SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Last year, Major League Baseball designed special jerseys, caps and socks for 10 different special-event dates, including entire weekends for some of them.
Frankly, I thought that was a bit much and apparently, so did MLB. This year, there will be nine special dates, but for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, teams will wear special ribbons on their regular jerseys instead of having special jerseys made for the occasion. That leaves seven dates for alternate event jerseys (Jackie Robinson Day and the holiday weekends of Memorial Day and Independence Day).
New this year: hoodies for Jackie Robinson Day (photo 2).