Maybe as this actually Nike people saying make as cheap as possible for X quality? We could get lucky and have issues be less and more on Jersey placement issues.
The players already use fanatics shirts and such underneath the jerseys. I don’t think fanatics will skimp on the jerseys for the players. You really can’t. They have to be both light and durable. But I do worry what they’ll make for the fans
@@mrh3894 these companies probably do not care, like how some big corporations are doing even more since 2020 using pandemic as an excuse to do a bunch of things all at same time, making product even worse, jacking up prices, and keeping workers salary the same. Some like Cars have a legitimate issue of making vehicle too computerized and who is hording Chips, China for cheap electronic products with spying capabilities but rest are raking in Billons of record profits.
This was a collective failure amongst all parties involved (MLB, NIKE and FANATICS). They tried to cut too many corners to save money and thought we wouldn’t notice….Well guess what WE DID ⚾️🔥
Yes, I agree, I Bet Nike people said to Fanatics owner/people in charge of uniform design make it for X so prices are cheaper on uniforms and jack price up becuse they have Nike name on them and are in fact Nike. I bet some higher end Fanatics gear is not great but okay like a higher end knockoff item where clothing is actually okay. It is like the Supreme brand slapping logo on already made items and selling for a higher price or on basic non branded items when people are just buying Chinese knockoffs of arm sleeves where color is off and more an orange red or Supreme with 2 p in name or misspelled Suprame/Supremee with latter people removing second e.
I have been a Dodgers fan my entire life- my son is finally getting into baseball and I was willing to drop good money on Ohtani jerseys for both of us. No way in hell am I buying these. Your theory is exactly what I have been saying. Fanatics is known for their low quality. They saw an opportunity to approach Nike/Manfred with jerseys that would increase profit margins and they thought we wouldn't care as long as the players on the field had to wear the same crap. Slap on the description some BS technology like, "innovative Vapor Premier chassis" with a Nike embroidered swoosh and they thought we would just give them our money. Just read about the owner of Fanatics history and the only thing he seems to be great at is throwing parties, networking, and filling these massive egos of celebrities/athletes/sports commissioners. Nike has already ruined NBA jerseys and I refuse to buy those as well. Don't even get me started on what Nike did to Lakers gold uniforms- they are an eye sore. Now Fanatics and Nike are ruining NFL,MLB and NHL jerseys. Giving us worse quality and still expect us to pay premium prices. It's only going to get worse if short sighted fans keep buying them regardless.
If they are kids just get them fake jerseys. They won't know the difference. Different story if they are a bit older and other kids could make fun of them. But if I have a 7-year-old he's getting one made in China for 35 dollars that has a messed up "P" in Phillies lol
There’s only one reason why Nike would subcontract Fanatics to manufacture the uniforms, because Fanatics quoted a price that was cheaper than Nike could do themselves. And we already know what kind of cheap sweatshop labor Nike gets down with…
The reason Nike subcontracted Fanatics is because Fanatics actually owns Majestic, who has made the MLB jerseys for years. So they’re just using the same production facilities already set up to keep making the jerseys, just with Nike-produced fabrics.
I blame Nike because they have became a monopoly on all of our sports they are the Official uniform company for the NBA NFL and now MLB they have no competition anymore
all the fanatics stuff I've come across is crap quality. my 2019 stanley cup champions shirt from them feels super cheap. the sleeves are too short and the collar has gotten stretched out, despite only having worn it occasionally. I have shirts 3x as old that have held up better. garbage company with shitty products.
I would laugh hysterically if during the season a player stole second base and during a head first slide, the team name fell off the jersey. That would be my highlight of 2024
@@texascardnot what was shown in many videos to this point. New jerseys have heat pressed letters and patches. Sounds like some teams said no, but that wasn't the initial new jerseys had.
I woke up this morning and the ABC affiliate had a local morning show displaying a placard saying “The new Superman costume?” My first thought was, “ did fanatics run this too?”
