It’s not often that I run a lead item with no photo links. But reader Mark Snider sent me a really interesting communiqué the other day, and it deserves showcase treatment, even without pics. Check it out:
The Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League recently hosted the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. It was the Stampede’s NBA Affiliate Night [a promotion designed to highlight the relationship between NBA clubs and their D-League affiliates], so Idaho was wearing the black road uniforms of their NBA Affiliate, the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Mad Ants wore the red uniforms of the Detroit Pistons.
But Mouhamed Sene, assigned to the Stampede by their other NBA affiliate, the Seattle Super Sonics, wore his green road Sonics uniform. Turns out that the Sonics didn’t want their contracted player wearing the colors of their division (and Pacific Northwest) rivals from Portland. So at times, you had Idaho players wearing black and green uniforms, with Fort Wayne’s team in red. Unfortunately, no photos of the game yet.
There was a similar situation earlier in the season, when Idaho was on the road and was supposed to wear their Sonics uniforms in a game at Rio Grande Valley, where the Vipers were wearing yellow New Orleans Hornets uniforms. But Idaho had an assigned player from Portland, and the Blazers didn’t want him wearing Seattle’s colors. So Idaho wore their regular road red uniforms instead. Apparently the D-League and NBA didn’t take into account assigned NBA players from different teams when they established the NBA Affiliate Nights.
Interestingly, Brian Thompson reports that a similar case of bad planning unfolded at a recent Ontario Hockey League game:
In conjunction with the Windsor Spitfires’ final year at historic Windsor Arena, they’ve brought back their 1950s jerseys for Sunday games. But the Plymouth Whalers only brought their white jerseys to last Sunday’s game, so after the first period the officials made the Spitfires switch to their red jerseys, which happened to clash with their retro socks.
I’m sure there’s a lesson here of some sort, but I’m too busy obsessing over the fact that there’s simply no excuse for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants’ uniforms not to use this fabric for their uniforms. I happen to have several yards of the stuff (that photo is actually a scan of the material) — anyone want to make a jersey out of it?
Annals of Human Folly, Vol. 879,351: Remember that chunk of plastic that came off of Ahmad Bradshaw’s helmet on Sunday? Giants equipment director Joe Skiba tells me he actually picked up the wayward fragment from the Lambeau Field turf — and then threw it away.
Are you fucking kidding me?! Here’s an artifact with “Hall of Fame Exhibit” written all over it, and Skiba treats it like a cigarette butt. As Scott Turner remarked when I told him about this tragicomic turn of events, “Why didn’t he just chuck the Mona Lisa in the trash while he was at it?”
I fully expect the next edition of Skiba’s online video series to address this woeful error in judgment. But I won’t be around to see it, because I’m so distraught over this episode that I’m about to go put my head in the oven.
Uni Watch News Ticker: I love The Power Puff Girls, and apparently so does R.W. McQuarters. I was pretty sure he rotated his cartoon Band-Aids from game to game, but this is the first time I’ve seen a clear shot of him wearing a non-SpongeBob strip. Also, I didn’t know this, but McQuarters’s Band-Aid ritual dates all the way back to his college days at Oklahoma State, as you can see in this 1996 shot (which was kindly provided by Clint Spaulding). … Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: At the 58-second point of this video clip, you can see one of those chemical hand-warmer thingies fall out of Brett Favre’s pocket. … Just when you thought you’d seen everything (with thanks to Chris Flinn). … Interesting mystery uncovered by John English, who sent along this photo gallery from the 1979 American League Red Book. As you can see, two of the Chisox players have red-brimmed batting helmets — never seen that before. Anyone know more about this? … Ewww. … Double-ewww. … All those Packers wearing sewn-in pockets on their jerseys prompted Noel Blaha to send in this shot of Benie Kosar — note the high pocket placement. “During the cold-weather games, one of his hands would seemingly be on top of the other in two different pockets, rather than one pouch,” writes Noel. … “You recently mentioned that the New York Rangers wore three different colored jerseys during a practice,” writes Danny Kroll. “But yesterday here in Pittsburgh, the Capitals wore six different colors during their morning skate.” … Remember, I’ll be deconstructing the finer points of trade magazines tonight at Union Hall in Park Slope, 8 p.m.
#1 by Josh Petty on 01.22.08 7:59 am |
RW McQuarters’ bandaid looks like Dora the Explorer, not Power Puff Girls
#2 by derek on 01.22.08 8:01 am |
Every team has six different colours of practice jerseys, not just the capitals.
#3 by Robert on 01.22.08 8:12 am |
Wow, I love the logo on the Spitfires’ red jerseys. The plane swooping out of the sky? Seriously cool.
#4 by assgrabber on 01.22.08 8:15 am |
derek said:
Exactly, it defines the 3 lines, the defensemen and the goalies. The 6th would be people who are not currently on a line
#5 by derek on 01.22.08 8:25 am |
assgrabber said:
the sixth is for injured players
#6 by Dane on 01.22.08 8:30 am |
It was very cool flipping through Time Out New York over the weekend and seeing Paul Lukas including in the listings. I really wish I could be there tonight – sounds like a cool experience.
#7 by teamcinnamon on 01.22.08 8:32 am |
That retro Spitfires jersey looked pretty awesome!
#8 by CJ on 01.22.08 8:33 am |
Josh is correct, that is a Dora the Explorer Band-Aid that R.W. McQuarters is wearing. I should now, I have 3 daughters, and a box of those damn things in the medicine cabinet
#9 by Chris Hilf on 01.22.08 8:34 am |
I have a 2-year-old who is currently wearing that EXACT model of Dora the Explorer band aid, not powderpuff girls.
#10 by Gazzoo on 01.22.08 8:38 am |
Regarding the White Sox batting helmets…
They never did wear a red brimmed hat as part of that uni set. It’s obvious from the pictures that they are playing the Angels, the White Sox batting helmets must have been lost in transit and they ended up borrowing ones from the Angels.
#11 by Adrian on 01.22.08 8:38 am |
It looks like the catcher is wearing the same helmet in those White Sox pics. Could it be that they were playing the Angels or Indians, and had to borrow batting helmets? Just throwing it out there.
#12 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 8:39 am |
Chris Hilf said:
My daughters are three and five and go through those things like water. And as I mentioned it yesterday, when “RW McButterfingers” made the pick, ran to the center of the field and fumbled, I nearly put two of those band-aids OVER my eyes!
#13 by Christopher on 01.22.08 8:44 am |
Adrian said:
And, both images are clearly in the same field. I’d say I’m almost positive that they’re the same game.
I want to say that’s Cleveland? Municipal Stadium? That did have red seats I believe.
Therefore, I have to believe your theory.
#14 by Kevin G. on 01.22.08 8:57 am |
Gazzoo said:
I think you are exactly right.
#15 by Eephus on 01.22.08 9:04 am |
And, both images are clearly in the same field. I’d say I’m almost positive that they’re the same game.
I’d agree with that. Look at the fans at the corner of the red fence. There’s the same guy in a blue shirt and hat sitting next to a guy with a yellow shirt and white hat.
#16 by mg12 on 01.22.08 9:06 am |
Does the NBA development league still use the old NBA ball that was used for the first half of the ‘06-’07 season?
http://media.idahost...
In this image and the image used for today’s lead item it appears that they are using this old NBA ball, only with blue recessed ridges.
#17 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 9:14 am |
mg12 said:
They do.
#18 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 9:20 am |
And for the playground, pick up, and men’s leagues that I play in, there is absolutely nothing that I can find wrong with either the extinct NBA or NBDL ball. The added grip actually helps considering my hands aren’t as big as Shaq’s which I found out at the NBA store yesterday!
#19 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 9:20 am |
a moment of silence, please
#20 by Eriq Jaffe on 01.22.08 9:20 am |
Christopher said:
Nah, that’s not Cleveland. In 1979 & 1980 (the two years the Sox used that sock stripe pattern), the Indians had those “thick” stripes on their sleeves. Also, there are far, far too many people in attendance for that to be Municipal Stadium during that time. ;)
#21 by tedkerwin on 01.22.08 9:20 am |
Considering the number of people in the stands I would guess it is California not Cleveland, Angels won the west that year and Chicago was in the West while Cleveland was in the East barely finishing .500 Municipal stadium looked very empty when 20,000 fit in a stadium that held 80,000
#22 by Joe H on 01.22.08 9:22 am |
Joe Skiba doesn’t “get it”
#23 by tedkerwin on 01.22.08 9:26 am |
Speaking of batting helemts I knew about Raines from this sight but did not know about the Furcal tribute to Hank Aaron causing a fuss. If Uniwatch was around in 2004 I am sure I would have.
