It’s been said many times before, but it bears repeating: Memorial Day is not a day for celebrating the military. It’s a day for honoring the military dead. A more appropriate gesture would be an MLB-wide black armband. An even better gesture would be a pregame moment of silence, without anything on the uniform. But as is so often the case nowadays, merchandising and pandering trump common sense.
via Uni Watch.
General Lukas also tells us there will be three “Stars and Stripes” caps this season – the camo is one, then others on July 4th and September 11th.
Remember kids, September 11th is a day for merchandise. But heaven forbid you wear a first responder cap.
