From time to time we’ve discussed uni-related issues of trademark infringement and protection. But policing your trademark in lawsuit-happy America is one thing — doing it in a far-off land, where any clown with a heat press can run off a few jillion cheap logo-emblazoned knockoffs of your design, is something else, as reader Eric Trager has discovered. Here’s his long-distance report from the Middle East:
I’ve been living in Cairo since August on an Islamic Civilizations Fulbright grant, which has given me a decent opportunity to travel around the Middle East a bit. It seems like almost anywhere I go, I find familiar-looking caps, none of which are ever official, and almost all of which contain completely incorrect colors. At the famous Khan al-Khalili market in Cairo, for example, I spotted this orange Yankees cap among other mostly Cairo-appropriate headgear. In Casablanca, I spotted this cap stand; you can make out a number of Yankees caps (there’s a proper navy one on the 60 dirham level, though the rest are completely off), along with a 49ers cap, a Florida Gators cap, and a Berkeley cap. [The one I find most amusing is the FBI cap. — PL] Although the Yankees are, unfortunately, the most prominent in terms of merchandise in the region, I happened to find this cap stand in Sana’a, Yemen, featuring Dodgers caps (again, wrong colors). Finding these things in Yemen was particularly surprising, given that most men there dress like this, i.e., sans baseball cap.
Though caps are the most prominent American sports gear I’ve come across in the region, I spotted kid in Jounieh, Lebanon, wearing a very decent Kobe Bryant jersey when I was there in 2004. It looks like it’s actually officially licensed, unlike this horrific Don Mattingly Yankees jacket I spotted in Rabat [Donnie Baseball never wore his stirrups like that! — PL] and this awful Rockies T-shirt I found at the Cairo tent market (although Uni Watch probably endorses the shirt’s use of red in place of purple, no matter how inaccurate).
Of course, the most common sports uniforms found in Middle Eastern markets are local soccer jerseys. I spotted these two brothers wearing al-Ahly jerseys in Cairo, and have purchased the jerseys of Maghreb Fez, Wydad (Casablanca), and the Moroccan national team as gifts for friends. Unfortunately, none of these are remotely authentic, though I was finally able to find an official al-Ahly jersey at the posh, Saudi-built mall in Cairo.
This is really just a small sampling of uni-relevant observations from my time in the region. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture of the hundreds of MLB, NBA, NFL, NCAA, and NHL T-shirts available in Hebrew in virtually any Israeli tourist area (similar to these online examples), though did happen to pick up this Mets yarmulke.
I’ll close with the most surprising uni-related find. Look closely at the religious insignia on the sports club t-shirt of the boy on the left in this photo — it was taken in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank.
Pretty great stuff. The global, hegemonic reach of the baseball cap, even in cultures that wouldn’t know a baseball game if you plopped one down in their front yard, continues to amaze me.
And wait, there’s more: About a week after sending me that first note, Trager checked in with a nice little epilogue:
As I was packing up my things today to leave Egypt after a nine-month stint out here, I noticed that my Mets cap no longer fit. Fitted caps, as you might imagine, are extremely hard finds in Egypt, and all sorts of people — taxi drivers, camel merchants, children, restaurant owners, and tour guides — have asked me many times for some of my fitted caps right off my head, which I have always declined in the past. This time, however, rather than waste precious suitcase space on a Mets cap that didn’t fit, I went downstairs to find a kid to whom I could give it. He was very appreciative, and I think rather surprised. I might have just stumbled across a new mechanism for American public diplomacy.
Now we just have to get the kid to ditch the black.
Three Okay, TWO Blind Mice: Jamie Moyer’s stirrups occasioned lots of oh-so-adorable banter in the Mets’ broadcast booth last night. The chatter started after announcers approvingly noted that Moyer had busted it pretty hard while running out a ground ball. Here’s the transcript:
Gary Cohen: Not only is he running hard, but he’s running hard in stirrups.
Ron Darling: Yes.
Cohen: We’ve gotta get a shot of Moyer’s feet at some point. Nobody wears stirrups anymore! Maybe a couple of old coaches.
Darling: He wears ’em a little bit like you wore ’em, Keith.
Keith Hernandez: I’ll have to give ’em closer, uh, scrutiny. [Camera shows a close-up of Moyer’s stirrups.] Oh, I liked to wear ’em a little higher. That’s low. That’s minor league ugly.
