Red Sox HELMETS - WHY SO DIRTY?!
 

Anyone else notice tha the Red Sox helmets look like they haven't been cleaned in years.

Anyone know the story behind this?

-p

pine tar. it doesn't wipe off.

How come they are the only team with such dirty helmets then?

-p

Many players believe its bad luck to clean or get a new batting helmet.

cuz they're some grimy ass muthafuckas lol...

Vlad Guerrero on the Angels has a helmet like that too.

I've seen players with worse helmets. Remember Ozzie Guillen?

Plus many have some dirty ass ball caps.

Tradition...superstitions

if you do a google news search for "pine tar red sox" you'll get a few results.

I think the whole deal is because the MLB has been on players cases about uniform related things, and this is a childish way to to tell the MLB officials to 'shove it'.

Seems like a whole silly thing to me

check out trot nixon. He actually belives it is bad luck to not have his hat touching his body at any time during the game. He also will not wash it or get a new one. So when he is up to bat he folds that dirty nasty thing up and has it in his back pocket.

they pat their heads a lot...maybe it has to do with their grip or something...makes their hands sticky...