Internal alarm reminding me it’s time to take care of my taxes already? Check. Mark Prior on the DL? Double-check. This can only mean one thing: the start of the baseball season. Herewith, some observations from yesterday’s Opening Day action:
• I’m genuinely surprised — and disappointed — by how many teams chose to wear dark alternate jerseys on Opening Day. Among the offenders: the Brewers, White Sox, and Astros.
• The Indians didn’t wear a solid-colored jersey, but they did open the season in their new cream-colored retro-ish alts. I think they look awesome (well, on most players), but I still think a team should wear its standard uni on Opening Day (esp. since this alt isn’t a throwback — the Indians have never worn this design before, so it’s not like they’re using it to honor their history or anything like that). Also: Since the alt uni has its own alt cap, couldn’t they also have shelled out for alt batting helmets? Apparently not.
• Lots of cold-weather fun in Chicago during yesterday’s game. And damn, that’s a nice uniform set!
• My favorite detail of the day: If you have to wear a helmet, why not wear a fun helmet? That’s Twins first base coach Jerry White wearing the team’s 1970s design, just like the Minnesota catchers have been wearing in recent years. I’m told that the third base coach wore the same thing. (Big thanks to Michael Romero for the screen grab.)
• The Reds all wore Joe Nuxhall jerseys during yestrday’s pregame ceremonies (credit Scott Yager with that screen shot) — that’s really nice. Then they all took them off and switched to their regular jerseys, except for starter Aaron Harang, who kept wearing the Nuxy tribute during the game (plus that photo shows him drawing a little “41″ on the mound dirt). Harang apparently got permission from MLB central to do this, but I’m not down with it. It becomes more of a “Look at me!” thing, instead of a respectful tribute thing (like the one everyone else was already wearing). Also, the Reds already have a player who wears No. 41, Jeremy Affeldt; Harang normally wears No. 39. Anyone know if Affeldt wore his regular jersey while sitting in the bullpen, or if he switched numbers for the day to allow Harang to wear 41? (Meanwhile: Who’s that at lower-left with the mohawk?)
• Slowly but surely, the Royals are getting there. First, they’ve switched from nameplates to direct-sewn lettering (which should make this guy’s jersey a lot more comfortable). And their left-sleeve logo patch, which had previously been on a white background (which sometimes extended way beyond the patch’s outlines), now sits flush against the sleeve (additional views here and here). Both of these are small but telling indicators of a team that’s no longer cutting corners and is willing to take those extra steps to make things look right. (Kudos to Larry Wiederecht, who spotted both of these details.)
• As promised, a bunch of 1958 Dodgers old-timers wore off-white throwbacks, prepared for the occasion by Ebbets Field Flannels (additional views here, and here). Too bad about the NOBs, but I understand that they wanted everyone to be able to identify the players.
• Dodgers rookie Blake DeWitt wore No. 62 in spring training. But when he made it past the final roster cut, they gave him a more suitable number — except on his helmet (good catch by Ian Voorn).
• Good view here of the Cool Base road grays (thanks to Bryan for the hi-res image).
• Nice to see Kenji Johjima’s still wearing his little helmet doohickey thingie.
• True to his word. Too bad he can’t pitch for shit anymore.
• I already covered Willie Harris’s double-flappage yesterday. But photos as good as this one don’t come around very often.
• Genius catch by Michael Zakrzewski, who notes that the I on Matt Chico’s jersey was upside-down (look at the other letters — the gold bevel should be on the left side, not the right).
• MLB.TV is messed up, so I can’t access most of the day’s game video or make screen grabs, but I have it on good authority (read: several posts in yesterday’s comments section) that Eric Gagné’s jersey came so far untucked yesterday that the umpires actually ordered him to tuck it back in. No word on whether they also ordered him to give back two months’ salary to the Red Sox after the way he pitched last August and September.
• What’s worse than an annoying corporate ad slogan that tries to turn baseball into a lifestyle brand? An annoying corporate ad slogan with one word missing.
