I don’t know how many Atlanta Braves fans have ever heard of Uni Watch. But the Atlanta audience got a condensed version of Uni Watch 101 on Monday, courtesy of Braves announcers Jon Scambi and Joe Simpson, who engaged in a bit of uni-related chatter during the bottom of the 9th. They began by discussing the Diamondbacks’ color scheme:
Jon Scambi: Remember when they were a purple-based team? Used to wear those Sunday purple tops, and it was like they were on an Easter egg hunt, or honoring Barney.
Joe Simpson: Yeah, they went with that turquoise-looking thing. With the squashbuckle-lookiing, uh, outfits. [I played this back several times, and yes, he definitely said, “squashbuckle.” — PL] Somehow Matt Williams, Jay Bell, that just didn’t fit with their days of wearing a lot of black with the Giants and Pirates.
Scambi: But it is — as much as lavender doesn’t strike the fear of god into your opponent, changing your color scheme for a franchise is not something you see very often.
Simpson: No, it’s not. But I’m so opposed to all these teams that never before had black in their color schemes suddenly wearing black jerseys and hats. The Mets, especially. That black and blue thing they wear, that’s like a big bruise.
Scambi: No, I’m with you, and you see it in college sports as well.
Simpson: Kansas City Royals broke out some black stuff. They’re not black! And two teams in the American League West — Texas and Anaheim — those two teams never could figure out what color they were.
Sciambi: Your Oklahoma Sooners have rocked some black baseball jerseys recently, haven’t they?
Simpson: Last year, for the Big 12 Tournament. That did not go over well.
Sciambi: I don’t know if you’re aware, but Oklahoma State, one of their main colors is black.
Simpson: Yeah. Yeah, we kinda knew that. I think the only people who really appreciated those black jerseys at Oklahoma were the people who were getting checks from Nike to wear them.
Sciambi: Yours was lost in the mail?
Simpson: Oh, brother.
Sciambi: You know, we’ve been asking whether the Braves could wear the blue [alternate road jerseys] at home. I’ve been asking, and they said, “Ahh, we’re not sure.” But the one thing that I fogot is, the blue jersey says, “Atlanta.”
Sciambi seemed to be implying that the blue alts wouldn’t be appropriate at home, because the insignia reads “Atlanta” instead of “Braves,” but we’ll never know for sure, because at that point the game’s events took precedence.
As if that wasn’t enough, the Mets’ announcers had a spirited equipment-related discussion last night. It began with this question:
Keith Hernandez: My advantage was growing up in San Francisco. If you ever took BP in those cold, damp afternoons, you had to really make sure you made good contact. And I think that helped me. I never liked gloves because there was always some movement. [Camera shows a 1980s shot of a bare-handed Hernandez.] Look at that — beautiful stance. [Other broadcasters cackle in mock disbelief.] Anyway, the gloves always move…
Ron Darling: Yeah.
Hernandez: … a little bit. And I liked to have — when I grabbed that bat, I wanted that bat — I used pine tar and resin — I wanted that bat in my hand and it didn’t make any — I had control of it. I didn’t want any movement. That’s why I never liked golfing, with the gloves? Hate it. I hate it.
Gary Cohen [restoring some semblance of direct communication]: Why do you think it is now that virtually everyone uses gloves? I mean, there are a few exceptions, Moises Alou being one of them.
Darling: Well, part of it is that they get paid to wear ’em. That’s part of it.
Hernandez: Big contract.
Darling: There’s very few, I mean, uh — Moises Alou doesn’t use batting gloves.
Cohen: Vladimir Guerrero. But there are not many.
Darling: Plus, Gary, I think for this generation of player, I think it’s, y’know, part of the styling, y’know, it’s part of, y’know, looking good.
Hernandez: I think it’s style. Because you’re using aluminum bats when you’re young, so you, you don’t get jammed and get the bees like wood. So why do you need gloves?
Cohen: I don’t know, I’m asking you the question.
Hernandez: I just think it’s style. Style points.
Cohen: I mean, guys use golf gloves to avoid blisters, right?
Darling: Yeah, the blisters are bad. But you do want to, in spring training, whether you use gloves or not, you want to build up those callouses, don’t you Keith, to make those hands tough?
