Cold weather can make people do funny things, and it was plenty damn cold on Friday in Detroit, where the Tigers and A’s bundled up for Game 3 of the ALCS.
Latino players, like Placido Polanco, are usually the ones who have the most trouble with low-temp games (although at least Polanco didn’t go the full-on ski mask route, like Aramis Ramirez did back in April). On Friday, top honors for cold weather resourcefulness went to Venezuelan native Marco Scutaro, who looked like a Sherpa during infield and batting practice and then — in a true stroke of genius — wore his knit cap over his baseball cap during the game (here’s another view). This move left some readers aghast, but I loved it. Scutaro even made sure the cap’s A’s logo was facing forward, and the cap actually had an MLB logo on the back! Hey, if it was good enough for Jose Theodore, then why not for Scutaro? It’s not like he was pulling a Steve Wallace or a Mark Kelso. (Okay, so that’s a bit of a stretch anyway, but I’ve been looking for an excuse to reference the ProCap.)
But here’s something that’s tough to figure: Despite the frigid conditions on Friday, several of the Tigers were wearing Cool Base jerseys, as you can tell from the telltale underarm gussets visible here on Kenny Rogers, Brandon Inge, and — yes — Placido Polanco.
Theodore and Scutaro get my votes for history’s coolest-looking cold weather maneuvers. Care to nominate someone else? You know what to do.
Research Query: I was in a bar on Saturday, around 6pm, and the Alabama/Miss game was on one of the TVs. No sound, though. I was telling the person on the next barstool all about Alabama’s special Bear Bryant commemorative houndstooth collar pattern when the TV suddenly showed a close-up still shot of someone’s shin, with a $2 bill taped to his sock. Again, the sound was off, so I couldn’t hear what this was about, although my impression was that it had something to do with one of the placekickers. Anyone know the full story here?
Uni Watch News Ticker: Genuinely frightening college football design partnership in the offing here (but I won’t shoot the messenger, who in this case is Ben Trattner). … Paul Hirsch notes that there’s a small bit about Cal’s various uni combos toward the bottom of this page (scroll down to the “Bears play dress-up” section). … Bolivar High in Missouri has yellow decals on one side of their helmets and white uni numbers on the other (plus they appear to be very generous with the merit decals). “I can’t think of another team that has different decals on each side of the helmet,” says Josh Cooper, who brought this anomaly to my attention. I can’t think of one either (and no, the Steelers don’t count, since they simply have no decal on one side). Anyone else? … Latest MLBer with something illegible scribbled under his brim: Braden Looper. … Kansas State has unveiled what appears to be history’s worst basketball uniforms. Further depressing details here. … No comment. … Ditto. … The good news is that the Sabres broke out their alternate throwbacks on Saturday night. The bad news is that the throwbacks now have uni numbers on the chest, just like the Buffaslug jerseys. … Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo began Friday’s game wearing green-and-blue pads that matched Vancouver’s throwback uni. He wasn’t feeling comfortable in that gear, however, so he came out for the second period wearing his regular pads (but still had the retro-colored glove and blocker). Further details in the last three paragraphs of this article. (Big thanks to AJ Brandt.) … Missed most of last night’s Mets/Cards game because I had a prior commitment to see Okkervil River at the Bowery Ballroom, where reader Ryan Armbrust actually recognized me, based solely on the occasional photo of me that’s appeared on this site — a Uni Watch first (unless you count that time Phil Knight crossed over to the other side of the street when he spotted me coming toward him down the sidewalk)! Fortunately, the immense social-geekitude potential embodied in such an encounter was mitigated by the fact that Armbrust was wearing a really cool vintage 49ers T-shirt.
#1 by Scott W on 10.16.06 2:40 am |
whoa, i just refreshed the page to find a new blog! awesome!
I’m too depressed to read about the A’s…even if it IS uni-related.
*tear*
#2 by Minna H on 10.16.06 2:51 am |
Scott W., now you know how I, a Twins fan, feel. And damnit, I wanted to be first!
