As you can see, the ticket stub shown at right is from 34 years ago, almost to the day. That date happened to be Father’s Day, 1973 — a day that my family spent at the ballpark.
Looking back, this could not have been much of a treat for my father. Egged on by one of those “Take Dad to Shea for Father’s Day!” ads, I had gotten the bright idea that I would pay for his ticket. But I was so pleased with myself for ponying up the entire $2.75 (no small sum for a nine-year-old whose weekly allowance was a quarter and who wasn’t yet big enough to make extra cash mowing lawns around the neighborhood) that I neglected to consider that he still had to pay for my ticket. And my Mom’s ticket. And parking, and gas, and hot dogs. Plus he had to deal with holiday traffic, which must have been a real bitch. Pop, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry — my heart was in the right place, honest. I just hadn’t thought it all through.
Anyway, the Mets won, thanks in part to recent call-up named Ron Hodges, who hit his first major league homer. I remember reading in the paper the next day that Yogi Berra — then the Mets’ manager — said, “The kid’s got some pop, he’ll hit some more of those,” or words to that effect. And he did — exactly 18 more over the course of a 12-year career, to be exact. To this day, I still don’t understand how such a marginal player managed to stay on a big league roster for more than a decade.
The ticket stub, as you can see, is light blue, which happens to be MLB’s designated Father’s Day color (to promote prostate cancer research, don’tcha know). Among yesterday’s highlights:
• Players have been wearing light blue sweatbands on Father’s Day for years now (I first recall seeing it in either ’99 or 2000), but I think this is the first year that the sweatbands were “DAD”-inscribed — sometimes lengthwise, sometimes crosswise.
• Big Papi really outdid himself with the wristbands: one on the left and two on the right (with a bracelet in between the latter two).
• Many umps wore the blue wristbands too.
• The blue ribbons are old hat by now, but I was mildly surprised to see that they even put one on Terry Francona’s pullover.
• Intern Vince Grzegorek (who took his dad to yesterday’s Indians/Braves game) spotted something I don’t recall having seen before: Santiago Casilla wore a ribbon on his cap.
• As has been the case for the past couple of years, several players also wore blue ribbon temporary tattoos, including Manny Delcarmen, J.D. Drew (who had them on both arms), and Hector Carrasco. (Big thanks to Kelly O’Connor for linking to the Drew and Delcarmen pics in yesterday’s comments.)
That’s all nice enough. But the best thing about this promotion has always been when players wear eye blue instead of eye black. The king of that style yesterday was Felix Pie. If that doesn’t stop prostate cancer, nothing will.
Capital Idea: Here’s a cool opportunity for someone in the DC area. The Capitals will be unveiling their new uniforms this Friday, June 22nd, at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington. The event begins at 5:30 pm, with the actual unveiling slated for about 6:40. I’ve been invited to attend but am unable to make it, so Caps media director Nate Ewell has very graciously consented to allow a Uni Watch representative to attend in my stead.
The surrogate in question will be permitted (indeed, required) to take photos and notes, and will then prepare a summary report that I’ll post on the blog the following Monday. If you’d like to represent Uni Watch at this event, send me a note explaining why you’re the right person for the job. Please include your full name, address, phone number, and age. Thanks. No more applications, please — member Mike Forgy, a longtime Caps season ticket holder, has been selected for the job.
June Raffle: I’ve got an extra copy of the 2001 MLB Style Guide, which shows the official specs and colors for each team, and I’m going to raffle it off for free. This particular copy has a great history: It was raffled off once before, at the 2006 Uni Watch Athletics Aesthetics Party in Brooklyn, where it was won by Mets by the Numbers impresario Jon Springer, but he recently gave it back to me so I could give it away again. Since then, the cover has gotten some light scratches from Uni Watch mascot Tucker (I think he was expressing his displeasure with the Rockies’ solid-purple alternates), which is sort of the Uni Watch office equivalent of a grass stain on a game-used jersey.
