Alternate road jerseys? Yankees stars react to possible new uniforms
Some Yankees stars like Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton reacted to the possibility of alternate road jerseys.
BOSTON – If the Yankees added an alternate road jersey, Giancarlo Stanton is certain that the world wouldn’t spin off its axis. “Yes, I would be a fan,’’ Stanton said of that change. In discussing the possibility of a third Yankee uniform top with certain of his teammates, Stanton said, “a lot of people would be OK with it for sure.
’’ The subject of adopting an alternate road jersey, thus joining the rest of modern MLB, is something Yankees players have talked about frequently in recent years, said Stanton. “There’s a lot of tradition here - the most iconic jersey there is in sports,’’ said Stanton. “But that doesn’t mean that every once in the while you can’t change something up.
“Especially on the road. ’’ "Why not'' add a navy-blue road jersey? On Wednesday, a report in The Athletic stated that “Yankees players had pitched’’ to upper management the idea of wearing their solid navy-blue batting practice jerseys – with New York on the front – during an occasional road series.
“It’s always in our locker but we don’t wear them (in games). But why not? ’’ said Stanton.