• Not uni-related, but several teams appear to have done these elaborate intro ceremonies where the players practically came in on a red carpet. Is this a new thing, or have I just not noticed in the past? Here in New York, our teams usually just walk out of the dugout, stand along the baselines, and tip their caps as the P.A. guy announces their names, y’know?
• This is the mayor of Philadelphia. I’m just gonna leave it at that. Draw your own conclusions.
And hey, have I mentioned that the Mets are undefeated?
Uni Watch News Ticker: A little birdie tells me that the Yankees will go to NOBs next season, to coincide with the opening of the new stadium and to make the point that Hank and Hal are running the team now. … I couldn’t really tell ya myself, but Nicholas Bean says that this is actually Justin Timberlake, shooting a scene for his upcoming movie, On the Road. “Timberlake’s character, a Corpus Christi Hooks player named Carlton Garrett, was wearing the home whites, complete with ‘Garrett’ nameplate, but the other Hooks did not have nameplates,” writes Nicholas. “Oh, and Timberlake runs like a girl. Seriously.” … Interesting piece here about the rebranding of a high school sports program. … “The Red Wings celebrated Gordie Howe’s 80th birthday on Sunday with a pregame ceremony,” writes Scott Alexander. “They gave him a framed No. 17 jersey, which he wore his rookie season before switching to No. 9.” Nice touch, except his rookie version didn’t have NOB lettering or CCM logos. … Speaking of CCM, sort of, here’s a note from John Muir: “Anaheim Ducks back-up goalie Jonas Hiller has been wearing the old Koho 580 pads since his debut last season. But his pads have either had the Koho logo blacked in or been unbranded, because Koho no longer exists as a company (it was in the CCM family, since bought by Reebok). But according to this December ’07 thread from GoalieStore.com, Hiller, GoalieMonkey.com, and Koho recently signed a deal for a limited production run of their new 700-series, which will look like this and this. Not sure what it will amount to, but I was surprised to see Koho as an independent entity again.” … The NFL Network was showing Super Bowl XXII yesterday morning, and Jesse Alger noticed something unusual: a post-game interview featuring John Elway wearing a bathrobe with a Super Bowl logo. … Interesting skiing attire here (with thanks to Matt Englander). … “Was re-watching the 2004 World Series video yesterday and noticed something very strange,” writes Alan Chewning. “They were showing an old clip of the Cardinals’ 1967 WS post-game field celebration and as everyone is converging on the infield, one of the umpires runs up to one of the players and takes the cap off his head and keeps on running. And he already had someone else’s in his hand! Early eBayer? Memorabilia maven? Thief? What’s up with that?” Actually, this story sounds oddly familiar to me — did we discuss it once before? If anyone knows more, please fill us in. … Remember that pig butchery course I mentioned I’d be taking last week? Look, there I am in the front row. Additional pics, not recommended for vegetarians, here. … Yesterday I linked to this photo, which appears to show a catcher wearing either a front-facing helmet or a brimless helmet in 1969, which would mark the earliest instance of either of those phenomena, at least in my experience. Paul Hirsch to the rescue: “The catcher there is Tom Haller, who was the first catcher to wear a helmet behind the plate. While with the Giants in 1967 or so, Haller saw John Roseboro get hit on a backswing in a game at Candlestick and started wearing a sawed-off brimless helmet shortly thereafter. I grew up in L.A., and Vin Scully made a big deal of this, much like he made a big deal about coaches wearing helmets before the Coolbaugh incident last season.” … As a semi-serious bowler (170 average, keep my ball and shoes in the trunk of my car so I can bowl at a moment’s notice, etc.), I was pretty disturbed to see this. … While looking for pics of goateed umpires, I came across this shot of Ken Kaiser. Although he’s wearing the 1997 Jackie Robinson patch, the photo is actually from spring training 1998 — interesting. Also, note the logo creep on his pants! … Okay, if you want to say, “Uniform? What uniform?!,” in this case I’ll allow it. … Michael Kemezis has started a new hockey sweater blog. … Longtime Kentucky basketball equipment manager Bill Keightley, who worked in the UK equipment room since 1962, passed away last night. “Words can’t really express what he meant to the Kentucky program and its coaches, players, and fans,” writes Micah Roberts. “I will always remember his stubborn refusal to allow U.S. flag patches on UK’s uniforms except in times of war. Mr. Keightley was a former Marine and he felt that using the flag as a common decoration on a uniform was wholly inappropriate. Not only have I lost a member of my UK family, I feel like I have lost one of the folks who loved the uniforms as much as I did.” There are some good anecdotes about Keightley here, and there’s a video clip available here.
