Between his own outfit, his wife’s outfit, and the victory wreath, Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti was a study in colors yesterday.
Happy Decoration Day, folks. I’ll be spending mine grilling, eating, and drinking in the back yard. Hope yours is similarly fun-packed. — Paul
#1 by Hed-Bone on 05.28.07 11:38 am |
Indy 500 Champ and married to Ashley Judd……..that guy has got it rough
#2 by BIGmatt on 05.28.07 11:40 am |
Happy Memorial Day!!
I love Nike - but don’t like purple!!
#3 by Mike Engle on 05.28.07 11:44 am |
I celebrated Memorial Day a little early. Last Saturday I scored my first ever 5950 at a flea market. A brand new all-teal Marlins cap, gray underbill and all.
So if I dip a curved brim in cold water, will it keep its curved shape?
#4 by Stuby on 05.28.07 11:46 am |
Kinda weird hearing a guy with a name like Dario Franchitti speaking with a Scottish accent.
#5 by Ben on 05.28.07 11:47 am |
I would love to see the ratings comparison between the Indy 500 and NASCAR’s Coca Cola 600.
Also…Dale Jr.’s interesting paint scheme:
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And the winner, Casey Mears, follows Dale Jr.’s lead:
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Does anybody know if the Mets have a schedule out for when they are going to wear a certain jersey?
#6 by Buckeye Mike on 05.28.07 12:07 pm |
At one point, those 2 almost got into each other and the guys calling it on fox made mention of the fact that mears looked like he didn’t know Jr was above him. Then DW joked about “well he’s in Camo(sp?), he couldn’t see Jr up there. Kind of dumb I know, but funny at the time. brought to mind all those t shirts that look like this. and for the mets, it been said a bunch on here, its up to that charlie samules or what ever his name is the equipment manager he decides when they wear what.
and thank you everyone who supposrts the freedom of this country, it hits a little closer here, being I live next to Beale AFB
#7 by Colin on 05.28.07 12:26 pm |
Well, my Memorial Day started off in the best way possible. My beloved Derby County FC beats WBA to reach the promised land of the Premiership for next season. Not easy to follow them from San Diego, but I try my best.
Interestingly, I think they may have used their 2007/2008 shirts for the first time (unless it was just a one-off jersey).
#8 by stan on 05.28.07 12:27 pm |
the dale jr. camo thing… yeah i understand memorial day but its as bad as the padres camo look. save the camo for the armed forces.
and this indy race was possiably the most boring one in a while.
#9 by Patrick on 05.28.07 12:33 pm |
Unfortunately, I’m spending Memorial Day at the office, but I’ll be at Citizens Bank Park tonight for Dollar Dog Night. As for Indy, was there a better moment yesterday then a sopping wet Ashley Judd jumping up and down in the pit? That’s worth a rain delay anyday.
#10 by Brian from Short Island on 05.28.07 12:39 pm |
Congrats! Just don’t give Spurs too much trouble (ahem, I’m looking at you, SheffU) and I’ll be happy…
#11 by Matthew S. on 05.28.07 12:42 pm |
I swear I just saw Vanderbilt’s baseball team wearing all black uniforms (pants, jerseys, socks, cleats) in a clip on the NCAA tournament selection show on ESPN. Man that was hideous.
Naturally it made me think of the 1975-77 all red Indians uniforms: http://www.baseballh...
#12 by Bogaard on 05.28.07 12:48 pm |
I was not around for yesterday’s soccer discussion, but here’s a fun little incident of early logo creep. Netherlands’ sports teams have always been outfitted by adidas (although, in the most recent World Cup they wore Nike for some reason).
As you can see here, the 1974 Netherlands World Cup team was outfitted by adidas — notice the three stripes on the sleeves.
However, look at #14 on the far left of the photo. That is Johan Cruijff, the greatest soccer player of all time not named Pele. Notice he only has two stripes on his shirt. Cruijff had his own sponsorship deal with PUMA, and would tear one stripe off of all his adidas gear. adidas has always gotten around no logo rules by using a “design element” instead, so Cruijff stuck it to them.