#3 by Minna H on 10.16.06 2:59 am |
Paul, blue Polanco hoodie beats green Scooty toque every time. Theodore just looks like a weanie in a beanie. With that, I’m going to bed.
#4 by Scott W on 10.16.06 3:15 am |
yeah, and you now know how i felt from 2000-2003. but yeah…losing’s a bitch. the silver lining: at least we get some good Uni Watch conversation catalysts now.
#5 by monster on 10.16.06 3:25 am |
The two dollar bill taped to the Alabama kicker’s sock was given to him and signed by a sick child. It replaced a one dollar bill he previously taped there because of his nickname around the locker room.
You guessed it Paul,
Money
Too bad my rebs couldn’t pull one out in overtime.
#6 by Jason on 10.16.06 3:46 am |
Those K-State uniforms make me want to run from my computer straight to the bathroom and throw-up. They make Ohio State’s and Kentucky’s jersey’s look good and I never thought I would ever say that.
#7 by Matt Bonnett on 10.16.06 7:24 am |
Ok as a Brit i get to see 2 games a week so after seeing the mets last night:
Ditch the black: yep it is far too much, they not only have a black hat with blue bill but an all black hat as well, the black socks dont wash and they are pretty much a black uni with blue trim. Why cant they wear the blue billed hats with the black shirts? that outfit has almost zero blue on it.
Batting hats: the cool-flo ones they wore last night dont match the caps at all, a nice idea with the blue fading to black but why the white outline on the logo?? it should be orange surely, and even then it wont exactly match the caps (something im keen on) because the blue extends around the front.
Undershirts: perez had a blue one, someone else did as well, most had black and im sure someone had a grey one with a black collar, no sync at all.
It smacks of a lack of co-ordination or a lack of “uniformity” as well as too much black.
The fox announcers had a fair bit of uni related items from reyes ironing his bill flat to the fact that both pitchers wore socks up and one of the announcers used to when he played, he said some people might do it for a change of luck.
#8 by Gregg on 10.16.06 7:59 am |
It has been mentioned here before that the Mets don’t wear blue at home when it’s cold because their equipment manager (who chooses the uniform of the day) does not like the way the black jackets look with blue hats. Ridiculous. When the Cards were at Shea last week, their blue hats looked harsh paired with their red jackets. THAT clashed. At least the black Mets jackets have that blue piping in the sleeve area.
Oh, and I knew the Mets would wear black on Saturday night, and thus I knew they would lose. They are a .333 team in their black road uniforms: 6 wins, 12 losses. True, Trachsel had pitched a pretty good no decision game against the Nationals on 8/12. But I have this reduced to an algabraic formula: B + T = L (BLACK PLUS TRACH = LOSS).
#9 by matt in the nati on 10.16.06 8:10 am |
looks like he will be the only well dress cat in manhattan this year…
i guess purple put them at a disadvantage but that is hideous…
#10 by matt in the nati on 10.16.06 8:15 am |
watch the changes pics on the bottom left here and you’ll see a high school team with differing side decal on their helmets
#11 by shadoquad on 10.16.06 8:57 am |
Though not STRICTLY uni related, I thought it was funny yesterday in the KC-PIT football game when Polamalu became the first long-haired pro (in my recollection) to be tackled by his long hair jutting out from his helmet in the back. KC running back Larry Johnson tackled him by the flowing mane. People thought he was penalized for it, but he wasn’t. Perfectly legal tackle. My father has been saying for years (usually about RB’s with dreadlocks) that someone oughta tackle them by the hair. Finally happened. Long overdue. Wear your hair up if you don’t want to be tackled by it.
#12 by Jeff A on 10.16.06 8:59 am |
What is worse about the Buffalo throwbacks? The added front uni numbers, or the fact that they were wearing their regular uni pants and they didn’t come close to matching.