Look at the trim on the sleeves. I coach basketball and buy a lot of uniforms. On the old jersey, the trim is sewed on top of the sleave. on the new jersey, the trim is an extension of the sleeve so it sort of buckles a little bit at the top of the stitching and. again just looks cheap
Weeks before the story hit big, a Blue Jays fan posted a video on UA-cam comparing his 2023 replica, 2023 authentic and 2024 authentic jerseys. The 23 replica is better quality than the 24 authentic. Check it out, he does close ups of them all and it's striking how cheap the new ones are.
Probably while smoking with Snoop Dog super Chimmy Chaunga sized spiffs of a mix of max weed strengths adding in some super strength CBD for good measure so High is not having them glued to couch. I am saying spliffs so big people can barely hold using 2 hands.
Back when it was announced that Fanatics was going to be making the new MLB jerseys all I heard was people saying Fanatics was crap. Then the jerseys come out and they are indeed crap.
I'm praying the NHL avoids this and do not put out garbage for "retail authentic" jerseys. If they have any brains, they would learn from this MLB debacle.
As an NHL fan and collector of jerseys from different eras and manufacturers from CCM to koho, to reebok and adidas, nothing has scared me more about the future than Fanatics taking over for a decade.
@@kj6446these baseball players with the complaints is paving a way to hopefully shit not being bad for the nhl. If it is bad hopefully nhl teams will stick up for themselves like what the royals and cardinals have done.
@@kj6446 exactly! Remember Starter? Their jerseys were ultra comfortable but fell apart on the ice in fights. I still look for them when buying a jersey though. But at least the logos on theirs were better than CCMs. Fanatics uses plastic patches.adidas and rebooks were good too but we were skeptical. This time we SHOULD BE scared!
Champion was actually crap they did plastic letters and numbers for the nba in the early 90s. Later nba switched to Adidas which was a big upgrade everything was stitched on nicely I still have one that looks almost new
@@briancarbone419 Unsolicited old guy advice: focus on the positive aspects of getting older. It sucks in many ways but there are also very positive aspects.
Stitching - no.... we gotta do heat press... Whoever greenlit that idea is at fault... but I mean... Fanatics and Nike can learn to share... in the blame, fucking failures. (literally providing answers to the questions NO ONE ASKED.)
I have not bought any of the stuff Nike had put out since they started to do the MLB jerseys and when they started to do the NBA uniforms. They looked terribly cheap and not up to the standard I was used to. They feel cheaper and substandard and to the touch and look bad. They honestly have been looking like pajamas to me.
I don't believe for one minute that MLB players were lobbying for lighter "more breathable" unis. I call BS. Great job breaking it down and not letting anyone off the hook. There is ONE reason for this debacle: Greed. It's just another example of monopolization and cost cutting to boost profits.
Tony Stark head of the Players Union said something along the lines of, 'We have enough serious issues as it is I didn't think that one of them would be see through pants.'
Fanatics just produces the product. Gotta blame Nike and MLB for design specs. Personally I think the whole thing was planned for maximum controversy. Few ppl are paying attention to MLB anymore. Ultimately they will modify them to something reasonably mediocre and everyone will say how much better they are; when in reality they are still going to be much cheaper made than Majestic. This was Nike/Fanatics lowering the bar all the way to the floor, so they can get away with making a dirt cheap product that sells for way too much money. Its all incredibly stupid and greedy. Its how they make billions.
As a garment embroiderer, you are right, it might be too late to embroider the names and logos the same way as the previous uniforms. It takes time to make it properly in so short a time because of the intricate details involved.
I have an NFL jersey from the last pre-Nike season. The replicas produced in the first few Nike years looked like women's jerseys with smaller numbering and letters and a closer fit. My old pre-Nike jersey is far superior. Fully stitched. To this day I refuse to buy one of those "chick jerseys" as i call them.
I was looking forward to buying an Ohtani this year. Hard pass though. You pay good money, but you know quality is there, disappointed with what’s goin on here.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred released the following statement: "Just like the Astros cheating scandal, I believe once some time has passed that everyone will forget that there was ever a problem."
The Philadelphia daily News was talking about the new Uniforms some players didn't want their said in the paper . They said the Jersey now looks very cheaply made and another player said after getting to camp and having MLB clean the Jerseys a couple times the stitching with name & numbers where loose . It mostly said a lot the Phillies players didn't like them but it alwo said a couple players did like them but not many
Didn't seem to me as though players were being impeded or their performance was being hindered by the previous uniforms. But hey I'm just a fan who lives and breathes baseball, what do I know?
