It was a small item — just one sentence, in fact — buried in the middle of an article about the Devil Rays in Sunday’s St. Petersburg Times. But it put a smile on my face and may have brought a frown to Shawn Camp’s. Here’s what it said:
“Don Zimmer signed up for another year as a senior adviser — his 59th in the game.”
And that means one of the most unique and inconspicuous rituals in sports will continue, because Zimmer changes his uniform number every season to match the number of years he’s worked in baseball. I’m not sure when he started doing this (anyone..?), but I think was in 1998, when he wore No. 50 to commemorate his 50th year in the game. It’s hard to find rear-view pics of him (photographers apparently can’t resist his captivating facial visage), so there are some gaps in the photographic record, but here he is wearing No. 53 in 2001, No. 54 in 2002, No. 56 in 2004, and No. 58 this year.
The reason Zimmer gets away with this every year — aside from being, y’know, so cute and cuddly — is that the uni numbers in the 50s tend to be unclaimed, so he can switch every year without taking anyone else’s number. Things are gonna be different next year, though, because the Devil Rays already have a No. 59: Shawn Camp. But he shouldn’t mind giving up the number, because he wore No. 58 with the Royals in 2005. And that number, now worn by Zimmer, is due to become free as soon as the calendar turns over at the end of this year.
(Incidentally, given all our recent chatter about retired numbers, just imagine the hassle of trying to come up with a number to retire for Zimmer.)
Uni Watch News Ticker: In case you missed Florida’s miserable mismatched/gator-patterned sleeves on Saturday, good views are available here, here, here, and here (with thanks to Ryan Armbrust, who also sent along some shots from Columbia’s 2003 homecoming game, when the team wore 1934 throwbacks — very cool). … The Maine-Endwell Spartans, a high school team in upstate New York, wear their team name on their socks — in purple, no less (with thanks to Eric Hawkins). … The whole “wear pink for breast cancer research” phenomenon scaled new heights of silliness the other day when the minor league Stockton Thunder dyed their ice pink — and, oh yes, wore pink trim — for their game against the Phoenix RoadRunners (thanks to Bryan Long). … Bitchin’ hosiery stylings at St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi — check out the baseball and basketball teams (bonus points to Chris Lemley). … Good catch by Richard Craig, who writes: “As a longtime Charger fan, I saw something Sunday I can’t remember seeing before. They wore the powder blue throwback jerseys and fielded a player with a true bolt-to-bolt nameplate: San Diego State’s own Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, whose nameplate reaches across the white shoulder trim and onto the yellow bolt itself.” I don’t remember this happening with David Diaz-Infante, or Rolf Benirschke, or Ralf Mojsiejenko, or anybody else with a long surname. They always seemed to squeeze the letters closer together before. Of course, if our head coach were still playing, his nameplate would overlap the entire bolt on both sides. … According to a note in last night’s Comments section, someone on the Raiders — maybe Kirk Morrison — was wearing an American flag belt buckle during last night’s Raiders/Seahawks game. Can anyone get a screen shot? … Over on Chris Creamer’s board, someone posted a link to this amazing history of the Arkansas Razorbacks logo — great, great stuff. Uni Watch’s highest rating.
#1 by LunchBox on 11.07.06 9:00 am |
Dying the ice pink? Lame… are teams going to start playing on pink fields someday??? How bout pink helmets. Or pink uniforms? Its got to end.
#2 by Robert on 11.07.06 9:00 am |
I am no fan of Arkansas, but the school’s pig logo is one of the best in all of sports. That history of it makes it all the more interesting and appealing.
#3 by Chris Hilf on 11.07.06 9:05 am |
Those Columbia unis remind me of the Steelers 1994 throwbacks. I won’t post a pic because the link to it is right over there —–>
#4 by Ian K on 11.07.06 9:12 am |
I watched the TCU-UNLV game on Saturday and the uniforms worn by UNLV really started to bother me. The unis are red, but the sleeves are black and silver. At first glance it really looks like the shoulder pads are coming out from underneath the jersey. I don’t think I’ve seen a design like this before (uniforms made by Russell) and I have to say I’m not a fan.
Here’s a link:
UNLV
#5 by Miguel on 11.07.06 9:12 am |
Yes, education and research in trying to eradicate breast cancer is lame.
