JJD said:

Check out the sweet helmets on Newport Harbor High. I caught their game on FSN Friday and I thought these were fantastic (although I can’t decide whether the flag should be flipped on the right side of the helmet).

The link goes to a gallery page and when you click a gallery it has an embedded Flash application to view the photos.

im guessing that this is the same Newport Harbor High School which is the focus of “Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County” on MTV which has taken over for Laguna Beach…

It is.

Mr. Met said:

A couple of more observations from the Nike Merriman/Jackson commercial (of which I’m sure someone has already mentioned):

(1) The Vikings are wearing white cleats instead of their usual black

(2) The Steelers are wearing black cleats instead of their usual white

Also, Paul made mention of Clinton Portis’ white cleats. Just the reverse for the Dolphins’ Chris Chambers; in yesterday’s game he wore a pair of cleats that have a huge navy-blue “highlight”, kind of like the reverse of Portis’ design (white on top/tongue of the shoe, blue on the bottom); it almost looked like he was wearing black cleats while the rest of the team had white.

Additionally, in last week’s Giants’ report Paul stated that the NFL has mandated that teams go with one accent color on their shoes this year: apparently the Dolphins did not get the memo because 98% of the team went with the usual white/orange cleats, but Chambers and one other player (whose name skips me right now)went with white/navy-blue…..

Isn’t the real problem with this commercial the glorification of Shawne “I love steroids” Merriman? While I have no love for Barry Bonds, seems silly that Merriman gets a pass while Bonds gets flogged. It is a little less than a year since he was suspended for steroid use but already he is in a national campaign. And Bonds was never suspended (not defending, just saying)

This has been said ad nauseum. He was suspended 4 games per NFL drug policy. What is a free pass? He got caught and was punished.

Clinton Portis is actually wearing soccer shoes. They are the white version of the Nike Total 90 Laser. I’ve noticed several players wearing soccer boots this season, but can’t think of any off the top of my head…

i thought thats what those were and sent a link to paul @ his espn email. while im normally against the cross sport cleating i thought those looked dyn-O-mite!

PattyB23 said:

I don’t recall the Phillies having a red alternate jersey. They do have red BP jerseys though, but I’ve never seen them worn during a regular season game.

They wore their batting practice jersey in 1992 for the second game of a DH in San Diego.

http://cgi.ebay.com/...

Sorry for the blurry shot.

According to the Baseball Almanac.com, the Phillies and Padres did not play any doubleheaders in 1992. I doubt that those red alts were ever worn in a regular season game. Probably just spring training.

They definately wore the red BP jerseys for at least a few regular season games in ‘92 & ‘93. I think they wore them for home Sunday day games.

BTW, the Phils and the Padres played a doubleheader on July 2, 1993.

Had a few posts eaten with a correction.

That is a Sunday game on July 9, 1992. I was confused because the Phils and Dodgers had some games cancelled due to the Rodney King riots in April of 1992.

July 9, 1992 was the only time they wore them in a regular season game.

The Padres and Phillies don’t play in Spring Training. Pads in AZ – Phils in FL.

Zigmund Palffy wore 68 for a half a season with the Islanders, I believe, but I don’t know of any other player using that number.

Jaromir Jagr

Chris,

Nice job, but why the shot of the swoosh?

And those fractional sleeve stripes are awful.

#1 – Desi Relaford wore #8 for the Mets in 2001.

Cookie Rojas also wore #8 during his 3rd base coaching days with the Mets. I remember that from his argument/suspension in the ‘99 playoffs.

Regarding the NHL and uniform #68, Ziggy Palffy did wear it with the Islanders during his 1st couple of seasons in the league, before switching to #16. While #68 has special significance to many Czech players (the Prague Spring in 1968), Palffy was apparently tired of the Jagr comparisons, which I guess comes with the territory in those circumstances.