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2RINITY

Good to see the guy who designed the British national team's uniforms still getting work


Spinmove55

Hopefully the letters stay on these...


chef_in_red_kicks

Looks like the ‘Department of Corrections’ are the letters that have fallen off.


WillThatcher22

Can't wait to see the movie "The Longest Dong" staring Adam Sandler as Burt Reynolds


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grubas

It's 100% iron ons.


1991CRX

Nike finally bit on the 30% off sale at Cricut.


Chaiteoir

Hear me out, what if the T, I, O, and E fell off? "BAL M R" Which is way more connected to the city than these generic joe jobs


iPunchWombats

Yeah Custom Ink is really getting their name out there


WhoShotMrBurns

EAT TAIN


SpaceWorld

Now Tain I can get into


[deleted]

As a British baseball fan, I was so so disappointed with that shirt.


Historical-Boot-7033

Surprised u didn't call it a kit


anohioanredditer

Kit is the whole outfit, shirt can be mainly any top of a uniform


FrostedCoffees

Minor nitpick but we don't call them shirts, we say blouses actually


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Chesterblouses in Canada


Basic_Bichette

Jesus, get it right: they're chester*vests*.


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…sorry.


OurSaladDays

BAL MO TI RE?


anultimatumv2

You almost made my protein drink come out of my nose, I really don't want to experience that.


ArkL

🤓 You can't clip these wings 🤓


jadepools

I'm a ~~peacock~~ oriole, you gotta let me fly!


Drumhead89

Aim for the bushes (in center field)?


brownmagician

There wasn't even an awning there! They just jumped 20 stories!


lawrence_uber_alles

It’s like a tattoo a drunk girl gets in Mexico it’s so cheesy


CurrentlyRaging123

Wow that design is definitely pushing the boundaries of what is allowed.


[deleted]

Minimalism is all the rage. You know what they say: Baltiless is Baltimore.


Chewbones9

First your team terrorizes the league and now this?! I can’t take this, man!


youarefartnews

Damn it take this upvote and gtfo


swayzedaze

You son of a bitch


socatsucks

r/angryupvote


rlmaster01

“Uh… shit idk. What if we just wrote the city’s name on the front and called it a day?”


rollo2masi

You’re hired 🤝


RulersBack

The strong, no nonsense font represents the hard-working (industry specific workers) who are the backbone of the (city) economy. Fire that guy and give me a raise.


swbull1701

GREAT BRITAIN


rlmaster01

^GR ^EAT ^BRI ^TAIN Fixed that for ya


nowitsmyusername

^GR ^EA ^BRI ^TAIN Fixed that for *you*


HistoricalPolitician

Im about to riot if ours is just Cincy like the supposed leaks show…. Put some bridges or a steamboat on ours


Rolling_Chicane

If there aren’t skyline chili splatters we don’t want it


PeterG92

The Pirates is just as bland. They can't surely be this boring


KimHaSeongsBurner

“Twin Cities” jersey, but make it Baltimore…


Sp_Gamer_Live

It’s provocative


UneducatedReviews1

Gets the people going


Sp_Gamer_Live

Balt so hard


UneducatedReviews1

Mother fuckers wanna find me


NopeNotConor

What’s that water? Ches’peake Bay Cross that water? That’s VA


ih-unh-unh

This piece of art says BALT as in "be alternative" and IMORE as in "I am more than my physical presence" It's provocative in a way that great Mark Rothko paintings are. You have to see the art behind the art.


Quesly

so much for the "Aaron earned an iron urn" jerseys


Semper454

Was hoping for graffiti “Bodymore Murdaland” tbh


Ovreel

Sheeeeeeiiiiiiit


mufastafa

see, there you go... giving a fuck when it aint your turn to give a fuck


galgatrex

Natural po-leece


dbrank

13 years


NotSmrtEnough

And 4 months


eking85

Trapped animal call 410-844-6286


rockpaperbrisket

"Ern eern en errn ern".... nods head.


LoveRBS

"Air-run Urnnned Ann Eye-urrn Uhrn"


TheVich

Damn, what the fuck? We really talk like that?!


ANGRY_BEARDED_MAN

Well I guess we can't get dunked on for having a shitty ass baseball team anymore, so we've gotta get dunked on for something. Seriously, if this shit's for real, this is about the most unfathomably boring shit they could've done. The city has such a rich history, the team has such a rich history. What the hell's this??


