“It’s to highlight our best players and bringing them closer to the fans.”Īmong the league’s most fashion-forward players: Mariners star Julio Rodríguez, 22, whose red carpet outfit for Tuesday was handmade in Italy and paid tribute to Seattle.
The players really embrace it, too,” Garden said. Today, baseball officials are keen to encourage their players to shine in the same way, too, knowing the ticket to loyal fans can be found off the field - perhaps at a much-hyped red carpet show built to pop on social media. “MLB is probably still looking for their next superstar in modern culture.” “He (was in) a bunch of different mediums to speak to a multitude of audiences,” Brown said. with his signature and very '90s backwards baseball cap - has there truly been an MLB player seen as a cross-cultural superstar who could make a splash with just his outfits, Brown said. Not since the Seattle Mariners’ own Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. 1 brand preference for Gen Z across sports institutions, said Brandon Brown, a sports management professor at New York University, in part because the game and its savvy players are so heavily tied to urban hip-hop culture and self-representation - things this generation so identifies with. So MLB has been trying to liven up its image for years, watching with wonder as the NBA’s cultural dominance grew alongside the basketball stars who have been cemented as style kings among celebrity athletes, along with their sneakers, suits and streetwear. Look at the young people - they’ve always been here,” said Noah Garden, MLB’s chief revenue officer. “Sometimes perception becomes reality, but it’s just never been accurate. There is a perception that baseball is so steeped in American tradition that it may be a stodgy game targeted to old-timers - namely, white fans - who still track scores by hand in the stands. The league has for years suffered from the same audience problem. On the red carpet - which was actually a hot magenta pink - Carroll stuck with neutral colors, wearing a white blazer, black shirt and tan pants, styled with Nikes, sunglasses and a mullet.īut it’s no coincidence that MLB is tapping the young, mixed-race player as a style ambassador for its All-Star Red Carpet Show. Like a good many Gen Zer - which includes those born in the late 1990s and early 2000s - Carroll described his off-duty style as more casual than high fashion: “Athleisure, not too many logos, plain, a nice good fit.” Definitely, it’s not something I would pick out for myself, but I’m kind of excited to show that off.” “MLB gave me a stylist for this game,” said Corbin Carroll, a 22-year-old Seattle native turned Arizona Diamondbacks' breakout rookie. The fan-friendly event is as much an homage to baseball’s iconic place in street style - from the game’s signature caps and jerseys to the classic tees - as it is an indication that MLB is increasingly staking its claim on fashion as an entry to new audiences and pop culture reverence. Yet what was really on display was MLB's quest for the crown of cool. The event came hours before the All-Star Game and featured baseball's top players strutting through Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market with their spouses, kids and moms in tow, and giving their best looks to the hundreds of adoring fans gathered. Though there were some flashy standouts, many of the suits were safe and serious at Major League Baseball’s red carpet show on Tuesday. Adley Rutschman leaned more “Kenergy” in a leafy gold ensemble. topped off a Barbiecore ’fit with a jeweled chain of his own likeness.
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