By Bryan Redemske
Florida State was eliminated from the College World Series on Monday night, robbing a national television audience of the chance to see an all-yellow uniform. Of course, that loss also took away viewing opportunities for five other unseen Florida State jerseys. You know, because they have eight different jerseys.
Eight jerseys. Remember when the Marlins came into the National League in 1993 with multiple jerseys and hats? What seemed like overkill then is pretty much par for the course at the College World Series. The roots are likely in the laundry room, where uniforms would have to be washed after every game of a three-game road trip. And, let’s face it, doing laundry all night sucks. So why not bring another uniform set? Or maybe two extra sets! Perfect!
Or how about eight? Now you’re onto something. Here’s a team-by-team look at this year’s College World Series:
Stanford — It’s best to get the Cardinal out of the way early, because it’s the simplest. Here’s the entire wardrobe: home, away. That’s it. Note the pullover tops, remnants of a long-ago era and now part of the program’s tradition. Also note the black front number on the home uniform. It’s the only black on either set, and seems out of place. But that’s also a longstanding tradition [plus it’s in keeping with, say, the red number on the front of the Dodgers’ jersey, which has no chromatic reference anywhere else in the team’s uniform system — PL].
LSU — Speaking of longstanding tradition … Omaha felt strange without LSU fans milling about, drinking all of our beer. The Tigers are back, and they brought their purple and yellow along. The yellow jerseys are the same as they were in the late-1990s glory days, while the whites are similar. There’s a purple jersey in the wardrobe, but LSU has stuck to yellow and white over the last month or so.
Fresno State — Here’s the surprise team of the series. From an attire standpoint, it’s probably my favorite. The Bulldogs have four jerseys (white, gray, blue, and red), two pairs of pants, and two hats. But everything matches, so any combination can be worn together. It’s like Oregon football, but without the whioe burning-retina thing. Also, the Bulldogs appear to have merit stickers on their helmets. Or else a pox of some sort. [Late-breaking footnote from reader Dana Czerwinski, who points out that the Bulldogs also seem to have some button issues. And eagle-eyed Hunter Franks has spotted something interesting: a “TM” symbol on the team’s cap. — PL]
Rice — The Owls keep it simple, with “Rice” across the front of their jerseys in Old English. It’s the same on the home and away sets, and also the blue alternate. There’s a pinstriped set this year, too, but it doesn’t come out much. I like it as a complement to their other jerseys. Same for the blue alt — nice.
Georgia — Beware, we’re deep into Nike territory here. Sure, Fresno State is a Nike school, too, but not like this. The armpit-stains jersey is here, and it won’t get better until this entry is done. There’s lots of it ahead. Georgia wears white jerseys and caps most of the time but went with the red alternate for the CWS opener. That’s the second red jersey they’ve worn this season — here’s the other. It looks like they got a new one halfway through the schedule, as the script one hasn’t been seen in a while. There’s also a gray uniform and a black jersey kicking around somewhere, along with a red-crowned hat with a black bill. The Nike pits thing is troublesome, but because of that cut, teams with those jerseys are forced to compress or shrink their logos or wordmarks on the front, which effectively clutters the hell out of things.
Florida State — Eight jerseys, huh? Here they are: White, pinstriped, white again, gray, pinstriped gray, red, yellow. Okay, that’s only seven — there’s another red jersey, too, but pics are hard to find. I really like the “FS” logo jerseys, which are the most current set. The others, with “Seminoles” across the front and Nike pits on the side, can go away any time now. Oh, like Monday … ouch.
North Carolina — The Tar Heels have undergone the same unneccessary uniform explosion as Florida State. But, sadly, they fell short of the eight-jersey mark. UNC has three white jerseys (and two different vests), one Carolina blue top, one navy top, and one gray jersey. Not sure if last year’s godawful black model might be available, too. And let’s not forget the two different white caps, the navy blue cap, the gray cap, and the Carolina Blue cap. Maybe we should. This makes me long for the days of old. Or just makes me like Stanford more.
Miami — Finally, the Hurricanes are here to calm the waters with a mere six jerseys. That includes, of course, a sleeved and sleeveless version of the same jersey, à la the Twins. Then there’s green, orange, gray, and — regrettably — black. Always with the black.