Cohen: You didn’t have the Liberty Bell on your stirrups.
Hernandez: No. Those are the stirrups they gave you in the minor leagues.
Darling [struggling for something relevant to say]: Is that like coyote ugly? Minor league ugly.
Hernandez [ignoring Darling]: You had the wool uniforms in the minor leagues back in the early ’70s, and they were just itchy. And you were glad to have ’em, trust me, but I hated the stirrups. [As per usual during these hosiery discussions, the camera shows sacred Shea Stadium photo of Jerry Koosman celebrating the last out of the 1969 World Series.] See, that’s closer. I wore ’em a little bit higher than Kooz right there. [Camera now shows file photo of Hernandez’s favorite player.] Ah, there you go.
Cohen: There was a trend for a while there to show none of the top of the stirrup, right? Guys started adding extensions to the bottom so they rose that much higher.
Hernandez: Yes. I never liked that look. When we played for the Cardinals, we had those great socks with the stripes, like the Red Sox. You wanna show the stripes.
Cohen [who has clearly read either Ball Four or Uni Watch]: I guess it was Frank Robinson, wasn’t it, who first started wearing the high stirrups, that just showed white with a stripe on the side?
Darling [utterly lost but trying to sound engaged]: Yes.
Hernandez [also lost]: I think you may be right.
Cohen: Maybe it was someone else before that. I just…
Hernandez [now completely off on the wrong tack]: Was it with Cleveland? Remember those Cleveland uniforms, those red uniforms?
Cohen: Those were awful.
Darling [now barely treading water]: They were hideous!
Cohen: Of course, there were a lot of hideous uniforms in the ’70s. The Pirates…
Hernandez: The bumblebees!
Darling: How about Houston?
Hernandez: Ugh!
Cohen: How about the Padres?
Darling: That’s right, mustard and brown.
Cohen: Mustard and mud!
Hernandez: Contrary to Ron Darling, I love the A’s uniforms, love those swingin’ A’s unis.
[Inning mercifully ends.]
Uni Watch News Ticker: Plate umpires who wear the conventional-style mask always wear a cap, but umps who favor the hockey-style mask have always gone cap-free. Or at least that’s what I thought until seeing some footage from last night’s Rockies/Astros game, where plate ump Ed Hickox wore a cap under his hockey-style mask (you can see him holding his mask on the left side of this shot). … Tons of great uni- and equipment-related footages in this awesome WHA video (tremendous find by Tommy Gough). … Not quite uni-related, but still a worthwhile site. … Interesting query from Ryan Hickox, who writes: “This season, while watching Red Sox games, I’ve noticed a couple of narrow, dark objects behind the rubber on the mound, as seen here.” Anyone know what these are? … Newly minted Uni Watch member Michael Gargano recently bumped into a friend wearing a great Royals tee. … According to this article, Jake Peavy inscribes “BP” on his underbill, in tribute to his late grandfather, Blanche Peavy (good spot by David Conley). … Pretty cool stuff upcoming in Tampa. … That ridiculous London Olympics logo is already getting some very negative reviews (some really great quotes in that article, including a description of the logo as “a toileting monkey”), plus there’s now a petition drive to do away with it (with thanks to Morris Bird). … Now that’s a nameplate. Player in question is Washington State kicker Romeen Abdollmohammadi (as spotted by Michael Carman). … Some interesting factoids about the Diamondbacks’ uni protocol in the “In Case You Were Wondering” section of this page (good find by Doug Simpson). … Jacob Reed wonders what Eddie Stanky had written under his bill. … Photo of the day comes from Uni Watch intern Vince Grzegorek who noticed Tim Hudson finding a new use for the rosin bag. … Great article here about a Milwaukee memorabilia hound who specializes in collecting bats (with thanks to the Cream City’s finest, Nicole Haase). … Brian Willette notes that Northwestern softballer Darcy Sengewald has been wearing eye black shaped like little hearts and dollar signs. … Beau Lynott sent along a screen shot of Russell Martin’s torn pants from last night’s Dodgers/Padres game. “He was sliding repeatedly in steal attempts with one out in the 7th inning, then fell down rounding second on a base hit and was tagged out in a pickle. Matt Vasgersian on Channel 4 Padres said, ‘What’s with the re-stitch? Get the man some new pants!’” … Want your logo rendered in pasta? Comments section stalwart Minna H. recommends these guys. … The Indians wore blue jerseys at home last night, marking the first time they’d done that since 2001 (although, as Tim Bennett notes, there was a lot more red trim back in those days). … According to an article in yesterday’s New York Times, dreadlocked Giants defensive back R.W. McQuarters recently had his first haircut since his rookie season and is now wearing a helmet two sizes smaller as a result. … Arsenal has unveiled its new white kit.