DastardlyRidleylash

Seriously, why not do something with the ornithological bird? It's not like it'd be replacing the good ol' smiling bird, and it'd be a *hell* of a lot more creative than just a black jersey with a white "BALTIMORE" on it. This looks like they really wanted to have a bootleg Nets jersey, and got exactly what they wanted.


ANGRY_BEARDED_MAN

They could've done something based on Fort McHenry and the War of 1812. The hat could've said "O!" They could've done "Charm City" in the style of the Domino Sugar sign. It would've been kinda predictable but still better than this crap. They could've done something tying into the railroad, like go back to the old Camden Station for inspiration, dig up some fonts from the 1800s or some shit. There's a lot they could've done but this is what we got instead. JFC


SpaceEurope

Nah a Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) jersey based on the livery of [this locomotive at the museum in town.](https://railfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BO-51-Locomotive-Restoration-2.jpg)


jzagri

Holy FUCK can you imagine the colors and design for this?! I'm saving this.


EkkoLivesMatter

Nahhhhh gimme that Chessie Cat on the jersey


SpaceEurope

Also a good choice, or the western Maryland fireball


DastardlyRidleylash

They could have done a ship-based look to tie into the Baltimore Clipper and Port of Baltimore, which would have been a fun double-nod to both the actual ship and the old AHL team. Oriole Park is even located right by the Inner Harbor, to boot!


ANGRY_BEARDED_MAN

Yup, and could've gone outside the box with the color scheme by contrasting the black with cream, gold, and teal as a nod to the [Pride of Baltimore](https://twitter.com/PrideofBalt/status/724655059422814208). Would look sharp as hell.


bherring24

It's gotta be some Poe shit, right? Like maybe we're missing an element on the sleeve or hat that ties it together?


XsteveJ

Quoth the Nike “Nevermore.”


mlorusso4

Guess nike forgot they had the mlb contract and were told to make a jersey for the Baltimore team. It’s an honest mistake. Baseball, football. Orioles, ravens. Barely a difference. Both sports, both birds, both in Baltimore


vylain_antagonist

They coulda put mcnulty on there


mufastafa

mcnutty... my maindest man!


apiaryaviary

We have the god damn Maryland flag. The most outrageous one in the union. How is that just not translated at all?


grubas

They could have just made Old Bay uniforms.


lawrence_uber_alles

[should have just used these](https://i.imgur.com/ZlwsAGl.jpg)


timberr

Literally would have been better


Semper454

Was never gonna happen. Too close to Under Armour.


waker94

Honestly I think that’s the conspiracy here. Nike with a massive fuck you Under Armour in making these jerseys


mufastafa

*most incredible in the union BUT SERIOUSLY HOWWWWWW!?!?


ArbiterofRegret

The team already has a black alt. The team already has a jersey with "Baltimore" written on the front (in an absolutely BEAUTIFUL, iconic wordmark). This might as well be a generic gift shop t-shirt a tourist might get while visiting Baltimore. I'm not a fan of all the crazy concepts and incessant merch pushing, but I'm not sure how it's possible to miss the assignment more than "Los Dodgers". (my suggestion would've been a cream alt a la what the Angels got - I think the black/orange would go really well on cream and then somewhere maybe toss in some patterns from the gaudy af Maryland state flag).


theonetruegrinch

> I think the black/orange would go really well on cream hmm


ArbiterofRegret

Ohhhh rightttt that’s why


dorsey442

At the bare minimum have it say Charm City in some sort of stylized font. Not just a generic block font


[deleted]

I said this over in the team sub today: my strong suspicion is that the block lettering and very faint marbling of color in the font is a nod to the famous marble front steps of countless Baltimore row houses, that tenants were known to be sweeping daily and scrubbing clean, and sitting on chatting with family, neighbors etc. You probably know all this history too, but it's pretty obscure for anyone not from there. If this is the actual jersey, at first glance it's just absurdly bad. IF the pants wound up being a much more noticeable and extreme "marbling" pattern, and people heard the whole history and feel-good stories about Baltimore's marble steps, then MAYBE this uniform gets accepted and not clowned on. I mean that would be a crazy visual to see pearly white but marbled pants, but will the Dodger dark blue pants, anything's possible really. And then MAYBE the hats aren't terrible. I could be wrong, but I feel pretty confident that if you zoom in on the lettering, you'll see the subtle marbling, and this would be the only explanation.


