Colorado Rockies unveil Metropolis Join uniforms

The Colorado Rockies have unveiled their Metropolis Join uniforms, impressed by the mountains and pine bushes of Colorado, the state’s license plate and the state’s “Welcome to Colourful Colorado” indicators.

The Rockies will debut the brand new on-field look on June four towards the Atlanta Braves.

The uniforms characteristic the Rocky Mountains in pine inexperienced throughout the jersey with purple piping on the sleeves and “Colorado” written throughout the chest in the identical distinctive font because the state’s license plates. In addition they boast a yellow patch that includes town’s mile-high altitude, the longitude and latitude of Coors Discipline and black double-diamonds — meant to be a tribute to the state’s excessive snowboarding.

“We wished it to be a basic look, a Colorado look and there have been different concepts bounced on the market and about, going a bit extra wild or crazier than this, however we thought this is able to attraction not solely to our youthful followers and the youthful generations, however we thought it will attraction to our older fan base,” mentioned Rockies vice chairman Jim Kellogg. “It is basic, it is clear and that is what individuals consider Denver and Colorado once they take pleasure in a ballgame.”

The uniforms additionally embody pine inexperienced pants and a hat that includes a brand new circle brand comprised of the Rocky Mountains, the state’s CO abbreviation with pink (the colour of the state’s soil) and gold (consultant of the state’s sunshine).

Kellogg mentioned the Rockies thought-about three different ideas that the group might use down the street.

“If you consider the state and metropolis, you understand how lovely it’s with the lakes and the snow,” Kellogg mentioned. “There’s the historical past of downtown Denver and Union Station. There have been plenty of ideas and colours that we might have pulled from, however this was the correct match.”

And whereas the uniforms characterize a departure from the purple look the group has featured over their franchise’s historical past, that look will not be going away any time quickly.

“The purple jersey is de facto iconic for our membership,” Kellogg mentioned. “The purple pinstripes is a basic a part of our identification since we began in 1993. We like the place it is at proper now and I believe this extra uniform goes to play nicely inside the set of what we have now.”