July 4, Independence Day for America, a day historically that has included day-long baseball on the TV and, if you’re lucky, your team playing at home and a trip to the ballpark – i.e. the O.Co Oakland Coliseum. But, one of the newer baseball related traditions I do dislike are those Independence Day themed uniforms for July 4 – which in the past has just been a themed cap – that are nothing more than an MLB marketing ploy to get gullible fans to purchase an item good for one day and that changes each season.
MLB started this practice back around 2002 when players wore the American Flag on the side of their caps on July 4 and Memorial Day.