#1 by steve on 06.06.07 8:45 am |
Eric O`Flaherty pitching for the Mariners last night.
#2 by Natron on 06.06.07 8:45 am |
2 semi-related items…
The Long Beach Armada has changed their name to the “Long Beach Armada of Los Angeles of California of the United States of North America Including Barrow, Alaska“
Also, it looks like the name & uniform changes for the Devil Rays may be coming out around the All-Star break. Sounds like the color scheme will change to blue and yellow. Info here.
#3 by Mark in Shiga on 06.06.07 8:50 am |
The Cleveland article is an obvious, ridiculous hoax.
What I’d been hoping to see was a reference to the players who had three-digit numbers on scorecards. Before numbers were put on jerseys, players were often identified on scoreboards using numbers that changed frequently to keep scorecard sales high. (’You can’t tell the players without a scorecard’, as they say.)
Some of these would have way-out numbers like 113 and 203; I never did figure out why they went that high. I’m trying to find a scorecard like that on the internet, but I can’t seem to find one.
#4 by Chris Hilf on 06.06.07 8:57 am |
The black stripes behind the pitching mound are brush-like protuberances that clean the crap off the bottom of the cleats, I believe. Like before you walk into the clubhouse after golfing.
#5 by Anthony on 06.06.07 9:01 am |
The black on the back of the mound removes dirt stuck in pitchers cleats.
And the Giants CB is dreadlocked, not deadlocked.
#6 by Fran on 06.06.07 9:07 am |
I’m surprised Paul didn’t use another quote from the Olympic Logo article.
“The Mayor said he was never going to get into a “sub orgasmic ecstasy” over any logo.”
#7 by Shuked on 06.06.07 9:10 am |
Anyone know what the “JC” sticker on the Lady Vols’ helmets stands for in the WCWS?
Oh, and a friend of mine has had me laughing for a day now–he thinks the London 2012 logo looks like Lisa Simpson on her knees…
#8 by Joey Guns on 06.06.07 9:14 am |
Wow, over 40,000 people have signed that petition already, in a day! Considering the Olympics aren’t until 2012, let’s see if they do the right thing and change the logo!
#9 by Natron on 06.06.07 9:14 am |
So did this guy.
#10 by xyz on 06.06.07 9:16 am |
Paul,
Do you mean ‘dread’locked NY Giant?
#11 by nybatt on 06.06.07 9:16 am |
I’ve got a bat-boy issue. Watching the yanks-chisox last night I noticed the batboys from the sox had LAST names on their jerseys with the obligatory number “07″ on the back. This is the first time I’ve seen last names on batboy jerseys. I am a much bigger fan of a blank back-of-jersey, or even the old-fashioned “BB”.
Regardless nothing is more pathetic than seeing “JOSH” or “MATT” or other assorted first names as the mets do.
I wonder what will happen when we get to 2010 and teams can no longer designate the year of the season on the backs of their ballboys? It is also interesting to see how these ball/bat boys wear their pants/unis in general.
Don’t know if this discussion will catch on, or if it has been discussed here before, but I am interested in what all 30 clubs do regarding the uni number/name/blank jerseys their ballboys wear. I know the orioles use “ball men” to run out baseballs to the umps, but I’m guessing they have young men who take care of the bats… I believe the red sox use females down their foul lines, but young men to retrieve bats…
speaking for “my” yankees, I can remember them featuring a “BB” for a few years but have been blank in recent seasons…
hope we can fill in the blanks…
#12 by Pittsburgh Gunny on 06.06.07 9:21 am |
I don’t know who would do something like this.
#13 by StRoseBH on 06.06.07 9:24 am |
Saw this on Yahoo! Answers
It stands for one of their former players who died of an accident.
