Got a note a little while back from reader Andy Edelson, who’d investigated an interesting phenomenon. I’ll let him tell the tale in his own words:
During a recent Rangers/Canucks broadcast, the New York announcers were interviewing Vancouver captain Trevor Linden between periods and noted that he’s worn 11 of the franchise’s 13 NHL jerseys — quite the impressive feat. Being the uni aficionado that I am, I had to research this peculiar stat.
By my count, it’s actually nine of 13 [one, two, three (very similar to the previous one, just slight color changes), four, five, six, seven (very similar to number five, the main change being the shoulder patches in the latter version and the switch in ‘03-’04 to wear the dark jerseys at home), eight, nine — PL]. Still impressive (or nauseating, depending on your view of Vancouver’s constant uni overhauls), as Linden has spent all or part of 15 seasons with the Canucks during his 20-year career.
As if wearing some of history’s ugliest jersey’s weren’t enough, “Captain Canuck” spent a few seasons in exile, during which he wore the Islanders’ “wave” design. All in all, in 20 years, Linden has worn 13 different sweaters for five teams, including stints with the aforementioned Islanders (who went back to their classic design in Linden’s final season with them), the Canadiens, and the Caps.
Not including journeymen who’ve been traded eight or nine times, can you think of any other player in all of North American pro sports who’s been the canvass for so many jersey styles, especially while for the most part being the face of a single franchise?
Good question. Can anyone think of a relatively non-itinerant player who can give Linden a run for his money in the “Most Jerseys” sweepstakes?
Super Bowl Tales, Continued: Yesterday’s guest entry by Nicole Haase about her experience as a security guard in Super Bowl XXXVI prompted reader Ryan Patrick to share his own story as a Super Bowl employee:
Through an old friend of my dad’s, I got a sweet gig working for Entertainment Tonight at Super Bowl XXXVIII. They needed someone from Houston who knew how to get around and where all the clubs were, since they covered all that stuff. I was in my first semester in law school and it was an easy $500/day (plus I got to go to the Play Station, Maxim, Playboy, SI, ESPN, and MTV parties).
Entertainment Tonight also covered the pregame and halftime shows, so when we were on the field I had to wear this vest, along with all my credentials that hung around my neck [here’s the rear view and tagging]. Depending on what kind of access you had, you had a different color. You HAD to have it on you, so it was weird to see the on-air people with it tucked into the waist of their jeans so they didn’t look like total idiots on TV with these things on.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Kudos to the oh-so-clever reader who came up with the first caption listed beneath the photo here. … More coverage of Wednesday night’s Va.Tech/Maryland vomiting incident, complete with video, here. … According to the last sentence of this page, newly signed Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon will be wearing uni No. 1, thus doubling the current contingent of single-digitized MLB pitchers (the only other one is Josh Towers). … Jennifer Hayden notes that John Paxson had his head placed in a suggestive position the other day. … Jimmy Rollins now has his own signature sneaker design (with thanks to Korryn Mozisek). … Adam Vaggalis and I would both like to know why the Lakers were represented by a giraffe on this card. … The Cubs, who stopped wearing their blue alternate jersey last season, are reviving it for a handful of games this year. … Scroll down to the “Fashion Police” item toward the end of this page for info on Ichiro’s new line of jeans, and his thoughts on what his teammates wear (with thanks to Jason Cruz). … I’ve previously reported that some of the White Sox have been wearing Northen Illinois caps since the shootings on the NIU campus. And now they’ve announced that the entire team will wear NIU caps for the team’s first spring training game. … After a hiatus of nearly three decades, Oregon is reviving its baseball program next year, which means Nike will get to design a new set of uniforms for its favorite guinea pig school. Key excerpt from this article (forwarded by Jon V. Buerstatte): “[Manager George] Horton describes himself as ‘a little bit of a traditionalist,’ and Nike designers haven’t been, and so it will be interesting to see what this clash of cultures produces. ‘They’ve made some suggestions that at least in my opinion might be a little far out there,’ he said, ‘but who am I to argue against the geniuses at Nike for style and color and presentation and all the things that they’re brilliant at? I think that’s the exciting thing, to come up with a common ground where we like the look and they like the marketing part of it.’” Boy does that ever sound like a train wreck in the making.