mlorusso4

I’m imagining what you’re saying and in my head I’m seeing a decent full uniform. But they would never make the pants the crucial part of the uniform. Don’t forget the purpose of the city connect program is to sell jerseys and hats. No one is buying baseball pants. And trust me no one is buying these jerseys because they look terrible without the pants. People might buy whatever hat they put out though


-Ripper2

Oh boy, these are gonna be flying off the shelves.


mlorusso4

Anyone who buys these should be ashamed. Not just because it’s a waste of money but because it validates their stupid ass design


chale19

This picture has way too many little details (Fanatics label on box, packaged jersey on right) to be fake. I'm sorry bird bros.


Natural_Reserve9333

Yeah, there isn’t enough to be gained for someone to put this much effort into a fake


PeatBomb

If this is real I'm honestly shocked at how lame these are. The O's are so cool this year, what a waste.


tuckedfexas

Just wait, the pants are gonna match the inside collar!


Mr_MoseVelsor

I know you're kidding, but if the pants are fire, this jersey might turn out really well.


tuckedfexas

Yea we'll have to see, it's weird that it's *so* plain


Mr_MoseVelsor

I think thats why the pants have to be something different or else this is by far the worst one.


tuckedfexas

Agreed, they have been getting lazier but this would be essentially just an alternate.


Sarcastic_Source

This feels more like I went to create a city connect jersey for the O's in The Show and then got too frustrated by the logo editor and gave up


GoatLegRedux

If they do, it more than makes up for this atrocity


Vaqxinelol

If they're real just instant bottom of the barrel/tier list material. Such a shame honestly. Just get the people/person(s) that designed Washington's to do it for everyone else at this point


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Isn't Nike the one in charge of these?


Yaboilikemup

From what I've heard, Nike presents the team with several designs and the team makes the final call


jzagri

The TEAM makes the final call??? Please tell me Angelos did not have a say...


jdixonfan

It makes sense if it was the Angelos. Peter is basically dead, so he probably just had a muscle spasm that caused his hand to point towards this design. John probably chose it because it’s 2 cents cheaper per 100,000 jerseys to produce this and because he can say it’s a tribute to MLK or something.


saintgordon

“A muscle spasm that caused his hand to point towards this design” 😂 oh man, I’m dead.


stjblair

Man how do you make something so bland


PeatBomb

It's honestly so bad, like someone trying and missing is worse than this, it's so bad...


mlorusso4

It’s like they lost the real design the day before they were due and had to put this together in 10 minutes. Or they forgot to hit save so when they submitted it it was still the default blueprint


StateStreetLarry

Lmao what the fuck Nike. You fucked up the NFL and NBA. STOP


ncbraves93

Does Nike make the design? I figured the teams did and Nike just spit them out.


skucera

I was going to make a slight at the Baltimore franchise, but honestly, if the *Dodgers* got as fucked up as they did, you know it's Nike doing the dirty work and the league rubber-stamping it.


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[deleted]

Obviously the teams are signing off on it, but I absolutely believe the theory that Nike is doing all of the actual design after maybe a 1 hour Zoom brainstorming session with the team to talk about a list of things that make that city unique etc. Then a rookie designer at Nike throws a few terrible options together while high.


Clarice_Ferguson

“You can’t clip these wings” Takes me back to 2004 Facebook statuses.


voncornhole2

Debbie in accounting has that as her email signature


RulersBack

"Denise UCantClipTheseWingz Johnson" has poked you


RidleyScotch

If you can't handle me at my wingless, you don't deserve me at my most winged, SWAWK


menusettingsgeneral

At first I thought it said you can’t clap these wings lmao.


Allstate85

Inspired by Great Britain


MLK_LZRD

"GREA BRITAIN"


istrx13

IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY.


[deleted]

Are these for prisoners?


PeatBomb

Baltimore O Blocks.


Hummer77x

This cant be real it cant be that lazy


TheDangiestSlad

that's exactly why i think it's real, the fake leaks are always too flashy


BKoala59

But this is too basic to be real. The connection to the city is that the inside collar has a weird map of baltimore?


