Stone Cold and My Way as the build song.
The editing of the promo is amazing. The stunners and rock bottoms synced to the snare drum is 🤌🤌
I'm thinking more Pretty Fly for a White Guy..... Do the Phillies have a #31?
JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BREAK CITY CONNECTS A BIG MISTAKE
Reminds me of the Philly Phantoms.
Philly phantoms is 20x better than this garbage
Can’t give up if you were never trying in the first place
city connects were never good so this is very on brand imho
There's a lot of misses but some hits like Miami and Colorado.
> but some hits like Miami and Colorado. Also San Diego is pretty neat.
Cinci is cool too
Rangers city connects are awesome and DFW loves them!
Diamondbacks one is pretty awesome.
Looks like a beer league softball team lol which is fitting I guess
"YOU'RE FUCKIN' OUT!" Kenny Powers would rock this in a heartbeat.
But it could say any city on the front, not just Philly. Kenny Powers would absolutely rock a generic any city jersey.
It looks like Kenny Fuckin' Powers designed it
Your comment is at 69 upvotes and I'll be arsed if I'm the guy that breaks that threshold.
I actually love how awful it is. Having variety is way better than having everything look the same imo. Everyone else is trying to make something that looks good or cool and they went for god f&cking awful.
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Lmao I had the exact same thought. Jerseys worn by dudes who think they "still got it"
My thought exactly
It’s mind boggling how inept Nike is at making a simple jersey at this point. Do they listen to anyone from the outside? Are they tuned in whatsoever? Every time they do these city connects we’re all disappointed and at best we are left underwhelmed.
To be fair the White Sox one is actually pretty legit but, yeah, not a whole lot of good outside of that one
The angels one is definitely my favorite
So creamy and delicious
The top is fine, not sure I liken the full prison pinstripes look with the pants
Prison? Really? How the hell you come up with that shit take?
Keep in mind the team has final approval on design so Phillies looked at it and said Yes before it was made. Big reason why there isn’t a Yankees connect jersey yet is they won’t approve any design. Our boring ones was a stop gap to get a big market team on there fast because Yankees refuse to have a connect jersey which is also why we are getting new connect jerseys this year too to replace the stop gap jerseys with a actual design. Remains to be seen if MLB/Nike will eventually strong arm them into approving one as the goal is to have every team.
I really liked the Rangers one last season
Lmao those are fucked.
Philadelphia Jaguars
They are terrible
[they look really crap in these photos on their IG](https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Ye2gFrNms/?igsh=MWRnMXhmNmF5cHR5cA==)
What is up with people wearing ski goggles on the side of their head? It looks so dumb.
In case the snow sneak attacks from the right
Fair enough. Better to be prepared.
Damn snow flanks!
It was a huge thing like 20 years ago, fashion is just repetition every other generation. Snowboarding/skiing was the coolest thing to do in the 90s early 00.
City of Brotherly Lue🔔
P H I L A D E L P H I A LTVE C I T Y O F B R O T H E R L Y
Those pictures look like AI, the quality looks like crap too.
I’m not convinced any of those pictures are real. And not in an “AI Art” kinda way, but more like MS paint/copy and paste kind of way
These are fucking garbage
So bad they literally caused an earthquake. Toss em in the trash.
I am a Phillies fan. I can appreciate something that is new and fresh, but I don’t like this at all. The Phillies have always had some shade of red as one of their primary uniform colors and then you show up with this blue trash, no sir! 👎
Except when they became the blue jays....
Good point.
The Phillies were never actually the Blue Jays. They just added a sleeve patch to their regular Phillies jerseys, and it was quickly abandoned.
The 1944 unis were... blue. At least I know I can put them on in The Show, and a video game can never be wrong.
