It's not fashion, but...

it's better than pink Red Sox hats.

Proximity to Boston, our old uncle that now boasts a mean ball game but moves as quickly on legislation as he does on his walker, means the reinstitution of many bad things when our tights-wearin' ball boys fly north from Fort Myers (i.e. drunk suburbanites on the B line-- because it's apparently the "only" route to Fenway Park).

However, the worst side effect of "Sox" fever sits atop greasy girl hairs everywhere: Yes, I'm talking about pink Red Sox hats. Not only do they flaunt a blatant disregard for the team's blue-and-red policy, they defy basic rules of matching colors. If I recall correctly (which I do; I've a keen eye for color), pink and red match only once a year: February 14.

That's where The Red Seat comes in. It's not exactly Marc or Jack, but it's a step above Champion. Plus, their designs aren't all that bad. A victim of baseball fatigue, even I can get simple pleasure from any examination of a fan's brain that simplifies it to thoughts of "peanuts, sausages, and Fenway flavah" and "the wave." (What with the pressures of teknolojee and the interweb, it's nice to know that some people have resisted evolution.)

Sass aside, though, it's a pretty cool website that anyone with some taste and an interest in the Red Sox can appreciate. It launched in 2004, so I'm a bit late, but with baseball season approaching, the site is defintely worthy of a mention. It's the philanthropic rule of thumb: If by posting this I can save at least one person from pink-hat ugliness, I'll know I've something done good for the entire Allston/Boston community.

For everything from Sox-on-the-brain coasters to sexxed-up track jackets and holiday cards, check out The Red Seat online: www.theredseat.com.