#14 by tim b on 06.06.07 9:28 am |
Off the top of my head, Albert Belle wore 16 when he was “Joey”, not 108.
Here’s a link to all Browns numbers
http://www.cleveland...
Couldn’t find this guy on the Indians all-time roster or baseball-reference.com
#107 - Stan Lavatrici
Not going to waste any more time looking up any of the others.
#15 by Jill on 06.06.07 9:32 am |
Yesterday it was mentioned that after the tussle in the dugout that left Michael Barrett with stitches he switched to a hockey style helmet.
His explanation is given here. Scroll down to the part that says helmet cam.
#16 by StRoseBH on 06.06.07 9:34 am |
I can’t believe you even wasted that much time. It says right on the top of the article ..”You’re missing out! This article was part of our April Fools Day 2006 spectacular.”
#17 by Rick on 06.06.07 9:35 am |
It’s a fake, don’t waste your time.
#18 by Tom C. on 06.06.07 9:35 am |
Matt Damon showed up on Letterman with a David Ortiz jersey:
Photo gallery and video
hope this posts
#19 by Adam on 06.06.07 9:35 am |
Maybe it was just added in the last few minutes (which seems unlikely), but the very first line of the page is “You’re missing out! This article was part of our April Fools Day 2006 spectacular”. So, yeah, I can’t see how it could be more obvious.
#20 by Adam on 06.06.07 9:38 am |
The White Sox have been doing this for a while. Some of them have even gotten pretty well known (the best one I can think of is Bafia, there was also a well-known one named Papi Hildago but I can’t remember if he had his name on his uniform or not). On a related note, at least one of Ozzie Guillen’s sons has been a bat boy, and he wore a Guillen 13 uniform.
#21 by Natron on 06.06.07 9:39 am |
Don Cherry was at the Twins/Angels game last night wearing the same suit he wore the previous night during his appearance on NBC.
I guess he was there to watch Justin Morneau, and he spent a half inning in the Twins TV booth.
No pic. Sorry.
#22 by Adam on 06.06.07 9:39 am |
Quick random question - In 1990, for the last week of the season (which was also the last week of old Comiskey Park), the White Sox wore their new 1991 home uniforms (which, with minor changes, are still the current uniforms). Based on comments here, it seems not uncommon for European soccer teams to do something like that, but can anybody list any other examples in baseball or other sports?
#23 by anthony on 06.06.07 9:39 am |
WOW! That Olympic logo is pretty bad. Whether or not the world will be a “different place” in 2012 as stated is not the point. As a graduate of the School Of Visual Arts with a degree in Graphic Design even I’m confused by the design. What exactly does it represent anyway? It’s not so much a log as it is an abstract take on what’s “cool & hip” these days which is to say, “Not much…”
#24 by Paul Lukas on 06.06.07 9:41 am |
OK, so I obviously didn’t pay very close attention to the details of that Cleveland article… Gonna take it down now.
#25 by anthony on 06.06.07 9:41 am |
…I meant to say “logo”, not log. Freudian slip
#26 by Kim on 06.06.07 9:44 am |
I enjoyed the Where’s Waldo aspect of those hat vendors. But in this one, I think we see that this trademark infringement will come to an end. If you look closely, to the lower right of the red Ferrari hat, a Wisconsin flying W. They’ve gone and tempted the most ruthless trademark lawyers in the world.
These guys will be shut down in a matter of weeks.
#27 by Mark in Shiga on 06.06.07 9:48 am |
The Cubs did than when bullpen catcher/coach Juan Lopez’s kid had batboy duties with the team. In 2005-06, he had an older “Lopez 59″ jersey even though the players’ jerseys didn’t have names on them.
I’m pretty sure that the Dodgers gave out individual numbers to those guys in the late ’80s and early ’90s — I remember reading an article about a Dodger batboy wearing number 91 (the year wasn’t 1991, BTW) and all his duties; it was fascinating. He was in his early 20s and his job was a serious one, not like some of the younger kids who serve as batboys.
While real numbers are nice, I also like the blanks myself, but I have to admit that even though I have no idea what their last names are, how old they were when with the team, or what they’re doing now, PAUL and MIKE from the 1986 Mets will never be forgotten.
