Category: Holidays

Some Thoughts on This Year’s MLB Holiday Uniforms

By Paul Lukas, on April 15th, 2019%

As you probably know by now, MLB released its holiday uniforms on Friday. Phil had a full rundown on Saturday. If you haven’t already read that, start there so you’re up to speed on who’s wearing what.

Personally, I’ve never seen the need for any of this stuff and I’d be happier if . . . → Read More: Some Thoughts on This Year’s MLB Holiday Uniforms

MLB Father’s Day Recap

By Paul Lukas, on June 18th, 2018%

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Yesterday was Father’s Day, so MLB teams wear blue caps and accessories, including undersleeves, wristbands, socks, and more.

The accessories were a bit inconsistent. Let’s take the two teams shown above — the A’s and Angels. The A’s wore blue belts, but the . . . → Read More: MLB Father’s Day Recap

MLB Removes Historically Inaccurate Quote from July 4th Caps

By Paul Lukas, on June 5th, 2018%

Interesting MLB development yesterday, as follows: As you may recall, when this season’s holiday merch — er, uniform designs — were announced back in March, the Independence Day caps had “We the People” printed on the underbrims. As I pointed out at the time, that’s bad civics and bad history, because Independence Day celebrates . . . → Read More: MLB Removes Historically Inaccurate Quote from July 4th Caps

Mother’s Day Recap Becomes Cap Logo Obsession

By Paul Lukas, on May 14th, 2018%

The video embedded above pretty well captures the absurdity of yesterday’s MLB Ma’s Day uniforms. This year, thankfully, they didn’t go with pink-trimmed jerseys, but that just made all the other pink attire (caps, undershirts, socks, cleats, and various accessories) stand out in higher relief, because it didn’t match the teams’ color schemes. The . . . → Read More: Mother’s Day Recap Becomes Cap Logo Obsession