MLB’s continuing drive to mark every single game with some sort of uniform tribute ventured into new territory last night, as a few teams trotted out the first-ever Earth Day treatments. The Red Sox wore a patch with the logo shown at right (unfortunately, this is the best photo I’ve been able to find), plus I hear they renamed their left-field wall “the Green Monster” for a night. Over in Houston, the ’Stros wore green caps (additional views here and here). The message on the side is “Play Green.”
I’d heard that the Phillies were going to wear green BP jerseys during pregame warm-ups, but I haven’t seen any photos — does anyone know if they actually did this? If so, it’s by far the most appropriate Earth Day gesture, since the green BP tops were no doubt the same ones they wore back on St. Paddy’s Day, which is a much more recycling-related move than manufacturing a bunch of new patches or caps. (Update: I’ve now gotten word that the Phils didn’t wear green BP jerseys last night after all.)
Speaking of recycling, you know that familiar tri-arrowed logo that’s the basis for the Red Sox patch? It’s arguably one of the most successful and recognizable logos of the past 40 years, but it has no legal meaning, no legal owner, is not trademarked, and can be used by anyone — for some background, check out this page and this page, both taken from the book Recycled Papers: The Essential Guide by Claudia Thompson.
Perhaps most interesting of all, the symbol’s designer — a 23-year-old USC student named Gary Anderson, who submitted the design as part of a contest held in conjunction with the original Earth Day back in 1970 — was completely off the grid for years. In that last page I linked to, Claudia Thompson writes, “I have tried to locate Mr. Anderson in the hope of recognizing and reproducing his original pen-and-ink drawing, but unfortunately without success.” That was in 1992; five years later, I wrote an article about recycling imagery (for Spin magazine, of all places) and made my own attempt to track down Anderson, but I came up empty.
Ah, but nobody stays hidden in the broadband era. Two excellent articles about Anderson and his symbol (both downloadable as PDFs) are available here and here. When he came up with the Möbius Strip-based symbol back in 1970, I’m fairly certain he had no idea his creation would end up on Dustin Pedroia’s left sleeve (especially since Pedroia hadn’t yet been born), but that’s recycling for ya.
Betcha Thought I’d Put a Photo of a Can of Spam Here: OK, here’s the deal: Our old spam filter — the one that was generally fine until last Friday night — is still going through this bizarre phase in which it insists on treating every single post as spam. That’s obviously unacceptable. We don’t know why it’s behaving this way (it worked fine for so long). Last night we tried re-installing it, using a newer version of it, using an OLDER version of it — no dice.
The filter we used on Monday and Tuesday is better, but not good enough. As many of you discovered, it treats lots of legitimate posts as spam. What’s worse, it doesn’t allow me (or John, or Bryan) to go into the filter and rescue lost/eaten posts.
So for now we’ve gone back to a security system that requires you to enter a computer-generated code word. I know, I know — it’s a major pain. But this system is better than the similar system we used a while back. For example, if you enter the code incorrectly (or click “Say It!” without remembering to enter the code at all), your post won’t simply be rejected and disappear — instead, your comment will be preserved and you’ll be taken to a “try again” page.
We hope this will be just a temporary fix. Our goal is to get our original spam filter working again. Please bear with us while we try to make that happen.
