Adults wearing team jerseys

[MyGuyTy]

IMO, Autograph seeking is completely out of the question for adults by themselves. Now if you have your kids with you, it's different.....ask away for them. I'm also not the jersey wearing type. Give me a nice team logo shirt, hat, jacket, hoodie etc. but waking around sporting a jersey with some guy's name and/or number just isn't for me personally. The problem with jerseys of current players is 9 times out of 10 that player will eventually be traded away or sign with another team, then you're stuck with a worthless out of date jersey.

[drcy]

Wear a jersey if you a want. It's a free country. Why did ESPN say it was inappropriate?

I would never ask a celebrity for an autograph, but that's me.

[JBird]

Originally Posted by MyGuyTy

IMO, Autograph seeking is completely out of the question for adults by themselves. Now if you have your kids with you, it's different.....ask away for them. I'm also not the jersey wearing type. Give me a nice team logo shirt, hat, jacket, hoodie etc. but waking around sporting a jersey with some guy's name and/or number just isn't for me personally. The problem with jerseys of current players is 9 times out of 10 that player will eventually be traded away or sign with another team, then you're stuck with a worthless out of date jersey.

Couple of questions here. So if you were alive and older than say Babe Ruth in 1927 and you met him you wouldn't have asked for his auto unless you were with a child??? Whats the difference between you being a fan and a child being a fan? Also, whats the difference between a jersey and any other pair of clothing going out of style or being worn out? people don't wear the same clothes they wore a couple of years ago for the most part. not trying to be rude but your logic doesn't make any sense to me. You are allowed your opinion by all means but to say something is out of the question is a little ridiculous.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by JBird

Couple of questions here. So if you were alive and older than say Babe Ruth in 1927 and you met him you wouldn't have asked for his auto unless you were with a child??? Whats the difference between you being a fan and a child being a fan? Also, whats the difference between a jersey and any other pair of clothing going out of style or being worn out? people don't wear the same clothes they wore a couple of years ago for the most part. not trying to be rude but your logic doesn't make any sense to me. You are allowed your opinion by all means but to say something is out of the question is a little ridiculous.

For me the difference between 1927 and 2014, asking for an autograph as an adult, is that in 1927 adults asked for autographs as fans while in 2014 many of them ask for them as dealers. I would be embarrassed that the people around me and the player would associate me with other adults who are not getting the autograph as a fan.

But I have to admit, I was even a little embarrassed asking for autographs after the games as a 14-yr old back in the early '70s, primarily because there were lots of younger kids around me who were unable to get to the player, either from shyness or smallness, and players weren't making any effort to get to the little kids. I had to get most of my 7-yr old brothers autographs for him.

[thenavarro]

I wear jerseys often and don't give a rip snort what anyone else thinks about it that sees me.

To each their own for the most part,

Mike

[ullmandds]

I have a few yankees jerseys from attending fantasy camp...and to be totally honest I feel silly wearing them...as they tend to go down near my knees!

I have no issue with others wearing them...but not for me!

[MyGuyTy]

Originally Posted by JBird

Couple of questions here. So if you were alive and older than say Babe Ruth in 1927 and you met him you wouldn't have asked for his auto unless you were with a child??? Whats the difference between you being a fan and a child being a fan? Also, whats the difference between a jersey and any other pair of clothing going out of style or being worn out? people don't wear the same clothes they wore a couple of years ago for the most part. not trying to be rude but your logic doesn't make any sense to me. You are allowed your opinion by all means but to say something is out of the question is a little ridiculous.

This question was pretty much answered before, HUGE difference between 1927 and 2014, not only with the players themselves but the fans as well. Autograph seeking wasn't a "business" back then. People of all ages showed up to ball parks and players would HAPPILY sign autographs for everyone, because they kept them and cherished them. Today autographs are BIG business and it rubs the current athlete the wrong way when a 40-50 something year old man is standing with a bunch of kids and he has a handful of balls to sign......gee I wonder what he plans on doing with them?....

Almost everything being done today is scrutinized because money has destroyed pretty much everything that was once innocent. Guys like Lionel Carter couldn't even show very many people his baseball card collection for fear somebody would steal it or possibly worse maybe kill him for it. I stand by my opinion that in today's society and culture with too many people ruining everything, I would still not run up to an athlete, movie star, musician etc and beg for an autograph, not happening. In my profession, I've come in contact with so many celebrities I couldn't even keep track of who I have met. If some of you guys knew how these people felt about being hounded by "fans", you have a much different take on it, let's leave it at that.

As far as jerseys go.....nope still don't wear them. Don't really care if other people wear them since I don't dress everybody, but for ME, it's still out of the question

[Runscott]

Related event - last night something truly horrible occurred at the Astros game: three techno-geek looking guys were deemed the 'fan of the night'. They had each bought a new Astros jersey with the rainbow shoulders and gotten their names put on the back, along with a number. When asked what the numbers meant, one guy said "it's the number of years we've been at the company."

I was horrified.