CNN – Major League Baseball players have been faced with an unusual problem ahead of the new season: a malfunctioning wardrobe.
Players and fans have already voiced their concerns about the new jerseys being worn this season, and on Thursday, as spring training games got underway, MLB Players’ Association (MLBPA) executive director Tony Clark also shared concerns about the pants.
“A lot of the rhetoric is confirmation that the pants are see-through,” said Clark, according to ESPN. “It’s been an ongoing conversation where each day has yielded something new that doesn’t seem to make as much sense as you would like it.
“Universal concern,” Clark added, “is the pant.”
The jerseys of the new uniforms, which were designed by Nike and manufactured by Fanatics, have already drawn criticism from fans for looking cheap, feeling flimsy and having an unattractive design.
A Baltimore Orioles player, meanwhile, compared the new jerseys to “a knockoff” from TJ Maxx …
