Video: Baseball fans, quit your complaining about camo uniforms

For some, Memorial Day is a day to remember the soldiers who gave their lives for our country. For others, it's a day to barbecue, have fun and welcome summer. For baseball fans, it's a day to get angry about camo uniforms.

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Seriously, there's an entire subsection of baseball fans who HATE when baseball drapes itself in camo for Memorial Day. Trust me, they're all over my Twitter feed every year. This year, MLB has, once again, unveiled new camo jerseys by Majestic and caps by New Era. So get ready for the camo hate coming your way Monday.

This isn't about hating the military or being anti-patriotic or anything like that. Baseball fans just really don't handle it well when uniforms get changed up. (Right, Arizona Diamondbacks?) So I'm tackling the camo hate in the latest installment of my Open Mike video series here.

Let me hit you with a few truths about baseball's marriage with camo:

• A lot of Americans actually like camo in a fashion sense. I'm not one of them, but I ain't mad at them either.

• Baseball's camo gear — especially the caps — is quite popular. They sell year-round and rank among the top alternate caps for each team.

• MLB donates it uniform royalties from Memorial Day jerseys and caps to Welcome Back Veterans. That seems worthwhile, even if you're 100 percent camo averse.

[Previously: MLB unveils holiday uniforms for 2016]

So if you're spending your Memorial Day getting upset about camo uniforms, remember this: There are 162 baseball games per year and one day of camo uniforms isn't hurting anything.

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