This is a free raffle: Just send an e-mail to uniraffle at earthlink dot net by 10 pm eastern on Thursday, June 21st. One entry per person. But everyone who’s signed up for membership by 9 pm Thursday will automatically get three extra entries. If you’re a member and don’t bother to e-mail an entry to the raffle address, you’ll still get three entries. I’ll announce the winner on Friday, OK? OK!
Speaking of membership, Scott is busily catching up on the next batch of cards, and I should be able to add the rear designs to the roster page within a few days. I’ve also created a gallery of all the current back-card designs, which will be updated as Scott creates each new one.
As for the actual cards, just about everyone in the first batch should have received their cards by now. If you still haven’t received yours by, say, Wednesday, let me know. The new batch should start shipping out by the end of this week.
We’ve also decided upon a little bonus benefit that will come into play down the road: All members who join by the end of July will have a special “Charter Member” designation added to their cards when they renew next year.
Uni Watch News Ticker: A few of my recent ESPN columns have mentioned Chuck Kinder, who wore No. 100 for WVU in 1963, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of West Virginia’s statehood. Now Craig Mullen has turned up a video clip about Kinder — nice find. … Really interesting note from Chad Stegemiller, who writes: “Friday’s Indianapolis Star had an article about the 40th year of baseball having a state championship. They included a photo showing Arlington High School and Jasper High School playing in the 1967 state semifinals. I immediately noticed the Jasper players having ‘Jasper’ on their back instead of numbers (plus I am sure you will like their choice in hosiery). Unfortunately, there are no front views of Jasper’s jerseys.” … Reprinted from Friday’s comments: Good article here about the history of NASCAR uniforms. … Andrew Daull found some great Cooperalls footage at the 3:10 mark of this video. … On Friday I asked if anyone knew about the little gold circle on the back of Bobby Abreu’s belt. An inside source from an American League clubhouse responded thusly: “It’s a Phiten titanium disc that has become very popular around clubhouses. I’m not sure how well they would work being on the belt (and thus having several layers of clothing between it and the skin) but many players seem to like it, and I even know one photographer who has two on his elbow to help with some pain he was having — he says the stuff works.” And in a related item, several MLB players also believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and Barry Bonds’s negative drug tests. … Faaaaascinating note from Ryan Hemminger, who writes: “As I was sitting in the gallery at the 10th hole at Oakmont watching Tiger Woods line up a shot on the green, I noticed that he was wearing one black sock and one white sock. I thought that it was odd, and I figured it must be some sort of superstitious thing he does. However, later in the afternoon, at hole number 5, I noticed that Vijay Singh was also wearing two different colored socks — one navy blue and one white [as you can sort of see here — PL]. I can’t confirm with photographic evidence (the USGA is VERY strict about not allowing cameras on the course), but is this some sort of trend among pro golfers, or just an odd coincidence?” Anyone know more about this? … Lots to like in this photo of Dunbar High (Kentucky) baseball team (with thanks to Scot Williams). … Bizarre scene at Steelers fantasy camp, where one of the participants was an amputee with a prosthetic leg, which was emblazoned with a Steelers logo (nice find by Dennis O’Neil). … Redskins long snapper Ethan Albright gave up his uniform number to a teammate in what this article describes as a “private barter transaction” (with thanks to Tim Nichols). … Speaking of the ‘Skins, when Chris Cooley played with his fly unzipped last year, I figured it was an honest mistake. But having now seen the hot pants that he’s wearing during Redskins minicamp, I’m convinced that the guy is a serious fetishist (with thanks to Stewart Snelson). … Kudos to Chris Manes, who found this great old photo of the Suns’ 1960s cheerleading uniforms. … According to the second paragraph on this page (forwarded by Rory Gustison), the Patriots are considering “wearing the team’s throwback red jersey and old helmets for at least one game” in 2009. Yes, three seasons from now. … Very odd scene in Japan, where Warren Cromartie — who first played baseball for the Expos and then for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan — recently participated in a pro wrestling event and wore a Giants-style uniform for the occasion (it said “Samuraiman” across the chest). Afterward, he held a press conference, where, as Jeremy Brahm puts it, “he looked almost just like he did when he played in Japan.” … Fernando Rodney’s cap tag was sticking out yesterday. … Very odd find by Patrick Sharon, who was recently at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton and noticed that a Lee Roy Selmon jersey on display had one orange letter. Just a hunch: I’m guessing that the original heat-pressed white letter peeled off, leaving some discolored fabric in its wake.
