Coupla things I’ve been meaning to get to, all of them slightly bigger than typical Ticker fare but not quite weighty enough to merit full-scale blog entries of their own. So without further ado…
And then there are the Browns.
• We all know that the A’s have been wearing white shoes for over 40 years now. So when Michael Turner recently wrote to ask if I had any photos of the A’s wearing green shoes in the early ’80s, I said, “Nope,” and privately wondered what the hell he could have been thinking about.
Shows what I know. Turns out there are quite a few shots of the A’s wearing dark shoes on the road in 1982, although it’s tough to say if they include green — maybe (here’s another potential candidate), maybe not.
Interestingly, Dressed to the Nines (which I obviously should have consulted before so blithely dismissing Turner’s query) shows the A’s wearing green footwear on the road in 1983, and what appears to be black cleats in ‘81. But for 1982 — the year in which all those photos were taken — they’re listed as only wearing white. (And yes, almost all those photos were of Rickey Henderson, but I also found dark-shod pics of other players, so it wasn’t just a Rickey thing.)
We actually bid that job. We had a gold fabric that was a little less brassy than the one Majestic used. The problem is that Majestic gives each team such a large marketing credit that most clubs want to get all of their uniforms as near as free as possible. It’s very frustrating for us, because we really feel like we are being “played” by clubs a lot of the time, but Majestic hands over the big money to squash guys like us. Ninety percent of the time, these [throwback] projects are being handled by the [team’s] marketing department, and they generally lack the experience to execute a uniform’s details flawlessly.
My father, Doug Gordon, was the head equipment manager at Clemson University from around ‘83 to ‘94. The “Clemson cut” pant was originally made by a clothing company called Powers. The rep from Powers would come help my father fit the entire baseball team with their pants. The Clemson cut is called so because Clemson was one of the first schools to fit players by their waist, calf, thigh, and inseam sizes. They were custom-fit for each player to fit their legs. Most players got three pairs each, due to the fact that they always wear the white-styled pant. The web site you have shown [in the link above] is odd to my father, because the Clemson cut pants never had stirrups in them. I myself am an equipment manager at the University of South Carolina, so I just happen to have an interest in the whole uniform genre.
Gotta love that — the family that equipment-manages together, uh, what rhymes with that? Too bad about the whole calf/inseam thing, though — this may have been ground zero for the ruination of baseball hosiery.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Very telling fold of the fabric here (as spotted by David Fleming). … “I went to my brother-in-law’s senior art show at Washington University in St. Louis this past weekend,” writes Dan Brown. “While I was there, I saw this painting by Elena Rodriguez.” Man, someone needs to commission Elena for a big mural, pronto! … Veeeery interesting blog entry here regarding the cost of English Premier League sponsorships (with thanks to Dominic Litten). … Here’s an eBay auction with another jersey featuring the number on the “wrong” side. … Some really sensational uni-related bits (and, by any standard, some very cruel moments of sexism) in this video of Babe Ruth teaching women who to play ball (nice find by Crhis Manes). … Good article here regarding cyclists pulling their socks up high (as forwarded by Lee Wilds). … Yesterday I linked to a photo gallery from the shooting of the Ernie Davis biopic. Turns out that a reader who prefers to remain anonymous was watching the film shoot through a fence and took some great additional pics, as seen here, here, here, and here. … Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: I didn’t realize that the Rockies originally had logo-emblazoned stirrups! The photo is taken from this timeline. … Cathy Reeder sent along some interesting Florida Little League photos, including shots of a kid with mismatched socks, a kid with no socks, and a team that wears its uni numbers on the caps. … Remember Frank DiPino? Yeah, I barely do either, but apparently he wrote, “Get Somebody OUT!” on his underbill, and you can have that cap for your very own here (nice find by Eric Stangel). … Not only do the Diamandbacks and Astros now have similar color schemes, but as Chris Shastid points out, they have similar problems regarding the integrity of their lettering across the placket. … The Yokohama Bay Stars will be wearing these uniforms during the Japanese interleague games. “They’ve added a brick-red panel and color to the cap, plus a gold neckline,” writes Jeremy Brahm. “But look at the serif on the 2 — it would look fine without it, but it is huge.” … Great contribution from Larry Brunt, who writes: “I’ve been reading a bunch of baseball picture books with my four-year-old, including Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man, by David Adler. The illustration that accompanies the text of him taking himself out of the game that ended his streak is here. I’m quite impressed that the artist (Terry Widener) included the historically accurate sleeve patch the Yankees wore in 1939 for baseball’s centennial.” … Thomas Harris notes that there’s some good stuff going on in the Coastal Plain League (”The Nation’s Hottest Summer Collegiate Baseball League”), including some killer stirrups being worn by the Thomasville HiToms and the completely endearing logo being used by the Columbia Blowfish (who also appear to have one of history’s greatest mascots). Even the league’s logo gets it right. … Bosox pitcher Julian Tavarez has been wearing Big Papi slippers in the clubhouse (where he’s also been spotted wearing a “Manny Being Manny” T-shirt) and even in the dugout on days when he’s not pitching.
