Style/Swagger

Today in major league baseball you tend to see guys rocking chains, phitens ( http://www.phitenusa.com/ ), and power balance necklaces ( http://www.powerbalance.com/ ) while on the field. They might also have baggy pants with a flat brim and some white cleats. That is defining 'dirty style' which is also a group on facebook where ball players from across the world post pics of themselves playing and looking 'dirty' http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=660015085#!/groups/2219261134/ .
The group rates MLB players on their attire, accessories, and overall swagger. The two names that come up most often are brandon phillips and bryce harper who is not even in the bigs yet, he remains in AA waiting to be on the september call up list. These players bring an urban feel to the game in terms of their attire, Phillips is known to have his hat slightly tilted and jersey with 3 buttons undone. Harper is king of the accessories he was most famous for his war paint eye black, until recently the nationals told him that he was not aloud to wear it in such a way.
Although baseball in the recent years has gone down the path of urban style, you see guys now bringing back the old school look which is my favorite. The stirrups, long shaggy hair, maybe a mustache, and 3/4 sleeves. Brendan Ryan is what I like to call king of the old school, he has been rocking a mustache and mullet along with stirrups for about 4 years in the bigs. As a pitcher I prefer the old school look, because if you look back those guys had swagger, it wasnt as evident then in players as it is now. But it was there, guys like rollie fingers, dennis eckersley, bert blyleven, steve carlton, and of course that old grouch of an owner Nolan Ryan. Those guys epitomized Old School Swag, thats how I like it days of grit and grinding, where guys werent getting paid $1 million bucks to be a spokesperson for a brand. You be the judge, but I feel as though Old School Swag is defining part of baseball culture and bringing it back wouldn't be so bad.