Good Monday morning, Sunday Watchers! I hope everyone had a good weekend.
ICYMI, former Oilers quarterback Warren Moon, who is still quite active with the Titans, recently appeared on the podcast Up & Adams with broadcaster Kay Adams, during which he mentioned the Titans are getting new uniforms. Unfortunately, he wasn’t specific as to when the Titans will be getting new uniforms. Some outlets are reporting it’s for this upcoming season, while others aren’t so sure. My take — for what it’s worth — is that the Titans will have new uniforms for the 2026 season, and Moon simply jumped the gun. I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough, but two things lead me to this conclusion. 1) The Titans are the *ONLY* team to announce uniform changes (and those are relatively minor — designating the light blue jersey as the primary, and dumping the Oilers throwbacks); and 2) I don’t think Moon is describing the forthcoming “NFL Rivalry uniforms” (which the Titans won’t receive until 2026). If the Titans were to have new uniforms for this fall, there is almost a 100% likelihood they would have been unveiled prior to this year’s draft.
Now then.
Last week, both the Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins unveiled their new 2025 City Connect uniforms. The White Sox debuted theirs on Friday evening, while the Marlins debuted theirs on Saturday.
As we saw when the ChiSox unveiled their uniforms, their CCs will actually have two caps — a black brim/red crown with black pinstripes as well as a solid black crown and a red brim. They chose the latter for their CC debut.
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It was a cold evening in Chicago on Friday, so almost all players wore long black sleeves — and as you can see above and below, the black sleeves combined with the black set-in sleeves really did give the jerseys the appearance of being a basketball tank top (which of course is the point, since the CCs are basically a tribute to the Chicago Bulls).
Note in the photo above, the NOB is quite large, which is also intentional. Say what you will about the look of the new CCs, but the NOB and number are both easy to read. Especially with the thick white outline on the black numbers.
As I mentioned in my writeup, I wasn’t particularly enamored with the repeating “SOUTHSIDE” which appeared both on the sleeve cuffs and the pants stripes. It wasn’t visible unless the viewer is quite close (which is never for fans in the stands, and only in tight shots on TV), and I thought they’d give off the appearance of having a red/black/red stripe. Indeed that was the case. These would have looked much better if they’d actually had that as a striping pattern, rather then trying to be cute by the use of the multiple “SOUTHSIDE” wordmarks.
Every player I saw was wearing their pants pajama style.
I had mentioned the team was given black CC socks and that probably wasn’t the best, since CC socks (or any hosiery) work best when they contrast with the color of the pants. You can see the first base coach sporting hose here, and — as I had suspected — it doesn’t help in the least (and may even look worse than full-length pants).
One thing we hadn’t seen in the unveiling is what sort of batting helmet the Sox would pair with the new CC. For this game (and I could see them changing these up if they wear different caps), they wore a glossy helmet that replicates the red brim/black crown caps they were wearing.
And of course, not only does the team have two different on-field caps they’ll wear with the CC, they also have a CC batting practice cap. I gotta admit, though, that zipperfront jacket is pretty nice.
The Sox wore their CCs again on Saturday, again wearing their red brim/black crown caps. So we’ll have to wait to find out if their batting helmets will change with a change in caps.
How’d they look in action? The first video below is from Friday and the second is from Saturday.
The Marlins also debuted their new CCs this weekend, and … well, you be the judge:
Seeing the uniforms either with the cap logo obscured, or missing altogether, they don’t look awful. I’m surprised how well the few bright colors really “pop” against the mostly black background of the jersey. White pants are definitely the best call here, although the gradient pants stripes don’t work that well for me — that’s definitely one of the themes of this year’s crop of CCs (as seen on the Nationals and Giants already). Also note that the Marlins have tweaked their advertiser logo colors to better match those of the CC.
My biggest issue with the new CC is of course the area code as the cap logo.
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There’s even a second cap (which I believe is *just* a fan cap) seen here that would work much better. But the gradient blue-to-pink crown and the area code just don’t work on a major league uniform. As a fashion cap? Sure…and I bet they sell a lot, but it looks terrible.
So…the batting helmet has to be better, right?
The two-tone paint job, meant to replicate the gradient brim, looks as bad on the Marlins as it did on the Giants. But the Marlins didn’t stop there with the color…they continued with blue accents on the right side of the helmet …
… and pink on the left.
That, combined with the raised 305 (and yes, it does look like “SOS” depending on the angle) really stood out. And not in a good way.
I love the blue and pink accents in this uniform, but putting them on the helmets was too much of a good thing.
How’d they look in action?
Of the six CCs to be unveiled so far, I’d have to say these two were my least favorite (I think the CC 2.0 versions we have seen so far have been decent to good). That’s more a function that the CCs the White Sox and Marlins are replacing are superior to the new ones, than of these necessarily being bad. My biggest complaints are that I’m not comfortable with the White Sox doing a tribute to the basketball team (especially since both teams are owned by one person), but it’s not a bad looking uniform. I hate black pants worn pajama style, but with the CC socks option, I’m guessing we won’t see too many high-cuffers. I’m also very thankful they wore solid black and not red pinstriped pants. For the Marlins, the “305” cap (and batting helmets) drop the overall look down a few grades. If they had just paired the jersey (which I like) with a non-gradient brim and used the “M” sleeve logo for the cap/helmet, I’d rate these much more highly.
What do you guys think, now that you’ve had a chance to see them on the field?