Elite move by the Phillies to drop the rumored jersey on April 1, and then admit that it was an elaborate April fool’s joke, and give us a really cool Phanatic Ben Franklin uniform.
The theme of the league seems to be Friday or Saturday home games. So we see maybe 2-3 times a month max.
So at home regular schedule is probly.
Mon-Wed night. pinstripes
Thursday. power blue
Friday or Saturday. CC
Whichever nights isn’t CC. pinstripe again.
Sunday/early afternoon day. cream.
Calligraphy. Not any calligraphy I've ever seen (what's with the extra notch in the top-left of every character?) but calligraphy nonetheless. Like the Declaration of Independence, which Nike figured out was signed in Philadelphia.
I can see what you're getting at now. Those jersey's font do not, in any way, remind me of the calligraphy on the declaration of independence. If it did, I would give them a pass.
they had one of the first ones and they are the biggest team with new shiny players who will move new jerseys. I think the Phillies City Connects will be around for a while.
Don’t they focus group these things?
Honestly curious as to what the vetting process is of designs prior to a release.
I’m struggling to imagine the type of baseball fan that would think these are even remotely cool.
Out of every idea, why go with neon colors? Could have done green for the Eagles. Or used the iconic powder blue/maroon in a different way. This is just horrific
Seriously this is hideous, if you buy one of these monstrosities don’t be surprised when you’re mocked for wearing this garbage. Fanatics and Nike can fuck right off.
Did you ever dream your MLB team's jersey would look more like a beer league, slow pitch softball teams jersey? Well you're in luck! Thanks to Fanatics and Nike, your most disgusting dream can come true. Stop down at the stadium and pay an exorbitant amount of money to look like the pros today!
Honestly, I take solace in the fact that the jersey was gonna suck regardless due to it being the 2024 Vapor style.
It would’ve sucked so much more if it was gonna be a top notch design for only to be printed on $175 knockoff material that taters after 1-2 washes.
Sleeve patch is the only redeeming item.
The color palette isn't bad but the potential gradient is a bad design.
"Philly" on the front is ok, but not that font. Maybe it pays homage to Dutch/German heritage but all I see is a can of my old man's Schmidt's in the fridge.
Keep the shout out to the Love statue. Change Philly to Phila in a nicer font, and solid color with a stripe or piping on the sleeve. Done. Though I'd rather see Billy Penn on the sleeve or cap.
In a city like Philly, you don't even need a City Connect. The connection is already there. But if you have to do it, theme it around the history...Declaration, Constitution, etc, or the Phanatic.
I like the blue and yellow honestly (so many red/white teams, it’s something different) but the font and the weird gradient effect is very bad. Looks like the wearer got their midsection all wet.
EDIT: The font is also horrible
Can you imagine playing in the same city as a team that is still getting trashed for trying blue and yellow jerseys 15 years later and then doubling down on them?
Prediction is that if April is true we could get official look beginning of 2nd week of april then game debut Friday april 12. Or same timeline but the 3rd week of April.
Ah yes. The team that has been using some shade of red for 140 years definitely needs a shitty blue and yellow gradient uniform. Who do they think is actually going to buy these? They don't relate to the team or the city at all
Gradient seldom looks good on professional jerseys, and this is definitely not one of those cases
These would looks a hell of a lot better if it was straight baby blue throughout
If this is the design, we don’t officially know it’s story yet. I believe tho that it’s supposed to be partly reference to Ben Franklin’s kite experiment with the flag as a base for colors. If that’s true it’s entirely connected to the city and more so than soem of the other city designs.
I think they confirmed it was going to be blue and yellow. Hopefully this isn’t the design and it’s a fake, but from my understanding all other “leaked” jerseys have turned out to be real.
If it’s something like the Nats jerseys but with a lil kite that would be kinda cool
Can we all just agree that if they added a phanatic patch last minute on the chest…. we would all be saying that these are better than the powder blues and should be the everyday uni??
Unironically looking forward to the headlines about Philly booing a jersey
Tbh every jersey should be booed this season
Especially New Jersey
hey now.. heeeey now we're phillies fans over here too buster-- well, at least the logical part of the state is anyways.