Hernandez: Yeah. I never hit in the off-season, so I’d come in completely, five months without swinging a bat. And no timing. Soft hands. And I’d lose all my callouses. And I’d know coming into spring training that I was going to get blisters. And it’d be a pain in the neck — within the first week of spring training, with BP, I would be putting — I’d have five, six blisters. And, y’know, you have to sit there, you have to put the Tuff Skin on, and, uh — I don’t know if they still have Tuff Skin. [They do. — PL] Band-Aid, and then the adhesive tape over it. Then your hands toughen up and you’re good to go.
Darling: I also remember watching you after games, didn’t you used to take alcohol and rub some of the pine tar off your hands?
Hernandez: Off my hands, and I’d clean my bat. Because you weren’t allowed to have pine tar above the label.
Darling: George Brett knew that.
Cohen: He found that out. [The three men share a self-congratulatory chuckle, impressed by their own knowledge of this highly obscure chapter in MLB history.]
Hernandez: Gregg Jefferies did that. After every game, Gregg Jefferies, he lockered next to me when he came up, and he would clean his bat after every game. I wouldn’t do it till the next day.
And with that we bid a fond adieu to the broadcast both, at least for now.
(Thanks to Josh Williams for alerting me to the Braves sequence.)
Uni Watch News Ticker: Great socks being worn by the Meiji University baseball team (with thanks to Jeremy Brahm). … Also from Jeremy: The NPB All-Star Game logo and uniforms have been unveiled. … Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: You probably knew the MLB honchos were a bunch of Scrooges, but this really seals it. … Also from yesterday: full-body view of Varitek’s Memorial Day camouflage gear (which is now up for auction). … Chris Markham was at the Colorado Sports Museum at Invesco Field over the weekend and took a snapshot of this AFL ref jersey. … The CFL is changing the look of its officials from this to this. “It’s a very interesting design,” says a reader who prefers to remain anonymous. “First, the use of the two-inch stripe pattern, previously only used by the NFL, AFL, and semi-pro leagues. The CFL has historically used one-inch stripes like everyone else. Second, the black sleeves, which makes them look like they’ve wearing one of Ed Hochuli’s tank tops over a black undershirt. The black pocket on the shirt is in the style of the current NFL bendy-stripes design, and they’ve also added black trim down the legs of the knickers and on the back pocket flap. They’re planning to retain its idiosyncratic hat stylings, with the referee wearing a black hat and the others wearing white (but in the unusual “reversed-black-hat” design unique to Canada). Finally, it’s possible that they may be abandoning stirrup socks (as of last season, they were the only major group of football officials still using them; almost everyone else went one-piece some time ago).” … Awesome sock stylings being exhibited by New Mexico Junior College (with thanks to Rob Montoya). … “I stumbled upon this while bored at work and immediately thought of you,” writes Tim Ring. “It’s a baseball-like game called pesäpallo, which is apparently quite popular in Finland. The uniforms are, well, see for yourself.” … Tyler Kepner reports that Bobby Abreu was wearing Mariano Rivera’s spikes during BP last night (”or at least he had a big 42 on the flap over the shoelaces,” he adds). … Last year I wrote about some of the cool Colt .45s-related content on the Astros Daily blog. But now James Poisso has pointed me toward this page, which is the mother freakin’ lode of Colt .45s material. I don’t know who the webmaster is, but he’s got everything you could want and more: cards, patches, a mosaic, player photos, team portraits, coins, fight songs (a 45 of the .45s!), ticket stubs, parking passes, a recruiting poster, programs, seating charts, media guides, press passes, business cards, letterhead, and more — a lot more. Have fun wasting your whole day on this one. … Good account here of Paulie Malignaggi’s recent ponytail follies. … Jeremy Brahm has found an excellent Australian rules football uniform site, where he’s already uncovered an interesting tidbit: “Remember when the Reds changed their name to the Redlegs during the McCarthy years? Well, St. Kilda Football Club in Australia’s Football League wore black, red, and white stripes before World War I, but those colors matched Germany’s, so the team changed its white to yellow. It was not until 1923 that the team restored white to its color scheme.” … Spring training game last night in Cleveland. … “The New Hampshire Fishercats (ugh, they should be the Primaries!) are wearing special uniforms on June 5th, honoring a Manchester policeman, Michael Briggs, who was shot in the line of duty in 2006,” reports Jeff Richards. “The #83 on the sleeve was his badge number.” … Reprinted from last night’s comments: The Mets wore blue caps and sleeves last night, which means they also should have been wearing blue socks. But Luis Castillo had black socks, at least during pregame stretching. He pulled his pants down to his shoetops once the game started, so it’s kinda moot, but still. … Here’s a new one: Jimmy Gobble was wearing his undershirt backwards on the mound last night (thanks to Dan Merker for the tip). … I’ve frequently run photos of early football players wearing nose protectors. Until now, however, I’d never seen a helmet with a nose protector built in. That image comes from this catalog up for sale on eBay. … Lots of other uniform catalogs currently on eBay — look here, here, and here. … And some interesting patches here and here. … Mike Klug had a very good seat last Thursday at Yankee Stadium and got photo of A-Rod that appears to show a big wad of gum on his thigh. … People who say the Mets kept Willie mainly because there were no good replacements available clearly haven’t seen this photo.