#1 by Lockbull on 06.18.07 8:38 am |
Slate.com has a great (and very critical) history of U.S. National team soccer unis here. Yes, the ‘94 World Cup disaster is in there…
#2 by Mike on 06.18.07 8:39 am |
I posted the new blue WVU football jersey the other day only to find the new white and yellow jerseys are now for sale as well. I also grabbed a picture of the old jersey to compare/contrast.
http://public.fotki....
#3 by Matt B on 06.18.07 8:58 am |
Looks like both of Tiger’s socks were black.
right sock
left sock
Too bad the V striping on his shirt looked terrible.
#4 by Mike on 06.18.07 8:58 am |
I almost forgot, I was at the Orioles-Diamondbacks game on Friday and for the first 5 Arizona batters, the scoreboard guys put the wrong colored logo with the players pictures. At first I thought it a little odd they would use the purple and green logo, but then I looked back up and the new red logo was being used…..whoops.
#5 by Dave F. on 06.18.07 8:59 am |
The Rochester Red Wings wore the light blue yesterday, and then raffled them off to raise money for our local cancer center:
#6 by Dave F. on 06.18.07 9:00 am |
Let’s try that again:
#7 by Dave F. on 06.18.07 9:01 am |
How about this:Linky
#8 by DonnyG on 06.18.07 9:03 am |
Whats with the handwritten seat location on that Mets ticket stub?
#9 by Anthony Verna on 06.18.07 9:05 am |
Slate is critical of something? Whoa! Big surprise!
#10 by Kramer on 06.18.07 9:11 am |
I think the best thing out of the patriots article is the silver alt. will be used this year. i love how that looks w/ the helmet
#11 by KC on 06.18.07 9:12 am |
Singh didn’t have two opposite colored socks. He rolled his left(?) ankle on Monday(?) and had it taped/braced up pretty heavily through the week. They made mention of it during the telecast and said that he was using cryogenic therapy to try and make it better.
#12 by Paul Lukas on 06.18.07 9:16 am |
Things were a bit less automated in those days… Also, that MH logo on the ticket is for Manufacturer’s Hanover Bank, a now-defunct (or -merged) institution that was a Mets sponsor at the time. My memory on this is fuzzy, but I think maybe those tickets were ordered thru some sort of special MH deal (if you have a checking account, you get three tix for the price of two, or whatever), and maybe MH just got a bunch of blanks and then had to call the Mets to get the exact seat locations each time they made a sale.
Or maybe not.
#13 by Joe H on 06.18.07 9:28 am |
Or maybe it’s just because we have an ancient scoreboard that our owner is too cheap to replace! The fans would enjoy it, so of course he wants no part of it.
#14 by WVU Tom on 06.18.07 9:29 am |
Ugh…I just really hope we don’t see those gold jerseys actually hit the field.
#15 by James P. on 06.18.07 9:31 am |
add Melky Cabrera to the list of players who had the blue ribbon tattoo yeasterday.
#16 by Sir Jock Strap on 06.18.07 9:32 am |
Those hot pants are awesome.
Can someone please post or re-post a link where I can get me some of them toe socks? The pitty that gets all the roast beef doesn’t like rubbing up against the pitty that stays home all the time.
Thanks.
#17 by WVU Tom on 06.18.07 9:40 am |
The Orioles are Fredo Corelone — they are dead to me.
#18 by Mike on 06.18.07 9:44 am |
Oh lord, let’s hope not, but I bet you will see them on any Thursday night game, or like the white pants, any “big game”…..feh
These are still the best WVU uniforms….being worn by the best WVU QB, of course
http://images.market...