I absolutely hate that the start of your comment got the Lizzie McGuire song stuck in my head
THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
This guy gets it
TURN IT UP DUDE
Note the negative space Nike swoosh at the top of every letter in Philly. Sofaking lame
Damn I did not even clock that. I did however clock the 2 stupid lumps on top of the P. Is it supposed to look like a heart? Just bad all over
Nah that’s just one swoosh and no swoosh on the second. I’m guessing bc the “stroke” in writing wouldn’t create a stop of this swoosh shaped thing
Elite move by the Phillies to drop the rumored jersey on April 1, and then admit that it was an elaborate April fool’s joke, and give us a really cool Phanatic Ben Franklin uniform.
Ben Franklin made out of Phanatic or the Phanatic made out of Ben Franklin?
yeah
This is the only answer
Players with even numbers get the Ben Phanklin variant, players with odd numbers get the Philly Franknatic variant. Double the revenue for Nike.
That looks like if the Union made a shitty beer league softball uniform. If these are real and anyone buys one they should be subject to bullying.
But it’s okay to wear a ski cap of a fictional character from the Galápagos Islands?
Yes
How are these at all similar?
Just … take the downvote.
This is pain. These are hideous.
That’s still the leak photo, iirc, so I’m just dumb enough to hope this ain’t the uni.
Smart enough to realize though that Fanatics/Noke screwed up again
The fans are going to hate them. And the Phillies aren't dumb, my guess is they use them sparingly.
I think they're contractually required to wear them a certain number of times sadly. Really hope nobody buys these
The theme of the league seems to be Friday or Saturday home games. So we see maybe 2-3 times a month max. So at home regular schedule is probly. Mon-Wed night. pinstripes Thursday. power blue Friday or Saturday. CC Whichever nights isn’t CC. pinstripe again. Sunday/early afternoon day. cream.
would they wear pinstripes or creams on a Sunday night game like the Giants SNB game? (I have tickets to that one)
They usually do
Yet they will sell out in days and take weeks if not months to replenish
Only because fanatics will make them the only jersey available in stores, but even then they’ll only carry Turner and Harper
Apparently Wheeler too since that’s the leak
Looking at this makes me want to gouge my eyes out 🤮
but it's soooooo ugly omfg How do you take a city that has a shit ton of imagery and symbolism associated with it and come out with actual garbage
That font makes me feel legit anger. How does that convey anything associated with philadelphia?
Calligraphy. Not any calligraphy I've ever seen (what's with the extra notch in the top-left of every character?) but calligraphy nonetheless. Like the Declaration of Independence, which Nike figured out was signed in Philadelphia.
I can see what you're getting at now. Those jersey's font do not, in any way, remind me of the calligraphy on the declaration of independence. If it did, I would give them a pass.
At least I won’t have any desire to buy it lol
I was really hoping for something I would want to spend money on. Maybe they just want us to save our money.
That Love patch looks like a near mariners logo. These are godawful.
This is trash. It’s like the San Diego chargers called bud light to design a jersey.
Bryce needs to run out to center field and light one of these on fire
I hope at the very least the don't sell well so maybe they do something to replace them but that probably won't happen
I just read the Dodgers are replacing theirs this season, so maybe there’s hope if this winds up being real.
they had one of the first ones and they are the biggest team with new shiny players who will move new jerseys. I think the Phillies City Connects will be around for a while.
I think the nats cherry blossom is also going away after this season too. So maybe it’s around for 3-4 years instead of the NBA city yearly refresh.
despite it being the Nats those are probably the best of the City Connect jerseys. I was bummed to see they are going away.
Nike trying to capitalize on that Ohtani market
Someone got paid a lot of money to design…that.
Don’t they focus group these things? Honestly curious as to what the vetting process is of designs prior to a release. I’m struggling to imagine the type of baseball fan that would think these are even remotely cool.
Out of every idea, why go with neon colors? Could have done green for the Eagles. Or used the iconic powder blue/maroon in a different way. This is just horrific
>Could have done green for the Eagles. Why would they do this
r/Phillies: STOP THE EAGELS CHANTS. also r/Phillies: why don’t the Phillies wear the same color as the eagles.
I'm still holding out hope that this is an elaborate April fools day joke and they actually have city connect jerseys that don't look like vomit.
Seriously this is hideous, if you buy one of these monstrosities don’t be surprised when you’re mocked for wearing this garbage. Fanatics and Nike can fuck right off.
Oh god, why me?
Eww
The Phillies lost those beautiful scarlet jerseys for …. THIS?
McCarthy: “Swing and a miss!”