#1 by Derek on 05.28.08 8:27 am |
Texas and Anaheim wore black jerseys before? Any pictures of this?
#2 by Peter Wunsch on 05.28.08 8:39 am |
The three men share a self-congratulatory chuckle, impressed by their own knowledge of this highly obscure chapter in MLB history.]
The Brett pine tar incident is definitely NOT obscure. It is one of the greatest moments in MLB history. With Brett going ballistic and Netteles clapping his glove on the side thinkign the Yankees won the game.
#3 by Cosmo on 05.28.08 8:41 am |
“Remember when the Reds changed their name to the Redlegs during the McCarthy years? Well, St. Kilda Football Club in Australia’s Football League wore black, red, and white stripes before World War I, but those colors matched Germany’s, so the team changed its white to yellow. It was not until 1923 that the team restored white to its color scheme.”
So they changed their colors from the old German flag scheme to the current German flag scheme (which was adopted in 1919)? I wonder why they didn’t switch back sooner.
#4 by Dave F. on 05.28.08 8:41 am |
I don’t think Rodney’s available any longer.
#5 by Robert on 05.28.08 8:42 am |
The Rangers and Angels have not worn black jerseys. I suspect that Simpson merely meant that these teams keep changing their colors.
#6 by Shaftman on 05.28.08 8:42 am |
I’m pretty sure that the /sarcasm tag would apply.
#7 by LI Phil on 05.28.08 8:48 am |
the hilarity, of course, continued when keith told gregg that he was “rubbing a few hits out of his bats by cleaning them”…i thought joe morgan was in the stands behind the plate (where keith was sent to broadcast last night-i’d like that to be a permanent seat, only sans mike and headphones in the future)
#8 by Joey Guns on 05.28.08 8:54 am |
I agree. Who doesn’t remember Brett going ballistic and running out of the dugout?
http://www.baseball-...
Some people may forget such facts as Ron Guidry playing CF and Don Mattingly playing 2B when the game resumed 25 days later.
#9 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 8:57 am |
Methinks there was a bit of sarcasm inflected!
A few tidbits regarding today’s ticker:
1. A-Rod Gumgate: AMAZING seats!
http://farm4.static....
2. New Mexico Junior College: Cool stirrups, however a bit of Logo Creep on the back belt loop. And do their colors remind anyone else of the Astros?
http://www.nmjc.edu/...
3.Abreu wearing Mo’s cleats earlier against VaTech:
http://i258.photobuc...
#10 by LI Phil on 05.28.08 8:58 am |
or how many times john candalaria beaned you?
#11 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 8:58 am |
“Then cross him off the list”!
#12 by Stephen on 05.28.08 8:59 am |
Very nice to see the SportSouth boys on UniWatch. I love watching the games with Boog and Joe. They also discussed batting gloves earlier in the game (because Orlando Hudson doesn’t fasten his gloves).
Very cool.
~E~
#13 by Steve on 05.28.08 8:59 am |
People who say the Mets kept Willie mainly because there were no good replacements available clearly haven’t seen this photo.
Well considering Rodney’s dead…I’d say they have a point still.
#14 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 9:02 am |
Quick Question:
In the A-Rod Gum picture, there is a warning on the wall to the right of the fans in the fromt row:
http://farm4.static....
Is that solely a safety issue?
#15 by LI Phil on 05.28.08 9:05 am |
no…is solely a FUCKING COURTESY issue
#16 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 9:16 am |
I thought as much, but that’s what QUESTIONS are for! DAMMIT PHIL!
