Back in the late ’90s, it was common for MLB players to salute their injured teammates with handwritten uni-number cap inscriptions (and occasionally non-teammates, too — lots of Venezuelan players added a little “14″ to their caps when Andres Galarraga was being treated for cancer). But like so many things that start out small and harmless, this one quickly got out of control, and the MLB office soon banned it.
But Manny Ramirez has never been accused of caring what the suits in the commissioner’s office think. With teammate David Ortiz out for at least a month with a wrist injury, Manny has revived the tradition of the hand-inscribed headwear salute. But in classic Manny fashion, he’s taken it a step further: Instead of putting Ortiz’s number on his cap, he’s put it on his batting helmet. Actually, he may have it on his cap too, and maybe even on his tam/snood thingie, but I haven’t gotten good looks at those. (Anyone..?) Meanwhile, let’s hear it for the Sharpie that was tough enough to penetrate all the gunked-up pine tar on Manny’s lid.
And that’s not all: Manny usually wears a “24″ sweatband on each arm, but on Tuesday night he had Ortiz’s “34″ on his right arm. Last night the “34″ had moved to the left side. This isn’t the first time Manny’s worn Papi’s armbands — they’ve periodically swapped and worn each other’s numbers on their arms — but I’m pretty sure this is the first time he’s done it as an injury shout-out.
I’ll be off the grid for most of this afternoon and this evening. Looking forward to seeing some you in Camden.
(Special thanks to reader Randy Williams for bringing Manny’s latest antics to my attention.)
Uni Watch News Ticker: More helmet-insert info, this time from Richard Stover: “I spoke with Bob Montgomery about the insert last season at Fenway Park. He seemed proud to be the last not to wear a helmet, yet puzzled that anyone would be interested in the details of such trivia. Then he added, ‘It’s in the Hall of Fame.’ ” … Meanwhile, here’s a somewhat misguided assessment of a modern helmet insert (courtesy of Brandon Davis). … Steve Dewing ran this on his excellent baseball photo site yesterday. A close-up of the glove reveals that it had been marked as “A genuine Steve Hamilton model.” … Jared Wheeler sent along this gorgeous team portrait of the 1946 Phillies. “This stirrups style was used for one season before they went to a white/red/white scheme. Also interesting is how the braid around the neck abruptly stops at the start of the button placket. I also found this shot of the 1949 Phillies wearing the white/red/white stirrups. Dressed to the Nines has them as solid royal, but this looks like a spring training shot, so it’s possible they could be wearing the 1948 stirrups. I will have to get some verification on that. Also, see how the braid around the neck differs from the 1946 version. Finally, here’s a picture of the PHIL-harmaniacs, who seem to have been Philadelphia’s version of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Sym-Phony.” … “Saw an article today on the new underwear that Asics has made for the Japanese men’s national volleyball team,” writes Jeremy Brahm. “I wish this was a joke.” … “The London Wasps (who have my favorite rugby socks) have an interesting NOB practice,” writes Caleb Borchers. “All of the starters, numbered 1 through 15, have their NOB, but the reserves, beginning with No. 16, only have ‘Wasps.’” … Footwear note from Greg Riffenburgh, who writes: “On Monday you showed Cristiano Ronaldo’s cleats in the Champion’s League final. The reason they didn’t have a lace cover is here, and a link to an article and video about the specific shoes is here.” … Fraud alert in Pittsburgh (with thanks to Tom Konecny). … Not uni-related, but this is high-freakin’-larious. … A small setback for logo creep (good find by Rob B.). … Erkki Corpuz notes that Bob McAdoo’s jersey doesn’t match the ones worn by his teammates in this team portrait. … Ryan Connelly was looking at aerial pics of PNC Park on Google Maps and MSN Maps and found that the field appears to have McDonald’s logo tarps on the mound and over home plate. … Interesting video clip here about the special baseballs being used as Junior Griffey approaches his 600th home run (with thanks to Brad Smith). … Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: Pedro Martinez wore David Wright’s batting gloves (note the “5,” and compare to this) on Tuesday night. … Bit commentary here about Leeann Rimes wearing — well, see for yourself (with thanks to Scott Sargent). … Saw this 1962 photo in the paper yesterday. When did NBA refs stop wearing stripes? Also, at the risk of exposing my NBA ignorance, what are the numerical notations along the edge of the court? … Fascinating