And that’s the College World Series, minus paying $20 to park on some dude’s lawn and then walking a mile to the stadium, or $7 for a milkshake (after waiting in line for 30 minutes), and then, finally, coming home with severe sunburn on half of your body. I love June.
While we’re on the CWS, though, here’s a note from Elena Elms, who spotted a uni-related item on this Q&A page. Here’s the pertinent passage
Q. So I was wondering…what’s up with the Michael Jackson approach to Carolina baseball? I’ve noticed that the position players wear a single white glove underneath their fielding gloves. The gloves look similar to batting gloves. I was wondering, what’s Nike’s newest baseball innovation? I guess they must be effective, because I’ve seen a variety of the players wearing them; including this past weekend, where I’m surprised that the gloves didn’t permanently fuse to their hands as a result of the sweltering heat.
A. For the last two years, Nike has picked a color to emphasize with their college baseball apparel and equipment. In 2007, that color was black, which resulted in a major Tar Heels abomination. The company also produced black bats that were used — with a varying degree of enthusiasm — by several players last year. This season, the color of choice is white. That means white bats, white batting gloves (which is what Jennifer noticed), and even white spikes. As you might have noticed, Nike sent the Tar Heels some custom white spikes with Carolina blue accents that are a vast improvement over last year’s black jerseys. The white shoes made the trip to Omaha, and it’s a safe bet that you could see them at some point during the College World Series. What’s next for Nike? I don’t know, but let’s hope their color choice for 2009 isn’t red.”
Wait, Nike issues blanket colors and templates to every team it supplies? No way! Thanks for the tip, Elena.
Second Time Around: Paul here, with a buttload of follow-ups. First, regarding my newly acquired vintage jersey of uncertain origin (left), several people wrote in to say it looks a basketball warm-up shirt. “Yeah,” I told all such correspondents, “but how do you explain the uni number, since 7 isn’t kosher for scholastic hoops?”
That pretty much stumped everyone, except for Terry Proctor, who responded, “Up until 1962, high school basketball players could wear the digits 6,7,8, and 9 in any combination. But starting with the 1961-62 season, those digits became illegal for use (that rule is still in effect for high school and college basketball). So a player wearing #7 in the 1950s is entirely feasible. The rules were made by the National Federation of High School Sports Federations (NFHS) and the NCAA, which usually parallel each other’s rules changes.”
I hadn’t known when that rule went into effect. Also hadn’t suspected that the jersey was pre-1961 (I figured mid- to late ’60s). As for Terry, he added, “I know a little about athletic uniforms — I’ve been selling them since 1967. My friend and I do mostly high school and junior league teams in the Rochester area. I worked in Rochester for 23 years at the former Ruby’s Sporting Goods. We used to outfit the Rochester Americans hockey team.” I asked if he’d be willing to do a Uni Watch interview, and he quickly agreed, so expect to hear more from him later on.
Meanwhile, reader Paul Kosman has helped establish a new benchmark for the earliest appearance of the ® symbol on the Cubs’ jersey logo. My previous working date has been 1982, but Paul provided me with this 1981 card. The photo had to have been taken in either 1979 or, more likely, 1980 (prior to 1979, the Cubs’ chest logo had a narrower blue circle, and there was no red circle on the chest patch), so 1980 is my new benchmark. Paul’s theory is that the trademark symbol arrived along with the thicker blue circle in 1979 — a good hypothesis, if we can prove it. For now, though, I’m going with 1980.
It’s worth noting, by the way, that someone had suggested in last Friday’s comments that the Tribune Company might have imposed the ® symbol after they bought the team. But that ownership change took place in 1981, so this latest visual evidence would appear to blow a hole in that theory. Meanwhile, just for fun, Paul also scanned the covers of the Cubs’ 1977 and ’78 media guides, which, as you can see, underwent their own ®-symbolic evolution.
Finally, I suddenly got a flurry of returned calls yesterday from the Chicago Athletic Association. First I heard from their attorney, who wanted to make sure I wasn’t doing some sort of exposé. Then I heard from their COO, Rich Wharton, who pointed me toward their historian, Ron White, who agreed to answer my questions about the connection between the CAA logo and the Cubs logo.