#13 by Kevin on 10.16.06 9:05 am |
I’m sure all of you heard/watched it, but in the second inning last night Joe Buck, McCarver, etc were discussing the fact that Anthony Reyes and Oliver Perez both went with the high socks (although Reyes is the only one with stirrups). While impressive, the only thing I could think was “Yeah, but the Mets are wearing black instead of the much better looking blue.” Then the cameras flashed to Pujols and Belliard and the announcers had something not-as-nice to say about the pajama look.
#14 by Dwight on 10.16.06 9:22 am |
About the K-State uni’s - when did men start wearing capri pants?
#15 by Ilana Hardesty on 10.16.06 9:23 am |
A non-uni-related question that I’m sure someone can answer for me: What’s with the hankies in the stands at midwestern baseball games? Furthermore, Tigers fans seem to know when to have orange hankies and when to have white ones…any clue as to history of waving hankies?
Thanks!
#16 by Dwight on 10.16.06 9:27 am |
I meant gauchos. Do they even call them basketball shorts anymore?
#17 by Jeff on 10.16.06 9:28 am |
Yes, those K-State Uni’s are awful. It’s like Huggins is trying to bring Cincinati to Manhattan, KS. The “shorts” are capri’s as mentioned above. Awful. Still can’t decide if those are worse than the two-toned purple uniforms the school used to have.
#18 by Chris on 10.16.06 9:29 am |
This isn’t the first time a player’s been tackled by his hair. It happened with Ricky Williams a couple of seasons ago, at which point I seem to remember that the league clarified the rules regarding hair tackling: hair was to be considered a part of the uniform, and thus fair game for tackling.
That said: I didn’t see the game itself and only saw the highlights on the Sunday night pregame, where Costas made a comment that the Larry Johnson (the tackler) was penalized for the hair-tackle. This after I was almost certain of the interpretation explained above. Anybody know what the deal is on this? As I wasn’t watching the game, I don’t know what flags were thrown or what sort of penalty was assessed.
#19 by Richard on 10.16.06 9:38 am |
Chris Webber and the Fab 5
#20 by shadoquad on 10.16.06 9:38 am |
The penalty was on unsportsmanlike conduct AFTER the tackle. The tackle itself was legal, and the referee even explained it a few plays later.
#21 by Seth H on 10.16.06 9:42 am |
Going back to the “target” goalie sweater issue, I am surprised that no one mentioned the ultimate target sweaters: Team Japan. Here are the sweaters they wore recently Here is a photo of the sweaters on the team:
But the ultimate target sweater is the one they wore during the Nagano olympics.
(Hope the links work. I’ve never posted them before.)
#22 by Seth H on 10.16.06 9:44 am |
Okay. The links did not work.
I’m just going to post the urls.
Recent sweater: http://www.mshokej20...
Recent sweater on players: http://www.gbsc.co.u...
Nagano sweater: http://www.washingto...
Maybe someone who is better at this stuff can turn them into links.
#23 by Kim on 10.16.06 9:48 am |
In the Buffalo Sabres picture, is Jagr making that face because he does not approve of the front number and mismatched pants, or because he’s force to play defense?
#24 by matt in the nati on 10.16.06 9:52 am |
its not a hankie its a towel and they are given to fans as they enter the stadium… why i have no clue… i guess just to give a visual way to cher on top of making noise…
#25 by redhotfro on 10.16.06 9:54 am |
During Saturday nights Mets-Cards game, did anyone else notice that Jeff Suppan changed his hat during the game? At the beginning of the game it looked like his hat was sweat soaked and then later his hat didn’t have the stains?
#26 by a arauz on 10.16.06 9:56 am |
Paul…
In the interest of International Relations with Canada, Scutaro’s knit cap will now be called a TOQUE going forward. You have no idea how irate those Canadians get when we foul up these types of things. We need to mend the fence with our brethren from the North. :)
#27 by Riley on 10.16.06 9:57 am |
Loved Scutaro’s toque too, Paul. I still can’t believe the umps let him get away with it, but it wasn’t drastically different from the uni and looked pretty cool.