#17 by Kevin M. on 05.28.08 9:18 am |
I agree because it annoys me to no end to see some asshat talking on his cellphone waving the whole game. I like at the Braves games, if someone does this, they have an usher that comes down and warns the people. I have seen them remove the person on the phone if they continue to do it. The best had to be several weeks ago during a game when a girl was on her phone waiving and a fall ball came at her and she screamed…scared the players I think. ESPN showed it.
#18 by War Damn Eagle on 05.28.08 9:20 am |
Count me among the Braves faithful that follows the Uni Watch religiously.
The Angels can’t pick a dominant color (blue or red), and they can’t pick a place name, either. Los Angeles, California, Anaheim, Los Angeles of Anaheim . . .
#19 by War Damn Eagle on 05.28.08 9:23 am |
I wouldn’t mind seeing the Braves solid blue alt road alt cap with the traditional grey road unis. I think that would look good, even though there is some red trim in the grey uni. Worked in the 60s.
http://exhibits.base...
#20 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 9:25 am |
A bit OT but I was checking the UVA athletics site for news on the Lac Final Four this past weekend and I found some interesting stuff:
Interesting Wordmark Font on the Baseball jerseys and an unnecessarily embroidered Hoos above the Rawlings logo on the sleeve as well!
1. http://www.virginias...
2. http://www.virginias...
At the UVA fan gear website, they have an interesting pair of lax practice shorts. Not only are there crossed sabres, but they have crossed lax sticks as well. That would be cool for all of the sports!
1. http://media.musicto...
These Nike practice shorts have their interesting Lax/Swoosh logo:
2. http://media.musicto...
#21 by Morris on 05.28.08 9:28 am |
Did anyone else notice that in addition to wearing cool socks, New Mexico Junior College is playing on a field in which the dirt and foul-lines are all astro-turf? Look at the recessed homeplate in the image. The uniforms look so good but the field… *sigh*
#22 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 9:30 am |
Sorry: I’m still a bit skittish after Phil accosted me!
Baseball pics:
1. http://www.virginias...
2. http://www.virginias...
Lax pics:
1. http://uvaathletics....
2. http://uvaathletics....
#23 by Mark in Shiga on 05.28.08 9:33 am |
Speaking of cell phones being prohibited… anti-spam word: “cell”!
And I think we all need to do our part in making “squashbuckle” an official word. I imagine he’s talking about the sleeves on this jersey; the Hanshin Tigers had something similar in 1976. (The jersey in that picture has Shinjiro Hiyama’s name in Japanese above the number; this is fan-made and not what they actually had.)
Here is a great list of D-Backs jerseys, but I think they also had a teal one with gold numbers that isn’t mentioned. Anyone see it?
#24 by Mark in Shiga on 05.28.08 9:36 am |
Whoops; I seem to not have linked to the D-Backs “squashbuckle” jersey.
It’s this, or maybe this.
#25 by James P. on 05.28.08 9:36 am |
Paul, glad you liked the Colt 45s page.
I actually own this lapel pin: http://thompsonian.i...
#26 by scott on 05.28.08 9:38 am |
Two Frontier League teams, the Southern Illinois Miners and the Traverse City Beach Bums, also have completely artificial turf fields. Tacky.
I can’t agree with the idea that the New Hampshire Fisher Cats should have been the Primaries. There is a reason that a large percentage of the public didn’t like that goofy name, and the team made the right decision to go with a more traditional nickname.
#27 by Paxton on 05.28.08 9:45 am |
So the Mets and Colt .45’s came in the same year, and both used Blue and Orange as their colors?
#28 by Kevin M. on 05.28.08 9:53 am |
Ah the Colt .45’s. I have the pleasure of knowing H.B. ‘Spec’ Richardson who worked with the .45’s and then GM of the Astros. Great guy and hearing his stories of baseball is amazing specailly him talking about trading Joe Morgan to Cincy or getting Vida Blue in San Fran.
#29 by Kek on 05.28.08 9:54 am |
Johnstown’s Point Stadium, formerly home of the Frontier League’s Steal/Johnnies franchise, recently had fieldturf installed. There is still a lot of amateur baseball played there between AAABA, High School and College ball. I think they still have dirt on the mound and plate but the cutouts are brown colored turf which I think looks so crappy. However, it’s a multi-purpose stadium that’s used for football and soccer in the fall months so I guess it’s better for maintenance. I played HS football on this field when it was natural grass and had the full dirt baseball diamond at one end of the stadium. I think the new set up is much better.
