You probably know that the Devil Rays played a few “home” games in Orlando last week at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex, which, despite having only 9000 seats, was no doubt an upgrade over Tropicana Field (and where, as you can see at right, Richard Petty threw out the first ball for one of the games). Reader Andrew Ranck attended one of the games and documented some interesting factoids regarding the 246th stadium to host an MLB game:
The field in front of the dugouts had logos commemorating the 10th anniversary of the complex (who knew). The on deck circles had MLB logos on them, and they seemed pretty worn. I’m guessing they may have been spring training holdovers, but they didn’t seem to get much use anyway.
Left field had a collection of pennants representing some of the Rays’ regular sponsors. Also the area beyond the left field fence was grassy, with families spread out on blankets and kids running around.
Center field was pretty bare, and the scoreboard gave little batter information. Besides the line score and the current count, we only saw the batter’s uniform number and batting average. Right field had a temporary Jumbotron, which only displayed the basic graphics from the player intros and whatnot. In the foreground of that last photo, you can see the soft drink race, which took place after the 4th inning.
The only beers for sale that I could find were 24-ounce cans (for $8.50!). The Anheiser-Busch products had Rays logos on them. This surprised me, because Disney is known for not selling that much in the way of A-B products, because Busch Gardens and Sea World are main competitors.
Thanks to Andrew for the first-hand report. Meanwhile, if anyone wants to give a similar account of the proceedings at the Trop, that might be amusing.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Big kudos and thanks to Trevor Williams of the Brainerd Dispatch, who attended the Uni Watch party in Minneapolis two Saturdays ago and then wrote this very nice article about it. … Lotsa stuff you might have missed over the weekend, beginning with Boise State’s new football jerseys, which were unveiled late on Friday. They’ll look like this, this, this, and this. Further details here. … Also from Friday: Roger Clemens warmed up for his minor league season debut wearing high cuffs and white-striped Adidas cleats but later switched shoes and pant styles. … Reprinted from Saturday’s comments: Friday’s blog entry about Chris Sampson being told to remove his hospital bracelet (in case you missed it, look here) should have included a reference to Rob Mackowiak, who hit two home runs while still wearing his hospital bracelet on the day his baby was born back in 2004 (full details here). … It was Armed Forces Night in Milwaukee on Saturday, with the Brewers and Twins wearing military-themed caps. … Interesting thread on the Chris Creamer boards regarding the Cincinnati Jungle Kats, an AF2 team with a pretty innovative helmet design. … More arena football news from Michael Alper, who notes that Kenny Higgins of the Nashville Kats (again with the stoopid spelling) is wearing red shoes, even though there’s virtually no red in the team’s uniform. … The Orioles are denying reports that they’ll put “Baltimore” on their road jerseys next year (as forwarded by Jason Reddish). … Antiques Roadshow recently had a nice little segment on this medal. Details here (with thanks to Jeremiah Conway). … Anyone know why a manufacturer would refer to this pant style as a “Clemson Cut”? Also, who knew there was a hidden interior stirrup in there? (Good find by Rick Subrizio.) … Grant Emerson notes that Angel Pagan’s helmet logo appliqué has been crooked lately. … Club Deportivo Chivas USA has a new jersey sponsor. Full details here (with thanks to Jeffrey Israel). … If you’re interested in Tennessee high school uniforms, tons of photos are available here (courtesy of Marc Walls). … Texans cornerback Jason Simmons came up with a novel way to sell his uniform number to new teammate Ahman Green. … Ronnie Poore noticed something interesting in this photo of the 1965 NFL draft: The little figurines on each desk are wearing stirrups, instead of football-style socks. Most NFL players did wear stirrups in those days, but they also wore shin-length white socks over them — odd that the figurines didn’t get that final finishing hosiery touch. … Good story here about this Texas company, which makes varsity/letterman jackets. Further background info here. (With thanks to Matt Mitchell.) … Follow-up report from Jen Muller, who recently provided the photo