St. Louis Cardinals: Imagining City Connect jersey possibilities

As we approach the second half of the 2022 MLB campaign, all of this season’s Nike City Connect uniforms have already been unveiled. While we don’t know exactly when over the next two years the St. Louis Cardinals will debut their City Connect uniforms, it’s never too early to start thinking about some of the possibilities of how the uniforms might pay homage to the area and the rich history of the franchise.

Imagining some of the possibilities for the St. Louis Cardinals Nike City Connect uniforms

Let’s start with the potential colors for the St. Louis Cardinals City Connect uniforms. The Cardinals have already brought back their powder blue alternate jerseys so that color can likely be thrown out of the discussion. The Cardinals also have jerseys with white, cream, gray, and red, so it may be a chance for the franchise to branch out with a different color completely (much like Boston Red Sox did with their tribute to Patriots’ Day and the Boston Marathon).

Imagine the Cardinals wearing a yellow uniform, inspired by the yellow circle on the St. Louis city flag. While we’re at it with the flag, let’s make sure that the fleur-de-lis on the flag is on the jersey via the arm patch. Additionally, the wiggly lines that symbolize on the rivers on the flag should run down the side of the pants in white.

Speaking of the pants, how about navy blue, matching the flag as well? The white “rivers” on the sides would pop and would also work well with the yellow.

The Cardinals need to work the area code 314 into the design as well, so how about putting that on the jock tag? Of course, the Gateway Arch needs to be included, and this is where the front of the jersey could come into play. Imagine “Gateway” across the front of the yellow jersey in navy blue lettering, with the Arch behind some of the lettering. That would pay homage to the best-known landmark in the city as well as the city’s nickname.

For the cap, go back to the very first logo for the Cardinals, which is still an interlocking STL but a different format, or go back to the logo used from 1966-1997, an era which saw so many wins and great players. Either way would be a way to pay honor to the franchise’s history (and might look good with a yellow hat as well).

Could the Cardinals work gooey butter cake, barbecue, or toasted ravioli into the design as well? If the Milwaukee Brewers can figure out a way to work a grill and beer into their uniforms, don’t be surprised if there isn’t some food element in there for St. Louis as well.

Those are some of our thoughts on the potential City Connect uniforms for the St. Louis Cardinals. How would you design them? What would you add in there? Let us know in the comments section below.