#24 by Shaftman on 01.22.08 9:26 am |
LI Phil said:
I’m not a soccer fan so I’m going to ask “Why?”.
#25 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 9:28 am |
mr. nike posted this last nite…funny, funny shit…might be a lil NSFW, so open with caution
‘eli might be better than peyton’
#26 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 9:30 am |
Shaftman said:
sorry…i should have included the photo cap:
Workmen erect a giant mural depicting the 1958 Manchester United team on the East Stand at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, north-west England, 22 January 2008. The photograph is seen behind a statue of the then team manager Sir Matt Busby. 06 February marks the 50th anniversary of the airplane crash in Munich which killed seven players as they returned from a European Cup game against Red Star Belgrade. A memorial service will take place on the anniversary and the following Saturday the Manchester derby against Manchester City will see the teams wear 1950’s style kit bearing no sponsorship or players names. The official Manchester City supporters club has called for a minutes silence to be changed to a minute of applause over fears that some rival fans may spoil the silence.
#27 by scott on 01.22.08 9:30 am |
That doesn’t look like Anaheim Stadium structurally, though.
#28 by tedkerwin on 01.22.08 9:42 am |
Sunday, September 9th
IN THE NEWS: The first place Orioles romp to their 7th win in a row, larruping the Red Sox, 16–4. Rick Dempsey hits a grand slam for the Birds in their 6-run 6th, and Al Bumbry adds a home run in the same frame. Jim Rice homers for the Bosox. Sox C Bob Montgomery is 1-for-2 in his last ML game. He is the last ML batter to wear a hard liner in his cap instead of a batting helmet.
From Baseball Library
I am sure if you wanted to pay you could go to the LA Times Archive and read the stories of the two or three day games played by the White SOx and Angels that year but the pictures could have been taken in the first inning of a night game as well. Washington batted second and Solderholm fourth in the box scores I saw. No hits on batting helmet in the search I did.
#29 by todd krevanchi on 01.22.08 9:43 am |
LI Phil said:
i laughed whole-heartedly… and im a cowboys fan!
“yeah, and kobe’s better than michael.”
#30 by Gill Sans on 01.22.08 9:44 am |
Photo Gallery from the DM Register about the 1974-75 Drake men’s basketball team here:DM Register Gallery
The gallery shows two different white unis for Drake. Not sure if they wore two different unis that year, or if the half-assed Register staff pulled pics from two different years. Either way, it’s interesting.
#31 by MattG on 01.22.08 9:44 am |
Now I don’t play hockey but I’m pretty sure they wear different colours (yes colours – I’m Canadian) in practice to denote line combinations and defense pairings.
So for example if you were my beloved habs the top line might wear bleu, the second line may wear blanc and the third line would wear rouge.
I made up the example but I think you get my point.
#32 by Nicole on 01.22.08 9:45 am |
Shaftman said:
There was a plane crash in which 23 members of the Manchester United soccer team died.
http://en.wikipedia....
#33 by scott on 01.22.08 9:53 am |
But the photos of the ChiSox are in the 1979 AL Red Book, meaning the photos are from 1978, right?
#34 by dm00n [Doug] on 01.22.08 9:54 am |
Gazzoo said:
You could be right, they have their heads turned far enough that I think you can safely say they do not have the SOX wordmark on those lids.
#35 by JoeS on 01.22.08 9:55 am |
MattG said:
Whoa, whoa, wait a minute! You’re Canadian and you don’t play hockey!
#36 by Rick on 01.22.08 9:58 am |
Joe H said:
I agree. That would’ve been a great Uni Watch raffle item, or he could’ve even sold it on Ebay for charity! haha
#37 by Eric on 01.22.08 10:00 am |
The Blazer player on the Idaho team during the last Affiliation Night was Taurean Green. Local Portland media outlets reported that he actually did end up wearing Seattle green. The Blazers management threw a small fit after the fact. No pictures were provided.
I, for one, do not see the problem. The players aren’t actually playing for a division rival, and wearing the “wrong” uniform for a game isn’t going to have an effect on any contract, so what’s the big deal?
#38 by Jim on 01.22.08 10:00 am |
I am looking into buying a 1992 NHL All Star jersey. I would like to get a name on it, but I need to know who were All Stars in 1992. Anyone know where I can get the rosters for 1992 All stars? My usual websites are not turing up the answers I need.
#39 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 10:02 am |
Eric said:
Unfortunately it’s business, common sense does not always prevail in our litigious society. No different than this.
#40 by dm00n [Doug] on 01.22.08 10:03 am |
Wow, I was looking at old White Sox photos and came across a really bad photo alteration.
#41 by Cork on 01.22.08 10:04 am |
The white sox game in question is most likely Sunday May 20, 1979. If the Sox only wore those uni in 79 and 80, it would have been from 1979 as Soderholm was traded from the Sox to the Rangers in June of 1979. That leaves one three-game set at Anaheim May 18-20, 1979. I am assuming the friday and saturday games were at night, which would leave the Sunday afternoon game.
Still one thing doesnt jive. If it was misplaced batting helmets, this was series was the second road series. They played in Oakland before the California series. If the helmets were lost on the way to the Oakland sereis, surely they would have arrived in time for the Angels series. and if they were lost on the way to Anaheim, certainly they would have been there in time for the Saturday and Sunday games. Otherwise, the Sox played the entire series and possibly two entire series with other team’s batting helmets.
#42 by Mike on 01.22.08 10:05 am |
Jim said:
http://en.wikipedia....
#43 by Shane on 01.22.08 10:09 am |
teamcinnamon said:
Exactly what I was going to say. Love ‘em.
#44 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 10:10 am |
And speaking of business and sports colliding. Check out these pics of a pizza delivery truck from a pizzeria around my way. I think the owner is a Browns fan!
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
If there’s any problem with the links, just scroll through the album at Flickr!
And just a suggestion, because they have been a source of ill will lately, maybe we should place the “Green Dot” and “UCLA” topics in the FAQ section!
#45 by DarkAudit on 01.22.08 10:13 am |
Eric said:
You don’t wear your rival’s gear. Ever.
#46 by dm00n [Doug] on 01.22.08 10:14 am |
Rick said:
Not only that, depending on whether it was just paint or a layer of the helmet material (are those helmets even painted? I sort of think of them as having infused color) you would think Schutt would want the helmet and the pieces so they could figure out if the failure compromised the helmet at all and exactly what happened.
My favorite part about the whole thing is the part where the front patch of the helmet and the remaining 4 both come free and travel in different directions. It is like that one photo Paul had of the helmet number flying off but even cooler.
#47 by Jim on 01.22.08 10:15 am |
Mike said:
Yes, I have been here but it does not tell me the roster. I need to know the roster to pick out the name I would get. Any help would be great.
#48 by Teebz on 01.22.08 10:19 am |
Jim said:
Wales or Campbell Conference?
It was in Philly, and Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues was the MVP for the Campbell Conference in a 10-6 Campbell Conference victory.
Alexander Mogilny of the Buffalo Sabres played for the Wales Conference.
Ed Belfour started in his 1st All-Star game for the Campbell Conference.
However, I haven’t been able to find a roster either. I’ll keep searching.
#49 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 10:22 am |
Jim said:
1992? top of my head i’d say “anyone from the dream team”…i’ll get it and get back to you
#50 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 10:23 am |
LI Phil said:
READ PHIL READ
sorry…im at work and i thought it said NBA…im a idiot
/carry on
#51 by confused about things on 01.22.08 10:24 am |
Gazzoo said:
do they have green dots on them? if so, what do they mean?
#52 by odessa steps on 01.22.08 10:26 am |
Jim said:
#53 by Jim on 01.22.08 10:27 am |
Teebz said:
Yeah I can’t find it anywhere. It is the white one, so it would be Wales Conference (now East).
#54 by ThresherK on 01.22.08 10:29 am |
Okay, I’ve heard of these antz, and I’ve learned about the buzz and the bees.
