A grave insult is being perpetrated.

Over the weekend, the Central Leagues’ DeNA BayStars and Hanshin Tigers both revealed new alternate uniforms for the 2023 season. Although they’re ugly in my eyes, teams trying to do things differently to make money is part of baseball, and not the insult referred to above.

That is being perpetrated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which on Friday gave final approval to a plan to redevelop Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien neighborhood, a project that will demolish Jingu Stadium and Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground and replace them with newer facilities.

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