During the second inning of a June 10 New York Mets game in Milwaukee, the team’s television broadcasters had no shortage of juicy topics to consider. The Mets’ pitcher that day, ace Matt Harvey, was struggling through a career-worst season. Star third baseman David Wright had just gone down with a serious neck injury. And the actual game at hand would eventually prove to be an extra-inning nailbiter.

But at that moment, the cameras showed the men in the booth discussing something far more pressing: collar stays.

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