Baseball season is about to begin.  That means moms everywhere are going to be living a laundry nightmare. phillies

I just don't get the point of dressing little-leaguers in white baseball pants.  Even the pros can't stay clean, but I'm sure they've got their own professional laundry people to deal with that problem--or they get a brand-new uniform for every game.

Neither one of those options is in my budget, thank you very much.  So I'm looking at a spring filled with cold metal bleachers, mud puddles in the infield, and white baseball pants that stay clean for less than five minutes on my eight-year-old.  Knowing him, he'll be covered in dirt before his first turn at bat.

Wouldn't black be a more practical choice?

I'm convinced that the baseball industry is in cahoots with the makers of Oxy-Clean.  Surely I'm not the first person to suggest that white pants don't work when you play a sport that involves sliding in the dirt.  I can't come up with any other explanation for their insistence on a completely impractical wardrobe.

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