Comments on: How Many Ballplayers Does It Take to Screw in a Lightbulb? http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68678 Tom Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:09:35 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68678 <em>Iowa State finally listened to UNI-Watch and has in fact turned to the fans to help with the new football uniform designs. There was a Uni-Watch article about the same thing last summer, and the funniest thing is that I emailed Jamie Pollard the athletic director telling of the article, and what does he do months later? He puts it in the hands of the people. Yes BABY!!.</em> This is an horrific idea. Hey, Iowa State, let a professional sports uniform branding designer do the heavy lifting okay and leave the fans in charge of cheering on the Cyclones... Iowa State finally listened to UNI-Watch and has in fact turned to the fans to help with the new football uniform designs. There was a Uni-Watch article about the same thing last summer, and the funniest thing is that I emailed Jamie Pollard the athletic director telling of the article, and what does he do months later? He puts it in the hands of the people.

Yes BABY!!.

This is an horrific idea.

Hey, Iowa State, let a professional sports uniform branding designer do the heavy lifting okay and leave the fans in charge of cheering on the Cyclones…

]]> By: Tom http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68677 Tom Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:05:04 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68677 <em> I’m surprised by the vitriol some of you are expressing about April 15th. Personally, I think it’s both fun and instructive, and I don’t think it’s a “Look at me” thing at all. We usually bash MLB for being tone-deaf, stuck in their ways, etc., but I think this is an instance when they’ve loosened up and allowed something interesting to develop. Is it good or is it stupid? I think it’s clearly good.<em> And what better way to celebrate how far we've come since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, then to have the Rutgers women's basketball team come out on April 15th and all throw the first pitch at the same time at that all-time American icon Don Imis? Hit him in the balls girls and make him feel it but good. This is a great country. I’m surprised by the vitriol some of you are expressing about April 15th. Personally, I think it’s both fun and instructive, and I don’t think it’s a “Look at me” thing at all. We usually bash MLB for being tone-deaf, stuck in their ways, etc., but I think this is an instance when they’ve loosened up and allowed something interesting to develop. Is it good or is it stupid? I think it’s clearly good.

And what better way to celebrate how far we’ve come since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, then to have the Rutgers women’s basketball team come out on April 15th and all throw the first pitch at the same time at that all-time American icon Don Imis? Hit him in the balls girls and make him feel it but good.

This is a great country.

]]> By: derek http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68578 derek Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:28:42 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68578 the red sox suck*** the red sox suck***

]]> By: derek http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68575 derek Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:27:21 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68575 The red suck!!!! The red suck!!!!

]]> By: ToasterPoodle http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68431 ToasterPoodle Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:36:59 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68431 [quote comment="68151"]"real baseball"?...is that what you guys are calling quadruple A...oops...I mean the National League now?[/quote] Actually we call it home of the reigning World Champions. Auric said:

“real baseball”?…is that what you guys are calling quadruple A…oops…I mean the National League now?

Actually we call it home of the reigning World Champions.

]]> By: Steve http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68412 Steve Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:45:35 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68412 [quote comment="68322"]I didn't notice until today, but A-Rod seems to be wearing his pants like <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/photo?slug=b9b36c23d230445e8c1a584a6a5c38ee.orioles_yankees_baseball_nyy117&prov=ap" rel="nofollow"> this Fantastic.[/quote] He wore his pants like that through all of spring training, and for every regular season game so far, starting back on April 2nd. Mat said:

I didn’t notice until today, but A-Rod seems to be wearing his pants like this

Fantastic.

He wore his pants like that through all of spring training, and for every regular season game so far, starting back on April 2nd.

]]> By: David L http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68356 David L Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:53:02 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68356 The padres <em>still</em> insist on wearing their alternate. Now up to Home: 1 Road: 0 Alt: 5 Camo: 1 The padres still insist on wearing their alternate.
Now up to
Home: 1
Road: 0
Alt: 5
Camo: 1

]]> By: Brian http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68338 Brian Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:01:47 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68338 I was thinking about the ISU jersey change.. Assuming they keep the road white, that means they'll have white shirts and gold pants on the road. Iowa has white shirts and gold pants for the road. Red Tops and Gold pants could look horrible too. I was thinking about the ISU jersey change.. Assuming they keep the road white, that means they’ll have white shirts and gold pants on the road. Iowa has white shirts and gold pants for the road. Red Tops and Gold pants could look horrible too.

]]> By: Jon http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68334 Jon Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:45:13 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68334 <i>I think the snow whites are the bad part. For my money, the snow whites and the road blacks are far worse than the others. The black home alternates arten't even as bad. The snow whites don't bother me at all. In fact, since the Mets were supposed to be a combination of the Giants and the Dodgers, I don't know why they went with pinstripes (actually, I know <em>why</em>; they based them on the Yankees' pinstripes), since neither the Dodgers nor the Giants used pinstripes. Their uniform from the outset should have been the snow whites (similar to the road grays). I guess you can make the argument that the black technically is a uniform color, since they were based on the Giants.</i> I always thought that the Mets uniforms were meant to honor the New York baseball that came before them, not just the New York National League baseball. From what I have heard, they wore the blue for the Dodgers, the orange for the Giants, and the pin stripes for the Yankees. I think the snow whites are the bad part. For my money, the snow whites and the road blacks are far worse than the others. The black home alternates arten’t even as bad.

The snow whites don’t bother me at all. In fact, since the Mets were supposed to be a combination of the Giants and the Dodgers, I don’t know why they went with pinstripes (actually, I know why; they based them on the Yankees’ pinstripes), since neither the Dodgers nor the Giants used pinstripes. Their uniform from the outset should have been the snow whites (similar to the road grays). I guess you can make the argument that the black technically is a uniform color, since they were based on the Giants.

I always thought that the Mets uniforms were meant to honor the New York baseball that came before them, not just the New York National League baseball. From what I have heard, they wore the blue for the Dodgers, the orange for the Giants, and the pin stripes for the Yankees.

]]> By: Jon http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/04/09/how-many-ballplayers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/#comment-68332 Jon Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:37:42 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=440#comment-68332 <i>But Adidas' placing the three stripes everywhere is <em>exactly</em> the same as Nike placing swooshes everywhere--the three stripes is their trademark</i> I have to disagree with this. Nike does place it's logo everywhere - but only once per item (not including shoes). Adidas has the same amount of logos, then adds the useless stripes <b>everywhere</b>. Thank goodness the NBA made them not put them on the uniforms. It's bad enough on the refs and all of the warmups. Think about how much better the NBA All Star uniforms would have looked without the stripes (sorry I don't have a pic). But Adidas’ placing the three stripes everywhere is exactly the same as Nike placing swooshes everywhere–the three stripes is their trademark

I have to disagree with this. Nike does place it’s logo everywhere – but only once per item (not including shoes). Adidas has the same amount of logos, then adds the useless stripes everywhere. Thank goodness the NBA made them not put them on the uniforms. It’s bad enough on the refs and all of the warmups. Think about how much better the NBA All Star uniforms would have looked without the stripes (sorry I don’t have a pic).

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