#1 by rc on 02.22.08 8:40 am |
I am picturing this style uniform for Oregon, only with shades of greens, blacks, and yellows, and gaudy yellow oregon lettering, maybe throw in a few collar bone and armpit accents…oh yeah, and don’t forget the diamond plate design on the shoulders…that’s a trademark…
#2 by allenjd on 02.22.08 8:43 am |
Trevor Linden would also have worn this jersey. Would bring the count to 10.
#3 by Stuby on 02.22.08 8:46 am |
Craig Biggio wore quite a few jerseys in his time with the Astros.
Astros 1988-2007.
Not included in that of course are the Turn Ahead the Clock uni, the tequila sunrise throwbacks, the red alts of recent years, and don’t they have an all white with no pinstripes now? That’s 10-11 right there.
#4 by Mike on 02.22.08 8:47 am |
Olie Kolzig has worn all of the Washington Capitals jerseys during his career and was highlighted as such when the team introduced their return to the red white and blue last year.
#5 by john in DC on 02.22.08 8:50 am |
Mike Sillinger: NHL-record 12 teams. He also holds the related record of scoring a goal for 12 different teams.
Detroit
Anaheim
Vancouver
Philadelphia
Tampa Bay
Florida
Ottawa
Columbus
Phoenix
St. Louis
Nashville
New York Islanders
#6 by Ilana Hardesty on 02.22.08 8:50 am |
From today’s Boston Globe:
Some shamrocking kicks
Celtics guard Rajon Rondo wore some fab kicks during the NBA’s Rookie-Sophomore game last weekend. Reebok made Rondo five pairs of Celtics-themed ATR Vertical III shoes - with green shamrocks! - for the game. Afterward, the Canton-based shoemaker put the shoes up for sale on the NBA.com website for $90 a pair and they went quickly. Yesterday, we found one pair for sale on eBay for nearly 10 times that amount.
#7 by Joey Guns on 02.22.08 8:52 am |
Members of the Chicago Bulls wore NIU t-shirts during pre-game warmups in New Jersey on Feb 20th.
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#8 by Mike on 02.22.08 8:52 am |
Kolzig
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#11 by Jim on 02.22.08 8:58 am |
Looking quickly at nhluniforms.com I noticed that Mario Lemiuex wore quite a few jerseys styles with pittsburgh. I counted like 8-10. Mostly small changes. Can Paul get a more accurate count?
#12 by Jim on 02.22.08 8:59 am |
OK, this is just getting annoying……
#13 by Stuby on 02.22.08 9:00 am |
Teebz probably knows off the top of his head.
#14 by Jim on 02.22.08 9:05 am |
Jarome Iginla has worn 5 styles with Calgary Flames….
#15 by Randy Miller on 02.22.08 9:06 am |
According to Jack Looney’s “Now Batting Number…” compendium, Chacon would become the fifth major-league pitcher to wear 1. The others: Ed Gallagher, Red Sox ‘32; Tony Jacobs, Cardinals ‘55; Jack Jenkins, Senators ‘62; Matt Young, Mariners, ‘90.
The least-worn single digit for pitchers: 4, worn only by Mike Fornieles for the ‘52 Senators in four games.
#16 by Jim on 02.22.08 9:06 am |
Well I am a huge hockey freak too, its just looking from webpage to webpage, its hard to keep an accurate account of jersey to jersey. I knew off the top of my head that like VAN, PIT has had a lot of jersey styles too.
#17 by Joey Guns on 02.22.08 9:10 am |
Seriously. What is the point??? Dare I say…….groupie???
#18 by dgc on 02.22.08 9:12 am |
The Orioles seem to have made a surprising amount of tweaks during Cal Ripken’s career. Although it looks like most of these changes involve piping and added black.
#19 by Jim on 02.22.08 9:13 am |
Mike Modano has worn 6, if you count this years home and away as 2 styles.
#20 by scott on 02.22.08 9:16 am |
Tony Gwynn wore a ton of different uniform styles while with the Padres.