#1 by Brian W on 05.23.07 8:42 am |
Hard to believe, but for as much as I’ve become engrossed at times in the “Dressed to the Nines” site, I never paid much attention to the shoes depicted. But today’s links to the A’s pages have opened up a whole new “can of worms” for me to obsess (and waste some quality time at work) about!
#2 by Cornellian on 05.23.07 8:45 am |
The “hottest summer collegiate baseball league”? I doubt it compares to the Cape Cod Baseball League, which boasts a ridiculous number of alumni in the majors.
Also, gotta love the Cornell lax teams socks.
More photos here.
You can check out the Cornell socks in the final four saturday vs. duke :)
#3 by Kevin on 05.23.07 8:50 am |
That Columbia Blowfish logo is top notch.
#4 by Richard on 05.23.07 8:51 am |
As is Blowie the mascot.
#5 by Eric on 05.23.07 8:56 am |
Looks like the Blowfish do have hats with that logo on them. Totally have to find one of those to put next to my Lansing Lugnuts hat.
#6 by Eric on 05.23.07 8:58 am |
Here’s the link.
#7 by Eric on 05.23.07 9:00 am |
Or not. Guess I’m too stupid to make a link.
#8 by +JohnnyBoy- on 05.23.07 9:01 am |
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Is the “B” on the Baystars jersey the same font as the Milwaukee Brewers jersey?
#9 by MH on 05.23.07 9:01 am |
Little League photos, including shots of … a team that wears its uni numbers on the caps.
Anyone who has ever coached any little league team understands instantly the logic behind numbered basball hats–reduces fighting over which hat belongs to which kid.
#10 by Jason H on 05.23.07 9:01 am |
I love the last part about the Papi slippers in the dugout. How about a section on the weirdest, funniest or worst dress in the dugout by player or manager. I vote for the “tonight the part of Groucho Marx will be played by Bobby Valentine” cameo in 1999.
#11 by Cathy on 05.23.07 9:03 am |
Those uniforms are great. The socks match the stripes on the shorts and the sleeves…if they got rid of the red side panel the unis would be perfect! I’m not much of a locross fan, but I’ll be rooting for Cornell just because of the SOX!
#12 by Cathy on 05.23.07 9:08 am |
Here is the link to Blowfish merchandise. The hat is a flex hat for $20…gotta have one!
#13 by Kim on 05.23.07 9:09 am |
I believe it’s a tongue in cheek reference to the actual temperatures they play in.
#14 by Cornellian on 05.23.07 9:09 am |
While it’s most certainly not the case, I’d like to think the socks are a nod to the pep band, which the team has supported all season, including this game at Duke.
#15 by Cathy on 05.23.07 9:10 am |
Yah, but couldn’t they just write the number on the inside of the hat? I’ve just never seen numbers instead of a logo before. Plus, the pitcher appears to have some sort of star on his hat…wonder what that is for.
#16 by Joey Guns on 05.23.07 9:15 am |
Cathy Reeder sent along some interesting Florida Little League photos, including shots of a kid with mismatched socks, a kid with no socks
I’m gonna say the kid is wearing “no show” socks, which are the really low socks.
