Don't even think about wearing buckets tonight...

[parkside21]

Hey, how'd Kevin Mench get into the ballpark last night?

[ajgodson]

I'll go ahead and agree that buckets should have been allowed. Here's a take on the issue:

 

Defending Your Right to Wear a Container as a Hat

[hawing]

maybe it's security-related, and it's something that the Brewers put up with during the Buckethead era.

 

That'd be my guess.

 

And Geno, I've never lived in Chicago. It was the "crocheted beer can hat" part that triggered my memory, and made me wince.