#28 by Ryan on 10.16.06 9:58 am |
The K-State uniforms look tons better in person. I am not sure what the photographer was thinking, allowing the shirts to be untucked and the shorts down to the ankles… At midnight madness on Friday they looked normal in length, and actually looked pretty sharp… This is a really bad picture of a really bad pose. Trust Me.
#29 by Riley on 10.16.06 10:00 am |
Should have added. Shame. Shame on you, Paul. It is a toque not a knit hat. This isn’t my Canadian bias showing. New Era even say so.
#30 by Andrew F on 10.16.06 10:06 am |
ZERO props to the Sabres for the retro unis. They still used navy helmets, the uni numbers on the front are terrible, and jeeze, spend the few bucks for some pant shells. I know the Rangers did it back in 03-04 with their vintage http://www.newyorkra... and the Canucks did it thie year http://www.canucks.c... so there’s NO reason why the Sabres had to cheap out and keep the stupid navy ones (the Rangers and Canucks also have 3 helmets, white, royal and navy)
#31 by dchis on 10.16.06 10:11 am |
After the rule was clearly defined a few years ago Edgerrin James went and cut his hair to the length of his helmet.
#32 by Peter Wunsch on 10.16.06 10:12 am |
The NHL requires the referees to measure goalie pads for width before the start of the game. Did they measure both pair of pad on the Canuck goalie?
Re: Buffalo: Is it really a throwback if it isn’t the same as originally designed?
#33 by Miguel on 10.16.06 10:13 am |
Maybe Huggins is a big fan of tennis?
#34 by AMS on 10.16.06 10:15 am |
I had no problem with the way troy was tackled, but it did seem a bit much that as larry johnson rolled back onto his feet, he then pulled troy up by the hair. The tackle was long over by that point, and it seemed a little excessive.
Better than the tackle, though, was how troy seemed utterly unconcerned with the whole thing, just hopping up without a grimace and running back to the bench. i love that guy.
#35 by shadoquad on 10.16.06 10:21 am |
I don’t necessarily think LJ was pulling him up by the hair. I think he was trying to get his fingers unstuck from the curls. Props to Troy on his sportsmanship, though. Guy’s a class act.
#36 by Thorold Blair on 10.16.06 10:23 am |
Does Anothony Reyes not look stupid with the perfectly flat brim?
#37 by Tricia on 10.16.06 10:24 am |
New shells and helmets would have improved the Sabres look drastically. Pant shells can’t be that expensive, especially if they are going to wear these jerseys multiple times throughout the season. I think the Leafs also wore brown shells over their blue pants when they wore the St. Pat’s jerseys a few years ago, but I cannot find a picture to confirm.
#38 by Mark M on 10.16.06 10:27 am |
There’s a trend with some of the players at my alma mater, Pitt, and their jerseys. Some of the players jerseys are being sewn so that the side piping (or panels what ever the proper term is) on the jerseys is very thin on some players, and normal on others.
Lowell Robinson with thin panel
Mike McGlynn with regular panel
My solution would be to get rid of the panels all together.
#39 by Andrew F on 10.16.06 10:28 am |
http://www.abdcards.... Crappy pic, but yeah. Despite the fact that it’s not EXACTLY the same, everyone obviously knows it’s a retro/ throwback deal. Get the slug off the helmet, while you’re at it.
#40 by Lawrence Kuhnast on 10.16.06 10:29 am |
The good news is that the Sabres broke out their alternate throwbacks on Saturday night. The bad news is that the throwbacks now have uni numbers on the chest, just like the Buffaslug jerseys
BAD, BAD news. They are wearing their Buffalo slug pants with the throwback jerseys. Notice the grey stripe.
#41 by Andrew F on 10.16.06 10:31 am |
Yup… hop in the convo of 2 out of the 3 posts above yours
#42 by Sean on 10.16.06 10:38 am |
i know most people really love their unis, but michigan had some serious problems on saturday night.