#19 by Phil on 06.18.07 9:48 am |
Fernando Rodney’s cap tag was sticking out yesterday. …
Fernando Rodney wears a “do-rag” or whatever they’re called. So it’s possible that part of it, or the tag from it, is hanging down. I think it falls out when his head snaps around to watch a home run go over the fence.
#20 by Dan on 06.18.07 9:55 am |
Niiiiiiiiiice!
#21 by Chris on 06.18.07 9:56 am |
Regarding the Selmon jersey: yes, the white heat-pressed letter peeled off, but the orange L isn’t discolored fabric. It’s the orange base layer letter that you see as the outline for the rest of the lettering.
#22 by Jay on 06.18.07 10:07 am |
KC’s correct. Vijay had his ankle taped. He rolled on Monday’s practice round.
#23 by Joey Guns on 06.18.07 10:09 am |
I swear the home plate umpire for the Mets/Yankees game also had a blue ribbon tattoo on his right forearm yesterday. I was like “The ump has a tattoo on his arm???”
#24 by Joey Guns on 06.18.07 10:23 am |
NASCAR article about Dale Jr’s new team trying to keep him in the #8 car.
http://sports.espn.g...
Two funny quotes from the article:
“The world will see that Junior could use mandarin Chinese numbers on the car and they would sell just as much souvenirs as the No. 8,” he said. “I personally think that the brand equity is with Junior.
“It’s like the Nike swoosh. There was a Nike before the swoosh, but everybody got to know the swoosh because there was marketing around it. Whatever number he has will take his character.”
#25 by todd krevanchi on 06.18.07 10:26 am |
hey guns,
great line about the “pink” in yesterdays blog entry… had me rolling, as i tend to use the term pink in that context,
…fan of the pink
…had me some pink time last night
#26 by Anthony C. on 06.18.07 10:26 am |
Not that this is totally “uni” related, but I attended my sister’s dance recital yesterday, and during one of the dances, the dancers were all wearing shirts with only one sleeve, but one of them was missing the wrong sleeve. I thought it was interesting, and probably wouldn’t have noticed if I didn’t read this site regularly.
#27 by Paul Lukas on 06.18.07 10:34 am |
Check out our groovy new Watch Your Back ad, in the right-hand column!
#28 by Beats in Buffalo on 06.18.07 10:37 am |
As the Slate article states the men’s national team really needs to adopt an iconic look if it wants to be seen as a powerhouse on the international stage. Leading nations like Brazil, Italy etc only tweak their uniform designs not going for complete overhauls like Team USA does every year or so. Perhaps a red and white hoop design replicating the stripes of the flag, and something really needs to be done about the ball in motion crest currently used the old school crest used on the “Don’t Tread on Me” kits is far superior.
#29 by JeffDem on 06.18.07 10:46 am |
Ron Hodges.Called up because of injuries to Jerry Grote and Duffy Dyer. Career backup. Pretty good OBP, had a tendency to draw a lot of walks. Wore #42, btw.
Where’s the love? LOL. Seemed like in the 70’s there were a lot of his type in the majors..career back up catchers I mean.
#30 by Chad on 06.18.07 10:48 am |
it’s amazing that Hector Carrasco pitched with temporary tattoos on his arm yet he gave up a run. I figured the tattoo would be too distracting to the batters.
#31 by Justin on 06.18.07 10:49 am |
Is it just me or does Angel Cabrera look happy to have one, but scard that someone is going to steal his trophy?
http://sports.espn.g...
#32 by Pittsburgh Gunny on 06.18.07 10:49 am |
Nice find Lockbull!
I have one of those 1950 USA shirts, still the best shirt ever worn for the National Team.
Go USA, Beat Canada!
