RC said:

Notice that Joe Girardi is choosing not to wear the Joe Torre style satin Yankee jacket while in the dugout. Instead, opting for the standard-issue Majestic style used by all teams this year.

Did the Yankees have an exception from MLB to wear those? Because I recall not only Torre but his staff (some of them anyway) wearing the satin jackets as well. If I recall correctly, during the Torre era I think that satin jacket was the only one offered on MLB’s website, unlike the other teams that had the standard-issue Majestic jackets.

Not that I’m complaining; I may be a Mets fan, but that was such a classy look and made it so that, no matter what era, be it 70’s, 80’s or 90’s, the Yankees had a uniform look to them.

i am really mad that the yankees arent wearing the satin jackets anymore! they were the best looking jackets in baseball, and mlb looked like they were starting to make the satin jackets for other teams as well.

does anyone know if they are going to wear the satin yankees jackets again?

Jordan Pope said:

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Are you still in HS, Jordan? And what school and where?

The High School that my children will go to put in FT two years ago. OMG is it beautiful to run around on!

Yes I am. A Freshman.
And my high school is Moses Lake High School in Moses Lake, WA

Kek said:

It’s amazing to me that this blog’s author and many of those that post, thought the breast cancer thing with pink bats was gimmicky yet feel that every player wearing the same number is OK!?!?

Breast cancer, while a very worthy cause, has nothing to do with baseball — that’s why I think the pink bats (and ribbons, and wristbands…) are gimmicky. Jackie Robinson, meanwhile, has everything to do with baseball. It’s not a gimmick — it’s honoring your sport’s heritage.

Fair enough, but then where do you draw the line? There are a lot of other big stories in the sport’s history. Should they all have tributes with identical uni numbers?

In my opinion, Jackie Robinson is a tremendous part of baseball’s history and heritage but why not do more things to educate people that although Robinson broke the color barrier, there were hundreds if not thousands of players that were never able to play in the big leagues. Jackie was an important part of this civil rights struggle but what about guys like Josh Gibson and Buck O’Neill that never got a chance and toiled in the Negro Leagues?

back to one of my previous posts, MLB should do more in the education department. Make books like Invisible Men and Only the Ball was White suggested reading in clubhouses. Do more heritage games with more than just cool throwbacks, make fans aware of who these guys were. I know things like this are done already, but do more.

That would honor the sport’s heritage more than everyone wearing #42.

Just one guy’s opinion…

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Are you still in HS, Jordan? And what school and where?

The High School that my children will go to put in FT two years ago. OMG is it beautiful to run around on!

I think there should be one home, one road, one BP, and one alt. And the alt can ONLY be worn on holidays. Or maybe 1x per week, say Sundays.

One road cap. One home cap. One BP cap.

Most teams now wear the alts ALL time time.
The Giants, tho- have no alt.

Isnt the black on black, with the indistinguishable numbers their alt?

Like their black alternates, the A’s green alternates don’t have the 40th Anniversary patch. I haven’t been able to find a picture of the road grays yet, so no word on them.

I found out why: They haven’t been worn yet. And, as previously mentioned: Alternate vs. Alternate

What was with Ray Emory’s boring all black mask? Does he always wear that?

That wasn’t Ray Emery, it was Martin Gerber