PUMA & adidas have always been bitter rivals since being founded by two German brothers who hated each other, causing soccer hooligans vehemently to stick with their brand of choice, much like American rednecks stick with either Ford or Chevy.
Side note: Does anyone know why Cruijff is wearing #9 in one of the photos? Cruiff is to 14, as Jordan is to 23, Gretzky is to 99, and Elway is to 7.
#13 by Bogaard on 05.28.07 12:48 pm |
I was not around for yesterday’s soccer discussion, but here’s a fun little incident of early logo creep. Netherlands’ sports teams have always been outfitted by adidas (although, in the most recent World Cup they wore Nike for some reason).
As you can see here, the 1974 Netherlands World Cup team was outfitted by adidas — notice the three stripes on the sleeves.
However, look at #14 on the far left of the photo. That is Johan Cruijff, the greatest soccer player of all time not named Pele. Notice he only has two stripes on his shirt. Cruijff had his own sponsorship deal with PUMA, and would tear one stripe off of all his adidas gear. adidas has always gotten around no logo rules by using a “design element” instead, so Cruijff stuck it to them.
PUMA & adidas have always been bitter rivals since being founded by two German brothers who hated each other, causing soccer hooligans vehemently to stick with their brand of choice, much like American rednecks stick with either Ford or Chevy.
Side note: Does anyone know why Cruijff is wearing #9 in one of the photos? Cruiff is to 14, as Jordan is to 23, Gretzky is to 99, and Elway is to 7.
#14 by =bg= on 05.28.07 1:02 pm |
I don’t know that they hated each other, but it’s an interesting history. Adi Dassler (AdiDas, get it) and Horst Dassler (Puma) pretty well owned the sport shoe scene in the 70s til you know who came along.
#15 by Thnom on 05.28.07 1:06 pm |
The #9 could be due to back in the day players were handed numbers from 1-11?
I remember what story of a keeper wearing 10 because the manager did it alphabetically.. :|
#16 by =bg= on 05.28.07 1:07 pm |
Intersting uni-watch in Paris.
One one hand you have this: (awful)
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Or this..(looks like he should be on a playground instead of one of the world’s four great tennis events)
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And finally this, the classic look.
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#17 by Jacob on 05.28.07 1:09 pm |
I’ll be attending the Diamondbacks/Phillies game and enjoying “Dollar dog night,” probably the best promotion in all of baseball. I might also buy me a baby blue Phillies shirt. BALLIN’.
#18 by Bogaard on 05.28.07 1:21 pm |
“Hate” might have been to strong of a word for Adi and Rudi’s relationship. But they certainly did not get along in later life. Feature from Deutche Welle touching on why brand loyalty/logo placement is so important in sports.
#19 by Matt from the 'Ville on 05.28.07 1:22 pm |
Any one else notice Dario’s race suit. The IRL logo is doubled up like the ‘A’ and D-Baacks. You would have thought the would have used a zipper suit unstead of bottons.
#20 by Brandon on 05.28.07 1:40 pm |
it is a Zipper it just has the a flap to cover it..seems like an odd place for the IRL logo
#21 by junkland on 05.28.07 1:47 pm |
Interesting combo in the middle picture… Under Armour shirts/shorts and Asics shoes.
#22 by =bg= on 05.28.07 1:48 pm |
great article. i recall my dad going to germany in the mid 70’s brought me back some germany-only adidas stuff which i wore to high school and EVERYone wanted to know where i got it. there was also a little german car parts place near our house, and these old guys also stocked straight from the factory adidas or puma soccr shoes- couldn’t get ‘em anywhere else. i wore the “gerd muller goal” style, and wore #6 for Der Kaiser.
#23 by =bg= on 05.28.07 1:49 pm |
only a matter of time i would bet, til UA has sneakers. They need basketball/tennis in order to get more exposure.
#24 by rob on 05.28.07 1:55 pm |
#25 by DRob on 05.28.07 2:02 pm |
Derby County will be moving to adidas next year.
