Alternative Jerseys still out for this year?

by AndHart120 on Feb 27, 2008 9:47 AM CST

Heres a subject I havent seen yet...

Does anyone know if the Cubs will continue to use the home and away jerseys only this year? I believe it was McDonough who pulled the alternative jerseys from use last year. Personally, I do not like them used for home games but didnt mind them on the road so much. Maybe if they were brought back Carlos would be more comfortable! lol

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Carrie actually had some info

In answer to a similar question here she wrote: "The Cubs marketing department is considering bringing back the alternate blue tops for select games, yet to be determined. And they aren't sure if the starting pitcher will pick those games."

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by lapetino on Feb 27, 2008 9:55 AM CST reply actions

LOL Thanks!

Thats like the one entry I have not read yet and there is the answer!

by AndHart120 on Feb 27, 2008 10:31 AM CST up reply actions

Nowhere else to post this...

NEIFI! A Rockies minor leaguer!

Gotta love you some Neifi in the Rocky Mountains!

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by Kinky Reggae on Feb 27, 2008 10:07 AM CST reply actions

Random thought/bet/prediction

Felix Pie will have a higher batting average the Neifi Perez his on-base pct. this season.

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by Hammer on Feb 27, 2008 10:08 AM CST up reply actions

What did you just say?

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by Kinky Reggae on Feb 27, 2008 10:13 AM CST up reply actions

Well

Felix Pie's batting average will be > Neifis OBP

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by Hammer on Feb 27, 2008 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

This is a lock now huh?

Should be easier for Pie with Neifi officially snubbed by the Rox.

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by Kinky Reggae on Feb 27, 2008 10:32 AM CST up reply actions

But now...

... Neifi has plenty of time to get himself to Florida and see if he can hook on with Dusty's Reds!

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by Al Yellon on Feb 27, 2008 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

Wouldn't that just be AWESOME?

If Dusty got him in camp and then ultimately ended up playing his washed up ass.

I'm still waiting for Dusty to come out of retirement to help salvage a losing season.

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by Kinky Reggae on Feb 27, 2008 11:12 AM CST up reply actions

This is a shrewd move by the Rockies

They know the Dusty/Neifi love affair, so the Rockies figure that can flip Neifi for Jay Bruce and/or Homer Bailey.

I can just picture it now, "Dude, He [Neifi] doesn't clog bases dude, that's what we need," says Dusty.

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by DTJchris on Feb 27, 2008 12:12 PM CST up reply actions

LMAO!!

AP - The Rockies traded Nefi Perez to the Reds today for Jay Bruce and a player to be named later..

HA!

Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Feb 27, 2008 5:59 PM CST up reply actions

I think they reconsidered....

http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_8367635

I'm kind of bummed about this. It makes this recent purchase of mine even more questionable:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200196109651&ssPageName=STRK:MEW A:IT&ih=010

by Neifi Puppy on Feb 27, 2008 10:18 AM CST up reply actions

Was that a game-worn jersey?

If it is, it might be the one he wore when he hit the HR in 1998 that forced the tiebreaker game.

If so, that's a major part of Cubs history and lore.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 27, 2008 10:46 AM CST up reply actions

Those memories are why I bought it....

unfortunately, I think its just a jersey he signed....I don't think its game worn.

by Neifi Puppy on Feb 27, 2008 11:03 AM CST up reply actions

The best thing he ever did for the Cubs

was get a big hit for the Rockies in '98...

by blackhawk24 on Feb 27, 2008 1:00 PM CST up reply actions

Oh snap!

Just like that he is erased from Fox Sports transactions page!

thanks for the update...though I really would have enjoyed watching Neifi's steroid void body flourish out west.

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by Kinky Reggae on Feb 27, 2008 10:26 AM CST reply actions

Dreaded alternate blue top Jerseys

MY absolute least all time Cubs jersey. That stupid big bear logo with the nauseating cap with the red bill.

I hope they don't bring them back. If they bring back any road jerseys, bring back the pinstriped powder blue uni's circa 70's.

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by lemon20pie on Feb 27, 2008 10:35 AM CST reply actions

The 70's road jerseys?

Hate 'em. Hate, hate, hate. They look like pajama tops.