#17 by Kim on 05.23.07 9:18 am |
When I was a kid, we had these things called magic markers, and we’d write our name on the inside band. Or some kids just bent their brims so goofy you just knew it was his.
#18 by Mike V on 05.23.07 9:19 am |
Looks like the whole league gets it right. These are some well put together logos.
#19 by Joey Guns on 05.23.07 9:19 am |
One of my favorite Met moments, ever.
http://www.augustasp...
The Yankees did their own fake moustache thing on Sal Fasano’s picture on the jumbotron, as some sort of a joke when he shaved the fu man chu off:
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#20 by Kel on 05.23.07 9:20 am |
Those “Big Papi” slippers are the dumbest looking thing I’ve seen in a long time. I’d be mortified to be seen in those, much less photographed.
How do these players think that looking so stupid is cool or attractive? I just don’t get it.
#21 by Joey Guns on 05.23.07 9:25 am |
Anyone catch the Yankees-Red Sox game yesterday? They were talking about the “C” on Varitek’s jersey and how he didn’t want to wear it, but the team pursuaded him to wear it.
Speaking of “C” jerseys, these are for sale on Ebay:
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#22 by vyacheslav on 05.23.07 9:26 am |
I wonder what the deal is with the Browns helmets this year. Last year’s team wore gray facemasks for the 60th anniversary…..so either Joe Thomas in mini-camp was wearing one of last years helmets, or they are keeping the gray facemask this season.
#23 by WVU Tom on 05.23.07 9:29 am |
Either way, it’s wrong!…and just for aesthetics purposes, I wouldn’t want to slide into base wearing a get-up like that!
#24 by Richard on 05.23.07 9:32 am |
probably because they’re ballplayers and don’t think it’s stupid.
#25 by WVU Tom on 05.23.07 9:33 am |
To everyone who’s ever had trouble with links–
There could be a few reasons why it doesn’t work, but if you use IE7 make sure you click the yellow information bar to “Temporarily allow scripted windows” when you first click the link button; you will then have to click the link button a second time once that is done.
#26 by Cathy on 05.23.07 9:36 am |
I’m sure the kid forgot the socks and just wore the anklets because that is all he had. I coached girls soccer and during that time my trunk was full of extra socks, jerseys, first aid kits and even extra couple pairs of cleats…kids will be kids.
#27 by WVU Tom on 05.23.07 9:36 am |
…and a team that wears its uni numbers on the caps…
Not that I’m a fan of that uniform, I’ve never thought about the idea of numbers on the caps–and I have to admit I’m a little intrigued; kinda reminds me of numbers on football helmets (which, if done right, I kinda like).
#28 by Stuby on 05.23.07 9:41 am |
When I played Little League way back when, we usually had a plain cap with no logo. Instead, the sponsor’s name was a HUGE patch on the back of the jersey (think: Chico’s Bail Bonds). Would’ve been kinda cool to have your number up there just to break up the plainness.
#29 by TexasDDS on 05.23.07 9:43 am |
It has been said already but the main reason for numbers on the caps of little leaguers is so that when you are in the dugout kids knows whose hat is whose. Our t-ball team did not do that but in our first game we played a team that did. They had their numbers on the back of the cap, above the adjustable strap thing, and it looked really sweet. Kind of like numbers on a football helmet, those same kind of small numbers with the same effect.
#30 by Alan on 05.23.07 9:44 am |
Can somebody please explain why Japanese teams have anglican letters and numbers instead of Japanese font and numbers?
#31 by Richard on 05.23.07 9:49 am |
Numbers on football helmets - ok on the back, or the side if they’re the old Charger helmets. As for the little kid, he’s rocking the Darrell Porter look.
#32 by alan chewning on 05.23.07 9:49 am |
Couple things:
The Baystars’ ‘B’ reminds me of this
and I believe the Columbia Blowfish is a reference to Hootie and the Blowfish who formed at the University of South Carolina. I could be wrong.
#33 by Phil on 05.23.07 9:49 am |
Little League photos, including shots of … a team that wears its uni numbers on the caps.
