Brand-New Phillies City Connect Jersey To Launch Officially This Week
The Phillies City Connect Jersey has been quite a topic of conversation. We learned earlier this year that a possible jersey might have leaked as to what it looks like,…
Phillies City Connect jerseys will debut on Friday, April 5th (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
The Phillies City Connect Jersey has been quite a topic of conversation. We learned earlier this year that a possible jersey might have leaked as to what it looks like, you can read up on that here or scroll down to see the rumored jersey look.
According to an MLB.com article, the Philadelphia Phillies will debut their Phillies City Connect jersey on Friday, April 5th at 10:00am.
It will be exclusively available at the New Era Team Store at the stadium. They will wear the Phillies City Connect jerseys every Friday home game during the 2024 season starting with Friday, April 12th, a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Phillies City Connect Jersey LEAKED?
(Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)In the very first year of the City Connect jersey, we saw seven teams rep their city in a different way. The Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, and the San Francisco Giants all flashed their new looks in the very first season. These jerseys intend to pay homage to the hometown of the team in a special way.
In 2022, we got the look from more teams including the Washington Nationals, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, and the San Diego Padres.
Here's the Colorado Rockies' City Connect Jersey. Widely voted as the best one when it comes to the City Connect series. What will the Phillies City Connect Jersey look like? (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
Then this past season, we saw new jerseys from the Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
So what about the rest of the teams? Well, that's when the 2024 season comes into play. 20 teams have already released their new looks, which only leaves ten more teams to go, one of them being the Phillies. But as you will learn, if you're bringing a new one in, one has to go. They announced earlier this year that they will not be wearing their red jerseys.
Why A New Jersey For The Phillies?
(Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)Phillies Nation informed us of a special rule that Nike has. They explained that "Nike has a '4+1' rule, meaning they will produce four jerseys per team, and five if the fifth is a City Connect uniform.
According to Talkin' Baseball on X (formerly Twitter), this is what the leaked Phillies City Connect jersey looks like. We will find out on Friday, April 5th if these rumors are actually true!
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We had a lot of fun at Spring Training in Clearwater, Florida in 2024. Lots of work was done but also lots of fun was had. Including a game we played on our own which was all about finding the best throwback Phillies jersey at the ballpark.
If you can guess the player's name of the last jersey on this list, you are an expert. You win.
As you might imagine, this was not small task at all. We ended up looking all throughout the jersey to find the best ones and we have quite the collection. The fun of this is we are going to let you to guess if you can come up with the first names of each and every jersey we found.
PHILADELPHIA - SEPTEMBER 30: A Philadelphia Phillies fan reacts after catching the uniform top thrown by pitcher Brett Myers at Citizens Bank Park September 30, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies won 6-1 over the Washington Nationals giving them the divisional championship. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
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Throwback Phillies Jersey
So what constitutes a throwback in our opinion? It's not about the style of the jersey, only the name on the back. So for example, there's one player below (who I can't name, you've got to guess) who played with the team as early as last year. But now, since he's not longer on the team, we consider his jersey a "throwback."
Let's see how many you can get. Good luck! The last one is the hardest.
Jersey #1
Clues: He played with the Phillies from 2005-2011. He was a two-time All Star. Later played for the Dodgers. Also played for the Red Sox. Brief stint with the Angels
Jersey #2
Clue: Member of the team from 2000-2008. Started his career with the Phillies. Ended his career with Giants. He was s left fielder and DH.
Jersey #3
Clue: This is a second baseman. Six time All Star. Did it five straight years! 2003-2015 tenure with Philly. Ended his career in 2018 with the Dodgers.
Jersey #4
Clue: Played most of his career in Toronto. Four years, his final four in the league, with the Phillies. Eight All Star Game selections, wow. Two Cy Young Awards, that's impressive.
Jersey #5
Clue: Played his whole 13-year career in Philly. Rookie of the Year in 2005. Won the MVP the very next year. World Series champ with our team.
Jersey #6
Clue: Pitched 15 years for the Phillies. Had a 24 year career, which is unheard of really. Do you know who it is? Quite a throwback here for sure.
Jersey #7
Clue: He's a Hall of Famer, no doubt about that. Spent his whole 18-year career with the Phillies. Twelve All Star Games. Then add two MVPs. Pretty amazing player.
Jersey #8
Clue: A little lesser known here I would assume. Only played three of 19 years in the league in Philly. Also played in Settle and Kansas City. Very briefly in New York with the Yankees.
Jersey #9
Clue: We know him and we love him. Before the 2023 season begun, tragedy struck. This poor first basemen hurt his knee during Spring Training and missed all of 2023. He now is a member of the Brewers. He will be missed.
Jersey #10
Clue: 15 year career and ten of them were in Philly. Never won a Cy Young but came close a couple of times. Retired after the 2020 season. Started his career in Philly in 2006
Jersey #11
Clue: Of his 12 years, 11 were with Philly. He was a catcher. Only one All Star Game selection to his name. Two years he batted over .300 for the year including .325 in his All Star season.
Jersey #12
Clue: He started his career with Cleveland. Ended his career with the Phillies. Had a stint in both Texas and Seattle. Won a Cy Young Award. That was his final full year in Cleveland.
Jersey #13
Clue: DEEP CUT. Five year career. All of those five years were with our Phillies. The most games he played in a season was 105. Only two other times he played in more than half of the season's games. This one is a real test.