And just to underscore how necessary it is to have some kind of filter: It took John about 30 seconds last night to disable the old filter and install the new security system. In those 30 seconds, two porno spams were posted on the site. It’s like The Matrix — the machines are fucking relentless, man, and they’re coming after us.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Really interesting piece here about some of the Rockets players wearing Chinese-made sneakers (with thanks to Brett Crane). … My thanks to everyone who explained that the bracelet on David Ortiz’s left forearm is a saints bracelet. … Yesterday’s note about the Apollo 11 astronauts have to-do lists sewn into their gloves prompted this from Kevin Friede: “Today’s discussion reminded me of a prank played on the Apollo 12 astronauts. In addition to the quarterback-style wrist checklists, each astronaut had a fairly thick mission checklist booklet, and some NASA people managed to sneak some Playboy centerfolds into the middle of the checklists.” … Here’s a truly amazing conribution from Jared Wheeler: “Ray Dumont was the founder of the National Baseball Congress, which is an organization of semi-pro leagues throughout the U.S. and Canada. It has been up and running since 1935. In 1951 Dumont attached a walkie-talkie device on the umpire, so the fans could hear the conversations between the umpire and the batter.” … Who needs Joba in the rotation? Just put Brian Urlacher in there (with thanks to Brian Russ). … So get this: The Patriots are still trying to trademark the term “19-0.” … While looking for something else, I found this really awesome Cubs training video — don’t miss. … The David Ortiz jersey that was buried in the Yankee Stadium concrete will be on display at the New England Sports Museum. … Another reader has commissioned Rob Ullman to create a jersey-clad pin-up illo. This time it’s Michael DeAloia, who had Rob depict his girlfriend, Rachel, “in the best college jersey of all-time — the Notre Dame green and gold.” Michael reports that Rachel “digs” the results. … Cricket report from Jordan Owen, who writes: “After last year’s success with their pink breast cancer awareness unis, Middlesex County cricket debuted their new One Day unis — spectacular navy and pink quarters — this past Sunday in a victory over trans-Thames rival Surrey.” … Tons of amazing Tiger Stadium photos here (with thanks to Paul Wiederecht). … The new Minnesota football uniforms will be unveiled at 1pm today. … Jeff Barak has found a bunch of really beautiful posters showing the progression of baseball stadiums in various cities, including New York (click on each individual ballpark for a larger image), Boston (ditto), Cleveland (for this one and all the ones that follow, you can see more detail by using the links below the poster), Cincinnati, Detroit, Philly, and St. Louis. The guy behind all this, an Ohio illustrator named Jeff Suntala, has a blog called Historic Ballparks, and has also put the stadium illustrations on a series of T-shirts, coffee mugs, and so on. His illos are gorgeous, and edumacational to boot. Check the full lineup here.
#1 by JN on 04.23.08 9:02 am |
UMKC (university of missouri-kansas city) is changing their logo…again
their original logo was this, was recently ‘updated’ to this (not to be mistaken for this), and now they are having a vote between the two different logos here.
#2 by John on 04.23.08 9:06 am |
Hey, no offense to Kevin Friede, but I posted the same Apollo 12 info at 9:34 AM. Throw me a frikkin’ bone, will ya?
#3 by matlock on 04.23.08 9:20 am |
can someone explain the (dubious?) rationale of the patriots going forward in their attempt to trademark ‘19-0′? i understand that they’re trying to market this on toys, clothes, and other crap, but isn’t this the equivalent of driving around in a beater with a ‘kerry/edwards-2004′ bumper sticker still on it?
#4 by War Damn Eagle on 04.23.08 9:28 am |
Personally, I wish UMKC would keep the vertically arched lettering. It’s a dying breed in college logos.
#5 by Tuffy on 04.23.08 9:28 am |
From Charley Walters of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press:
Look for the (Minnesota) Gophers football team today to unveil new uniforms that will include white pants, which the program hasn’t worn since its last Big Ten Conference championship season in 1967.
#6 by Kurt on 04.23.08 9:34 am |
Regarding the print on the side of the Earth Day Astros Caps, it said “Play Green” with the Astros logo to the left.
#7 by baseball » Blog Archive » You Say It’s Your Earth Day on 04.23.08 9:38 am |
[…] tom wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe David Ortiz jersey that was buried in the Yankee Stadium concrete will be on display at the New England Sports Museum. … Another reader has commissioned Rob Ullman to create a jersey-clad pin-up illo. This time it’s Michael DeAloia, … […]
#8 by mg12 on 04.23.08 9:39 am |
I find it interesting that the recycle logo is not trademarked and that there is no legal ownership of this logo. I find it to be a noble sentiment.
I do remember hearing the same thing about the PEACE symbol. The peace sign was orignally created to mean “no nukes” but has become a universal symbol for the peace movement. This symbol may even be more recognizable to that of the recycle symbol, but just like the recycle symbol, the peace symbol has never been trademarked and is not legally owned by any one person or group.
#9 by Mark in Shiga on 04.23.08 9:46 am |
your post won’t simply be rejected and disappear — instead, your comment will be preserved and you’ll be taken to a “try again” page.
On behalf of everyone who ever accidentally got their posts eaten, Paul, god bless you.
My anti-spam word was: Trout.
#10 by Roger on 04.23.08 9:46 am |
That’s correct. Here’s the logo, except it was white on the hat.
