There was a uni-related sequence for the ages during last night’s Mariners/Rangers game in Arlington. With the Mariners trailing by a run in the top of the 9th, Kenji Johjima was hit by a pitch and had to leave the game. With the Seattle bench running a tad thin (Jeff Clement and Jose Vidro are both nicked up), skipper Jim Riggleman called on pitcher Jarrod Washburn to pinch-run — which turned out to be slightly problematic, because Washburn was out of uniform.
There was a slight delay as Washburn disappeared into the clubhouse to put on spikes and a jersey. He eventually re-emerged into the dugout while still tucking in his shirttails fore and aft. Just one problem: He’d forgotten to put on a belt. So Riggleman, displaying the kind of keen managerial acumen that only a man with a season-opening 14-game losing streak on his résumé can possess, took off his own belt and proceeded to give Washburn a whoopin’ handed it to Washburn, who then held the belt while doing a bit more tucking, zipping up his pants, and trotting to first base, where he finally put on the belt.
All this occasioned a fair degree of merriment in the Rangers’ broadcast booth, where Tom Grieve noted, among other things, that it was a good thing Lou Piniella no longer manages the Mariners, or else Washburn would’ve had to wrap the belt around his waist twice.
Footnote: Washburn eventually scored the go-ahead run. I have not yet been able to ascertain whether he then returned the belt to Riggleman, but it’s worth noting that Seattle ended up losing the game a half-inning later, which is the sort of thing that can happen when your manager is working without a crucial component of his uniform.
(Special thanks to Jerry Gardner for bringing this delicious fiasco to my attention.)
Soylent Green Dot: Monday’s coverage of the NFL’s new logo-emblazoned green dot prompted an interesting note from reader Mike Brodsky. Check it out:
My employer, Deloitte, has a green dot at the end of its logo. It’s been in place since 2003. While the green “dot” is effectively a period at the end of a one-word sentence, the purpose of the green dot is for “finality” or to “stop” — i.e., you need look no further for your professional service needs (audit, tax, financial advisory, consulting). …
The green dot has taken on a life of its own at Deloitte. Our “greening” initiative is called “the greening of the green dot.” If you ask my kids where I work, my youngest will say “Daddy works at Deloitte greendot.” For the past three years, we’ve had an annual “Deloitte Film Festival” where Deloitte employees are invited to make short films about their “Deloitte experience,” and many of the movies focus on the ubiquitous green dot. In addition, we’ve all been given lapel pins with the “D” in the Deloitte logo followed by a green dot.
When the green dot started appearing on NFL helmets last year, someone at work mentioned it to me and thought maybe we’d struck a sponsorship deal with the NFL, but I have a buddy who works for the Pats and he told me what it was about. I admit it’s funny seeing green dots in random places since it’s such a part of our corporate identity. When I read that defensive players would be wearing the dot this season, I thought, “Wonderful branding idea — it could be the NFL Defensive Player sponsored by Deloitte.”
Man, you just know someone at NFL HQ is scurrying to explore that idea at this very moment (because as we all know, if there’s one thing the NFL needs, it’s more corporate sponsorships). Nice going, Mike.