#21 by Kelly on 02.22.08 9:17 am |
Kenny Lofton has played for all 30 mlb teams right?
#22 by Dom on 02.22.08 9:19 am |
Here’s a good pic of Chris Brown and his helmet add on on the Giants
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#23 by Marcus Hall - How 'Bout Dem O's on 02.22.08 9:26 am |
they did - also a few tweaks on how “orioles” is written, color juxtaposition. but no real uniform overhaul (much much needed though)
#24 by Paul Lukas on 02.22.08 9:28 am |
It’s an auatomated linkbot thingie. I have nothing to do with it and no control over it. Just ignore it.
#25 by John T on 02.22.08 9:31 am |
I know that Paul is talking about North American, But Ryan Giggs of man utd has worn approx. 30 different shirts for the same team, he has played for team since 1991 (746 Appearances), although the team has new shirts alomost every season. Probably why Paul is looking for N.A. teams
#26 by Joe Drennan on 02.22.08 9:33 am |
Why do bad jerseys happen to good people?
#27 by Joe Drennan on 02.22.08 9:34 am |
I think he played for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns too.
#28 by Josh on 02.22.08 9:35 am |
I don’t have a picture, but last night in the Pittsburgh-Montreal game, Maxim Lapierre of the Canadiens and Maxime Talbot of the Penguins got into a little scrap, and Lapierre’s jersey came out of it with a very significant tear across the front. I was in a bar with friends though, so I didn’t catch what jersey he wore for the rest of the night.
#29 by =bg= on 02.22.08 9:38 am |
He’s played for teams and cities that aren’t event IN the majors yet.
#30 by Mike V. on 02.22.08 9:39 am |
Lemieux:
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
#31 by Joe on 02.22.08 9:40 am |
I am not certain on if Sammy Sosa goes down as a “non-itinerant” player, but I have him down for quite a few.
#32 by Andrew Matthews on 02.22.08 9:41 am |
As far as the Oregon baseball unis go, I think that Nike would respect a decision to keep a more traditional look. They do have some class when it comes to teams wanting to stay traditional.
When Texas became a Nike school back, Mack Brown insisted that the uniforms maintain their same traditional appearance, as they have for several decades. Nike obliged and the only thing different now is that they have swoosh instead of the previous Reebok vector.
Nike also did the school a service by omitting any black from school uniforms, logos, and wordmarks. Black is not one of the school’l colors, but Reebok had unfortunately added it into its apparel line for Texas.
As far as the other sports are concerned, Nike maintained a traditional look with the baseball team, and added some appropriate dreative aesthetics to the basketball uniforms. But overall it was very good and much needed improvement.
It will be interesting to see what they do for Oregon baseball.
#33 by Mike V. on 02.22.08 9:41 am |
Its actually 8, I listed one twice
#34 by Andrew Matthews on 02.22.08 9:43 am |
Jesus I need to proofread my posts.
#35 by brian golden on 02.22.08 10:00 am |
I didnt know he played for the BOSTO CELTICS
#36 by Teebz on 02.22.08 10:03 am |
Mike Sillinger tied the record. The other man who set the record was Brent Ashton.
If you include such minor details as stripe chnages, I count Linden wearing 14 different jerseys. This would include both home and road versions of the same jersey design as they are different.
Lemieux would have 10, and would have 15 if you counted international jerseys. All-Star jerseys would push that number above 20.
#37 by James Craven on 02.22.08 10:04 am |
And it is official.
The Florida Marlins are staying put in South Florida, building with Miami-Dade County a new stadium on the site of the Orange Bowl and will change the team name to the Miami Marlins after MLB president/COO Bob Dupay threatened that the franchise would leave after the 2010 season.
#38 by Jet Bret on 02.22.08 10:04 am |
#39 by Teebz on 02.22.08 10:06 am |
Let me clarify: 14 different Vancouver jerseys. :o)
#40 by Donnie Darko on 02.22.08 10:08 am |
Probably doesn’t count, but since futbol clubs change their kits every other year, it could be somebody like Gary Neville of United, who made his senior debut in 1992. That means he’s worn every one of the following:
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#41 by Mets/Jets Fan in Chicagoland on 02.22.08 10:08 am |
As well as the Philadelphia A’s and the Boston Braves
#42 by Jon on 02.22.08 10:11 am |
Veteran Mets beat reporter Marty Noble comes clean as a uni-number junkie.
