Phillies fans react to black Players Weekend uniforms

What do you think of the Phillies black uniforms?

The Phillies debut their black Players Weekend uniforms Friday night in Miami, and boy did they get some reaction.

Fans went from hating them to adoring them after Philadelphia went up 7-0 in Miami. Unfortunately, the black may have foreshadowed what would happen after the Marlins came back and put up double-digit runs on the Phillies.

Miami was wearing all white uniforms, which looked horrible, along with the nicknames on the back.

Here’s the reaction from across the Phillies Twitterverse on the black Players Weekend uniforms.

https://twitter.com/Dirtyboysofsum1/status/1165048120599830528

I believe this is the first time the Phillies have worn all black uniforms after traditionally going with the red, white, and variants of blue over their 137 years of playing baseball. They had the maroon and baby blues in the 80s but have stuck with the pinstripe red and whites in recent years.

According to Baseball Reference, the Phillies wore either a really dark navy blue or actual black and white uniforms in 1943.

The black certainly matched the state of affairs for Philadelphia, who entered two games back of the second Wild Card spot and in fourth place in the National League East. Vince Velasquez blew the seven run lead by allowing all of the runs in the third inning.

It could be the last start Velasquez makes for the Phillies as they try to push for a Wild Card spot down the stretch after another strong start to the season under second year manager Gabe Kapler.