But can someone explain what Mad Antz are and what connection they have to Indiana?
#55 by tedkerwin on 01.22.08 10:34 am |
1992 NHL All Star Game Recap from NYT
The National Hockey League All-Star Game is the one hockey game of the year after which the losing players don’t grouse and mutter and answer questions, heads down, with one or two words and cliches. And this afternoon, it didn’t matter that the Campbell Conference had defeated the Wales Conference here at the Spectrum by 10-6: Bryan Trottier was happy to have been a part of it and to have scored a goal.
“I played my first All-Star Game here in Philadelphia,” said Trottier, a former Islander and current Pittsburgh Penguin who played in his first All-Star Game in 1976 and was added to this season’s game under the senior category established last season. “I played my 1,000th game here, too, and the fans gave me a standing ovation. I have a few special memories here.”
The best memories of this All-Star Game, the league’s 43d, will go to Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues, who scored two goals and assisted on another and won a motor vehicle as the player of the game. He was right wing on a line with Los Angeles center Wayne Gretzky, who had a goal and two assists. The combination of hockey’s best sniper and hockey’s best setup artist was something special to see.
“I had the feeling I was going to get a couple of chances today,” said Hull, the league’s leading goal scorer, who missed last year’s All-Star Game because of a foot injury. “Gretzky is extremely easy to play with.”
Theoren Fleury of Calgary also scored twice for the Campbells, as did Brian Bellows of Minnesota. It was the first All-Star Game ever with no penalties. The Campbells had 42 shots on goal and the Wales had 41. The Campbells led by 2-1 after one period, then took command with six goals in the second off goalie Don Beaupre of the Washington Capitals.
It also was the first game ever to include two players from the former Soviet Union. They were Buffalo’s Aleksandr Mogilny and Detroit’s Sergei Fedorov. Mogilny scored a goal for the Wales and Fedorov had two assists for the Campbells. In the skills competition the night before, Fedorov won the speed-skating event and Mogilny finished second. After the game today, they posed together for pictures on the ice. Wide-Open Game
“I was a little nervous,” Fedorov said. “I am so excited and very happy for me and for my friend, Alex Mogilny. To be an All-Star is a very big surprise for me. I am so happy to play on the same team as Wayne Gretzky.”
Also scoring for the winners were Trevor Linden, Jeremy Roenick, and Gary Roberts. Also scoring for the losers were Kevin Stevens, Scott Stevens, Owen Nolan and Randy Burridge.
As is usually the case with these games, the players joked about the lack of checking and rough play and about the wide-open style that favors goal-scorers.
“Larry Robinson gave me the best advice,” said Mark Tinordi of the Campbells. “He said, ‘When Mario Lemieux comes on the ice, get off.’ “
Lemieux didn’t have a point today.
#56 by Teebz on 01.22.08 10:36 am |
Jim said:
Ok, I’ve found more Wales Conference players.
Jaromir Jagr, Kevin Stevens, and Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ray Bourque of the Boston Bruins, Alex Mogilny of the Buffalo Sabres, Patrick Roy of the Montreal Canadiens.
#57 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 10:36 am |
ThresherK said:
On the Bees main splash page above the tab for Premium Seating, by any chance was that Jeff Weaver?
#58 by KT on 01.22.08 10:37 am |
ThresherK said:
The city of Fort Wayne was founded by General Anthony Wayne, known colloquially as “Mad Anthony Wayne.”
“Mad Ants” honors “Mad Anthony.”
#59 by tedkerwin on 01.22.08 10:38 am |
More on 1992 NHL All-Star
The Rangers take themselves so seriously this season that there was considerable grumbling today when the National Hockey League announced that center Mark Messier, defenseman Brian Leetch and goaltender Mike Richter were among the 15 players added to the Wales Conference team for the National Hockey League All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Jan. 18
Although this marked the first time since 1977 that the Rangers will dress as many as three players for the game, the players wondered aloud after practice why there could not be more. Why not four, or five?
“The selection process is so strange; I’ve given up trying to figure it out,” said Mike Gartner, passed over despite 24 goals. “I’m disappointed, but not that surprised. I think I’m on as good a pace as I ever was.” Complex Calculations
Gartner joined several other players around the league who probably deserved to play in the game but will not participate because of a complicated process that involved fan balloting and demanded at least one player from each team.
Among the 15 players added today to the 6 starters in the Wales Conference were defenseman Scott Stevens (10 goals, 27 assists, 37 points) of the Devils and wing Ray Ferraro (20-19-39) of the Islanders.
Left off were Claude Lemieux (25-12-37) and Peter Stastny (21-23-44) of the Devils; Derek King (24-15-39) of the Islanders; Sergei Nemchinov (20-10-30) of the Rangers and Joe Mullen (26-30-56) of the Penguins.
Even Richter, who gladly accepted his first-ever invitation, had some problems with the process. Three’s a Crowd?
For the first time, a panel of four winning general managers (Mike Keenan of Chicago, Rogatien Vachon of Los Angeles, Harry Sinden of Boston, and Craig Patrick of Pittsburgh) made the selections, instead of the All-Star coaches. Also for the first time, there were three goaltenders selected instead of two.
Richter, with a record of 15-6-1 and a goals-against average of 3.00, had no way of knowing whether he or Don Beaupre of the Washington Capitals (14-7-1, 2.88 goals-against) was the second choice behind Patrick Roy of Montreal, and this troubled him.
“It’s a fantastic honor, but I wish only two goaltenders were going, even if I was the third,” Richter said. “That way, making the team is more of a special thing.”
Richter felt uncomfortable discussing this honor with goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck dressing in the next stall.
“My position is comparable to Beezer’s, and I feel awkward accepting it,” he said. “And what about Gartner and Sergei? Is their value any less for not making it?”
Leetch was named to the team for the third successive season. Ridiculously, Messier was overlooked in the fan balloting, finishing eighth with just 20,539 votes. Ahead of him were such nonsuperstars as John Cullen, Pierre Turgeon and Dale Hawerchuk.
“That’s O.K.,” Messier said, of the puzzling fan vote. “When I was in the Campbell Conference, I never finished higher than sixth, either.” SLAP SHOTS
Instead of conventional practice today, the Rangers broke up into four teams and played a series of hockey and hand-eye coordination games.
#60 by Ryan on 01.22.08 10:39 am |
Re: RW McQuarters, he discusses his band-aid wearing in a recent Q & A session. The one pictured is, as has been noted, Boots the Monkey’s buddy Dora the Explorer.
http://www.nypost.co...
#61 by u2horn on 01.22.08 10:40 am |
DarkAudit said:
http://enrico.blogs....
#62 by tedkerwin on 01.22.08 10:42 am |
It is sad to see these 1992 articles on the NNL and see that it was the last year before they over expanded. 22 teams was a nice number even if 16 teams made the playoffs.
#63 by KT on 01.22.08 10:42 am |
DarkAudit said:
This from the forthcoming book, Everything I Need to Know I Learned from the Bloods and the Crips.
#64 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 10:47 am |
nhl all star games & rosters
scroll down
/i have NEVER had such a hard time finding what should be such readily available info
#65 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 10:47 am |
Ryan said:
Good catch Ryan…Michael Kaye mentioned the interview on ESPN Radio the other day before the game, but I didn’t get a chance to read it!
They kept harping on the fact that RW’s kids all have the same initials and that he’s still not married to “the mother of his children”, which as a topic of discussion for a football pre-game show seemed to sway a bit too much to the conservative right, at least for me!
#66 by Stuby on 01.22.08 10:56 am |
dm00n [Doug] said:
Wow, that’s awful. And the photo was even taken at Candlestick Park.
#67 by scott on 01.22.08 11:00 am |
Those photos of the White Sox, assuming they were taken in Anaheim, have to be from the last series Chicago played there in 1978, which is when both Claudell Washington and Eric Soderholm were both playing for the White Sox. How could they be from 1979 and also be in the 1979 Red Book?
#68 by GoTerriers on 01.22.08 11:09 am |
MPowers1634 said:
Nope, more likely his baby brother, Jered, he of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
#69 by Cork on 01.22.08 11:10 am |
I was young, and my memory could be failing me, but i thought the Red Book title referred to the year the book covered.