#1 by LI Phil on 04.01.08 8:41 am |
joe nuxhall, silly
#2 by SpartyCuse on 04.01.08 8:43 am |
The Brewers and Astros have pretty much shelved their grey road jerseys. The Astros wore the red almost 100% last year, and the Brewers started wearing the alt after the break.
Im guessing if you keep track this year, the alt will be worn 80-90 percent of the road games for these two teams.
#3 by ESS on 04.01.08 8:45 am |
My wife’s first comment when she saw our illustrious mayor throwing out the first pitch?
“Why’s he wearing mom jeans?”
#4 by Marc M. on 04.01.08 8:45 am |
A little birdie tells me that the Yankees will go to NOBs next season, to coincide with the opening of the new stadium and to make the point that Hank and Hal are running the team now.
Nice April Fool’s joke Paul!!!
#5 by Eddie Jay on 04.01.08 8:50 am |
Lol @ Mayor Nutter, with the jersey tucked in, but hey hes better than our last mayor (and hes only been mayor for a few months!) so I cant make fun too much.
#6 by Mark in Cincy on 04.01.08 8:50 am |
The mohawk-wearer is Brandon Phillips
#7 by +JohnnyBoy- on 04.01.08 8:53 am |
The Dodgers off-whites are spectacular. And I love Torre wearing a watch on his glove hand.
#8 by Peter Wunsch on 04.01.08 8:54 am |
Bobby Richardosn claimed that the 2nd base umpire took his cap immediately after he caught the Willie McCovey liner to end the 1962 Series.
#9 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 04.01.08 8:55 am |
Waking this morning to the news that Bill Keightley had passed away was difficult for me. I grew up in Lexington, worshipped the Cats as a child, and went to UK. Back in 2004 when the Cats played in the regionals here in Austin I got tickets. I went to the ‘practice’ session the day before the games. I got Tubby Smith’s autograph. But, I was equally excited to see Mr. Keightley. He was a special part of Kentucky basketball and will be greatly missed. He deserves a tribute that is as special as he was.
#10 by Matt Lesser on 04.01.08 8:55 am |
Mohawk is second baseman Brandon Phillips.
#11 by Les on 04.01.08 8:55 am |
The player’s hat was Julian Javier and the ump was the second base ump. I remember reading somewhere that before the last out the ump told Javier that he was going to take his hat. I believe in the video, you can see Javier turn and smile at the ump.
#12 by Keen Shoes » The Real First Day of Spring on 04.01.08 8:58 am |
[…] The Foot GuynHAs a semi-serious headgear (170 average, primed my ball and position in the case of my automobile so I crapper scheme at a moment’s notice, etc.), I was pretty sufferer to gaming this. … While labour for pics of goateed umpires, I came crossways this try of … […]
#13 by Stuby on 04.01.08 8:58 am |
And why does he have a glove?
#14 by Pete on 04.01.08 8:59 am |
The tribe new unis are so spectacular. I love the color, and do not mind their political correctness. I hope this is the wave of the future, rather than the terrible I logo.