Ron turned out to be a real character. I don’t know if he smokes a pipe, is absent-minded, or wears a corduroy jacket with suede elbow patches, but let’s just say none of that would surprise me. Amidst lots of unrelated ramblings about woodpeckers, track meets, and Germans masquerading as Poles, he managed to convey the following points:
• The CAA adopted a red “C” logo on a white field in March of 1892.
• About six months after that, they added a black circle around the C.
• In 1908, it was proposed that the black circle be changed to blue, because blue would look better when rendered in stained glass, but the club’s membership voted down this change.
• In 1916 and ’17, prior to America’s entry in the first World War, there was a huge outpouring of patriotism and support for the French and British air forces, which were fighting the Germans in Europe. Both those air fleets used red, white, and blue roundels on their fighter planes — red with a blue center for the French and blue with a red center for the Brits (for more on roundels, look here). The CAA decided to change their black circle to blue as part of this wave of support.
• William Wrigley, who’d been a CAA member since 1895, was part of a syndicate that purchased the Cubs in 1916 (he became the principal owner after buying out other shares in 1920). But it’s not clear exactly when or how he began using the CAA logo as part of the Cubs’ identity system — Ron said the logo just sort of “drifted” into the team’s graphics, “and no one ever questioned it, because [Wrigley] was part of the [CAA].” But when exactly did this drift take place? If you look at the team’s uniform progression beginning with 1916, you’ll see that the now-familiar red “C” didn’t appear on the team’s uni until 1937. Even more confusingly, the team used a similar C way back in 1908 and a “C-ubs” treatment in 1909, well before Wrigley was involved with the team. It’s unclear whether these marks had anything to do with the CAA. It’s also unclear whether Wrigley used the CAA-derived mark — i.e., the one with the red C — for non-uniform purposes (programs, signage, stationery, etc.) between 1916 and 1937. If anyone has has any pre-1937 documents showing the Cubs using CAA-inspired graphics, please let me know.
Ron promised to send me copies of some early paperwork relating to the CAA logo, so hopefully I’ll have some additional info soon. Based on my conversations with him, though, it’s clear to me that there was never any sort of legal arrangement between the CAA and the Cubs. So the ® on the Cubs’ uniform has nothing to do with the CAA.
Incidentally, those people who first advocated the blue circle back in 1908 were right about the stained glass.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Awesome DIY project by Jeff Barak, who writes: “When I was a kid I bought several of the 1973 Fleer Baseball Big Signs. As an adult, I was able to add a few of the missing ones at a baseball card show, and I eventually got the rest of them off of eBay. But a couple of teams changed logos shortly after the set of signs came out and, as time passed, more expansion teams joined MLB, so my set of signs again started to feel incomplete. So I decided to make an ‘update set’ for the Fleer Big Signs in the style of the originals.” Jeff eventually showed his creations to JC Helf, webmaster of the completely amazing Fleer Sticker Project site, who featured Jeff’s designs in a recent entry. You can also see JC’s entry on the original Big Signs series here — all highly recommended. … Interesting tidbit in the middle of this story about Yadier Molina’s latest injury. The relevant passage (spotted by Ryan Johnston) reads, “Molina had a mild concussion in September of last season, prompting bullpen catcher Jeff Murphy to improvise a hybrid catcher’s mask. For better protection, he merged the shell of the hockey-style mask with the padding from a traditional mask. … Since the Wings beat the Pens, Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell had to settle a bet by wearing a Wings sweater. Details here (with thanks to Morris Levin). … Hadn’t seen this before: gumball-style helmets modeled after the Riddell Revolution design (big thanks to Greg Riffenburgh). … “Took this photo over the weekend during the introductions of a softball all-star game,” writes Steve Johnston. “Kind of speaks for itself. Love the expressions from the girls standing in line next to her.” … When the Bills play occasional home games in Toronto over the next five years, they’ll be wearing this patch. Details here. There’s also some discussion about possibly adding a uni-borne memorial for Tim Russert. … Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: Georgia Tech football uni poll here. … I was walking through an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx yesterday afternoon when a lot of yelling and cheering emerged from a bar. Maybe it was because Italy’s Antonio Cassano got a little carried away celebrating his squad’s victory over France yesterday (thanks, Bryan). … In case you missed it, Mets GM Omar Minaya, asked why he fired Willie Randolph at the team’s hotel instead of at the stadium, said, “I don’t believe in firing a manager after the game in uniform,” becaus that would be a “disrespect.” So after losing his first game as interium skipper last night, Jerry Manuel quipped, “I made it through. I’m going to have to sleep in this uniform, though.”