#28 by Andy--01 on 06.06.07 9:52 am |
The Eddie Stanky cap… I can make out
***
****H STANKY
his obit on TheDeadballEra.com says this about his family names:
Stanky is survived by his wife, Dickie; three daughters, Beverly, Kay and Marianne; and one son, Mike.
So, it doesn’t fit his wife or kids’ names.
#29 by Mark Mayall on 06.06.07 9:55 am |
In the talkback section of an online article in the London Times, a reader describes the 2012 olympic logo as resembling “an epileptic spider.”
#30 by Ben on 06.06.07 9:57 am |
Seeing those old Indians photos bring back memories - as a kid, it always bothered the hell out of me that they wore read shoes and I was happy they switched.
#31 by Joey Guns on 06.06.07 9:59 am |
Here’s a batboy with his name on the back. This may not have been what the other regular Cardinals batboys were wearing back in 1998 though…..
http://www.steinersp...
Here’s a 1989 Astros bat boy jersey (with BB on the back) for sale on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#32 by LES on 06.06.07 10:02 am |
Hi
Unfortunatly what was once Great Britain has become a haven for yougart knitting lillyliverd politicaly correct liberal morons who think you have to bow to the less desirable aspects of society,and underdtand them ,hence the 2012 logo a Graffiti based monstrosity bringing out everything that is wrong and discusting with this city and country.
Les
#33 by roboto on 06.06.07 10:03 am |
I think that the objects in the Dice-K picture are just another tool to clean off the pitchers spikes. In this picture you can see the spike mat to clean off mud, and I think the black objects are for cleaning the middle section of the cleats between the two sets of spikes.
#34 by James P. on 06.06.07 10:06 am |
Biggio’s oldest son is a batboy for the Astros when he is not in school. He wears a jersey with “Biggio” and the number 7…which makes for a double-take seeing “Biggio” putting a bat in the rack at the same time as “Biggio” is walking to the batter’s box.
Oh, last night, Wandy Rodriguez did not have the two bottons from “Houston” to the botton above the belt bottoned. It must have happened sometime around the 4th inning and they were still undone when he was taken out in the 5th.
#35 by Paul Lukas on 06.06.07 10:18 am |
I devoted an ESPN column to the topic of batboys last year. Look here.
#36 by todd krevanchi on 06.06.07 10:21 am |
thats similar to the “fake” auburn uni updates run on ssur a few years back…
or sidd finch.
hey, does anyone else think that tennessee pitcher monica abbott is trying to mimi colorado states basketball floor in the way she wears her hair?
moby arena floor
http://image07.websh...
abbotts hair
http://farm2.static....
#37 by tim b on 06.06.07 10:32 am |
Uh, yeah, coffee hadn’t kicked in yet. Sorry about that.
#38 by James P. on 06.06.07 10:32 am |
Thanks, Paul!
One thing about Biggio’s son Conor as a batboy, they both are about the same size now that Conor is older.
#39 by Roger on 06.06.07 10:40 am |
I’ve seen the same hat collection at numerous gas stations (not kidding.) So that must be where they come from.
#40 by todd krevanchi on 06.06.07 10:44 am |
paul and mike… the single most famous bat boys of ALL TIME… perhaps even more famous than some mlb’ers…
#41 by Teebz on 06.06.07 10:45 am |
While your points about the logo being a monstrosity are valid, your disdain for Britons is not.
I’m not defending the logo. There have been some ugly logos of Olympics past. What I am saying is check the anger towards the British at the door. Most have indicated they hate the logo as well.
#42 by Steve Flack on 06.06.07 10:45 am |
I enjoyed the dispatch from the mideast, but I don’t see whats so special about baseball caps with the wrong colors. I mean, I’ve seen worse come directly from New Era.
#43 by Roger on 06.06.07 10:58 am |
In searching for this photo, I found this one. Which was found on this page. Which lead to this treasure trove of images.
Enjoy.
#44 by Steve Billings on 06.06.07 11:01 am |
I’m not defending the 2012 log but I am willing to give it some time to evolve. It is intended to evolve. This article below describes it not so much as a logo than a design concept for identity across many media. The days of one logo being recognizable across the internet, HD TV and print are over. Factor in mobile handsets and other newer technologies and the need for dynamic identity becomes a little more understandable.
http://www.undercons...
