No pink hats in his house

As far as I'm concerned, a team is perhaps the strongest bond between humans outside of family. The team is represented by a logo on the front, which is far more important than the name on the back. If you want to support, or "represent," a team, wear the logo and colors (past or present) that those players wear/wore. Being an athlete, there is something sacred about putting on a uniform in the locker room before a game. When I step on a field in uniform, I am representing my team, the name that appears on the front. As an athlete, every game is about defending the pride and reputation of your team. Furthermore, you have to think back to all the players before you that wore your uniform.

If people want to support a team, they should wear the gear the players are defending every time they hit the field. Wearing throw backs is acceptable because it reminds us of our past and all the players that bought us to where we are.

Finally, Don's parenting skills should in no way be brought into this. If all you know is he hates pink sox hats then you cannot possibly have enough information to tell him how to be a parent. If you do know him and you think he is failing as a parent, this thread is not the place to make suggestions.

Keep it real D.

I'm not nitpicking your opinion, I took exception your argument and your alleged facts. There is a difference between opinion and argument, just as there is a difference between original and historic. The Boston American League team had blue and white as its colors, changing to red and white when they became the Red Sox around 1908. Either blue is an original color, or red is an original color, not both. They certainly weren't wearing blue in 1910 as the Red Sox. So go ahead, hate the pink hats as your valid opinion, but don't go off blathering about how people should only wear "original colors" when you don't know what you're talking about. I could not care less about your opinion. I do, however, care about accuracy.

Yes, my beef could be argued that it's against the marketing folks who come up with schemes like pink hats to make more money.

However, for those of you who think I'm overbearing on my children, you really have no clue as to what you're talking about. "Refusing" them to wear pink hats is sorta of a stretch. My youngest doesn't know any better. She's 1. My oldest, 4, CHOSE, the regular hat. My theory is that she knows what daddy wears and wants to do the same. When my wife was going to buy pink hats, she called me jokingly about it and I said, you know my opinion on it. My wife, is also a traditionalists.

So I am far from being overbearing to my kids. For that matter, I'm not being overbearing on others "I don't know."

It's a small opinion about wearing team colors in general. Accuracy JCS? It's a technicality. Blue, red, white, gray, scarlet red, etc...all in the Red Sox palette.

I think opinions stating how horrible of a father I am and how overbearing I am to my kids, is quite immature. You, in fact, don't know that I work very hard to provide for my family - two jobs, flex hours to ensure I'm home at a decent time, doing all the things a dad should do to ensure that my kids are happy and healthy.

Just because I don't like pink hats doesn't mean I'm a bad dad. That's statement or even referring to something similar to it, is ridiculous.