I’ve never seen a full diamond cutout being done in turf though.
Regarding cellphones at games, I’ve been telling people I want to stand behind the plate at PNC and smack people when they pull that wave on cell phone crap.
The other thing that bugs me it what I’ve noticed from hockey. People standing up and waving behind them as the play goes by because the camera will be on them. Just watch the damn game. No one cares that you’re on TV.
#30 by Jay on 05.28.08 10:04 am |
Speaking of gloves in sports, here’s a column from my local paper on golf gloves (there’s also a reference to baseball gloves) in the upcoming Memorial Tournament:
One glove or two, most pros flash the leather
By Rob Oller
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
All that separates Lucas Glover from making millions and making a fool of himself is onesixteenth of an inch of cabretta leather.
Make no mistake, golf’s Glover is no lover of golf gloves.
Place a glove on Glover’s hand and instantly he changes from PGA Tour player into a guy trying to pick up toothpicks while wearing boxing gloves.
“I can hit a shot, but it doesn’t look very good,” said Glover, one of only a handful of tour pros who prefer to play sans glove. “I’ll throw one on sometimes just to goof around and it’s hilarious. It feels like I’m hitting lefthanded; it’s that foreign.”
Sixty years ago, Glover and the tour’s other current bare-knucklers, including Fred Couples and Rocco Mediate, would have been the norm. It wasn’t until the 1950s that players began to trade in their blisters for the babysmooth leather gloves that protect their hands as well as tighten their hold on the club.
“The glove is more for securing my grip. You’re swinging the club at 110 mph so securing the grip is important,” tour veteran Paul Goydos said.
A good 95 percent of tour players consider a glove a necessity on the tee and fairway, if not so much around the greens, where the majority remove it to putt.
“I couldn’t hold on to the club if I didn’t wear one, because I sweat so bad,” said Boo Weekley, who in hot weather can go through three gloves per round.
Mediate, meanwhile, finds the club slippery only if temperatures rise above 100 degrees — in which he simply dries his palms with a towel — or when he hits a ton of balls on the range, which he seldom does because of a chronically achy back.
“My hands don’t sweat, maybe because I have ice water in my veins,” he said with a wink. “I used a glove for a few weeks when I was 15, then threw it away. I don’t know why I don’t wear one. My first teacher, Jim Ferree, never used one and I wanted to be like him, so I never did, either.”
Couples conceded that going gloveless poses some challenges, like club slippage because of sweat and rain — “I’ve got issues with all of that,” he said — but he has never considered placing any foreign material between his calluses and the rubber club grip.
Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey, on the other hand — make that on both hands — wouldn’t be caught without his double-glove look. Gainey, who earned his tour card in December after seven tries, never gave up his batting gloves after switching from baseball to golf at age 15. He even putts with two gloves.
“It’s the way I taught myself and I don’t know no other way,” Gainey said.
Whether one wears one or two, the simple, original leather golf glove still exists, although mostly with a Velcro instead of elastic closure. But the styles now range from possum skin to kangaroo to gloves that include neodymium magnets.
But don’t make the mistake of asking the pros what gloves they shop for, because their hand-savers all magically appear for free in lockers before each tournament.
“We get a dozen in our locker each week,” Tim Petrovic said. “Me? I can wear the same one for a week, depending on the weather.”
Most pros putt without a glove — Jack Nicklaus is a notable exception — because they think the leather lessens the feel they need on the greens.
“It adds more padding and I don’t get the full feel,” Weekley said.
Then there is Lee Janzen, a traitor to the no-glove cause. The two-time U.S. Open champion wore a glove until college, when he won his first tournament barehanded, so to speak. He kept the glove off until two years ago at Pebble Beach, where he shot 65 in the first round.
“I was hitting a lot of balls, trying to get my new swing change and my hands were having a tough time hitting that many balls and then trying to hold on to the club on the course,” he said.
The decision to return to a glove wasn’t as difficult as where to keep it.
“It took me probably six months to figure where to put it,” he said. “I keep my yardage book in my back left pocket, and the front pockets are no good. It was hard to get used to putting something in my back right pocket.”
A big deal? Apparently so, when millions of dollars are at stake.