1. in hd, under stadium lighting, their yellow (”maize”) pants were as bright as the oregon unis (these pics don’t do it justice, but anyone else who saw it in hd would agree)
2. the all-navy socks look horrendous
3. yellow piping nike bib
while they do a pretty good job of hiding their swoosh in the collar, they crimes all scream NIKE! and take away from what would otherwise be a very classy look
#43 by Banker Bill on 10.16.06 10:59 am |
Since Belliard was brought up, and this is not really uni-related, but it is personal presentation related - Ronnie - ditch the skull cap and cornrows, and for the sake of whatever deity you choose to worship (can’t say God - don’t want to offend!) - KEEP YOUR TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH - anyone else think he looks like a Komodo Dragon every time they show a close-up - in the batters box, on the bases - constantly licking his lower lip. Disgusting. I don’t want to see that - I usually eat things when I’m watching the game, and my Ben & Jerry’s almost became an integral part of my carpet last night after 4 games of his tongue.
#44 by Andrew F on 10.16.06 11:04 am |
Totally unrelated to anything, but doesn’t the logo creep here http://www.icejersey... make for a funny looking smily face?
#45 by Joe Drennan on 10.16.06 11:18 am |
Breezer shell cover-ups are relativly cheap. I’ve seen them for abotu $20. It’s a small investment that makes a world of difference.
Scutaro’s knit hat over the ball cap is nothing new. When I was in high school in the late 90s that’s the only way we’d wear a knit hat. This was of course before these goofy thigns came along that are simply stupid.
#46 by Kenny on 10.16.06 11:19 am |
Actually, I think Ricky Williams was tackled by his dreads a couple of years ago
#47 by Crimson on 10.16.06 11:20 am |
Bama kicker Jamie Christensen was given the nickname “Money” after kicking game winning field goals against Ole Miss, Tennesse, and Texas Tech last season. Roll Tide.
#48 by Tim on 10.16.06 11:23 am |
The reason why the K-State shorts look like capris/gauchos is because they are in the “Jordan Style” as explained to me by one of the managers. I guess he likes to design his shorts to look big, baggy, and thuggish. I think it fits with the Huggins philosophy (aka Thuggins).
Although purple is not a favorite color on this board, I still think it is better than black, which is not even a school color. Maybe I can start a Ditch the Black campaign here.
The first thing I thought when I got an early unveiling of them was that the “scratches” looked cheesy because they were iron on and everything else on the uni is sewn on. Reminds me of the Cincinatti Bengals. Thanks Nike.
#49 by dchis on 10.16.06 11:25 am |
Read Comment #18
#50 by Wade on 10.16.06 11:27 am |
Another on note on Alabama’s houndstooth jerseys…
The player nameplates were obviously smaller than their regular nameplates. I wonder if this is a preview for a change to Nike’s slimmer fit jerseys.
#51 by Kenny on 10.16.06 11:33 am |
Yeah, Yeah I saw that after I posted…and as far as the K-State jerseys go, it looks like that’s the way the players decided to wear them for the photo shoot…i can’t see them wearing them like that in a game…i noticed someone said they looked better in person…i like the white jersey and i think the purple would look better if the “stratches” were white or gray instead of black…
#52 by Nolan on 10.16.06 11:36 am |
These are actually sort of an old army throwback. They would wear hats like this under their helmets. So they were around before you guys were doing this.
#53 by Richard on 10.16.06 11:46 am |
I just realized that these new K-State jerseys were made by Nike, but there is no swoosh on the jersey front, or on the shorts (that we can see). Very interesting.
#54 by dchis on 10.16.06 11:54 am |
They are made by Jumpman, Jordan’s brand. His logo which can be found on the headband of the player on the left is normally on the uniform of the shorts on the left leg near the waistband.