MLB Teams: "We can't afford the nice uniforms anymore!" Also MLB Teams: "Sign that player for $100,000,000 and raise tickets and concessions 25% this season."
Nike gave them the template, they messed it up. I haven’t heard one complaint from a college guy wearing the new template because Nike made them with actually decent quality
Fanatics and Nike saying that nostalgia is holding people back from accepting the future is like spitting in the face of every fan that cares about the sport.
Here’s what I dont think people understand as someone who unfortunately has to sell these things in store for a living, these jerseys were in backrooms for about a month before spring training awaiting a release date, so while they may be able to reverse course for the jerseys that the players wear, there’s NO turning back for the consumer for this season at the very least.
Haha. For real, the lettering is exactly like the cheap knock offs. It was the #1 sign someone didn’t want to spend the $200 for the official jersey lol
The Rays are finally getting a city connect jersey this season, and I was looking forward to buying it when they had originally announced it. If it releases at the same quality and price as the jerseys we’ve been seeing during this year’s spring training, that’s gonna be a fat skip for me. The replicas ($175) and the Authentics ($400~) are both a huge downgrade and an absolute slap in the face to the fans.
Michael Rubin should spend less time hosting parties and more time trying to improve his company's quality control and customer service, and maybe his company wouldn't be getting maligned so much.
Fanatics bought the company who made the previous jersey, and the factory where the were made. The Nike jerseys of the previous 2-3 years were relabeled Majestic products.
In the game RuneScape, players would rally in the city named Falardor and riot so the game owners would see. This is the MLB version and we need to keep rioting. This needs to change.
I just feel bad for the sweat shop kids because you know they’re bearing the brunt of this. I can just picture Michael Rubin yelling like Sean Strickland, “work harder child!”
this is extremely easy to fix as fans, don't buy any hats, jerseys or ANYTHING MLB related until they fix it. I guarantee that will fix it immediately.
Maybe there is a marginal technical improvement. But were any mlb players complaining about the uniforms last year? The material was already very breathable and comfortable. Also if they hadn’t messed with the name block design I think it probably would have gone better for them.
I have to believe that the National Hockey League is absolutely panic stricken.
Fans are concerned, the league and owners couldn't care less.
Maybe as this actually Nike people saying make as cheap as possible for X quality? We could get lucky and have issues be less and more on Jersey placement issues.
The players already use fanatics shirts and such underneath the jerseys. I don’t think fanatics will skimp on the jerseys for the players. You really can’t. They have to be both light and durable. But I do worry what they’ll make for the fans
I hope you're right but they probably don't give a shit
@@mrh3894 these companies probably do not care, like how some big corporations are doing even more since 2020 using pandemic as an excuse to do a bunch of things all at same time, making product even worse, jacking up prices, and keeping workers salary the same. Some like Cars have a legitimate issue of making vehicle too computerized and who is hording Chips, China for cheap electronic products with spying capabilities but rest are raking in Billons of record profits.
Cheaper materials = bigger price tag
Corporate greed strikes again
nobody is buying this garbage.
It’s normal for Rubens people 👃
That's the story in a nutshell.
Cut corners, boost profits.
@@tommyfu9271I hope you're right. Boycott this crap.
@@jimbobfisher8904 I'm glad someone else here sees the root of this entire problem; the Kosher Menace.
Silk screening is for tee ball.
Want to piss off the MLB commissioner? Wear nothing under the see-through pants.
Yup
And it would be with a well off black player.
@@JStorm13bruh
This was a collective failure amongst all parties involved (MLB, NIKE and FANATICS). They tried to cut too many corners to save money and thought we wouldn’t notice….Well guess what WE DID ⚾️🔥
Those uniforms are so flimsy they look like they were made by Victoria's Secret.
Yes and why in the world would they think shrinking the name on the back of each jersey was a good thing ???
@@AlanHolmes-v9u It's called "cutting corners." If they go any further, they'll be writing the names in magic marker.
