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Hitting a Nostalgic Home Run With Vintage Baseball UniformsA musician quit his job to focus on bringing back old-school baseball uniforms.

ByJerry Cohen

This story appears in theSeptember 2017issue of雷竞技手机版.Subscribe »

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I loved baseball uniforms as a kid growing up in Brooklyn. I'd spend hours looking at old photos of Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth, always in those classic flannel uniforms. That foldy, slightly baggy look they had -- that was really what spoke to me about baseball. I was fascinated by them.

Fast-forward to the '70s and '80s, when the worst of the garish, double-knit uniforms were really prevalent. I always thought it was sad that Hank Aaron beat Babe Ruth's home-run record in 1974 while wearing that awful Braves uniform, instead of the classic one he'd worn for years. He looked like he was wearing a softball uniform. I was really offended by it.

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