In a story that's getting some legs with the national media, the Lowell Spinners (Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox) have offered to replace any and all Yankees jerseys being worn by kids across New England.
Is it a ridiculous move made by a minor league team to grab headlines and cause a stir?
Hell yes.
Is that ridiculous move made to grab headlines and cause a stir completely awesome?
Hell yes!
According to the release, "Red Sox fans understand how devastating it can be for any child to be on a Yankees youth baseball team in New England. The Spinners have heard stories first-hand of children actually crying and refusing to play if they have to play for the Yankees. The Spinners believe they have found an answer to the problem."
On a kinda cool note, the press release also says that it's in fun and meant to appeal to fans in New England, which is better than blasting the Yankees for the sake of feeding the fire.
If there's a classy way to say, "Hey Yanks, screw you and we don't even want our kids wearing your name in Little League games..." well, this might be a close as it'd get.
In other baseball nonsense consider this your warning shot. I'm lining up team-by-team breakdowns, because let's face it, I have that kind of time. I figured I could do dvisional breakdowns that went on and on or team capsules that go on and on, but are broken up more. I went with Option B.
The other, more practical option is to do team-by-team bits for the divisions that interest me. I think that the Option C darkhorse is gaining ground.
(Image from www.lowellspinners.com)
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