caknuck said:

Apparently the Rangers have some of the road caps around, because one of the Ballpark staffers working the turnstiles is wearing one… paired with a home jersey. And the jersey is either a Mark Teixeira (traded to the Braves last season) or Jared Saltalamacchia (started the year in AAA).

They still sell them in the merchandise stores at the ballpark, at least as of the last time i went, which was last year. They also still sell the black brim ones, though they haven’t worn those since around 2004.

Teixeira wore #23 with the Rangers. Maybe they’re Palmeiro jerseys.

Here is the article

Apparently the Rangers have some of the road caps around, because one of the Ballpark staffers working the turnstiles is wearing one… paired with a home jersey. And the jersey is either a Mark Teixeira (traded to the Braves last season) or Jared Saltalamacchia (started the year in AAA).

They still sell them in the merchandise stores at the ballpark, at least as of the last time i went, which was last year. They also still sell the black brim ones, though they haven’t worn those since around 2004.

But wasn’t wearing these a blast? Always wanted a red vest myself, easier to see your teamates.

I’m sure these had different names across regions, in the south they were called “pennies”…

James Craven said:

First…on this subject:

Tony Miller said:

“MLB.com reporting that players will again be allowed to wear #42 on April 15th.”

I think every player should wear #42 on April 15th.

Second on the mess that is the Mets uniform:

I propose that only one home uniform and one primary road uniform be used by each team. I would like to see the Mets (although as a Phillies fan I hate the team) wear black pinstripes with blue, white and orange tram and gray on the road as a primary color with black trim and have the blue and orange lettering trimmed in white, and a blue alt for the road with gray lettering and orange and black trim. Oh, and one hat for each uniform.

why should every player wear 42? its great we’re remembering jackie and 4/15/47 will FOREVER be remembered as the day he broke in with the brooklyn team…rachel still attends games and has even thrown out first pitches…and jackie’s # adorns every park in the bigs and his number is forever retired…

do we really need EVERY player wearing 42 on this day?

and so long as you’re choosing the mets uniforms, would you prefer the phillies now shelve that beautiful alt or the pinstripes…(ya know…since all teams only get one home and one road uni in craven league baseball)?

Maybe they could wear #21 for………………

UW Justin said:

Matty L said:

As kickass as the Sounders FC badge is I think Seattle Sounders FC is a crap name. Why do so many MLS teams need lame club names (Galaxy, Wizards, Earthquakes, Sounders, Red Bulls, Crew) instead of going with traditional club names, Seattle FC or something more “soccer-y” would be a million times better. Hopefully Philly gets it right.

I understand what you’re saying about the club names not sounding tradional, but how can you argue with a team name that has been around since 1974 as the Sounders name has been. I mean, you want names to be more traditional, but changing the name would go against the local tradition. I think adding FC at the end is the nice compromise that brings in the “soccer” feel to the traditional and seasoned local brand.

I’m pretty sure that the Earthquake name has a history in San Jose, too.

The MLS has a huge inferiority complex about itself, and will never get over it so long as there are team names like “FC Dallas” “Toronto FC” and “Real Salt Lake”. What a joke. It screams of desperation “Look at us, we have ‘real’ football names. Sports naming customs in North America are what they are, their not “right” or “wrong”, compared to European club names, that’s just the way it is. So I HIGHLY prefer names like LA Galaxy, SJ Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo, etc. Seattle is the WORST name so far because it tries to be all things to all people, the Seattle Sounders with a little “FC” on the end. Jeez, don’t get me started on the whole FC thing . . . we dont call it Football here, so what’s with the F? US, Canada and Australia all call it soccer, so quit with your inferiority complex and try to build a better product on the field.

/rant

FYI – I am a pretty big soccer fan, love to watch at the highest levels of Competition, which is generally weekend matches on FOX SOCCER CHANNEL from the EPL and Italy’s Serie A.

dynamo is no different than anything with FC that you hate so much (Dynomo Kiev, Dynamo Moscow, etc). as for everything else, theres nothing wrong with fc, many nations that dont call it football/futbal use fc. fc internazionale milan, for example, and no one will say they have an inferiority complex about it. so really, ehh