Naming things for when they come out (even if they cover the year before) is an invention of the late 90s and 2000s, so as to sound more “up to date”
#70 by Jet on 01.22.08 11:13 am |
Joe Skiba…. oh, the humanity!!!
I think we should put out an all-points bulletin to Wisconsin Uni-Watch members — get over to Lambeau and start rooting through the trash bags!!!!!
-Jet
#71 by E_Ro on 01.22.08 11:13 am |
Shane said:
Off white is my new favorite hockey sweater color.
#72 by scott on 01.22.08 11:14 am |
Naming things for when they come out (even if they cover the year before) is an invention of the late 90s and 2000s, so as to sound more “up to date”
Huh? When Sporting News came out with its Register or Guide for a season, you always knew the date on the cover was a year later than the statistics contained inside. The same logic follows for the Red and Green Books.
#73 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 11:15 am |
GoTerriers said:
Thanks, GT
#74 by GoTerriers on 01.22.08 11:18 am |
GoTerriers said:
Sorry to be self-referencing here, but by way of further explanation, Salt Lake is the AAA affiliate of the Angels and was the younger Weaver’s final minor league stop before joining the Halos’ rotation.
Jeff came up through the Detroit organization, so his AAA stop would have been with the Toledo Mud Hens (the favorite team of one Maxwell Q. Klinger)
#75 by Jamie on 01.22.08 11:18 am |
MPowers1634 said:
Im pretty sure you ment to say that he was a steelers fan right? Cuz the steeler logos are everywhere.
Just makin sure!
Jamie
#76 by KT on 01.22.08 11:22 am |
Cork said:
Not sure I follow you, there, Squadron Leader.
I have a bunch of AL Red Books and NL Green Books and the dates on them correspond with the upcoming season.
I have this one which is the 1982 Guide, and which clearly has Fernando Valenzuela and Nolan Ryan’s no-hitter from 1981. The stats inside are from 1981. The rosters and stuff are looking ahead to 1982.
#77 by Rick on 01.22.08 11:27 am |
Jamie said:
I think that was a joke about being a Browns fan. I find it interesting that 201 is a NJ area code…..
#78 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 11:29 am |
Jamie said:
Yes, Jamie. I neglected to turn on the sarcasm button. :)
#79 by Steve on 01.22.08 11:35 am |
See R.W. McQuarters 3 kid’s names?
Robert William McQuarters III
Rylan Winter McQuarters
Reagan Winston McQuarters
That reminds me of Steroid Man Clemens….
Koby Aaron Clemens
Kory Allen Clemens
Kacy Austin Clemens
Kody Alec Clemens
#80 by Charlie on 01.22.08 11:40 am |
The opposite of Ewww…Simply stunning Maria sharapova
#81 by Charlie on 01.22.08 11:40 am |
The opposite of Ewww…Simply stunning Maria sharapova
#82 by Charlie on 01.22.08 11:41 am |
what the heck…it did it twice.
http://image59.websh...
#83 by David Lind on 01.22.08 11:42 am |
Steve said:
Insert George Foreman comment here.
#84 by Stan aka the took on 01.22.08 11:53 am |
the spitfire jereseys look awesome! retro and new… i dont even like hockey and i would pick that up.
by the way paul when is the ny party again?
#85 by Mike Engle on 01.22.08 11:54 am |
David Lind said:
I knew Roidger did the K thing because K is for strikeout, but I didn’t know about the common middle initial A. What does that mean in Clemensese?
#86 by Corey on 01.22.08 11:55 am |
I agree. Not to sound like a dork, but I believe it’s a Dora the Explorer Band-Aid and not Power Puff Girls.
#87 by Gazzoo on 01.22.08 11:55 am |
I’m almost certain that the White Sox pics come from the September 30-October 1 1978 end-of-season series in Anaheim. The Sox only played two series there that season, and Claudell Washington did not play in the first series.
I’m leaning towards it being the October 1 game, as the pics indicate a nice size crowd and it was the only game of the series to draw over 16,000 (Nolan Ryan was pitching).
#88 by Mike on 01.22.08 11:55 am |
KT said:
Not this Mad Anthony?
#89 by Patrick on 01.22.08 11:59 am |
I didn’t realize Gabe Kaplan played for the White Sox.
#90 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 12:00 pm |
David Lind said:
Know your Georges
George Foreman “Big George”: America’s lovable “Grill King” and the oldest man to hold boxing’s heavyweight title
George Jr. “Junior”: Played basketball in college; now helps run his dad’s business endeavors
George III “Monk”: Graduated from Rice with a degree in sports management; now helps run his dad’s business endeavors
George IV “Big Wheel”: Plays tailback at the University of Redlands and plans to major in either politics or business
George V “Red”: Plays junior varsity football at Hargrave High in Huffman, Texas
George VI “Joe”: He’s the youngest of the Foreman clan
#91 by Steve Prudente on 01.22.08 12:01 pm |
you know that some time in the near future some idiot IS going to play that helmet guitar in the super bowl halftime show
#92 by Melvin on 01.22.08 12:03 pm |
Corey said:
You don’t sound like a dork at all.
You sound like a guy who doesn’t read the comments before he posts.
#93 by Mike W. on 01.22.08 12:08 pm |
Anyone notice the black clips on Bradshaw’s facemask?
I believe they are there to hold a visor in place, but he wasn’t wearing a visor for the game.
Here is a practice shot with one
http://www.giants.co...
My belief is that his visor “fogged up” from his warm breath and face in the cold weather. So it was removed.
#94 by dm00n [Doug] on 01.22.08 12:09 pm |
Steve Prudente said:
Helmet guitar has a built-in “amp” and mini speaker. It doesn’t even appear to have a jack. Someone would have to heavily modify it to use it for something like that.
#95 by LT on 01.22.08 12:10 pm |
I’m fairly certain that the background in the red book shots is Anaheim Stadium circa that era. It has been redone several times in response to an earlier post about it not looking right. The reason for the red brim? Who knows? A great Uniwatch mystery. If only one was turned a bit more to see if it has the old Angels’ A logo with the halo.
EVERY hockey team has six or seven different colored jerseys, many of them in odd colors. That was discussed last week when the Rangers shot was first posted. This shouldn’t be surprising that the Caps would have green or yellow versions. As was posted last week and today, they differentiate line combinations and defensemen from forwards. In high school, we just had one color of practice jersey but our coach still called us the “red line” or the “yellow line” for ID’s sake.
#96 by scott on 01.22.08 12:14 pm |
I’m almost certain that the White Sox pics come from the September 30-October 1 1978 end-of-season series in Anaheim. The Sox only played two series there that season, and Claudell Washington did not play in the first series.
I’m leaning towards it being the October 1 game, as the pics indicate a nice size crowd and it was the only game of the series to draw over 16,000 (Nolan Ryan was pitching).
I just looked at Paper of Record, where old Sporting News can be accessed, and there’s no mention of it in the game summaries or in the columns about the Angels and White Sox. But I’m inclined to agree with those who believe the photos come from the last series of the year between the White Sox and Angels in 1978.
#97 by Cort on 01.22.08 12:16 pm |
LI Phil said:
I’m a loyal Man City supporter. There is an enormous rivalry, a Yankees-Red Sox style rivalry, between these two clubs. There was a time when Man City was the dominant club, but they have struggled for the last 18 or 20 years, while Man U has enjoyed great success. At least once before, Man City officials have disavowed fans who have embraced chants and stadium songs mocking the Munich Disaster. It’s classless stuff, from usually decent fans.
During World War Two, the Germans bombed Old Trafford, home stadium of Man United. In the mid Nineties, one of Man City’s stars was a German, named Uwe Rossler. This prompted a very popular t-shirt slogan: “Uwe’s Grandad Bombed Old Trafford!”
It’s a heated rivalry.
#98 by LT on 01.22.08 12:19 pm |
Adding to my earlier hockey post, did a few googles for practice photos. It is always weird to see the Original 6 in particular in odd colors, like the Maple Leafs in red…
http://www.citynews....
Or the Boston Bruins in red…
http://www.boston.co...
Les Canadiens in blue or possibly black…
http://www.canada.co...
Colleges do it too. This shot of a Wisconsin player in blue popped up on my Blackhawks search…
http://www.uscho.com...
