Why are the Red Sox wearing yellow and blue today? It's Marathon related

Q: Why are the Boston Red Sox wearing yellow and blue uniforms today?

The Red Sox are wearing yellow and blue uniforms as part of their City Connect series to honor the Boston Marathon and its victims.

Q: What are City Connect uniforms and when were they introduced?

City Connect uniforms are special team jerseys that debuted in 2021, inspired by the blue and yellow colors of the Boston Marathon.

Q: Which other MLB teams have City Connect uniforms?

By 2024, nine teams including the Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, and New York Mets have adopted their own City Connect uniforms.

When the Boston Red Sox play the last game in a four-game series against the Detroit Tigers this morning, you'll notice the players are wearing blue and yellow uniforms.

Those are called City Connect uniforms, and they debuted in 2021 − sort of.

The uniforms first appeared as a symbol of solidarity in 2014. The blue and yellow colors of the Boston Marathon were worn that year as a tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013.

But the City Connect uniforms were brought back in 2021, with other teams in the MLB adopting their own adaptations of the uniforms.

By 2024, there were nine teams with new uniforms − the Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, and Toronto Blue Jays.