A lot of people are mad that MLB helmets have a double logo for the postseason.

A lot of folks are upset the game keeps changing and now that applies to protective gear.

Needless to say the 2024 season hasn’t met public-aesthetic expectations.

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What I don’t understand is why people think this is a sign of societal collapse.

Don’t get me wrong.

Just go to Wrigley Field for 5 seconds.

The hand sanitizer is even brought to you by Advocate Medical.

There’s a full blown exclusive deal for foil.

None of which have ANYTHING to do with Major League Baseball.

Watching the game at home?

It’s even worse.

These aren’t Denny Neagle’s unwritten rules forchrissakes.

Don Drysdale isn’t crawling out of the grave to give Manfred a buzz cut on the matter.

It’s actually in the ordinary course of business.

Not like it’s some cyptocurrency nobody reading this can afford to fuck up.

It’s a good brand with a loyal customer base that specializes in the working, common man.

Can’t we at least agree that’s better than identity theft protection?

Is there any room to think “maybe it’s not so fucking bad?”

That’s my line and Strauss is on the right side historically.

That’s what you get with german-engineered workwear.

PS = Casino ads on umpires should have happened 100 years ago and that’s a fact