So remember back in spring training, when Major League Baseball introduced new lightweight uniforms, and everyone got their shorts in a twist because the pants were so lightweight you actually could see their shorts in a twist?
Also, they rode up in the crotch something fierce.
(Nah, that part I made up)
Also, they were kinda cheesy-looking, as if MLB had decided to go with the Chico's Bail Bonds look from "The Bad News Bears."
(That part I didn't make up)
Anyway, like every other debate in the history of baseball -- the designated hitter, dead ball-vs.-live ball, was Ty Cobb a racist asswagon or just misunderstood -- the uni-storm did not dissipate. The players kept crabbing, and finally, just the other day, MLB sighed and said, fine, we'll got back to the old uniforms or something very much like them.
Of course, being baseball, it won't be doing that until next season. I mean, it took 'em 75 or so years to figure out Josh Gibson and Oscar Charleston and them wouldn't have ruined their lily-white game, and at last let Jackie Robinson into the club. So it's not like bold decision-making is a hallmark of this crowd.
At any rate, justice eventually will be served, and everyone can go back to arguing about the DH again.
Well. Unless the White Sox bring back those damn shorts, that is.
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