Yes, I agree, I Bet Nike people said to Fanatics owner/people in charge of uniform design make it for X so prices are cheaper on uniforms and jack price up becuse they have Nike name on them and are in fact Nike. I bet some higher end Fanatics gear is not great but okay like a higher end knockoff item where clothing is actually okay.
It is like the Supreme brand slapping logo on already made items and selling for a higher price or on basic non branded items when people are just buying Chinese knockoffs of arm sleeves where color is off and more an orange red or Supreme with 2 p in name or misspelled Suprame/Supremee with latter people removing second e.
They look cheaper. They cost more. ?………
Somewhere in China, there is an 8-year-old girl in a sweatshop saying, 'I warned Nike about this.'
This is the best comment I’ve ever seen
Pennsylvania* the uniforms are made in the US
MLB uniforms are made in the states 🤣
她正在接受鞭子
All Jerseys Matter are made in PA the best state
I have been a Dodgers fan my entire life- my son is finally getting into baseball and I was willing to drop good money on Ohtani jerseys for both of us. No way in hell am I buying these.
Your theory is exactly what I have been saying. Fanatics is known for their low quality. They saw an opportunity to approach Nike/Manfred with jerseys that would increase profit margins and they thought we wouldn't care as long as the players on the field had to wear the same crap. Slap on the description some BS technology like, "innovative Vapor Premier chassis" with a Nike embroidered swoosh and they thought we would just give them our money.
Just read about the owner of Fanatics history and the only thing he seems to be great at is throwing parties, networking, and filling these massive egos of celebrities/athletes/sports commissioners.
Nike has already ruined NBA jerseys and I refuse to buy those as well. Don't even get me started on what Nike did to Lakers gold uniforms- they are an eye sore. Now Fanatics and Nike are ruining NFL,MLB and NHL jerseys. Giving us worse quality and still expect us to pay premium prices. It's only going to get worse if short sighted fans keep buying them regardless.
NFL uniforms like the Rams' (UGH) look like a box of crayons. I miss the 1960s and 1970s, when football uniforms looked MANLY. Best: 1976 Patriots.
I actually like the current NBA Nikes but I only wear authentics, so I can’t speak to the swingmans. The quality on those suck for sure
@@davidlafleche1142They ruined the Rams iconic helmet logo and made the colors like the Chargers.
WTH???
Rubin is the most humble man you'll meet, just ask him
If they are kids just get them fake jerseys. They won't know the difference. Different story if they are a bit older and other kids could make fun of them. But if I have a 7-year-old he's getting one made in China for 35 dollars that has a messed up "P" in Phillies lol
There’s only one reason why Nike would subcontract Fanatics to manufacture the uniforms, because Fanatics quoted a price that was cheaper than Nike could do themselves. And we already know what kind of cheap sweatshop labor Nike gets down with…
The reason Nike subcontracted Fanatics is because Fanatics actually owns Majestic, who has made the MLB jerseys for years. So they’re just using the same production facilities already set up to keep making the jerseys, just with Nike-produced fabrics.
Hold the line dont buy this crap.
Yes!
The only reason why I dont have an Ohtani jersey 🥴
I blame Nike because they have became a monopoly on all of our sports they are the Official uniform company for the NBA NFL and now MLB they have no competition anymore
Blame the owners. End of story. Nevertrustmlb
all the fanatics stuff I've come across is crap quality. my 2019 stanley cup champions shirt from them feels super cheap. the sleeves are too short and the collar has gotten stretched out, despite only having worn it occasionally. I have shirts 3x as old that have held up better. garbage company with shitty products.
I would laugh hysterically if during the season a player stole second base and during a head first slide, the team name fell off the jersey. That would be my highlight of 2024
They’re still stitched tho lol
@@texascardnot what was shown in many videos to this point. New jerseys have heat pressed letters and patches. Sounds like some teams said no, but that wasn't the initial new jerseys had.
These jerseys look like something you would get off Wish or Temu.
The only way we stop this is by ending the purchasing of their products... I am done paying more for less
I woke up this morning and the ABC affiliate had a local morning show displaying a placard saying “The new Superman costume?” My first thought was, “ did fanatics run this too?”