Play Green
#11 by Roger on 04.23.08 9:50 am |
And here’s the logo on the hat (a bit hard to see):
Play Green hat
#12 by Jim on 04.23.08 9:53 am |
Sad day for me in the uni world as we will no longer see these beautiful jerseys in the NHL playoffs…
http://www.readexpre...
Instead we will see theses…
http://cdn.nhl.com/f...
God, those black ones are horrible.
#13 by Rob Ullman on 04.23.08 10:18 am |
Couldn’t agree more. Still, we’ve got the Pens (who could be better, but aren’t bad), the Habs and the Rangers (who are Classy with a capital “C”), so three outta four ain’t bad.
#14 by LI Phil on 04.23.08 10:19 am |
well…if ovie shoots instead of passes…
#15 by Jim on 04.23.08 10:27 am |
No shit, I almost threw my remote when I saw him pass.
Unis left in NHL Playoffs:
West:
DET - Awesome
COL - Ehh (Damn Bettman stripes)
SJ - Gross
DAL - Pretty good, the ‘DALLAS’ is growing on me.
East:
PHI - Ehh (the black sucks)
MON - Awesome
PIT - Good
NYR - Awesome
#16 by dgc on 04.23.08 10:31 am |
We would probably hear a bunch of Canadians whining about how “selfish” Ovie is and how Crosby would’ve tried to hit Fedorov for a easy goal.
Not that I’m bitter about Crosby hype or anything. :)
#17 by Kyle at IU on 04.23.08 10:33 am |
those Tiger Stadium pictures should be sent to the government of Detroit as proof that the thing needs to be taken down. I know it’s a very historical place, but I think it’s far more disrespectful to let the park sit there and rot, rather than tearing it down and building a memorial or something. I certainly would’ve liked to have been there in its prime, though.
#18 by Chris is Nashville on 04.23.08 10:36 am |
Rob Ullman, your work is amazing. I was just wondering why the Notre Dame pinup is wearing blue socks? Was that your idea or Michael and Rachel’s?
#19 by The Ol Goaler on 04.23.08 10:37 am |
Actually, it’s even worse than that… The Flyers are wearing these monstrosities (which are even worse-looking, if that’s possible… damn RBK!)
At least the Canadiens will feature minimal uniform changes from their classic look!
#20 by James on 04.23.08 10:45 am |
I really liked the pictures of old ballparks. Anyway we can put them on videogames?
#21 by Mike Engle on 04.23.08 10:45 am |
I hope I’m not splitting hairs here, but with an Adidas logo on the shoulder, why not add a third sock stripe? It would match better.
#22 by JN on 04.23.08 10:46 am |
agreed. if they were to incorporate that and the first choice of the roo logo (umkc is not the ‘fighting roos’), it could be something really nice. let’s bring back the days of tony dumas!!!
#23 by Walaitis on 04.23.08 10:47 am |
Hey, if I can be proud of my 2003 Cubs World Series shirt, the Patriots can be proud of their 19-0 perfect season!
#24 by Broadway Connie on 04.23.08 10:54 am |
Cubbies on Santa Catalina
Fellow Uni-Watch Wretches — Master L is correct as usual. The Chicago Cubs at spring training video from the 1930s is indeed totally, well, um, AWESOME… There’s so much to love. The Cub unis, of course, but also the marvelous slo-mo footage of ballplayers turning double plays, bunting, pitching, hitting. Damn, those guys were good! The shots of Santa Catalina, the voiceover script, the whole gestalt — to die for.
#25 by Anthony Verna on 04.23.08 10:59 am |
I looked up yesterday, and there is a mark that was applied for called “19-0 THE PERFECT SEASON, OOPS” by someone in either CT or NY (I forget), doing business as “New York Sports Fans” or something like that.
If the Pats get their registration, that new mark can be blocked.
That’s the reasoning I see.
#26 by Paul Lukas on 04.23.08 11:07 am |
Question: What do you all think of the new spam/security system? Feedback welcome.
#27 by Mike Engle on 04.23.08 11:11 am |
I’m fine with it, as long as the password can’t be “saved.” For example, my name, email address, and URI are all cookied in; to cookie the password would be counterproductive and annoying when the word changes.
One more question: is it possible to simply play the word without having to download the attachment?
#28 by Kevin F. on 04.23.08 11:12 am |
Sorry John — I looked at my email and saw that I sent the message to PL at 8:49, but I’m in Minnesota, which means it was 9:49 Eastern. Consider the bone thrown.