of Dane Richards with his name misspelled: “At a Red Bulls ‘meet the team’ event on Saturday, I had a chance to ask Richards if he knew his name was spelled incorrectly on his jersey. He said he had no idea until he saw it later on the internet. Maybe he’s a Uni Watch fan.” … Check out the socks on Dong Tam Long An of the Vietnamese soccer league, who’s been playing in the AFC Champions League this year (as spotted by Jeremy Brahm). … Can’t say I thought much of Cory Spinks’s trunks or glove colors during his fight against Jermain Taylor on Saturday night. Weirdest bit: When Spinks’s trunks started slipping down, his corner tried to secure them with tape around the waistband — never seen that maneuver before. Meanwhile, check out the fringe on Taylor’s trunks. … Former Knick John Starks is promoting a new line of basketball warm-up pants, which are supposedly easier to pull off in one motion. Details in the “Starks to NBA” section about two-thirds of the way down this page (with thanks to Eric Stangel). … Lots of great stripes on display in this rugby photo, taken by Rick Collins. … Odd logo/number format being worn by the Texas City Stings (good catch by Seth Harris). … A little birdie tells me that the U. of Texas hoops team will go to Nike’s tight-fit jerseys next season. … Matthew Lepke notes that as of yesterday, Ron Gardenhire was still wearing his Mother’s Day ribbon on his windbreaker. … Matt Meltzer and I both want to know what’s printed on Dice-K’s left undersleeve. … Seth Horowitz forwards the following, from yesterday’s NY Post: “Tom Nieto, the Mets’ catching instructor, now has a tilde over the ‘N’ in ‘ÑIETO’ on the back of his jersey. He didn’t have one in his previous two years with the Mets but had it switched this season so that it would be properly pronounced.” … Nike’s latest brainstorm: a new and “improved” design, featuring a black jersey, for the Miami baseball team. … Awesome stirrup display by Brian Garman of the UC Bearcats (with thanks to Buckeye Mike, who says he’s known Garman since they were both about five years old). … Uni Watch design director Scott M.X. Turner and I attended last night’s Yanks/Mets debacle. The shameful truth: I was cold, tired, and depressed by the game’s proceedings, so I left in the middle of the 8th inning. Let the record show that Scott stayed to the bitter end.
#1 by Hed-Bone on 05.21.07 9:00 am |
Such a no brainer for the O’s to put “Baltimore” back on the away unis.
#2 by Ben on 05.21.07 9:05 am |
With the Nationals in the neighborhood, I really wish the Orioles would just surrender and bring “Baltimore” back. It’d be a nice nod to the glory days.
#3 by Kim on 05.21.07 9:06 am |
Correction: It’s Club Deportivo Chivas USA, not just Club Deportivo Chivas. The former is the MLS team based in LA, the latter is a large club in Mexico that has Bimbo as a uni sponsor.
#4 by Ray on 05.21.07 9:07 am |
Was there ever any doubt that the Devil Rays are a “Mickey Mouse” operation?
#5 by alan chewning on 05.21.07 9:12 am |
Re: Dice K…I think it’s a clump of dirt falling down that just so happens to be in the right place at the right time. Just my guess.
#6 by DJ on 05.21.07 9:13 am |
Correction: It’s Club Deportivo Chivas USA, not just Club Deportivo Chivas. The former is the MLS team based in LA, the latter is a large club in Mexico that has Bimbo as a uni sponsor
Actually, it’s Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Their nickname is “Los Chivas” (the young goats).
http://en.wikipedia....
#7 by Stuby on 05.21.07 9:16 am |
This helmet for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena League was always my favorite helmet design. Creative, but not obnoxious.
#8 by Joe on 05.21.07 9:18 am |
The one time I get a virus and am laid up in bed for 3 days the story breaks about the O’s road jerseys!!! Why does God do this to me!
#9 by Jeremiah on 05.21.07 9:21 am |
Whoo, I’m internet famous!
#10 by Ryan B. on 05.21.07 9:22 am |
But wait…the new sponsored Chivas USA shirts are going to debut at halftime? Did I read that right? I guess they’ll play the first half in the old shirts then change?
#11 by jesse on 05.21.07 9:24 am |
8.50 for a beer is pretty reasonable by ball park standards. They are 6.50 for a 16 ounce Bud Light at PNC Park (which is on the cheap side of average) or roughly 40 cents per ounce. $8.50 for 24 ounces comes out to about 35 cents per ounce, so its actually cheaper.
I bet they pay about 8.50 for a 16 ounce beer in the more expensive ballparks. Could be worse.
#12 by Don on 05.21.07 9:25 am |
FYI: Texas City’s mascot is the Stingaree, not the Sting.