#43 by ScottyJ in WV on 02.22.08 10:12 am |
I don’t know exactly how many different jerseys he wore, but Tim Raines sure was the face of the Expos and he did play for quite a few teams as well (Expos, ChiSox, Oakland, Yankees, Baltimore, & Florida).
#44 by Tim on 02.22.08 10:12 am |
2 things….
New Cavalier Numbers…
Wally Szczerbiak - 10
Ben Wallace - 4
Delonte West - 13
Joe Smith - 32
…Only Joe Smith retains the number he wore with this previous team.
Secondly,
Caught a glimpse of the Ore/USC basketball game last night….what’s the purpose of the NOB when it’s barely visible. Look closely, it’s there, but only when light hits it just right.
http://sports.yahoo....
And i may be in the minority here, but this “System” is growing on me. Very clean and minimalistic. Syracuse and Oregon are the 2 best IMO
#45 by Shaftman on 02.22.08 10:13 am |
WTF?!!
Who the hell let him take the field in that??
#46 by John T on 02.22.08 10:14 am |
gee, that looks familar…..(LOL)
great minds think alike
#47 by LI Phil on 02.22.08 10:26 am |
ya…it’s either a crawlbot or a spider, both of which are actually GOOD (well, good if you own the board), since it means the search engines are finding your site
admittedly when these bots ‘post’ it can be annoying, but it’s all for the good of the board…uni watch will one day rule the blogosphere…muahahahahaha
/ok, maybe not
#48 by Jim on 02.22.08 10:28 am |
Yeah Teebz, I think when I counted one was a collar color change, and one was number location. But I didn’t count home and away jerseys seperate.
Plus I don’t think Sillinger counts, I think Paul wanted players who haven’t moved around in their career, or ‘non-itinerant’ as Paul would put it. Nice ten doller word Paul!! Have to be honest, I had to look up that word :)
#49 by John T on 02.22.08 10:34 am |
never much cared for the Neviller
#50 by Teebz on 02.22.08 10:40 am |
Yeah, neither Sillinger nor Ashton were the faces of their franchises by any means, but 12 moves to different cities in about 15-20 years? Brutal. :o)
#51 by Graf Zeppelin on 02.22.08 10:40 am |
That picture of Linden as an Islander is from a game late in the 1997-98 season, when the team wore its “classic” uniforms for one game to help usher in the Gluckstern/Milstein ownership group (and, presumably, to have some photos of current players wearing same in game action for the next season’s yearbook and promo materials). Note the absence of the four-stripe shoulder patch, the solid-outlined numerals, and the diagonal “2″; compare to this.
#52 by Mike on 02.22.08 10:42 am |
Josh Towers is wearing number 7 for the Blue Jays in that picture, not number 1. Blame for this confusion clearly rests on the shoulders of the dolt who chose that typeface in the first place.
#53 by Kim on 02.22.08 10:44 am |
In terms of players having a lot of uniform combinations/jerseys without moving so much, are we disqualifying the late 1990’s Arizona Diamondbacks who seemingly had 162 different uniform combinations?
#54 by Stuby on 02.22.08 10:47 am |
Great. Miami Marlins sounds so much better. And while we’re at it, can we change the Rays to the Tampa Tarpons?
#55 by Teebz on 02.22.08 10:49 am |
No one said he was wearing #1. He’s the only other pitcher in the Bigs to wear a single-digit uniform number.
#56 by u2horn on 02.22.08 10:49 am |
Nobody said
Nobody said Josh was wearing #1, just that he was wearing a single-digit number. Shawn Chacon will be wearing #1.
#57 by Scott B on 02.22.08 10:49 am |
Cardinals future star Colby Rasmus using a Yankees bat during BP…no info on who’s model it is.