NOB factoid here — check out the last sentence (good spot by Nick Hanson). … The last bullet point on this page contains a really interesting tidbit about the Giants’ Super Bowl ring design, plus it confirms something I’ve always maintained about their road uniforms (with thanks to Robert Tusso). … “This site has a collection of photos from this year’s Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association’s National Championships,” writes Doug Steffenson. “The photos show the trend for college sailing teams to use ‘pinnies’ as team uniforms during regattas. They are, in essence, a cover over a sailor’s life jacket and reflect the school’s colors and graphic identity. It’s a long way from what many probably consider standard sailing attire.” … This has gotten seriously out of hand (with thanks to John Okray). … Fun comparison of Shea and Yankee Stadiums here (as forwarded by Paul Wiederecht). … Interesting question from Greg Gorham, who writes: “I recently saw an Arkansas Travelers [Texas League] game and noticed the Travs’ road unis said ‘North Little Rock’ across the chest. Considering they do play in Little Rock, I guess it makes sense, but I thought it was really weird, since they’re the Arkansas Travelers. Do you know of any other instances, in baseball or otherwise, where teams would have a different city/state name on their jerseys than what their official name is?” Good question. Anyone..? … Good catch by Matt Rothenberg, who notes that the Red Wings’ championship caps have a depiction of the Stanley Cup on the underbill. … “It had slipped my mind completely that Deacon Jones even played for the Chargers, let alone that he had ‘Deacon’ on his nameplate rather than ‘Jones,’ ” writes Doug Keklak. Actually, Jim Wooley notes that he also wore “D. Jones” during his Chargers tenure. Anyone know which came first? … One of the banner ad slots at the top of the page is about to open up. Interested in becoming a Uni Watch advertiser? Get in touch.
#1 by RugbyJosh on 06.05.08 8:28 am |
The comment about the London Wasps is good, but it’s not new. I can remember at least two years ago, the Northampton Saints had “Saintsman” as the names of all their reserves (though I’m having trouble finding a picture of it). It would be pretty interesting for someone to look at the different NOBs around the Premiership though.
Also, I read somewhere once that rugby jerseys have horizontal stripes and soccer jerseys have vertical stripes because the sports used to be really similar in the 19th century and that was the only way to tell them apart at a quick glance. Is there any truth to this?
#2 by Robert on 06.05.08 8:37 am |
Pardon the ’80s valley girl speak, but Manny really grosses me out. I could live without seeing any more close-ups of him.
#3 by Tony In Erie on 06.05.08 8:38 am |
Speaking of the Stanley Cup caps, when did they first do the “championship” caps thing during a celebration? Who did that first in hockey, and while I’m at it, any sport?
#4 by BravesFan on 06.05.08 8:44 am |
Andres Galarraga was #14
#5 by Paul Lukas on 06.05.08 8:54 am |
Right you are. Will fix now.
#6 by Chris is Nashville on 06.05.08 8:58 am |
This is annoying to me. Leave the court alone.
http://www.latimes.c...
#7 by PBJ on 06.05.08 9:02 am |
Actually Manny hits behind Papi
#8 by Jim on 06.05.08 9:03 am |
GO WINGS!!
#9 by Paul Lukas on 06.05.08 9:03 am |
Shit, I’m messing up all sorts of things today… Will adjust the hed now…
#10 by MPowers1634 on 06.05.08 9:23 am |
That pic of Deacon Jones is great. Any chance to see the Bolts unis from that era is a treat!
#11 by Stephen on 06.05.08 9:25 am |
So, what do you have to do to get something actually uni-related noticed on here. I mean, volleyball underwear, field tarps, the Brewers untucking their jerseys, and Manny being Manny is groundbreaking, I guess, but a minor-league team coming out with their logos and home uni isn’t news? Got it. Good to know.
Whatever.
~E~
#12 by Justin on 06.05.08 9:28 am |
““This site has a collection of photos from this year’s Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association’s National Championships,” writes Doug Steffenson. “The photos show the trend for college sailing teams to use ‘pinnies’ as team uniforms during regattas. They are, in essence, a cover over a sailor’s life jacket and reflect the school’s colors and graphic identity. It’s a long way from what many probably consider standard sailing attire.””
They look like recycled track jersey’s to me.
#13 by Don on 06.05.08 9:32 am |
In this weeks photo spread on the Laker Celtic rivalry look at the bottom left photo on the two page lead in. Bill Russell’s away jersey reads “Boston” and the others read “Celtics” (or the other way around, I am not sure).