#45 by Lincoln on 06.06.07 11:02 am |
Aramis Ramirez was wearing high socks for the Cubs last night. First time in a long time I have seen him do that.
#46 by Rich on 06.06.07 11:04 am |
About that London logo, apparently the BBC was victim to some prank involving alternate logos:
http://www.videosift...
it was lost on me because I’m not familiar with Goatse, anyone else?
#47 by Perry on 06.06.07 11:05 am |
I’m still not convinced that new Arsenal kit is real. There’s something fishy about that photo, as many of the commenters at the linked site have pointed out.
#48 by Joey Guns on 06.06.07 11:06 am |
We should track them down for an interview!
#49 by Roger on 06.06.07 11:07 am |
This one is definately uni-related.
Paul, you gotta check these out. They’re awesome.
#50 by nybatt on 06.06.07 11:08 am |
encouraging to see pedro wearing his pants high in his first rehab workout!! unfortunately they weren’t blue.
#51 by Matt R. on 06.06.07 11:09 am |
I just returned from the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, and apologize if the tournament was already covered here.
Two items of note: all 8 teams wore their pants appropriately, i.e., with socks showing. Thankfully, not one player wore pajama pants. A few of the teams, including Arizona (which plays for the national championship tonight), wore real stirrups.
There was an inconsistency with the WCWS sleeve patch on the players’ shirts: some players had the patch on their left sleeve, some on their right sleeve. I couldn’t figure out why, and the inconsistency existed even between players on the same team.
Sorry I don’t have photos to link.
#52 by John E on 06.06.07 11:12 am |
Stanky’s bill says “Coach Stanky”
#53 by Eric on 06.06.07 11:13 am |
At Fenway Park, there is also a water spicket at the base of the back of pitchers mound. This is where the ground crew hooks up their hose when they water down the infield dirt (acutally clay) before the game.
#54 by Anthony Verna on 06.06.07 11:14 am |
Sounds like I was happy to be at last night’s Mets-Phillies game. Which reminds me - that makes THREE Moyer games that I saw this year. How odd is that? (I’ve been to 5 games this year.)
#55 by dpnation on 06.06.07 11:15 am |
some nice commentary on the London 2012 logo on deadspin as well.
#56 by Mike Pratt on 06.06.07 11:18 am |
Those black things behind the boston mound are cleat cleaners
#57 by Bill Brino on 06.06.07 11:21 am |
I think Rusty Staub would be a nice addition to that Mets announcing team. Any pics of Rusty when he roamed the Mets outfield handy?
#58 by Dan on 06.06.07 11:24 am |
the new kit isn’t debuting until July 5, so I don’t think that its the new one. however, the striped socks might be staying. in all honesty i cannot see arsenal in a white shirt due to Tottenham always wearing white.
#59 by Justin on 06.06.07 11:26 am |
Thats exactly right. You can’t talk about Yankees hats being the wrong colors. Theyve sold them in every color imaginable for years. I can’t tell you the last time I actually saw an authentic one actually being worn in public.
#60 by Kevin D. on 06.06.07 11:33 am |
looks like yahoo sports took a page out of the uniwatch notebook:
#61 by Kevin D. on 06.06.07 11:34 am |
sorry
http://sports.aol.co...
#62 by Joey Guns on 06.06.07 11:38 am |
Here’s 2 pics of Rusty with the Mets (none in the outfield though):
http://scoop.diamond...
http://i12.ebayimg.c...
#63 by Amy on 06.06.07 11:39 am |
And apparently they disliked the green red sox jerseys so much they included them twice…
#64 by Joey Guns on 06.06.07 11:40 am |
Actually, they copied cnnsi, who copied Uni Watch two days ago. haha
#65 by adr on 06.06.07 11:41 am |
Article in defense of the London 2012 logo here. Some seemingly valid points.
#66 by KW on 06.06.07 11:45 am |
The JC on the Tennessee softball helmets is a reference to the movie Hoosiers
#67 by James P. on 06.06.07 11:47 am |
When you can’t think of something original, just copy someone else…like the D-backs and their new unis…
#68 by Quint on 06.06.07 11:51 am |
There’s a great shot in there of Goose Gossage wearing shorts with the White Sox that I don’t think was included when this topic came up a little while ago. It’s photo number 12.
