Joe Maddon Hates the Cubs' Players Weekend Jerseys Just Like the Rest of Us
By Jerry Trotta
For reasons that we just don't understand, the MLB revealed earlier in the year that they would tack on a little bit more fun to Players' Weekend, stating that every team would wear either an all-white or all-black uniform.
What the league's idea pitchers failed to realize, however, was that this ludicrous monochromatic color scheme makes it nearly impossible to make out the nicknames on the back of the player's jerseys.
Did we mention how stupid they look? Well, we didn't, but Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon has that department more than covered.
"Woof" pretty much sums it up, Joe. But that wasn't all the 65-year-old skipper had to say on the matter.
“I get in so many tough spots when I demonstrate my feelings on certain things,” Maddon told the Chicago Sun-Times on Saturday. “It was not good form. And that’s not even being a traditionalist. That’s just, honestly, it’s another version of the dress code. The worst dressers create dress codes.”
Thank you, Mr. Maddon. Thank you for saying what was begging to be uttered by the 29 other managers in the league.
We aren't surprised that MLB stuck to its original plans, but given the seemingly uninterrupted backlash they have received in the last 24 hours or so, we'd be utterly dumbfounded if they opted to run it back in 2020.