#14 by Anthony Verna on 06.05.08 9:38 am |
Notice that in the second row of the 1949 Phillies is the Natural himself, Eddie Waitkus.
#15 by Hank on 06.05.08 9:41 am |
Shea v. Yankee Stadium feature is great stuff. It’s a bit of an unfair fight, but anytime the Metropolitans get tweeked it’s OK with me.
Go Fightins’!
#16 by JohnE on 06.05.08 9:48 am |
The Arkansas Travelers have North Little Rock on their road jerseys because North Little Rock built Dickey Stephens Park which the team moved into last year as a tribute to the city and citizens who voted for the stadium. The Travs also have “NLR” on their caps. Legend has it that the Travs were the first professional team to change their name from a city (Little Rock Travelers) to a state or region (Arkansas Travelers) in 1961. Travs played in Little Rock from 1901-2006.
#17 by Marcus Ramsey on 06.05.08 9:50 am |
I hate to pile on, but it’s the “Phil-harmaniacs.”
#18 by Eriq Jaffe on 06.05.08 9:51 am |
Those aren’t the PHILharmonics, they’re the PHILharmaniacs.
#19 by Eriq Jaffe on 06.05.08 9:51 am |
Darn you! :)
#20 by Marcus Ramsey on 06.05.08 9:56 am |
Did you read that little paragraph on the “Philharmaniacs?”
Apparently Lee Burns makes music using human skulls. That does, actually, make him a maniac.
#21 by Ricko on 06.05.08 10:01 am |
re: Chargers unis. Gold numbers with white edge came later, just prior to switch to blue helmets, so “DEACON” would have predated “D.JONES.” Plus, assuming photo from reg. season game, for Chargers to be playing the Falcons would have to be from 1970 or later.
#22 by Eric B on 06.05.08 10:04 am |
untucked jerseys after a game is out of hand? who doesn’t loosen up a bit after work?
#23 by Ricko on 06.05.08 10:04 am |
re: Steve Hamilton photo. Ah, the first “2nd Senators” home uni. Howcum no one ever notices that the Senators home font, the Angels home AND road font (both from ‘61) and Mets road font a year later are virtually indentical?
#24 by Ricko on 06.05.08 10:06 am |
the Philharmoonimanicas on film…
http://youtube.com/w...
#25 by Taha on 06.05.08 10:08 am |
“Do you know of any other instances, in baseball or otherwise, where teams would have a different city/state name on their jerseys than what their official name is?” Good question. Anyone..?”
I know in the past when the Blue Jays have played at home on Canada Day (July 1), they have had Canada as NOB, and here is proof (scroll down about 2/3). Now if the geniuses who make the schedules ever let the Jays play at home on Canada Day again, we might get to see it more often.
#26 by degroat on 06.05.08 10:08 am |
I’m sure that I’m not the first one to point this out, but the Stanley Cup logo being on the same side as the captain ‘C’ for the Red Wings really, really looks bad.
#27 by C-Dublin on 06.05.08 10:10 am |
The Nationals will be wearing Green hats during today’s 1:00 game with the St. Louis Cardinals. They were supposed to wear them last night for a promotion of the new channel “Planet Green” but the game was rained out. Possibly a sign that mother nature thinks would Nats look awful in green hats.
#28 by Hank on 06.05.08 10:13 am |
The shirt-tail hanging post-game congrats is news to me. Maybe I just stopped paying attention to some things. When did this start? And how can it be stopped. Yeesh.
#29 by mmwatkin on 06.05.08 10:15 am |
That picture looks great to me!
#30 by Jet on 06.05.08 10:16 am |
Oh my, those ‘46 Phillies threads are suuuuhhhh-weeeeet.
-Jet
#31 by Robert on 06.05.08 10:18 am |
I don’t untuck my shirt at the office after I figuratively clock out. I wait until I am at home (my own personal clubhouse).
#32 by Ricko on 06.05.08 10:28 am |
Well, ‘61 was first season of “Minnesota” Twins so maybe Travellers announced their change first. Could very well be.
#33 by Sammy on 06.05.08 10:30 am |
Actually, those pinnies are closer to the mesh pullover thingies that high school soccer teams wear to distinguish teams during practice. They are usually pretty cheap and, as you can see, simple. But they are the closest thing you will probably get to uniforms in amateur sailing, where everyone has their own lifejacket, hat, and clothes preferences.
