A little bit off the usual topic today.
That was an incredibly narrow minded decision by Major League Baseball yesterday to prevent the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs from wearing NYPD and FDNY baseball caps during the game. The decision was apparently made by former Yankees manager Joe Torre, who said that baseball wanted teams to be consistent, and that it wasn’t a lack of respect.
I would understand the issue if players were requesting to wear NYPD and FDNY shirts, instead of hats. But for one night, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, especially since similar hats were worn right after 9/11, I don’t see why this was an issue. Would having one team wear FDNY hats and the other wearing NYPD hats really have been a problem? Even if the players individually chose which of the two hats to wear, would it have been confusing? Would the Mets have gotten confused and thrown to the wrong player?
Especially in a sport that has allowed all kinds of ridiculous uniforms and hats as standard wear, this decision was ridiculous. And that it was made by Joe Torre, the manager of the Yankees on 9/11, even worse. And to be clear, I’m a Mets’ fan, but also root for the Yankees most of the time.