#13 by Kim on 05.21.07 9:27 am |
I wouldn’t call for an $8.50 beer to be ‘reasonable’. Normal, typical, or standard, I’ll give you.
#14 by Adam in Chicago on 05.21.07 9:33 am |
Lots of great stripes on display in this rugby photo, taken by Rick Collins
That picture was taken Saturday at the US Rugby Superleague quarterfinals in Chicago. The wonderfully striped black-and-red team is Chicago Griffins, who defeated the New York Athletic Club to move on to the semifinals. The Griffins will face cross-town rivals Chicago Lions (aka “The Black Army”) in the semi-finals, who took down traditional power Old Mission Beach AC of San Diego.
There are some fantastic kits in the US SuperLeague, though the aforementioned Griffins are the tops. Some others:
- Denver Barbarians (in green and white)
- Philadelphia Whitemarsh (in red and black) vs. San Francisco Golden Gate - striped sock heaven!
#15 by al on 05.21.07 9:33 am |
Looks like Roger Clemens broke out a pair of Astro cleats for this years yankee debut …
yankees:
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astros:
http://msnbcmedia.ms...
http://msnbcmedia.ms...
#16 by Elena E on 05.21.07 9:33 am |
Nike must be doing the black jerseys for all their high-ranked college teams. UNC-CH wore a never-before seen black jersey with massive Carolina-blue armpit gussets on May 15. I asked a student assistant what was the deal. He first guessed they were BP jerseys, or maybe “special occasion” jerseys for their final home game in the old stadium. Have a look in the photo gallery: http://tarheelblue.c...
#17 by Chris on 05.21.07 9:37 am |
Why were the Mets wearing black cleats with a uniform that had no black in it last night? Blue cleats with blue socks would have been so much better.
#18 by muskiejim on 05.21.07 9:38 am |
Ouch! That black jersey/white hat combo is atrocious.
#19 by dale on 05.21.07 9:41 am |
“clemson cut” Clemson was the first team to go to the extra length pants. there players get their pants custom fit for extra length so they cant see any sock. they did this because they have always worn white cleats for as long as i have known. a lot better than this
#20 by Kevin from Ohio in Virginia on 05.21.07 9:44 am |
Paul,
I just wanted to tell you (even though I am pretty sure you already know) that the Mets lost last night because you left early. I’m disappointed, not because I am not an Mets fan (go Indians!), but because I am a Yankee hater. Shame on you.
Please prove me wrong if you disagree.
8-D
#21 by Fleishman on 05.21.07 9:48 am |
Ran into this little tidbit today. Good stuff from Jason Simmons.
HOU - S Jason Simmons Has Unique Price For His Jersey Number To RB Green
Source: AP
Texans safety Jason Simmons said he’d gladly surrender the number if Ahman Green made the down payment on a home for a single parent.
“He said what he wanted to do and I said: ‘Yeah I’m all on board. That’s easy,”‘ Green said. “Tell me where to write the check to. So instead of putting the money into his pocket, he’s going to put in into somebody else’s home, house and help them get their life started.”
#22 by Adam in Chicago on 05.21.07 9:50 am |
- Philadelphia Whitemarsh (in red and black) vs. San Francisco Golden Gate - striped sock heaven!
Correction to my own post: the team in green is Boston Wolfhounds, not SFGG.
#23 by WFY on 05.21.07 9:50 am |
I think the city has asked the Orioles to NOT put Baltimore on the road uniforms. The city doesn’t want to be associated with such an awful franchise ;)
#24 by Brad on 05.21.07 9:50 am |
Why does one Chivas USA player have white shoulders, and all the others have red?
#25 by Cathy on 05.21.07 9:51 am |
Weird Number font on DeLand High School of Florida’s uniforms… never seen this before.
#26 by junkland on 05.21.07 9:52 am |
As I recall, the Mets wore blue spikes with the blue caps and black spikes with the black caps during spring training in 1998. Very early during the ‘98 regular season, the Mets realized the logistical problems of schlepping around different colored spikes, so they ditched the blue and went with black spikes full-time.
The Royals also went to black spikes when they added a black jersey. But then they ditched the black jerseys, but kept the black spikes.
POLL QUESTION: What is the consensus among Uni Watchers concerning black spikes paired with uniforms that don’t have any black?
