Baseball world roasts MLB's Players' Weekend uniforms
Major League Baseball's Players' Weekend kicked off in earnest Friday, with each game featuring one team dressed in all-black uniforms and the other donning all white.
While the creative cleats on display generated a lot of positive buzz, the response to the uniforms was decidedly less generous.
Okay, I'll be the very first one to say it: these uniforms are awful.
— Bill (@Bill_TPA) August 24, 2019
these all-white players weekend uniforms are the worst. Good gravy
— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) August 24, 2019
Too horrible to retweet about, too. https://t.co/ls6t3jhxyK
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) August 24, 2019
References to "Star Wars" could be found.
Stormtroopers playing baseball: pic.twitter.com/MWuwBvLhuK
— 'Lins (@Marlins) August 24, 2019
And even to "Spaceballs."
Players Weekend jerseys: pic.twitter.com/UiXFWrHRzi
— Dan Hayes (@DanHayesMLB) August 24, 2019
A slew of other jokes and jeers followed.
With these #PlayersWeekend jerseys, it appears that the #Cardinals are playing the Ninja Black Sox tonight.
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) August 24, 2019
Baseball Stars finally comes true! pic.twitter.com/ZdqmnhvQr6
man, Tron is different than I remember pic.twitter.com/hOnaQabov0
— Meg Rowley (@megrowler) August 24, 2019
I am probably not cool enough to appreciate these uniforms, because I think they are terrible.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) August 24, 2019
That is all.
All these white jerseys around MLB today are making me wish The Leftovers lasted another season.
— Gregor Chisholm (@GregorChisholm) August 24, 2019
The Rays look like they should be taking care of patients somewhere https://t.co/pLITMH8qPU
— John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) August 23, 2019
The white uniforms look like the hospital softball team I’m sorry I’m sorry pic.twitter.com/M2JRLXAAV3
— Levi Weaver (@ThreeTwoEephus) August 24, 2019
Here we are, at this matchup of the Milwaukee Housepainters and the Arizona Stagehands
— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) August 24, 2019
I actually thought this would be cool but everyone looks like they’re in pajamas
— James Fegan (@JRFegan) August 24, 2019
White Knights lead the Dark Knights 3-0 at Miller Park after one inning.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) August 24, 2019
As somebody who generally likes to see baseball try new things, the black and white uniforms are just awful.
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 24, 2019
One of the biggest complaints was the lack of visibility on the uniforms' lettering.
If you had let players choose the font and the coloring of the logo on their individual jerseys, I could have gone for that. https://t.co/POjelwHxQw
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) August 24, 2019
But Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen said it's unfortunate that the only meeting between his squad and the visiting New York Yankees doesn't feature their traditional gear.
#Dodgers Kenley Jansen on extra energy of matchup with #Yankees: "You feel like you're in the major leagues -- 'Damn, we're playing the Yankees.' The only suck part of it is -- you're not seeing the true uniforms. Bad timing. That's really bad timing."#PlayersWeekend
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) August 24, 2019
And then there's the issue of the hats. While all the position players who were in white wore matching hats, pitchers had to wear a dark hat so they couldn't hide the ball from hitters.
Pitchers are wearing a black hat. pic.twitter.com/zSQcsVgU6V
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) August 24, 2019
So the hitters can distinguish the baseball. https://t.co/2DxDbtb1zg
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 24, 2019
Not everyone was totally negative, however.
I am a fan of the Brewers' Players Weekend uniforms.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) August 24, 2019