#6 by Mark in Shiga on 11.07.06 9:23 am |
Education and research are completely unrelated to making uniforms and playing surfaces look downright silly.
#7 by Rich on 11.07.06 9:25 am |
If the time comes to retire Zimmer’s number, just add ‘em up and use the average! :)
#8 by Greg on 11.07.06 9:33 am |
What is this breast cancer you speak of? I had no idea there was such a thing! I must now give my entire saving to defeat cancer of the breast! Until now, all my money had been going to defeat clubhouse cancer. DAMN YOU, JEFF KENT!
Seriously though. We get it. Breast cancer, bad. Is there anyone here who needs any more education about booby cancer? I don’t see how a minor league hockey team tinting its ice pink could make a shred of difference. Its not as if there’s scientists somewhere saying, “well we’ve raised about 40 gazillion dollars for breast cancer research, but if only a minor league hockey team could raise $300 more, we could finally find a cure!”
Pink ice IS lame. But ice with Jeff Kent’s head on it would be cool.
#9 by Keith on 11.07.06 9:33 am |
Gotta like the undersleeves on St. Stanislaus as well. . . the numbers on the sleeves ensure 1) uniformity and 2) no dot-matrix horror. I’m normally opposed to the sleeveless vest, but it works here.
#10 by The Ol Goaler on 11.07.06 9:36 am |
From high school Uni-News:
I broadcast the games for the Blytheville, Ark. “Chickasaws”. On Monday, the BHS head coach sends me the updated stats of his team, along with the roster and the expected starters of the Chicks’ upcoming opponent. This week, however, the Chicks face unbeaten-untied-#1-in-the-state Camden Fairview in the first round of the playoffs. BHS Coach Doug Quinn apologetically said he couldn’t give me Fairview’s starters… because he couldn’t read the jersey numbers on the scouting video?
Could this be a way to gain an “edge” on an opponent? Hmmmmmmmm….
#11 by Taylor on 11.07.06 9:47 am |
I think I found a few of the newest college bball jerseys this year. What are your thoughts?
Duke
Oregon
Stanford
#12 by Kramer on 11.07.06 9:50 am |
why take the average, with the trends noted in the last few days just add ‘em all up and retire a number that can never be worn anyways, like the total wins of a coach or games played or something absurd like that
#13 by dgc on 11.07.06 9:51 am |
I have an odd question on yesterday’s NHL replica vs. authentic debate. I wanted to buy a Ovechkin authentic last year, but the wait for the Rbks was two months so I settled for what the shop.nhl.com site described as an “authentic CCM” sweater. It seems to be of higher quality than the replicas and has a fight strap (not sure about the tags and logos, I’m at work right now). Anyone else have this type of sweater? I notice the website no longer sells it.
#14 by John in Athens on 11.07.06 9:54 am |
DITCH THE BLACK UPDATE
It took seventeen rounds before McFarlane produced a Met figure with a blue cap.
Blue cap.
Blue undershirt.
Blue belt.
Blue socks… I’d imagine.
Lets go, Mets.
#15 by Daniel on 11.07.06 9:56 am |
Wow, Duke can actually make those shoulder stripes work.
Oregon and Stanford… not so much.
#16 by Taylor on 11.07.06 10:04 am |
I’m still a fan of UCLA and Indiana’s jerseys - they’re just classic. I just think the Duke unis look silly (but I’m a UNC fan, for what that’s worth.) I’ve come not to expect anything good that comes out of Oregon and I thought the Stanford jerseys they have had in years past have really been sharp. I’m interested to see the new shorts, but the top isn’t very good, in my opinion.
#17 by Bob A on 11.07.06 10:06 am |
Just back from a pilgimage to NYC to see my first Rangers game in 36 years. I noticed a banner hanging up there along with the #1 Giacomin and #33 Ewing… it was #12 Joel. Curiosity got me and I asked an usher who claims it honors Billy Joel. Dunno the ‘12′ reference. Anyway they also have ‘retired’ #613 to honor Red Holtzmans wins as a coach and #526 for Lou Carnesecca for the same reason.
And the Buffaslug logo is worse in person, if thats possible (but they sure are good).
I made a trip waaay downtown to visit the New Era store mentioned here a week or so back. Don’t waste your time. You have to go clear to the back to find any actual caps. The rest of the place in lined with the most hideous crap imaginable.