The Netherlands have been outfitted by Nike for a while, since at least the 98 world cup.
#26 by Patrick on 05.28.07 2:23 pm |
Watching the Braves and Brewers… A bunch of Milwaukee players have their cap flags on the back side of their hats, well behind the left ear. But not everyone is like that.
I like the flags on the caps, but they should just abandon this f*cking program if no one can wear them right (I suspect equipment managers who put these things on the caps are to blame, as opposed to New Era). It looks so sloppy. I’m sick of it.
#27 by Matthew S. on 05.28.07 2:34 pm |
FSN here in Dallas is showing a minor league baseball game between the Memphis Red Birds and the Round Rock Express, which is rare enough. But then in the 5th inning I saw something rarer still these days: Round Rock brought in reliever Travis Driskill, who wears eyeglasses (not sunglasses and not Eric Gagne style goggles, but eyeglasses) while pitching. The glasses appeared to be the same he’s wearing in his roster photo.
Driskill: http://www.roundrock...
#28 by Joey Guns on 05.28.07 2:49 pm |
Happy Memorial Day everybody!
Anna Kournikova is going to be single again!
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#29 by Matthew S. on 05.28.07 2:56 pm |
Not uni-related, but during the minor league broadcast there was a short interview with Hunter Pence from earlier in season (before he was called up the Majors) in which he talked about his time the previous season with Astros AA affiliate in Corpus Christi. During one game in Corpus against the Arkansas Travelers, the Travelers bullpen (which is located behind centerfield apparently) kept throwing crackers over the fence at Pence as a prank during the game. The crackers attracted so many birds that Pence said he could hardly move in any direction without stepping on one.
#30 by Greg on 05.28.07 2:57 pm |
Holland have had Nike kits since just after the 1996 European Championships, prior to that they had Lotto kits dating back to at least 1992, and Adidas before that
#31 by Joey Guns on 05.28.07 3:03 pm |
Too bad this photo wasn’t today’s main picture.
What a sweet trophy!
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#32 by Broker75 on 05.28.07 3:09 pm |
I can only dream of drinking champagne out of this baby. We’ll see who gets to live my dream in a couple of weeks..I say Senators is 7.
#33 by Broker75 on 05.28.07 3:12 pm |
is in 7.
#34 by C.N. on 05.28.07 3:29 pm |
Yep, this has been mentioned in the comments section earlier this year, as I’m sure Minna well remembers, heh. I linked to a picture at vucommodores.com, it should still be on there somewhere. I know they wore the all-black look in their Friday night game in the Alabama series.
#35 by Jerico on 05.28.07 3:40 pm |
And then there’s THE classic look. (I know it’s Wimbledon, and it’s now the French Open, but I had to put that one in.)
#36 by Broker75 on 05.28.07 3:56 pm |
It almost looks like Federer is wearing double socks..I go that route too when playing certain sports..more comfortable.
#37 by DW on 05.28.07 4:08 pm |
I know a place here in Cincinnati where I can find all of the teal and the teal w/black brim Marlins 5950 New Era’s that you want. An amazing find!
#38 by =bg= on 05.28.07 4:13 pm |
Is that Koch’s Sporting Goods?
*Federer oughta do the long white pants this year.
*Not uni-related, but..breaking news now:
The body of New England Patriots player Marquise Hill is found after a jetski accident in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana officials tell CNN.
#39 by PaddyWaggn on 05.28.07 4:30 pm |
NESN in Boston had a AA matinée featuring the Portland Sea Dogs and the Reading Phillies, I thought Portland’s catcher John Otness’s catching helmet looked a little big. It also looks like he has two stickers - one of which appears to be larger than normal - on the back of his helmet, and no Sea Dog’s logo either. Unfortunately all I can find is the front view.
#40 by DJ on 05.28.07 4:47 pm |
Side note: Does anyone know why Cruijff is wearing #9 in one of the photos? Cruiff is to 14, as Jordan is to 23, Gretzky is to 99, and Elway is to 7.