#15 by Pat on 04.01.08 9:02 am |
And why does he have his shirt tucked into his jeans. You don’t tuck things into jeans. Sticker still on the hat. There’s just so many things wrong with that picture. That’s the guy that’s making decisions for the entire city of Philadelphia?
#16 by Don on 04.01.08 9:04 am |
As an Astros fan, I don’t know which continuing tradition was worse last night: the stranded baserunners or the red softball jerseys. Drayton McLane apparently loves those things. I despise them.
In reality, the only decent thing about the Astros’ unis is the cap. (I still don’t understand that middle “s” design in Houston and Astros on the jerseys.) I say ditch the whole thing and go back to the shooting star design they used just before switching to the rainbow-gut unis.
#17 by Dave in VA on 04.01.08 9:05 am |
NHL Net last night (in honor of Gordie’s 80th) showed the highlight film from the ‘52 & ‘54 Stanley Cup finals. Uni-related (sorry, no screen caps): home teams (Wings & Habs) wore white sweaters - not dark as I would have expected; refs wore what looked like off-white V-neck sweaters with white shirt & black ties, and black pants (sharp!); Canadiens home jerseys had no consistent number patterns; and, of course, goalies were mask-less.
Very interesting to watch, especially when compared to all of the modern NHL ads (with unis) shown during the commercial breaks.
#18 by Bradley on 04.01.08 9:05 am |
The Yankee NOB thing better be an April Fools joke.
#19 by LI Phil on 04.01.08 9:06 am |
#20 by Mark in Cincy on 04.01.08 9:06 am |
In addition, Harang’s Nuxhall jersey was missing both patches (right arm, left arm). I don’t think there was a Nuxy patch on the memorial jerseys, but there was a Mr. Red on the left arm (can’t link … it’s causing problems, but look at the picture in the article asking for the name of the mohawk-wearer).
#21 by LI Phil on 04.01.08 9:07 am |
#22 by Allan Chandler on 04.01.08 9:08 am |
I liked Harang’s donning of Joe Nuxhall’s number for the whole game. It may seem a bit overdone to outsiders, but Nuxhall meant a lot to the Cincinnati Reds and its fans. Maybe he and Harang became good friends. Whatever the reason, I don’t think it was bush league at all, but rather a tasteful tribute that non-Reds fans don’t quite get.
#23 by Alex Kibler on 04.01.08 9:14 am |
Not sure if this has been covered, but the Reds wore these, which I hope they continue through the season.
#24 by Mike Engle on 04.01.08 9:14 am |
Last year, Our Faithful Narrator got April Fooled when somebody reported “new” home alts for the Yankees: white without pinstripes and the retired numbers on the pants where side piping might go.
Sorry, Mr. Lukas, you’re not fooling us!
#25 by Joe H on 04.01.08 9:17 am |
Slowly but surely, the Royals are getting there. First, they’ve switched from nameplates to direct-sewn lettering
Why is this better…I have gone into detail before about why I think nameplates are better, but never heard a qualified response from anyone as to why they think direct sewn is better????
#26 by Adam on 04.01.08 9:17 am |
I generally hate the Indians (being a White Sox fan), but I like their new alts. Somebody should tell the White Sox radio team that they aren’t 1954 throwbacks, though, since they kept saying all game they were.
#27 by GoMac on 04.01.08 9:18 am |
I was gonna say..if that’s not an April Fool’s Joke..all those shitty replicas with NOBs are gonna be accurate now..
Well..except for the fact that 98% of them say Soriano on them..
#28 by Adam on 04.01.08 9:20 am |
I don’t know anybody else, but I think nameplates just look stupid. It’s just an unnecessary element and makes the uniform look less professional. I think it looks especially awful on the Twins road pinstriped uniforms.
#29 by Paul Lukas on 04.01.08 9:24 am |
I think nameplates look like shit. Extra seams, extra fabric, extra puckering. What if the insignia on the front was actually a big piece of fabric with a script design on it — wouldn’t THAT look like shit? Damn right. So do nameplates.