#33 by Justin on 06.18.07 10:50 am |
obviously the above post should say scared, not scard
#34 by Tom C. on 06.18.07 10:55 am |
Intersting add-on about the tatoos from today’s Boston Globe
“Ink-stained wretches
Some members of the Red Sox, including David Ortiz, Delcarmen, and Crisp, wore temporary tattoos of the blue prostate cancer ribbon. Ortiz’s and Delcarmen’s were on the side of their necks; Crisp’s on the back of his neck. The only problem, Delcarmen said after the game, was the tattoo wasn’t proving so easy to remove . . . ”
#35 by jesse on 06.18.07 10:56 am |
I would think that the US Soccer team would have to start winning some games at the world cup if wants to be seen as a powerhouse on the international stage.
#36 by LouUmp on 06.18.07 10:58 am |
I believe Manny Hanny (thats how New Yorkers referred to it…)was one of the places you could make ’seat reservations’ - my aunt lived in Jackson Heights in those days, and I remember her getting tickets that way, and having to stand in line at a special booth to get actual ducats. I THINK it worked like this: When you made your reservation at the bank, they called the Met ticket office, and got the seat numbers, which were put on a voucher. Then at the special booth, they filled in a blank ticket as shown. I believe the Yankees were the first team that sold tickets via some sort of Ticketron set-up….
#37 by bcrt2000 on 06.18.07 11:00 am |
Chris, have you seen the Calgary Flames AHL affiliate’s new jerseys? Its possible that the big club will be using this design as well:
http://hfboards.com/...
#38 by dw438 on 06.18.07 11:02 am |
Manufacturers Hanover.
Always liked the way Ralph Kiner would butcher that name each and every telecast.
MH is one of the many many banks that were merged into what now is JP Morgan Chase.
Manny Hanny, for sure.
#39 by LouUmp on 06.18.07 11:03 am |
And by the way…the Mets beat The Giants 4-1 - Felix Millan had 3 RBIs, including a dinger..Seaver won his 8th game of the year…
Very easy to look up here
#40 by Anthony Verna on 06.18.07 11:05 am |
I agree - we need to win more games outside of CONCACAF to be seen as a powerhouse. The jersey, frankly, has nothing to do with the performance.
With that said, I’d rather see the team wear something red rather than blue for the color jersey (and the horizontal stripe on the blue jersey is just bland and boring). I’m still a proponent of the current white jersey.
#41 by todd krevanchi on 06.18.07 11:10 am |
last weeks SI cover
http://farm2.static....
reminded me of this SI cover (of arguably the, ahem, greatest infield of, cough, all time)
http://farm2.static....
of course edgardo alfonzo was the best player in baseball for like a year…
#42 by Alan #44 on 06.18.07 11:12 am |
Paul, thanks for the info on the Father’s Day game. My first Met game was Mother’s Day 1969, a doubleheader (for you young ‘uns, that’s 2 scheduled games in 1 day) against Houston. I clicked your link and now I know that the starting pitchers were Don Cardwell and Tug McGraw. I never knew that Tug was a starter.
#43 by Jeremy on 06.18.07 11:14 am |
Oh lord, let’s hope not, but I bet you will see them on any Thursday night game, or like the white pants, any “big gameâ€â€¦..feh
I would bet anybody the first game you see those worn will be the Maryland game on Sept. 13 and then they will reappear on Nov. 8 for the Louisville game.
#44 by Paul Lukas on 06.18.07 11:16 am |
Fun factoid: The caption on that earlier cover originally referred to “Ray Ordoñez” (instead of Rey, which is the proper spelling). They had to do a second print run to fix the error.
#45 by Paul Lukas on 06.18.07 11:18 am |
If you look at the Tugger’s career stats, you’ll see he made 39 big league starts — including one in 1983, his next-to-last season.
#46 by Brady on 06.18.07 11:19 am |
Very odd scene in Japan, where Warren Cromartie — who first played baseball for the Expos and then for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan — recently participated in a pro wrestling event and wore a Giants-style uniform for the occasion (it said “Samuraiman†across the chest).
Anybody notice the ref wearing a mask? Seems a bit opposite of what I know about professional wrestling where the wrestlers wear the masks. Maybe this is the next step for NBA refs???