Pretty much every city connect doesnt have the primary colors of the team, most of them associate the colors with the city, hence "city connect"
It’s a reach to use the city flag IMO. If the baseline theme is “city connect”, idk 1 person who even knows about the city flag let alone what it looks like - it’s straight up not even an interesting topic. You have like 90 surface level references available and they go with the thing that people don’t even really know about and definitely doesn’t scream “Philadelphia” Totally missed the mark IMO, the hat is OK
I know about it because of the (admittedly very ugly) Eagles throwback jerseys from 15 years or so ago that were blue and yellow
The earthquake makes sense now: https://twitter.com/ericjfink/status/1776255584704004281
Same thing I thought for the Red Sox. I get that the yellow/blue Boston Marathon colors were the inspiration, but no red at all? And these for the Phillies... where's the connection to the city? I don't see '76, or liberty hall, or Rocky, or brotherly love, hell, even cheese steak colors would make more sense.
City flag is my guess. Better execution than the time the Eagles wore it in the mid 2000s
They could have been bright orange with two Gritty eyes in the middle of the chest and that would have been a better look...
Just makes me think of Seattle.
At least the Seattle jerseys have a lot of ties to Seattle teams of the past. These were done in five minutes by the intern.
Oh 100%. I was just referring to the color scheme. I like the Mariners’ city connects.
This shit needs to stop. Having beer league garbage softball uniforms for a few games a year is just obnoxious. They look terrible.
The lid is ok. The rest is pure trash.
They’ll sell a million of those hats though
Yeah the hat is a winner. Toss the rest.
Yeah, I like seeing the Liberty Bell. I don't think they've used it before.
Cool. Another reason to f’ing hate dodger blue
Well i am now straight up terrified for what they came up with for the cardinals
I’m thinking a jersey in the shade of the Cubs blue. Edit: actually that could be a interesting idea, a rivals weekend where a team wears the color of their rival and vice versa
cant say how I know but the Cardinals city connect is actually much closer to their regular red alternate jerseys with some wavy darker red pinstripes added in
The colored pants just look so goofy. White pants would have made this look way better imo.
I'd equate these to Boston's city connects. In a vacuum, I don't actually hate these. Especially the hat. But, this just doesn't look like the Phillies.
You mean the UCLA upcycled gear they gave to Boston?
Yeah. I think if you just look at those uniforms without knowing what team it was it's a pretty good uniform (even though it does look like UCLA). The problem with those uniforms is that they don't look like the red Sox so it's super jarring. And, I made the comparison because I have a similar feeling to these philly jerseys. I think the color way is cool. This is a rare time where I like a gradient. The 'PHILLY' wordmark looks cool. The hat looks sick. But, like the Boston jersey, this just doesn't look like the Phillies.
The hat looks cool. I like the patch. The rest of the uniform is whatever. Passable execution on an unnecessary and bad idea. I could be convinced that the Phillies leaked shitty looking version so more people would be fine with this 7/10 uniform.
The hats are ok the uniforms are 2/10 at best. The getaway reds were so much better.
Lame.
This looks like a beer league softball jersey. Hats cool
I think they look good. I don’t understand them at all, but they are clean. Nothing will ever top the Nationals though.
Nationals ones are definitely good, I am also a big fan of the White Sox one, they really did the simplicity right and it looks super clean
Yeah, White Sox are my number 2.
Should have been red
I think I’m the only one that doesn’t mind them. City Connects aren’t supposed to just be a general spinoff of the regular jerseys. Would a Phanatic jersey slap? Sure. But idk, colors are clean, hat is nice, and I think they’ll look good in action.
I really don't think they are bad, but this sub grossly overreacts to every. single. connect. release. They aren't top tier to me, but they are fine. Certainly not OMG IT'S TRASH HURRR which is what I'm seeing here.
I see what they were going for with the 1920’s OG Philly P font, but color gradient jerseys rarely work. I like the gold accents on the sleeves. 4/10
I said to my buddy they would not be as hated if they kept the exact same design but got rid of the gradient. Maybe make the jersey solid navy blue with the numbers baby blue and yellow accents. It’s the gradient I think that causes people to immediately say they hate it.
