When it comes to new baseball ideologies, I tend to side with the blogging generation. I prefer Baseball Prospectus to Bill Plaschke. I love the White Sox, but if Ozzie Guillen talks about small ball one more time in one of the best hitter’s parks in baseball, I may wonder if it really is just a marketing gimmick.

But there is one new-school philosophy that I absolutely cannot stand, and it is this: the pants-over-cleats/pants-all-the-way down look, which players have really taken to the past few years:

Now, I would like to say that the newer, more innovative basketball jerseys that Ohio State and Syracuse rock are right up my alley. So, this isn’t some assault on any change to a basic jersey.

But, this has not been a change for the better. You can’t tell me you prefer that atrocious fashion look to the the classic pants-up-show-me-some-sock style lived on today by the likes of Eric Byrnes, can you? (OK, fine. You can. I just won’t agree with you.)

Anyway, it appears MLB is on my side here, because they are priming to fine players who decide to sport the newer look this year.

Major League Baseball is cracking down on players who pull the legs of their pants too far over their cleats — with a close eye on Twins outfielder Denard Span.

Span has been warned that he will be fined $1,000 by the league after he was caught with his pants over his shoes during a series in Baltimore last season.

In fact, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire had to read a letter to the players on Thursday about the crackdown — a letter that included a photo of Span in a take-out slide with the bottom of his pants looped over the back of his spikes.

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