#31 by LI Phil on 05.28.08 10:19 am |
im sure some of you UWers are as OCD as i…but appropos of golf gloves and their use
i wear one on my left hand (im a righty) for drives and any shot that does not involve the putter (even if im putting from the rough…no puns please)…if im putting, no gloves…any other shot requires a glove (preferably nike, but im willing to use other brands)
when i purchase pants to wear for golf, whether they be shorts or regular slacks, they MUST have a rear left pocket, for of course, the glove…(i keep my scorecard on my bag and my wallet in my right rear pocket, a spare ball in the left front, and a divot tool in the right front)
if a pair or pants/shorts doesn’t have a left rear pocket to hold the glove, i won’t buy/wear them, regardless of how cheap/sweet they look…ALMOST all ‘golf’ pants have the left rear pocket, so this isn’t usually a problem, especially with the newer gear, but a few years ago, id totally obsess over this one feature
this of course, doesn’t help one iota with my actual game, but it’s just the way i have to play
/donations for my therapy are being accepted courtesy of paul
#32 by Chris Foley on 05.28.08 10:23 am |
Hey did you know that Jason Varitek also wore pink trimmed catchers gear on mothers day?
http://www.all-stars...
#33 by possum on 05.28.08 10:29 am |
Agreed, very cool. I flipped over Monday to catch the 9th and heard this live. I don’t know if I’m sold on Sciambi yet (see his insistence to turn the conversation towards NCAA teams), but Joe Simpson is a jewel. They often chat about uniform related things. Simpson is very old school and often hates on the PJ pants and baggy jerseys. Well that’s enough Uniwatching today, I’ve gotta get back to my career in squashbuckling.
#34 by Michael Romero on 05.28.08 10:29 am |
Ian Kennedy went full stirrup last night in his start vs Baltimore. Sadly, I can’t find a decent picture of this and I couldn’t grab one off the TV myself…
#35 by Kek on 05.28.08 10:30 am |
Oh boy… Here we go….
(as I brace for an all-day pink-fest post-a-thon!)
#36 by Ricko on 05.28.08 10:31 am |
Mets: Royal Blue
Colt .45s: Navy blue
In ‘62, found the Colt .45s games at night way up here in Minnesota on WWL out of New Orleans (870 on AM dial, maybe?), sponsored by Pearl Beer (everybody sing: “Brewed with pure Artesian water, from the country of eleven-hundred springs.”)
Kinda figured that was Texas version of “from the land of sky blue waters.”
BTW, I scanned and sent Paul that ‘62 TSN clipping indicating the Mets might originally have intended to NOT wear pinstripes at home. It may just have been a screwup in the Mets early front office, but still an intersting clipping.
#37 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 10:35 am |
I’m sure that many of us here are the same in that we obsess over minute details!
I prep the same way for golf, so much so that that In my incredibly organized bag I have:
1. 18 Tees in a ziploc bag
2. 18 Pro V1 balls in the appropriate section
3. A Wagner Football magnetic ball mark
4. 4 divot tools, 1 for myself and i each for my playing partners
5. Suntan lotion and Bug spray in a Ziploc
6. Oh yeah, and my clubs
When I play, my attire is just as well-prepped:
1. Polo pleated shorts
2. A Polo Golf shirt
3. A Titleist Trucker hat
4. FootJoy Sci-Flex Gloves
5. Nike Air Zoom Elite Golf Shoes
***My Hat matches my shirt, that matches my belt which match the accent color of my shoes!ALWAYS
I keep in my bag:
1. My wallet
2. My phone, on Vibrate
3. My keys
And I scrub my clubs after every usage!
For what I played for those damn things, I treat them like they were my children!
I am incredibly organized and anal-retentive but these golf practices have been learned from ten years of caddying during the summer.
#38 by Mike Klug on 05.28.08 10:36 am |
#39 by Frank Mercogliano on 05.28.08 10:37 am |
The Rodney Dangerfield picture was a promotional picture from when the Mets used to do Opening Day II. In 1985, the Vice President George Bush threw out the first pitch on April 9, and then on April 11 they had Dangerfield throw out the first pitch on Opening Day II (courtesy of Keith Hernandez’ book If at First….)
#40 by Chad on 05.28.08 10:37 am |
for all the mascot haters out there http://www.maximonli...
#41 by teamcinnamon on 05.28.08 10:42 am |
Apologies if this was covered yesterday - but did the Blue Jays actually wear US Flags on the side of their hats while playing at home in Toronto on Memorial Day??
