I distract you from the fact my Mets are in shambles to bring you a new and exciting problem that is somehow taking place in America’s longest-tenured major professional sport. Major League Baseball players are rocking out with their cock out to start Spring Training.
For those living under a rock, Major League Baseball changed its jerseys this year to the chagrin of many fans and players, including myself.
Jerseys are going to have a quick trip on the market that’s for sure
— Brian Hauch (@TheRealBHauch) February 22, 2024
The things look like something I’d buy from AlliExpress (or I guess Temu is the new wave in that market) in 9th grade. The letters and numbers on the back might as well have been glued on by Ozzy Ozbourne or Michael J. Fox considering there is no flow or structure what so ever.
These jerseys look like the replica of a replica of something Fred Wilpon would give out as a giveaway in the middle of June. They look like a dying third grader had a “Make-A-Wish” to design his favorite team’s gear for a day.
Actually, I take that back a dying third grader could do better. Fred Wilpon? Definitely not.
Either way the whole thing seemed like another “goof” by Rob Manfred and MLB brass that would get fixed by the ridiculous amount of money MLB has. You know, the money the league doesn’t use to make the sport better, but uses to fix things they’ve done to themselves such as make a jersey deal and completely ignore the quality control of the ordeal.
We are now past that point. Excuse my clearly juvenile photoshop skills.
Spring Training games have now started. With them, MLB teams are doing the annual “Media Day” with players posing for programs, yelling things like “Broncos country let’s ride” into a camera, and doing pretty much anything else to delay fielding their 2700th ground ball of the February.
It didn’t take long for the metaphorical nuke to hit Fanatics and MLB.
These Fanatics jerseys are terrible for MLB. Horrible name printing, text is screen printed instead of sewn. Not to mention the see thru pants.
Let’s just say every batter is gonna start the count with 2 balls and no strikes… pic.twitter.com/kr9ohwBO6A
— #1 Mountaineer-Pirate-Tar Heel Fan 🐏🗻🏴☠️ (@PiraNeerTarHeel) February 23, 2024
Baseball’s aren’t the only round objects fans can see on the field anymore. Fantasy baseball players now have a new category to judge their prospective draft picks by. This whole thing seems like a bit from “South Park” or a “Family Guy” cutaway. Instead it’s real life.
Let me remind you Major League Baseball just extended Rob Manfred’s contract until 2029. Humans born in Pompeii between the years 74-79 AD had better timing than MLB brass.
In all honesty I am probably blowing this thing out of proportion due to my pure hatred for Rob Manfred. Still, it’s absolutely unbelievable a league as “prestigious” as Major League Baseball could let something as explicit as this slide. Maybe this is Manfred’s latest attempt to stop the younger generation from becoming fans of the game.
I wonder if Michael Rubin will ever be invited back on Shark Tank again? I’m sure Daymond John is appalled by this fashion breakdown.
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