Uni Watch News Ticker: I’d totally bid on this, except it’s too big. … “Do you know what this photo is all about?” asks Neil Paine. “It’s Peter Forsberg in 1995, the first year the Avalanche were in Denver, but the uniform is way off. The burgundy of the jersey is too bright/red, and he’s wearing a black helmet even though the Avs traditionally wear white helmets with their white jerseys.” Anyone know more about this? … Rick Friedel notes that Willis McGahee is now wearing a new LT-ish facemask. And Troy Smith has already worn at least two facemasks during camp, switching from this to this. … We’ve heard this before — let’s see if it really happens this time (with thanks to Eric Borer). … And so it has come to this: People need to be shown how to hike up their cuffs. … Note for Brett Favre watchers: The Jets waived punter Joe Smith yesterday. His uni number was 4. … Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: Rockies third baseman Ian Stewart appears to have an upside-down M, instead of a W, on his NOB. Check out Troy Tulowitzki for comparison. … “A friend sent me this picture of Cal Ripken, Jr. in his 1981 Rochester Red Wings uniform,” writes Terry Proctor. “The Wings wore those god-awful mesh-backed caps with a heat-sealed letter for most of the 1980s.” … Josh Rose notes that A’s prospect Jemile Weeks, currently playing with the Kane County Cougars, goes high-cuffed in the field but low-cuffed at the plate. Odd. … Check out the bizarre jersey worn by the host Argentinian team in the recent FIBA 18u Americas Tournament. Additional pics here and here (with thanks to Stanton Smith). … Interesting story of questionable veracity regarding Tampa Bay’s old Bucco Bruce logo, courtesy of Jeffrey Moulden: “I couldn’t find any merchandise with the old logo, so I asked the owner of Buc Heaven in Tampa. Supposedly, when the Culverhouse estate sold the team to the Glazers in ’97, they either told them they had to change the uniforms, or else the Glazers got a cheaper price if they didn’t take the logo rights (I’m not sure which is correct), so the Culverhouse estate still owns that logo and colors. Therefore, the team cannot market the old logo, and the Culverhouse estate hasn’t chosen to market it either. The only loophole is if a player who played on a team prior to the sale in ’97 puts his name on a product — for example, when I found a couple of shirts down there, they all had this Mike Alstott tag.” Not sure how accurate all that is, but I bet someone else can help us fill in some of the blanks, yes? … The Ft. Myers Miracle will be hosting a Negro Leagues tribute night this Friday (with thanks to Scott Johnson, who also sent along this article about clubbies). … Hmmm, is this a Boise State cap or a Florida cap? Both, as it turns out. Details here (with thanks to Mike Kingery). … Larry Wiederecht sent along this ad from the 1969 All-Star Game program. Can you spot the anomaly? Give yourself a gold star if you noticed that the Mets cap has an orange button, something that didn’t happen on the field until 1997. … The Astros wore right-sleeve patches last night in honor of the 50th anniversary of NASA. Details here, and there’s a partial close-up here. … Just when you thought logo creep couldn’t get any worse — oy vey (nice spot by Chris Ray). … David Lee has turned up two articles that mention how the Cardinals considered adding a Sportsman’s Park-esque mound ring to the Busch Stadium mound in 2006. For details, scroll down to the end of this piece and look at the third bullet point in the middle of this one. … Mike Piekarski was looking at some old video from the 2002 season and spotted Toronto’s Raul Mondesi with an “18″ inscription on his helmet. “The only player I could find who wore 18 for the Blue Jays that year was Homer Bush, who had been released a month earlier,” writes Mike. “By the time of this game, Bush had already been signed by the Marlins, so I find it hard to believe Mondesi would still have an 18 inscribed in protest of the release.” Must have been a shout-out to some other 18 — anyone know more? … The Chicago Jacks, an American Legion team, look my-t-fine (with thanks to Mike Hlebasko).
#1 by Jim on 07.30.08 8:20 am |
Do you know what this photo is all about?” asks Neil Paine.
Link didn’t work for me….
I would LOVE to see this pic.
#2 by steve on 07.30.08 8:23 am |
I haven’t seen it mentioned here (searched, but maybe I missed it): Robinson Cano of the Yankees has been wearing different color batting gloves on each hand lately - the same model it seems, but one is black and one is white-and-blue. what’s up with that?
#3 by Jim on 07.30.08 8:27 am |
WTF…..
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#4 by Paul Lukas on 07.30.08 8:28 am |
Try it now.
#5 by BCrisp on 07.30.08 8:36 am |
The Astros’ NASA patch is based off this logo. The picture that Paul had was pretty small.
Link
They wore the patches yesterday because NASA was established on 7/29/1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act.
#6 by cheechoo on 07.30.08 8:37 am |
I do recall the Avs wearing black helmets at home their first year in Colorado-it may not have even lasted that entire first year before they switched to the traditional white helmet at home-an NHL mandate, perhaps?
#7 by Denver Gregg on 07.30.08 8:40 am |
Seems to me there are two other anomalies in the ‘69 all-star program ad: the A’s and Pilots caps both look to be too light in color.
#8 by Jim on 07.30.08 8:50 am |
Thanks Paul, works now.