#47 by Mr. Met on 06.18.07 11:25 am |
I know why Olerud wore the helmet in the field, but for a magazine shoot? Was he afraid a lamp or something might fall on his head?
#48 by Giancarlo on 06.18.07 11:28 am |
There was a branch of Manufacturers Hanover at Fifth Avenue & Union St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn (Hi, Paul!). Now it’s a gym called Body Reserve. The bank had its windows smashed in by rioters during ethnic street-fighting in - get this - June 1973.
#49 by todd krevanchi on 06.18.07 11:32 am |
he probably read of michael jacksons misfortune with his head (more specifically his hair) at a filming for a pepsi commercial, and johnny o didnt want anything to happen to his head for his first and only si cover shoot.
#50 by Mr. Met on 06.18.07 11:36 am |
I suppose, but if he was worried about SI shooting off fireworks near his head like Pepsi did for Jacko, he needn’t have worried……
#51 by todd krevanchi on 06.18.07 11:44 am |
tell that to casey kotchman…
#52 by Broker75 on 06.18.07 11:44 am |
I just wanna express my thanks to all you Yankee haters [about 85% of you all in here] for waking up the sleeping lions/giants of New York. We are on our way
#53 by schuby on 06.18.07 11:47 am |
Man, those wristbands look really weird in that pic
#54 by Broker75 on 06.18.07 11:49 am |
I wonder if you had to be a father to wear one?
#55 by Kenny on 06.18.07 12:00 pm |
No satin jacket? huh
#56 by todd krevanchi on 06.18.07 12:03 pm |
interesting that PL still has that ticket.
like many probably, i try to keep every ticket/grounds pass for all events i go to, sporting/concerts/plays, etc.
i put them together chronologically in an album. and as i was doing so, there was a story for almost every ticket i looked at.
the one ticket i wish i had was phillies/reds either 6/15/79, 6/16/79 or 8/29/79…
it was my first mlb game ever.
retrosheet helped me figure the dates cuz i remember bench going deep…
my most prized are sixers/bulls tickets- games in which jordan got his 5000, 10,000, 15,000 points and when he became the bulls all time leading scorer.
as well as the game when dean smith broke adolph rupps record for career wins.
my ticket album is like a book of great memories…
#57 by Joey Guns on 06.18.07 12:04 pm |
Thanks, I thought it was pretty witty. I think Paula Creamer is pretty decent looking, actually.
#58 by Lutter on 06.18.07 12:05 pm |
Broker75- On your way to what? 2nd place. You have got to be kidding me with that comment! A few weeks ago all the Yankee fans were talking about getting rid of Joe and now you are “on your way.” Good god, no wonder so many people hate the yankees, including this guy
#59 by Mr. Met on 06.18.07 12:05 pm |
What happened to Casey Kotchman……?
#60 by Lutter on 06.18.07 12:06 pm |
This Guy
#61 by Johnny Bacardi on 06.18.07 12:07 pm |
Ugh. Can’t stand vertical stripes like that. I think their jerseys are just fine the way they are.
#62 by Joey Guns on 06.18.07 12:12 pm |
He wanted Rickey Henderson to see him with the helmet on again….
#63 by todd krevanchi on 06.18.07 12:16 pm |
he is the guy from the angels who go hit in the head on a throw back to 2nd, rendereing a concussion… even with a helmet on… was it friday or saturday?
#64 by Phil Pereira on 06.18.07 12:16 pm |
Regarding US Soccer unis, I thought the blue 94 jersey was quite cool (better than the awful adidas templates that year), but the US generally have had poor designs since going with nike, with the exception of the last world cup, I dig the white shirt with the vertical stripes.
#65 by Joey Guns on 06.18.07 12:17 pm |
Here’s an article about one of the 28 NCAA championship teams that are visiting the white house today:
http://www.tennessea...
The Commodores (Vanderbuilt bowling team) will deliver an authentic team jersey and a red, white and blue swirled bowling ball with the team logo to President Bush during today’s NCAA Division I Champions Day.
