Nick Piecoro

azcentral sports

The Diamondbacks unveiled a handful of changes to their uniforms on Friday morning at their celebrity golf tournament in Chandler, tweaks that CEO Derrick Hall said had been in the works since early this season.

The club wore redesigned uniforms this year, their second round of major uniform changes in the franchise’s history. The alternations seen Friday were noticeable, though relatively minor.

The gradient coloration that the team used at the bottom of their pants is gone, and the stripe up the side of the pants now extends to the waist rather than stopping mid-leg. The jersey tops also have more teal around the names and numbers, making them more visible.

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“We were listening to fans and players on the changes they wanted us to make,” Hall said. “We knew about a month into the season that we were going to end up making these changes.”

Hall said the diamond gradient design at the bottom of the pants didn’t look the same on the field as it did during the design phase.

“But once you have it approved and you’re already manufacturing, you’re stuck for the year,” he said. “We wanted to get to this offseason so we could make the changes.”

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Raising awareness

More than a dozen current and former big leaguers attended Paul Goldschmidt’s charity bowling night on Thursday night at Lucky Strike downtown, an event benefiting “Goldy’s Fund 4 Kids,” which supports the Phoenix Children’s Hospital center for cancer and blood disorders.

“Hopefully the PCH will raise a bunch of money, but also awareness so that people will want to donate or volunteer over there or even if it’s not PCH, whatever they’re involved with in their community, that would be my main goal,” Goldschmidt said. “There are so many ways to get involved. If we’re all here helping out our neighbor, helping out our friends, it’s going to be a better place.”

Among those in attendance were current Diamondbacks players David Peralta, Archie Bradley, Nick Ahmed, Tuffy Gosewisch and Robbie Ray, Cubs catcher Miguel Montero, Tigers outfielder Justin Upton, Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy and Rockies shortstop Trevor Story.

Matt Williams, who was told this week he will not be retained on the coaching staff next year, also participated. He declined to comment on the changes to the coaching staff.

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Lovullo’s staff

New manager Torey Lovullo, who also attended Goldschmidt’s event, said Thursday night the club had not yet begun the process of interviewing candidates to fill the vacancies on the coaching staff.

As it stands, Lovullo needs a bench coach, third-base coach, bullpen coach and assistant hitting coach, assuming the same construction of the staff as this year.

Pitching coach Mike Butcher, hitting coach Dave Magadan and first base coach Dave McKay are the only coaches returning from former manager Chip Hale’s staff, according to sources and reports.

Lovullo didn’t want to talk specifics until after he rounds out his staff.

“There’s a group of guys that they are coming back and they will assume the exact roles that they had last year,” he said. “We feel like there’s a lot of familiarity with the players and we like that comfort.”

Reach Piecoro at (602) 444-8680 or nick.piecoro@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on Twitter @nickpiecoro.