If you’ve ever coached T-Ball or Coach Pitch, and you gather your group of 15 little 7 or 8 year olds, when you look down at them, all you can see are 15 identical oversized hats, and you can’t see a single face. The numbers are a great idea.
#34 by Adam in Chicago on 05.23.07 10:01 am |
Love the Petersburg Generals and the Wilson Tobs.
#35 by Patrick on 05.23.07 10:08 am |
From the Colorado Rockies official timeline:
“Included on the home uniform is purple pinstripes, making the Rockies the first team in Major League history to feature purple stripes.”
There’s something to be proud of, eh?
#36 by jere on 05.23.07 10:15 am |
When Tavarez wore the “Manny Being Manny” shirt it was the kind with Manny’s stats on the back, implying what Manny’s really known for is his incredible hitting, as opposed to being some guy who doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing and has wacky hair or whatever. So it was more of a mocking of stupid people who don’t realize Manny’s an awesome ballplayer because they can’t see past his three crazy antics a year.
#37 by Patrick on 05.23.07 10:17 am |
Saw some stolen fonts yesterday. Chris Pronger’s assistant captain ‘A’ is in the same font as the Army Hockey uniform/typeface.
Pronger
Army Hockey
Note the tail on the top of the ‘A’.
#38 by DenverGregg on 05.23.07 10:18 am |
IIRC the Rockies’ logo stirrups were pretty much only visible in the first season road and home openers. After that, guys lowered their cuffs (I almost said lowered their pants, but that could be misconstrued). High-cuffers in subsequent didn’t display logo and now they don’t even have stirrups. Just another reason to be steamed at the current inept ownership/management.
#39 by Eric on 05.23.07 10:19 am |
I keep a miniature sharpie in the car. When I bring each of my three kids for their first practice, I have the sharpie in my pocket ready to go. They get their hat and I imediately get the name in it then offer it to everyone else. I was never a Boy Scout, but I am always prepared. As for the socks, the kids these days like those footsie socks that go no higher than the anke. My kids know enough though that they are not part of a baseball uni.
#40 by Richard on 05.23.07 10:23 am |
Thank you for teaching your children well. When they grow up, they’ll thank you. Some kids try to wear footsie socks with stirrups - and look HORRIBLE!
#41 by Sage Confucius on 05.23.07 10:25 am |
I am heading to SC to visit family for my birthday at the end of June. I’ll have to stop by and pick up one of those. I believe the team just started playing either last year or the year before. The took over the stadium that the Capital City Bombers used. The Bombers are now the Anderson Joe’s that have been mentioned recently.
Oh yeah, in case anyone hasn’t figured it out yet - the team is named after these blowfish.
#42 by Sage Confucius on 05.23.07 10:31 am |
Phooey! I’m certain that apostrophe does not belong in Joes.
#43 by Kenny on 05.23.07 10:42 am |
Makes me want to play bingo for some reason
Just wrong
#44 by TX Ken on 05.23.07 10:47 am |
From the Rockies timeline. July 4:
“Included on the home uniform is purple pinstripes, making the Rockies the first team in Major League history to feature purple stripes. “
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…..
#45 by BCrisp on 05.23.07 10:49 am |
Some of the regulars may remember me causing an uproar by linking to an ugly drawing of the uniforms of the Bay Area Toros, an independant Leage Baseball team near my home. I’m happy to say tha opening day is near and they have provided better pictures of the uniforms. The uniforms are normal pinstripes. I think the numbers follow the theme well, but not too much. I’m not a huge fan of the BA on the side of the hat. The logo could be a little less caroonish, but overall I’d say they look pretty good. I’m going to opening day, so maybe I’ll take some live shots and link to those next week.
Toros Shop
#46 by Vincent A. Cipollone on 05.23.07 10:49 am |
Did anybody else notice that the yellow inside the B and A in Black Knights doesn’t match the gold throughout the rest of the logo?
#47 by Brian Terreson on 05.23.07 11:00 am |
The Seattle Mariners and Oakland A’s are going to have a turn back the clock night to 1977 on July 29th in Seattle.
