Comments on: Because Some Exhibition Games Are More Exhibitionistic Than Others

By: pbaude

pbaude — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:19:29 +0000

In last nights Bolton v Man U game, Bolton’s Gretar Steinsson was wearing a jersey with no name nor number. I noticed it when he got a yellow card in the 2nd half. I wondered what the ref would write down in his little book…

Here is a pic from teh game where it looks like he does have NOB. He must have switched at some point…

By: allen

allen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:49:52 +0000

i like that the yanks and the hokes essentially wore the same uniform. too much pinstripe is never a bad thing, especially for a met fan who spends all season dying for the pinstriped home uni with blue cap.

also, the first dodger/padre game in china had the dodgers as the road team but wore home unis and padres in road unis. i don’t know about the second game, the first was so painful to watch i couldn’t watch it two nights in a row.

hey paul, soup night is underground now…

By: Bryan Redemske

Bryan Redemske — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:19:15 +0000

LI Phil said:

Benjamin Bonnet said:

They had a screenshot of A.I.’s shoes and he has “THANKSPHILA” embroidered on his shoes for his homecoming game in Philly. Anyone get a screengrab?

ask, and ye shall receive

Apparently he couldn’t be bothered to wear actual socks, though …

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:55:17 +0000

Just a note about the Bucks re-retiring Winters’ number/jersey: This is the 40th anniversary of the franchise, so all season they’ve been re-dedicating all the retired numbers (Kareem, Oscar, etc…) with halftime ceremonies and new banners in the rafters (with the correct jerseys on each) and have had the current jerseys in the framed pieces, probably because the players already have the old jerseys from when the numbers were first retired. So the Winters ceremony last night wasn’t so random, just one of the list to have it happen this year.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:40:54 +0000

Thank you, Nicole, for further proof that the Bucks have screwed up absolutely everything — on and off the floor — for the last 20 years.

I feel bad for you that you actually were there to witness it. The ball girls had the right style of jersey for Winters’ eara.

Speaking of styling for the Bucks, good to see the fans with bags on their heads the other night.

They’ve had no good mojo since moving from the Arena and that wonderful, colorful floor (which happens to be on my Uni Watch membership card).

By: Brett S

Brett S — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:59:46 +0000

LI Phil said:

Brett S said:

Andrea Bargnani came out with a facial mask in the Heat/Raptors game. No pic yet. Can anyone provide it?

here ya go

Thanks…seemed to play better with it on

By: Skycat

Skycat — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:29:34 +0000

Christopher said:

Brendan said:

One more team wore green on St. Pat’s day: the A’s. Not particularly noteworthy, considering those are their regular spring training uniforms, but with the death of the Devil Rays they’re the last MLB team to wear a true green.

The only reason I can think of is that green uniforms do not provide enough contrast with the playing field. Even in football, green is underrepresented.

Totally a side point, and its late so no one will probably read this, but…

What’s the deal with green? How come it is so much more rare than blue, red, black, etc.

Its a common color, not “hip” or trendy by any means (see: teal, purple).

In the history of baseball, there have only been a tiny handful of examples of it being used. And other than the A’s, not for very long.

By: Jonathan Sluss

Jonathan Sluss — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:27:18 +0000

The exhibition was the first that Tech has ever donned the pinstripes, I started at Tech in 2002 and graduated in May last year and have never seen them before, usually sleeveless all white with maroon or black sleeves or maroon jerseys or orange jerseys (there seemed to be a million combinations in the past 5 years but never pinstripe). This was a very cool occasion, as a lifelong Orioles fan scarred by the Jeffrey Mayer incident, I never thought I’d cheer the Yankees, but it was neat to see them come and do such a wonderful thing. I will be buying a maroon and orange yankee hat tomorrow (along with one for my mom who has been a yankee fan her whole life).

By: Jeremy Brahm

Jeremy Brahm — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:19:07 +0000

Japanese Pro Baseball Teams and their parents.

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Nippon Ham, a leading producer of pork products

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Rakuten is the leading online auction company in Japan. Also own the J-League’s Vissel Kobe.

Yomiuri Giants, Yomiuri, Japan’s most conservative daily newspaper, sometimes puts Tokyo on the sleeves and front of the uniform

Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yakult, dairy products manufacturer

Chunichi Dragons, Chunichi is the leading media company in the Central Japan (Chu=Central and nichi=Japan)

Saitama Seibu Lions, Seibu is a department store chain

Chiba Lotte Marines, Lotte a gum and candy company from Korea, who also owns the Lotte Giants in South Korea

Yokohama Bay Stars, were sponsored by the Taiyo fishery, but changed to a non-sponsored name in 1992.

Hanshin Tigers, Hanshin is a railway company in the Osaka area (Han=Osaka and Shin=Kobe)

Orix Buffaloes, Orix is a leasing company

Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Toyo is the parent company of Mazda, but the Carp are one of the most cash strapped teams in Japan.

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Softbank is a leading software and computer services company in Japan.

By: LI Phil

LI Phil — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:52:28 +0000

Brett S said:

Andrea Bargnani came out with a facial mask in the Heat/Raptors game. No pic yet. Can anyone provide it?

here ya go