#69 by susan on 06.06.07 11:55 am |
One girl has them practically covering the back of her helmet.
#70 by susan on 06.06.07 12:05 pm |
Not to mention they haver their facts wrong! At least one if not both of our Rockets’ titles were won in the old red and yellow. And while we are on the subject of the Rockets uni design changes… the new ones are far worse than any of the ones in the past. Who allows a movie set designer to design the logo for a basketball team? That stupid lopsided R rocket would never fly! Trust me… I AM a rocket scientist!
#71 by Nick on 06.06.07 12:06 pm |
The Buffalo Sabres wore their new Black/Red Unis at the end of the season where they were originally ending/changing out of their Blue/Yellow uniform era.
#72 by WVU Tom on 06.06.07 12:09 pm |
At least this is much better put together. Most of these uniforms really are aesthically un-pleasing, and there is justification for the reason each uniform is included.
Personally, I didn’t think the Bucs old unis were that bad, and gold shirt doesn’t really count as a “uniform” to me. I don’t really like the inclusion of Pittsburgh’s “turn ahead the clock day” unis either, because that was just a promotional gimmick–if you want to pick on the Pirates, just use their current red vests.
#73 by WVU Tom on 06.06.07 12:10 pm |
Sorry, that should read “golf shirt” not “gold shirt”.
#74 by LES on 06.06.07 12:17 pm |
Hi
I am British ,Thats what I see every day.
Les
#75 by Ferdinand Cesarano on 06.06.07 12:20 pm |
Quick random question - In 1990, for the last week of the season (which was also the last week of old Comiskey Park), the White Sox wore their new 1991 home uniforms (which, with minor changes, are still the current uniforms). Based on comments here, it seems not uncommon for European soccer teams to do something like that, but can anybody list any other examples in baseball or other sports?
The only other instance I can think of where a team debuted a new uni design during a season was the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1970.
The Pirates moved into newly-opened Three Rivers Stadium mid-season, and also debuted new uniforms. They changed from vests and belted pants to pullover jerseys and waistband pants. Also, they changed from an all black cap to a yellow with a black bill.
Here is the graphic from Dressed to the Nines showing the two unis.
#76 by Joey Guns on 06.06.07 12:22 pm |
Quint, you beat me to it. That stupid slide show doesn’t allow you to link to the pics.
#77 by Another Jason on 06.06.07 12:26 pm |
Look for more of the blue Indians jersey at home…
Go blue:
The Indians wore their blue tops at home Tuesday for the first time since 2001.
Tribe players asked the front office and clubhouse manager Tony Amato about making the change. Look for them to wear the blue tops on Tuesday and Saturday home games although the starting pitcher can make the final decision.
The Indians will still wear their vest uniforms on Sunday and holidays at home.
As reported here.
#78 by Colin on 06.06.07 12:28 pm |
I’m not sure about that kit either. Primarily, it is different to the Arsenal kit shown on a site linked to from Uni Watch a few days ago.
Also, surely, this is a new Arsenal Away kit, not home (which was new last season and therefore would likely not be changed again until 2008). Even so, this would be a departure from their more usual yellow away jersey.
#79 by tim b on 06.06.07 1:22 pm |
Hilarious that the NBA themselves are capitalizing on Boobie.
http://store.nba.com...
#80 by matt mitchell on 06.06.07 1:24 pm |
does the 2007 zim bobblehead have a steel plate in the head?
#81 by Andy from KC on 06.06.07 1:26 pm |
I guess I’m not seeing the “lots more red trim” on the 2001 Indians jerseys. Are we including belts & shoes in that? I just see the same ugly Indians jerseys they’ve worn since the mid ’90s.
#82 by al on 06.06.07 1:26 pm |
with the yahoo uniwatch, why does everyone always have it out for the baseball unis of the 70s/early 80s? they were unique and each team stood out … this compared to today were there are really only a couple uni designs mass produced with different colors.
#83 by Brendan on 06.06.07 1:35 pm |
Nifty Boobie shirt but generally what a load of rubbish the NBA has for sale for each of the teams. Would it be possible for what I assume are business and marketing grads to please have some ability, taste, or originality? If this is the best that can be created please request refunds on your tuition because your schooling didn’t take. Who would buy this nonsense?
http://store.nba.com...
http://store.nba.com...