#48 by Eric on 05.23.07 11:01 am |
Especially if you have a set of twins like I have had for both soccer and baseball. I bad enough with names as it is.
#49 by Roger on 05.23.07 11:06 am |
This slippers are just the tip of the iceburg in Boston …
http://www.youtube.c...
#50 by Anthony Verna on 05.23.07 11:07 am |
What are the Mariners wearing? Pilots’ unis?
#51 by BobA on 05.23.07 11:11 am |
“Kids love Blowie” LOL!!! thats classic.
#52 by Another Jason on 05.23.07 11:19 am |
Wow. I just found that Blowfish hat yesterday. Now they’ll be sold out before I can get one!
One of my favorite summer college teams are the Delaware(OH) Cows and their mascot, Mookie
#53 by Eric on 05.23.07 11:21 am |
Check the new Celtics post-lottery logo.
#54 by Eric on 05.23.07 11:22 am |
Let me try that link again:
New Celtics Post-Lottery Logo.
#55 by Broker75 on 05.23.07 11:25 am |
I recently attended a Blue Jays-Orioles game and I picked up some souvenirs while I was there. The program with A.J. Burnett on the cover had him in motion throwing a pitch and his jersey was open and it read; Toroonto. Also in the program I found out the most interesting name in the minor leagues, it is the Lansing Lugnuts, now we all know what a lugnut is, but to name a team after them makes me speechless.
#56 by Joey Guns on 05.23.07 11:26 am |
I wonder if Chris Hansen reads the Uni Watch Blog…….
#57 by Aaron on 05.23.07 11:30 am |
Actually, the Bombers are now the Greenville Drive of the SAL, who just moved into a new stadium, West End Field, that has a replica of the Green Monster in left field.
#58 by Broker75 on 05.23.07 11:42 am |
Teebz,
who do you think.., Ducks or Senators. ??
[the expansion gods are loving this series].
#59 by Robert on 05.23.07 11:47 am |
If it is 1977 throwback night, they will no doubt be wearing Mariners uniforms. Who is the home team? If Seattle is on the road, then their powder blues should be a real eyesore.
#60 by Quint on 05.23.07 11:47 am |
They’ll probably wear these
#61 by Anthony Verna on 05.23.07 11:49 am |
I was completely awake reading the post. :)
#62 by Anthony Verna on 05.23.07 11:50 am |
I’m not Teebz, but I’m going with Ducks in 7.
#63 by mg12 on 05.23.07 11:50 am |
Reminds me of the Kansas City T Bones
http://www.tbonesbas...
And their mascot “Sizzler”
#64 by Quint on 05.23.07 11:52 am |
I’m not Teebz either…Sens in 6. As a Senators fan living in the heart of Oil country, it’s going to be tons of fun to be completely obnoxious around all of these depressed Oilers fans after Ottawa wins.
#65 by Broker75 on 05.23.07 11:57 am |
Oiler fans always seem to be depressed. ;-)
#66 by Brendan on 05.23.07 12:01 pm |
A couple of questions: 1) What is a Tob, as in Wilson Tobs from the Coastal Plain League? and 2) Why are baseball cleats so God-awful clunky and goofy looking? I understand that the needs are a bit different from soccer but come on couldn’t they players wear something a bit sleeker?
#67 by Quint on 05.23.07 12:02 pm |
I’d be depressed too, if I was a fan of team who was turning their ugly-ass third jersey into their regular home jersey (of course, the Sens did just that a few years ago…uh, never mind).
#68 by Susan Freeman on 05.23.07 12:04 pm |
Oh my… That is priceless! I would absolutely love to see the back of that mascot’s head but have come up empty handed so far.
While looking I found this amazing uni… not sure if Paul considers this blasphemy or not.
#69 by tim b on 05.23.07 12:05 pm |
over the past few years my friends have dubbed me t-bone, so once we discovered this team, i’ve been dying to get my hands on some T-Bones gear. unfortunately, every time i go to their website to get a hat at least, team store is down or “coming soon.” bummer.
