MLB All-Star Game uniforms not drawing All-Star reviews

DENVER (AP) — Fashion forward? Maybe more like fashion faux pas. The fans on social media weren't exactly raving about the new All-Star jerseys that were on display Tuesday night.

No classic birds-on-a-bat design for the Cardinals at Coors Field. No sweet script for Dodgers, no famed “NY” logo for the Yankees.

Nowhere close.

Bring back the rainbow of colors, many said, with players wearing their own team’s uniforms. That was a big part of the game's charm, they said.

Brett Anderson, a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, posted on Twitter: “MLB should just let the players wear their own uniforms instead of these slow pitch softball ones.”

The AL is wearing blue uniforms that remind some of jumpsuits. The NL has an all-white ensemble that has many commenting they look, well, bland.

Rather than familiar logos and names, there were three-letter abbreviations on the jerseys for what team they represented.

Major League Baseball has a billion-dollar contract with Nike, whose swoosh is displayed prominently on the right side of the uniform just below the collar.

DOUBLE DUTY

There’s no two ways about it: Shohei Ohtani could be ushering in an era of two-way players.

Hurler or hitter — why pick? He didn't.

The Los Angeles pitcher/hitter phenom pitched a perfect first inning in the All-Star Game on Tuesday. That was after he led off for the American League as the designated hitter, grounding out to second and bouncing out again in the third.

It's a rare double dip. Not even Babe Ruth stayed with doing both for much more than two seasons before phasing out pitching.

The time may be now to update the model, although most players concede they can't envision having enough time to practice both.

“It always takes one to hopefully have a...

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