Hartford Yard Goats Reveal New Uniforms

The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club revealed the team's new uniforms Tuesday at Infinity Music Hall on Front Street in Hartford.

NBC Connecticut's own traffic reporter Heidi Voight, morning anchors Todd Piro and Tara Joyce, live desk reporter Kate Rayner and new meteorologist Kaitlyn McGrath helped model them at a private fashion show, alongside the Yard Goats newly-revealed mascots Chompers and Chew Chew and radio and television personalities from other news outlets.

The jerseys come in five variations -- white jerseys for home with Yard Goats in royal blue and the player number in Kelly green on the front and back, the goat logo on the sleeve and blue and green trim; an alternate jersey with Yard Goats in green and the number in blue; a similar design for when the team is on the road, except the jerseys say Hartford on the front in blue and the number on the front is in blue; a white Sunday uniform with blue on the sleeves and the button strip, the goat logo on the sleeve and the logo of the goat chomping a baseball bat on the front upper left and the number in green on the front upper right; and finally, a blue batting practice jersey that says Goats and the number on the front in white and has a blue, white, green and grey goat logo on the sleeve.

The lettering is in a curvy font and the Hartford "wordmark" on the away uniforms was "designed using historic New York/New Haven/Hartford Railroad company font," according to the Yard Goats.

The Saturday uniform features a "cream jersey," commonly called the "throwback" jersey in the earlier days of baseball. The Sunday uniform is made of a lighter fabric and is intended for play in warmer climates or during the day.

The batting practice jersey is made of a mesh fabric and is meant to be worn before games.

The blue and green motif in the uniforms may bring back memories to fans of the Hartford Whalers, who sported those signature colors.