dirwuf Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Cubs in road gray jerseys tonight in Milwaukee with Zambrano on the mound. This is the first time I've ever seen Carlos choose anything but the blue alt...In 2007 he had no choice because they ditched the alts for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirwuf Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 Has that ever been an issue before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittfan11 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.No, no, no, I can't count how many times I've seen teams go against each other either wearing navy blue or black jerseys on both side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbaker19 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.No, no, no, I can't count how many times I've seen teams go against each other either wearing navy blue or black jerseys on both side.Blue and black are different than blue and blue. That's why the Cubs are wearing gray. I've never seen a Cubs-Brewers game in which both teams wore their blue alternates. Thanks Dolphins91 for the jersey avatars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.No, no, no, I can't count how many times I've seen teams go against each other either wearing navy blue or black jerseys on both side.Blue and black are different than blue and blue. That's why the Cubs are wearing gray. I've never seen a Cubs-Brewers game in which both teams wore their blue alternates.But seriously, Cubs blue and Brewers blue do not clash...at least I don't see an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 So maybe it was the Brewers trying to get into his head. Either way, it was a rare, but welcome, sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.No, no, no, I can't count how many times I've seen teams go against each other either wearing navy blue or black jerseys on both side.Maybe if you had put a few more "no"s in there, your point would have been valid. While it definitely still occasionally happens, MLB has tried to instruct teams to not wear similarly-colored jerseys against each other, which is why you only see the Astros gray jerseys when they play at the Diamondbacks, and AZ chooses to wear their red shirts. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouj Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.No, no, no, I can't count how many times I've seen teams go against each other either wearing navy blue or black jerseys on both side.Maybe if you had put a few more "no"s in there, your point would have been valid. While it definitely still occasionally happens, MLB has tried to instruct teams to not wear similarly-colored jerseys against each other, which is why you only see the Astros gray jerseys when they play at the Diamondbacks, and AZ chooses to wear their red shirts.I posted this in the alternates thread a few weeks ago, but the general idea about clashing is that navy/navy, navy/black, black/black, navy/royal all clash. Red/brick, red/orange, brick/orange clash. Royal/columbia do not clash. MOST teams listen to MLB about this. SOME teams selectively listen (TEX, SD, ATL). Go Astros!Go Texans!Go Rockets!Go Javelinas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarsofthumper Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.September 17,2008 they both wore their alternates in a night game at Wrigley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirwuf Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.September 17,2008 they both wore their alternates in a night game at Wrigleyhttp://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20080917&content_id=3496982&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home&c_id=chc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 So maybe it was the Brewers trying to get into his head. Either way, it was a rare, but welcome, sight.Most likely, but who knows...airline lost their luggage? Definitely a strange sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 In all honesty, Zambrano isn't good enough to pick his team's jerseys anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleRush Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I honestly thought the Cubs Blue jerseys were their road sets, and the gray had been banished.I haven't seen them in gray on the road in forever, until once earlier this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I honestly thought the Cubs Blue jerseys were their road sets, and the gray had been banished.I haven't seen them in gray on the road in forever, until once earlier this season.That's interesting, because I thought the exact opposite. Especially with Zambrano out of the rotation -- and I don't think ANY pitcher should pick -- I thought we were seeing more of the white at home and more of the gray on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbaker19 Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I'm guessing that he was forced to because the Brewers decided to wear their navy alts and it clashes with the Cubs' blue, so the Brewers, being the home team, forced Z's hand.I could be wrong, though.September 17,2008 they both wore their alternates in a night game at Wrigleyhttp://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20080917&content_id=3496982&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home&c_id=chcMust have missed that game. Oh well, looks like I was proven wrong. Thanks Dolphins91 for the jersey avatars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirwuf Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 Hey wadda ya know, home against the A's tonight and Carlos is in pinstripes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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