Comments on: The Real First Day of Spring http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ryan Fickes http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-247998 Ryan Fickes Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:44:22 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-247998 The Orioles have been using the orange carpet for Opening Day for more than a decade now... I remember them doing it the last time they made the playoffs, which was more than a decade ago. The Orioles have been using the orange carpet for Opening Day for more than a decade now… I remember them doing it the last time they made the playoffs, which was more than a decade ago.

]]> By: brian http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246647 brian Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:25:22 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246647 I wish the indians would go back to <a href="http://http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rapghIZdL._AA280_.jpg" rel="nofollow">these</a> I wish the indians would go back to these

]]> By: Kerby http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246568 Kerby Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:15:39 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246568 Just to clarify...The Indians alt uni's most resemble the 1958-62 road uni's but don't have the same block font. So they're really brand new...They just look retro. The caps most closely resemble the 1920's font cap but not exactly. Just to clarify…The Indians alt uni’s most resemble the 1958-62 road uni’s but don’t have the same block font. So they’re really brand new…They just look retro. The caps most closely resemble the 1920’s font cap but not exactly.

]]> By: simon http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246548 simon Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:45:44 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246548 for some reason Alex Rios was sporting a very similar mohawk and I remember the TV commentators talking about it in the season opener against the Yankees. for some reason Alex Rios was sporting a very similar mohawk and I remember the TV commentators talking about it in the season opener against the Yankees.

]]> By: matt http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246466 matt Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:16:46 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246466 the mohawked is indeed, b phill. the mohawked is indeed, b phill.

]]> By: Adam http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246188 Adam Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:51:23 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-246188 i believe the mowhawked ballplayer is my boy brandon phillips i believe the mowhawked ballplayer is my boy brandon phillips

]]> By: Eriq Jaffe http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245980 Eriq Jaffe Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:10:55 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245980 [quote comment="245270"]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.[/quote]I heard it too, FWIW. I was a little more amused by the fact that Stoney went on to say that the 111-win Indians were swept in the '54 series by the "San Francisco Giants"... Adam said:

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.

I heard it too, FWIW.

I was a little more amused by the fact that Stoney went on to say that the 111-win Indians were swept in the ‘54 series by the “San Francisco Giants”…

]]> By: Robert Anderson http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245842 Robert Anderson Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:16:23 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245842 Guess the mets are not undefeated anymore. Yanks are. Guess the mets are not undefeated anymore. Yanks are.

]]> By: Jay http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245810 Jay Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:17:00 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245810 Some good photos of both sleeve patches on the Yankees jerseys, <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?gameId=280401110" rel="nofollow">here</a>. And how about those <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?photoId=1902619&gameId=280401110" rel="nofollow">fresh pressed jerseys</a>, but the pleat down the sleeve creates a <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?photoId=1902706&gameId=280401110" rel="nofollow">fold in the patch</a> which just looks stupid. Some good photos of both sleeve patches on the Yankees jerseys, here.
And how about those fresh pressed jerseys, but the pleat down the sleeve creates a fold in the patch which just looks stupid.

]]> By: lwiedy http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245724 lwiedy Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:28:51 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/01/the-real-first-day-of-spring/#comment-245724 [quote comment="245720"][quote comment="245716"]Friggin’ Yahoo search[/quote] not so...you just didn't put in <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GWYA%2CGWYA%3A2005-21%2CGWYA%3Aen&q=andy+messersmith+channel+17+photo" rel="nofollow">the right terms</a> soon as i saw UW (#10), i knew i'd find gold...pure gold jerry[/quote] Searched images only. My bad, yahoo. LI Phil said:

lwiedy said:

Friggin’ Yahoo search

not so…you just didn’t put in the right terms

soon as i saw UW (#10), i knew i’d find gold…pure gold jerry

Searched images only. My bad, yahoo.

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