Yellow Stitching? Pink Stitching. Provides MLB Jumped The Shark Along with Mother’s Day Breast Cancer Awareness Efforts?

So Major League Softball announced today that this will be the official ball come with Mother's Day, part with its annual Breast Cancers Awareness campaign. The pink stitched baseballs will be along with the pink bats, gloves, cleats, accessories. used on that working day.

My first reaction on seeing it was: cool, I want 1. But it seems that everyone isn't in the same boat. For to begin with I'm starting to hear/see a few grumbling from women in the annual one-day pinkout. What's not to ever like about a Breast area Cancer Awareness campaign, you may ask? Some seem to be becoming annoyed with all the pink for 2 reasons.

No. 1: The automatic assumption as a result of MLB (and the NFL to the matter) that pink = feminine. Some women I discover don't like pink. Does maleness possess a corresponding color?

No. two: If we're not cognizant of breast cancer by at this point, what's it going to take? Yes, breast cancer awareness. We're aware.

No. 3: Some say that your Susan B. Komen Makeup foundation, which partners with MLB year after year on Mother's Day, is focused too much on trying to find cures rather than on the amount causes breast cancer. Additionally, the foundation's founder, Nancy Brinker, is under fire with regard to cutting funding to Planned Parenthood resulting from pressure from Catholic bishops. Some are calling on her to step down.

Hi, MLB, I'm a mom and I favor red stitching MT @mlb_pr Baseballs w/pink stitching/graphics meant for Mother's Day from twitting. com/MLB_PR/status/…

I wonder if batters will like these? // MT @mlb_pr New baseballs w/ pink stitching/graphics to get Mother's Day from youtube. com/MLB_PR/status/…

Because a lot of women = PINK! "@mlb: MLB to be able to introduce new baseball along with pink stitching & graphics for the official game ball meant for Mother's Day games. "

One cool thing that MLB is performing this year is appealing to 30 honorary bat young girls, all of whom need stories of breast melanoma survival.

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