#34 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 10:34 am |
Having a trophy on the underbill isn’t totally new. The White Sox ‘05 Championship caps and the Commissioner’s Trophy(dumbest name in trophys) on the underbill. And my fiancee loved to point out how fallic it looked on a regular basis. I’d attach a link, but I can’t seem to find a good picture of it.
#35 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 10:35 am |
What you just decirbed is basically the definition of a pinnie though.
#36 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 10:37 am |
I’d agree, I might take off my ID and loosen the top button on my shirt, but I don’t untuck unless I’m at home. Nothing looks worse than an untucked shirt thats all wrinkled on the bottom.
#37 by Ricko on 06.05.08 10:40 am |
This just in.
“WESTMINSTER, Calif. (June 3) - Brian Keith Patch, a 36-year-old skateboarder who starred at the X Games, will be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.”
Hard to believe. Amazing.
Who’d have thought there’s a 36-year-old skateboarder.
#38 by Jordan on 06.05.08 10:44 am |
Totally agree…makes it look like the NBADL (I’m not sure that’s what they even call it).
#39 by scott on 06.05.08 10:44 am |
In the mid 1990s the minor league baseball team playing in New Britain, Conn. was officially known as the Hardware City Rock Cats for a season or two, but the team continued to sport “New Britain” on its road uniforms.
Similarly, I believe the Zion Pioneerzz of the 1990s Western Baseball League wore “St. George” on their road uniforms.
#40 by DrBear on 06.05.08 10:44 am |
Back in the 1960s, the Midwest League Appleton Foxes (now the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers) were briefly known as the Fox Cities Foxes (the Fox Cities include the smaller communities around Appleton). They changed back, but for the next year or two, they still wore uniforms with FOX CITIES across the front until the parent club sent new ones to be adapted.
#41 by Michaels on 06.05.08 10:45 am |
“Do you know of any other instances, in baseball or otherwise, where teams would have a different city/state name on their jerseys than what their official name is?” Good question. Anyone?”
I don’t know if this counts or not, but the Missouri Tigers wear “MIZZOU” on their men’s basketball jerseys, home and away.
#42 by derek on 06.05.08 10:45 am |
well i’ve never heard of the guy so i dont really care
#43 by Joey Guns on 06.05.08 10:47 am |
Looks like Hooters joined UPS as a sponsor of Big Brown.
http://www.nydailyne...
The buxom brand’s logo - which features an owl peering through the ‘OO’ in “Hooters” - will be emblazoned on Kent Desormeaux’s legs as his horse makes a bid to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years.
And if Big Brown makes it to the winner’s circle, he will be greeted by busty Hooters girls in tightfitting T-shirts.
#44 by Ricko on 06.05.08 10:48 am |
adn
Does Valpariso still wear “VALPO” on uniforms? (Voted “Team Most Likely to be Mistaken for Having a Dog Food as a Sponsor)
#45 by Ricko on 06.05.08 10:49 am |
Was kinda my point. LOL
#46 by Ferdinand Cesarano on 06.05.08 10:51 am |
The Hardware City Rock Cats, which were born when the New Britain Red Sox of the Eastern League changed affilliations to the Twins, had “New Britain” on their road uniforms. (Though the team did eventually simplify the name to New Britain Rock Cats.)
#47 by Mark K on 06.05.08 11:05 am |
I’m not sure if this counts but the Buffalo Sabres have recently gotten rid of the buffalo on their jerseys and now sport a type of banana slug.
#48 by Wade on 06.05.08 11:07 am |
http://images.tsn.ca...
Notice, everyone is holding up their “number one”, except for Hasek. Peace?
#49 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 11:10 am |
“Do you know of any other instances, in baseball or otherwise, where teams would have a different city/state name on their jerseys than what their official name is?” Good question. Anyone..?”
Paul, one of your favorite Jerseys of all time says “The City” on it, insted of Golden State. Does that count?
While we’re at it, Golden State is the stupid team name in sports.
#50 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 11:11 am |
Mmmmm, that’s not a peace sign. That’s the British equivilent of the middle finger, I get that all the time from the British guys I work with. Not sure why Hasek would use it though.
#51 by Eriq Jaffe on 06.05.08 11:12 am |
Well, there’s always this…
Heck, wearing jerseys without the full & proper city name is a Warriors tradition, really.
#52 by Ricko on 06.05.08 11:13 am |
Jeez, sure is good to see a team sticking to one “one-color-and-white,” isn’t it. Not many left in pro sports. Red Wings, Maple Leafs, Colts…
List is short and getting shorter (lost Celtics just recently).
