PHOTO: Giants to wear Negro League uniforms in Atlanta
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The San Francisco Giants will be on the field in Atlanta in road greys of a different sort Saturday.
It's Heritage Weekend at Turner Field, and the Braves will honor former Negro Leagues players in a pre-game ceremony. The Giants will be wearing the uniforms of the 1946 San Francisco Sea Lions of the West Coast Negro Baseball League.
MLB.com cleared up any potential for confusion over why there's a bear cub on the front of the jersey:
Research revealed that the Sea Lions purchased uniforms previously worn by the San Francisco Cubs, another semipro Negro League team. Thus, to preserve the integrity of history, the Giants designed their replica jerseys in similar fashion.
[Courtesy @sfgiantsbeat]