#99 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 12:20 pm |
talk about your bad pre-photoshops
ah…the shorts
#100 by Luke on 01.22.08 12:21 pm |
Ty Conklin wore new leg pads last night when he replaced Dany Sabourin. I had expected him to only wear them during warm ups, but he was wearing them when he entered the game in the second period. Interestingly enough, he didn’t change his blocker and glove. He also switched from black pads to white pads (scroll down) Which is a pretty big change for a netminder to make, especially coming off a 10-1 stretch.
#101 by dgc on 01.22.08 12:25 pm |
LI Phil said:
I don’t think those are the All-Star Game rosters, those are the NHL’s end of year All-Stars.
#102 by Chip on 01.22.08 12:27 pm |
Jim said:
try this
#103 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 12:27 pm |
dgc said:
great…well…i tried…anyone else can find the ASG rosters, please, tell me what search parameters you used
#104 by Stuby on 01.22.08 12:29 pm |
LI Phil said:
A couple more really Bad Airbrushing Attempts.
#105 by Patrick on 01.22.08 12:29 pm |
In my inbox this morning was a link to purchase a Mariners patch from MLB.com.
Note that the site doesn’t mention that you can’t attach it to anything because of the “collectible back” which I interpret as retail-speak for “impenetrable substance.”
But it will look great in your scrapbook!
#106 by Shane on 01.22.08 12:34 pm |
Cort said:
Well that makes one of us.
*cough* More good diagonal lettering on hockey sweaters: Williams College men’s team.
#107 by Paul Lukas on 01.22.08 12:34 pm |
Stan aka the took said:
Saturday, Feb. 2nd. Full details tomorrow.
#108 by LM on 01.22.08 12:42 pm |
Lets just hope that Joe Skiba didn’t commit Annals of Human Folly, vol, 879,352 and send that helmet to the reconditioner to get it repainted for the Super Bowl.
That game will surely go down in the history of the NFL as one of the greatest games ever, and that helmet would be a great relic of that bitter cold game.
The helmet should find a nice home in Canton.
#109 by Patrick on 01.22.08 12:49 pm |
When I saw the White Sox pics, I immediately recognized the catcher’s uniform as the California Angels. I had one of the scratchy, polyester Angels replicas in the late 70’s.
Catcher in the White Sox picture
Angels jerseys from that era
#110 by LM on 01.22.08 12:53 pm |
#111 by derek on 01.22.08 12:55 pm |
Paul- i would recommend that you put why nhl and college teams wear different colored practice jerseys in the faq section
#112 by Jeffrey Mac on 01.22.08 12:58 pm |
LI Phil said:
lol at oscar gamble’s hat…it looks as if it has no bill. that’s nice work by the baseball card painter guy.
#113 by Joe on 01.22.08 1:05 pm |
The D-League apparently always wears NBA jerseys of their affiliate. I remember seeing my hometown Dakota Wizards in the paper and at first I assumed they accidently used a Grizzles Vs Heat picture but upon further investigation they used the NBA jerseys. Also they use the balls that the NBA discarded because they want the up and coming players to be used to it for a switch in the future when most NBA players will have come up through the D-League and will not complain about the crappy ball.
#114 by Joe on 01.22.08 1:05 pm |
The D-League apparently always wears NBA jerseys of their affiliate. I remember seeing my hometown Dakota Wizards in the paper and at first I assumed they accidently used a Grizzles Vs Heat picture but upon further investigation they used the NBA jerseys. Also they use the balls that the NBA discarded because they want the up and coming players to be used to it for a switch in the future when most NBA players will have come up through the D-League and will not complain about the crappy ball.
#115 by Mickel Yantz on 01.22.08 1:06 pm |
Looking at the Idaho Stampede Pictures, #42 Mouhamed Sene even wears a Sonics patch on his normal jersey where everyone else on the team does not.
#116 by Joe on 01.22.08 1:06 pm |
sorry for the double post
#117 by Marty Met on 01.22.08 1:06 pm |
Mike Engle said:
Androstenedione
#118 by Mickel Yantz on 01.22.08 1:09 pm |
Link for message #115
Mickel Yantz said:
http://www.nba.com/g...
#119 by Patrick on 01.22.08 1:11 pm |
Jeffrey Mac said:
I think we all have to look at these in context of the time they were created. When these cards came out, did you know they were airbrushed/retouched/pre-Photoshopped? Did you care?
Sure it’s funny in retrospect, just like Godzilla movies or short shorts. But considering where technology was at, it’s pretty OK.
#120 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:15 pm |
Marty Met said:
nice one marty…i was gonna say something that begins with A and ends in HOLE but yours is even better
#121 by LT on 01.22.08 1:16 pm |
Marty Met said:
LOL
#122 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:17 pm |
Patrick said:
yes and yes
#123 by Fez Whatley on 01.22.08 1:19 pm |
Rick said:
Little Area Code history…Area codes were assigned based on the length of time a rotary dial phone took to dial the area code. Densely populated areas like New York City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles had huge call volume and were assigned numbers (212, 215, 213) that could be quickly dialed from a rotary dial phone. On a rotary dial phone low digits (1, 2, 3, 4) could dial quickly as the time the rotary dial took to return to the home position was minimal. High digit numbers (7, 8, 9, 0) on rotary dial phones took much longer to return to the home position and were usually used in less densely populated areas like Texas (915), Tennessee (901), San Bernardino (909). This system became unnecessary when touch-tone phones arrived, as the tone allowed instant entry of digits.
#124 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:23 pm |
Fez Whatley said:
and…up until the advent of cell phones, the second digit was ALWAYS a “1″ or a “0″
that has now changed, but if you can find an old phone book (say, circa 1984-pre ATT divestiture), if it has a area code map, they will all have either a 1 or a 0 as the middle digit
#125 by Kerry P on 01.22.08 1:25 pm |
I know it’s probably old, but HERE is a great uni modification.
#126 by Steve on 01.22.08 1:25 pm |
Melvin said:
I agree. It was corrected in comment number ONE!!!!!
#127 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 1:26 pm |
LI Phil said:
A bit premature, but my nominee for post of the day
#128 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 1:27 pm |
Marty Met said:
A bit premature, but Marty Met gets my nomination for post of the day
#129 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 1:29 pm |
Double posting…Joe and I are both guilty…Sorry
#130 by Steve on 01.22.08 1:29 pm |
Marty Met said:
Comment of the day!!!
#131 by Mike King on 01.22.08 1:30 pm |
I was at that Stampede game with the mismatched jerseys. I have been unable to find any photos but there is newscast video of the game available here: http://www.2news.tv/...
#132 by Stuby on 01.22.08 1:31 pm |
LI Phil said:
Yep. Even then I thought it was pretty cheeseball. How hard is it to send a guy with a camera to get a current picture? With that ‘88 Kevin Mitchell card I linked to earlier, he had been on the Giants since the trading deadline in ‘87, so there is no excuse. Just lazy.
#133 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:37 pm |
speaking of trading cards and unis…here’s a lil trivia (now, im doing this from memory, so i might be off but i don’t think so)…
name the MLB all star who played an entire year for a team without having that team represented in a baseball card (hint: 1976)
#134 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 1:38 pm |
Shane said:
Great diagonal lettering however further investigation into the matter has uncovered this!
#135 by Stuby on 01.22.08 1:40 pm |
LI Phil said:
Reggie?
#136 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:40 pm |
LI Phil said:
***this player didn’t play in the 1976 all star game, but he was on 14 all star teams, and is in the HOF
#137 by Rick From Cedar Park, TX on 01.22.08 1:41 pm |
Steve said:
Comment of the da…oh wait … I second… third .fou..
Oh Hell. What’s that Green Dot again?
#138 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:41 pm |
Stuby said:
we have a winner
no baseball card of him on the O’s
#139 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:41 pm |
Stuby said:
we have a winner
no baseball card of him on the O’s
#140 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 1:44 pm |
Rick From Cedar Park, TX said:
here
#141 by Stuby on 01.22.08 1:44 pm |
LI Phil said:
But we do have this.
#142 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 1:44 pm |
LI Phil said:
Is Topps still the de facto manufacturer of Baseball cards?
#143 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 1:52 pm |
Mickel Yantz said:
In the background, do we have sightings of both Sean Rooks and Jim Harrick?