#18 by Taylor on 11.07.06 10:07 am |
On all the Nike uniforms teams that have made the Final Four (since 93, I think) have a grey/silver patch with the school logo around the neck of the jersey. However, George Mason does not have that this year. Is this an oversight by Nike or just them dissing the smaller schools that don’t make them tons of money?
#19 by Greg on 11.07.06 10:10 am |
I’ve got an idea for all the teams that like to wear the mismatched sleeves (either undergarments or last year’s uniform fiascoes for VT, Florida and the like).
We should force them to wear mismatched pants (two different colored legs), until they realize how awful they look and promised to never wear this mismatched crap again. What better way to communicate a message than through complete and utter humiliation?
#20 by Richard on 11.07.06 10:19 am |
check some of the entries from the last couple of weeks, because we already discussed the new Duke alternates (with the stripes), and some other new jerseys for the upcoming season.
Tip-off is this weekend, so we’ll see who we missed who might have new uniforms coming out.
#21 by zep on 11.07.06 10:23 am |
Not gonna lie I kinda like the Oregon ones…I’m sure no one else on this board does though
#22 by Joe Hilseberg on 11.07.06 10:24 am |
Doe anyone else just HATE this fake 2 color twill stuff and think that screen printed stiching looks horrible?!?!
And if you are going to fake the stitching, at leat make it the same color as the top piece of twill so it looks almost kind of sort of right.
#23 by Andy on 11.07.06 10:27 am |
Is there anything at all being done about prostate cancer anymore? I’m guessing not, because I don’t remember seeing blue ice recently in a hockey game.
#24 by Chris Doran on 11.07.06 10:27 am |
I believe it honors 12 sellouts in a row by Joel last year or the year before.
Wachovia Center Joel banner is up to 34, but that’s a total of sellouts for his career in Philly. We also honor Springsteen as well..
#25 by Andrew F on 11.07.06 10:31 am |
For everyone yesterday complaining about box lacrosse goalie gear, take a look at the stats from the Portland Lumberjax, the team that finished last year with the best record in the league- http://www.pointstre...
Look at that GAA! Imagine if they WEREN’T wearing that gear, how many goals a game would they give up…
#26 by Chris Doran on 11.07.06 10:32 am |
I can sympathize with you…I do PA for my High School alma mater. Last week we played a game in a torrential downpour. The opponents wore white jerseys with baby blue numbers, (which were very sharp IMHO).
Only problem was by the start of the second half, those jerseys were mostly brown, with brown numbers. I was mostly guessing at that point.
#27 by Dan from PC on 11.07.06 10:34 am |
Guaranteed you’d appreciate the pink ice if a loved one was diagnosed with breast cancer…your outlook changes a whole lot…i know from experience
#28 by Chris Doran on 11.07.06 10:46 am |
What size is it? Like Teebz says, if the size is by number (52,54,56…) it should be authentic. Size by letter (M, L, XL) inidicates a replica.
I actually have an authentic John LeClair Flyers sweater from the mid 90’s. Back when Nike produced the on-ice attire. Big white swoosh on the tail.
#29 by Nolan on 11.07.06 10:47 am |
Same template
#30 by Burrill on 11.07.06 10:48 am |
That is true. But to be fair, it would be true for any disease. I don’t think anyone would declare breast cancer to be a good thing; it’s just that the incredibly omnipresent pink breast cancer awareness tributes have gotten to the point where, based on the pink bats, pink ribbons, pink ice, pink whatever, it seems to be the only disease worth researching. Yes, a cure for breast cancer would be wonderful, but so would cures for other diseases. Let’s not just focus on one.
#31 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.07.06 10:50 am |
was at the sixers game on sunday… i believe the billy joel banner was up to 46 now…
#32 by Jonathon on 11.07.06 10:54 am |
Check out Ron Washington’s Texas jersey. Can’t see the logo - looks like it’s either not there, or way too low. Also, you can see the undershirt clear as day.
http://sports.espn.g...