#1 by Josh Petty on 06.18.08 7:46 am |
In NCAA baseball (possibly just the postseason) the home team is required to wear its white uniforms. I don’t remember the specifics of that rule, but I heard them talking about it during the Super Regionals on ESPN.
On the Celtics championship hats, Adidas put the 3 stripes on the underbill
#2 by Josh Petty on 06.18.08 7:54 am |
Great entry! I love the College World Series! One of my lifelong goals (granted I’m only 22) is to go down to Omaha some year for the length of the entire World Series and get to as many games as I can. That would just be an amazing 10 or so days.
#3 by Josh Petty on 06.18.08 8:11 am |
The NC logo on the Tar Heels’ pinstriped vest really looks out of place to me, and it has ever since I’ve seen those unis. Obviously, it’s more traditional to have the chest logo on the other side of the chest.
Here’s a link to the 2007 NCAA Baseball rulebook…
http://www.ncaa.org/...
The Uniform section starts on page 25, interesting stuff.
Players and coaches are allowed to wear team jackets, only UNDER the team jersey if the colors on the jacket are the same as the teams undershirts.
There are size requirements for manufacturer logos. Not to mention uniforms can only contain a single manufacturer logo. There can be multiple logos (of course!) but teams can’t use multiple manufacturers.
I’m still looking for the white jersey home team rule. As I said, I heard it mentioned on ESPN during the Super Regionals
#4 by Josh Petty on 06.18.08 8:12 am |
Correction, the uni stuff starts on page 24, not page 25
#5 by Roger on 06.18.08 8:27 am |
The LSU gold jerseys are similar to the ‘96 jerseys, but they’re not the same. The “TIGERS” font is different on the front, and the numbers are drop-shadowed on the front and back. Also, there’s a white-and-purple stripe at the bottom of the sleeves, while the ‘96 version had no sleeve stripes.There are other LSU uniforms (including a white cap with a purple bill) that probably won’t see the light of day in Omaha. LSU has gone with gold for the most part since their 23-game winning streak began (that streak was broken by UC Irvine in the super regional). Here are the other ones that you probably won’t see:
Purple jersey: Similar to the gold jersey, but with no sleeve stripes.
Pinstriped uniform: LSU cap logo on one top corner, uniform number on opposite bottom corner of jersey.
Gray uniform: Actually haven’t seen a photo of that this year, but I think the Tigers wore them for Friday games during SEC road series. That’s been their tradition the last year or two.
Throwback cap/uniform: Last year of Alex Box Stadium brought out a retro uni: Cream white top with heavy purple stripe around the collar and down the jersey. Purple “L” on one side of the jersey. Purple cap with white “L.”
#6 by Roger on 06.18.08 8:29 am |
And I forgot to mention that the LSU throwback uniform also has cream-colored pants to go with the cream-colored jersey.
#7 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 8:40 am |
Great work, Bryan! I hope you and yours are all safe and dry in the MidWest!
Those Black unis of UNC were unnecessary!
Here are pics of the White Carolina cleats, the Niks Shox Fuse:
http://i258.photobuc...
FSU: Garnet, Gold, and OVERKILL
Is it me or do a handful of the CWS players resemble El Sid?
http://farm4.static....
#8 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 8:49 am |
Edit:
UNC’s cleats have a caged zoom air sole not a Shox plate!
By the way, just as the Bowl games highlight Nike’s gear for the upcoming season, so does the CWS.
Many of the players on teams like UNC, FSU, Miami, and UGA are wearing next year’s high-end models of cleats:
For example:
The Nike MVP:
http://i30.tinypic.c...
http://d.yimg.com/us...
http://espn-i.starwa...
http://i258.photobuc...
And the Nike Swingman Remix, Junior’s Signature cleat:
http://espn-i.starwa...
http://espn-i.starwa...