#144 by Neil on 01.22.08 1:55 pm |
1992 NHL All-Star Game rosters:
Campbell Conference
——————–
Reserves
G – #1 Kirk McLean (VAN)
G – #32 Tim Cheveldae (DET)
D – #4 Dave Ellett (TOR)
D – #6 Phil Housley (WPG)
D – #19 Larry Robinson (LA)
D – #24 Doug Wilson “A” (SJ)
D – #25 Mark Tinordi (MIN)
F – #10 Gary Roberts (CGY)
F – #12 Adam Oates (STL)
F – #14 Theoren Fleury (CGY)
F – #17 Trevor Linden (VAN)
F – #18 Steve Yzerman (DET)
F – #21 Vincent Damphousse (EDM)
F – #23 Brian Bellows (MIN)
F – #27 Jeremy Roenick (CHI)
F – #91 Sergei Fedorov (DET)
Starters
G – #30 Ed Belfour (CHI)
D – #2 Al MacInnis (CGY)
D – #7 Chris Chelios (CHI)
LW – #20 Luc Robitaille (LA)
RW – #16 Brett Hull “A” (STL)
C – #99 Wayne Gretzky “C” (LA)
Wales Conference
——————–
Reserves
G – #1 Don Beaupre (WSH)
G – #35 Mike Richter (NYR)
D – #2 Brian Leetch (NYR)
D – #4 Scott Stevens (NJ)
D – #5 Kevin Hatcher (WSH)
D – #28 Eric Desjardins (MTL)
F – #9 Kirk Muller (MTL)
F – #11 Mark Messier “A” (NYR)
F – #12 Owen Nolan (QUE)
F – #15 John Cullen (HAR)
F – #16 Joe Sakic (QUE)
F – #17 Rod Brind’Amour (PHI)
F – #18 Randy Burridge (WSH)
F – #19 Bryan Trottier (PIT)
F – #20 Ray Ferraro (NYI)
F – #89 Alexander Mogilny (BUF)
Starters
G – #33 Patrick Roy (MTL)
D – #7 Paul Coffey (PIT)
D – #77 Ray Bourque “A” (BOS)
LW – #25 Kevin Stevens (PIT)
RW – #68 Jaromir Jagr (PIT)
C – #66 Mario Lemieux “C” (PIT)
#145 by Neil on 01.22.08 1:57 pm |
Best All-Star jersey ever, BTW. Used to own a pro Campbell Gretzky.
#146 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 1:58 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
#147 by Brent on 01.22.08 1:58 pm |
From my handy 1992/93 NHL Guide and REcord book (LOL):
Wales Conference – Roy, Beaupre, Richter, Leetch, Scott Stevens, Kevin Hatcher, Coffey, Muller, Messier, Nolan, Sakic, Brind’Amour, Burridge, Trottier, Cullen, Ferraro, Kevin Stevens, Desjardins, Lemieux, Jagr, Bourque.
CLASSY jersey BTW. I’d go with Sakic probably but it is hard to go wrong…
If you need a #, I’ll happy consult my hockey cards
#148 by Brent on 01.22.08 2:05 pm |
Beat me to it Neil, did you get those from a website? Apparently, such resources are hard to find
#149 by ThresherK on 01.22.08 2:12 pm |
KT said:
Thanx! I really enjoy local flavor being used for a minor league team.
#150 by Fez Whatley on 01.22.08 2:12 pm |
Patrick said:
100% that is the “Big A”. The orange-ish red padding on the railing, the red fence above the green wall. Here’s a picture. (hope it works)
#151 by Brent on 01.22.08 2:12 pm |
One more post:
Looking at the rosters, I always loved it when players had to go with a new number for special events like an All-Star game or an Olympics or Worlds. Always cool to see what they’ll choose. an old number, reversed normal number, etc.
#152 by Dane on 01.22.08 2:17 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
I just checked the website for the pizzeria, and they have a direct link to the Steelers home page.
You can take us out of the ‘burgh, but you can’t take the ‘burgh out of us! Don’t yinz guyz know dat?!?
#153 by Frankie on 01.22.08 2:20 pm |
I found this while searching for a picture of the 1992 NHL All Star jersey. Anyone know the background behind it? The only info I got was from a caption saying that it was from a benefit game in 1934.
#154 by Frankie on 01.22.08 2:20 pm |
I found this while searching for a picture of the 1992 NHL All Star jersey. Anyone know the background behind it? The only info I got was from a caption saying that it was from a benefit game in 1934.
#155 by Neil on 01.22.08 2:22 pm |
Brent said:
Pencil, paper, and an NHL Network rebroadcast. I had looked for those for a while, as well.
One thing to note for customizing on those: the game-worn jerseys had 10″ numbers on the back, as opposed to the typical 12″ stock. You can see the short numbers on the Messier here:
http://www.dropthepu...
#156 by Alex Smith on 01.22.08 2:25 pm |
Frankie said:
It’s from the Dachau all star game
#157 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 2:27 pm |
Dane said:
Are you questioning my fandom?
#158 by Neil on 01.22.08 2:27 pm |
Brent said:
Looks weird, doesn’t it?
#159 by scott on 01.22.08 2:32 pm |
I retract my earlier comment that it’s not Anaheim Stadium. It sure looks like it is from all the evidence people have presented. Plus it appears the home team is in the 3B dugout, which is where the Angels and Dodgers have both been situated in their home parks.
#160 by Snowdan13 on 01.22.08 2:40 pm |
Here are my pictures from the US Hockey Championships this past weekend in Minneapolis. There were lots of great homemade and unique jerseys…and some not so great.
Pond Hockey pics
#161 by Melvin on 01.22.08 2:43 pm |
Alex Smith said:
All home games for that team, huh?
/too soon, too soon
#162 by Matt D. on 01.22.08 2:47 pm |
Frankie said:
A player for the Maple Leafs, Ace Bailey, had his career (and nearly his life) ended by a check from Eddie Shore. For his benefit, the NHL held their first all-star game, between the Leafs and the best players from the other 8 teams. Shore and Bailey publicly reconciled before the game. Bailey, oddly enough, lived for another 59 years.
#163 by Dane on 01.22.08 2:49 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
If Pizza Factory has Iron City on tap, then I’ll really be impressed!
#164 by Chad on 01.22.08 2:54 pm |
do any other nhl players wear the same facemask as Taylor Pyatt noticed it in this photo gallery
#165 by teamcinnamon on 01.22.08 2:55 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
You should offer some Primanti Bros.-type sandwiches.
#166 by Steve on 01.22.08 3:07 pm |
Dane said:
IC Light is the best!
http://www.youtube.c...
#167 by Southend James on 01.22.08 3:11 pm |
Well done Mali.
Worst. Football shirt. Ever.
#168 by al on 01.22.08 3:13 pm |
what about the UCLA body painters getting into the action
#169 by Kelly on 01.22.08 3:18 pm |
Matt D. said:
Ace Bailey died on September 11th, he was on one of the planes flying from Boston that hit the twin towers.
#170 by teamcinnamon on 01.22.08 3:18 pm |
Steve said:
And who doesn’t love Club Exotica?
#171 by Southend James on 01.22.08 3:19 pm |
al said:
Yeah, but they bottled it by wearing tops. There’s a pic out there in cyberspace somewhere of a Norwegian girl doing no such thing *scurries off to track it down*
#172 by Shaftman on 01.22.08 3:19 pm |
al said:
What’s with the girl on the right? Is she too good to be wearing great socks?
#173 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 3:24 pm |
Southend James said:
I Shittu not, I have never seen a worse jersey than that!
#174 by Fez Whatley on 01.22.08 3:29 pm |
Awesome shot of the 1957 NY Football Giants coaching staff. Wonder why they are all wearing football pants? Never seen that version of “NY” logo either.
Sure glad coaches today don’t pose for shots like this… think Andy Reid…ugh
#175 by Alex Smith on 01.22.08 3:30 pm |
al said:
why is the c yellow?
#176 by Fez Whatley on 01.22.08 3:32 pm |
Fez Whatley said:
Forgot to add – that’s Landry top right and Vince Lombardi bottom left.
