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Feeling green?

Posted by Chris Forsberg, Boston.com Staff April 23, 2009 09:26 AM

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Jeff Bailey shows off the Sox' Earth Day uniforms while slugging a second-inning home run. (Globe and Wire Photos)

The Red Sox broke out their green tops to celebrate Earth Day during a 7-3 triumph over the Minnesota Twins in Game 2 of a doubleheader sweep Wednesday at Fenway Park. You can see the recycling logo on Jeff Bailey's right sleeve in the inset above.

For more photos from both of yesterday's games, check out our photo gallery.

Be sure to vote in our poll below and leave your thoughts on the Sox' uniforms -- which also feature a shamrock on the left sleeve and were used for a spring training game on St. Patrick's Day -- in the comments section below.

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The Sox originally debuted these uniforms for a St. Patrick's Day game on March 17 in Fort Myers. (AP)

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34 comments so far...
  1. Anything... ANYTHING... is better than those embarassing red jerseys we are now stuck seeing every Friday night along with those phony Sox hats.

    This Red Sox ownership jumped the shark a long time ago with the freakish fashion show.

    The only uniforms the Boston Red Sox should be wearing on the field are the classic, traditional Boston Red Sox home whites with the true Red Sox famous "B" cap for Boston.

    Posted by Janice Harwood April 23, 09 09:54 AM
  1. I think it was a nice gesture. It's always good to raise awareness, especially considering how many people seemingly still don't care about the earth. I hope they make it an annual event!

    Posted by denver_soxfan April 23, 09 10:05 AM
  1. Who cares what they wear? They can wear pink for all I care as long as they win.

    Posted by FashionSenseless April 23, 09 10:06 AM
  1. I don't mind these Earth Day jersey's - I really don't like the hanging Sox hats though. It's ok for a fan walking around the city streets but NOT on the field. It's just WRONG!!

    Posted by Susan April 23, 09 10:09 AM
  1. Imagine how much energy and material was wasted by the Red Sox to show their support for Earth Day. If they really wanted to make a statement about Earth Day, they could have done it in many better ways.

    Posted by Matt April 23, 09 10:10 AM
  1. I don't mind the Earth day uniforms but it would be hypocritical if they are made of the same crap the other ones are made of and/or made in China... Not too earth friendly.

    Posted by DP April 23, 09 10:16 AM
  1. More "new" uniforms? Why couldn't they have saved the money? They should auction those ugly things off to charity!

    Posted by baseballdiamond April 23, 09 10:20 AM
  1. I disagree. I think baseball jerseys need to be modernized. Hockey jerseys are great because of the colors and logos. Same with football and basketball. But some baseball jerseys are really boring. The Yankees and Red Sox come to mind. There are some boring baseball jerseys. The new road jerseys look horrible (May want to change their name to the Boston Navy Blue Sox for road games). I personally really like the alternate home jerseys and alternate road jerseys aren't too bad (the new logo isn't bad either). I guess it's all taste and personal opinion, but I would like to see more creativity in baseball uniforms. And for the record, I think the green jerseys look horrible.

    Posted by Jon1498 April 23, 09 10:35 AM
  1. I get the idea of recognizing Earth Day. That's the Sox' call as an organization. But what was the deal with the shamrock on the left sleeve? Is it St. Patrick's Day redux?

    I was watching the game with the sound down last night, so if someone explained that this was their example of recycling jerseys, I apologize. But it seemed very odd to be wearing shamrocks in April.

    Posted by DLewOnRoids April 23, 09 10:37 AM
  1. I wasn't sure if it was for Earth Day or support of the Celtics!

    Posted by Garth April 23, 09 10:47 AM
  1. I prefer the all Green ones...

    Posted by Jay Bay April 23, 09 10:53 AM
  1. Well, the shamrocks do also work as a shout out to the Celtics . . .

    Posted by EinDC April 23, 09 10:55 AM
  1. Oh yeah, the Sox are so committed to the environment. All Saturday games that are not on National TV are now 7pm starts instead of 1pm. Seems saving electricity for the lights is trumped by NESN ratings.

    Posted by PB April 23, 09 10:57 AM
  1. Some of you people need to unclench. The green was fine, they looked great!

    Posted by TeksGlutes April 23, 09 11:03 AM
  1. The Red Sox have such classic home uniforms and HAD classic road uniforms, why do they need to screw around with earth day unis and those batting practice/blue-red jerseys. You don't see the Yankees pulling this crap. They have their classic unis, that everyone likes and they stick with them.
    All the different uniforms make us look small market, expansion-type team (see Pittsburgh or KC or Florida). We are better than that. One home uni (the classic whites), one road uni (the classic gray with red letters) would be just fine.

    Posted by Scott April 23, 09 11:23 AM
  1. The jerseys are ugly, but they can't compare to the hideous and nearly unforgivable new hats. Those don't even belong on a beer league softball team. The players should be embarassed to be seen in such rediculous lids. I hope that the management recognizes the error and bans the manufacture of the abominations.

    Posted by Craig April 23, 09 11:26 AM
  1. Want to make an ACTUAL commitment to the environment? How about a day game now and again -- especially in October!

    Posted by hursty April 23, 09 11:38 AM
  1. Maybe if they wore green shirts and socks they wouldn't have looked so ridiculous. The combination of the red and the green just looked wretched...Thank goodness the Bruins were on, what I saw during commercial breaks and between periods was enough. Just wear the green hats.