Jimmy Rollins wearing a PE pair, ALL PICS COURTESY OF MARK MIHALIK, the GURU of Baseball cleats, whom I plagiarized these pics from!
This one was actually taken by Mark at the Phillies/red Sox game the other night!
http://i258.photobuc...
http://i258.photobuc...
http://i30.tinypic.c...
#9 by Original Jim on 06.18.08 8:55 am |
Bryan, those FSU uniforms look gold to me, not yellow. LSU’s uniforms are much closer to yellow than the Seminoles.
The Seminoles gold also seems muted, almost dirty, similar to the basketball alts worn by Boston College this season.
#10 by Rick on 06.18.08 9:03 am |
Not exactly uni-related, but still…
The Mets think it’s disrespectful to fire someone ‘on the job’. However they have no such quarrels about firing him in the middle of the night? And right after the first game of a road trip? That’s is respect for you right there…
#11 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 9:08 am |
Orlando Hudson of the D-Backs has been sighted wearing the Griffey Remixes as well:
http://img504.images...
http://img293.images...
Another J-Roll, who ALWAYS has the SICKEST Nike PE gear from batting gloves to fielding gloves, the whole ball of wax:
http://i31.tinypic.c...
Check out a cool pic of some old PE cleats:
http://aycu22.websho...
If you want more info on the Swingman Remix, check out this thread over on NT:
http://niketalk.yuku...
http://i31.tinypic.c...
#12 by scott on 06.18.08 9:10 am |
The Dodgers may not have red anywhere else on their uniforms besides the front number, but their script logo with the baseball shining over “Dodgers” contains a considerable amount of red.
#13 by Robert on 06.18.08 9:11 am |
Excellent review of the CWS teams. Outstanding. Thanks.
#14 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 06.18.08 9:18 am |
My sentiments exactly!
Hey, maybe the Mets are trying to do it “better” than the Yankees (Yogi, Billy Martin, Joe Torre, etc, etc, etc).
#15 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 9:18 am |
I know that you\’re all sneaker-phobic on UW…but it is my area of expertise, so I am sharing info:
Here is the catalogue pic of Junior\’s kicks:
http://i258.photobuc...
http://i258.photobuc...
You all need to check out the Photoshopped vesions of the catalogue pic for possible ideations of the cleat done by an EXTREMELY talented designer:
Scroll down to the middle of this page:
http://niketalk.yuku...
#16 by Mark in Shiga on 06.18.08 9:20 am |
Great review indeed, and I’m digging that Fresno State number font. The Hanshin Tigers used something similar years ago.
Boo to Minaya for the way he fired Randolph. I don’t see what’s so respectful about doing it at the hotel in the middle of the night and what’s so disrespectful about doing it after a game. If you fire a guy when he’s out of uniform, he7s deprived of being aware of what was his last moment in uniform, in the clubhouse, as part of the team. Fire him while he’s still got the jersey on so that he can take a last look around and appreciate what he had.
#17 by LI Phil on 06.18.08 9:26 am |
we need to what?
#18 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 9:27 am |
BTW….did y’all see this Juinior story?
http://mlb.mlb.com/n...
#19 by Joe Hilseberg on 06.18.08 9:29 am |
Great to see Baltimore’s mayor Sheila Dixon is taking the opportunity to flash the UA gear while her house is raided!
http://www.baltimore...
And BTW, I went to the greatest O’s promo night ever last night…Wild Bill Hagy T-shirt night! The shirt was historically inaccurate and had mistakes all over it, but hey, still a great time!
#20 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 9:30 am |
If you’re so inclined…follow the link and peruse the (ideations), different versions, of the photoshopped cleats!
Excuse me, Mr. Grammar policeman!!!
Here is an Air Max sneaker version of said shoes:
http://i25.tinypic.c...
#21 by LI Phil on 06.18.08 9:30 am |
well that worked out well…stupid cookies
lets try that again
we need to what?
#22 by Ryan B on 06.18.08 9:31 am |
This is from the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Handbook:
The home team shall occupy the third-base dugout, take infield practice first and wear white uniforms if it owns white uniforms. The visiting team must wear a uniform of contrasting color. The NCAA game representative will resolve any conflict in the selection of uniforms.
