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In recent years, Major League Baseball has made a significant shift, mainly concerning the uniforms MLB players wear for the All-Star Game.
This year, the stars for both the American League and National League wore jerseys that had the respective leagues of the players written across the chest.
In the recent past, players wore the uniform of their teams, making it easier for people to identify each All-Star.
MLB’s decision to make this shift has been met with disdain from fans and media members alike.
On Twitter, Benjamin Hochman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch discussed the shift and why he thinks it makes more sense for the players to wear their team’s uniform in the All-Star Game.
I know hundreds of people tweet this every All-Star Game … and I know they make these speciality uniforms to sell and make even more money … but goodness, it was just perfect when the MLB All-Stars wore their own regular-season uniforms. And easier to identify everyone.
— Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) July 12, 2023
The reason MLB has made this shift is to sell the jerseys and make more money as a whole.
However, it becomes difficult for fans to identify certain players due to them all wearing the same uniform for the All-Star Game.
Of course, the jerseys still have the patch of the player’s team on the sleeve, which gives fans a way to tell players apart.
But as Hochman points out, it’s harder to do that with just a patch rather than the players wearing the uniforms of their teams.
Another issue that arises is that certain players wear the same number.
In this case, both Nolan Arenado and J.D. Martinez wear No. 28, and with essentially the same jersey, distinguishing them becomes slightly harder.
We’ll see if MLB decides to continue this trend or if they go back to the way things once were.
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