I don't like the recent blue alternates, either. With uniforms, I'm a real traditionalist. White or pinstripes at home, gray on the road. Period.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 27, 2008 10:44 AM CST up reply actions

Yes

Plus, if they are going to come up with an alternative jersey, make it a NEW alternative, not some old, rehashed alternative, which is no longer considered alternative. I realize that would open it up to a potentially worse non-traditional jersey, but if the point is to spice things up once in a while - don't use Old Spice -- or something.

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by JohnM on Feb 27, 2008 11:01 AM CST up reply actions

Perhaps

a Pittsburghesque type sleeveless getup that inspires one to think that the organization went shopping at the goodwill and is taking patchworking classes (beginner classes of course).

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by Kinky Reggae on Feb 27, 2008 11:11 AM CST reply actions

LOL

Sleeveless jerseys are the scourge of baseball clothing. I detest them.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 27, 2008 11:38 AM CST up reply actions

But Al,

fashion yourself up a mullett, move to the trailor park, and those sons a bitches are HOT...H. O. T. HOT!

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by Kinky Reggae on Feb 27, 2008 11:53 AM CST up reply actions

agreed

whats the point?

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by kylejo on Feb 27, 2008 12:11 PM CST up reply actions

The greys are SUPER BORING!

I was glad when the starting pitchers chose the blues over the greys. Zzzzz on the grey. I actually like the blue alternates. I mean, what happened to blue actually being a main color on the unis? I also love the powder blue/white pins jersey--have an authentic Buckner version from 79 f those. Love it, At least we don't have the TERRIBLE script Cubs jerseys from the 90's--now those *defined* hideousness!

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by lapetino on Feb 27, 2008 11:59 AM CST reply actions

50s style greys

were nice, i agree these greys are pretty boring, i think they were even worse though in the early 90s.

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by kylejo on Feb 27, 2008 12:12 PM CST up reply actions

I like

the V-Neck jerseys of the 80's.

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by tony412 on Feb 27, 2008 12:08 PM CST reply actions

16"? 12"?

Those blue jerseys are softball uniforms. Tolerable on the road, HATE them at home.

For all the tradition that we talk about, look at the Yankees -- same uni's for 60 years.

by Shanghai Badger on Feb 27, 2008 12:44 PM CST reply actions

60 years?

More like 70 years. 1936 was the first year their uniforms looked exactly as they do today. For a good 15 years before that they had home pinstripes, but without the "NY" logo on them.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 27, 2008 3:22 PM CST up reply actions

Even better

Proof that there's no need to mess with something that works. I like the continuity.

And hell, all the team does is win.

by Shanghai Badger on Feb 27, 2008 7:17 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed that NO blues at home

I ONLY want to see the Blue pine-strips at home. But I am all for the Cubs getting a new alternative jersey for "some" games. Maybe a redish blue jersey or somthing. Im just tired of the greys

by Kchance on Feb 27, 2008 12:59 PM CST reply actions

"Reddish blue"?

Um, nope. Most of the teams that wear red alternate jerseys look awful in them -- the Braves are the worst example. Only the Reds and Red Sox get away with it because it's their primary team color.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 27, 2008 3:23 PM CST up reply actions

F-it

Keep the road gray. If they want to put a bigger walking cub on it, fine but keep things as is.

Keep the home whites in pinstripes. They almost glow for the night games.

by blackhawk24 on Feb 27, 2008 1:02 PM CST reply actions

I wouldnt mind seeing more retro jersey days.

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by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Feb 27, 2008 1:16 PM CST reply actions

I love the retro uniforms days...

...there should be more of them, I cant remember the Cubs doing one?

The blue jersey for home games was awful and needs to stay in the clubhouse..

Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Feb 27, 2008 6:01 PM CST up reply actions

I'm

probably in the minority but I'd like to see the Cubs turn their navy spring training jerseys into the alternate uni's. i agree that the blue alternates, especially the hats that go with them, are ugly.

by jazzypete on Feb 27, 2008 4:18 PM CST reply actions

The Cubs don't wear....

... navy blue any more. The new ST (and batting practice) jerseys, unveiled last year, are the regular more royal-blue color with red and white panels on the sides.

They look like this: