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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5039925, member: 27"] In more MLB news, let’s talk about what Nike did to MLB uniforms this season. Ugh. [URL unfurl="true"]https://theathletic.com/5388778/2024/04/04/mlb-nike-uniform-changes-sweat-stains/[/URL] [I][URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/andrew-chafin-NSAgEQtiM9hQ7Mh9/']Andrew Chafin[/URL] has worn almost every shade and style across 11 seasons in the major leagues. The lefty has pitched in Cubbie pinstripes and the Kelly green of the A’s. He has covered his curls with the Tigers’ D, a timeless classic, and the [URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/brewers/']Brewers’[/URL] ball-in-glove, a modern marvel. With the [URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/diamondbacks/']Diamondbacks[/URL] alone, Chafin donned black, white, red, yellow, gray, dark gray and even faux-snakeskin accents. Through it all, the uniform felt worthy of baseball at the highest level, he said this week. “You picked that up and it was like, Son of a bitch, this is something,” Chafin said. Then he gestured to his new Nike jersey in the [URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/tigers/']Tigers’[/URL] clubhouse at Citi Field. “But now it’s just like, Eh, it’s just another jersey. There’s no special feel to it. You pick it up and you should feel like you’re putting on a freaking crown and a big-ass fluffy cape, you know what I mean?” Chafin all but sighed his conclusion, one shared by many players and fans across the majors. “They’re not bad jerseys,” he said. “Just, in my opinion, they’re not big-leaguejerseys.” The start of the season has exposed even more design flaws in the new [URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/']MLB[/URL]uniforms, which seem to be an attempt to answer a question nobody asked: What if we changed the most forward-facing element of the industry in the name of “performance”? Now we know. In the past, the players’ names were clear and their sweat marks hidden. With the MLB-approved, Nike-designed, Fanatics-produced 2024 uniforms, it’s the opposite. The letters on the back are smaller, and the gray jerseys — which often don’t match the gray pants — allow sweat to seep through. Or pour through, as was the case when the [URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/yankees/']Yankees[/URL] played indoors in Houston last weekend. Images of [URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/aaron-judge-SFIT5wwDvRYLsber/']Aaron Judge[/URL], [URL='https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/carlos-rodon-36jnGyHljwbmPLzj/']Carlos Rodón[/URL] and others in drenched jerseys circulated widely on social media. …[/I] [/QUOTE]

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