According to gettyimages, that pic was posted on 10/9/1995, a 6-6 tie with PIT. Third game of their first season in COL since moving from QUE. What I think happaned is that pic was taken in preseason and posted later when they were possibly trying out uni combos. Because everywhere I look does not have that combo as the offical helmet/jersey combo. Plus I found this pic:
http://www.gettyimag...
Which was taken in 9/25/1995, which is defintley preseason. Looks like they were trying uni combos during preseason. So to me, either that pic was posted later, or they carried their uni combo experiments into early regular season, which seems unlikely.
As for the color, COL’s first year ‘red’ being different then a lot of people rememeber.
COL in 95-96
http://www.gettyimag...
COL year after (96-97):
http://www.gettyimag...
The off ‘red’ could have been the lighting from arena and cameras too…
#9 by jere on 07.30.08 9:01 am |
I thought the anomaly was the fact that there were 21 hats despite them saying 20 teams fly United. But the extra cap is a United cap. (Which is weird in the way it’s just kind of thrown in in an odd place. And adding it doesn’t help the array–were they desperate for that 4-5-4-5-3 row lineup? I would’ve just settled on the 20 caps, which are a lot easier to arrange symmetrically than 21. Or at least set up the 20 how you want them, then throw in your own cap right in the middle or something…)
#10 by Jim on 07.30.08 9:05 am |
Ok, maybe I am just too much of a stickler on uni correctness, but this just pisses me off.
I hate it when people get jerseys made that:
A) That player never wore that style of jersey
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
B) Player never wore NOB with that team
http://www.gettyimag...
And this qualifies for doing both…
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
Shame someone put that great of a player on that shitty of a jersey…
Is it just me??
#11 by Jim on 07.30.08 9:06 am |
Sorry, replace link for B) with this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#12 by LI Phil on 07.30.08 9:08 am |
here’s something interesting…
see how many anomalies you can spot here
(cards are 1970 topps)
#13 by Ricko on 07.30.08 9:08 am |
What often gets lost is that the A’s hats through the late 60’s were a lot more toward a “lime” green than the kelly they became when they ditched the gold pants and vests for ‘72. In later years, I’ve seen several game worn hats from the 60’s and my thought every time has been, “Damn, I was right; that’s almost a flat-out lime green.”
One other thing, based on personal experience watching the A’s at the Met, they looked quite limey in direct sunlight, moreso than other times.
Pilots hat? Dunno. Apparently, there are several shades that often all get described as “Royal Blue” (which may explain the confusion about White Sox colors in ‘69 and ‘70; the latter may have just been a far darker shade of Royal than the previous year…a color somewhere between typical Royal and Navy).
Anyway, check some 1964 Topps cards (players like LaRussa and Tartabull come to mind) and look at the green on the A’s…it has a lot more yellow in it than say, the green of the Celtics or the A’s starting in ‘72. It isn’t just a printing anomaly. They looked that way in person, too.
–Ricko
#14 by Ricko on 07.30.08 9:10 am |
In fact, what color is the White Sox hat in than ad? Navy or Dark Royal. And they say that’s ‘69. See, no wonder there’s confusion there. LOL
#15 by LI Phil on 07.30.08 9:11 am |
if for some reason you’re getting a “this page cannot be displayed” error (i got that)…just copy and paste it into a new window…should work
#16 by Kek on 07.30.08 9:12 am |
I agree with the examples you’ve given, but I think it’s a case-by-case thing.
For example, at Penguins’ games this past season, I saw a lot of yellow Crosby and Malkin jerseys in the model of this era: http://www.productwi...
Granted they never wore them, but I thought they still looked alright. If I’m buying that jersey, I’m still getting a #66 but that’s just me.
That Orr jersey is HORRIBLE.
#17 by Adam on 07.30.08 9:18 am |
Peoria Chiefs (Cub’s minor league team) and Kane County Cougars (A’s) played the first ever minor league game at Wrigley last night, photos are linked to this article
interesting that the chiefs were wearing Cubs helmets
#18 by Jim on 07.30.08 9:18 am |
I LOVE those style of PIT jerseys, but the whole crosby / malkin names on them irks me for some reason. Plus you should have Lemiuex on them anyways…
#19 by Adam on 07.30.08 9:18 am |
can’t link for shit:
http://www.minorleag...
#20 by Jim on 07.30.08 9:19 am |
Looks to me as all their hats are slightly different to each other’s.
