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A third jersey or alternate jersey is a sports team's alternate design for the previously established other two jerseys, the home and away outfits. more...

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They are used in all four of the North American major professional sports leagues as well as college sports, semipro leagues, and other sports leagues throughout the world.

Currently, third jerseys are primarily used in the United States and Canada, although 'third kits' are also commonplace in European football. One notable incident occurred in 1996, when Manchester United changed into their blue third kit at half-time, with manager Alex Ferguson blaming the grey away kit for several sub-par performances.

Major League Baseball

After decades of wearing the same uniforms, Major League Baseball teams began to experiment with numerous designs in the early 1970s, ranging from popular designs (such as the Pittsburgh Pirates' pullover jerseys that most MLB teams later adopted) and not so popular (such as the Chicago White Sox wearing shorts).

Among such designs that were also tested were third jerseys, to break the traditional mold that baseball teams wear white uniforms at home, and gray on the road. This began in 1972 when the Oakland Athletics' flamboyant owner, Charlie O. Finley, introduced new uniforms to the team. Taking after the lead of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the jerseys were pullover spandex that would later catch on in MLB (though this would be phased out by the early 1990s in favor of the more traditional button-down jerseys), but by going one step further than the Pirates, the A's introduced alternate gold and green jerseys. The gold jerseys, lighter in color, were considered "home" alternates while the darker green jerseys were considered "away" alternates.

Soon, many teams caught on with different colored jerseys. The Pirates even went as far as to having a rotation of which jerseys to wear, matching white pinstriped, gold, and black pants to wear with jerseys of the same color. The white pinstripes were later phased out in favor of solid white.

While some tradition-rich teams such as the New York Yankees have not and likely will not adopt a third jersey, third jerseys otherwise remain popular in baseball today, wearing either an alternate design or a throwback known as "Turn Back the Clock Night", which also includes promotions such as food prices in line with past prices and opportunities to win classic cars. (The Milwaukee Brewers, in fact, wear their 1978-1993 home uniforms every home game on a Sunday.) In the late 1990s, some teams experimented with "futuristic" jerseys as to what that team may wear in the year 2020 (the New York Mets dubbing themselves the Mercury Mets), but this wasn't as popular with fans and was eventually dropped. The Toronto Blue Jays change from their traditional blue and grey jersey to a red alternate jersey every Canada Day to help celebrate the National Holiday. The Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves wear a red jersey for every home game played on Sunday. The Pittsburgh Pirates wore a red alternate for every home game played on Friday during the 2007 season, even though red is not an official team color.

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