#84 by Matthew S. on 06.06.07 1:40 pm |
You are in fact correct that the Rockets won both of their titles wearing the classic red, white, and gold uniforms. They switched to those pin striped monstrosities the season after winning their second title.
Hakeem battling Ewing in the 94 Finals: http://www.sfgate.co...
Hakeen and Clyde the Glide celebrating the 1995 sweep of the Magic: http://www.nba.com/r...
But why all the hatred for the current unis? Granted they’re not the best in the league, and I would like to have seen them add some gold trim, but they are worlds better than this: http://bikerchick.fr...
Just enjoy the fact that the pin stripes have been swept into the dustbin of uniform history.
#85 by Ron on 06.06.07 1:42 pm |
I am not sure if I am being redundant here or if it has been brought up, but why are the Yankees the only team to have satin dugout jackets, while the rest of the MLB teams have the same Majestic template designed jackets.
#86 by Brendan on 06.06.07 1:42 pm |
I really liked most of the uniforms from the 70s and 80s, even the goofy shorts of the White Sox. The only things I can’t really abide are the non-white or non-gray monochrome uniforms, ugh.
#87 by Mr. Met on 06.06.07 1:43 pm |
Trying to describe this in the cleanest, most non-disgusting way possible, it involves a guy bending over and stretching himself open. Look at the first logo again and use your imagination.
#88 by Doug on 06.06.07 1:45 pm |
I live in Germany, and can provide witness to the atrocious world-wide disease of Yankees-cap wearing, almost always in the form of unlicensed caps. It’s probably the worst characteristic of Europeans in the past decade.
#89 by Ron on 06.06.07 1:52 pm |
The floor decals are set for the NBA Finals. Like last year, the center court will have the Championshp trophy surrounding the team logo.
I am also assuming The Finals Patch with trophy will be on player jerseys on right side.
#90 by Rob Hinkle on 06.06.07 1:57 pm |
The Pittsburgh Penguins also changed their jersey’s in the middle of the 1979-1980 season going from blue to gold and black - NHL Uniforms Site
#91 by Perry on 06.06.07 2:00 pm |
Maybe it depends on when you became a fan. For me, it was the 60s, when everybody but the As wore white at home and gray on the road, with jerseys that matched the pants and team colors displayed only in caps, sleeves, and socks (and lettering). Oh, and buttons and belts, not pullovers and stretchbands. To me, that’s what a baseball uniform should look like, and I suspect that will always be true. A colored jersey to me screams “Softball!” and pullovers/stretchbands look utterly ridiculous. Maybe it’s different if you came of age in the 70s or 80s, maybe that look seems “normal” to you.
#92 by Mr. Met on 06.06.07 2:00 pm |
I would venture a guess that, similar to the edict that coaches and managers can wear MLB-issued pullovers in lieu of jerseys, they can probably also wear whatever MLB-issued jacket they want.
I would also guess that George Steinbrenner, who takes great pride in Yankee tradition, has something to do with the use of the classic Yankee jackets as opposed to the newer Premiere and Elevation models.
#93 by todd krevanchi on 06.06.07 2:05 pm |
before last saturday, did anyone outside of ohio even know that boobie was gibsons nickname?
the only boobie i ever heard of was this guy…
also from texas…
http://espn-att.star...
#94 by DJ on 06.06.07 2:30 pm |
Hi
I am British ,Thats what I see every day.
Les
We’ve always wondered what the view was like when one’s head is up one’s arse. Thanks for sharing.
#95 by Kris McInnis on 06.06.07 2:40 pm |
I feel obligated to say some quip in with some type of joke about the logo emblazoned pasta in regards to Alabama, considering Paul picked the Auburn product to feature… but not even I can come up with something for that one. However, I really want to know the sales figures for the Alabama products because you know that any self-respecting BAMA fan would never eat a noodle shaped like the Bear’s head. …well, nevermind. I guess I made a joke anyway.
Also, I will say that the 2012 London logo resembles Pong getting a blow job from a Pac-Man that looks to have been disabled and disfigured after a tragic mining accident. Poor Pac-Man must be out on his luck….
#96 by Chance on 06.06.07 2:43 pm |
The Brewers wear blue satin jackets as part of their retro Friday uniforms.
#97 by Anthony Verna on 06.06.07 2:48 pm |