Bill Hall: Necklaces Of Baseball

As I sit watching major league baseball players wearing their necklaces, I almost long for the day when they used to spit tobacco juice all over the dugout in full view of the television cameras. Yes, that’s right, necklaces. They aren’t delicate gold necklaces crusted with diamonds. It isn’t the intent of the players to become pretty. And a good thing, too. No small number of the baseball players in this era tend toward rough-hewn beards and stringy hair. If they were simply trying to look great, where are their hairdressers? We know these young millionaires can afford the best hair stylists in the large cities where they work. But they obviously don’t choose that path. A pleasing appearance isn’t their aim. And no wonder. They earn their living by constantly throwing themselves into the dirt, the grass and against the outfield walls. It’s dirty work, not pretty work. So you know when you see a baseball player wearing a necklace while playing the game that appearance isn’t the goal. That’s especially true of the necklaces in question. They are some kind of fat, braided, rope-looking thing they have started wearing around their necks in recent years/ Bill Hall , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

Question (for men): Do you wear a necklace?