Look at the trim on the sleeves. I coach basketball and buy a lot of uniforms. On the old jersey, the trim is sewed on top of the sleave. on the new jersey, the trim is an extension of the sleeve so it sort of buckles a little bit at the top of the stitching and. again just looks cheap
Weeks before the story hit big, a Blue Jays fan posted a video on UA-cam comparing his 2023 replica, 2023 authentic and 2024 authentic jerseys.
The 23 replica is better quality than the 24 authentic. Check it out, he does close ups of them all and it's striking how cheap the new ones are.
Rumor has it Rubin got the idea and the designs while hanging out at a puff daddy party
Probably while smoking with Snoop Dog super Chimmy Chaunga sized spiffs of a mix of max weed strengths adding in some super strength CBD for good measure so High is not having them glued to couch. I am saying spliffs so big people can barely hold using 2 hands.
Nah....pot usually stimulates creativity, not greed.
@@kentstallard6512 lol 😂
Back when it was announced that Fanatics was going to be making the new MLB jerseys all I heard was people saying Fanatics was crap. Then the jerseys come out and they are indeed crap.
I managed a recreational Adult League baseball team, and the jerseys i bought for us are significantly better looking than this crap.
MLB should’ve stayed with Majestic
My jersey buying days are officially over.
The ironic thing now is that Chinese knockoffs are now superior. Good stitching and everything lmao.
Mine were over when I graduated the 8th grade, never wear another mans name on your back. Especially one that doesn't even know you exist
Cool story. I’m sure all the major jersey manufacturers are devastated at your loss of money 🥺. More like they don’t even notice
What’s his excuse for NHL jerseys? Can’t blame that on Nike 😅
This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode were George convinced the Yankees to switch to cotton uniforms instead of the old polyester ones 😂.
I'm praying the NHL avoids this and do not put out garbage for "retail authentic" jerseys. If they have any brains, they would learn from this MLB debacle.
NHL did this too. Cheap and crappy is the strategy
As an NHL fan and collector of jerseys from different eras and manufacturers from CCM to koho, to reebok and adidas, nothing has scared me more about the future than Fanatics taking over for a decade.
Can’t blame that one on Nike but I’m sure he’ll find a way to blame someone else
@@kj6446these baseball players with the complaints is paving a way to hopefully shit not being bad for the nhl. If it is bad hopefully nhl teams will stick up for themselves like what the royals and cardinals have done.
@@kj6446 exactly! Remember Starter? Their jerseys were ultra comfortable but fell apart on the ice in fights. I still look for them when buying a jersey though. But at least the logos on theirs were better than CCMs. Fanatics uses plastic patches.adidas and rebooks were good too but we were skeptical. This time we SHOULD BE scared!
If the league is so profitable why does it need to make them cheaper in the first place?
MLB is ultimately to blame here. They are the customer (or costumer if you prefer!).
Go back to the old days where each team made their own jerseys. Then you’d see which teams would cheap out and cover them with ads
Invest in great designers
As a Pirates fan, please no. Nutting would have them out there in body paint if it was cheap enough
@@MrGgffggffggff how bout mlb jerseys return to Reebok
Lighter & more breathable...Yeah, that's gonna feel good in April!
DEI hires and Blackrock. Let's not connect those simple related dots apparently.
I remember when the wool jerseys were made by russel. High quality stuff right there!
Russell and Champion made good uniforms back in the day!! Fanatics and Majesty are wack and suck!!
Majestic authentic mlb jerseys are nice but cost almost 400 lol
Champion was actually crap they did plastic letters and numbers for the nba in the early 90s. Later nba switched to Adidas which was a big upgrade everything was stitched on nicely I still have one that looks almost new
There is a way to fix this. Go back to Majestic.
Bruh fanatics owns majestic
100 percent agree 👍 majestic was the way!!
It’s a shame mlb didn’t use Adidas. I love their nhl jerseys they are very good now they are going to Shitanics too sadly.
NBA shouldn’t have left adidas
There's a barbershop down the street from my office that sells terrible knockoff jerseys and they look much better than this.