#23 by Jim on 06.18.08 9:33 am |
From the story:
Neither player revealed what the payment was for, though it appeared to be for some sort of wager.
No shit…….
#24 by Steve on 06.18.08 9:37 am |
Yes, last month, when it was discussed on here…..
#25 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 9:38 am |
A friend of mine once did something similar with a 10 dollar bet.
He froze the 1000 pennies within a metal bucket and then gave it to whom he owed!
#26 by MPowers1634 on 06.18.08 9:38 am |
Sorry, I didn’t see it!
#27 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 06.18.08 9:39 am |
Hand checking is a foul!
#28 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 06.18.08 9:40 am |
Me too neither. I was absent from class that day.
But, it is a funny story.
#29 by Hurnf on 06.18.08 9:41 am |
At least the Seminoles uniforms look better than the St. Petersburg Pelicans.
#30 by ewc on 06.18.08 9:43 am |
New Michigan football unis?
http://mgoblog.blogs...
#31 by TEH on 06.18.08 9:45 am |
Have to see the banana yellow FSU unis from the 1980’s - with the stovepipe hats!!!
They wore this in Omaha in 1987.
Hope this link works.
slog.cstv.com/extrainnings/RichieLewis.jpg
#32 by Mark on 06.18.08 9:47 am |
Holy Crap, good to see Norm Abrams from “New Yankee Workshop” and “This Old House” with the mayor of Pittsburgh.
#33 by Bryan Redemske on 06.18.08 9:55 am |
Thanks for the further info. For some reason, despite its status as a college baseball superpower, LSU was the toughest to research. I saw the throwbacks, but those were a one-off thing. The others you mentioned were nowhere to be found on the team Web site. Thanks again.
#34 by James Craven on 06.18.08 10:03 am |
Cue the dead horse being flogged!
#35 by Jim on 06.18.08 10:07 am |
Uniwatcher Challange:
Joe Kocur played 7 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 95-96. Can anyone find a picture of him from those 7 games? I cannot find one at all. Please help….
#36 by Stuby on 06.18.08 10:08 am |
In addition to the merit stickers/blotches on the Fresno State helmet, they also have the same green V sticker that the football team wears.
#37 by Tom on 06.18.08 10:09 am |
Apparently Bryan hates the NBA, so…
Seems strange that Wheaties went with the road alternate black jersey for KG’s championship box.
God I hate that jersey.
#38 by LI Phil on 06.18.08 10:11 am |
here
now bookmark it so i don’t have to repost it again
#39 by Bryan Redemske on 06.18.08 10:16 am |
I do?
#40 by LI Phil on 06.18.08 10:17 am |
yes…and apparently wheaties did that box just to spite you
rat bastid
#41 by Tom on 06.18.08 10:18 am |
Just kidding, my good man. I know the CWS is way more important for people not from Boston.
But I still hate the alt black.
#42 by Dave on 06.18.08 10:19 am |
OK, so maybe I’m missing something … why are the numbers 6, 7, 8, and 9 not allowed in scholastic basketball?
#43 by collecter on 06.18.08 10:20 am |
They make those gumball revolution helmets in college too. http://www.autograph...
#44 by Andy on 06.18.08 10:24 am |
American Legion has instituted a new rule this year that mandates on-field coaches wear a helmet, a la MLB. Does anyone know where I can find a “Jon Olerud-style” helmet? Everywhere Ive tried online is backordered for months. Thanks-
#45 by James Craven on 06.18.08 10:26 am |
Andy, try wearing a double-flapped batting helmet for future reference. they do that in Little League.
#46 by Rick White in Cedar Park, TX on 06.18.08 10:29 am |
Because most basketball referees have only five fingers on each hand.
#47 by Marty Met on 06.18.08 10:29 am |
and the Yankees treated Joe Torre with respect? or Yogi Berra, or Dick Hauser?
#48 by Tony In Erie (at home) on 06.18.08 10:30 am |
Can I ask a silly question?
Why in the world can’t high schoolers wear the 6 through 9 digits? Is there some sort of importance? Why would it be prohibited?
Now if a six
Turned out to be nine
They’d still mind, they’d still mind…
#49 by Anthony Verna on 06.18.08 10:30 am |
I don’t know anyone who likes that jersey. The St. Patrick’s Day alternates with the gold is the right way to go for a permanent alt.
