GAME THREAD: Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, 7/4/2021, 1:10 PM CDT

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Nor do i believe the rule is based on skin color. It is to eliminate undue distraction to the batter.

 

If color is mentioned, it is likely to keep something from resembling the ball, or being too loud visually.

 

If you ever happen to watch martial arts displays, some weapons have  flamboyant tassels hanging off the handles to distract from the pointy end.

Alcalas glove was very low key then, I’m not sure what that was really about.  

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Nor do i believe the rule is based on skin color. It is to eliminate undue distraction to the batter.

 

If color is mentioned, it is likely to keep something from resembling the ball, or being too loud visually.

 

If you ever happen to watch martial arts displays, some weapons have  flamboyant tassels hanging off the handles to distract from the pointy end.

I wonder what would be done if a pitcher has his pitching hand and forearm tattooed baseball color or some other significantly distracting color or pattern. I'm pretty sure there's no rule governing that.

[Nine of twelve]

By the way, the official rules explicitly prohibit white and gray gloves.

[LVTwinsfan]

8 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

I wonder what would be done if a pitcher has his pitching hand and forearm tattooed baseball color or some other significantly distracting color or pattern. I'm pretty sure there's no rule governing that.

I could see an umpire requiring a pitcher to wear sleeves

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

By the way, the official rules explicitly prohibit gray gloves.

Ok, that’s the only explanation that makes sense, thank you

[sampleSizeOfOne]

40 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Alcalas glove was very low key then, I’m not sure what that was really about.  

It resembles the ball too much.

(sorry, i guess i did not give that part of my statement sufficient focus)

 

Sigh... People aren't wearing enough hats.