Cubs to debut new baby blue uniforms in 2025, retire 'Wrigleyville' City Connect jerseys
The Cubs began the rollout of a new, baby blue alternate uniform Friday night, with a video teasing addition appearing on the team’s social media pages.
The new uniform will replace the navy “Wrigleyville” City Connect jerseys, which the team is retiring. The Cubs are is scheduled to debut the new alternate jerseys on Saturday, April 5, when they play the Padres in the first Wrigley Field series of the year. The team will then sport them at home on Fridays throughout the summer.
The jerseys will go on sale beginning Friday at Cubs Convention and the team store at Gallagher Way.
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The uniforms were designed as a nod to Cubs and Chicago history both in color and details.
In 1941, the Cubs were the first MLB team to wear baby blue. The color was featured in several uniform variations over the years, but it hasn’t been a staple in the team’s jersey rotation since 1981.
Baby blues made a brief comeback in 2014 as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of Wrigley Field, when the Cubs donned throwback uniforms.
The logo, lettering, sleeve patch and socks of the new uniforms are meant to recognize the Chicago blues, a musical genre that emerged in the city it was named after.
The logo on the jersey and hat are a riff off of Cubs logos from around the same time period, early-to-mid 1900’s, while also drawing on the typography of companies that made electric guitars, amplifiers and microphones in that era. The numbers and lettering on the jersey follow the same vein.
The sleeve patch is in the shape of a guitar pick, with the lettering inside forming a lightning bolt, as a subtle nod to the electrification of the blues.
The socks include six stripes, like the strings of a guitar. And they reference the song “Sweet Home Chicago.”