#21 by LI Phil on 07.30.08 9:22 am |
here’s another hint…
more of those 1970 topps
remember the year also
#22 by Dave F. on 07.30.08 9:22 am |
Forget about the potential for Deloitte sponsorship, imagine if Walmart put its new logo on some team’s uniform. Asterisks for everyone!
#23 by caknuck on 07.30.08 9:23 am |
My first thought was that it was a Photoshop/airbrush job done in the Quebec/Colorado interregnum, but I found out differently.
According to the caption of the Forsberg photo:
9 Oct 1995: Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche fires a slap shot during the Avalanche’’s 6-6 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado.
This would have been the second or third home game of their inaugural season in Denver. Seems to jive with what cheechoo said.
#24 by Kek on 07.30.08 9:25 am |
Yes, I agree, while I think the crosby/malkin ones are OK, the Lemieux is the way to go.
Depending on what the third jersey looks like, the yellow #66 might be a purchase for the season next year.
I’d like to drop a few pounds though, so I don’t look like a school bus!!!!
#25 by Ricko on 07.30.08 9:25 am |
Those were the Pilots unis in spring training…strictly “off the rack” stuff. The “S” looks a little orange in some of them, but that’s just photo/printing “badness.” The quality control on Topps that year really sucked.
Seem to remember a photo or two of the scrambled eggs hat with that uni…also from spring training…so they apparently broke out the game hats prior to reg. season.
Also have a photo somewhere of manager Joe Schultz in a scrambled eggs version with an “S” that almost looks almost like a backward sans serif “Z”. So there may be, technically, three different hats the Pilots wore during their brief existence.
—Ricko
#26 by Ricko on 07.30.08 9:31 am |
Well, of course, by 1970 there were no Seattle Pilots.
Showing, once again, how close to the regular season that franchise relocation took place.
#27 by scott on 07.30.08 9:32 am |
Unfortunately the photo of Birdzerk says he’s a Zooperstar. Birdzerk is his own entertainment.
#28 by Ricko on 07.30.08 9:34 am |
Wow, the Jets released punter Joe Smith, who wore #4.
Just learned that from The Favre Channel, formerly known as ESPN.
(What would the Vikings do? They’ve already issued #4 to John David Booty.)
–Rick
#29 by Scott on 07.30.08 9:34 am |
Could the lettering on Mondesi’s helmet be 1B, as in first base?
#30 by lwiedy on 07.30.08 9:36 am |
The two with scrambled eggs were our scenario of “hi-numbered” cards with photos taken in 1970. Both Baldwin and Bolin didn’t join the club until 1970. So each are pictured in uniforms they have no actually playing record for.
I’ve seen that Schultz photo you mentioned. I think it was from when he was named manager (earlier than spring training) so I guess the logo was still “under development”.
#31 by lwiedy on 07.30.08 9:39 am |
Someone didn’t read the ticket very carefully! ;-)
#32 by lwiedy on 07.30.08 9:41 am |
Someone also does’t type very well, should have said ticker.
#33 by Ricko on 07.30.08 9:45 am |
Yup. Tend to to scan the Ticker for items with links first. So I missed it.
Hangs head, trying to touch chin to chest, digs toe into carpet, signs off and goes (yuck) to work.
—Ricko
(Boy, you’d think being the only one here who has to read the Ticker wearing bifocals would get a guy a little slack).
#34 by Zach on 07.30.08 9:46 am |
With Hugh Culverhouse’s history, I would not be surprised at all regarding the Buccaneers logo story. However, I’m really surprised that the NFL didn’t/doesn’t have at least some residual rights and control over use of the logo, especially since they’ve centralized all design over the past few years. Also, if the Culverhouses do actually own full rights to the branding, what’s stopping them from licensing that brand out on their own?
But if you look around, you will find nothing, even on the internet, with Bucco Bruce on it. You may find a “throwback” jersey or two but they are clearly knockoffs.
#35 by Jeff on 07.30.08 9:50 am |
In regards to the Tampa Bucco Bruce, RetroSports (Reebok owns them) has been using the Bucco logo on a series of throwback t shirts, sweatshirts, & hats. I am not sure how they are can use the logo unless Reebok’s NFL sponsorship weighs in.