#29 by Steve on 04.23.08 11:13 am |
I think you have done a great job of handling the situation. Well done and keep up the GREAT WORK!
#30 by LI Phil on 04.23.08 11:16 am |
hey…it works…not that big a deal to type in a word w/every post…of course i haven’t forgotten to
yet
#31 by Chad G on 04.23.08 11:17 am |
Paul, I missed you on 710 ESPN radio last night, and they don’t seem to have a podcast of your segment. What did you talk about?
#32 by John Boerger on 04.23.08 11:19 am |
So it looks like McDonald’s is going high class in the UK for some new unis (NOT!)
#33 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 04.23.08 11:20 am |
I don’t have a problem with entering the anti-spam word. It just takes a couple of seconds.
#34 by KT on 04.23.08 11:20 am |
Or the equivalent of a “Hillary in 2012″ bumper sticker, if you think of it. They could be forward-thinking so that they don’t have to deal with it if they get close to it again, and if some other team starts a season undefeated and keeps it up, they’ll have to go through the Patriots to license stuff or they’ll have to get creative.
#35 by Paul Lukas on 04.23.08 11:21 am |
Huh? I don’t even know what you mean by that.
The usual — purple = bad, pajama-style baseball pants = bad, teams that suddenly change their colors = bad, USC and UCLA both wearing home jerseys when facing each other = good, etc., etc. Very routine.
#36 by LI Phil on 04.23.08 11:21 am |
so…lemme get this straight…
in an attempt to keep someone from having a little fun with the
19-018-1 season, (or be a douchebag, if you are a pats fan)…the pats are being even bigger douchebags to BLOCK that?cuz…they didn’t actually go 19-0 right?
#37 by LI Phil on 04.23.08 11:25 am |
you can “click” on the anti-spam word (right now it’s “space” to hear an audio file of the word…but you have to download the audio file to hear it…i think he’s asking if you can make it so that you just click on the word and hear it w/out having to download the audio file…
#38 by Luther Mahoney on 04.23.08 11:26 am |
I really enjoyed the You Tube footage of the
1939 Chicago Cubs in spring training. I especially
liked the footage of Dizzy Dean displaying his
accuracy by throwing balls through that window pane.It is interesting to see that the Cubs have been wearing the circular style numbers as far back as the late 1930s.
It is a bloody disgrace to see the current
condition of Tiger Stadium. It is another example
of an opportunity lost on the part of the City of
Detroit. After the filming of the Billy Crystal’s
movie 61*,the city could have removed the
scoreboards,the plush seats with the Tigers logo
and many other items and sold item and used the
revenue for inner city youth sports and arts programs. Instead,those items rot with weeds surrounding item.
#39 by Jim on 04.23.08 11:27 am |
There is plan in place to have the stadium demolished this summer…
http://freep.com/app...
As a metro-detroiter, I\’ll believe it when it happans.
#40 by Kevin M. on 04.23.08 11:28 am |
I have a feeling the 19-0 will go as well as Bill Gates trying to get Windows trademarked.
#41 by Walaitis on 04.23.08 11:28 am |
Compared to $5 a gallon for gas, I find it a very small price to pay for our freedom (to make immature comments about others’ immature comments)!
#42 by Jim on 04.23.08 11:28 am |
Wow, major oops on my part. Didn’t notice the Philly pic I posted wasn’t a RBK. My Bad. Probably didn’t notice because the look still sucks, RBK or not.
#43 by Paul Lukas on 04.23.08 11:31 am |
Gotcha. Not sure. Will investigate.
#44 by Mike Engle on 04.23.08 11:31 am |
EXACTLY.
Plus, it would be cool if the word were in uni-related form. The Dymo tape is one example. Other suggestions: a VAL nameplate, scoreboard lights, white on green a la Fenway or Wrigley…
#45 by Jim on 04.23.08 11:35 am |
Someone please clarify: Why does it matter what the code sounds like if you’re typing it in?
#46 by Mike T. on 04.23.08 11:36 am |
It is a real shame that Detroit couldn’t have been like every other city in the country that tears down the old stadium minutes after the new one is up. Instead we’ve had to see a classic stadium deteriorate in front of our eyes.
In other news, I already forgot to type that word in.
#47 by Walaitis on 04.23.08 11:38 am |
ADA my friend. ADA. (cool - “cell” is printed on a 1980s personal label-type graphic this time around!)
