The alternate jerseys were done away with while McDonough was in charge, so all of 2007. Zambrano looked out of sorts in the road greys. They returned a year later. The homes and roads are fine, but if the Cubs were to change their alternate, I'd love to see them go the route of what the Padres just did their alternate: (spoiled for size) Solid colored with piping is great when you don't overdo it on the colors, and though you can't see it in that shot, the letters and numerals on the back are single colored, no outline (the Padres also ditched that pointy, swirly typeface they were using for the numerals, but that's neither here nor there). Something along these lines, perhaps?