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The Royals Should Embrace A Monarchs Inspired Uni For An Alt

Now before your twitter tards start yelling “They already do!” (With your I know more than you shit eating grin on your face) I know the Royals wear Monarchs Uniforms every year. I also know that they auction them off and do the the Dressed to The Nines Day. I also think the Royals need to get a costume rental place to bring in a trailer full of vintage stuff you can rent for the game because that would be sweet. Maybe even make it free with a deposit that is refunded if you don’t get mustard on your shirt.

I am not talking about a throwback uni that is navy blue and red and says Monarchs on it. I am also not saying the Royals should stop wearing the Monarchs stuff. I think they should wear the Monarchs stuff a few more times a year, if nothing else to help promote the Negro League Museum.

Back to my original idea of the Kansas City Royals embracing a Monarchs Inspired Alt uni. I am sure Majestic would be all for having another uni to sell. Adding another Alt uni is the easiest way to make this happen. Why does it need to be an Alt uni and not just the Turn Back The Clock Uni. Well, you can’t wear the Turn Back The Clock Stuff in the Playoffs and World Series.

My idea is to take some of the classic elements from past Monarchs uniforms and caps and come out with a new Monarchs themed Royals colored uniform every few years .

 

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I think this would be a great way to honor the tradition of the Monarchs but still have a uniform that has Royals logos and colors

I think every uniform should have the heart KC patch on it in some form or another. I also think the K C jersey should be the template so the uni doesn’t say Royals or Monarchs but still has the classic look of a Monarchs uniform.

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This One’s For Buck Shirt

I was playing around with some shirt ideas the day after the Giants had won punching their Ticket to face the Royals. I started with an idea for a small market big heart design (you can see here) but quickly went in another direction. I was sitting there making the shirt I was going to have made to wear to the game in SF when the thought of how cool it would have been to hear Buck O’neil talk about this crazy run the Royals have been on the last 3 months.

That thought made me think win it for Buck. I then came up with the idea for the shirt at is going to be sold by the Negro League Museum in Kansas City. I went to twitter and started tweeting anyone and everyone trying to get someone to put me in contact with someone that could get the Royals OK to move forward with my idea. Later that day Bob Kendrick contacted on twitter. I shared a few images with him and the next day we talked on the phone. Bob loved the idea and he ran with it. By the end of the day Friday he had gotten all of the OK’s and a printer.

The shirts should be in next week so contact the Negro League Museum at one of their events or online to get a shirt that looks good, pays tribute to a Legend, and raises some money for the museum.

I then decided to spend a lot of money on a pair of tickets in KC for the game on wednesday. Hopefully the first batch of shirts will be in so both my Dad and I can wear my shirt to the game.

 

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