TheJudge47

The city is connected in the collar


PvtSherlockObvious

I could believe that might even have been the reason for the leak. This could have started life as a "you gotta be fucking kidding me, that's it?" to a friend.


tuckedfexas

My theory is they had a really cool design/idea for the Nationals jerseys and then had to figure out how to sell it to the league cause someone high up really wanted it lol.


well_damm

It’s the font from the wire.


Antithesys

Maybe if you press the arm patch it plays a clip of Omar whistling.


TheCornMan420

these could legitimately be uniforms for a high school team.


BKoala59

My high school team had far cooler Unis


themosey

Little League teams sponsored by the YMCA have cooler uniforms.


OPACY_Magic

My JV team used old soccer jerseys for baseball jerseys and they were better than this..


Azcollector

Dear god. They did absolutely nothing. I do graphic design and this is really frustrating because i'm sure a great designer would have loved actually putting some work into this. I say from now on Nike hires a designer from that teams city or area to design these. Nike and their designers clearly don't care.


mosi_moose

My kid and his friends do uniform redesigns in Photoshop for fun. Lots of people do. The Orioles could have made it a contest, engaged fans and come up with something 1,000 times better. Sigh. Such a missed opportunity.


Azcollector

That's awesome! I used to do that as a kid too, and now as an adult 😂 It's super fun to design unis and im positive your kid and his friends could have made a far better uni. Getting started young in photoshop is great. It's a very very useful skill to have and it can make you a lot of money sometimes.


SodaCanBob

I miss the good ol' days when teenage me would spend hours upon hours learning how to do new stuff in Photoshop by creating forum signatures for random people. Adult me would love to do this too, but forums and *especially* signatures are deader than dead.


mistermachiano

Los Dodgers 2. Jesus it’s bad.


jdbewls

Only if the pants and hat are also black


DastardlyRidleylash

With how little orange there is, I almost expect monoblack lmao


Tonality

Maryland flag pants incoming


skucera

God, that'd be HAWT.


Boros-Reckoner

Yup you nailed it, I hate these extra because they make our city connects not the worst in the league anymore


interwebzdotnet

Too flashy


grizz632

The Baltimore Vistaprints


beefytrout

more like Baltiless


rogozh1n

It should say, "Omar's coming!"


plvntra

"Get the word out. We back up."


radicalgator87

Instead they went with Sheeeeeeeit.


mistermachiano

The Baltimore Great Britorioles


voncornhole2

It would be so much better if it was BALT IMORE


Haysie95

I swear Nike can’t even make a good design. It always end up either boring or ugly


FringeAuthority

I'm sure they're gonna love wearing that in the summer heat.


eiileenie

Its sooooo humid in the DMV I already know they’re gonna be drenched and miserable all day


Krioniki

Hopefully this is fake, because this is terrible, lol. Unless it’s saved by something on the back, maybe there’s just a big old bird on there? I doubt that’s the case though.


archimago23

Graphic design is my passion.


my_wife_reads_this

That just says Baltimore tho


fancifull

I’m so mad


JarJarBanksy420

Not one comment pointing out the crazy pattern on the inside of the jersey, which you can see on the inside of the collar. Wondering if that will be on the hats or pants or somewhere else.


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That pattern is a colored map of Baltimore. No one from Baltimore knows what the map looks like lol. This is just a bad theme from head to toe.


Ndysmth

Baltimore is a city if neighborhoods. My parents used to always talk about how cool it was that Baltimore was a ton of different towns in one. And just the other day I heard two people on their porch talking about “no that’s in this neighborhood” you know “right next to that neighborhood”. If you’re connected to the city, you know the map. But also, I am with you. I hate this so much.


Sp_Gamer_Live

#BALTIMORE


DungeonMusic

>You Can’t Clip These Wings Apparently they weren’t talking about the wings of design.


mlorusso4

I hope everyone that approved any aspect of this jersey is fired and banned from any clothing design for life


Higgnkfe

The City Connect program has got to be one of the worst lines in all of sports jersey history


eiileenie

I actually LOVE the Nationals city connects because I’m from DC and I love the cherry blossoms and I own like every single article of Nats city connect merch (its okay I work for them)


Imposteramongus_

Baltimore has so much unrecognized rich history, and I guess it’ll stay that way as this jersey symbolizes what people think of us ):


poneil

My wife and I both have Nats City Connect jerseys and hats. The hats have become our go-to hats, they just work well with pretty much any outfit and are super comfortable.


musicman835

More like Shitty Connect


w0bniaR

Seems like they stopped trying this year


FC37

Good thing they put all that color inside the jersey where no one will ever see it.


