Old Skool looks better than the New Skool
Wednesday @ 9:07 a.m. by jlongI grew up playing baseball. Started at the age of five and played until I was 18. The team names and uniforms changed quite often for the most part, however one thing always stayed the same - high socks.
Basically everyone in our little league played with high socks. It wasn’t the law, but one of those things that you just did.
I don’t know what happened, but now players wear their pants like jeans except without the sagging. Seriously, in all of the baseball games I’ve been the majority of the players have worn their pants down to their cleats. I didn’t even really notice it until I visited McPherson oops, I mean Mc-Phur-son because as I was told a couple of times yesterday there is no fear in McPherson. Most of the Bullpups were rocking the uni’s the old skool way and it was a refreshing sight to see.
And while I’m talking about McPherson, head coach Gordon Peck looks like a skipper. Not a coach, not a manager, but he could be described simply as a skipper. Haven’t figured out it what it is. Don’t know if it’s because he looks like hes a seasoned vet over on the third base line or the way he carries himself. But it’s something.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I have to diagree with you. I always thought that the boys wearing their pants hitched up to their knees looked goofy and downright feminine. You would never see a guy wear knicker pants to school or out with his friends, why would he do that on the ball field? The way they are tight and elasticized just under the knee, hello Mercutio!
May 7th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
You also dont see the water polo team wearing speedos out of the water, but no one says its eally wierd to wear them while they are playing
May 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
The baseball team wearing the back of their baseball pants wrapped around their cleats looks idiotic. That look needs to go.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:47 am
This comment is for avctlfan. I think that it is goofy looking at the boys wearing girls pants these days.
“You would never see a guy wear knicker pants to school or out with his friends?”
Are you kidding? If guys think that wearing knicker pants would get them in some pants, you would see a lot more guys wearing them. High pants in baseball are part of the history of the game. Im kind of just waiting for football players to catch on to the new, cleat length trend. Meanwhile…if you want to see something that is truly goofy, check out this photo of Prince Fielder and the way he is wearing his pants.
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May 9th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Do you think Fielder can get any fatter..!!! Jeez that guy is embarrassing, and the pants make him look even
dumber. No respect for the game and its traditions…. Where would Fielder be without baseball..?? With this guys I.Q.
I’m sure it would be something along the lines of, “do you want fries with that?” What a joke..
May 9th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Hey billybob he is better than you
May 9th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I’m sure he’s better than you too Austin, but you gotta respect the game…. no one is bigger or better than
the game..!! BTW Prince Fielder is still an idiot