#33 by Andrew F on 11.07.06 10:58 am |
This is going to sound really really really mean, and while I don’t personally think that this is the way it should be or anything, I’ve been a bit under tha impression that all of the breast cancer awareness stuff is done in an effort to attract more female fans to the game…
#34 by bj on 11.07.06 10:58 am |
What you fail to realize is that these teams don’t pay for any of their uniforms. VT, Miami, UF, FSU, USC, UT, etc are money machines for Nike. Their merch sales alone are probably greater than most of the other NCAA teams that Nike sponsors combined. And because they are the only really marketable teams, they are the guinea pigs. I’m sure that if Nike created a Harlequin patterned uniform, with the jersey and pants both split colors down the middle, these teams would have to wear them.
There’s no humiliation for the team that gets paid to wear something. If anything, make the dumbass who drew these things up wear the designs in public for a few weeks…
#35 by Jonathon on 11.07.06 11:00 am |
He’s also sporting a wool 5950 with a gray underbill. Guess the new polyester/black underbill hats haven’t been distributed, yet.
#36 by BBFAN on 11.07.06 11:02 am |
Ha, that’s hilarious. I was actually thinking the same thing, but had no intention of admitting it. And I would consider myself a traditionalist when it comes to uniforms.
#37 by John in Athens on 11.07.06 11:11 am |
I’d believe that.
Until they where brown for prostate cancer, I’ll see it as a marketing scheme.
#38 by Tape on 11.07.06 11:21 am |
ok, seriously.
can someone fix this thing, so that if you type in a huge giant massive post, and make a typo on the security code, when you click the back button, your post is still there?
PLEASE?!@!#?
#39 by dgc on 11.07.06 11:25 am |
I’m at work, but checking my past order on the website says I ordered a numerical size (48), I do recall trying to figure out whether the size meant with pads or not. I don’t really mind if it’s a replica, it was just weird that it was described as a CCM authentic.
#40 by Tape on 11.07.06 11:26 am |
this security code is really pissing me off today.
really short version because this is now my fourth attempt:
Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game. all MLL All-Stars wore pink versions of their helmets.
pictures: 1 2
#41 by MetsFan AZ on 11.07.06 11:26 am |
I think they wear light blue for prostate cancer. MLB does it on Father’s day with sweat bands similar to the pink ones. Don’t remember baby blue bats though.
I think that the Komen Foundation has just done a remarkable job in associating a color with their cause. Lance as well come to think of it. It does open the door to over the top promotions like pink ice but overall it’s harmless and more awareness, research, funding, etc. is always a good thing.
*thud* that was me hopping off the soapbox.
#42 by Mark in Shiga on 11.07.06 11:31 am |
Just curious; do any of the women’s leagues such as the WNBA do anything specifically for prostate cancer? Seeing all this pink would be more palatable if women’s sports campaigned as aggressively for men’s diseases; it would change things from having pink shoved in your face all the time to an uplifting situation in which each sex aggressively campaigns against the sicknesses that affect the other.
#43 by Pat on 11.07.06 11:33 am |
For real, I just did it again.
And, he may break a record for coach that looks older than he actually is. 54. Damn.
#44 by Chad G on 11.07.06 11:40 am |
Maybe the jersey was old stock from the year before the lockout (when they wore CCM on the ice) and they had leftover blank authentics and they put Ovechkin’s name and number on it cause they knew it would sell.
#45 by LunchBox on 11.07.06 11:40 am |
Oh god!!!! The insanity!!!!
It’s not like I don’t support research for breast cancer, (I have a pink pin on my desk that says so, haha), but wouldn’t simple ribbon do? Maybe putting an image of a ribbon the ice would be more acceptable than dying the WHOLE ice pink.
I dont think I even want to get into the debate of the “prejudice” of breast cancer over other health awarenesses.
#46 by Ian K on 11.07.06 11:42 am |
At first I thought the Rangers hired Otis Nixon to be their manager. I am, of course, incorrect. Otis Nixon is at least 76 years old.
#47 by Paul Lukas on 11.07.06 11:44 am |
Neither does anyone else. No more cancer talk, please — let’s stick to uniforms. Thanks.
#48 by Tape on 11.07.06 11:45 am |
anyone have any idea what it costs to have pink ice for one game? I don’t have a legit number or anything, but I know from working at a hockey arena (Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA; home of Lowell Devils/Lock Monsters and UMass Lowell) for the last 6 years that it would not be cheap in any way.
firstly, there is no way in hell that they melted the ice down and repainted the cement. that would take way too long (to both melt and re-ice), and then the original paint is toast, and that’s something that only gets done once a year in the offseason. so what probably happened is something like this:
1) a previous game is played, and ends.
