Last season, the Mariners unveiled a new set of uniforms. The City Connect threads were created by Nike to honor the team’s local history. They were controversial in some respects. (Black pants?) But they were also functional baseball uniforms.
Which is a step better than what the Mariners (and other Major League Baseball teams) are dealing with so far in spring training. For the 2024 season, MLB switched to new uniforms designed by Nike and manufactured by a separate company called Fanatics. They were supposed to be lighter and better for performance. Instead, they are ill-fitting, ugly, and in some cases, uhh, scandalously translucent.
The uniforms are so bad
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