This is a perfect example how disattached corporations are to the front lines of workers and players etc
Dude, DG, I’m quite a bit older than you (46), but I love your channel bro. You’re a cool cat, keep up the great work.
You're a kid too. Gotcha by two decades. 😂
I’ll take it! My perfect vision is no longer perfect for the first time this year😢
@@briancarbone419 Unsolicited old guy advice: focus on the positive aspects of getting older. It sucks in many ways but there are also very positive aspects.
Rubin's is full of it. His whole clothing line is overpriced garbage. And that's an understatement.
Stitching - no.... we gotta do heat press...
Whoever greenlit that idea is at fault... but I mean... Fanatics and Nike can learn to share... in the blame, fucking failures.
(literally providing answers to the questions NO ONE ASKED.)
They are like walking into Walmart in KC and they have the shirts upfront with printed-on numbers.
Nike has done this with every uni contract they have won. They put the uni's together off shore so the QC is really not a priority.
except these are made in the US... hence why they're such bad quality.
I have not bought any of the stuff Nike had put out since they started to do the MLB jerseys and when they started to do the NBA uniforms. They looked terribly cheap and not up to the standard I was used to. They feel cheaper and substandard and to the touch and look bad. They honestly have been looking like pajamas to me.
Get the disgusting Nike logo off of the jersey and I’ll buy one.
I remember when I used to buy the authentic jerseys I won't be buying any of these new ones they're atrocious.
I don't believe for one minute that MLB players were lobbying for lighter "more breathable" unis. I call BS.
Great job breaking it down and not letting anyone off the hook.
There is ONE reason for this debacle: Greed. It's just another example of monopolization and cost cutting to boost profits.
Tony Stark head of the Players Union said something along the lines of, 'We have enough serious issues as it is I didn't think that one of them would be see through pants.'
Got an all star shirt last year, and I’ve hated it ever since. The quality really is garbage.
Fanatics just produces the product. Gotta blame Nike and MLB for design specs.
Personally I think the whole thing was planned for maximum controversy. Few ppl are paying attention to MLB anymore.
Ultimately they will modify them to something reasonably mediocre and everyone will say how much better they are; when in reality they are still going to be much cheaper made than Majestic. This was Nike/Fanatics lowering the bar all the way to the floor, so they can get away with making a dirt cheap product that sells for way too much money. Its all incredibly stupid and greedy. Its how they make billions.
They need to make the jerseys heavier!!! Good material nice and thick call me old school but I don’t like see-through thin jerseys💯
They feel like a t-shirt with the logos and numbers ironed on.
I like breathable clothes for the gym, but no way in hell white pants.
Russell and Champion made good uniforms back in the day!! Fanatics and Majesty are wack and suck!!
Very glad I bought my jersey last year
As a garment embroiderer, you are right, it might be too late to embroider the names and logos the same way as the previous uniforms. It takes time to make it properly in so short a time because of the intricate details involved.
It looks like the quality of jersey they give out at games for Indian Heritage Night or some other random promo
This makes MLB appear to be a ship without a captain. (Rob Manfred)
Didn't George Costanza make the same mistake?
What if a team got new uniforms? (Diamondbacks) how would they get theirs fixed?
Fanatics has always sold cheap clothing.
Depressed Ginger is in his early 20s, I believe!!
What’s their explanation for the NHL jerseys??
I have an NFL jersey from the last pre-Nike season. The replicas produced in the first few Nike years looked like women's jerseys with smaller numbering and letters and a closer fit. My old pre-Nike jersey is far superior. Fully stitched. To this day I refuse to buy one of those "chick jerseys" as i call them.
I was looking forward to buying an Ohtani this year. Hard pass though. You pay good money, but you know quality is there, disappointed with what’s goin on here.
I preordered and now my Ohtani jersey will sit sealed. If they switch back, it may become rare down the line. Either way, the quality is horrible.
5:41 this is 100% spot on analogy lol😂😂😂😂
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred released the following statement: "Just like the Astros cheating scandal, I believe once some time has passed that everyone will forget that there was ever a problem."