#55 by Forrest on 10.16.06 11:56 am |
I kept saying that Scutaro was awesome in his toque. I remember a couple years ago rumors of an Avs-Red Wings game in an outdoor stadium. What happened to that?
#56 by Matt Bonnett on 10.16.06 12:09 pm |
Its just like watching Brazil…NOT!
My local soccer team Kidderminster Harriers who play in the lowly 5th division had an unscheduled 3rd kit on Saturday, our first is red and our away is blue so when we played a red and blue team we needed an extra set of kit.
Now we for our sins use Nike as our kit supplier and you know what they are like with their templates making everyone look the same…so the third kit turns up and guess what its a rip off of the one Brazil wore in the World Cup!
http://www.theshots....
#57 by Nolan on 10.16.06 12:12 pm |
Are the Tennessee Titans helmets painted a different shade of white than other white helmet teams. Compare this with this It looked to me yesterday that the Titans have a sort of pearlescent look to them. While the Cards, Dolphin, Jets, and Colts look like the stock white plastic.
Anyone know if this is the case. And, are any of the white helmets painted? Or do they just slap the decals on an out of the box white helmet.
#58 by matt in the nati on 10.16.06 12:13 pm |
why go with yellow? wouldn’t a white “kit” do the trick?
#59 by TX Ken on 10.16.06 12:15 pm |
I am sometimes a “look at the brightside” person, and so I have to say that K-State’s shoulder contrast is at least a creative way to get away from the same-ol’ Nike Template shoulder triangles. So I like that, and whatever it takes to get the attention off of the claw-mark crap.
The blue-on-blue titans’ uni makes the pants striping really out of place.
#60 by TX Ken on 10.16.06 12:17 pm |
Man-Pris, dude. I think Paul hit them on this blog before.
#61 by Dan on 10.16.06 12:19 pm |
I have no problem with Johnson tackling Troy by the hair but then picking him up by it is pretty ridiculous and deserved the penalty. It was blatantly obvious he was doing it on purpose out of anger after getting a good old fashion but whoppin put on’em
#62 by jeff on 10.16.06 12:20 pm |
no one has mentioned anthony reyes’s awesome socks from last night. remeniscent of hockey socks. it would have been much cooler if the whole team adopted the socks to match him last night
#63 by Jack H. on 10.16.06 12:23 pm |
Hey, Paul, do you know what the rule is on wearing shit other than your game cap on the field? I mean, was what Scutaro did technically legal? I mean, I think it looked cool too, I’m just curious as to weather you’re really allowed to do that.
#64 by dchis on 10.16.06 12:24 pm |
Now side-by-side. Not sure if there is a difference. The stadium lights do reflect differently off the white parts of the helmets.
#65 by matt in the nati on 10.16.06 12:24 pm |
these are the socks all cards wear and have worn for a long time… you just don’t see them casue of pj length of thier pants…
#66 by dchis on 10.16.06 12:31 pm |
The Titans regular home uniforms are very nice. They are the second best in their division and only because the Colts got rid of the stripes on their socks.
#67 by Jeff on 10.16.06 12:32 pm |
waaaay off topic…but Okkervil River is unbelievable. Will Sheff has one of the best voices in rock today.
#68 by Cyrus on 10.16.06 12:35 pm |
Yeah, just adding on to what people have already said.
Bama’s kicker, Jamie Christiensen was given the nickname “money” last year after kicking the winning field goals in numerous games including against Olè Miss and Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl. Because of his nickname, Christiensen taped a 1 dollar bill to his sock last year. This year, a sick child (girl, I believe) wrote something on that 2 dollar bill which Christinesen now tapes to his sock instead of the 1.
#69 by Minna H on 10.16.06 12:42 pm |
Wow! A discussion of *sigh* Troy P. and a pic of Rafa? I love this board! By the way, Troy said after the game that he didn’t care if the tackle was by his hair or his ankles,and, yes, the penalty was for taunting after the play.
