Nike’s MLB Uniform Problem Gets Even Worse: It Turns Out the New Pants Leave Little to the Imagination | The Gateway Pundit

“Everybody I do know is speaking about my tight pants,” Iggy Pop proclaimed in a tune with the artistic title “Tight Pants.”

Mix that with some new light-weight materials getting used for MLB uniforms this yr, and also you get what appears to be a Main League Blunder.

The fashionistas on the New York Post went to nice lengths as an example the issue, noting that on a number of gamers whose pictures have graced social media, all eyes are on what occurs across the groin area.

MLB Gamers’ Affiliation Govt Director Tony Clark stated an outcry about wardrobe malfunctions is occurring in lots of locations the place spring training has begun

“Quite a lot of the rhetoric is affirmation that the pants are see-through,” Clark stated, in line with ESPN.

“It’s been an ongoing dialog the place every day has yielded one thing new that doesn’t appear to make as a lot sense as you prefer to it,” he stated, calling the pants a “common concern.”

Nike provided an upbeat assertion that “we at all times put the athlete on the middle of every little thing we do. We labored carefully with MLB gamers, groups and the league to create essentially the most superior uniforms within the historical past of MLB that are lighter and extra versatile.

“The standard and the efficiency of our product is of the utmost significance to us. We’ll proceed to work with MLB, the gamers and our manufacturing associate to deal with participant uniforms,” Nike stated.

ESPN famous that the uniforms, made by Fanatics, are additionally drawing criticism for feeling cheaper.

Clark stated gamers will proceed to advocate for one thing extra to their liking.

“We’ll proceed to interact these which are concerned and decide subsequent steps ahead,” he stated.

The uniforms have been worn throughout final yr’s All-Star sport and drew rave evaluations from somebody who didn’t put on one.

“They’re designed to be efficiency put on versus what’s been historically worn, so they’ll be totally different,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred stated, in line with CNN.

“I believe after folks put on them just a little bit, they’re going to be actually standard,” he stated then.

Not but.

“I do know everybody hates them,” Phillies shortstop Trea Turner stated, in line with the Associated Press.

“All of us appreciated what we had. We perceive enterprise, however I believe everybody wished to maintain it the identical approach, for essentially the most half, with some tweaks right here or there,” he stated.

Some are usually not but offended, as a result of with one factor or one other, their pants are on backorder.

“Hopefully by Opening Day,” San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove stated.

“We tried stuff on final yr, we tried stuff on once more in spring, however the samples they gave us, they didn’t have the right size for anyone, so it’s laborious to gauge in the event that they match proper or not.”

Musgrove stated he’s not apprehensive — but — concerning the see-through problem.

“Pants are pants — we’re going to put on them,” he stated. “In the event that they don’t match proper, you’ll cope with it.”

This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.