The
On
by Sean Thornton
When
the Baltimore Orioles trotted out a few weeks
ago in their old 1971 jerseys, entirely covered in orange, it got me to
thinking about some of the ugliest looking jerseys in baseball history.
Somehow, looking back at a lot of these jerseys made me realize the 1970s were
a bad time for a baseball player to look cool while playing ball. The Cleveland
Indians’ red top/pants combo made ones eyes bleed while the Phillies’ 1979 maroon jerseys were hideous. But three
uniforms win out in the battle of on field clothing atrocities. First is the Houston Astros’
uniform that lasted for over a decade, thru the ‘80s and into the early ‘90s.
Those rainbow colored unis made me want to go find a pot of gold.
Then there were the San Diego Padres’ 1970s uniforms, which with
their brown and yellow combo made me always think about mustard. But the real
winner is the Chicago White Sox and former owner Bill Veeck’s idea for a double header in 1976. For a double dip
against the Royals, the White Sox came out…in shorts. Not
only were they difficult to slide in, the team was constantly heckled at and
the recipients of many a catcall. So for game two they retired the shorts. I’m Sean Thornton in the
On Deck Circle.
Sean Thornton is 14 KVOE’s evening on-air personality
and host of Saturday’s Morning
Show. Sean also compiles the KVOE Auto Race Update.
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