Pirates in Ketchup Red

[Yac12]

I miss the gray caps. I think they looked sharp.

[averyj]

Maybe they wanted to, I don't know, sell more product?

A black alternate with yellow script and (maybe) white outlines would have accomplished the same result without pissing all over the team's identity.

For instance:

That jersey wouldn't work because they wouldn't let pitchers wear yellow sleeves, especially yellow long sleeves. It would make it harder for the batters to pick up the ball out of the pitcher's hand.

Well the Yankees originally wore pinstripes to make Babe Ruth look slimmer, so I say go for it.

WRONG!

Yankees have had pinstripes since 1915. Babe Ruth came to the team in 1920.

[stevio321]

what the hell

[nwtrailtrekker]

why not a yellow version of that jersey for an alt??? what idiots.

[swilson160]

They need a yellow vest with a yellow hat. Maybe yellow pants, too...

Seriously, though, their regular set is one of the top 5 or so in the majors. Red is unnecessary, and the red vest looks 100 times worse than any of the red jerseys out there.

[KCScout76]

Gold Unis - YES!! Like the one Willie Stargell is wearing.

Why Red?? Who knows!!! Those are FUGLY!!!

Tradition!! Look at the Yankees & Cubs. They don't just throw on red unis cause it's in their color scheme.

Dear Pirates Org - Black & Gold. Stay with tradition - I love the Pirates in their old school Golds!!! NO RED PLEASE -

[winghaz]

That jersey wouldn't work because they wouldn't let pitchers wear yellow sleeves, especially yellow long sleeves. It would make it harder for the batters to pick up the ball out of the pitcher's hand.

What if a pitcher, wearing a regular, non-vest jersey, didn't wear long sleeves or medium-length-sleeves? What if the batter could only see the bare arm of the pitcher?

[Sodboy13]

That's a whole different set of problems, right there.

[dirwuf]

It looks like the Pirates and Chicago Bulls had a love child...

[eww7633]

Gold Unis - YES!! Like the one Willie Stargell is wearing.

Why Red?? Who knows!!! Those are FUGLY!!!

Tradition!! Look at the Yankees & Cubs. They don't just throw on red unis cause it's in their color scheme.

Dear Pirates Org - Black & Gold. Stay with tradition - I love the Pirates in their old school Golds!!! NO RED PLEASE -

The Pirates organization doesn't listen to anyone, especially fans.

That's a whole different set of problems, right there.

I won't take that road set back, but I'll take A-Ram back.

[navywhitestripes]

i hate to say this because the pirates were the first team as a child that i liked. So i know them as black and gold but, thinking as pirates in general, their true colours are black white and red as in flags. so im mixed .....tradition with the team or with the name..............

[JH42XCC]

Put those Pirates "Ketchup Red" alternate jerseys into the "what were they thinking?" department (along with the Detroit Lions Black alternate jerseys and the Nashville Predators Mustard alternate jerseys)!

[M59]

I like 'em.

They should be worn with the alternate cap.

When the game worn jerseys are available, I'll buy one.

[AndrewPF]

They aren't too bad. I kind of like them

[LEWJ]

The only time it would actually look, OK to wear red billed caps, they don't....wtf.

[WJMorris3]

You know, the red pants idea might work here. It certainly worked for Cleveland and Philadelphia, not to mention the Cuban national team.

[Luigi74]

I have said this before but the gastly Pirate red uni's are what the Sacermento Pirates would have been wearing full time if Kevin McClatchy had his way and moved the team.

[-kj]

The red isn't horrible, but the black detailing on that dark of a red makes it look completely awful.

[apeman33]

That jersey wouldn't work because they wouldn't let pitchers wear yellow sleeves, especially yellow long sleeves. It would make it harder for the batters to pick up the ball out of the pitcher's hand.

What if a pitcher, wearing a regular, non-vest jersey, didn't wear long sleeves or medium-length-sleeves? What if the batter could only see the bare arm of the pitcher?

I think that, by rule, the only undersleeve color that's illegal is white. If white sleeves were totally illegal, every team's home uniform would have to be a vest. I'll see if I can look up the exact wording of the rule.

[cheo25]

That jersey wouldn't work because they wouldn't let pitchers wear yellow sleeves, especially yellow long sleeves. It would make it harder for the batters to pick up the ball out of the pitcher's hand.

What if a pitcher, wearing a regular, non-vest jersey, didn't wear long sleeves or medium-length-sleeves? What if the batter could only see the bare arm of the pitcher?

I think that, by rule, the only undersleeve color that's illegal is white. If white sleeves were totally illegal, every team's home uniform would have to be a vest. I'll see if I can look up the exact wording of the rule.

I wish for the death of the vest. These are just so hideous, even worse than the Rockies' monstrosities that matched two colors that really don't match (black vest with purple undershirt).

The Pirates had good-looking sleeved jerseys as recently as 2000. I understand the desire for a look tied to history, but the Pirates' vests looked bad in the '50s and '60s, too. At least back then, they didn't occasionally look like a bunch of ketchup stains running around on the field.