He wore 9 on a few occasions with the Netherlands national team, and when he was with Barcelona. Back then, a player didn’t have an assigned squad number; the starters always wore 1-11 (at the World Cup, you had an assigned number that you kept throughout the tournament). But Cruijff’s talent always defied putting him in a particular role.
#41 by Jason on 05.28.07 4:58 pm |
I noticed during the Braves game that their belt loops are trimmed like the rest of their unis. I had a pic but my previous 2 posts have been eaten so I thought I’d try without it.
#42 by Colin on 05.28.07 5:31 pm |
I flipped by the Clemen’s minor league comeback on ESPN. I noticed his glove is no back opening( in which to stick a finger through) and it also has a large patch on it. The link below isn’t from today’s game, but shows what I am talking about with the glove. Sorry if this has been discussed. I’m a teacher and now that my school year is over, I’ll try to watch the posts more closely.
http://sports.espn.g...
#43 by Jaye on 05.28.07 5:50 pm |
I think this is a good one
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#44 by Stuby on 05.28.07 6:07 pm |
They’ve been that way since about 1987 or ‘88.
#45 by Brendan on 05.28.07 6:10 pm |
We get that every Wednesday here in Oakland. $2 tickets, too.
#46 by =bg= on 05.28.07 6:14 pm |
I tell you, Oakland is a tremendous value. Just tremendous. AT&T Park is the ultimate baseball throwback showplace, with perhaps the best view of any sports stadium in the world, of ANY sport.
But the ol’ concrete Oakland Coliseum, it’s great. The A’s have the hardest working staff around- the prices can’t be beat, and the atmosphere is great.
#47 by Brendan on 05.28.07 6:15 pm |
Do they have a website? Will they ship to California?
#48 by Richard from MA on 05.28.07 6:17 pm |
You could look at Ashley Judd in this picture, but you could also notice that sponsors in the IRL don’t seem to want to spend a whole lot on hats.
(Yeah, I know, they don’t know the hat size of the winner in advance.)
#49 by Jaye on 05.28.07 6:17 pm |
I know they’ve been around a good while. I think they were my first indication that I was a uni-watcher. I just thought a picture was needed for discussion purposes.
#50 by marc on 05.28.07 6:54 pm |
Roger in high socks toninght in Wilks Scranton-Barre AAA start
#51 by Tod H. on 05.28.07 6:57 pm |
Anyone ever notice those cool pinstripes on the Yankees jerseys? I think they look nice.
#52 by Bill T. on 05.28.07 7:07 pm |
My attempts at posts are getting eaten up today.
In response to Bogaard’s earlier post, Johan Cruyff did wear an adidas-sponsored kit with the Washington Diplomats.
#53 by Boilermaker on 05.28.07 7:56 pm |
It was not the picture because there was no ashley judd.
#54 by C.N. on 05.28.07 8:10 pm |
And they wonder why most of America seems not to give a flip about the NHL.
Maybe it’s because no one in America can see the finals until Game 3 (unless you have the VS network- and really, who has the VS network?)
Almost enough to make me want to move to Canada…
#55 by Bill T. on 05.28.07 8:28 pm |
Reason #164 why Gary Bettman should be canned.
#56 by Jaye on 05.28.07 9:01 pm |
Really?? They’re black, aren’t they???
#57 by Jokie on 05.28.07 9:12 pm |
Hey Yankee fan posters…when did Torre and the rest of the coaching staff stop wearing jerseys? Torre, Guidry, and Mattingly look like they just have the smock with navy t-shorts underneath. I know Francona and Sciascia do that, and it looks lame, but I’m surprised he Yankees would do that.
#58 by Madd Matt on 05.28.07 9:12 pm |
I have VS (nyc area)…
#59 by Steve on 05.28.07 9:36 pm |
The Blue Jays are wearing American flags on their caps tonight at their home game. It seems a bit odd to me to see a Canadian team wearing an American flag in Canada. Yes, it’s Memorial Day, but it’s still looking out of place.
#60 by =bg= on 05.28.07 9:38 pm |
Given that fact is wife is a NUT for the UK wildcats, is there a UK sticker on his car somewhere?