#30 by Joe H on 04.01.08 9:25 am |
Also yesterday O’s first base coach John “T-Bone” Shelby’s “8″ was upside-down on the front of his jersey…no pics. First base coaches don’t get much photo love.
#31 by LI Phil on 04.01.08 9:26 am |
i don’t know if it’s better, but it is most surely more aesthetically pleasing…the only time (imho) nameplates look even ok … which they don’t … is when they are done like this…purposely offset so the NOB is the same color as the jersey color
in this case, i’ll say the nameplate is acceptable
#32 by Paul Lukas on 04.01.08 9:26 am |
Seriously? They referred to them as a 1954 design?! That’s nuts.
#33 by Robert on 04.01.08 9:26 am |
The Cincy newspaper reported Harang did not request to wear the Nuxy jersey during the game. Someone with the team asked him if he would like to do so, and he agreed. So to the extent that there is a “Look at me” factor at work, Harang is not to blame.
#34 by Robert on 04.01.08 9:28 am |
And just because it made me a little crazy:
Every time I see a Reds player (or players, in yesterday’s case) wearing No. 41, I think of Tom Seaver.
#35 by Kevin G. on 04.01.08 9:30 am |
The unpire asked Bobby Richardson if he could have it before the final out of the World Series, and Bobby agreed.
#36 by Joe H on 04.01.08 9:31 am |
It may look cleaner to have a direct sewn name, but the nameplate ensures a proper arch to the name. Now most teams that use direct sewing have the surnames in practically a straight line. Only when it’s a longer name does it start to resemble a proper radial arch.
And they don’t pucker if done right, but nobody can seem to do that today.
#37 by who cares on 04.01.08 9:33 am |
NFL tells Super Bowl volunteers to go f themselves so no more stories about the good experience on uniwatch I presume.
#38 by Ryne on 04.01.08 9:34 am |
The real issue with the Reds is, is Affeldt still going to wear number 41, since the Reds did RETIRE it yesterday.
#39 by Jake Pride on 04.01.08 9:39 am |
Is that the same Philadelphia mayor who, dressed in a track suit, waited in line himself for an iPhone when it was introduced?
http://www.blogsmith...
Brotherly love, indeed.
#40 by Rob K. on 04.01.08 9:40 am |
• What’s worse than an annoying corporate ad slogan that tries to turn baseball into a lifestyle brand? An annoying corporate ad slogan with one word missing.
Seems like you’ve found the first Photoshop contest of the season…
“I Live for Taking Your Money!”
#41 by Luke Mohamed on 04.01.08 9:41 am |
I didn’t know Jose Mesa was the mayor of Philly
#42 by Dave in VA on 04.01.08 9:41 am |
No, that’s the (thankfully) former mayor, John Street.
#43 by Joey Guns on 04.01.08 9:44 am |
While looking for pics of goateed umpires, I came across this shot of Ken Kaiser. Although he’s wearing the 1997 Jackie Robinson patch, the photo is actually from spring training 1998 — interesting. Also, note the logo creep on his pants!
The only picture I’ve ever seen of Roberto Alomar and an umpire is this one, when he spit:
http://blog.sportsco...
#44 by Jim on 04.01.08 9:45 am |
Red wings have arched names and it’s directly sewn onto the jersey.
#45 by Juan Grande on 04.01.08 9:46 am |
It will be just like when MLB retired Jackie Robinson’s number. Mo Vaughn, Mariano Rivera, and a few others were still allowed to wear #42 untill they retired. The only one left now is Rivera and he doesn’t have much left.
Affeldt can wear it until he leaves the team.
#46 by scott on 04.01.08 9:47 am |
Didn’t Biggio insist on the Astros wearing their road grays a lot at the beginning of the 2007 season? With Biggio retired, I guess the only time the complete gray Astros jersey might be seen is at the All-Star Game.
