How To Wear Baseball Socks

Now what s important to understand is there is a correct way to wear your socks also known more formally as a stirrup.

How to wear baseball socks. The english born player brought his knowledge of cricket attire back to the states in the 1860s with the cincinnati baseball team. John thorn major league baseball s official historian says that the owner of the cincinnati red stockings was trying to create sensation because high socks displayed manly calves which the ladies liked. The official site of major league baseball. They go over under socks usually white.

Video transcript i m jory jensen baseball instructor and today we re going to be talking about how to wear baseball socks and pants. The smaller hole goes in the front. As captain manager he led a team that wore shortened players pants. Put on white knee high baseball socks first.

Baseball pants can either be worn up high near the knee or down low around the ankle. Wear your baseball pants with the legs rolled up to the knee. Wright led the way. Current streetwear has trended toward tighter more fitted pants and that s reflected in both the skinny jeans that many players wear off the field as well as the pants they wear on it.

Try to pull them up as high and tight as possible. Even though you may like wearing your baseball pants down near your ankles your coach may prefer everyone on the team to wear them up high. However different players have different techniques that work for them. This means baseball is essentially coming full circle because the importance of socks in the game came as a matter of necessity.

It s not the socks themselves that can solely account for the shift. How you wear your baseball pants depends on personal preference or how your coach directs you to wear your pants. Most stirrups have a larger hole on one side and a slightly smaller hole on the other. For most people it is easier to start like this than to try and put the pants on afterward.