#66 by Paul Lukas on 06.18.07 12:20 pm |
I have all my stubs from 1971 (first year I attended a game) thru ’83ish. Then, for reasons that aren’t really clear to me, I stopped saving them.
There is something VERY fucked up about these “tickets” that you can now print on your home printer — just a sheet of paper with a bar code. Where’s the collectible/memorabilia satisfaction in THAT? Convenient, yes, but at such a price….
#67 by Joey Guns on 06.18.07 12:23 pm |
Paul, I couldn’t agree more. I can’t STAND the new barcode piece of paper tickets, but the way technology moves, I believe it. I like the good old fashioned tickets. I collect all of my tickets also. I think I have all tickets from 1986 or so. I think I unfortunately even have 1 or 2 of those piece of paper bar codes.
#68 by Mike on 06.18.07 12:29 pm |
BALTIMORE - Sam Perlozzo was fired as manager of the Baltimore Orioles on Monday with the last-place team in the midst of an eight-game losing streak.
#69 by Brian on 06.18.07 12:30 pm |
I need that Kent Tekulve t-shirt from that Watch Your Back ad.
#70 by Dan on 06.18.07 12:31 pm |
I think they should take a better look at the GMs, not Perlozzo. You’re giving a guy ground beef and asking him to cook Filet Mignon! Not gonna happen. They just cut loose a good manager. It’s not like he has control over how lousy the bullpen is! He didn’t sign them!
What were you saying earlier…Fredo!? Well, evidently, Ma Corleonne died, and Fredo (Perlozzo) just went out on the boat! LOUSY!
#71 by jeremy on 06.18.07 12:35 pm |
I work on the field at Rogers Centre (Blue Jays), and yesterday we had everyone on the field wearing the wristbands and many wearing the tats as well—security, grounds crew, ballboys, and of course the umps and players. Pretty sweet, and a nice souvenir.
#72 by Mr. Met on 06.18.07 12:42 pm |
Oh OK…. I thought maybe someone set off fireworks near his head at a photoshoot or something.
#73 by Mr. Met on 06.18.07 12:45 pm |
Good one.
I can just imagine Rickey looking at the cover and saying (aloud of course), “Rickey is amazed that someone would wear a batting helmt on a cover. Now that Rickey mentions it, Rickey played with some guy who wore a helmet in the field. These two cats should get together”.
#74 by todd krevanchi on 06.18.07 12:59 pm |
“That guy i played with in toronto, and that other guy i played with while with the mets were the symbols of first basemen wearing helmets in the field. But today, I’m the greatest of all time. Thank you.”
i think that is EXACTLY what rickey said after breaking brock’s record…
#75 by DP on 06.18.07 1:04 pm |
Looking at who he’s wrestling, the match took place in a puroresu (Japanese pro wrestling) promotion called HUSTLE. Part of their promotion, if I remember correctly, is that refs wear masks for some reason or another. HUSTLE pretty much has the single weirdest gimmicks you’ll ever see; the only American promotion that might compare to it is CHIKARA. I have seen some videos of it, and basically, the promotion is like Power Rangers but wrestling. It’s actually rather fun to watch just for the outlandish gimmicks and whatnot. Here’s another image of him from the HUSTLE website.
#76 by Jason on 06.18.07 1:04 pm |
I’ve always kept my ticket stubs from different events (somewhat randomly)over the years. About a year ago I was moving and found a baseball card tin that had a bunch of my old stubs in it. I started flipping thru them and came across two AHL Kentucky Thoroughblades ticket stubs. As I looked at the dates on the stubs, the signifigance of the stubs hit me like a Mack truck. At the time one of my brothers had Leukemia. We would all (my parents, me and my 3 brothers)go to Thoroughblade games as a distraction from everything else that was going on in our and particularly my brother’s life. During that time my brother passed away. One of the ticket stubs was from the last game we saw with him and the other was from the first game we saw without him. Now the mere sight of those stubs brings back more great memories than any sheet of paper with a barcode could ever do.
