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Originally Posted by Magnum PEI
Baseball players wearing high socks. It looks ridiculous, especially on R A Dickie with bright cerulean blue.
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I thought this thread was for changes you hate to see. Some of the original team names were for what colour the stirrups/high socks were. e.g. White Sox, Red Sox, Red Stockings.
The first World Series was in 1903. Every single player wore high socks. They did this for about the first 90 years in baseball, as the pants were the knickerbocker style, and would only come to the knee. They didn't stop wearing knickerbockers and stirrups until the 1990s, when some MLB players started wearing the long pants.
There are a few players that still wear stirrups, and a few others that wear a high sock, both with knickerbockers. The vast majority wear the full pants to their ankles.