#42 by Stuby on 05.28.08 10:45 am |
I can’t believe how a franchise can start out having such great uniforms, even with an identity change, and then just go down the wrong path. Sad.
http://exhibits.base...
#43 by Maks on 05.28.08 10:55 am |
I’m deaf and i have no idea what the video is saying. Maybe you’d like this Paul. Looks like old fashioned baseball game. check it out :)
115 year old game
#44 by Max on 05.28.08 10:56 am |
I believe that this is incorrect.
Majestic is making t-shirts with the MLB logo under the neckline on the front of the jersey.
I have a Reds t-shirt like this.
#45 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 10:59 am |
#46 by Max on 05.28.08 11:01 am |
[URL=”http://www.fanwear.com/shirts/mlb2/dedication-tee-angels.jpg”]Angels t-shirt[/URL]
Here is an Angels t-shirt with the MLB logo on the front under the neckline.
#47 by Max on 05.28.08 11:03 am |
[url]http://www.fanwear.com/shirts/mlb2/dedication-tee-angels.jpg[/URL]
Here is an Angels t-shirt with the MLB logo on the front under the neckline.
Sorry, I should stick with post that are non-linked and non HTML.
#48 by LI Phil on 05.28.08 11:07 am |
here ya go
#49 by chance on 05.28.08 11:11 am |
I love the new CFL ref uniforms.
Even with the black sleeves, they still look like professionals. Unlike these clowns, with their “slimming” stripes.
#50 by LI Phil on 05.28.08 11:12 am |
holmgren’s not wearing stripes…
oh…wait
#51 by Gabe on 05.28.08 11:14 am |
I am sorry if this has been discussed I have not noticed this all year and I can’t find any stills but Ronnie Paulino (Pittsburgh Pirates Catcher)had some pretty interesting gear on last night in Cincy. Grey shin pads with Yellow knees. Not to bad until you see them with his grey away pants. Its looks like he is just wearing the knee pads. Here is a video: (About half way through they slow it down and you get a real nice view……)
http://pittsburgh.pi...
#52 by Walaitis on 05.28.08 11:18 am |
It looks to me like the entire field is field turf … also, in regards to the comment that the color scheme seems to pay homage to the Astros, aren’t they wearing the Astros number font, as well?
#53 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 11:25 am |
I meant to include that in my comment but neglected to.
I love all sports on natural grass except, Hienz Field, but Filed Turf is INCREDIBLE to run around on!
#54 by ESS on 05.28.08 11:29 am |
Just to continue the roll-call of baseball announcers and their opinion of the sartorial stylings of today’s players, the Phillies’ crew weighed in the other night about the awesomeness of Moyers’ stirrups and sanitaries. After they were done praising them via an extreme closeup the camera caught one of the Rockies in what they called his “jammies.” Their professed hatred of that look was almost visceral.
Is it bad that my first thought while watching and listening to that exchange was “I really should transcribe this conversation so that I can send it into UW tomorrow?”
#55 by Duckstyle187 on 05.28.08 11:32 am |
Any footy fans know if the US team will be wearing their all-grey get-ups today in England. I’m assuming the home side will be wearing the white top and blue bottoms, and usually the refs don’t like “matchy” uni parts, the shorts in this case. Does the US even have a current white pair of shorts?
#56 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 11:33 am |
Heinz…Field
#57 by James P. on 05.28.08 11:42 am |
Thats because it was the late 70s and someone with marketing thought it would be “funky” to have the rainbow guts/taquila sunrise uniforms to draw in the kids. Truely a dark era for the Astros, but apparently the style is popular with rappers and young people who don’t know anything about the game.
#58 by Justin on 05.28.08 11:43 am |
I coach a swim team that is part of USA Swimming and swims as part of New England Swimming. I know there was some talk a while back about the Speedo Laser suits. A recent email about the Annual Coaches meeting included the following quote:
“The Speedo Laser suits were discussed and all coaches at the meeting (28) agree that NES should not permit them at Age-group meets.”
So Local Swim Organizations are banning the new Speedo suit.
#59 by bar57988 on 05.28.08 11:47 am |
you consider Fisher Cats a more traditional nickname?
#60 by chance on 05.28.08 11:47 am |
I’d need to see something to support the notion that it was to “draw in the kids” specifically.
#61 by chance on 05.28.08 11:51 am |
I personally consider it a bad nickname.
