Usually I love reader submissions, but I find the Brett Meyers “wife-beater” jersey design to be TOTALL INAPPROPRIATE AND TASTELESS. We’re talking about a 240-lb. athlete (and former boxer!) who repeatedly hit his 120-lb. wife with a CLOSED FIST AND DRAGGED HER DOWN THE STREET BY HER HAIR. Someone needs to explain to me how this is fodder for jokes!

If this player did what he’s alleged to have done, there is certainly no reason to make a joke of it.
Wife-beating is NOT funny. It ranks up there with child-molestation ….

Bryan S said:

Johnny Bright is a College Football Hall of Famer who wore #29.
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In that game v. Oklahoma A&M, the broken jaw Bright suffered was the result of a deliberate attack by a Cowboy player who apparently took exception to the color of Bright’s skin.

As I recall, LIFE Magazine ran a series of photos showing the attack. It was graphic and sickening.

So, correction: Spain is the first team to wear the same uni in it’s first four games and lose in the last one.

Sweden & the Netherlands both changed for their fourth and lost. Italy changed for their fourth but won. Germany, Portugal & Ukraine kept the same uni and continued to win. They are the only three that are left to have worn the same uni in every game played. We’ll see how they fare this weekend. (Interestingly, none play each other)

Spain is the second team (like the Ukraine) to continue wearing the same uni and lose in the round of 16.

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But the Ukraine won…

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The pitching matchup of Anthony Reyes vs. C.C. Sabathia, besides being another chance to look at Reyes’ high socks, also features contrasting cap-wearing styles from the starting pitchers.

Reyes wears a flat-brimmed cap; Sabathia wears his cap tilted to the side.