Alex Cora says Purple Sox can have a set uniform schedule subsequent 12 months

The Purple Sox used to decide on their uniforms considerably arbitrarily earlier than video games. That received’t be the case subsequent 12 months.

Supervisor Alex Cora that the Purple Sox can have a set uniform schedule for the 2024 season, revealed on the DraftKings’ “Title Redacted Podcast.” The workforce will put on alternate uniforms much less regularly, as Cora needed to see the Purple Sox put on their conventional white residence jerseys and grey jerseys extra usually.

“There’s going to be construction subsequent 12 months,” Cora mentioned. “There’s going to be lots of whites, lots of grays.”

The Purple Sox will sometimes put on their white jerseys at residence and grey jerseys whereas on the highway. However on Fridays, they are going to don their purple alternates for residence video games and their blue alternates for away video games.

For Saturday video games at residence, the Purple Sox will put on their yellow Metropolis Join jerseys.

“On Saturdays, folks know, ‘Metropolis Connects.’ You go sporting yellow to Fenway Park,” Cora mentioned.

The Metropolis Version jerseys had been unveiled in 2021 as a solution to honor Patriots’ Day, and their yellow and light-blue coloration scheme was designed to resemble the Boston Marathon. The Purple Sox have discovered monumental success in these jerseys, as they’re 27-7 in video games they’ve performed whereas sporting them.

Throughout a tough stretch final season, Purple Sox clubhouse supervisor Tommy McLaughlin needed the Purple Sox to put on the Metropolis Version jerseys for good luck, because the Purple Sox had a 10-game profitable streak whereas sporting them from July 27, 2022 to Aug. 7, 20223. However going ahead, the jerseys will now not be used as a crutch for poor efficiency.

“We can’t depend on yellow at any time when we suck,” Cora mentioned. “Is it the uniforms or is it us?”

The Purple Sox might not be sporting their Metropolis Join jerseys — and even their purple and blue alternates — as a lot as they did final season, however they are going to nonetheless be part of their sturdy uniform lineup subsequent 12 months.

“I feel our uniforms are nice, Cora mentioned. “Handsome uniforms.”