He needs a REMINDER?

It was when, as in your second photo, they had the gold third jerseys. (The white ones sufficed tonight.)

On the subject of minor league team names: before merchandising became such a big and valuable deal, it was cheaper and easier to send old major league uniforms down through the system. If the nickname was the same, the wordmark didn’t have to change.

Broadway Connie said:

Ricko1 said:

Hey, Ricko1, I think that the evidence in HailToPurple.com is indeed persuasive on the point that the team in the bluish/purplish jerseys on the Wilson 1962 catalog cover is probably Northwestern, and probably from 1959. Could the opponents be Ohio State? Indiana? Note also the relatively modest size of the grandstand. Note that the big Wildcat wearing jersey #72 seems to be wearing a helmet with a different number. Note that…

I will not sleep until we have an authoritative answer.

October 31, 1959…Northwestern beat visiting Indiana 30-13.

Might be the game?

YES!! Way to go.

Indiana would have had the IU insignia if it was 1959 and a red stripe if it was earlier. Unless the catalog edited out logos, I don’t think we have a match

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I think it’s Northwestern, and I was just saying they did play Indiana in Evanston in ‘59. But it could be non-conference game during that time period. Haven’t been able to scrounge up their schedules from those years to see if anyone looks like a likely possible opponent for that photo.

Regarding All-Star BP jerseys…aren’t they based on the colors of the team hosting the game? That would explain the Navy and Gray. Probably believed, and should have, that white shirts would have looked kinda “softball” with most teams road pants (most of them gray).

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Ricko1 said:

Hey, Ricko1, I think that the evidence in HailToPurple.com is indeed persuasive on the point that the team in the bluish/purplish jerseys on the Wilson 1962 catalog cover is probably Northwestern, and probably from 1959. Could the opponents be Ohio State? Indiana? Note also the relatively modest size of the grandstand. Note that the big Wildcat wearing jersey #72 seems to be wearing a helmet with a different number. Note that…

I will not sleep until we have an authoritative answer.

October 31, 1959…Northwestern beat visiting Indiana 30-13.

Might be the game?

YES!! Way to go.

Indiana would have had the IU insignia if it was 1959 and a red stripe if it was earlier. Unless the catalog edited out logos, I don’t think we have a match

http://www.helmethut...

KT said:

In other news, Babe Ruth’s granddaughter wants Major League Baseball to retire Babe’s #3 throughout both leagues.

Sorry. Don’t think so. You can make a case for several of the giants of the game (not New York Giants). It was an overreaction when MLB retired #42 in 1997 (well-intentioned as it was, it was still an overreaction, and they keep overreacting to this day) and retiring more numbers throughout the game makes it less special.

No New York Yankee will ever wear #3 again, and that’s as it should be. But how is Babe Ruth’s legend diminished in any way by a Tampa Bay Ray wearing #3? (Sorry, Evan Longoria.)

Roberto Clemente’s 21 should be retired before Ruth’s 3.

LI Phil said:

Azul Army said:

Roberto Clemente’s 21 should be retired before Ruth’s 3.

why’s that?

Marty Met said:

KT said:

In other news, Babe Ruth’s granddaughter wants Major League Baseball to retire Babe’s #3 throughout both leagues.

Sorry. Don’t think so. You can make a case for several of the giants of the game (not New York Giants). It was an overreaction when MLB retired #42 in 1997 (well-intentioned as it was, it was still an overreaction, and they keep overreacting to this day) and retiring more numbers throughout the game makes it less special.

No New York Yankee will ever wear #3 again, and that’s as it should be. But how is Babe Ruth’s legend diminished in any way by a Tampa Bay Ray wearing #3? (Sorry, Evan Longoria.)

Roberto Clemente’s 21 should be retired before Ruth’s 3.

Yes, but only becuase Clemente’s #21 shouldn’t be retired by anybody but the Pirates.

Enough is enough. One can justify such a singular honor for Jackie Robinson, but that’s where it ought to end.

It’s go time!