#58 by Morris Belleville on 02.22.08 10:52 am |
Gwynn wore the following:
(1) Brown with the yellow and orange
(2) Brown with gray - pinstriped on the road unis
(3) Navy with white and orange
(4) Navy with white
(5) Navy with sand
Not as impressive as Linden, but impressive nonetheless.
#59 by Stuby on 02.22.08 10:53 am |
A Steve Avery reference??
#60 by LarryK on 02.22.08 10:53 am |
Carlton Fisk:
7 with BoSox (1969-1980)
10 with ChiSox (1981-1993)
Included in the ChiSox totals are two variations on the black alternate - in ‘91 there were no sleeve stripes. This doesn’t include various jersey patches or the ChiSox’s inaugural turn back the clock game in 1990.
#61 by Kenny on 02.22.08 10:53 am |
Blame goes to you my friend
newly signed Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon will be wearing uni No. 1, thus doubling the current contingent of single-digitized MLB pitchers
It says Shawn Chacon is wearing #1, not Towers
#62 by LI Phil on 02.22.08 10:56 am |
does anyone who played in last weekend’s NBA ASG get to count 2 jerseys towards their totals?
#63 by Roger Faso on 02.22.08 10:57 am |
Rickey Henderson has worn every incarnation of the Oakland Athletics uniform from 1979 to 1998. If you’ve followed the A’s, you’d know that is a lot of different jerseys.
#64 by Steve on 02.22.08 10:59 am |
Adam Vaggalis and I would both like to know why the Lakers were represented by a giraffe on this card. …
TOPPS was not licensed to produce NBA cards. So all the teams had some off the wall variation of their logo. The players wore jerseys on the cards with the city name
#65 by DawgFan on 02.22.08 11:01 am |
I wonder what made him go with Avery rather than Maddux. Is one of them going to flame out after 4 years?
#66 by Jay on 02.22.08 11:02 am |
The best part about Oregon bringing back baseball is they’re cutting wrestling, which won the 2006 National Championship.
Guess the wrestling merch didn’t sell enough…
#67 by Robert on 02.22.08 11:03 am |
Twice each.
#68 by ryan c #40 on 02.22.08 11:07 am |
And it is official.
The Florida Marlins are staying put in South Florida, building with Miami-Dade County a new stadium on the site of the Orange Bowl and will change the team name to the Miami Marlins after MLB president/COO Bob Dupay threatened that the franchise would leave after the 2010 season.
Great. Miami Marlins sounds so much better. And while we’re at it, can we change the Rays to the Tampa Tarpons?
how about if that nhl franchise down there follows suit? you know… “The Mighty Panthers of Miami”
HA-HA! i just chuckled out loud at my desk… geez i need a life…
#69 by chance on 02.22.08 11:08 am |
That doesn’t make much sense, though. The jersey he’s wearing features a team logo (wordmark), and they use the complete trademarked name of the club on the top of the card, which certainly implies permission.
So Topps could use a wordmark but not a logo? That doesn’t seem right. Were wordmarks not protected by the club?
#70 by LI Phil on 02.22.08 11:10 am |
does that include the unis worn from 1985-1988, when he played for the yankmees?
#71 by Scott B on 02.22.08 11:10 am |
The old-timers sure know how to rock the stirrups…Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst (in his 65th year in professional baseball) and minor league pitching coach Dyar Miller.
#72 by Dave in VA on 02.22.08 11:13 am |
Probably referencing the 3 young arms from the ‘91 Braves team that went worst-to-first, and making the connection with the 3 promising young arms the Rays have (but no worst-to-first this year). Maddux wasn’t on that Braves team.
#73 by Nick on 02.22.08 11:13 am |
Oregon didn’t win the NCAAs in 2006.
It was Oklahoma State.
#74 by Al on 02.22.08 11:16 am |
That’s because it’s getting its teeth kicked in by MMA …
#75 by Dave in VA on 02.22.08 11:16 am |
At first glance, it looks like Dyar Millar’s stirrups aren’t actually stirrups, but socks printed to look like stirrups (look at the area where the stirrup meet the shoe) - am I right, or could it just be the coloring on his cleats?
#76 by Rick on 02.22.08 11:17 am |
Um, those are socks, not stirrups.
