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This weekend marked the first time in which the Kansas City Royals donned their new City Connect uniforms on the field. And after some rave reviews of their previous design, the new purple, pink and blue threads weren’t nearly as well received by many among Royals faithful<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Many have weighed in on the Royals’ new alternate unforms, including some local sports names beyond the baseball field such as former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Gehrig Dieter. The Alabama product knows a thing or two about being a part of successful products, having been won a Super Bowl with the Chiefs back in 2020. He took to X this weekend to get Royals fans’ thoughts on whether they thought their new uniforms were a success.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And there were no shortage of responses of all types to Dieter’s question. Some were very similar to the initial overwhelming outrage upon their announcement of them<\/a>, others were much more mixed in their reviews of them, while others received them fairly well with only minor critiques to make.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These will forever be on the list of what were they thinking Jersey edition.<\/p>\n \u2014 Eric Kolkmeyer (@erickolkmeyer) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n I’ve tried to get on board but I hate the hat and we already had an ELITE city connect uni. Just hard to get away from that IMO. Was nowhere to go but down.<\/p>\n \u2014 The_Wolf (@The_Wolf_1994) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n I will say the hat looks better on the field than it did in the promo pictures. Everything other than the headwear is great.<\/p>\n The helmets were just sloppily done, didn\u2019t even do the gradient properly so they just look ugly.<\/p>\n \u2014 Cori Jobman Entertainment (@CoriJSportsEtc) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n They are pretty cool jerseys and pants….but the hat is a weak point in the whole look. It looks out of place. The white hats look the best with the uniform.<\/p>\n \u2014 Andrew Sampson (@andrew__sampson) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n I wish the blue was more dominant than the purple on the hats and socks. I think the logo and number design are 10\/10. Basically I dont hate them, but I prefer our royal or powder blues.<\/p>\n \u2014 paul blatt (@kcfanxiii) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n I like everything but the socks<\/p>\n \u2014 Carter Jensen Enjoyer (@CJ_Enjoyer) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like multiple other City Connects around the league or just new jerseys general for that matter, there’s going to be an overwhelming and vocal group of those who are in opposition to them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, often lost in the mix are those who are in favor of them. While Dieter’s post on X saw a few of those satisfied (or at least somewhat satisfied) customers, there are some more notable names around the Royals sphere who share the same opinion, including World Series winning franchise favorite and now new Royals.TV analyst, Eric Hosmer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Responding to a blog that offered harsh criticism to the new City Connects, Hosmer kept his response short and sweet with just two words, “trust it”<\/a>. He’d later offer similar sentiment to some of the new City Connect merch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Same! Can\u2019t wait to bite the sleeves off come summertime too \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc#FountainsUp<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/kKCdtAWP6v<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eric Hosmer (@TheRealHoz35) April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n\n
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Not all within the Royals sphere appear to dislike new City Connects<\/h2>\n
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