#70 by michael on 05.23.07 12:07 pm |
and they have a sense of humor and aren’t taking themselves too seriously. i don’t think his intent was to make a fashion statement it was pretty obviously a joke. he was also wearing them around the clubhouse not in public.
#71 by Teebz on 05.23.07 12:16 pm |
Sens in 6. Anaheim hasn’t run into a team like Ottawa all year. As much as Anaheim likes to play physical, Ottawa loves it too.
For the last time, Edmonton’s alternate jersey has been in the top five in terms of merchandise sales every year since they introduced it. This is why they keep it, and why they keep wearing it.
They have not confirmed that they are keeping the alternate as their new home jersey next season. It is only a rumour due to their merchandise sales. If it sells, you keep selling it - rule #1 on running a successful business.
#72 by Mark in Shiga on 05.23.07 12:17 pm |
Alan, baseball was introduced to Japan by Americans in the late 1800s and uniforms have been lettered in English from the beginning. Japanese writing was also used, though, and when numbers came in the 1930s, Japanese numerals were used on occasion (a very famous picture being here, and I see that Distant Replays has beaten me to the punch in making this throwback jersey), but when WWII began, English lettering (and many English words like “ball”, “strike”, etc., but that’s another story) and English-based team names were frowned on and numbers were removed entirely.
After the war, when relations with the US improved and the leagues started up again, professional uniforms, front and back, were made entirely in English. Sometimes high school teams will have the school name in Japanese, but the numbers on the back are in a standard font and color, velcroed on, so there’s no room to experiment with Japanese numerals.
This gets me to thinking… are there any professional sports jerseys in the world with non-European numerals on them? All the international competitions use Latin letters and European numerals just about exclusively, and while there are many other numeral systems (Chinese/Japanese, Arabic, many in India; many in south Asia), the sports world avoids them. Chinese/Japanese numbers in particular would be easy on the eyes if you’re nearsighted, since the problem of 6, 8, and 9 looking alike from far away is solved.
For the Arabs, on the other hand, maybe 2 and 3 (read from right to left) look too similar from far away. Anyone from the Middle East here?
#73 by UW justin on 05.23.07 12:19 pm |
I know this isn’t uni related, but I remember all the talk about team logos on beer bottles and saw this today…
The Seahawks’ Qwest Field will be the first NFL Stadium (and possibly pro stadium) to not serve Coke or Pepsi, but will rather serve the Seattle-based Jones Soda. The key to the deal being a patent that the company has to put pictures on the label…so they can put the pictures of actual team players, not just logos, on the bottles that they’ll sell.
Link
#74 by Brian on 05.23.07 12:24 pm |
Paul,
You gotta me totally hooked on the Anderson Joes sweet game cap. Just got off the phone with them and they said they’ll only have an adjustable fit cap for sale. We gotta find a way to change that!!! “The Game” makes the hates for entire league. Think it’s worth going to them to see if they can provide one or should I keep working on the team. Any advice from the “Uni Master” would be great!
Thanks, Brian
#75 by Brian on 05.23.07 12:24 pm |
Paul,
You gotta me totally hooked on the Anderson Joes sweet game cap. Just got off the phone with them and they said they’ll only have an adjustable fit cap for sale. We gotta find a way to change that!!! “The Game” makes the hats for entire league. Think it’s worth going to them to see if they can provide one or should I keep working on the team. Any advice from the “Uni Master” would be great!
Thanks, Brian
#76 by Quint on 05.23.07 12:29 pm |
I know it sells well, and that’s why they may be keeping it. Far be it for me to say any team, especially one in a relatively small Canadian market, should not do everything they can to make money. If the Senators make more money with the current home jersey rather than the black version of the road jersey, I’m thrilled. That doesn’t mean I can’t like the other one more.
#77 by Teebz on 05.23.07 12:31 pm |
No, and I never said that. I was simply explaining why they keep it. If it were like the Teddy Bear Bruins’ alt, I’m sure it would have gone the way of the dodo already. :o)
#78 by jere on 05.23.07 12:39 pm |
Tavarez is also the only guy I’ve ever seen eat chicken on the field during batting practice.