#77 by Mets/Jets Fan in Chicagoland on 02.22.08 11:18 am |
…and if we get the MArlins to switch leagues, then the prophecy from “Back To The Future 2″ will be fulfilled! Marty, the flux capacitor!
Ditto on the “I need a life” part referenced above.
#78 by Judd on 02.22.08 11:19 am |
The Marlins have been “threatening” to move every year for the last 5 years. They’re not going anywhere - with or without a new stadium.
#79 by todd krevanchi on 02.22.08 11:20 am |
i would have to say that cal ripken jr is up there with all the incarnations of oriole uniforms from 82 on…
#80 by Steve on 02.22.08 11:24 am |
That doesn’t make much sense, though. The jersey he’s wearing features a team logo (wordmark), and they use the complete trademarked name of the club on the top of the card, which certainly implies permission.
So Topps could use a wordmark but not a logo? That doesn’t seem right. Were wordmarks not protected by the club?
Topps has been a regular NBA licensee since 1992 and has been at the forefront of basketball card collectibility for over 40 years.
#81 by The Ol Goaler on 02.22.08 11:25 am |
Avery was part of the Braves’ original “Big Three”… I Could Be Wrong [TM], but I think Maddux didn’t join the Braves until after Avery started having arm problems.
#82 by chance on 02.22.08 11:27 am |
An interesting factoid, but doesn’t actually address my questions….
#83 by Luke on 02.22.08 11:28 am |
Mario Lemieux wore eight jerseys for the Penguins during his career there.
Wearing the bottom four sets of jerseys on this page
Not nearly as impressive as Linden’s (nor as much of an eyesore) But still noteworthy.
#84 by The Ol Goaler on 02.22.08 11:29 am |
Hard to tell, but I think the Redhead’s wearing actual stirrups, while Miller’s wearing faux stirrup-socks. One’s a Hall of Famer, the other’s a career minor-league guy. Coincidence? I think not!
#85 by Perry on 02.22.08 11:32 am |
They do some wonderful soccer uniforms too, e.g., Arsenal, Inter Milan, and Barcelona. Certainly better than the crap Adidas puts out.
#86 by Mike Engle on 02.22.08 11:33 am |
Wrong. Both have the fakes. Just spot the straight lines at the ankles.
#87 by Helmets Match Pants on 02.22.08 11:33 am |
Thank goodness for the Miami Marlins change. The National League was traditionally a city name leage and it was bastardized when the Marlins and Rockies chose Florida and Colorado instead of Miami and Denver. I have never forgiven them.
Now we need to work on Colorado and Arizona!
#88 by interlockingtc on 02.22.08 11:35 am |
About that giraffe on the Elgin Baylor card:
I think it is so weird and delightful that maybe it’s best we not delve further into the rationale behind it. The appearance of a giraffe on a Lakers basketball card is just a mysterious gift. Let it be.
#89 by Mets Fan AZ on 02.22.08 11:36 am |
You’re comparing college to pros. I don’t think very many college “real” wrestlers aspire to be WWE “fake” wrestlers. In fact they probably aspire to MMA.
#90 by Beantown on 02.22.08 11:38 am |
Check these babies out!
#91 by LynchMob on 02.22.08 11:39 am |
This article sheds light on my question about the photo on Tony Gwynn’s 83T baseball card, which shows him in #53, as opposed to the #19 which Baseball Almanac shows he wore each year with the Padres. Bottom Line: He wore #53 in the minors … and so I’m guessing that the pic on his 83T card is from spring training in 1982, before he’d made his MLB debut. Sound reasonable?
#92 by Fez Whatley on 02.22.08 11:40 am |
According to the Bible, Lofton batted in the leadoff spot right ahead of Jesus in 2 hole.
Jesus batted second because he was a great sacrificer.
#93 by LynchMob on 02.22.08 11:40 am |
closing the bold :-(
#94 by todd krevanchi on 02.22.08 11:41 am |
i would have to say that jimmy rollins definitely didnt get his own signature shoe. he was simply given a PE from nike. it was probably a PE of the air zoom 5 tool ii as he wore towards the end of last season, and what he’s been wearing in spring training so far this year.