#48 by Paul P on 04.23.08 11:39 am |
The Notre Dame leprechaun is drawn backwards in Rob Ullman’s drawing. It always faces to the right, never to the left.
#49 by Mike Engle on 04.23.08 11:39 am |
Some words are in fonts harder to read than others. Actually, that’s a misnomer, because you’re seeing a graphic of a word. You can’t copy/paste it because it isn’t text, meaning you either have to read it and recreate it (sometimes hard) or play it and type what you hear (could make things easier). Not to mention some people don’t see too well anyway…
#50 by Walaitis on 04.23.08 11:41 am |
… just like brail on a drive-up ATM keyboard …
#51 by Tape on 04.23.08 11:42 am |
Paul (or John I guess) - I’ve been debating various spam-blocking methods for my own WordPress weblog. what have you been using in the past / what are you using now?
#52 by Marty Met on 04.23.08 11:47 am |
Oh Please the Rangers sweaters suck. Could be worse, the could still be wearing those ugly Statue of Liberty sweaters
#53 by Jim on 04.23.08 11:52 am |
From my understanding, the staduim stood becuase it was unsure of what the city wanted to do with the building. They want to save part of it and renovate it into another building, just they didn’t know what kind of building. ( I’ve heard mall, offices, condos). Basically the city couldn’t make up their damn mind.
#54 by ScottyJ in WV on 04.23.08 11:56 am |
Why is the grass cut at Tiger Stadium?
Jeff Suntala’s ballpark illustrations are beautiful! I might have to get the Cincinnati one.
I was flipping channels last night and stopped on the Team USA-Oklahoma State softball game and noticed that OSU had “Cowgirls” on their jerseys. No screen grabs, but I thought that was pretty cool.
#55 by Jim on 04.23.08 12:00 pm |
The statue of liberty jerseys did suck, big time. But I like the classic look of the rangers, reminds me of my favorite penguins jersey I wish they went back too.
Example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#56 by LI Phil on 04.23.08 12:04 pm |
sucking right into the second round
#57 by Paul Lukas on 04.23.08 12:10 pm |
We were using Akismet, which worked pretty well until it freaked out on us last Friday. Not sure what John has installed now.
#58 by Patrick on 04.23.08 12:14 pm |
Is it possible someone is keeping up the grass at Tiger Stadium for recreational baseball? And if so, how fun would that be on a scale of 1 to AWESOME?!
Those ballpark illustrations and the accompanying blog are fantastic. I have added it to my favorites.
#59 by John Livewell on 04.23.08 12:21 pm |
I love the “Old Ball Park Illustrations,” but I noticed that on the Citizen’s Bank Park picture, he forgot the “Home Run Liberty Bell” just to the right of center field above the Rooftop bleacher seats.
That would be like missing the “Home Run Apple” ast Shea Stadium or the “Sliding Board” at Miller Park.
I feel bad for the illustrator, I really like his designs…Should we tell him. I really love all the illustrations…..but I can buy them with something missing.
#60 by Joey Guns on 04.23.08 12:31 pm |
Excuse me for my ignorance……..I never saw him play, but how many years did Pistol Pete Maravich have “Pistol” on the back of his jersey?
http://www.toomuchro...
#61 by Marty Met on 04.23.08 12:32 pm |
they’re still 40 years away from their next Cup
#62 by Walaitis on 04.23.08 12:33 pm |
Some interesting notes from that video:
1. Interesting to see that while this “scrimage” was official enough to use an umpire, it wasn’t official enough for everyone to wear ballcaps.
2. The Cubs number font is VERY similar to what they currently use, but there are certainly some differences (8s are much more rounded in the video compared to current day).
3. No doubt that Paul digs the stiped socks, but if you look closely you’ll see - NO STIRRUPS!
4. I’m just glad that after 36 years years, I can FINALLY say I’ve seen the Cubs play baseball as defending National League Champions!
#63 by ESS on 04.23.08 12:34 pm |
#64 by ESS on 04.23.08 12:38 pm |
I have no problem with typing an anti-spam word, except I forgot and had the opportunity to copy my first comment (#63) above and when I pasted it into the comment box the second time, it did something funky to it. Hence the italics and extra slashes.
#65 by KT on 04.23.08 12:39 pm |
Might have been the last year (maybe two) in Atlanta and his first in New Orleans?
