COLOR ME RED

But do so many baseball teams have to wear the same color? And if it's not red, then blue.

When the Diamondbacks went to Sedona red, it sealed the deal. I don't know who started it, but the Astros went from their orange and yellow to Sedona red (perhaps clay red) and black. Then the Padres went from brown and yellow to blue and orange to St. Louis Ram colors blue and gold. I know, the Rams went from bright blue and bright yellow to Notre Dame blue and gold. I don't approve of that look either.

The Phillies changed their color scheme, too. They used to have a burgundy-like quality, but now it's red, too. In the junior circuit ( I love to use that term because it annoys American League fans. I can't help it. If they were true fans that petition to get rid of the stupid DH) the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim near Mission Viejo and not all that far from Tijuana brightened their red considerably to blend in with all the others.

The Cincinnati Reds turned a good uni with a vest even into a bad one by adding so much black to it.

It was all so simple then as Barbra crooned(can women croon, or is that only men?) back in the MTV Little League when the Cardinals were red, Cubs bright blue, Giants green, Dodgers dark blue, and Pirates black. Then you could tell who was who and baseball didn't look like an intersquad game.