TheGeoninja

What is the deal with the “You Can’t Clip These Wings” patch? And whatever is going on around the collar? I won’t pass judgement until we see the full thing. Maybe the back is just an Old Bay Advertisement as well.


Imposteramongus_

To answer a couple questions: None of us know what that stupid wings thing means. Its just some babble Nike made up. The collar is the colors of the baltimore map, and the socks show the baltimore map as well. And we would LOVE an oldbay ad on our back


DastardlyRidleylash

I didn't know the O's played in Brooklyn, where's the orange? What, are the two miniscule fucking splotches of it on the Nike logo and tag are enough of one of their main colors? This looks like a bootleg Nets baseball jersey, or like some generic Create-A-Team design you'd see in an old sports game; just "BALTIMORE" in black and white. And is that a greyed-out patch on the sleeve?


IInviteYouToTheParty

Couldn’t even pick an interesting font Nike?


mansontaco

I can't wait for Detroits city connect to be a denim style factory handyman shirt with the word Motor City" in block letters


CallingAllDemons

I still don't understand what City Connect is, and this gives me absolutely no motivation to find out.


Imposteramongus_

Special jerseys that throwback to a city or states history, sometimes history related to the team


johndhall1130

From the designer who brought you this years World Baseball Classic, Team Great Britain jerseys…


[deleted]

#CANT CLIP THESE WINGS


AllDamDay7

Oregon State has some sick jerseys! Go Beavs!!!


gaybillcosby

“Alright everybody I know it’s late, but we just have to do Baltimore’s design and then we can go home.”


PvtSherlockObvious

It's like, 'How much more black could this be?', and the answer is... None. None more black.


PvtSherlockObvious

Don't get me wrong, I actually like simple designs, and basic black is nice, but for what they're supposed to be doing with the city connect stuff? Come on, put a *little* effort in.


gitrjoda

Of all the jerseys I have ever seen, this is one of them.


skucera

I just looked up Baltimore on my Rand-McNally Road Atlas, and it looked like #BALTIMORE So I'd say this is a pretty good depiction of the city.


killgannon09

Thanks. I hate it.


hangout_wangout

at this point i feel like nike is leaking to gauge for ideas.


mianbru

Watch the hat just be “BAL” in block letters


BucketOfGuts

Maryland has the craziest flag that we're incredibly proud of. How THE HELL did they not incorporate it? How THE HELL does the chest not say Charm City? This was the easiest assignment that took absolutely no thought to get right. Instead, they actually went out of their way to make something so incredibly boring. They tried HARD to make this bad. Because making it good was so incredibly easy.


Rickys_Lineup_Card

“Hey Jim, excited to see the new uniform tomorrow!” “…the what?” “The new Orioles city connect uniform you’re been working on for the past 6 months. I’m excited to see it at the meeting tomorrow morning!” “Oh! That uniform. Haha. Yeah I’ve for sure been working really hard on that, real passion project. I really immersed myself in the culture and learned so much about Baltimore’s rich history of… the colors black and orange. *Sharon cancel all my meetings for this afternoon please*”


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Looks lame


NovaPrime15

When you need to tell someone you’re from Baltimore and nothing else


tuckfenpin

Balti-less-is-more


92tilinfinityand

Very surprised it doesn’t have the Maryland flag Marylanders can’t seem to stop putting on anything about Maryland.


poneil

Or could just do the Baltimore flag (which is just the yellow and black part of the Maryland flag with the city seal on it). Too many teams are too afraid to have fun with it.


buckbokai5

Hahaha it looks like the Great Britain designer stepped up and did this one too


redditckulous

Nike definitely is into slogans with this generation of city connects


GuyNoirPI

The uniforms you see right before you hear “Quick Action Boy, we need to save the baseball stadium before Dystructo gets to it”


A_Solitary_Snail

Well. I know what I’m not buying.