#61 by Mike from Queens on 05.28.07 9:59 pm |
The whole camo thing has been kind of confusing to me at times. I don’t know what the line is between honoring the Armed Forces and stepping on their toes. I would agree that it should probably just be saved for the people who actually need it, not people who will end up driving home in sports cars.
#62 by Jerico on 05.28.07 10:06 pm |
Ashley Judd and hockey–a way to tie up two of the major events happening this weekend.
#63 by Tim O. on 05.28.07 10:06 pm |
More soccer news… American owned Aston Villa of the English premier league unveiled a new club crest as featured on the club’s website. Here is a copy of their previous crest. I happen to like the old one better. I also don’t quite understand ‘Prepared” being written on the bottom of the crest. It seems a little tacked on to me.
#64 by Robert on 05.28.07 10:14 pm |
Since the U.S. Army and the National Guard sponsor cars in NASCAR, I suspect that they did not mind the extra exposure and respect that came with several teams sporting camo paint schemes in yesterday’s race.
#65 by Bill T. on 05.28.07 10:20 pm |
Agreed. I prefer the previous crest.
However, club mottos, like “Prepared” for Villa, are or were part of several club crests and lend to the heraldic nature of English football crests.
#66 by Minna H. on 05.28.07 10:55 pm |
bg, I gotta disagree. I love the middle pic of the red and black combo. It’s bold, but still simple. I could take or leave the first pic, and Federer’s combo leaves me cold. It’s just…ok.
C.N., any time you want to post pics of the Commodores wearing all black, go right ahead. Or any other team wearing all black, really.
#67 by Joey Guns on 05.28.07 11:29 pm |
Michael Russell needs red or black (or both) shoes!
#68 by =bg= on 05.28.07 11:30 pm |
well, to be honest, i like the Under Armour black and red. really pops. i just don’t like the tank-top and baggy shirts look for tennis. I prefer the collar shirt and shorts, like Federer.
#69 by stan on 05.29.07 1:09 am |
hockey is still going on? i thought that ended like a month ago. man hockey is like the ugly red headed step child of america.
#70 by TD on 05.29.07 1:25 am |
Sure, it’s Ashley Judd hotness and all, but it’s still Kentucky, and they spelled ‘Lexington’ wrong.
No, really.
Anyone of the opinion that Ashley Judd, despite being an alumnus, first heard of UK hockey roughly 10 minutes before the shoot?
Me too.
#71 by Teebz on 05.29.07 1:43 am |
It’s comments like the above that will keep it there too. What do you have against hockey? What has hockey done to you? You don’t see us hockey lovers coming on here and tearing down a “sport” where you’re forced to make 2000 left turns on an oval while being forced to urinate in one’s fire-proof crash suit, do you? Hockey lovers can appreciate the glory and difficulty of winning a vehicular endurance race, and none of us have crapped on Dario’s achievement.
Comments like the “ugly red headed step child of america” are certainly unnecessary. If you’re going to say “relax, it was a joke”, you certainly don’t convey that with your choice of words. If you can’t say something nice… you know the rest.
#72 by Andrew on 05.29.07 1:48 am |
IIRC, his grandparents or great-grandparents emigrated to Scotland from Italy.
#73 by felix on 05.29.07 2:30 am |
Amen, brother. And for all those who don’t get it, turn on OLN/Versus/Whatever they call themselves this week. Or NBC if you live in a VS free zone, and watch hockey at it’s finest. The playoffs. I promise you there’s nothing else like it.
#74 by diz on 05.29.07 6:44 am |
It’s not that uncommon to be Scottish and of Italian descent. It’s mainly due to the two World Wars.
Dario’s not the only famous sporting example though, off the top of my head there’s Paul di Giacomo, Lou Macari and Dominc Matteo. I think they’ve all been capped at international level as well, although di Giacomo may only have been at under-21 level.
#75 by Michael Churchill on 05.29.07 7:17 am |
I don’t know why it happened, but I have a couple of Scottish friends who have Italian names, so it’s not that uncommon.