#79 by David on 05.23.07 12:42 pm |
Rickey Henderson appeared on the cover of SI wearing green shoes; I think it was 1982. Can you verify that, Paul? Also, Henderson appeared on the cover of Baseball Digest in, I think, 1982 wearing green shoes. I’m pretty shure those were green shoes, not black. I think that was the uniform Henderson was wearing when he broke Brock’s season stolen base record.
#80 by Pedro on 05.23.07 12:51 pm |
I never noticed the shoes either, thats cool that they go to that lenght for the sake of accuracy. In those pictures paul linked of the A’s the shoes look almost magic markered or colored in. So it would seem that maybe they noticed they got the shoe color wrong and went back and corrected it. Or maybe shoe color is the next step of the operation. Either way I’m all for it.
#81 by Quint on 05.23.07 12:52 pm |
I don’t get why the Oilers jersey is so popular anyway. Maybe it’s the Todd McFarlane thing…
#82 by Rick on 05.23.07 12:57 pm |
I’ve done a statistical analysis on all 16 playoff teams in a statistic I call “efficiency,” and am running at a pretty decent clip for prediction so far. It doesn’t include the goalies, and obviously, Giguere is the stronger ‘tender. Skater-wise, the Senators are vastly superior both offensively, and more importantly, defensively, winning more faceoffs and blocking more shots. Giguere will keep the Ducks in games, but can’t do it all himself. Sens in five, but close scores in every game. Incidentally, the Sens were my pick to win it all from the very start, as they were miles ahead of everyone else in the playoffs during the regular season. That said, the Ducks did make it past two teams that were statistically better than they were, but not by nearly as much as the Sens are. It should be a fun series to watch!
#83 by Jonathan on 05.23.07 12:57 pm |
On August 2 1982 he is wearing what looks like white shoes, although on August 27, 1982 he was wearing what looks like black shoes when he broke the stolen base record.
#84 by chris on 05.23.07 12:58 pm |
Tavarez was the one who gave food to the bats while he was sitting in the bullpen when he played for the cubs a few years back. Tavarez antics+Manny antics=one crazy team. They just need Millar back
I do have a beef with that basketball jersey site… There is no option for sleeves! No respect…
#85 by Andy from KC on 05.23.07 1:00 pm |
I think thisis the SI cover you’re referring to, but Henderson is wearing white shoes.
#86 by Paul Lukas on 05.23.07 1:03 pm |
Rickey’s only 1982 SI cover is here — white shoes.
#87 by Brien on 05.23.07 1:11 pm |
Tobs as in tobacco (hence the leaf, which looks pretty good on their hat, I think). Also, while we’re on the subject of awesome/weird mascots: Slugger the Tobacco Worm.
#88 by Joe Young on 05.23.07 1:11 pm |
Being from baitmore I love the Ravens and their purple uniforms. But the thing is the dfference between the ravens and most other teams that wear purple is that the ravens have a reason for wearing purple. And a legit reason at that. This being a raven’s feathers are black and purple. It would be like having the cardinals wearing blue and the blue jays wearing red. Its not right. what i dont understnad is why a team would wear purple just because, ala Rockies or Vikings
#89 by Stuby on 05.23.07 1:13 pm |
Nothing beats the Crazy Crab
#90 by WVU Tom on 05.23.07 1:28 pm |
I’ve always liked the Oilers (but I admit I’m not a huge hockey fan), mainly because I was a fan of Gretzky in my youth.
For the record–Go Sens! Once my local team (the Caps) have been eliminated, I always root for any canadian team in the playoffs. Why? Because I visit Canada often, and I can say without a doubt that the fans there deserve a championship more than 95% of the US “fans”.
Nothing against the US hockey franchises, but the passion for the sport by the fans does not compare in most markets.
#91 by Kim on 05.23.07 1:29 pm |
First time I noticed that font (which shows up great on TV) was with the Ottawa Senators Alternates (now home) unis. It’s also on their current alternate uni. Can’t find a good picture, though.
#92 by Quint on 05.23.07 1:35 pm |
#93 by Quint on 05.23.07 1:36 pm |
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