#50 by Duckstyle on 06.18.08 10:35 am |
It’s definitly not more important to anyone not from Nebraska. But it does however have a lot of “new” uni matters to cover, while the NBA stuff has been talked about in depth for months.
#51 by Duckstyle on 06.18.08 10:36 am |
If they stuck with that for their alts, their set of uni’s might just be the best in all of sports, IMO.
#52 by Dave on 06.18.08 10:40 am |
OK, I can see that. So the reason that it’s allowed in college and pros is because the refs are wired for sound? I’m not a hoops follower, but I assume that refs at the higher levels also have 5 digits per hand.
#53 by Tony Miller on 06.18.08 10:41 am |
Because it’s difficult enough for the scorer’s table to pick up hand signals for digits 0-5, let alone adding another hand.
#54 by Ricko on 06.18.08 10:43 am |
I know I mentioned this late last night, and I’m pretty sure it’s true: this the first time the Celtics have won an NBA title wearing white shoes.
Right?
#55 by Stuby on 06.18.08 10:44 am |
Not allowed in college either. Don’t know why its allowed in the pros. Perhaps because the Celtics have retired all the numbers with digits 0-5 and needed to use something.
#56 by Ricko on 06.18.08 10:53 am |
Speaking of refs signalling players’ numbers to scorekeepers, etc., when did it change that the player stopped raising his hand when was the one charged with the foul?
(Also, could we please stop with the fist-bumps, hand slaps, et al, after a made free throw. Jeez.)
#57 by War Damn Eagle on 06.18.08 10:55 am |
I agree. The “Tiffany” font always looks great on baseball unis. It’s a very classic look.
#58 by Mike from Queens on 06.18.08 11:05 am |
I understand that we’re in an entirely different artistic (and religious) era now compared to 1908, but the idea of something being changed because of how it would look *in stained glass* sounds so strange to me. I realize it didn’t happen, but for it merely to be considered seems like nonsense. What was the CAA doing? Handing out stained glass Christmas cards? Developing a stained glass uniform set? Making stained glass headbands?
#59 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:06 am |
Probably windows at the club. Most likely reason.
#60 by Walker on 06.18.08 11:15 am |
So I’m having trouble finding pictures, but as a lifelong FSU fan, I can tell you that you’re definitely missing two jerseys. There’s a white vest, and a grey “pits” jersey. The grey pits jersey was worn for one of the games at North Carolina (I think it was the Friday night game,) and the vest was worn in the opener of the regional against Bucknell. The garnet jersey that they wore against Miami is actually a BP jersey (hence the lack on NOB) that they’ve been wearing as the road top during the tournament. The other garnet top says Seminoles like the pits jerseys, but lacks the pit stains.
#61 by Walker on 06.18.08 11:17 am |
Also, the Noles have four hats. The two shown, plus a white hat and a grey hat (both with garnet bills.)
#62 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:23 am |
Snyone know any college or minor league teams that wear white pinstriped hats at home? Y’know, the 1917 White Sox look?
#63 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:27 am |
…meaning white with dark pinstripes, like this…
http://shop.mlb.com/...
#64 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:28 am |
oops. link doesn’t work to specific hat, I guess.
#65 by Joe on 06.18.08 11:32 am |
Speaking of pinstripe hats, remember these hideous things from the 90’s:
http://www.fansedge....
#66 by Walaitis on 06.18.08 11:35 am |
I LIKED those hats!
#67 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:36 am |
…from ‘58 thru ‘60, too, and thereafter with an oval (non-wishbone) “C” edged in navy.
#68 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:36 am |
So did I. At the time they were incredibly unique.
#69 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:37 am |
…meaning 58 thru 60
#70 by Walaitis on 06.18.08 11:39 am |
I can hear Antonio Alfonseca’s phone ringing now.
BTW, Jim Edmonds’ St. Louis home is up for sale. I’d buy it, except I think a $2.2m home should really have more than 3.5 bathrooms, and I wouldn’t really care to have “15″ stamped into my basement floor.
#71 by DawgFan on 06.18.08 11:40 am |
Louisiana TECH has made some modifications to their logos:
http://latechsports....
