I wasn’t sure whether to file this complaint as “My Biggest Complaint About Barry Bonds’ Record Breaking Home Run” or “My Biggest Complaint About Long Baseball Pants”. The complaint is really the same anyway you look at and I would have probably attracted more attention complaining about Barry’s home run instead of the pants Barry wore while hitting the home run, but I’ve seen the pictures a hundred times today and I can’t take it any longer.
Long baseball pants are horrible and should be boycotted by every baseball player worth his multi-million dollar contract. No other major sport has long pants except golf and those guys complain constantly about having to wear long pants on the pro tour when amateurs get to wear shorts.
Nothing says “nonathletic” like long pants. OK, maybe baggy saggy pants like the ones in Barry’s picture say it a little bit louder.
Honestly, these pics of Barry Bonds’ home run will live on for eternity (alright, until A-Rod breaks the record in a few years) and he looks like he’s wearing stretched out pajamas.
I would take short basketball shorts over long baseball pants any day of the week.
Baseball uniforms are about two things basically - the hat and the socks. Without showing those cool worthless baseball socks, the baseball uniform has the hat, and frankly that’s not enough since baseball hats are everywhere from NASCAR to football nowadays.
What would baseball history be with long pants and no cool socks? Granted the Boston Long Pants and the Chicago White Trousers would still suck, but I think you see my point.
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I completely disagree. Baseball isn’t what it used to be. One of the beautiful things about baseball is the evolution of the game. You will see in the coming years that more and more Major League Baseball players will be wearing their pants similar to the way that Bonds wore his. It is simply a fad in the game, and whether is looks terrible is simply an opinion. Since when is baseball about socks? Baseball is about the jersey more than it is the socks.
Tyler on July 10th, 2008 at 5:37 pm | Link
I agree totally. The current look — fad or not — is ridiculous. It wouldn’t be as bad if the pants actually stopped at the players ANKLE. Some players have them over their shoes. It’s embarrassing to watch grown men making at least 6 figures wearing pants that look like they need some major alteration.
Mark on July 29th, 2008 at 4:15 pm | Link
A-Rod wears his socks high and his pants to his knees…just letting u know
Jeff on September 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am | Link