#27 by Brad on 05.21.07 9:59 am |
I’ll answer my own question:
Wikipedia
says that the white shoulder are away jerseys.
#28 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 10:05 am |
They wear the different helmets depending on the cap and uni combination. The all-black helmet for the all-black jerseys; the blue-black fade helmet with the pinstripe or snow white unis (and the road greys) if they’re wearing the blue-back caps (although the helmet itself does not match the cap); and the blue helmet if they are wearing the blue caps. So as you pointed out, they could wear three different caps on one homestand with three different corresponding helmets.
Oddly enough, in the commercial for the new MLB videgame he is endorsing, David Wright is wearing the black jersey with the wrong (blue-black fade) helmet. It would kinda be like Albert Pujols filming a commercial in the home whites with the navy blue batting helmet.
#29 by dw438 on 05.21.07 10:07 am |
Hey wearing black spikes with Sunday night’s Mets uniform is definitely old-school … back to when the only people who wore spikes [or cleats] in any other color besides black were the Oakland A’s and Joe Namath.
Now .. as its been said, if only Los Mets would drop the black drop shadow on those unis … it would be Flushing Fantabulous!
#30 by harry on 05.21.07 10:07 am |
My favorite softball combination. white pants wore high with white sanitaries and white cleats
#31 by Joey Guns on 05.21.07 10:11 am |
Paul mentioned this today in his news ticket.
#32 by Joey Guns on 05.21.07 10:14 am |
oops, news ticker
#33 by Billy on 05.21.07 10:15 am |
Not sure if it has been mentioned before, but I’ve noticed that David Ortiz’s helmet “B” looks to be off center…
#34 by Paul Lukas on 05.21.07 10:18 am |
Once upon a time, ALL spikes were black. I prefer that look. Has nothing to do with whether black is a team color — it just provides a solid grounding for the rest of the uniform.
Except for the A’s, of course.
#35 by Billy on 05.21.07 10:18 am |
oops… no link…
Ortiz
#36 by Ed Gaug on 05.21.07 10:20 am |
When I bought my last pair of baseball pants, I went pajama style(sorry sorry) because 285lbs in tight pants isn’t flattering. I bought them with the style “Crimson Cut” which I would believe is a nod to Alabama and the Crimson Tide. Could have been changed due to the words being similar.
#37 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 10:23 am |
Black is just a generic color for spikes, so I personally don’t consider it a big deal. As far as baseball goes, pretty much every team save for the Cardinals and A’s (off the top of my head) wears black spikes, right?
If we took it to the extreme (no black shoes unless you have black in your uni), more than a few NFL teams shouldn’t wear black cleats because they don’t have black in their uniform color scheme. And that would be a shame, because black cleats just look so much sharper than white.
#38 by Tod H. on 05.21.07 10:23 am |
Or maybe you bought them from an Asian?
#39 by Kerry on 05.21.07 10:24 am |
Looking through that Tennessee high school picture gallery, I came across a photo of LIVINGSTON ACADEMY. Needless to say, they have a familiar logo on their helmet…only it’s from another sport.
Does anyone know of any other football team, high school, college, semi-pro, pro that uses a MLB logo for the helmet decal?
#40 by Ed Gaug on 05.21.07 10:25 am |
touche
#41 by Seth H on 05.21.07 10:30 am |
Paul,
Once upon a time, there was going to be a Uniwatch Profile of you. You then said that you were holding it so that you would not jump out in front of a similar article that was going to appear in a different publication.
Did that ever appear? (If so, and I missed the reference on this site, my apologies for wasting people’s time.) If it did not, when can expect one or the other?
Those of us who graduated high school on Long Island in 1982 and watched Willie Mays with the Mets when we were 9 are particularly interested in the profile.
#42 by Kek on 05.21.07 10:31 am |
Yeah, look at the Reds. Back in the 70s and the Big Red Machine (when there wasn’t any black trim in the uni) they wore the black cleats. That didn’t switch to the red until the mid 80s. (It was ‘86 at the earliest because I can remember Pete Rose wearing black mizunos when he broke Ty Cobb’s hit record).
I don’t think the A’s would look bad with black, but it’s a matter of tradition with them and would be too odd to see them NOT in the white. If my memory serves me correctly, I thought they were set to switch at one point in time but at the last minute the players voted it down.