Also, where can I get one of those Alstott/Bucco Bruce grey t shirts? I loved the McKay squads of the late 70’s with Leroy & Dewey Selmon, Ricky Bell and Doug Williams, etc.
#36 by Marty Met on 07.30.08 9:51 am |
If that were true how come you can buy T-Shirts with the old logo at Distant Replays
http://www.distantre...
#37 by Nate on 07.30.08 9:54 am |
A better view of the number 18 on Mondesi’s helmet. I thought it was actually a 13 until i saw this.
#38 by Marty Met on 07.30.08 9:54 am |
Great stirrups on the Chicago Jacks, not too much white.
#39 by chris on 07.30.08 9:58 am |
in regards to the Forsberg photo: The person putting the photo up on the website may have played with the colors a bit. I don’t know if other teams do this, but on the Flyers’ website, when a player is on the front page news thing, their jersey is always off color. It always looks like it’s red rather than orange.
#40 by lwiedy on 07.30.08 9:59 am |
Just messin’ with ya, Ricko. I can’t tell you how many times items in the comments bring me back to re-read the ticker.
Just another note about those Pilots cards, there are a handful more in that 1970 Topps set that have a) Scrambled eggs caps and b) were taken in spring training. All players/manager involved were not on the 1969 roster.
I don’t ever remember seeing this combo until I stumbled on it the other day:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
As for the color of the A’s cap, this one’s pretty light too.
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#41 by Anthony Verna on 07.30.08 10:00 am |
Paul (and everyone else),
If you do find out hard information about that alleged weird clause in the old colors and logo of the Bucs, please let me know.
law at nyctrademarks dot com is the e-mail address!
#42 by Shane on 07.30.08 10:01 am |
And why do they charge almost $10 more for a small than they do for a 2XL? Seems a little backwards…
#43 by LI Phil on 07.30.08 10:05 am |
two words: females
#44 by mlmintampa on 07.30.08 10:07 am |
This may be more urban legend than fact, but the story was that when the Glazers bought the team, they wanted to erase all traces of the old logo. A year before they moved into Raymond James Stadium, they finally changed the uni and made the playoffs. Only recently could you buy those Alstott or Lee Roy Selmon shirts. The good thing is that only the true fans love Bucco Bruce. The bandwagon jumpers have Chris Simms jerseys.
#45 by James Craven on 07.30.08 10:11 am |
If you really wanna see some sports unis in another type of action, check out the YouTube pages and search “Takeshi’s Castle” (or its’ “American Cousin” as it were MXC on Spike TV). From what I’ve seen, there’s gobs of Japanese baseball unis along with some football and soccer kits as well. In addition, they made foam baseball and football uniforms for a few of the games.
Also, I sent out the winner’s DVDs today (7/30) from the July Raffle, and you should be getting them very soon.
#46 by lwiedy on 07.30.08 10:12 am |
Yeah, that all seems fishy to me. Perhaps you don’t see it used much because people (at least in the bay area) don’t want to see it.
That logo represents what is perceived to be one of the worst run franchises in sports history. When it was changed, people when crazy.
As for the “Bucco Bruce” reference, this moniker devised by a local columnist who hated it and used it as the focal point of what was wrong with the organization (which was ridiculous). Since his status as big fish in the small pond gave it legs, the logo (and colors) were doomed. Funny how that shade of orange goes over just fine in eastern Tennessee.
Had that team won a couple of Super Bowls in that helmet, it would still be around today IMO.
#47 by James Craven on 07.30.08 10:13 am |
That’s one word, Lawn Guyland Philip.
#48 by Bryan Redemske on 07.30.08 10:20 am |
Regarding Forsberg … and hockey guys like Teebz might be of assistance .. but I think the Avs had shiny sleeves for a time, meaning that lighter red may be a product of the lights, rather than the color of the fabric itself.
#49 by Matt on 07.30.08 10:21 am |
The Avalanche went through a handful of jersey manufacturers in their first few seasons, and each manufacturer used a different style of mesh as well as taking liberties with the red/burgundy - it’s trended more toward the darker end of the burgundy scale over the 13 years they’ve been in Colorado. Also, the road and home helmets were the same for that first season - I have the Sports Illustrated issue from when they won their first Cup, and they’re definitely wearing black helmets with their white jerseys throughout the season. Why that is I can’t say, but the name, logo, and uniforms were kind of a rush job when they moved from Quebec, so maybe that had something to do with it.