#95 by Mike on 02.22.08 11:42 am |
Bold move
#96 by Jorge on 02.22.08 11:42 am |
Secondly,
Caught a glimpse of the Ore/USC basketball game last night….what’s the purpose of the NOB when it’s barely visible. Look closely, it’s there, but only when light hits it just right.
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And i may be in the minority here, but this “System” is growing on me. Very clean and minimalistic. Syracuse and Oregon are the 2 best IMO
The subliminal NOB were bugging me too. There was also some sort of pattern on the front of the jerseys and short sonly (similar to Florida’s gator print on last year’s edition), but i couldn’t get a good view either on the live telecast or find any decent pics. It looks almost like camouflage or maybe those weird flames they put on their yellow and white football helmets.
#97 by Steve on 02.22.08 11:44 am |
An interesting factoid, but doesn’t actually address my questions….
Ummm, I love lamp….? Yeah, I am still working on it…more details as events warrant…
#98 by Mets/Jets Fan in Chicagoland on 02.22.08 11:44 am |
You could have left off the “with or without a new stadium” part and your comment would have even more relevance
#99 by Christopher on 02.22.08 11:46 am |
Don’t forget Julio Franco, who has worn pretty much every MLB uniform since his rookie year in 1883…
:)
Seriously, though, I looked at Franco’s history and he really hasn’t been part of many drastic uni changes with one team.
#100 by scott on 02.22.08 11:46 am |
The latest issue of Baseball America features a cover photograph of Oregon State baseball players wearing what appear to be black stirrups with orange stripes at the top.
#101 by Walaitis on 02.22.08 11:47 am |
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#102 by Tom on 02.22.08 11:49 am |
If only the old Senators teams had moved to “Minneapolis” and “Dallas” then the American League would have been all set, too…
#103 by Christopher on 02.22.08 11:50 am |
And the Texas Rangers! Then all will be nice and conformed across MLB.
#104 by Mets/Jets Fan in Chicagoland on 02.22.08 11:53 am |
Kenny must have originally been a pitcher - doesn’t the Good Book say “So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen” ? (Matthew 20:16)
#105 by todd krevanchi on 02.22.08 12:02 pm |
remember the query
Not including journeymen who’ve been traded eight or nine times, can you think of any other player in all of North American pro sports who’s been the canvass for so many jersey styles, especially while for the most part being the face of a single franchise?
that pudge fisk mention is a good one…
#106 by Nuk on 02.22.08 12:02 pm |
Kudos to the oh-so-clever reader who came up with the first caption listed beneath the photo here.
Aw - I’m blushing….
#107 by Philly Bill on 02.22.08 12:15 pm |
NHL uni hyphenation made a rare appearance last night, as Blues minor leaguer Chris Beckford-Tseu made a mop-up appearance against the Kings. This crummy screen cap is the best I can do at present. It looked pretty lousy thanks to the space restrictions caused by that stupid black piping behind the shoulders.
Biggio definitely shakes out as the closest comparable to Linden as the face of a sartorially directionless franchise. And yes, they do have an all-white uni, in addition to the pinstripes, totally unused road grays, and two different red alts.
#108 by Will on 02.22.08 12:15 pm |
Tony Gwynn never wore the sand. They didn’t go to those unis until 2004 when they moved to PETCO Park.
#109 by Mike on 02.22.08 12:23 pm |
Trevor Hoffman (Padres from 1993-) would have worn a bunch with the Padres.
I suck at linking so I’m just gonna list them.
1) The Current Home (White)
2) The Current Road (Tan)
3) The Current Alternate (Blue w/ Tan Pants)
4) The Camouflage
5) The Solid Home one they wore in 2002-2003 which looks kinda like Tampa’s new ones
6) The Solid Road Gray they wore up until 2004
7) The Pinstriped White Home Uni they wore until 2002
8)The Blue Alternate they wore then with the White Pants
9) 1972 Gold & Brown Throwback
10)1982 Throwback
He also would have worn three hideous unis with the Marlins in 1993.
#110 by Valjean on 02.22.08 12:29 pm |