The A’s are the only team where I don’t actually mind the players wearing the pants low, especially in the white homes, because it gives it a clean, symmetrical look. I appreciate guys wanting to throw back and wear the pants up high, but since so few seem to wear the yellow sani and the proper stirrup…. well, the solid green sock with white shoes and pants pulled up high just doesn’t do it for me.
#43 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 10:32 am |
Maybe Big Papi wanted to wear his hat skewed to the side like all the homeboys do, but still have the “B” centered on his head, but didn’t realize he couldn’t pull it off with a batting helmet?
#44 by marc on 05.21.07 10:37 am |
Question,
I don’t know how but maybe someone would want to put uni watch on wikipedia???
Just a thought
#45 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 10:38 am |
Funny stuff.
Unfortunately, if you worked at a TV or radio station right now, you would probably get fired for that type of comment. What a sad world we live in.
#46 by Brien on 05.21.07 10:39 am |
When I played high school ball a few years ago, I tried to wear my socks up, but my pant cuffs had no elastic in them. I complained to my coach, who said that the pants were “Clemson cut” and were supposed to be worn down (or something like that). I tried bunching them up so they’d stay put, but one leg would always fall completely down and the other would fall down to my ankle after about three steps. Very sad. Needless to say, I ran track instead the next spring.
Oh yeah, point of the story is I never exactly knew what “Clemson cut” meant, though I had a feeling it was something along those lines.
#47 by Brien on 05.21.07 10:42 am |
Whoops, forgot the final word of my post:
Thanks.
#48 by Nat gal on 05.21.07 10:42 am |
OK, I know this is WAY late, as the UniWatch birthday and membership announcement was ages ago: but in the spirit of a recent column, how about including the reason for choosing your membership number on the card? Or something like that…
#49 by Miguel on 05.21.07 10:43 am |
Please note: this is NOT the UniWatch wiki.
#50 by Patrick on 05.21.07 10:45 am |
What about Julian Tavarez and his Big Papi loafers. How do we explain that one?
#51 by Patrick on 05.21.07 10:46 am |
Here’s the link:
#52 by Kek on 05.21.07 10:49 am |
Yeah, look at the Reds of the 70s and the Big Red Machine. They were wearing black cleats long before black creeped into the uni as a secondary color. That last until the mid 80s. The switch to red cleats didn’t happen until ‘86 at the earliest because I can recall Pete Rose wearing black Mizunos when he broke Ty Cobb’s hit record in 1985.
I don’t think the A’s would look bad in black, it’s just that out of tradition the white looks right. The A’s are the one team I’m OK with as fars as the long pants because with the home whites, it gives it a nice symmetrical look. I appreciate players wanting to throwback and wear the pants high, but with so few wearing the yellow sani and the proper stirrup… well, the white cleat, green sock and high pants don’t do it for me.
Weren’t the A’s actually going to change to black but then the players voted it down at the last minute?
#53 by Paul Lukas on 05.21.07 10:49 am |
Neither one ever appeared. Both are now somewhat out of date. I might start from scratch later on.
When joining up for membership, you’ll be asked to explain why you chose your number. That info will then be included on the “Active Roster” membership listing, once that page is configured.
The membership program is gonna be GREAT! Give us just a little more time to get all the pieces in place.
#54 by Richard on 05.21.07 11:00 am |
CAN’T WAIT!!!
#55 by RHDII on 05.21.07 11:06 am |
For crying out loud.
Doesn’t anyone know the best baseball uniforms are white? Miami has nice lines and a great font. When paired with their white caps, they look almost good enough for me to pull for. Black? Good grief.
#56 by todd krevanchi on 05.21.07 11:06 am |
shoot!
#57 by al on 05.21.07 11:08 am |
mets looked good in their blue’s yesterday (even with the black warm-up coat) yesterday, but after i uttered “mets in thier blues” i always reminded myself that they often lose wearing them.
#58 by Ian K on 05.21.07 11:09 am |
From reading this blog since its inception and following the ESPN articles closely, I’ve not only enhanced my uni obsession but also grown fond of Paul’s writing style. Occasionally I’ll run across uni pieces by Paul in other media, like GQ. In reading my issue of Fast Company magazine that arrived this weekend, I really enjoyed this article that Paul wrote. It’s a very interesting piece about the future of vending machines.
Keep up the good work in all subject matter!
