On May 20, during the 2008 interleague play, the exclusive away uniform was worn, and light gray was used as a colour a...s opposed to the black main away, and the logo and the back numbers were changed the same orange as the home uniform. The armpit panels, characterised by the existing away uniform, were been changed to black, so it is actually an uniformn with reversed colours.
Even after the end of the exchange match, this uniform was worn as the away uniform, and after chasing Hanshin with fierce momentum in the second half, the team achieved a comeback victory in the league by 13 games. It was officially adopted as the main away uniform in 2009, replacing the black uniform, which had received poor reviews, and they won the 2009 Japan Series wearing this uniform . However, the away uniform was changed after the end of the season, and they were only worn for a short period of about 1 year and 7 months. .