Scott W., I feel your pain—I truly do. No amount of good uni-materias can make up for getting swept. None.
To reiterate from last night, did the Cardinal Kerchief come first of the waking white items for the Midwest teams? Todd K.? Kenny? Anyone?
Yay, a Monday morning when no one is dissing the Vikings’ unis!
ps. I had a dream last night in which I was talking about this board, the circle on the chest discussion, and the different cups reply. I blame Mike from Queens and his Mr. Fair.
#70 by Minna H on 10.16.06 12:45 pm |
Damn. Even with the preview, I made a mistake. uni-materias = uni-material, but I’m sure you all figured that out.
#71 by allenjd on 10.16.06 12:45 pm |
You can’t blame purple. The football uniforms look sharp enough.
#72 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 10.16.06 12:48 pm |
im just going to give an assumption that the “grandaddy of ‘em all” would be the terrible towel made famous in the 70’s, and still practiced today in pittsburgh,
after that i remember only the twins in 87 with the homer hanky (and that stupid frickin song sung to the beat of hanky panky). after that… good luck. its just another way to have a free giveaway for the fans that be used for jocularity.
#73 by Brian from Short Island on 10.16.06 12:57 pm |
Has anyone picked up on the fact that the Jets wear striped socks with their whites now?
#74 by dchis on 10.16.06 1:05 pm |
The best fan give-away has got to be the Florida Panthers. They started giving away rubber rats that would be thrown on the ice after every Panther goal. It started on opening night in the 95-96 season when Scott Melanby shot a rat in the clubhouse and killed it against a wall. That night he scored two goals and goalie Jon Vanbiesbrook called it a “rat-trick” and so it was born. They made it to the finals that year and every goal in the playoffs would send thousands of rats onto the ice. The Pittsburgh Penguins goalie tried to hide in the net from all the rats!!!!
#75 by Minna H on 10.16.06 1:10 pm |
I don’t think the Twins copied the Steelers, but I don’t know for sure. Hold on a sec. Nope. Can’t find anything about the origin, but you brought back good-time memories, Todd, by reminding me of the song. My baby waves the Homer Hanky….
I noticed last night watching the Cards-Mets game how stupid it looks for an entire stadium to be waving white kerchiefs, Twins notwithstanding. Glad to know that the Homer Hanky is older than the Cards Kerchief.
#76 by Banker Bill on 10.16.06 1:11 pm |
#77 by Tim D on 10.16.06 1:13 pm |
The Cards hats CLASHED with their jackets?…um..sorry but can not disagree more with you. There is plenty of the Dark blue in those jackets to make it look like what it is…the best uniform in MLB.
#78 by Matthew on 10.16.06 1:15 pm |
Not sure where and when it originated in baseball, but I’ve seen several teams hand out towels to fans. The Astros did it in the 2001 playoffs and possibly in the 2004 playoffs too. I can’t recall if they did it before or since those years though.
#79 by Kenny on 10.16.06 1:17 pm |
Not exactly sure about the towels, because I’ve never really seen them at the games before. I am currently looking into it though. My assumption is they passed them out for the playoffs, but atleast we can say we didn’t copy this off anyone!!
#80 by AJ on 10.16.06 1:19 pm |
I know 2 other teams did this earlier in the pre-season, but I haven’t seen this mentioned yet. The Nuggets and Warriors played a pre-season game in Mexico recently and had little Mexican flags on the striping down the sides of their jerseys and also wore special patches on the front. It also appears Carmelo is wearing some kind of padding on his legs, under his socks; it’s also on his left arm, under his sleeve. I’ve noticed it on the arm before, but has he always done this on the legs?
#81 by Matthew on 10.16.06 1:22 pm |
That is bizarre! What the hell is Carmelo wearing there? That’s an odd place for padding, could those be one of those Icy/Hot things?