The Philadelphia daily News was talking about the new Uniforms some players didn't want their said in the paper . They said the Jersey now looks very cheaply made and another player said after getting to camp and having MLB clean the Jerseys a couple times the stitching with name & numbers where loose . It mostly said a lot the Phillies players didn't like them but it alwo said a couple players did like them but not many
Im an Oakland A's fan....this pales in comparison.
Keep it up folks. Don't let their tears stop us. This. Is. Bad. Keep up the pain until they change this swill.
Didn't seem to me as though players were being impeded or their performance was being hindered by the previous uniforms. But hey I'm just a fan who lives and breathes baseball, what do I know?
MLBs Boeing moment.
MLB Teams: "We can't afford the nice uniforms anymore!"
Also MLB Teams: "Sign that player for $100,000,000 and raise tickets and concessions 25% this season."
Nike gave them the template, they messed it up. I haven’t heard one complaint from a college guy wearing the new template because Nike made them with actually decent quality
Fanatics and Nike saying that nostalgia is holding people back from accepting the future is like spitting in the face of every fan that cares about the sport.
Quality=nostalgia??
They look pretty cold for open stadium games in April. Maybe the see through issue won't be a problem.
Here’s what I dont think people understand as someone who unfortunately has to sell these things in store for a living, these jerseys were in backrooms for about a month before spring training awaiting a release date, so while they may be able to reverse course for the jerseys that the players wear, there’s NO turning back for the consumer for this season at the very least.
It's not just these NFL jerseys are the same. Printed on authentic numbers and names but costs the same.
This is the best thing the Royals have done since 2015 (from a Royals fan)
Haha. For real, the lettering is exactly like the cheap knock offs. It was the #1 sign someone didn’t want to spend the $200 for the official jersey lol
The Rays are finally getting a city connect jersey this season, and I was looking forward to buying it when they had originally announced it. If it releases at the same quality and price as the jerseys we’ve been seeing during this year’s spring training, that’s gonna be a fat skip for me. The replicas ($175) and the Authentics ($400~) are both a huge downgrade and an absolute slap in the face to the fans.
The new uniforms are terrible!
The shittier thing is they are still gonna sell these to fans at blown but prices… this might be the first New Jersey I don’t buy
Michael Rubin should spend less time hosting parties and more time trying to improve his company's quality control and customer service, and maybe his company wouldn't be getting maligned so much.
He is a member of the island gang.
Where did fanatics even come from and how do we get rid of them?
Who would've thought Nike that makes shoes for a few bucks and charges hundreds for them made cheap products and called them "performance wear?"
George Costanza’s career at the Yankees was not meant to be emulated in real life
The whole “performance” thing is just marketing bs to charge more for an inferior product.
Fanatics is a shit factory, but Nike is throwing them under the bus to take all the heat for their designs and specifications.
I don't want baseball jerseys to become soccer tees
MLB should have signed with adidas
Fanatics bought the company who made the previous jersey, and the factory where the were made. The Nike jerseys of the previous 2-3 years were relabeled Majestic products.
For the guy that hosts the Hampton’s White Party he sure doesn’t seem to know a lot about white clothing.
bring back majestic.
Fanatics owns Majestic. The same Majestic facilities are still producing the jerseys.
This is a good take. It’s like the cheap junk that you buy outside the stadium. Hot garbage!
Oh no 😭😭😭😭 poor Fanatics owner 😭😭😭😭 used their monopoly to push cheap garbage and are getting called out 😭😭😭😭
I hate when they use arguments like oh people were resistant to divisions but they came around as if that blindly justifies any change they make
In the game RuneScape, players would rally in the city named Falardor and riot so the game owners would see. This is the MLB version and we need to keep rioting. This needs to change.
I just feel bad for the sweat shop kids because you know they’re bearing the brunt of this. I can just picture Michael Rubin yelling like Sean Strickland, “work harder child!”
this is extremely easy to fix as fans, don't buy any hats, jerseys or ANYTHING MLB related until they fix it. I guarantee that will fix it immediately.
Have never had a good experience purchasing anything with Fanatics
Maybe there is a marginal technical improvement. But were any mlb players complaining about the uniforms last year? The material was already very breathable and comfortable. Also if they hadn’t messed with the name block design I think it probably would have gone better for them.
Shouldn’t be touching uniforms without the clubs input.