Speaking of the Burlington Bees, I worked for them back in the late 90's when they were a Cincinnati Reds affiliate. Back then, the Reds required (or maybe strongly suggested) that all of their minor league teams feature red as the primary color. To facilitate this, the Bees rolled out red hats (with grey bills) to wear at home and replaced their yellow trim with red. The result was this monstrosity - complete with blue pinstripes.
The road unis were even worse. The only red to be found was on the numbers and the trim on the front of the jersey. They apparently satisfied the Reds rules, but certainly didn't look anything like the parent club.
I distinctly remember watching the blue-and-green clad Charleston Wheelers playing in bright red spikes around this time period (1994). Looked as horrible as you can imagine. In 1995 they changed to the Charleston Alley Cats, wore red and black and it looked fine.
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I distinctly remember watching the blue-and-green clad Charleston Wheelers playing in bright red spikes around this time period (1994). Looked as horrible as you can imagine. In 1995 they changed to the Charleston Alley Cats, wore red and black and it looked fine.