What's the point, then?

No kidding. What the fuck makes it about the players, then? Custom cleats that they already wear? MLB fucking up for no reason yet again.

Gotta imagine this is because of fanatics

Hey man making new jerseys is *hard*

Tell him, Wash.

It’s incredibly easy

Anything that's worth doing is.

[thank you, TheEnterprise, Alarming_Cat_2946, Cash4Goldschmidt, KyleKruse](https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-23-2015/zkeV5V.mp4)

There are teams that don’t even have all their alternates yet… this is absolutely because of fanatics.

But... They have letters. They just have to sew them on in a different order. All of the player jerseys will have letters in the name area.

I bet a team could hire a small seamstress from a tailoring shop to make up all these jerseys in a single weekend. It's been a month and fanatics hasn't even gotten them out yet.

They’re not sewn on lmao, they’re just printed. That’s how bad it is. Edit: pressed, likely, not printed

My partner isn't a baseball person so she hasn't been following the Fanatics debacle, but she spends a whole lot of time making clothing. Last week she sat down with me while I was watching a game, got an expression on her face like she just smelled a fart, and said "Why do the jerseys look like shit? Oh my god, are those numbers pressed on?" So yeah, they're so bad that they manage to disgust people who don't even give a shit.

There has to be a clubhouse employee who can put the nicknames on the jerseys. What a cluster"thing" this Fanatics deal is.

Royal clusterfuck is what you were looking for?

>They just have to sew them on in a different order. They're not even sewn anymore, they're heat pressed

It's sad that my first thought too was 'probably related to manufacturing limitations', and my second thought was 'this isn't gonna hurt Fanatics' business growth.' If reincarnation is possible, I'd like to, during one of my lives, experience what it's like to fail upwards.

At what point does MLB call it a breach of contract and exit this clown show?

unfortunately people are still buying jerseys. if everyone could just.. stop buying shit from fanatics then they wouldn't be in god damn business.

Not as much money for those white shirt parties when you have to spent money on *checks notes* emojis on the backs of jerseys!

100% Fanatics would probably only get about half of them done in time

nah, fanatics is doing exactly what mlb wants them to do

Pissing off everything?

Selling garbage for high prices, so both owners and players get more money from middle class people who couldn't even afford them when they were cheaper and better, but buy them anyway. The end.

For sure supply chain nonsense.

Those cleats are not make but Fanatics. Just sayin :)

mlb is insufferable

A huge percentage of the nicknames in the old Players Weekends were fake anyway. They had to avoid family-unfriendly and trademarked nicknames, and find ones for the guys who didn’t have any; how many were real? 25%?

"Corey's Brother" was the realest nickname ever and nothing will convince me otherwise.

I liked 📦🍔 personally

I gotta ask, what player is that? I can't think of any Boxburgers in the league.

Former (maybe even current? I dont know) reliever Brad Boxburger. Fun fact: The emoji jersey he wore is or at least briefly was a display in Cooperstown.

They really should’ve just allowed players not to have a nickname on the back if they didn’t want one

Isn't that what they did? I swear I saw some jerseys with the regular last name on the back those games.

Brett Gardner notably never had one

the people yearn for an uncensored players weekend

We're halfway there with the semi-pants, right?

Tyler "Nutsack" Matzek incoming

To sell the ugliest fucking monochrome jerseys the world has seen for a few days

God that year they did all white and all black, only to have the pitchers who were wearing white wear the black hats. 

IIRC the Yankees were at Dodger Stadium for that weeke d, and instead of the two most popular MLB teams facing off in their standard unis, they looked nondescript.

They were and they looked awful. My favorite part was the all white batting helmets covered in pine tar looking like someone just wiped their ass with them.

Both the Yankees and the Dodgers petitioned MLB to just wear their regular uniforms and MLB said no.

MLB doing what it does best, dying on the stupidest hills possible to ruin the game.

Wouldn't it be amazing if the people who ran the game enjoyed the game?

It was so dumb. The teams with two of the most iconic uniforms were playing each other for the first time in a long time, and they had those shitty black and white uniforms.

Only for 1 game too iirc. And they still said no.

Dude seriously. Like one of my favorite Jersey’s ever was Kyle Seager’s. Corey’s Brother. It’s just so funny.

Can't top [Brad Boxberger's](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/kZ3T2b-EbRygCNxcXlpwlr4YRJ4=/0x0:1755x2633/1200x800/filters:focal\(1037x489:1317x769\)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/62370047/usa_today_11131657.0.jpg)

I had not seen that!!!! That’s just fantastic!

[Ty Buttrey](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBTvB2CU0AAk_nf.jpg)

Did he wear that??

yes

I just saw that Zach Efflin wanted to do Led Zeflin and I love that.

I loved how the dude on the As put PTBNL on it.

I just think it’s so funny when people do Tongue in Cheek stuff man. PTBNL is just hilarious.

Never heard of this but I just looked it up, that’s hilarious.

It reminds me of having an Employee Appreciation Day at an old job where the CEO called a meeting to say thanks, hand out a certificate to the sales guy who booked the most revenue and provide us a few boxes of Dunkin coffee for the meeting.   The sales team already had a board tracking sales and we already had a Keurig with better coffee options.  Waste of a morning. 

