Red Sox unveil blue-and-yellow uniforms before Patriots' Day

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox will have a new look on Patriots’ Day weekend.

They’ll honor the Boston Marathon and the city by wearing blue-and-yellow uniforms, the colors that stretch across the finish line of the famous race.

Boston will be the first of seven major league teams to wear new uniforms to honor the city they represent. The team will break them out — with no red — on April 17-18 when they host the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox unveiled the upcoming look Tuesday on Twitter.

“Very good. I think some of the people are going to like it, some others won’t like it,” Red Sox manager said Alex Cora before the game against Tampa Bay. "If you look around the other leagues, they’re proactive, marketing not only the teams but their players.

“If you look at the NBA, it seems like they have a uniform for, you have one for every day. I’m all for it. I think this league has been lacking pushing their players out there and marketing them,” he said.

The jerseys will be yellow with “Boston” across the front in powder blue. On one sleeve, they will have a patch with the numbers “617” for the city’s area code where Fenway Park is located and appear within a racing bib. They’ll also be wearing white pants with a light blue cap with a big “B” in the middle.

It was met with mixed reviews when shown to fans at the team’s nearby souvenir store across the street from third base at Fenway.

“Why yellow?” said 25-year-old Allison Feinberg of Leominster, wearing a blue sweatshirt with red “Red Sox” letters across the front. “I think they’re a little too yellow. I don’t understand the yellow at all.”

When told it was to honor the city and the Marathon on Patriots’ Day weekend, she replied: “Ah, OK. That...

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