#47 by Greg V. on 04.01.08 9:48 am |
Harang was asked to wear Nuxy’s jersey for the game so it could be auctioned off, with proceeds going to Nuxhall’s community fund or Hall of Fame fund or something like that. It had good intentions.
Jeremy Affeldt had 41 on the front and back of his jersey during introductions when everyone else had their regular uni numbers on the front. I didn’t see him during the game, but I would guess he did not wear a different number. Also, I don’t think the Reds officially retired number 41 yesterday. Retired numbers are along the ring of the upper deck of seats. A news report I saw said the Reds were “honoring” number 41.
#48 by Garbonzo Bean on 04.01.08 9:48 am |
A little birdie told me that the Mets will be moving the whole slab of Shea stadium to the upper west side of Manhattan
#49 by Steve on 04.01.08 9:50 am |
Have you gone to many games recently? I’d say 85% are Jeter jerseys……
#50 by Garbonzo Bean on 04.01.08 9:51 am |
Do you really think Hank and Hal would be THAT Stupid? You are talking about the same men who wouldnt sell the naming rights to Yankee Stadium…SO I can be certain that it is an April Fool
#51 by Nicholas Bean on 04.01.08 9:53 am |
As a follow-up, here’s a picture of Timberlake with the rest of the Hooks team, sans nameplates:
http://www.caller.co...
#52 by David on 04.01.08 9:53 am |
When did the Reds retire number 41? They retired Joe’s microphone and hung a commemorative number 41 jersey in left field that will stay for this season but at no time did I notice his number being retired. So as far as I understand his number is still active.
“The Reds also unfurled a Nuxhall jersey hanging above the visitors’ bullpen that will remain there for the duration of the season. The Reds also announced that Great American Ball Park’s address will officially be changed this summer to 100 Nuxhall Way.”
http://cincinnati.re...
No mention of a retired number.
#53 by Brian F. on 04.01.08 9:54 am |
Carlos Gomez was wearing a compression sleeve last night that appears to belong to Justin Morneau. Gomez wears #22 as appears on his sweatbands, and Morneau wears #33 as seen on the red compression sleeve here
#54 by David on 04.01.08 9:55 am |
Harang’s jersey will be displayed in the Hall of Fame.
#55 by Al on 04.01.08 9:55 am |
More like 1972.
#56 by Max on 04.01.08 10:02 am |
The Reds will be “honoring” Nuxhall, not retiring #41.
Harang usually wears #39. What is ironic is that Nuxhall also wore #39 during either his first or second stint with the Reds.
#57 by BCrisp on 04.01.08 10:02 am |
Thanks Justin Timberlake.
I went to Corpus over the weekend to visit my brother-in-law. The baseball field is next to the bridge on the way out of town. They shut down the bridge so they could get some helicopter shot. Took us forever leave.
#58 by nate on 04.01.08 10:03 am |
this is the mayor of Philadelphia:
http://www.youtube.c...
#59 by StevieW on 04.01.08 10:04 am |
The reds just placed Nuxhall’s #41 on the wall for a year on a jersey he never wore. Not retired. Oh by the way, they retired Davey Concepcion’s #13 and no mention of it on the website either. Not sure if it’s at the ballpark?
#60 by David on 04.01.08 10:08 am |
They retired that last year, and yes it is on the facing behind home plate.
#61 by Marty Met on 04.01.08 10:11 am |
Yeah, God forbid, someone “mess” with the precious Yankees uniform.
#62 by chance on 04.01.08 10:14 am |
Damn straight, brother. :P
#63 by David on 04.01.08 10:14 am |
That jersey they used for his number is a jersey no team has worn, it just has the font of the current jersey. You can see it about two thirds of the way through this slideshow.
#64 by Adam on 04.01.08 10:18 am |
They did. I’m positive of it, because it started them talking about how the Indians had 111 wins that season and the Yankees had 103. Ed Farmer, the play-by-play guy, tends to be pretty clueless, but I expected better from new parter Steve Stone.