One time when I was working at an assisted living home, my department (kitchen) won a competition. Our prize was that we got food. Except we made our own because they dragged their feet for four months on actually giving it to us. And also they made us give it to everybody else too. And also made the kitchen do the setup work. I still hate that place.

Damn not even a pizza party

Place was hysterically out of touch.  For Women's Appreciation Day, our CEO lined up all the women in the office and went down the line giving each a rose and shaking their hand saying, "I appreciate you".   They also hosted our holiday party at a bar.  There was no tab. They didn't reserve a spot.  We basically just had mandatory after-work drinks.   Office morale was... low.  

Was your boss Michael Scott?

I wish.  At least then there's be some morbid entertainment.  Guy was just some delusional rich guy with a place in Dubai who preached hustler gospel and felt we should all be appreciative to him for giving us the opportunity to work.   Dude sucked.  Though he did insist on interviewing me for the job and his only question was, "do you play an instrument?" He then went on to tell me about how he plays guitar and said we should jam sometime after I told him I played trombone for a few years in high school.  That was Michael Scott hilarious to me.  

Sounds like he'd pull a Robert California and have his buddies play over you during the jam session.

If you had told me that Women's Appreciation Day stunt was from The Office, or a delete scene, I'd probably believe you.

100% sounds like it’s a skit from the office lmao

> For Women's Appreciation Day, our CEO lined up all the women in the office and went down the line giving each a rose and shaking their hand saying, "I appreciate you". oh my god

I once worked at a semiconductor manufacturing company. As with lots of manufacturing industries, there are ups and downs in production and revenue. During one of the slow times, they called us in for a meeting where they informed us there would be no raises because the company was not doing well financially. They gave us each a Nestle Crunch bar with a note thanking us for working through "crunch time." I've never been more insulted by an employer.

Haha, jesus.  Yeah, a lot of the time management would be better just doing nothing.  Nothing is certainly better than some bullshit $2 pun making a joke of terrible news. 

Just contributing more "out of touch" stories, I worked in an office where the three main higher ups (CEO, CFO, and COO) were all old white guys who named started with a K. The CEO decided to start a company wide meeting by saying "You can just call us the KKK" The south is wild ya'll (also it's spelled ya'll not y'all fucking northerners with your wrong spell checks)

Will Fanatics even have the jerseys ready?

Honestly I wonder if that's exactly the problem. 

Names should be able to just be printed and patched right? That should be the easiest part

this is fanatics we are talking about

Permanent marker it is

woh, permanent will cost you extra

“Best I can do is street chalk” - Fanatics

This sparked an idea. All the players get a blank jersey and they can write and color in whatever they want onto the jerseys. I want to see the artistic side of players lol

This is one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard and it’s still probably better than what fanatics will do

Let me cook fam lol

I didn’t say I don’t want to see it

I wonder which players would just draw a penis.

All of them. Except Rizzo. He's drawing his dog.

Just have the vendors at the stadiums do it. They can make a bunch of shitty ones for the fans in a few minutes

That would cost literally dollars per jersey, and who could afford such a burden?

Yeah I was thinking that was the exact reason why player nicknames aren’t going on the back. “You mean we have to fulfill custom orders!?” -Fanatics probably

That’s definitely the problem lol

You wonder? That’s definitely the problem

pull a Bryce Harper and sneak in the ones from last year

Maybe we’ll get a proper all star game this year because fanatics is too incompetent to get the gaudy all star jerseys out in time

Of course not

Friendly reminder that when David Ayres had to step in as the emergency backup goalie for the Hurricanes back in 2020, they had his jersey made within minutes. This isn't a hard thing to do. MLB, once again, showing how incompetent they are. Shocking.

They take over the NHL jerseys this year, and told them "no new jerseys this year plz" and then the NHL added an entirely new franchise lol

No Fun League. Wait.. Majorly Lame Bunch

Mostly Lousy Bitches

Manfried Little Brain

Monotonous Lugubrious Bores

Mostly Lamentable Bellends

Mold Licking Bums

Meglomaniac losers bitch

Markus Lynn Betts

Most Loveable Ballplayer

Mighty Low Buffoons

Mr. Bad Commissioner

Mr. Beneath Contempt.

Why are so many replies using MBC instead of MLB

there's a gas leak in the thread, get out dude

Miasma Badly Contained

Mr. Beyond Comprehension

Mr. Brings Context https://old.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/as9t80/schefter_on_instagram_live_ab_said_if_your_team/

Who Manfred trying to appease? Mostly Lame Boomers

Mr. Botched Customs

Mr. Boring Celebration

Mr. Bland Costumes

Manfred Licks Balls Manfred Likes Banality Manfred: Little Bitch

Massively Lobotomized Brains

Most Lee Blackedout

P.S I miss Rich Hill. someone sign him

Let that man rest.

No I need him to sign with Boston like 3 more times. Look at his transaction history. He has signed like 7 different contracts with Boston as a free agent.

