Why the Atlanta Braves look to the past for their City Connect uniform designs

ATLANTA — Lemon pepper wings. Waffle House. Anything with peaches.Potential themes for Atlanta’s newest City Connect alternate uniforms aren’t hard to come by. But for the second time in as many tries, one of the oldest professional sports franchises in America passed on gimmicks and opted instead for a tribute. The Braves officially unveiled their City Connect 2.0 uniforms on April 9 with a new twist on a jersey recognized by anyone that turned on a television in the 1980s.Cliches sell merch, but the powder blue is true to Atlanta.Advertisement