2) after the game, the ice is resurfaced as normal.
3) following this, several extra layers of ice are laid.
4) a special on-ice paint is applied to the ice. normally this would just be white (we did this last year for the World Curling Championships), and then the new lines/logos/whatever are applied, but in this case it would have been pink, and then the lines would be applied.
5) once the paint dries, the ice is again flooded and surfaced, probably .75-1″ worth.
6) game is played.
7) immediately after the game, the zamboni crew starts shaving off the special-game ice, and the paint with it. this takes a LONG time. the zamboni can only hold so much ice, and can only take off so much at once. it probably takes the better part of a day (and by day, I don’t mean 8-hour workday, but 24-hour earth revolution day)to get the ice back to its original thickness. not to mention that you need somewhere to put all that ICE. last time the Tsongas Arena did this, we had a mountain of ice outside our loading dock for weeks. picture ginormous snow mountain the parking lot at the mall after a giant snowstorm, except not quite as huge.
8) normal post-game surfacing of the ice so it looks nice for the next game.
all told, this probably takes the better part of 3 days (72 hours) to accomplish (not including the time of the game actually being played, of course). the labor cost alone is probably in the neighborhood of $3000 (possibly more) to pull this stunt, not even accounting for the cost of the paint (not cheap) and any other random shit I can’t think of right now.
if this post disappears because of the security code, I’m going to set the building on fire.
#49 by Teebz on 11.07.06 11:45 am |
That was Nike’s trademark, but they only had the license to do a few teams. Philly, Anaheim and Chicago are all that come to mind right now. Pro Player and Starter also did pro jerseys as well. I’ll see if I can document these as well when doing the picture portion of my “how to identify an NHL pro jersey” part of my essay.
#50 by Chad G on 11.07.06 11:47 am |
Yeah, is it just me, or does he look coked out?
#51 by Joe G. on 11.07.06 11:56 am |
If you look hard enough, you notice that the “Texas” logo is just solid white.
Ron Washington
#52 by Mark in Shiga on 11.07.06 12:04 pm |
Speaking of the security code, Paul and Ek, could you not simply have the “Say It!” button grayed out until something is entered in that security code field?
Also, the security code only lasts for a limited time. Considering that many posts here are carefully crafted, with links to photos on the internet, and take a long time to create. Long enough for the code to become invalid!
If real-time previews of our posts are possible, surely graying out the button is also…?
(P. S. - Irony is heaped upon irony as I typed out this long post once, entered the code, only to lose everything again because I mistook a 1 for an I! Now I’m typing it all again.)
#53 by Bob A on 11.07.06 12:09 pm |
I think that is the white lettering of the undershirt showing thru.
#54 by Mark on 11.07.06 12:11 pm |
I think that is actually the undershirt. And that dude is only 54? Wow, those were some harsh years!
#55 by Chris Doran on 11.07.06 12:15 pm |
I’ll try to post a pic if it’ll help.
Another good reference is if the numbering is incorrect. I have a Slava Fetisov Devils sweater that has a serifed (??) 2. Drove me nuts to the point I almost returned it.
Don’t get me wrong… Budgetary reasons force me to get mostly replicas,(LeClair was a gift)and they normally don’t bother me, but when you get big details wrong.. GRRRR.
#56 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.07.06 12:18 pm |
i have just adopted the practice of copying each entry i write before i hit say it…
that way i can just paste it back in if something goes wrong…
#57 by Richard on 11.07.06 12:23 pm |
and i adopted that practice too. we share our adoption - i get days and he gets nights (so laugh people)
#58 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.07.06 12:31 pm |
madonna and angelina jolie have been trying to adopt this practice for the last 3 months as well…
funny thing is that it probably will go through…
#59 by John in Athens on 11.07.06 12:34 pm |
Off topic, uni-related, and covered before but…
High School teams that steal their helmet logos from pro or college teams (or anyone else, for that matter) should not be suspended for cheating until they can come up with an orginal logo or, at the very least, a plain, colored helmet with no logo.
With all of the imaginative and artistic kids in all of our high schools, it’s hard to believe that the best a school can do is slap Patriot of Eagle logos on their helmets and call it their own.
I wish I could vote on a Anti-Logo-Theft Ammendment today!
