Article: Attention Toronto Blue Jays: Please Find Higher Socks for Bo Bichette

[Davy Andrews]

Bo Bichette is a star. He deserves a uniform that fits properly.

  It's Wednesday, and that means it's time to get really serious. This is no time for the Friday sillies. Let's dig in. Dug in? Ok. Did you know that you can buy Bo Bichette socks? You surely can. In fact, you can buy multiple different kinds of Bo Bichette socks. A quick search brought me to these two objects of beauty.

Actually, I suppose this is four objects of beauty (and eight if you count the weird severed manakin legs that must be lurking inside these glorious cerulean socks). Point is, they’re beautiful. They’re a feast for the eyes and the feet. What could be better than Bo Bichette wearing Bo Bishades on your Bo Bishins? Oh, and I also found these bad boys, but tragically, it doesn't look like you can buy them anymore.

Now that we’ve enjoyed ourselves, it’s time to move on to our real topic: not Bo Bichette on socks, but rather, socks on Bo Bichette. You see, I’ve noticed something that bothers me about Bichette’s socks. The problem isn’t always apparent. Bichette usually wears his pant legs high in old-school fashion, but not always. So far this season, he’s worn them high in every game but one. He wore them at half-mast last Tuesday, presumably as a solemn acknowledgment for some sort of national tragedy.

But in every other game, Bichette has proudly kept it classic, wearing his pant legs not just at his knees, but well above them. They're basically breeches. He’s not just old-school, he’s OG. But here’s the thing: Bichette seems to be so old school that the Blue Jays can’t keep up with him. Watch this clip all the way to the end if you don’t mind. At the end, Bichette will hang out on second base and you’ll get a good view of his gams.

Just in case you can't watch a video right now, allow me zoom way in for you. There are Bichette’s pants, stopping a couple inches above his knees. But his socks don’t even make it up to the knees. In fact, they're well below his knees. There’s a big, slightly different-blue gap.

That blue gap is clearly a pair of tights or performance compression pants. Now, because Rogers Centre has a turf field and turf is notorious for tearing up knees when a player slides, Bichette would probably have to wear tights under his socks anyway. But he wouldn’t have to match the color perfectly, and when he’s playing on grass on the road, he wouldn’t have to wear them at all. They're probably confining, and Bichette, like all of us, deserves to be free. And in case you were wondering, he takes the color matching seriously. Here he is on March 28, when the Jays were wearing their City Connect uniforms.

Red socks, red tights underneath. So here’s the question: Why can’t Bichette find socks that go up to his knees? I have trouble believing that the Blue Jays wouldn’t be able to find taller socks. Bichette’s not enormous. He’s 5-foot-11. By big league standards, that practically makes him a shrimp! But as it turns out, that's just the beginning. If you look closely, you’ll see that George Springer, another high socks champion, often has the same problem. It’s just harder to see, because Springer prefers to wear socks that are a very dark navy blue. There’s also Ernie Clement, Andrés Giménez, Chad Green, Alejandro Kirk – it’s an epidemic of exposed knees!

You have to imagine that given their druthers, these players would rather just be able to wear socks that go all the way up to their charmingly short pants. I want them to be happy, so here’s what I propose: collective action. I call on Bichette, Springer, Giménez, and all the rest to ditch the tights. Keep proudly wearing your socks up high and your pant legs even higher, but play with exposed knees. Get some eyeballs on this situation. People would notice the gap. They would rally around you. Would it put you at risk of some pretty bad turf burn? Yes it would. But what better way to draw attention to these shameful working conditions than the blood of martyrs? As with so many things, it'll be a battle, but one that's worth fighting. As for the Blue Jays, you’re lucky to have so many cool players who wear their pants up high like old-school heroes. Please extend Bichette’s socks (and maybe his contract if you get around to it).

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[Brownie19]

The "half mast" pants are called tweeners.  Very popular with 15 year olds right now.  

[John_Havok]

Easton Lucas article please 🙏