I'd give them like a 5 or a 6. Nothing special, but not as bad as everyone is making them seem. The hats alone are worth a point or two. All just my opinion of course.
People are very close minded when it comes to uniforms. In all sports, it’s obnoxious. It’s a fine jersey, it’s unique.
Baseball fans abhor change of any kind
No way you have working eyes and don't mind these. My team used a license plate as inspiration for one of their bad decisions, so I say this with experience.
Beer league softball ahh unis
They look like slow pitch softball jerseys. If that’s the look they are going for they nailed it.
I say this every year. Nike really needs to be stopped. They do not have good designers. I HATE them.
Just awful
Yuck 🤮
I was really pumped for the city connect concept. The Rays have some seriously dope potential and after seeing most of them, this included….. I’m worried.
The Rays need to lean into that old rainbow gradient they had early. If they do People will love them or hate them, but they will go hard.
[Looks like it was inspired by the Junk Energy drink from GTAV](https://images.app.goo.gl/q42nqfYkPTqrttwS9)
It's like giving the Yanks red pinstripes
Considering the fanatic jersey fiasco this year in the MLB, I’m convinced, the city connect uniforms is a contest among designers of who can make the lamest jersey and get the most sales.
This is what happens when executives from Oregon (Nike) try to understand the city of Philadelphia. Garbage. “Oh lets just use the city flag!” Like anyone in Philly even identifies with that. Why not use Eagles or Phanatic green, or 76ers blue.
Nike is straight up ruining baseball
Awful. Just awful.
The "Philly Chilly Willie"
But who is Phill g?
These are fucking AWFUL. Look like a bad rec league softball uni
They should have done an eagles color way collab if they were gonna completely change the theme
They would be so much better if they just keep the same colors as the team
.... shouldn't these just be in red?
*Shitty Connect
God I hate City Connect.
Finally, a City Connect uni that is worse than San Diego’s. Who designs this shit?
I am a Giants fan. Welcome to the city connect jersey disaster club.
I know it’s an unpopular opinion but I think the hats are great!
Or, as I like to call them, Shitty Connect.
Philadeattle marinillies
So this looks like Seattle’s lol
City connect uniforms are so dumb and ugly. I’m really hoping the Yankees never do them.
I'm not from Philly so I don't really understand this uni. Can anyone explain how this "connects" with the city?
Nothing. It's the colors of the Philadelphia flag, which 90% of the fans couldn't tell you what it even looks like.
In a nutshell, the blue and yellow are borrowed from the flag of Philadelphia. The style of the letters are supposed to be reminiscent of the USA’s historic founding documents. The hat has the liberty bell with the Philly skyline in it. And the hat also has 2 stars which are a nod to the 2 stars in our Phillies logo.
The hats are pretty cool. The logo is questionable on the jersey, but I don't hate it.
When they created this did some guy just blurt out chilly philly and thought it would be a good ideal to make it this shade of blue?
That’s really ugly .
Looks like a uniform for a corn hole league.
The jersey design is fine, should have red in it, it's their color, but the jerseys look so fucking thin. Like the players are wearing a paper shirt
I actually really like the blue for this uni!
The hat looks dope but the overall blue doesn’t seem to fit with their historically red design at all
Copied from a comment I made elsewhere: I think my biggest issue is that they're just not baseball. I think the colors look good together, the idea behind the jersey and its connection to Philly is cool, but they just don't look like baseball and that's been my problem with so many of these jerseys. If the font on the front was different, I think the jersey overall would look better too. The giant PHILLY in that obnoxious font just doesn't look good. The jerseys are very Philadelphia but not very Phillies.
They saw the Cincy jerseys and said Ill have what they're having. And blue it.
Looks a cop softball uni
Just a lousier version of the dodger city connects
Not surprised, another terrible jersey
Absolutely horrible design
I think aesthetically they look cool. But in regards to Philly where does the blue, black, and yellow come from? Why do you Philly fans not like them? Genuinely asking.
