(He actually flew in from Denver earlier in that day, got a cab to the party - where he wore a purple shirt, naturally - and then flew back out that same evening. He wore his 2019 Purp Walk shirt to the Rockies’ Photo Day that year, and he later had me autograph that shirt with a purple marker when we met at the Uni Watch 20th-anniversary party in Brooklyn. Over the years, Tim has really leaned into Purp Walk. It has continued to evolve in various ways since then, but it all comes back to Tim’s suggestion back in 2010. If anyone wants to sign up for a purple-inclusive membership card, today - and only today - I will honor all such requests!Īnd just like that - very informally - Purple Amnesty Day was born. Our idea for a one-day purple amnesty program is a good one. The 4th anniversary seems like the perfect occasion to grant amnesty to all the Rockies, Vikings, LSU, Northwestern, etc. I’m a daily reader but not a member because I can’t do a Rockies membership card without purple. On the blog’s fourth birthday - Tim posted the following comment:Ĭongrats on 4 entertaining years, Paul & company. Let’s start with a quick history refresher: The idea for Purple Amnesty Day came from longtime reader Tim Cox, who lives in Denver and has season tickets for the Rockies (who, of course, wear purple). ITEM! Big Purp Walk 2022 news: Today I have some big news about the 2022 edition of Purple Amnesty Day, which, as always, will be on May 17 - exactly four weeks from today. (My thanks to Joseph Foro and Lou Griffel for bringing the leak to my attention.) We’ll find out soon enough, since the full unveiling will presumably take place in the next week or so. But the light-blue squatchee suggests that other shades of blue may be in play here. It’s a bit surprising that the cap is navy instead of royal blue. Not sure if it’s just a coincidence, but the cap logo is also vaguely evocative of the architecture for KC’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts:
The cap logo is apparently based on the Kansas City flag, which celebrates KC being the “City of Fountains” (although the heart-shaped fountain icon is sometimes jokingly referred to as a “grappling hook”): The listing was quickly taken down, but not before I got the screen shot shown above. Although we don’t know when the official unveiling will be, their CC cap was briefly available for sale on the retail site yesterday afternoon. The next MLB team to unveil a CC uni will be the Royals (their CC design is set to make its on-field debut on April 30).
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