#59 by Ian K on 05.21.07 11:10 am |
Fast Company article by Paul Lukas
#60 by Burrill on 05.21.07 11:11 am |
On Saturday, we had a high school baseball game between Chelsea and Tecumseh. For some reason, Chelsea wore dark blue jerseys, and Tecumseh wore black jerseys. It was interesting.
I would have preferred that Chelsea wore white, but that’s mainly because it seems easier to photograph.
#61 by Alan on 05.21.07 11:15 am |
Ahman Green is the feel good story of the day. I wish we would hear that type of stuff all the time instead of all the arrests, drug busts, and other crap by the typical selfish athlete.
#62 by Terry Mark on 05.21.07 11:32 am |
I believe many of the MLB teams with blue in their schemes wear blue spikes i.e. Dodgers, Cubs, Padres, Rangers. Plus, the Phillies wear red spikes. Don’t watch the Nationals much, but don’t their spikes match the cap i.e. red at home, navy on the road?
Paul, I hope you’re feeling better. You must have been in a pretty bad way to leave a game in which the Mets were wearing the pinstripes and the blue caps.
#63 by marc on 05.21.07 11:48 am |
yea but how about making one
#64 by Forrest on 05.21.07 11:52 am |
I didn’t know Paul won an Oscar…
#65 by Nick Maibroda on 05.21.07 11:53 am |
The BBC is doing a survey on FIFA World Cup jerseys, nice gallery, but the Mexican teams definately have some interesting styles.
#66 by Kerry on 05.21.07 11:58 am |
Another Tennessee high school football team using a non-football logo on their helmets: Siegel High School Stars - Dallas Stars.
#67 by Natron on 05.21.07 12:12 pm |
I would classify this is as “old news” for this site, but last night, John Maine was wearing last season’s cotton 59Fifty, rather than this season’s poly 59Fifty, as evidenced by the gray underbill.
What has this site done to me?!?!?
#68 by Fredo Corleone on 05.21.07 12:14 pm |
The font is Habana and the manufacturer is Speedline Athletic…font named after the street the factory is located on. Never liked it. Too thin.
#69 by Kerry on 05.21.07 12:18 pm |
Ummmmmm……WHY?!?!?!
#70 by Shaftman on 05.21.07 12:32 pm |
I was watching the game with my wife and mentioned the same thing. She gave me a weird look and I should have stopped. However, I went into the uni-bank and started explaining the differences between the new and old 5950’s, showed her one of my caps that I performed surgery on…it got very uni-ugly. I’m glad she just smiles at me like I’m a little kid asking for ice cream when I go off like that.
#71 by Phil Pereira on 05.21.07 12:33 pm |
I actually really like the US 1994 world cup shirt, and it doesn’t look dated like the other adidas designs from that world cup.
#72 by Kerry on 05.21.07 12:34 pm |
NICE UNIS!!!!
#73 by Mark in Cincy on 05.21.07 12:35 pm |
Yup, I pointed that out last night and the wife simply said, “stop the Uni Watching now,” I guess she knew that I would continue to pick apart the unis.
#74 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 12:37 pm |
I was thinking the same thing when they showed Damion Easley.
Additionally, Easley wasn’t with the team last year, so you would think that he would have gotten one of the new caps instead of a leftover cap from last year……
#75 by Kenny on 05.21.07 12:40 pm |
The only thing that could make that better is replacing the silver with white a la Houston Oilers
#76 by Kenny on 05.21.07 12:45 pm |
Also the NBA Live 08 cover has been released featuring Gilbert Arenas wearing the Gold/Black alternate
#77 by todd krevanchi on 05.21.07 12:47 pm |
unless they did it a la the 1970 houston oilers
#78 by Paul P. on 05.21.07 12:48 pm |
Dice-K’s photo Paul mentioned with something on the undersleeve, I don’t think there is anything printed there. I watched the game and never saw anything. In this bigger photo, it appears to me that it’s just a chunk of mud that got kicked up, after all the rain here in Boston over the weekend.
(scroll down a little)
http://www.bostondir...
Also, don’t have a dvr or anything, so I can’t get a screen grab, but Dice-K wears one of those phiten titanium necklaces (http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/image/TeamExpress/PHINECK?$248×248_DETAIL$)
Other day in a close up shot I saw that it is personalized with “Dice-K” written on it. Can anyone help get a screen grab?
