A photo of San Francisco Giants infielder Casey Schmitt circulated and generated a lot of online buzz on Thursday. And when you see the photo, you’ll understand why.
A photo, originally seen (though no longer available) on the Instagram stories of Alex Pavlovic, who covers the Giants for NBC Sports Bay Area circulated on Thursday. The caption for the photo took note of Schmitt’s mustache.
But with all due respect to Schmitt’s mustache, it was only the third most notable part of the photo. While the Giants do their spring training in Arizona’s Cactus League, this photo of Schmitt is far better suited for Florida’s Grapefruit League.
https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1760752931085676663
For his sake, we hope that Schmitt doesn’t have to do a lot of head-first dives this season.
To the surprise of, well, absolutely nobody, there was no shortage of takes generated from this photo.
Told you, and those are cream colored pants. Add some sweat to those white pants and it is a wet t-shirt show. No, fix this now. https://t.co/cOLeugat6B
— Talk Nats (@TalkNats) February 22, 2024
Crying laughing at this. 🤣
Look, I'm all for innovation and advancements in sportswear and athletic fabrics, but this is just comical. These Nike Vapor Jerseys are far too light. Wouldn't be surprised if these jerseys fall apart when sliding into 2nd or diving in the outfield. https://t.co/u50kigDol1
— Eric Johnsen (@ericjdesigns) February 22, 2024
I think we ALL know who's responsible for these uniforms…. https://t.co/Pc3Ije10zr pic.twitter.com/3O1hctXTnG
— Drew (@Redfox1701) February 22, 2024
https://t.co/hHolKr8nXh pic.twitter.com/RxCQmGnIlw
— Dude Where's Makar (@joelthesakic) February 22, 2024
it was a very bold and innovative strategy by MLB and Nike to introduce these new uniforms without ever having had any human being wear them for testing purposes https://t.co/Xy4moP4fZf
— Listen Here Baseball Commissioner (@spacemnkymafia) February 22, 2024
y'all are lucky Juan Uribe is retired @MLB @Fanatics https://t.co/jhH1loxQWz
— Evan (@OhChev) February 22, 2024
Pants and what they hide — and more importantly, do not hide — have been a topic of conversation in the early weeks of spring training.
It's gonna take one player going commando during a televised spring game to fix this. Who will be our brave hero? https://t.co/I0wWmuBDAG
— Chris Towers is the Riley Greene Preservation Soc (@CTowersCBS) February 22, 2024
How does this compare to Bill Ripken’s infamous 1989 Fleer Card? We suppose that’s up to the individual. But how did either photo get into circulation? That’s just nuts.
[Jomboy Media on Twitter/X, Alex Pavlovic on Instagram]