#77 by Michael R. on 06.18.07 1:16 pm |
I remeber being happy that Jose Reyes was replacing Rey Ordoñez, because this “Rey” could hit too.
#78 by TX Ken on 06.18.07 1:18 pm |
Its entirely plausible/probable that the “one white sock” worn by these golfers, is an ankle brace of some sort.
#79 by Broker75 on 06.18.07 1:18 pm |
Whoever says ‘get rid of Joe Torre’ should be slapped upside the head with a trout..
#80 by Zack on 06.18.07 1:20 pm |
I noticed yesterday during the Tigers-Phillies game that the Phillies, rather than go with the blue wristbands, wore their blue-brimmed alternate caps.
Pic Here:
http://cmsimg.freep....
#81 by Joe H on 06.18.07 1:21 pm |
Better yet, they hired Andy MacPhail…at least things are happening. If the buck can stop at him, rather than the small greek lawyer, for decision making this may be a landmark day in Baltimore Baseball.
And I’d love to see Davey Johnson back…no disrespect to Girardi, but he’s a Yankee. I don’t want a Yankee leading my team….we know how that ends up.
#82 by Matt Pike on 06.18.07 1:26 pm |
Both Tiger and, more recently, Vijay suffered ankle injuries. They were not wearing two different color socks…they’re ankles were wrapped. They made mention of Vijay’s noticable limp during the round yesterday.
#83 by Patrick on 06.18.07 1:28 pm |
I noticed yesterday during the Tigers-Phillies game that the Phillies, rather than go with the blue wristbands, wore their blue-brimmed alternate caps.
Pic Here:
http://cmsimg.freep&....
The Phillies always wear those hats for interleague games. Some of the players were wearing the blue wristbands, just none shown in this picture.
#84 by Dan on 06.18.07 1:28 pm |
Until the Troll running the show sells off the team…they’re doomed. This would be a REALLY good time for Cal to come riding in to save the day. Broker some kind of buy-out, blow the team up (I’m talking failsafe keys and buttons that bring the house down) and rebuild it from scratch, the way it’s supposed to be.
#85 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 06.18.07 1:34 pm |
isnt it amazing you got all that, just from the site of an old ticket stub?
we all have memories like that, (some more special than others, as youve stated)
they arent stubs, they are roadmaps to memory lane…
#86 by Michael R. on 06.18.07 1:34 pm |
While looking for this pic of Ozzie Smith on google I stumbled across this article about The Wiz participating in a Cooperstown old time recreation game, complete with era fans and umpires.
Check out the baseball Ozzie is throwing too.
I tried to search and see if this had been posted before, but I have only been reading this blog and Paul’s column for just over a year, so this could be very easily be a repost.
#87 by Broker75 on 06.18.07 1:35 pm |
I some how don’t think it’s the coaching in Baltimore, it might have something to do with it, but the owner is ruining this franchise, same thing is happening in Chicago with the Blackhawks.
The Orioles need a face lift, and make it a five team AL East again. Right now there are only three teams worth noting, the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays. And those Devil Eggs or Sunshine Rays[that team from Tampa], why are they so worried about changing their name and colors when they barely win 60 games a year, shouldn’t they be worried more about putting a decent product in one of the worst baseball stadiums in the game? I think the Orioles have the ‘Sosa jinx’.
#88 by Michael R. on 06.18.07 1:42 pm |
Paul can we get a close up of Mr Met from your ticket stub? I have never seen that picture of him. It looks amazing! Or I guess I should say amazin’!
#89 by Mike on 06.18.07 1:44 pm |
At the Sports Legends Museum, right there at Camden Yards, they sell replica turn of the century balls for about $9. They are made of one piece of leather and comein white and brown. I got a white one. It’s a bit bigger than a new one. They would go well with these unis:
http://www.baberuthm...
#90 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 06.18.07 1:46 pm |
see and i remember him only as a met…
and one who was unable to negotiate an agreement to get h