Dane said:

SmellyCat said:

I noticed that too. Got me thinking about who’s had the most letters/characters ever on the back of a uniform in one string? (thus elminating the “stacked” names of Jack and Jim Youngblood)

The obvious one that comes to mind is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but he only had 12 which doesn’t seem like much. I recall in his early years with the Bucks, they only spelled out “Jabbar” on his jersey, before extending it just before he was traded to L.A.

How about former Steeler running back Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala?

Good choice – we should come up with names for all the major sports – seems we have the NFL here

NHL – VANBIESBROUCK (also 1 of only 2 names in NHL history to have all 5 vowels – can you name the other? Hint – also a former Ranger)

I’ll let you guys come up with the other ones – and interested to see if anyone knows my trivia answer!

Reijo Roooottosslaaaiennnen or something like it?

Banker Bill said:

Dane said:

SmellyCat said:

I noticed that too. Got me thinking about who’s had the most letters/characters ever on the back of a uniform in one string? (thus elminating the “stacked” names of Jack and Jim Youngblood)

The obvious one that comes to mind is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but he only had 12 which doesn’t seem like much. I recall in his early years with the Bucks, they only spelled out “Jabbar” on his jersey, before extending it just before he was traded to L.A.

How about former Steeler running back Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala?

Good choice – we should come up with names for all the major sports – seems we have the NFL here

NHL – VANBIESBROUCK (also 1 of only 2 names in NHL history to have all 5 vowels – can you name the other? Hint – also a former Ranger)

I’ll let you guys come up with the other ones – and interested to see if anyone knows my trivia answer!

How about that Reijo Ruotsalainen

YOU GOT IT!!!

Two underbill related observations from tonight.

ESPN highlighted a great shot of Grandersons underbill “Don’t think have fun” Moto. This was during his 5th inning at bat, they grabbed the shot of him during BP as he was stretching. Anyone with Tivo could grab a screen shot.

Also, in Little league world series news, this kid pitching(#27) for Oregon has most of his shirt hanging out and the mouthpiece ala Pelfry.

To top it off, the Oregon hats have red bills and RED UNDERBILLS!
New Era is doing the caps, is this a sign of the grey underbills’ pending extinction?

As far as I can tell, All of the teams in the LLWS have the same color on both sides of their bills. Here’s a picture of a couple kids on the Georgia team: red underbills.

Also, when Granderson lost Tadahito Iguchi’s ground-rule double in the lights in the 4th inning, you could clearly see his underbill decorations. (This picture sucks, though.)

Mark said:

On the same lines as JJ’s post #64, the Madden screenshot seen here is a little off. Notice that Rudi Johnson (in the background) only has ‘Johnson’ on the back of his uni, according to NFL.com, this is the back of Rudi’s jersey. A small detail? Yes. Anal? Yes. But it is a mistake nonetheless.

you missed yet another one too. and a big one on the board. in this pic of Edge you missed the fact he is wearing white shoes with spats, not the black ones he was able to get green to turn the team to.

I noticed that too. Got me thinking about who’s had the most letters/characters ever on the back of a uniform in one string? (thus elminating the “stacked” names of Jack and Jim Youngblood)

Tim Spooneybarger, formerly in the Braves’ organization? That’s 13 letters.

Another Spooney pic, this time with the Marlins in spring training.