Baseball Player Fashion
by jbox on Jun 23, 2008 10:14 PM PDT
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PrintI can't figure out the motivation that goes into ball player fashion. Sometimes I think that they are always stuck 10 years in the past. Other times I think it's because they are from small towns where fashion never quite reaches them until it is too late. Then it could also be that they just became rich and wanted to buy stuff that they couldn't afford 10 years prior. Then again, maybe it's all those things mixed together. Here is just a few things I've noticed.
- Baseball players have a higher percentage of goatee (van dykes) than the rest of the population. I remember the late 90's were a big time for chin scruff, now you just don't see it much except on baseball players.
- Necklaces. I have never seen so many men wearing necklaces in all my life. I don't know one man that has ever worn a necklace. Baseball players must be the only athletes to wear so much jewelry on the field. Pitchers are always tucking their necklaces in their shirts between every pitch. Don't you think it would become a nuisance? Why not leave it in their locker? Are they afraid someone will steal their bling? It never stops them from taking their wedding rings off. There is a wide variety of necklaces out there too. You've got your magnetic healing necklaces that are only popular in the Major Leagues. You've got the gold and platinum thin chains. You've got the religious necklaces. Then there is my favorite, the one that you might see Dawson from the Creek wearing, that is either woven leather or string with beads/shells.
- It's interesting that baseball players never wear team ball caps off the field. I think I understand it, it's part of their uniform so they don't wear it with their street clothes and they don't want to look like a fan, after all it is their job. The only player that I can think of that still wears his teams cap is Willy Mays wearing a Giants cap when he attends games in San Francisco.
- Are there any guys left that still highlight their hair? It's just ball players right? Even they are phasing it out, ever so slowly. I think we've only got Giles and Paul McAnulty with frosted tips.
Am I missing any other obvious fashion faux pas that ball players commit?
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i don't know if it is really a fashion faux pas
but they seem to always be wearing the trendy button up striped shirts which isn’t really bad except it is always rolled up sleeves and 2-4 top buttons unbuttoned and there are some ball players chests that i really don’t need to see
i agree with you on the necklaces… they need to leave it in the locker
Trust me, death is the best argument for moisturizer.
Pooka-shell necklaces, bro!
I have to admit, when I saw Willie Mays wearing his Giants cap in PETCO last Saturday night, it annoyed me. But it was the setting!
Now that I’m thinking about it, all the Negro League guys they had that night were all sharply dressed.
can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face
Josh Beckett has a soul patch and the Dawson necklace.
If he frosted his tips, he’d have the trifecta.
Can someone explain to me the glasses relief pitchers wear?
This isn’t quite as bad as the others. But it seems like everytime there’s a call to the bullpen, some guy comes trotting out in some kind of avant-garde eye-wear.
Off the top of my head: K-Rod, Kevin Gregg, Kyle Farnsworth, Edwar Ramirez. There’s plenty more….
I think Bronson Arroyo was the only offender
but are white-guy cornrows on the list?
can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face
I think I just became a vegetarian
"If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place." - Cicero
by Boilermaker19 on Jun 24, 2008 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
man, that was terrific
if bronson arroyo were to tour and do concerts in his baseball uniform, and maybe get peavy and some of the other guys to play in his band, all wearing baseball uniforms…
i would buy a ticket and i would spend upwards of $35.
He may as well. He does better at that than scaring hitters.
With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good!
by friarinchicago on Jun 24, 2008 6:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Kevin Millar has bleached hair
"If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself." - Bob Dylan
All good calls
How about the number of baseball players that think they’re musicians because they can play a few chords on the acoustic guitar?
Also, is there anything worse than the Latin necklace? Most Latin players seem to wear these huge, chain necklaces. They’re always flopping around. Plus, wouldn’t they occasionally get caught in your chest hair? That’s gotta hurt.
Another good call
about the wanna be musicians in the MLB. I wonder if it is a higher percentage of the population though.
Depends
NBA and NFL have a lot of wannabe rappers.
by thenerdhater on Jun 24, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Nobody has mentioned Spiezio yet?
"My mind has wandered...from the flock you see. And the flock has wandered...away from me."
That is just disgusting
I feel sick to my stomach. I’ve said it before, it looks like he ate Elmo and he’s sloppy.
You can't beat that!
"It is only by an unimaginable chance that our world circles just close enough to and just far enough from a single, constant star."
The ratty @ss hats
Gagne was the worst offender. But Timlin was pretty bad too.
Seriously how hard is it to wear a new hat?
http://www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com
Agreed 100%
I am not a fan of disgusting old hats or brand new flat-brimmed hats
"We are observers -- of our own team."
or crooked/sideways
like you just got punched on the nose and didn’t straighten yourself out yet.
"It is only by an unimaginable chance that our world circles just close enough to and just far enough from a single, constant star."
like cc sabathia
and jimmy rollins.
oh and how can i forget j(esus)oba chamberlain
http://www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com
Not necessarily dirty hats
but I liked it when ball players wore their hat all year, now they get a new cap just about every game. For one of the retro games Trevor said he missed the days of wearing one cap and was thinking about wearing his ‘98 cap that he wore the whole year for the game.
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can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face
by Axion on Jun 24, 2008 10:16 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
How about post baseball
When these guys who are in shape most of their lives all of a sudden develop huge beer guts.
See pic of Dave Winfield
That's Phil Nevin, btw.
I wonder if we could get him to address paunch on today’s BP show.
can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face
do you think he's complaining
that his ball isn’t flying as far on this course as it does on other courses?
http://www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com
if you think about
they go from intense workout routines to a normal life
they are bound to become less fit
Trust me, death is the best argument for moisturizer.
I wonder how intense their workouts actually are
do they just do a ton of weight lifting? Maybe jog a lap or something.
intensity depends on the person
but it is going from working out almost every day and then stopping
Trust me, death is the best argument for moisturizer.
You are forgetting about
the 2 skanks under each arm, that is SOOO 1995. Cougars are so instyle now.
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra
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