#79 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 12:49 pm |
On another note… doesn’t that helmet logo look like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’?
#80 by Minna H. on 05.21.07 12:51 pm |
I think it’s a sad world when that is considered funny.
I actually like the Miami baseball jerseys–Nike is wearing me down.
#81 by Walker on 05.21.07 12:55 pm |
Not all of Nike’s teams have gotten that treatment. Florida State hasn’t (which is surprising, since they have for football and basketball in the past.)
#82 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 1:02 pm |
Fellow Uni-Watchers: Looking at that picture of the football player with the striped socks, a thought occurred: Is it just me, or are striped athletic socks much more difficult to find nowadays than they were when we were kids? It seems that when I was a kid and my mom would buy me socks, they always had stripes on them. I could coordinate the stripes with my t-shirts, and they came in a rainbow of colors (my absolute favorite was a pair of white socks with black and powder blue stripes).
Today, it seems that every pair of socks comes with either no stripes, or a small company (think Reebok or Adidas) logo on the cuff. I think the last time I saw striped socks was at a flea market, many moons ago.
Any thoughts?
#83 by Kenny on 05.21.07 1:03 pm |
touche
although I prefer the 1980’s - early 90’s version, something about remembering throwing 90 yard bombs to Haywood Jeffries in Tecmo Super Bowl - too bad the D couldn’t stop anyone!
#84 by Joe Drennan on 05.21.07 1:05 pm |
I was at Target about a year ago and they had tube socks with a simple orange double stripe on them in the $1 rack. Orange being one of my final colors, I snagged a few pairs and even wear them to work if I have an orange shirt on.
#85 by ToasterPoodle on 05.21.07 1:08 pm |
When I saw it, I thought more a sideways logo of the old USFL Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars
#86 by Anthony Verna on 05.21.07 1:08 pm |
Notice the adidas logo - so it’s not a true game jersey he’s wearing.
#87 by Michael on 05.21.07 1:12 pm |
Did anyone else notice that Boise State’s pants seem to be pretty loose fitting during the Fiesta Bowl?
Their new football jerseys look all right. If you don’t mind the side piping going into the strip on the pants then you might not like this change. However if you prefer a more traditional look this is a little closer with just the weird neck thing & some minimal piping the new look might be more appealing to you. It’s hard to tell about the overall new look without knowing what the pants look like & what the color combinations will be. All of this leads me to my questions:
Does anyone know what the pants will look like?
Also is the orange jersey an alternate they will ware or are they just selling it?
(For example you can buy a black replica Nike UGA jersey but they don’t ware them)
After those two are answered then we might be able to determine what the color combinations will be & decide if the new look is an improvement or not.
#88 by Joey Guns on 05.21.07 1:16 pm |
Mr. Met, they’re almost extinct! I did see some on Ebay though. Check it out:
http://news.enquirer...
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#89 by Jason in Lexington on 05.21.07 1:21 pm |
You guys think that maybe these guys wearing the old hats are having trouble finding a new one that fits. I know a guy on here last week was saying that he was having trouble finding one that fits. The old hats you can customize the size somewhat by making them shrink. The new ones won’t do that. Just an idea. I would hope a professional baseball player wouldn’t have this problem but you never know.
#90 by Kerry on 05.21.07 1:21 pm |
Looking at the sleeve, it’s a different spin on the Ohio State unis.
#91 by Kerry on 05.21.07 1:23 pm |
Good catch. It’s sort of a hybrid between the two.
HERE’S ONE just for Paul.
#92 by Kerry on 05.21.07 1:25 pm |
It definitely is the same logo…but I’ve seen that on a lot of schools’ helmets. Also, you see many other NFL and NCAA logos being used by high schools. I’m really interested in the helmets that use logos from other sports.
#93 by Elena E on 05.21.07 1:26 pm |
The Nationals always wear black spikes.
#94 by Mr. Met on 05.21.07 1:26 pm |
Then I’m a sad person I guess.
The thing is this: When someone uses an accent like that, I don’t get offended, and this is speaking as a Hispanic person who’s heard more than his share of other races’ attempts at a “Spanish accent”. Why? Because (a) I don’t sound like that and (b) there are actually people who do. I was born and raised here, and if anything, I have a New York accent; my aunt came over on the boat over 50 years ago and never bothered to learn the language properly, and when