#60 by John in Athens on 11.07.06 12:36 pm |
Umm… that should have been either “NOT be allowed to play” or “SHOULD BE SUSPENDED.”
Damn it.
I proof read and everything.
#61 by Kelly Mitchell on 11.07.06 12:37 pm |
The 49ers wore throwbacks on Sunday (and won) and Mike Nolan said he’d like to go back to the classic unis on the ’80s and ’90s. If York approves the change it could happen in 2008. It can’t happen soon enough for me.
#62 by Patrick on 11.07.06 12:39 pm |
Those St. Stanislaus baseball uniforms are absolutely awesome!
#63 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.07.06 12:49 pm |
usually when i watch a game and alternate or retro unis are being worn, i have a conscious thought that “team x is wearing alternate/retro unis”… did anyone else watch the niners game and not think any different that they were wearing those unis? to me its like their current uni’s are the alternate, and those “montana era” uni’s are standard…
#64 by Stu on 11.07.06 12:49 pm |
Thank goodness for Nolan’s voice of reason in a wilderness of bad judgment.
#65 by Joe G. on 11.07.06 12:51 pm |
I may just be crazy, but it seems like you can see the ‘X’ showing up on the part where the shirt overlaps itself. I don’t think that would happen if that was just the undershirt.
Original.
Contrastiffic.
Again, I may just be crazy.
#66 by Original Jim on 11.07.06 1:04 pm |
You work there? I live right next door! Small world…
Maybe next time the ice gets painted, the team logos could be a little bigger. I blame Phoenix for not putting more white in the UML logo to make it legible from seat level, and I won’t get into the lameness that is the Devils logo. But I’d rather see one of them at center ice rather than the huge arena logo.
#67 by Pat on 11.07.06 1:04 pm |
You’re right. You may just be crazy. I don’t see the ‘X’ at all. I see some shadows that may look like an ‘X’ but definitley no ‘X.’ I don’t think the Rangers would produce a white on white jersey and then have their new manager model it on the day they sign him. If they did make a white on white jersey I would think those would be saved for the same people that have the white on white hats or the many other ugly variations New Era is making.
#68 by Stu on 11.07.06 1:13 pm |
Its an undershirt. There’s no conspiracy. Everyone remain calm.
Speaking of white-on-white (segue), the Titans didn’t look half bad this weekeend sporting the all white look. I mean, they still look like a CFL team, but it was an improvement.
#69 by Josh on 11.07.06 1:21 pm |
It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one plagued with the security code problems.
I wasn’t going to share this affliction because I thought I was alone.
#70 by Bob in Hopewell on 11.07.06 1:27 pm |
quote comment=”19805″]Gotta like the undersleeves on St. Stanislaus as well. . . the numbers on the sleeves ensure 1) uniformity and 2) no dot-matrix horror. I’m normally opposed to the sleeveless vest, but it works here.
pretty sure it is just their logo
#71 by Andy from KC on 11.07.06 1:30 pm |
As a Royals fan, I don’t have nearly enough pain in my life, so thank you VERY much for reminding me about Shawn Camp. When you pitch like he does you shouldn’t even have a say in what number you wear. I don’t see any problem with Zim claiming #59.
#72 by ACC on 11.07.06 1:40 pm |
Again there is nothing wrong with the current Niners uniforms. They’re fine as is.
I like Nolan as a coach but let him get us over .500 before he starts dictating changes for marketing purposes. How about not having the lowest ranked D in the league, coach?
#73 by Chad G on 11.07.06 1:46 pm |
The current Unis yes are not bad, but the Montana Era ones reflect a winning tradition. The niners have pretty much sucked in their current Unis. This would kinda be like Parcells having the Jets go back to their Namath esque era Unis to change from the losing tradition of the “Same old Jets” as many New Yorkers would know. Although the Jets Unis haven’t seemed to do the trick in recent years, they did go to the AFC championship game the first year after they changed.
#74 by ACC on 11.07.06 2:02 pm |
History lesson for you -
They changed uniforms in a major way prior to 1996 season. They made playoffs in 1996-1998, 2001-2002. That’s five out of ten seasons.
Their “classics” definitely reflect a winning tradition but they also wore them for a decade of losing in the 60s and late 70s. I wouldn’t call them Montana era because they have been around for a lot longer than Montana was on the team.