I understand that New Hampshireans don’t like being known solely for their primary (much in the same way that some Milwaukeeans didn’t like “Brewers” for perpetuating some outsider notions that the city offers nothing else), but I think that blindness led them down the wrong path here. The Primaries could have been a wonderfully quirky minor league team, and is nothing less than a crime that the secondary logo with Uncle Sam calling his shot lies unused.
#62 by Walaitis on 05.28.08 11:52 am |
Wow … I didn’t know the folks at Nintendo had that kind of pull.
#63 by Vincent on 05.28.08 11:54 am |
You can see a picture of it on the very page you linked, under Home and Road Alternate Purple. Look at the coaches with arms in the air.
#64 by Paul Lukas on 05.28.08 11:56 am |
No. It’s your bad that you didn’t follow through on that thought.
#65 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 11:57 am |
Awhile back, I read an article complaining about the recent lack of originality in creating team nicknames.
Rather than being unique, the recent trend has been to combine two names into one compound moniker, for example: Iron Pigs, Stony Brook SeaWolves, Lehigh MountainHawks!
What on Earth is a SeaWolf?
#66 by Jet on 05.28.08 12:00 pm |
Thanks Paul… now I’m not getting ANY work done today because I’m too busy exploring that drool-worthy HOUSTON COLT 45’s SITE!!! DAMN!!
-Jet
#67 by Jet on 05.28.08 12:06 pm |
HOLY COW - how great is that Colt 45’s site?!?! I followed the link for “Colts home run king Roman Mejias”, and there are several SOUND CLIPs - I just listened to the play-by-play of Roman hitting the first inside-the-park HR in Colts Stadium!!!
Hose me down!!!
-Jet
#68 by LI Phil on 05.28.08 12:06 pm |
5 words im sure paul loves to hear
#69 by Ronnie Poore on 05.28.08 12:21 pm |
regarding the MLB not allowing little league teams to use the names of big league clubs. i guess i see the point with not letting them use actual logos, but not permitting them to heat press “PIRATES” or “GIANTS”, etc on a t-shirt does seem rediculous.
on the other hand, it is an chance for the teams to come up with creative and original names and colors.
#70 by Jets/Mets Fan in Chicagoland on 05.28.08 12:33 pm |
I HAVE to bring 18 balls with me….I average about 12 water shots a round, gotta have backups
#71 by Jonas on 05.28.08 12:34 pm |
They never wore black jerseys, just black trim here and there (Texas especially with those awful black billed away hats). I like how the Braves won’t wear the “Atlanta” at home though, unlike the afore mentioned Rangers who LOVE to wear those blue “Texas” jerseys, they just alternate grey and white pants for home and away. Lame.
#72 by Justin on 05.28.08 12:37 pm |
You’d be surprised. (NES here stands for New England Swimming)
#73 by Duckstyle187 on 05.28.08 12:41 pm |
I always wear a glove on both hands when playing. I tend to strangle my clubs a lot, and if I don’t wear gloves on both hands I blister up real bad. I do take them on when putting though, partially because of feel, but mostly just to give my sweety hands a breeze. Only white Sof-Joy gloves though, the only glove I’ve ever found that doesn’t stiffen up over winter. Black gloves look trashy to me, can’t explain why. I’m not even gonna get into female glofers wearing whatever matches their shirt, ugh.
#74 by Mark in Shiga on 05.28.08 12:43 pm |
Vincent, that’s the purple one with gold numbers. I think they also had a teal one, and I think that had gold numbers too, with black borders.
#75 by James P. on 05.28.08 12:45 pm |
From Wiki: http://en.wikipedia....
oh, my use of the word “kids” is more of a euphemism than a true descriptor of a group of young people…
#76 by MPowers1634 on 05.28.08 1:02 pm |
I resemble that glove/shirt comment! Footjoy makes Sci-Flex gloves with different accent colors now!
I usually keep two extra gloves in a ziploc in my bag. One is my range glove and the other is my emergency glove!!!
I used to carry a nice Taylor Made 64″ double canopy umbrella but that thing was very heavy and if I needed to use it…why the hell was I golfing!
I hate to be the one to inform you Duck, but in our neck of the woods, the two glove look requires much chastizing!
#77 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 05.28.08 1:06 pm |
It’s a submarine.
#78 by Ricko on 05.28.08 1:07 pm |