#177 by Marc on 01.22.08 3:32 pm |
Speaking of the 1992 NHL All Star Game..
if anyone has the NHL Network.. it is on from 3-5 on the East coast…. check it out… great uni moments… especially the stripes from the neck to the wrists…
Yzerman wore # 18 in this game… has he ever worn another number beside 19 in a game?
and if there is any reason to watch… it has to be for the, at least, 3 or 4 awesome 1990’s mullets
#178 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 3:32 pm |
Southend James said:
*eagerly awaits said post*
#179 by Stuby on 01.22.08 3:33 pm |
Fez Whatley said:
Great picture. That would be Tom Landry (upper left) and Vince Lombardi (lower left). The guy on the lower right has a number on his sleeve for some reason.
#180 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 3:38 pm |
im sure many of you know this already, but that picture of the 1957 g-men coaches reminded me of another pretty good staff…you may recognize ALL the names, but two sure stick out
New York Giants 1990 coaching staff
Front Office
Co-Owner – Wellington Mara
Co-Owner – Tim Mara
General Manager – George Young
Head Coaches
Head Coach – Bill Parcells
Offensive Coaches
Offensive Coordinator – Ron Erhardt
Quarterbacks -
Running Backs – Ray Handley
Wide Receivers – Tom Coughlin
Tight Ends – Mike Pope
Offensive Line – Fred Hoaglin
Defensive Coaches
Defensive Coordinator – Bill Belichick
Defensive Line – Romeo Crennel
Linebackers – Al Groh
Secondary -
Special Teams Coaches
Special Teams Coordinator – Mike Sweatman
Assistant Special Teams – Charlie Weis
#181 by Reed on 01.22.08 3:38 pm |
there is a great picture of bradshaw’s helmet in an si.com article.
helmet
#182 by Tod H. on 01.22.08 3:39 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
Only thing worse than repeating other people’s posts is repeating one of your own. My nomination for worst post of the day!
#183 by TLan on 01.22.08 3:41 pm |
Giants getting a little ahead of themselves…
As a Giants fan this terrifies me
#184 by TLan on 01.22.08 3:41 pm |
Giants getting a little ahead of themselves…
As a Giants fan this terrifies me
#185 by Riley on 01.22.08 3:45 pm |
assgrabber said:
Actually, the number can even hit seven if you have a player wearing a yellow “no contact” jersey.
#186 by LT on 01.22.08 3:49 pm |
Alex Smith said:
Because it is UCLA’s 100th anniversary so that is their subtle way of celebrating it. C of course is the roman numeral for 100. Their school name became their own anniversary patch. Very clever.
#187 by Christopher on 01.22.08 3:51 pm |
LT said:
Actually, it is because they’ve won 100 championships across all sports.
#188 by Pat on 01.22.08 4:00 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
Dude, that’s totally not Shawn Bradley.
That guy definitely does not sit up high enough on that seat to be 7′6″
#189 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 4:04 pm |
teamcinnamon said:
Is Iron City Beer found only in Pittsburgh or is it distributed more widely ‘cuz I’ve never seen it before
#190 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 4:06 pm |
ace bailey?
#191 by Mike on 01.22.08 4:12 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
Outside of Western PA, it is pretty hard to find, though I have found it as far East as Carlisle. Don’t forget those classic’s, IC Dry and IC Ice. Back in the day this was the main beer at Three Rivers…PNC Park came to their senses and have it as one of many other choices.
#192 by teamcinnamon on 01.22.08 4:16 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
You can get at some distributors in the western Philly suburbs, but it should be readily available until past Johnstown till about Harrisburg and north in places like Erie and Altoona.
#193 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 4:16 pm |
Mike said:
Hopefully, they will have it at Union Hall tonight for Adult Education!
#194 by Brent on 01.22.08 4:21 pm |
Marc said:
Yzerman wore #14 at the 1983 World Junior Tournament and #8 at the 1984 Canada Cup. In tournaments since then, he has got his 19 (with Sakic usually getting 20 or 91 as a result). Even at the 2004 World Cup and 2006 Olympics, team Canada put his 19 aside and players such as Joe Thornton, Sakic, Shane Doan and Brad Richards who would usually wear 19 wore different numbers to honour the injured Yzerman.
From my searches, 1992 was the only year he didn’t wear 19 at the ASG
#195 by subway on 01.22.08 4:27 pm |
Kelly said:
Same name, two different guys.
#196 by Slam on 01.22.08 4:27 pm |
Pyatt is wearing a “cage” while his stitches and nose are healing. It is just a standard Bauer model cage used in all levels of minor hockey. Every manufacturer has its own style. They are required equipment up to the Midget level (15-17) in Canada and up to NCAA in the States.
I do not believe that any NHL’ers wear a cage on a regular basis. Only while recovering from injury.
Some prefer the Itech “bubble” which is half visor with plastic bars and chin at the bottom. You might sometimes even see players that cut the visor section out of the Itech “bubble” to just protect their jaw when they suffered an injury to their lower face.
I remember when some players (70’s early 80’s) would adapts football kicker’s or QB’s single and double bars masks. to do the same thing. I even remember one player that took a football mask and cut it in half to just protect the injured side of his face. (IIRC, he played for the Canadiens) That was probably to save a little weight since those old football mask were probably felt fairly heavy when mounted on those old/ill-fitting hockey lids.
#197 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 4:27 pm |
now we know why he got the yips
#198 by Mike on 01.22.08 4:30 pm |
These DSRL unis are sweet, were can I get one?
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#199 by MPowers1634 on 01.22.08 4:36 pm |
Slam said:
As I’ve said, I’m only a casual hockey watcher but one player has stood out in my mind for a dubious reason: Craig McTavish. Did he always play without a helmet and was he the last NHL player to do so?
#200 by Josh Petty on 01.22.08 4:38 pm |
LI Phil said:
Classy move by the City fans.
#201 by Mike on 01.22.08 4:44 pm |
Mike said:
Apparently at the website, how stupid of me.
http://www.nabiscowo...
#202 by Adam on 01.22.08 4:44 pm |
I recall a few years back somebody wore a light blue UCLA helmet at the senior bowl, and it was supposedly going to be used by UCLA full time the next year, but never saw the field. anybody have pictures of this?
#203 by Josh Petty on 01.22.08 4:47 pm |
Josh Petty said:
By the way, I’m a loyal Man City fan as well
#204 by Dane on 01.22.08 4:58 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
When helmet became mandatory in the NHL, current players were “grandfathered”. If my memory serves correctly, Mr. McTavish was indeed the last player to start an NHL game without the helmet.
#205 by Steve on 01.22.08 5:00 pm |
Mike said:
I buy mine in Williamsport, PA.
#206 by Wes Cunningham on 01.22.08 5:04 pm |
Here is a picture from a Nashville Predators practice where there are 6 different jersey colors present…
#207 by who cares on 01.22.08 5:10 pm |
More uni-watching to be had at CAN 2008 where the colors red, yellow, and green never seem to go out of style. Cameroon plays it safe against defending champions Egypt which is unfortunate given the club’s innovative past. Zambia goes all Penn State up in this mug while Sudan doesn’t make much of their first appearance in the tournament in forever.
#208 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 5:13 pm |
this just looks so wrong
#209 by dudical on 01.22.08 5:17 pm |
Steve said:
I got some once in Chicago.
#210 by Marty Met on 01.22.08 5:22 pm |
LI Phil said:
No, Wrong would be a picture of “Donny Baseball” in Cooperstown, not Los Angeles.
#211 by who cares on 01.22.08 5:26 pm |
Puma’s unleashed some weird disintegrating numbers for CAN 2008. This is the best picture I could find, but around their numbers there appear to be a bunch of bubbles kind of like those t-shirts that are written in a style that is supposed to remind one of being drunk.
#212 by KT on 01.22.08 5:36 pm |
Ace Bailey (the more recent one) also lives on as the Kings’ new mascot is named Bailey in his honor.
#213 by mtjaws on 01.22.08 5:36 pm |
dudical said:
Only once??? Time to buy more beer then!
#214 by Mets/Jets Fan in Chicagoland on 01.22.08 5:40 pm |
mtjaws said:
I got some once in Chicago, too.
Had nothing to do with beer, though ;-)
[rimshot]
#215 by KT on 01.22.08 5:57 pm |
Dead: One stereotype that Uniwatch folks never get any.
#216 by Mets Fan AZ on 01.22.08 6:00 pm |
KT said:
I guess I’ve misunderstood the “I Get It” slogan of ours all along then. I thopught it might work my osmosis…
#217 by LT on 01.22.08 6:06 pm |
Christopher said:
Thanks for the correction. I knew the 100 half was right. I just had the wrong reason. And, what a very impressive reason it is!