#75 by Sandy on 11.07.06 2:07 pm |
Funny (and a bit gross in some parts) article mocking the Bucks’ new jerseys…..this site kills me…..
#76 by skott on 11.07.06 2:09 pm |
personally, i LOVE the pink ice. i think it looks cool and its great. i’d really like to know how they do it and then get rid of it…i guess just paint white over it when the month is over?
i also love when sports teams try to do something positive other than just spending/earning money to win games. now i know thats their job, but its nice to see that they are doing something actually positive for their community, no matter the motivation.
shame can be a great motivator and i think its a fair tool (whether for business OR govt) when the right thing getting done is the end result.
i think Pink Endzone’s would be great, to be honest. i also think light blue bases would be great, come prostate cancer awareness day. i don’t think its that big a deal or bad.
what the hell are they going to call the Athletic’s now?
California A’s?
Northern California A’s?
NoCal A’s?
i like that last one the best.
Ron Washington needs to eat more. that dude is thin.
#77 by Kyle Joecken on 11.07.06 2:10 pm |
*clap*
*clap*
*clap* *clap* *clap*
*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*
GO VOTE!
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
#78 by Stu on 11.07.06 2:10 pm |
OK, lets call it the OJ era.
#79 by Chad G on 11.07.06 2:14 pm |
Why does everyone always get so nasty in their responses…
I know they went to the playoffs with the current unis, but with the unis Montana wore they won 4 super bowls. As I said with the Jets the only super bowl they won was with Namath and his uniform, the jets also went to the playoffs multiple times in their previous unis but never won a super bowl.
#80 by ACC on 11.07.06 2:16 pm |
They’re the Athletics. Not the Athletic’s
They’ll remain the Oakland A’s. The move is only ~25 miles. They currently play in Alameda, CA.
#81 by Paul Lukas on 11.07.06 2:19 pm |
The Niners have been my favorite team since I was 7 yrs old, so I have a few thoughts of my own regarding their uniforms. To wit:
• I think the helmet revision they did a decade or so ago was pretty good — a modern update that’s still true to the original design. Wouldn’t mind seeing the Lions do something similar.
• I’ve never been in love with all the drop-shadow action on the current jersey, but I don’t hate it either.
• What I do hate is the endless repetition of the “SF” logo. It doesn’t need to be on the sleeves, and it REALLY doesn’t need to be on the hips.
• In general, I prefer color/white/color pants piping. But the Niners’ piping was WAY too wide in the Montana era. Back in Brodie’s day, it was thinner, but somewhere along the way it got shot up with steroids or something, to the point where I found it embarrassing. I do not miss that aspect of the old design.
• Everyone will no doubt be stunned to learn that I’d love to see the return of striped socks.
#82 by Matt on 11.07.06 2:23 pm |
How about the Silicon Valley Athletics…
#83 by Justin on 11.07.06 2:25 pm |
Yes that is like the Atlanta Falcons, but also, NC State has been wearing that template for the past 3 seasons.
Here is the interesting thing. Atlanta had them first, and Reebok does NFL jerseys. NC State got them and they are outfitted by adidas (This was pre-merger days, btw). Now UNLV and other teams who have Russell jerseys are wearing the same design. What is going on with that?
#84 by Mason B on 11.07.06 2:28 pm |
look at the all the nike signs in almost a line in this photo from the msu purdue game saturday
#85 by Mason B on 11.07.06 2:29 pm |
http://www.statenews...
im not sure how to link sorry i tried
#86 by ACC on 11.07.06 2:33 pm |
I strongly agree with hating the logo repetition. It’s Carolina Pantheresque. I’m worried there will be another logo on the front above the numbers. It should be removed from the pants and sleeves for sure. I would be in favor of a secondary logo (Sourdough Sam’s mining pick) on the sleeve and nothing on the pants except stripes.
#87 by ACC on 11.07.06 2:38 pm |
Uh…no. Sounds like a college team. Almost as bad as Golden State Warriors.
#88 by Patrick Mahoney on 11.07.06 2:39 pm |
It wasn’t for Prostate cancer but the Rochester Americans of the AHL played a game on light blue ice as an experiment to see if when the NHL came back for the lockout, if the blue ice made the puck more visible for casual fans.http://images.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/_photos/2005-03-15-blueice1.jpg
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