Seeing Red

Red is the new black.

Several major league baseball clubs have taken a liking to the color red, much the same as they all seemed to favor black not too long ago. It's rather annoying watching some of these teams gradually work their way from small touches of red in their logo to red trim in the uniforms to full-on solid-red jerseys.

Teams with strong traditions such as the Braves, Pirates, Indians and Red Sox have resorted to pimping their product behind a color that was never intended by their creators to be primary. It's truly a sad state of affairs.

With other clubs such as the Astros and Rangers, both of which seem to have a new look every five years, we've come to expect such uniform experiments. In the case of the Arizona Diamondbacks, we may not care, but I for one am curious why they chose red when it wasn't in the mix originally. And I happened to like that sharp purple-teal-black-and-gold ensemble they entered the league with.

I suppose we should prepare ourselves for the Padres and White Sox -- two more fickle clubs inclined to make drastic changes -- to follow the red suit in the near future, although those pesky South-Siders are one team that actually did away with red to return to a more traditional -- and much better -- look.