#218 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 6:25 pm |
take that, dawg fans!
#219 by S. Bennett on 01.22.08 6:29 pm |
Mets/Jets Fan in Chicagoland said:
Got some, and a rimshot to boot? HEY NOW!
SB
#220 by Stevo on 01.22.08 7:44 pm |
Mickel Yantz said:
That’s standard across the D-League for assigned players. Since players can be sent down by 2 or sometimes 3 parent clubs, the assignees wear their parent’s logo on the back of the uni.
Another interesting note about the D, apparently players are only allowed to wear numbers from players on the NBA’s Greatest 50 Players list. Of course you’ll see 23, 32, 33, even a Robert Parrish 00, but I have yet to hear of a player wearing 99, and I think that’s a shame.
#221 by GoTerriers on 01.22.08 7:44 pm |
LI Phil said:
Okay, between the tasteless Dachau reference (see post 156) and this offensive bit (LI Phil, we’ve come to expect better . . ) I’m seriously reconsidering how much time I spend reading these comments.
#222 by Stevo on 01.22.08 7:45 pm |
#223 by E_Ro on 01.22.08 7:58 pm |
#224 by Stevo on 01.22.08 8:08 pm |
al said:
Better than the body painters you see in most colleges.
#225 by john on 01.22.08 8:15 pm |
Stevo said:
No, I forget what team he plays for but I saw Mike Hall from George Washignton wearing number 99 in the D-League show case so I’m guessing that they can wear what ever number they want.
#226 by Michael on 01.22.08 8:25 pm |
I was watching the Michigan versus Wisconsin Basketball game on ESPN when I spotted a weird thing about Michigan’s uniform. I had always liked their throwback style jerseys, with the simple stripes in this era of nike horns, even if they have added a new nike style half collar. This just makes you think of the Colts and LSU type football jerseys. When did this venture into basketball? The jerseys aren’t even cuut differently from ten years ago. Has anyone else noticed this?
#227 by Stevo on 01.22.08 8:44 pm |
john said:
99 is the number of the Original Big Man, George Mikan.
#228 by TOG on 01.22.08 8:49 pm |
Maybe George Mitchell and the MLB Steroid Committee should place a call to Brian Downing of the WSox, Angels and Rangers and ask him a few question???
THe bespectacled Brian Downing didn’t look like a ballplayer, and early in his career it seemed he was destined for a brief stay as a journeyman catcher. But after his trade to the Angels in 1977, he blossomed, developing into a top-notch catcher, and later, a slugging outfielder/DH who enjoyed his best seasons after the age of 31. By keeping his body in great shape through weight-lifting, Downing defied the decline of age and played regularly until he was 41 years old. He set several career records for the Angels and was one of their most popular players.
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yeah…very suspicious
Can he be a pioneer in the field of anabolic steroids? Not an accusation just an observation…
#229 by TOG on 01.22.08 8:52 pm |
D-League articles should be banned…what’s next…a review of the Reading Iron Pigs identity…no please no…Minor league brands are meant to look stupid… just take a look, so trying to justify anything of real logic or reason to their miscues is futile.
#230 by bar57988 on 01.22.08 8:58 pm |
Teebz said:
#231 by odessasteps magazine on 01.22.08 9:27 pm |
G – #32 Tim Cheveldae (DET)
There’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time.
When you to play NHL 93 for Sega, I would put our collander on top of the TV in honor of “the sieve.”
#232 by odessasteps magazine on 01.22.08 9:27 pm |
G – #32 Tim Cheveldae (DET)
There’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time.
When we used to play NHL 93 for Sega, I would put our collander on top of the TV in honor of “the sieve.”
#233 by Juan Grande on 01.22.08 9:32 pm |
teamcinnamon said:
You can get Iron City in North Carolina at specialty wine and beer stores. I worked at one for the Steeler/Seahawk Super Bowl. We sold CASES of the stuff. Iron City aluminum bottles are the best!
#234 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 9:45 pm |
GoTerriers said:
im sorry man
#235 by =bg= on 01.22.08 9:47 pm |
TLan said:
man, that is worse than the SI Cover Jinx.
#236 by GoTerriers on 01.22.08 9:56 pm |
LI Phil said:
LMFAO!!!!! You’ve redeemed yourself, Phil.
#237 by Dane on 01.22.08 10:13 pm |
odessasteps magazine said:
Who was the back-up sieve?
#238 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 10:19 pm |
ewww…double ewww
#239 by GoTerriers on 01.22.08 10:21 pm |
Dane said:
Didn’t need one. The slogan in Detroit, if I remember correctly was “Cheveldae, Every Day!”
#240 by GoTerriers on 01.22.08 10:25 pm |
GoTerriers said:
Seriously, though (and I don’t know if you intended this a a trivia thing), Cheveldae’s backups were a motley bunch led by Greg Millen and “Cousin Vinny” Riendeau.
#241 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 10:27 pm |
Dane said:
why, cujo of course
#242 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 10:29 pm |
GoTerriers said:
no lovehere
funny board comments tho
#243 by George C on 01.22.08 10:36 pm |
Tennessee Kentucky game is on… UT’s Duke Crews is returning after a being sidelined for the previous month with heart condition.
Here’s the kicker, he has a different uniform template on than his Volunteer teammates. He’s just returning to the rotation and is seeing limited action, so photos may be hard to come by.
Screen grab anyone?
#244 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 11:07 pm |
first look at the sleeve patches for the mlb-japan series
great
#245 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 11:14 pm |
LI Phil said:
one moree view
#246 by Stuby on 01.22.08 11:14 pm |
LI Phil said:
The corporate name on the jersey thing is already so tired. Now, if Einstein were holding up that jersey…
#247 by Ryan on 01.22.08 11:18 pm |
Mike W. said:
You’re right. Bradshaw has worn a visor in every game he’s played this year. I noticed he had it off during the GB game, and I thought the same as you, that it was fogged up beyond use. Didn’t, however, notice the clips still there. Nice find.
#248 by Casey (Davis, CA) on 01.22.08 11:18 pm |
#5 for Tennessee, Lofton, is missing the little white-ish patch on the right side of his hoops uni
#249 by LI Phil on 01.22.08 11:30 pm |
stupid question
does rbk ONLY put their name on the NHL sweaters? ccm & “e” (edge? easton?) breezers in this pic…
i thought rbk had the whole deal…or do they “own” ccm too?
thanks
#250 by Wes on 01.22.08 11:45 pm |
LI Phil said:
The “E” is for Easton. Reebok only put their name on stuff they make, although if Im not mistaken RBK owns CCM, because on one of my jerseys, the tag has the RBK logo and the CCm logo…
#251 by Casey (Davis, CA) on 01.22.08 11:46 pm |
LI Phil said:
Reebok owns the Unis/Sweaters. All other equipment (helmet, gloves, stick, pants, skates, goalie pads, etc) is the choice of the individual player.
#252 by patrick on 01.23.08 12:10 am |
Fez Whatley said:
What about 718 in NY? its a pretty big one, even back then I would assume
#253 by LI Phil on 01.23.08 12:14 am |
patrick said:
718 is fairly new…212 used to cover ALL 5 boros of new york city…it was only created in 1984 (after the divestiture i believe)…here
definitely intro’ed AFTER touchtone phones tho
#254 by James Craven on 01.23.08 12:28 am |
Hey, Bailey isn’t wearing the RBK Edge uniform! That’s last year’s outfit.
#255 by Finfan Warden on 01.23.08 12:31 am |
ThresherK said:
Being from Fort Wayne, it’s pretty inside. It’s a shout out to “Mad” Anthony Wayne, for whom the Fort, and therfore the city is named. All in all I think it makes for a nice, unique nickname
#256 by James Craven on 01.23.08 4:41 am |
Has anybody noticed during the Aussie Open that the “MELBOURNE” logo looks like the old 1970’s Madison Square Garden insignia?
#257 by al on 01.23.08 9:56 am |
James Craven said:
i have been thinking that since teh first time i saw it last week … was looking for an old MSG pic, but couldn;t find one.
#258 by Tobi on 01.23.08 3:26 pm |
That is definitely Dora the Explorer, not the Power Puff girls.