Uni Watch: Chris Sale not the first to protest uniform

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If the reports currently circulating are true, Chris Sale may have issued the most emphatically negative review of a uniform that any athlete has ever issued.

But it’s certainly not the first negative review.

First, some quick background: The Chicago White Sox were slated to wear a throwback version of their infamous 1976 “leisure suit” uniform on Saturday night, complete with the untucked jerseys and the disco collars.

Tonight the @whitesox will turn the clock back to ’76 pic.twitter.com/1VjJhciJKf

– Phil Hecken (@PhilHecken) July 23, 2016

But when the Sox took the field tonight against the Detroit Tigers, they weren’t wearing the 1970s throwbacks. Instead, they wore their 1980s “beach blanket” throwbacks, which they normally wear on Sundays. And instead of Sale, who had been scheduled to be on the mound, the starting pitcher was Matt Albers — a relief pitcher.

The Sox soon issued a statement indicating that Sale had been scratched due to “a clubhouse incident.”

Official: Chris Sale has been scratched from tonight’s scheduled start. STATEMENT: pic.twitter.com/wOB8JTsjzu

– Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 23, 2016

That prompted a flurry of reports from multiple sources indicating that Sale had been so upset about the prospect of wearing the throwback uniform that he cut his jersey, along with some of his teammates’, to shreds.

Not a joke: Source says Sale blowup was because he didn’t want to wear throwbacks, so he cut the jerseys up so no one could wear them.

– Tommy Stokke (@StokkeTommy) July 23, 2016

Yup, it’s true. Chris Sale got sent home by White Sox for cutting up a jersey he didn’t want to wear. Source confirms @StokkeTommy report.

– Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 24, 2016

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