One girl's beef with "ladies" sports apparel

This is where my story begins, the dreaded pink hat. A staple in every baseball apparel store I run across. I first saw the pink hat five years ago. My "friend" bought one for her daughter and tried to tell me it was acceptable because she was a little girl. As if little girls are only allowed to wear pink clothing. What is wrong with your own teams colors?? This outbreak must be stopped.

Pink, has no place in sports.
It started with the pink hat. Then a more fitted t-shirt, a zip up hooded sweatshirt, and I didn't mind it. I still complained about it (of course) but I wasn't openly agitated. I don't like to swim in clothing as I did in 7th grade, so I didn't mind the idea of clothing that fit women. But this sickness has gone TOO FAR. This, dear readers, is what every girl at Wrigley Field now looks like thanks to Alyssa Milano.



And I can only assume this is what it looks like in Boston. Intricate, pointless flower tank tops with ties and stonewash jean skirts. Note that the jean skirt is a key staple in all attire for women at sporting events. Because a) wearing a jean skirt on a hot day is super comfortable and b) it's just another chance to bedazzle.

Major League Baseball, take note. This is borderline offensive to the many women I know who watch, care about sports, and who also have no problem buying clothing in our own teams' colors (there is a whole other beef out there regarding buying hats in other colors like green, camouflage or tan/brown but that's another day). And there are a lot of Cubs references today on my blog but I just want to show no team is taking the epidemic seriously enough if a silver Tiffany's rip-off bracelet/watch with their logo in a cubic zirconium heart is being sold on their website.

Baseball isn't the only problem either.


These sweat pants (and they ARE sweatpants) aren't really the issue here for me. It's the boots. Please don't confuse red crushed velvet with jean.

The Cubs have a section for "dresses" and "swimwear." Only a few others do. You know who you are. Who in God's name is wearing this bikini? Baseball has never, and should never have cheerleaders. I'm talking to you - Chevrolet Pride Crew.

Cruel.
Actually this was the first item I saw of the Alyssa Milano "touch" collection that really got my blood boiling. We're bedazzling logos onto our jeans now? And people are buying them? This is our show of support for our team? This girl (although in all fairness she has very cute hair, I like the back a lot) looks like she's going out for drinks with friends. No one wears those heels to a game. And what team's colors are yellow and white?


You can actually find this under Women's Yankee's shirts. It's called the "peasant top." I suppose because it's navy and white it's clear she is a Yankees fan. I wonder if she has the bedazzled jeans too.
This jacket isn't that bad until you realize it barely covers her last rib. And here we are going for the khaki skirt and heavy gold bracelets because Pittsburgh is so lovely during football season. I hate you Steelers. So very much.


I hope you're happy Samantha Micelli.