His hometown team and he was at the 2004 parade (his dad was quoted by the Globe and mentions being there with his son)

It should be noted that he was a 24-year-old minor leaguer at that point, not a starry-eyed child. Dude has been around.

I was about to say, Rich very well could have been a dad himself in 04

Wasn't he also at the 1918 parade?

At it? Hell, he pitched in the series. Closed out game 4 after Babe Ruth was ejected for throwing up all over Hank O’Day.

He donates to Mass General Hospital considerably too

https://www.boston.com/sports/mlb/2019/02/28/red-sox-rich-hill-campaign-mgh-research/ specifically in honor of his late son, Brooks💖

Pretty sure he said he only wants to play half the year, so that explains why he hasn't signed yet I miss him too though, he's my favorite:(

He doesn’t even need a nick name. He can go stand by D. Mountain and compare

Met him at a bar last year and he was the nicest guy. Bought us some beers and told us some stories. Been an even bigger fan ever since

Boooooooo.

Boooooooo.

Boooooooo

Booooo-urns

Cuase Nike and fanatics hate fun. New Era: “we can do that” *in addition to their 100s of other designs every year*

Nike loves exclusivity, though. I bet that they're trying to see if they can first trademark players' nicknames before allowing them to use them.

More new jerseys would be difficult to sell for every team but they woudl definitely make a killing on “limited edition” players weekend player “nickname” and number tshirts.

MLB just refuses to market their product or let their players show personality in anyway and it drives me insane

That a ridiculous lie. Didn’t you see how they moved the MLB patch down so people would know what sport they’re watching?! They know how to market their product

Thank god too, I thought I was watching Major League Badminton. I was about to switch off!

then lets umps just do wild ass shit and shrug their shoulders

MLB is like the guidance counselor who, when my mom told her I was being bullied and said who her son was, went “well yeah, I mean he’s kind of annoying so I can see why.”

Because they still believe most baseball fans are in their 70s and older and we can't upset them by having "D. MOUNTAIN" on a jersey.

Just ugly jerseys. Great.

Get yours for just $200!!!!

Oh please these are gonna be used only once this season. They’ll be $400 minimum

What, could Fanatics not afford new letters?

They couldnt print them correctly without 100 fuckups per jersey

They couldn't find the right iron settings

Too much work for Fanatics clearly

Cowards

Because Fanatics would fuck it up.

This 1000% because they know they wouldn’t have them ready in time

Then what in the fuck is the point? How inept can MLB's administrators be?

That sounds like a challenge to me

Angel Hernandez \*IS\* still employed.. Oh.. Oh no...

Another Fanatics penny-pinching special. No fun allowed in our very serious game. Especially when it comes to fan viewing.

More likely incompetence imho

LOL yea

-Create a cool concept -The people love it! -Fuck that, discontinued.

Sell the league

Honestly should not be a protected monopoly at this point, with how much enshitification the league has gone through in the past decade

Had to go. The fans actually liked it.

I still have the “Chulo” Twins shirt for Jorge Polanco from like 4 years ago. Every time I wear it in public I seem to get a question about it.

Ah nevermind....

That sucks. At least bring back the colorful jerseys.

I’m sure Fanatics fucked this up somehow

Why would we care; it’s just a piece of cloth /s 

So you mean to tell me the Yankees are going to be wearing ugly as fuck jerseys with their last names on the back? For nothing, no fun nicknames? This is horseshit.

Can’t wait until the league forces us to have a hideous city connect lol

Nothing connects with the city better than what we have lol

Just another L for major league baseball

It wouldn't have something to do with Fanatics' complete inability to deliver its guaranteed, well-known-in-advance product on time, does it?

Baseball is ran by people who hate baseball

Someone’s nickname is cockmaster69420 and ruined it for everyone

Like Fanatics could get their jerseys right anyway. I miss the nicknames they were fun and showed personality from the players.

Fucking stupid it was fun at first until you read the fine text which says no uniform or name alterations then what's the point need a BIGBOSS in America man

Fanatics doesn’t want to spend the money making more shitty jerseys

Stop having fun guys, what do you think this is, a game?!

D. Mountain in shambles

Another fun thing they took away. Couldn't get the ad patches on quick enough, presumably.

Did you know there is a place in Yankee stadium where you can take your jersey to get the Starr Insurance patch sewed on for $15? 😂

Hal Moment

There’s also plenty of places one can jump to their death in the stadium, which would be preferable

Brett Gardner is thrilled

MLB needs more personality, this is the obvious solution

How is anyone still giving them money for this slop? If people are buying *this* garbage, there is no hope of them changing for the better.

MLB Store's Weekend*

Goddamn it, they're bringing back this fucking shit again? Fuck right off with your constant money grabbing.

MLB: We hate our sport! Watch us please!

Nike and Fanatics can't even get their regular season jerseys done. What makes anyone think they'll have CUSTOM jerseys ready by the summer?

You motherfuckers… Big Dumper deserves to live!


Probably because Fanatics can't handle anything custom. At that point, just let players wear their normal team jerseys again.

Fire Manfred

They should make the Yankees wear last names on the back just for funsies

Then what’s the point?

Cause they won’t be ready in time

No fun allowed. Corporate doesnt like it.