Let’s stipulate that the pants are the same.
Let’s take Major League Baseball’s word for it that this year’s much-maligned Nike-designed, Fanatics-produced uniform pants—the ones players call “see-through,” the ones they drag reporters to their lockers to feel, the ones they are trying to get away with not wearing—are the same as last year’s pants.
What does it say about the relationship between the league and the players that none of them seem to believe it?