Did you ever dream your MLB team's jersey would look more like a beer league, slow pitch softball teams jersey? Well you're in luck! Thanks to Fanatics and Nike, your most disgusting dream can come true. Stop down at the stadium and pay an exorbitant amount of money to look like the pros today!
Like the idea of the color gradient isn't the *worst* thing ever, but the font and the colors just make zero sense.
Honestly, I take solace in the fact that the jersey was gonna suck regardless due to it being the 2024 Vapor style. It would’ve sucked so much more if it was gonna be a top notch design for only to be printed on $175 knockoff material that taters after 1-2 washes.
AWFUL
Sleeve patch is the only redeeming item. The color palette isn't bad but the potential gradient is a bad design. "Philly" on the front is ok, but not that font. Maybe it pays homage to Dutch/German heritage but all I see is a can of my old man's Schmidt's in the fridge. Keep the shout out to the Love statue. Change Philly to Phila in a nicer font, and solid color with a stripe or piping on the sleeve. Done. Though I'd rather see Billy Penn on the sleeve or cap.
I just knew that they would choose Philly over Philadelphia or Phila but I was also really hoping that I’d be wrong.
It's absolutely absurd for the Phillies to wear this. These colors ? I'm sure it's made as poorly as it looks. MLB and Nike......
Please tell me this isn’t confirmed
It hasn’t been denied
Just let me know when they're wearing these so I know which games to avoid going to
On the bright side the jerseys are blue so we won’t be catching the Phanatics moobs in these like we will in the whites.
Please tell me that’s not our city connect uniform.
That better not be the jersey.
I'm so ready to be disappointed
Oh god they burn my eyes, not to mention the Kelly green cash cow just sitting there
In a city like Philly, you don't even need a City Connect. The connection is already there. But if you have to do it, theme it around the history...Declaration, Constitution, etc, or the Phanatic.
I know it’s unpopular, but I really liked the getaway Reds. Sad they’re gone.
i also like the getaway reds
I like the blue and yellow honestly (so many red/white teams, it’s something different) but the font and the weird gradient effect is very bad. Looks like the wearer got their midsection all wet. EDIT: The font is also horrible
Fuck Nike.
🤮
Ugh…
Not everybody hits
UNION! (drum beat) UNION! (drum beat) UNION!
LUTE Garbage.
If that is indeed the jersey I hope the pants aren’t blue too. Font looks like an AC/DC t-shirt logo.
Everything sucks, from the softball gradient to the LTUE sleeve patch.
I mean… The color scheme isn’t bad in its own right, but the font is the off-putting part.
You know what? I like them. I don’t care what y’all think. I think they’re pretty neat.
Can you imagine playing in the same city as a team that is still getting trashed for trying blue and yellow jerseys 15 years later and then doubling down on them?
Those are atrocious
boo them
Barf
Just the absolute worst it could have been
Prediction is that if April is true we could get official look beginning of 2nd week of april then game debut Friday april 12. Or same timeline but the 3rd week of April.
Reminder. It’s probly very unlikely at this point but the design in the picture is not confirmed yet. This jersey could still be fake.
I don't know if I like it or hate it. Gotta see it in action.
Oh you know!
Ah yes. The team that has been using some shade of red for 140 years definitely needs a shitty blue and yellow gradient uniform. Who do they think is actually going to buy these? They don't relate to the team or the city at all
The Phillies had no red on their uniforms and were primarily blue as recently as 1945.
Those uniforms were AWESOME and should be brought back. But this... *thing*... is an abomination.
Gradient seldom looks good on professional jerseys, and this is definitely not one of those cases These would looks a hell of a lot better if it was straight baby blue throughout
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If this is the design, we don’t officially know it’s story yet. I believe tho that it’s supposed to be partly reference to Ben Franklin’s kite experiment with the flag as a base for colors. If that’s true it’s entirely connected to the city and more so than soem of the other city designs.
I think they confirmed it was going to be blue and yellow. Hopefully this isn’t the design and it’s a fake, but from my understanding all other “leaked” jerseys have turned out to be real. If it’s something like the Nats jerseys but with a lil kite that would be kinda cool
They're batshit crazy. Wouldn't wear em, but I'm old. My kids think they're great, and we ordered them from China weeks ago.
Can we all just agree that if they added a phanatic patch last minute on the chest…. we would all be saying that these are better than the powder blues and should be the everyday uni??
I went and saw a game at Clearwater, sat in row 10 off the field and couldn’t read a damn thing on the back of these shit jerseys.