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Originally Posted by cbfoulds
I know I'm gonna regret this, and people I respect on this site will curse my name, but I can't resist:
Larry, will you please, in as few words as possible, tell me how in the name of Abner Doubleday the BATTER's uniform [color, design, ANYTHING ABOUT IT] could POSSIBLY "contribute" to his being HBP? Or be "distracting"? Or even be mildly interesting to talk about among umpires?
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1) my comment concerned the PITCHER'S uniform (Red Sox throwback 1918 all-white including a solid white hat. (You put the emphasis on BATTER, I didn't) - watch the video per my link.
2) I was wrong. Billy Martin argued the point when the Yankees played the ChiSox when they came out with the clam-digger with white undershirt. A Chicago pitcher actually removed his but the league afterwards ruled it was OK.
3) sorry to have wasted time and bandwidth.