Sam Kennedy: Red Sox’s new City Connect jerseys will be ‘controversial’
"I always have to remind people like my dad and others, these uniforms are not for you."
The Red Sox are set to debut a new City Connect jersey for the 2025 season — with Boston reportedly retiring their blue alternate jerseys and adding some unique garb to their in-season ensemble.
While Boston already boasts one unique uniform with their popular yellow Boston Marathon-inspired City Connect jerseys (which will remain in Boston’s rotation this season), it looks as though the Red Sox once again plan to go bold with their latest wardrobe update.
Details have been scarce so far regarding Boston’s new uniforms, with WEEI’s Rob Bradford reporting in January that the new City Connects will have a primary color of green.
Speaking to MassLive’s Chris Cotillo and Sean McAdam on the “Fenway Rundown” Podcast, Red Sox CEO and team president Sam Kennedy offered up some sparse details about the new jerseys — adding that the final design might rankle some fans.
“I can tell you that they will be controversial,” Kennedy said. “And I think you’re on the right track in terms of the color scheme that you mentioned. “There might be a theme with a certain wall in left field.”
Kennedy’s comments fall in line with Bradford’s report, given that he’s referencing the Red Sox’s famed Green Monster in left field.
Of course, the Red Sox’s Boston Marathon jerseys were also met with some hostility when they were first revealed in April 2021. Despite the stark departure from Boston’s usual color palette, the Red Sox have fared well when donning those yellow jerseys — sporting a record of 35-13 since debuting them.
“I always have to remind people like my dad and others, these uniforms are not for you,” Kennedy said. “They are for the players and for the next generation of fans.”
Boston’s new jerseys will not mark the first time that the Red Sox have featured green on their uniforms. The Red Sox wore green uniforms for a regular season game against the Yankees in April 2007 — donning them in tribute after legendary Celtics coach and executive Red Auerbach passed away in the previous offseason.
Boston also wore green jerseys during spring training games held on St. Patrick’s Day, although that tradition was discontinued in 2023.
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