On another semi-unirelated note, they were discussing people who were hit in the head with balls. Steve Stone said the worst he ever saw was Sammy Sosa a few years ago (when his helmet shattered), and then brought up “Ben Chapman”, who he said died after being hit with a ball. Farmer had never heard of that. Maybe because his name was actually “Ray Chapman”.
#65 by Kevin on 04.01.08 10:21 am |
Gagne was absolutely hideous yesterday. Cubs were looking good though.
#66 by Rich on 04.01.08 10:21 am |
Obama bowling a 37 would probably equate to a 15 in candlepin bowling. Yeesh.
#67 by JoeS on 04.01.08 10:25 am |
This just in: “Clinton campaign recommends allocating Florida and Michigan delegates proportionally based on upcoming televised bowling match”
#68 by LI Phil on 04.01.08 10:27 am |
and everytime i see a mets player wearing No. 40, i think of pat zachry
*june 15, 1977*…the darkest day in met history
#69 by MPowers1634 on 04.01.08 10:28 am |
Sounds like a plug for Straight Cash Homey!
#70 by derek on 04.01.08 10:28 am |
Did anyone else know that the Florida Panthers used to have arched NOB’s? This is news to me
http://www.authentic...
#71 by Kevin on 04.01.08 10:30 am |
And speaking of opening day…
#72 by Ben on 04.01.08 10:30 am |
Personally, I think the Brewers looked kick ass yesterday! There blue alts are one of the best alternates in the bigs in my opinion.
#73 by Mark on 04.01.08 10:31 am |
Paul…The Pirates pitcher Ian Snell went double flap in the game @ the Braves last night, can’t find a pic though
#74 by Marty Met on 04.01.08 10:33 am |
M. Donald Grant Sucks.
#75 by Poisso3 on 04.01.08 10:36 am |
Yeah, Uncle Drayton loves the Red Alts and the Astros Equipment Manager has said that they will rear them on the road unless the home team requests the grays worn. Stranded base runners and power hitters trying too hard…nothing changed there with this 08 roster. Hopefully that will change. Oh, anyone get a count of the number of Astros wearing the high socks last night?
As for the “Astros” on the jersey, I think thy should do something to incorporate the shooting star on the chest, but last thing I would want was a repeat of the 2000 Season uniforms. Ok, so maybe the uniform Bags is sporting in that last link but in road gray…
#76 by Elwood on 04.01.08 10:36 am |
Yep. They started out single-color straight, went to what you show, and then recently switched back.
#77 by JoeS on 04.01.08 10:36 am |
The helmet they came up with looks a bit too much like the Detroit Lions prototype. And both of them are ugly. I like the rest of their logos, though.
#78 by Perry on 04.01.08 10:36 am |
Ya know, Nuxhall pitched the first live game I ever saw, and according to my scorecard wore #39 that year (1965). And that’s my memory of him… and now according to this he NEVER wore 41!
http://www.baseball-...
I do remember he used to pitch BP in the 70s wearing 41, and how he gave it up when Seaver joined the Reds. But never when an active player, apparently. Very puzzling.
#79 by MPowers1634 on 04.01.08 10:39 am |
I think he looks more like the lovechild of Jose Mesa and Greg Vaughn.
#80 by ESS on 04.01.08 10:41 am |
Funny thing is, in the paper yesterday he said he had been practicing so that the ball would at least get over the plate. He was worried that if it didn’t, he’d be on YouTube…..again.
#81 by ScottyJ in WV on 04.01.08 10:43 am |
As a serious bowler AND a lefty, I’d have to say that Obama wears rental shoes well.
#82 by Chuck Ryals on 04.01.08 10:46 am |
new Tribe unis are sweet! the block C cap is so much better than the lame Wahoo cap.
#83 by David on 04.01.08 10:47 am |
So it is kind of like being the smartest kid in the remedial class?
