This Day in Baseball: Plaid is the New Pinstripe

By Precious Sanders @pdsanders99

In a game against Philadelphia on April 12, 1916, the New York Giants debuted their new, purple plaid uniforms.  The Giants lost the game 5-4, and this fashion disaster ended when the season ended.

George Kelly in the 1916 New York Giants uniform (baseballhalloffame.org)