Baseball is a man’s game.
At least, it traditionally has been. As such, baseball has historically been riddled with honor-bound unwritten rules, an unspoken ban on emotion, and a fierce distaste of alternative fashion. From Fernando Rodney’s tilted hat to the much-publicized feud between Ronald Acuna Jr. and Freddie Freeman on the subject of eye black, oldheads (to borrow a term my girlfriend loves to use) have long been the gatekeepers of what’s proper in baseball.
That seems to be changing.
JUNG HOO LEE IN A SKIRT EVERYONE SHUT UP RN pic.twitter.com/6qzGqgPHXC
— kate u26beufe0f (@sfgiantskate) January 31, 2024
A new generation of baseball fans and baseball players have been challenging the masculine normality of America’s pastime.