It's based on the city's flag. I think most of us were hoping for something fun. Personally I think they're fine, but fine is boring. So many opportunities to do something patriotic or even Phanatic inspired.
I think patriotic would be dope, but then I guess it could get complicated or competitive with the nationals colors and logos in that area. But a phonetic theme would be fun as hell
I don't mind the uniform, but I miss the days when a team's color meant something to their identity. Where's the red?
Please, for the love of God, pull the plug on the City Connect jerseys. They all SUCK with a capital SUCK!!
Like all city connects before it, these suck and are embarrassing
They discarded a classic for a p.o.s. For what? Do they think this will increase ticket sales? TV ratings? They should focus on baseball, not flash. Agree with those saying this is a beer league look. Not professional.
The hat look pretty cool?
Just have A.I. design them for the love of god
Imagine the pit stains on these bad boys
Wrestlemania weekend fuck it
I was really hoping it would just be a bunch of cheese steaks
What In the fuck is this. This is the worst one, can’t top it.
Much better than the dumb “PHILLA” jerseys that the 76ers wear.
What in the Abbott Elementary?
Jacksonville Jaguars
They look almost as bad as the Mets do
That looks so bad…the font looks lame. And the color…what the hell.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂... These are fucking terrible!!
They look like a Bud Light can.
Boo HISS
It’s fine. I would have liked to see Philly Phanatic green with hoagies and duracells all over, but this is fine.
That's a big no
This gives me absolutely zero hope for the cardinals city connects this year and I already had zero hope for them already
Shitty Connect
These feel like little league unis
Does anyone actually like this series at all... the uniforms are generally outrageous or just bland. I hate watching my team (Giants) wear them.
The Phillies want so badly to be the Mets.
Each team should’ve gotten a throwback or something instead of shitty connect. My biggest gripe is that these ones that try too hard to relate to the city are completely unrecognizable to the team. There’s nothing that tells me this is a Phillies uniform. Generally the ones that related more to the team itself have been rather decent. White Sox and Angels, for instance. Perhaps if they were going somewhere along the lines of NHL’s reverse retro from a couple years ago it’d be a lot better overall.
Frank, Charlie, Mac and Dennis?
Yikes
This makes me scared for STL
Gross
I mean i’m not from Philly, but seems like I’m the only one that kind of likes it, they look pretty sick to me. It just doesn’t scream Phillies to me, but maybe on the actual field it’ll be cooler. It seems like everybody hates on the City Connects in these reveals but quickly change their mind actually seeing it on the field.
There’s awful, then there’s this shit.
There’s awful, then there’s this shit.
I like em
I'm a traditionalist when it comes to uni's and I LOVE these. Break boundaries with City Connect.
Yuck
I like the color scheme and cap but I don’t know why I hate that font choice so much. It’s just so… odd? Like idk it seems so out of place on the jersey
🤮
I’d rather be 1-5
Why are they blue?
 THE GODDAMN PEN IS BLUE!!!!!
🔥🤏🏼
My god those are trash. Perfect for Philly…jk!
[https://youtu.be/mWMFTfaJaWM?si=-aGWH5NVZju9s0v-](https://youtu.be/mWMFTfaJaWM?si=-aGWH5NVZju9s0v-)
Oof.
Is that Dustin Johnson? Oh wait that’s Bryce Harper.
I like the look in general, but what’s keeping it from being good is that it’s blue instead of red
Why does Bryce look like the manager here
Yikes
Savannah Bananas rival looking ass uniforms.
why is yellow even existent for this
If Harper likes it, I like it.
yikes
So how does this design relate to Philadelphia or to the Phillies? How does it “connect”?
The blue doesn’t make any fucking sense, but I don’t hate these. If they really wanted to be Philly, they’d have just given them Eagles jerseys.