#50 by Kek on 07.30.08 10:21 am |
Paul and others,
what search logic do you use when finding some of these vintage type jerseys on eBay? I used “vintage baseball jersey” and I don’t get a lot of the type of things that are linked here a lot.
#51 by Glen on 07.30.08 10:29 am |
The picture at the top of this page shows the progression of the CountryMark (Co-op) logo throughout the years http://www.insideind...
#52 by Peter Wunsch on 07.30.08 10:30 am |
I just spoke to a partner at Deloitte who verifies that they spent more than $10 million dollars with the PR firm on the dot.
Can they sue for copyright infringement?
#53 by Ricko on 07.30.08 10:46 am |
That’s what I meant…some regular season gear in combo with the generic early spring training stuff.
As far as spring training 1970, they went through it as the Seattle Pilots. Wasn’t til just as camp broke that the move to Milwaukee became official.
So there’s an odd point. Technically, the Milwaukee Brewers played 1970 without ever playing a spring training game…or having spring training.
Or better:
“Where did the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers hold spring training?”
“Nowhere.”
#54 by joe on 07.30.08 10:47 am |
On the Peter Forsberg pic, I’d assume they just swapped helmet for the game and the red is wrong because the color in the pic is bad. look at the pizza hut logo, its the wrong red also.
#55 by Marty Met on 07.30.08 10:47 am |
It still is one ugly sweater no matter what shade of red. The sad part is that the Nordiques had the best sweater in the NHL.
#56 by Mike on 07.30.08 10:49 am |
I don’t think you can copyright a polka dot. ;)
#57 by Jim on 07.30.08 10:51 am |
Not throughout the whole season, they were wearing white on white by November…
http://www.gettyimag...
That’s why I feel they tried the black on white to start, and didn’t like it so they switched.
#58 by Jerico on 07.30.08 10:53 am |
Re: Peter Forsberg pic
Early in the Avs’ 95-96 season, Colorado wore black helmets at home, before the NHL mandated (before the end of 1995, I think) that they had to wear white helmets with their home whites. Another clue about how early in the Avs’ history this picture is: the blue-lined dasher boards with partitioned glass behind Forsberg at McNichols Arena; this was before they switched to the seamless glass and red-lined dasher boards.
As for the jersey fabric, the Avs jerseys then were made by Starter, which seemed to use a lighter red in their jerseys than future jersey manufacturers (i.e. ProPlayer, CCM/Rbk, etc.).
#59 by Ricko on 07.30.08 10:54 am |
They’d have to sue whoever makes those peel off stickers, too.
They can, I think, protect it for a specific use. As a corporate logo, say. But pretty tough to protect a generic shape, even if in a particular color.
Let’s see, if the green dot met H&R Block’s green square…under the red Traveller’s umbrella…after arriving in a brown UPS truck…
#60 by Jim on 07.30.08 10:55 am |
As for the red, it was definitely different shade than it is now, and as for the shininess, I think it has to do with the lights.
Bright environment:
http://www.gettyimag...
Dark environment: (same day)
http://www.gettyimag...
#61 by chance on 07.30.08 11:00 am |
I think that’s more to the point.
Distant Replays has a bunch of Bucco Bruce items for sale, only one of which is player-related.
It’s a good story, but I doubt that there’s much truth to it.
#62 by Ricko on 07.30.08 11:07 am |
Had the Bucs not so badly blown their dealings with Doug Williams after he had taken the team to the playoffs…they’d still be in Tennessee Orange and no one would say a word.
Howcum the Culverhouses (and others recalling Buc history) always kinda conveniently overlook that little tidbit from their past? Probably his later performance with the Redskins is just too vivid a suggestion of what should have been–or at least COULD have been–for Tampa Bay.
The problem wasn’t the logo, or the colors…it was–hello–the ownership.
#63 by jesse on 07.30.08 11:23 am |
Some people just don’t care. If you ever make it to a Pirate games you should see the “fashion jersey” atrocities leveled against Willie Stargel and Roberto Clemente.
Personally I think that a jersey is such a questionable choice in public that it has to be a really has to be great to justify it. But like I said, some people just don’t care.