#72 by LI Phil on 06.18.08 11:43 am |
sez: YEAR BUILT: 14
jesus christ…that’s older than…well almost christ hisself…and almost as old as ricko
#73 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:44 am |
Hmmm…I guess wearing stirrups once in a while for a TBTC doesn’t negatively affect a player’s earning power or lifestyle after all.
#74 by Walaitis on 06.18.08 11:46 am |
The logo: Bland. The logo three-dimentionalized at the top of the page: AWESOME!
One question I have, however … are there no such thing as female bulldogs? I mean, I thought most dog breeds have both male and female varieties, but maybe not.
#75 by Jet on 06.18.08 11:52 am |
Paul, speaking of the “c” registered trademark, did you notice that some of the Fleer “big signs” shown on the Fleer Sticker Project page have a “TM” next to the team logo, and some don’t?
-Jet
#76 by Ricko on 06.18.08 11:53 am |
Jesus? I remember him. Jewish kid. Great hands, incredible power. Seemed destined to be a superstar. Always wore his stuff really baggy, though, drove some people nuts.
#77 by Christopher on 06.18.08 11:59 am |
Paul sorta mentioned that in the post yesterday. Many teams use TM or circle-R on merchandise and corporate identity materials (letterhead, signs). But only the Cubs have ever used it on a uniform.
#78 by Walaitis on 06.18.08 11:59 am |
Baseball: Heaven Vs. Hell
#79 by Andy11 on 06.18.08 12:01 pm |
Italy’s Antonio Cassano got a little carried away celebrating his squad’s victory over France yesterday
Has he done this before? Do other players do this? Why would someone strip down to their underwear as a form of celebration? I have never heard of this.
#80 by Ricko on 06.18.08 12:04 pm |
That’s also an indication of why they didn’t fire Willie while he was in uniform.
#81 by Walaitis on 06.18.08 12:04 pm |
Ever hear of women’s soccer?
#82 by Mike from Queens on 06.18.08 12:06 pm |
Brandi Chastain. Women’s World Cup, ‘99.
http://www.sportshol...
#83 by Andy11 on 06.18.08 12:17 pm |
I’m pretty sure she kept her shorts on.
It’s normal for athletes (ok, maybe not the ladies) to remove shirts after games…at all levels. But I’ve never heard of an athlete removing their shorts or pants after a game, and running around in their tighty whities. I wonder if he had GoldenPalace.com written on the back of them.
#84 by Joe on 06.18.08 12:23 pm |
I’m pretty sure I liked them too, at the time. Never owned one, though. Definitely a unique hat… I pretty regularly got a Manny’s Baseball Land catalog and would spend hours looking at all the caps! When I was younger, I hoped that whatever baseball team drafted me was one of the squads with lots of cap variations, so I could build a nice collection. The Mariners were high on my wishlist, with their various teal combinations. I never factored in that I’d make enough cash to buy whatever hats I wanted.
#85 by LI Phil on 06.18.08 12:26 pm |
ian baker-finch stripped to his u-trow on a golf course
it wasn’t in celebration however…he didn’t want to get his trousers wet on a water shot
too busy to look for pics, but trust me, they’re out there…i think it was 92 or 93
#86 by KJ Kearney on 06.18.08 12:30 pm |
didn’t know if you guys had info on this already but i thought this was pretty cool. i remember reading something on the site about cap liners once: http://www.strictlyf...
#87 by Lee on 06.18.08 12:46 pm |
The numbers on the Georgia baseball jerseys all look two inches too short/small. And their habit or is it a fashion statement of the half buttoned jersey is really annoying.
#88 by marlinfanhofer@aol.com on 06.18.08 12:49 pm |
What was that website that did the uniform numbers (like the membership cards) on fabric? I’ve spent the last 30 minutes looking for that post.
Thanks
#89 by Paul Lukas on 06.18.08 12:54 pm |
Here:
http://jerseynamefra...
#90 by MetsFan AZ on 06.18.08 12:55 pm |
I’ve always loved the white stitching around the holes on the Stanford cap. Do any other teams, college or pro, use contrast stitching there?
#91 by David on 06.18.08 12:58 pm |
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