#53 by Ricko on 06.05.08 11:17 am |
Has something to do with foes cutting off fingers of archers, rendering them useless, right? Archers would hold up to first fingers to enemy, sorta saying, “Come and get ‘em if you can!”
#54 by Ricko on 06.05.08 11:19 am |
No, see, cropped out of that photo to the right is another player whose jersey says, “DELPHIA”.
#55 by Douggo on 06.05.08 11:21 am |
What’s wrong with McAdoo’s jersey? Slightly different color numbers, maybe? More shoulder coverage? It’s hard to tell.
#56 by The Ol Goaler on 06.05.08 11:22 am |
The University of Missouri-Columbia has been called “Mizzou” or “Ol’ Mizzou” since waaayyyy back when… the use of “Mizzou” is semi-official these days, to separate the campus at Columbia from UMSL and UMKC; the school’s promotional announcements have taken to declaring, “There’s only one Mizzou!”
The Tigers also wear “Mizzou” on their football and baseball uniforms as well.
#57 by warren thompson on 06.05.08 11:23 am |
While I don’t know if there’s “any truth” to what you say above, bear in mind that, e.g., the Glasgow Celtics [soccer] sport green and white horizontal stripes on their home kit.
#58 by chance on 06.05.08 11:23 am |
Don’t know. I’d say that I’d tend to doubt it since so many soccer clubs wear hooped jerseys, but that seems to have been an Edwardian thing.
#59 by Marty Met on 06.05.08 11:28 am |
The New York Giants have an NY on their helmet yet they do not play games in New York.
#60 by scott on 06.05.08 11:30 am |
Do the Angels, White Sox, Yankees and Dodgers count?
#61 by Greg on 06.05.08 11:32 am |
Check out the bottom right of the wings image that Paul posted. Zetterberg is wearing Easton pants.
#62 by Neil on 06.05.08 11:32 am |
Could Hasek be bragging that this is his second Cup with the Wings? I don’t see Lidstrom holding up four fingers. Grow up Dom.
#63 by Kek on 06.05.08 11:36 am |
I thought it was for how many games he tanked before he lost his job to Osgood.
#64 by diz on 06.05.08 11:38 am |
I doubt there’s any real truth to that at all, there’s loads of crossover. Stripes in Rugby Union are quite hard to find though…
#65 by chance on 06.05.08 11:39 am |
True, but they play games in suburban New York as representives of New York (reflected in their name).
What’s interesting here is that the location name worn on the roads doesn’t match with the location name that the team uses in all other contexts.
#66 by JohnnyO on 06.05.08 11:40 am |
This trend had to have started middle of this past week when the Crew began their winning streak. I watch almost every Brewers game and just started noticing it probably 4 days ago or so. It has to be a “good luck” or superstitious thing with the Crew since they have only been doing it for the latter part of their home stand. (Which they have gone 8-1 on and have won 6 in a row)
I agree, this looks bad, but if its a team unity thing, I guess I don’t mind it. They could be doing a lot worse things then un-tucking their uni’s at the end of the game. And, I am not saying every team unity thing is good
#67 by kyle. on 06.05.08 11:40 am |
re: red wings caps with stanley cup
the lakers had the nba championship trophy on the underbill of their western conference champion hats. it looked almost as ridiculous as a bunch of basketball players standing around in baseball hats…
#68 by Jim on 06.05.08 11:48 am |
The two fingers are for how many cups he’s won. Couple of players were doing it. Some were holding up one finger for being “#1″, when they have won more than one Stanley Cup.
#69 by KT on 06.05.08 11:49 am |
Why?
#70 by KT on 06.05.08 11:50 am |
You consider New Jersey to be suburban New York?
Does that mean that Manhattan is suburban New Jersey?
#71 by ScottyJ in WV on 06.05.08 11:51 am |
LOVE the Steve Hamilton photo!!
Steve was the head baseball coach, and later A.D., at my alma mater, Morehead State University. Good guy.
I was reading a little about him at MSU’s athletics site, and found the following interesting tidbit…
“Hamilton is the only individual to play in the NCAA Basketball Championships (Morehead State), a Major League Baseball World Series (New York Yankees) and an National Basketball Association Championship Series (Minneapolis Lakers).”
That’s pretty cool!