Pete was a complex individual.
#66 by Paul Lukas on 04.23.08 12:40 pm |
I liked the bit where Gabby Hartnett flipped up his chest protector’s crotch extension so he could give signals, and then flipped it back down. Interesting to see how that now-defunct equipment element affected the catcher’s activities.
#67 by John Livewell on 04.23.08 12:41 pm |
Good News….for me.. I just noticed that the Liberty Bell is on the Tee Shirt Design, yet not the poster… I like the Shits…
__________
Going along with the anti-black Flyers jersey, I was an original fan of them….but now I want the Orange back. I am sure we will see it next year.
#68 by Jesse on 04.23.08 12:42 pm |
The new Gopher football uniforms can be seen here.
While I much prefer the classic look of the 1997-2007 unis, these aren’t that bad. I absolutely hate the double outline on the numbers, though.
#69 by hugh on 04.23.08 12:42 pm |
A bit off today’s line of topic, but the great Joe Posnanski weighs in on the Yankees #21 debate on his blog today.
#70 by John on 04.23.08 12:54 pm |
Here is a direct link to the photo, it looks like the story was taken off Gophersports.com, probably because the presser is at 1:00pm to “unveil” them.
The double outline bugs me too, but I like the piping and the white pants are sweet. The biggest thing that caught my eye was the return to the classic darker maroon.
#71 by Thorold Blair on 04.23.08 1:06 pm |
Anyone know how easy or difficult it would be to get in to Tiger Stadium? I’m tripping through Michigan and Ohio on a baseball voyage during the summer and if it’s still there I’d love to go and see it.
#72 by Mark W on 04.23.08 1:10 pm |
Detroit should have (could have) sold the stadium piece by piece. A couple of hundred bucks for a pair of seats, doors, lockers, all the furnishings and doubt they could have pulled in a couple of hundred grand for youth sports progams…
#73 by Kate on 04.23.08 1:13 pm |
I know for a fact that the Phillies did NOT wear green BP jerseys last night. They wore their standard ugly jerseys. I know this because I was forced to watch some of their BP while my husband filled out another comment card at Coors Field complaining about the poor way season ticket holders are treated by Coors Field employees. Oh, and the fact that ARAMARK runs the dugout store, and not the Rockies themselves, so if they don’t carry the 5950 in your size, too bad. Go across town to one of the team owned stores.
#74 by Jim on 04.23.08 1:19 pm |
They have had an auction already on lots of items from the stadium. Seats, benches, stuff from the locker room, I even heard of one of the urnial trophs beings sold. That’s funny.
#75 by Wade Harder on 04.23.08 1:28 pm |
I wonder if they did the double outline on the jerseys because they added the doulbe outline to the helmet last year.
#76 by Rob Ullman on 04.23.08 1:28 pm |
The statue of liberty jerseys did suck, big time. But I like the classic look of the rangers, reminds me of my favorite penguins jersey I wish they went back too.
Yeah, I really love those horizontal “PITTSBURGH” Pens jerseys…and the one they gave them up for, that black, yellow and grey monstrosity…I’m surprised I stayed a fan!
#77 by Chi Wei Hu on 04.23.08 1:34 pm |
Long section in Seattle Post-Intelligencer today regarding George Sherrill’s flat brim:
Sherrill straightened out, looking good as O’s closer
Jones’ biggest impact as an everyday player has been with glove
By DAVID ANDRIESEN
P-I REPORTER
All anyone in Baltimore wants to talk about is George Sherrill’s hat.
Sherrill, in case you’ve forgotten, wears his cap with the bill flat and straight. In his time with the Mariners, nobody seemed to care much. But in Baltimore, where the left-hander is the Orioles’ new closer, they’re abuzz about it as if it’s some sort of trademark.
“I couldn’t count how many questions I’ve been asked about it,” Sherrill said Tuesday. “It was flat when I was here and it wasn’t a big deal, but I guess I’m on the East Coast so I’m more visible now.”
For the record, Sherrill says he could never curve the bill of his cap evenly, always ending up with it lopsided. So he just quit trying when he was in the minor leagues.
“They were wearing me out in San Antonio, and finally I was, ‘You know what? I’m just going to wear it how they give it to me,’ ” he said. “I started wearing it flat. And they say it sits on top of my head like a train conductor’s hat, but I think that’s just what size it is or something. It’s not like I look in the mirror before I go out to the bullpen or anything.”