#64 by Jeff on 07.30.08 11:34 am |
Basketball club or wrestling team?
http://www.shorpy.co...
And are half of them too damn cool to look into the camera??
#65 by Wise-man on 07.30.08 11:39 am |
The Colorado Avalanche (no matter the manufacturer) wore a lighter red for the first couple of years, I have a ‘98 home (white) jersey made by CCM that has lighter red sleeves than the ‘05 white jersey I own, which has a more burgundy colored sleeve (it was also made by CCM).
#66 by Ian K on 07.30.08 11:41 am |
Slack granted due to the hilarity of “The Favre Channel” reference. I feel like ESPN has turned into an Access Hollywood type network with SportsCenter leading off with “Day 8 of FAVRE WATCH” or some such.
#67 by Jim on 07.30.08 11:43 am |
Agreed, I don’t wear jerseys in public unless it’s a game, or I have people over to watch a game, or my NHL fantasy draft. Never wear one around town like to run errands. But as I said before, I am a stickler for correctness, they all look good.
#68 by Urban Runoff on 07.30.08 11:50 am |
Funny that the Astros managed to screw up a NASA patch. All they needed was the original NASA logo and a number 50 in some kind of serif font. Would that have been so tough to execute? -Runoff
#69 by Teebz on 07.30.08 11:50 am |
Originally, when Colorado began play as the Avalanche, they were using Starter as their jersey manufacturer. Starter created the jerseys to have a sheen to them. In the light, they would come off as more red than burgandy, while looking very burgandy in the dark.
The Avs jersey I own shows these properties - in the light is more red, but without using the flash on my camera it looks more burgandy and is certainly burgandy while hanging in my closet.
My guess is that these photographers that were taking the pictures got stuck seeing the sheen from the arena lights and the flashes. Case in point? The 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs between Colorado and Florida. Check out this photo in Florida’s arena where (a) the lighting is normally poor for hockey, and (b) the photographer’s flash is too far away to pick up the sheen.
However, in this photo of Joe Sakic hoisting the Stanley Cup after the Avs defeated the Panthers, the photographers pick up the red much more. As you can see, the wet parts of his jersey are much darker because the sheen on the Starter jerseys lost some of its lustre when the jersey was wet.
Starter’s inability to match the burgandy to the rest of the uniform made the Avalanche look like a beer league team in the early days of the franchise. Check out the difference in colour between Chris Simon’s jersey and his socks.
The St. Louis Blues also experienced this problem with the shiny material used in their jerseys when it came to matching the blue colours being used on their jerseys.
#70 by Teebz on 07.30.08 11:53 am |
This is also correct. CCM had them wearing a much more red jersey than burgandy after CCM received the contract to dress all 30 teams. I am still trying to pinpoint the exact time that CCM changed their colour scheme.
#71 by mlmintampa on 07.30.08 11:56 am |
Speak for yourself. I thought “The Curse of Doug Williams” was real. And remember who first drafted Bo Jackson too.
#72 by Talon Lardner on 07.30.08 12:01 pm |
I occasionally wear mine to my university classes, but mostly just because my car doesn’t have AC and it helps to hide the damp spots from the seat-belt and my back. I only have replicas, though, I wouldn’t wear a jersey worth more than $100 at just any occasion.
#73 by Ben on 07.30.08 12:02 pm |
Not sure if this was posted yet, but its a video from ESPN showing how Manny Parra of the Brewers wears his socks….GO BREWERS GO!!!
http://sports.espn.g...
#74 by Jay on 07.30.08 12:04 pm |
Any similarities?
[url]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2707565083_29f548e7f0.jpg?v=0[/url]
[url]http://dadrants.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/mryuck.thumbnail.jpg[/url]
#75 by jesse on 07.30.08 12:07 pm |
Although it was pretty obvious from the context clues on the web site, the Steelers just officially announced that they would be wearing the throwback unis again this year.
http://news.steelers...
I think that they would look better with yellow pants.
#76 by Ben on 07.30.08 12:08 pm |
The “18″ inscription did not appear on Mondesi’s helmet until May 11th, three days after Bush’s release. Clearly, a shoutout to Homer.
#77 by LI Phil on 07.30.08 12:08 pm |