The company that makes uniforms for Major League Baseball announced on Thursday _ the day that would have been opening day _ that it is instead using those fabrics to make masks and hospital gowns to help with the coronavirus pandemic.
Fanatics, which is based in Easton, Pa., had been shuttered by commonwealth authorities as part of Pennsylvania's non-essential workplace ban. But company executive chairman Michael Rubin said the 360,000-square foot plant has been reopened to create up to 1 million masks and gowns for healthcare workers.
The masks and gowns are initially being made from textiles that were going to be used to create uniforms for the Yankees and Phillies. So the finished products will feature pinstripes _ blue from the Yankees' material and red from the Phillies'.
