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It is team, but it is solo. Only you are at bat. Only you can hit the ball and make a play happen. You have your number. It is your uniform. You make the play. By far the most interesting aspect of baseball uniforms as this great American past time has evolved is the socks. Each team’s identity was distinguished by the stocking colors, and the names usually followed suit.

Emblems on the socks were an additional symbol, but were not significant as they are today. The press was the source responsible for the use of nicknames for the different ball clubs, and they were consistently inconsistent. In 1901, the Detroit Tigers established the first constant display of an emblem by placing a small red tiger on the black, wool caps that spurted a trend of fans wanting to acquire a genuine Tiger cap, a rage that lives on even today!