The Chicago Cubs will sport baby blue on the field next season for the first time since 1961, debuting a new alternate uniform. Dubbed the "Blues Alternate," the look -- which was announced by the Cubs Thursday night -- pays tribute to the team's history and honors Chicago's contribution to the electric blues music movement with multiple nods to the era.

The Chicago Cubs unveiled a new “Blues Alternate” uniform Thursday, adding it to the home jersey rotation for select days while retiring their City Connect “Wrigleyville”

The new uniform will replace the navy “Wrigleyville” City Connect jerseys, which the team is retiring. The Cubs are scheduled to debut the alternate jerseys April 5, when they play the Padres in the first home series of the year. The team will then wear them for Friday home games throughout the summer.