#78 by Rob Ullman on 04.23.08 1:36 pm |
It was mine…I was just trying to all a little more of the Irish’s color scheme, and I thought it’d be too much green if I did them up to match the jersey. So I picked blue w/ white stripes.
On the issue of two stripes vs. three…I had originally left the Adidas logo out, unaware of Michael’s stance on logo creep. But he thought it’d be more authentic to have it in there (as did I), so I added it at the last minute, not even thinking about the socks which I’d already colored.
As far as the logo behind her…on the printed version I sent Michael, it’s a big gold “ND”, not the Fighting Leprechaun as it is on Paul’s link. I didn’t like the way it looked when printed…it was kinda muddy and taking attention away from the figure. As far as the direction he’s facing, I used Chris Creamer’s exhaustive and absolutely essential site for reference, and he has it facing that way, so…I dunno.
#79 by Jim on 04.23.08 1:42 pm |
I’m sorry, but what is the purpose of having three different colored pants, kind of overkill I feel.
Should have one color to go with your home jersey and one color to go with your away jersey, and THAT’S IT!! Three colors for one jersey?!?! Sheesh….
#80 by LI Phil on 04.23.08 1:47 pm |
sad
#81 by JeffM on 04.23.08 1:59 pm |
A little off topic but did anyone notice what was written in the dirt behind home plate at the Mariners game?
Maybe it was something like “R.I.P. Sonics”
#82 by yankee » Blog Archive » You Say It’s Your Earth Day on 04.23.08 2:00 pm |
[…] mwh wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe David Ortiz jersey that was buried in the Yankee Stadium concrete will be on display at the New England Sports Museum. … Another reader has commissioned Rob Ullman to create a jersey-clad pin-up illo. This time it’s Michael DeAloia, … […]
#83 by Costa on 04.23.08 2:13 pm |
Check it out. The NHL is poking fun at (and profiting off) the Sean Avery stick-waving incident via t-shirts.
http://mirtle.blogsp...
Cute, but coulda come up with something a bit more clever, if you ask me.
#84 by Jets/Mets Fan in Chicagoland on 04.23.08 2:16 pm |
Just checking to see if the “Anti-spam word” is case-sensitive or not.
Yesterday I attemtped to post numerous times about “The U” suing University of Nebraska - Omaha about the helmet logo, and I wnated to link to this helmet, which is worn by United High School in Alexis, IL - ust hoping that the lawyers representing “The U” decide not to go after a small school in rural Illinois - but ya never know
#85 by Craig on 04.23.08 2:18 pm |
And Ernie Harwell will be having his ashes mixed with the rubble.
#86 by Jets/Mets Fan in Chicagoland on 04.23.08 2:19 pm |
Anti-spam word works fine - can PL put in SpellCheck next? Mea culpa
#87 by James Craven on 04.23.08 2:19 pm |
John, Paul’s the boss. He needs the info.
Don’t you love Austin Powers quotes? Yeah baby, yeah, heh heh heh.
#88 by Chad G on 04.23.08 2:20 pm |
Actually there is a podcast of Paul’s radio appearance yesterday for anyone who wants to listen to it.
#89 by chance on 04.23.08 2:21 pm |
His site’s outstanding, but unfortunately it’s not infallible.
#90 by Chi Wei Hu on 04.23.08 2:24 pm |
The M’s paid homage to catcher John Marzano, a former Mariner who died in the last week or so by writing his name in the dirt behind home plate.
#91 by chance on 04.23.08 2:31 pm |
According to that link, the NHL has denied the report.
I know it’s a shock that the New York Post might actually gets its facts wrong, but….
#92 by Walaitis on 04.23.08 2:32 pm |
I’m really surprised by the lack of change in catching equipment over the years. Yes, the style of the mask has changed (thanks to the NHL), and today’s chest protectors don’t look as much like the blankets between my grandmother’s china, but the overall look and function appear to be the same!
#93 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 04.23.08 2:36 pm |
I know “The U” went after Union High School in Tulsa a few years back. They came to an agreement. I’m sure that meant money.
#94 by Joey Penny on 04.23.08 2:39 pm |
Sad news from a Minnesota sports fan about new jerseys: I hate ‘em. I don’t like the new era of jerseys at all. In my opinion, the less the better. I don