#72 by Ricko on 06.05.08 11:51 am |
#73 by Greg on 06.05.08 11:55 am |
Josh Hamilton with the Rangers has been wearing one of Hank Blalock’s wristbands, complete with a number 9 on it, while Hank has been on the DL this year.
#74 by Ricko on 06.05.08 11:59 am |
Along that line…who is only quarterback to start in the Rose Bowl, Grey Cup and Super Bowl?
#75 by Terry on 06.05.08 12:07 pm |
I think the answer is Joe Kapp, right?
#76 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 12:07 pm |
Personal preference fo course, but I believe teams should be named after a city, and if that’s unreasable, a state. But a nickname for a state? I think not, that why the teams have nicknames, they somehow found a way to have 2.
#77 by Ian on 06.05.08 12:13 pm |
Paul, you had asked “When did NBA refs stop wearing stripes?”
Well, I know this had been covered before on UniWatch, but I can’t find it. Anyhow, I believe the answer was that the NBA officials switched to solid gray tops in conjunction with the NBA’s silver anniversary season of 1970-71.
#78 by Matt D. on 06.05.08 12:14 pm |
That’s an old hockey thing. One of my fsvorite hockey pictures is this; Frank Mahovlich had just won his 4th championship, while Red Kelly had won his eighth (I think that’s still the most for anyone who never played for Montreal).
#79 by Ricko on 06.05.08 12:16 pm |
Yup, Joe Kapp.
Use of “The City” is because people who live in the Bay Area call San Francicso “The City.” It’s just part of the vernacular. “Where you live?” Answer can be “San Rafael” or “San Mateo” or “Walnut Creek”…but if you live in San Francisco you just say, “The City.” Yeah, it was a little presumptuous to apply the local idiom for a uniform seen nationally…but it didn’t just come from nowhere. I suppose it’s a bit like “Flatbush” being used as synonymous with Brooklyn. I said “a bit.” LOL
#80 by Ricko on 06.05.08 12:20 pm |
I think they went to “Golden State” because the Angels and, by then, the Seals, too, were using “California”. The real departure was the first year of World Team Tennis (’74): “Golden Gate Otters”. Otters from “Organized Team Tennis”.
#81 by chance on 06.05.08 12:28 pm |
Manhattan? Suburban New Jersey? Um, no. I wouldn’t. Because that’s not what “suburb” means.
“Suburb” is not an epithet (no matter what our friends in Anaheim seem to feel), merely a statement of fact.
That the Meadowlands is within suburban New York City is not in doubt. It fits the very definition.
#82 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 12:29 pm |
All I remember is thinking they were from Florida when I was a little kid, and being too embaressed to ask my big brother about it. They need to call themselves Oakland or California and be done with it.
#83 by Andrew Follo on 06.05.08 12:33 pm |
Paul, you wanted an example of a team with a different city/state name on their jersey than their official name. Well, the New Britain Rock Cats used to be known as the “Hardware City Rock Cats.” However, their road uniforms said “New Britain” on them. After a couple of years with this situation, the team finally decided to simply call itself the “New Britain Rock Cats.”
#84 by Duckstyle on 06.05.08 12:36 pm |
Any thoughts about the USMNT wearing all white yesterday? I personally kinda liked it. And correct me if I’m wrong, but I coulda sworn that the stripes on the new US jersey were truncated to allow for better number visability, and they definitly weren’t last night. Or about the fact that Spain has gone from blue shorts to very, extermely dark blue shorts. Personally liked the lighter blue better. Granted it was raining so I’m sure that darkened them up.
http://sports.yahoo....
#85 by Wade Harder on 06.05.08 12:40 pm |
#86 by GreenFan on 06.05.08 12:50 pm |
Also, at the risk of exposing my NBA ignorance, what are the numerical notations along the edge of the court?
On a guess I would say that is the number of feet out from the basket- why its on the court, I have no idea.
#87 by Ricko on 06.05.08 12:52 pm |
Warriors got caught in the “where we play as opposed to the cites we draw from” wrangle when they moved their games from “The City” to Oakland. I should have said in my earlier post that back then I thought “Golden GATE Warriors” would have made much more sense as a marketing move (and serve as a far more effective locator)…given that the Angels had already appropriated “Calfornia” 400 miles to the south.
In ‘73 I mentioned that notion to the WTT owners and they switched from Golden State (their original intention) to “Golden Gate”.
#88 by Ricko on 06.05.08 12:52 pm |
#89 by Wade Harder on 06.05.08 12:57 pm |
#90 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 06.05.08 12:59 pm |