#82 by AJ on 10.16.06 1:24 pm |
I also noticed in the pictures that I linked above from the Nuggets/Warriors game that a lot of the players are still wearing the rubber bands on their wrists and sweat bands on places on than the wrists…I think Paul mentioned last week that this won’t be allowed this season. Paul, are the rules not being enforced in the pre-season, or are the players going to be allowed to do this all year?
#83 by matt in the nati on 10.16.06 1:24 pm |
#84 by Minna H on 10.16.06 1:27 pm |
Um, you can have that one, Kenny. In fact, every time I see Spiezio, I have the urge to pull out his “beard” one hair at a time. I don’t care if he matches that thing to his uni color—it’s still disturbing.
Oh, and I’m with Banker Bill about Belliard’s tongue–though not the dreds. It’s like watching a car-wreck with that tongue. Can’t look at it, but can’t look away.
#85 by Paul on 10.16.06 1:27 pm |
Perhaps K-State was looking to be more scary given that this program has been mired at or near the bottom of the Big XII for some time.
#86 by Banker Bill on 10.16.06 1:33 pm |
Thank you Minna - agreeing with me and a hockey fan to boot - if I wasn’t married…
then I’d be single!
#87 by Kenny on 10.16.06 1:36 pm |
This was the only thing I could find…it was on the Cardinals website posted on Oct. 7th.
Sense of October
Cardinal Nation was out in full force Saturday afternoon, waving promotional towels, delivering standing ovations for great first-inning defensive plays and chanting “Let’s Go Cardinals” when the Cardinals started a rally and “MVP” for Pujols.
Looks like they passed them out for the playoffs
#88 by Teenage FBI on 10.16.06 1:36 pm |
In the 1982 NHL Cambpell Conference Finals between the Black Hawks and the Canucks, Vancouver coach Roger “Captain Video” Neilson waved a white towel on top of a stick in the direction of the referee after what he saw as a number of bad calls against his team.
When the Canucks returned home, thousands of fans turned out with white towels of their own to wave. A tradition was born.
God bless Richard Brodeur.
#89 by jesse on 10.16.06 1:40 pm |
I thought the Twins “Homer Hankie†was the original.
#90 by Banker Bill on 10.16.06 1:41 pm |
I remember that…that’s back to the days of Stan Smyl and Harold Snepsts. They had awful jersey’s though.
Another Roger Neilson tidbit - “Captain Video” used to replace his goaltender with a defenseman on penalty shots so that he could rush out and take the puck away. The NHL mandated that a goaltender HAD to be in the net on a penalty shot because of this. Neilson was pretty forward-thinking - and the hockey world is a little less bright since he passed…and not just becuase of the glow in the dark floral ties he used to wear.
#91 by jesse on 10.16.06 1:43 pm |
homer hankie
bad link, sorry
#92 by Paul Lukas on 10.16.06 1:43 pm |
It’s not part of the team’s official uni, so technically it was a no-no. Which makes it all the cooler that the umps let him get away with it.
#93 by Kenny on 10.16.06 1:43 pm |
Hell I’ll take it if he keeps hitting like he is…Belliard’s tongue is scary looking, maybe he does it because of the lipper he has in…anyway I don’t wanna see it either, but apparently they don’t mind it
#94 by Minna H on 10.16.06 1:44 pm |
Hate to burst your bubble, Bill, but I am not a hockey fan, though I am–no pun intended–warming up to it. My last ex only liked hockey, so I started watching with him. Then, the Wild made the playoffs, so I caught as much of that as I could. Now, I watch when there’s a game on, but here’s the catch—I don’t have cable. You can guess how much hockey I can watch in that case.
Why don’t I have cable? Because I would watch too much sports, of course! Also, it’s too much to pay for three channels.
#95 by Banker Bill on 10.16.06 1:53 pm |
My wife is becoming a fan by osmosis - all those Ranger games have to have an effect somehow - taking her to MSG for the first time this year.
Between Belliard’s tongue and Spiezio’s soul patch - which looks very Satanic to me by the way - the two of them are desecrating one of th