In what could be a precursor to several uniform changes, including bright-colored alternative game jerseys, the Rangers may start wearing a white mesh hat with the team’s star-in-a-circle alternative logo during batting practice.
Los Angeles, long known for Dodger Blue, wore similar white mesh hats during the teams’ series earlier in the week.
Major League Baseball has tried to get teams to wear alternative hats as a marketing tool to sell more merchandise. During spring training, then-Rangers president Tom Schieffer declined to have the team wear a red mesh hat with a different logo during games. The Rangers were the only team not to wear such a hat. New team president Jim Lites said on Thursday that the team could undergo several changes to the basic uniform over the next several years.
“We’re one of the last teams to have one hat, one white uniform and one road uniform,” Lites said. “We’re looking at coming up with some other looks without going overboard. It’s something I support. I don’t want to stray into looking like a softball team, but I think there are some things we can do.”
One possibility is a blue alternative jersey that MLB’s licensing department has sent the Rangers to examine.