#84 by Walaitis on 04.01.08 10:52 am |
I’m confused here … It appears everyone is offended and annoyed by the “boring” Civil Rights Game jerseys, but seem to really love the Indians’ new alternates … is there really much of a difference?
#85 by Walaitis on 04.01.08 10:54 am |
http://www.astroland...
http://www.astroland...
I’m so confused by this, I don’t even know where to start. Anyone have an explanation???
#86 by Kerry P on 04.01.08 10:58 am |
OK, this really isn’t uni-related, but I read this quote in an article and had to share it:
“God, Nike and New Balance got us here,”
This was said by a Louisiana state legislator after arriving from his 220-mile walk from Shreveport in northen Louisiana to the state capital of Baton Rouge for the start of the regular legislative session.
Click HERE for the full story if you’re interested. It’s not related to sports or unis at all, but I read the quote and immediately thought of Uni Watch.
#87 by Derek on 04.01.08 10:58 am |
Yeah i feel the same way, The indians new uniforms are just as bland as the civil rights game uni’s. In my onpinion i cant stand either, too plain and boring, we are in the 21st century we should have such simplistic uniforms.
#88 by Derek on 04.01.08 10:59 am |
Correction, we should have should be we shouldnt have
#89 by Brian on 04.01.08 11:02 am |
A Jewish kid going to a pig butchering? What’s the world coming to? Just kidding. Much cleaner than the way I learned to butcher a wild pig or a deer. Made me ready for barbecue season, Boston butt for 10 hours on the smoker.
#90 by Jay on 04.01.08 11:02 am |
I thought people loved the Civil Rights Game unis last year. I think the difference this year is that MLB stopped short in the Civil Rights Game. Last year, there was a whole new uni for the teams, complete with new pants and caps. That was missing from this years game. Teams wore their hats and the White Sox wore their road gray pants.
Maybe if MLB took some uni hints from the Negro League teams in the area the MLB team is from…
The Indians unis are a nice interpretation of the 50’s era unis, especially the caps.
#91 by Walaitis on 04.01.08 11:02 am |
Well, as least God was listed first!!!!
#92 by Derek on 04.01.08 11:03 am |
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#93 by Dane on 04.01.08 11:04 am |
This place could either be really cool, or really lame.
#94 by Marty Met on 04.01.08 11:07 am |
I’m sure those Roger Clemens’ New york Yankees jerseys will be flying off the shelf.
(Well maybe with Republican memebers of Congreess)
#95 by Walaitis on 04.01.08 11:09 am |
Never trust news like this on April 1.
#96 by Bouj on 04.01.08 11:09 am |
Only 4 Astros usually go high socks: Berkman, Oswalt, Pence, & Erstad. I’m not sure Berkman had them high last night.
And Biggio requested they wear the greys last year during the final road series in CIN. They wore the bricks from mid-May on or so.
#97 by Joe on 04.01.08 11:10 am |
I pretty much crapped my pants when I saw the line about the Yanks going to NOB jerseys… I HATE those replicas with NOBs. They’re awful. Then I realized that I hadn’t switched my desk calendar to the correct date yet. Well played, Mr. Lukas.
#98 by Nick Hanson on 04.01.08 11:12 am |
Wow.. an Edmonton Oilers fan beaten half to death by Calgary Flames fans, for wearing a jersey.
#99 by Derek on 04.01.08 11:15 am |
I was extremely happy about that untill i realized what day it was. The yankees need to update their look, i mean i like the class of thier uniforms but would it be so much to ask for them to put names on the uni’s?
#100 by LI Phil on 04.01.08 11:22 am |
im no fan of the yankees, but why the fuck should they do that?
#101 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 04.01.08 11:25 am |
The line that convinced me it was an April Fools joke was;
…Gary Bettman would consider having the folks at Bravo TV series Project Runway design the new sweaters…
#102 by Derek on 04.01.08 11:25 am |
Why not? What is so wrong with having names on the back of jerseys, its supposed to be that way, look at every other sport.