    Posted by bkr April 23, 09 11:41 AM
  1. Had they worn green shirts under the uni and green socks it would have looked fine, but could not deal with the white, green, and red. Bring back the B on the caps - not liking the socks symbol there.

    Other idea is to try red pin stripes in honor of Mrs Marky T who may be in the house this weekend.

    GO SOX!

    Posted by ABSoxFan4Life April 23, 09 12:05 PM
  1. I'm fine with the jerseys. At least Red Sox was spelled correctly. Well... as correctly as can be expected. You know what I'm saying...

    Posted by rw April 23, 09 12:12 PM
  1. These uniforms look bad. I'm with Janice (post 1)--the team should wear white at home and grey on the road. Stick with one hat.

    The Triumvirate has done some great things since they arrived, but the Taco Bell thing (2007 WS), the Coca-Cola thing (2008), and these lame new uniforms and "hanging sox" hats are pathetic. Whether real or imagined, these marketing ploys reek of greed.

    Posted by Your Mom April 23, 09 12:24 PM
  1. All this whining here, but man, Scott, you top them all:

    "HAD classic road uniforms"

    Yup, classic road unis, dating all the way back to 1990. That's some history right there.

    "You don't see the Yankees pulling this crap. They have their classic unis, that everyone likes and they stick with them. "

    News flash: we're not the Yankees. What some people call "mystique" and "history," others call stagnation and an unwillingness to evolve.

    "All the different uniforms make us look small market, expansion-type team (see Pittsburgh or KC or Florida)"

    This is where you really give me some laughs. Did you seriously just call the Pirates and expansion-type team? They've been around almost a decade and a laugh longer than the Sox. Maybe you'd be more comfortable with pink hats, as you sound like the worst of bandwagon fans.

    Posted by Jonathan April 23, 09 12:43 PM
  1. I have a weekend ticket plan and live about 4 hours away.....cant see a Saturday game anymore and forget getting home around 10pm on a Sunday night. Sox mgt is messing with tradition, banning a ton of day games, so the are just being consistently anti-traditional with those god-awful uniforms yesterday!! I bet Yankees fans are laughing at Red Sox Nation about now !!

    Posted by Steve D April 23, 09 01:01 PM
  1. can they wear black and gold uniforms for a night after the B's win the cup?

    Posted by sweep lou April 23, 09 01:02 PM
  1. In honor of Earth Day, I recycled my dinner after seeing those knarly uniforms last night. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Traditional home and away uniforms, please.

    Posted by KMB April 23, 09 01:08 PM
  1. PB - Fox Sports has a Saturday afternoon exclusive. So, no one can have an afternoon game unless it is on Fox. Blame Fox and MLB, not the Sox.

    Posted by Bob Damon April 23, 09 01:12 PM
  1. The green uniforms were horrible! Between the green hats and the red shirts underneath the jerseys, they looked like oversized Christmas ornaments.

    Posted by Ray April 23, 09 01:44 PM
  1. In terms of their uniforms, you knew the Sox would develop a small-market look sooner or later.

    After all, the new owners are small-market in every sense of the term.

    Posted by Raymond April 23, 09 02:43 PM
  1. The green jerseys looked just fine although I do agree that they shouldn't wear the red stuff with green

    Posted by Lisa April 23, 09 02:45 PM
  1. The real RED SOX uniform sin is having that furniture store guy waltzing around in full SOX drag! It's a desecration I say! Players, managers, coaches period. If a fan wants to wear a favorite jersey fine but to strut around in the full get-up right down to the cleats to sell a crappy furniture promo (they gotta sweep?) that's beyond the pale.

    Posted by NHBill April 23, 09 02:50 PM
  1. Did someone just call Pittsburgh an expansion team? Might want to check the 1903 World Series again.

    Posted by GS April 23, 09 03:06 PM
  1. "Oh yeah, the Sox are so committed to the environment. All Saturday games that are not on National TV are now 7pm starts instead of 1pm. Seems saving electricity for the lights is trumped by NESN ratings."

    PB - I think the conversion of Sat. games into mostly nights has more to do with Fox's monopoly and greed. There is a huge number of out of NESN market fans who would not be able to watch the games if they stayed on Sat. afternoon. As one of them, I am thrilled that they moved mostly to nights. I hate any Sat. Fox game as I can't watch it (livid about not being able to see Sat's showdown of Beckett v Burnette). If Fox dropped this monopoly, then there would likely be more Sat. afternoon games. The conversion to Sat night is mostly across the board of both leagues, so don't see faulting NESN as much as Fox.

    As to the uniforms - they could have done better by donating the money used to purchase all of these to an environmental organization. They are truely horrid.

    Posted by Kate0322 April 23, 09 03:17 PM
  1. Ohhh it was fur Urf Day! I thought they were confused about when St. Patty's Day was. At first, I thought it was the way the regular uni looks on standard definition since I had to watch it on a non-high-def-hard-to-find-like-a-pot-of-gold-at-the-end-of-a-rainbow channel. Then I realized the lettering was supposed to be green.

    Posted by Jimmy LeDouche April 23, 09 04:03 PM
  1. The new road jerseys aren't new, they're throwback. Go watch highlights from the 80's you'll see them. I like them, I'm also digging the Blue Jays throwback unis as well as the Royals bringing back the powder blue pants.

    Posted by Don Jefferson May 2, 09 07:26 PM
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