Looks like we’re gonna have to give an honorary Uni Watch membership to former MLB player Denny Hocking. While watching Friday night’s Twins/Angels game, he noticed something that almost everyone else missed, namely that Twinkies shortstop Adam Everett had a big typo on his jersey. According to this article, Hocking sent a text message to the visiting clubhouse attendants at Angel Stadium, who in turn notified Minnesota equipment manager Rod McCormick. He had a new jersey waiting for Everett as he came off the field after the 4th inning, so Everett played the rest of the game with a correctly spelled insignia.
Too bad Hocking was such a spoilsport. Wouldn’t it have been better if he’d kept quiet about the typo, just to see if anyone on the field would have noticed? Or would that have poor uni-watching etiquette for someone in his position (i.e., a former player with the ability to notify the proper authorities, as opposed to just a random observer)? And what if Everett had, say, hit a homer his first time up and superstitiously refused to change jerseys once the typo was discovered? Would McCormick have insisted that he change jerseys anyway, just for professionalism’s sake?
It’s worth noting, incidentally, that not all typos are created equal. In this case, the severity was magnified by the fact that the Twins use vertically arched lettering on their insignia, so the mis-sequenced letters disrupted the curvature of the arch, as you can clearly see here and here. All the more surprising, then, that nobody noticed the mistake before Hocking did.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Short article here about Habs coach Guy Carbonneau’s neckties (with thanks to Dan Smith). … Check this out: soccer stirrups! (Thanks to Ryan Yanoshak.) … Reprinted from Friday’s comments: What’s with all the cover-up tape in these photos? For the answer, look here. … Cool gallery of SMU helmets here. … Did you know U.S. soliders have had “uniform envy” regarding the Marine Corps? I didn’t, until Matt Locatelli sent me this. … The Hornets have a new court to go along with their new uniforms (with thanks to Mike Etheridge). … Non-sports logo news from Jon Springer, who reports that Giant Foods has gotten a brand makeover. … Chaz Noerenberg notes that Kyle Orton has been alternating between loose cuffs and tight cuffs during the preseason, and also points out that Kevin Jones had a new take on the double-socked look the other night. … Good article here about track athletes wearing jewelry. … Another uni-related treat from the SI archives: The 4/9/56 issue featured a bunch of uni illustrations for the coming season, as seen here, here, here, and here (with thanks to Jim Cooper). … “I was at the August 14th Mets/Nats game at Nationals Park,” writes John Muir. “Almost every hallway and open space has some sort of old-time DC baseball photo/painting/advert. I managed to grab a few shots on my way out after the game — they’re in this gallery.” … Also from John: Some ex-NHLers are circumventing the smoking bans at various arenas. … My annual college football season-preview column will run later this week on ESPN, but it will only cover Division I-A, so I’ll cover a few smaller schools here, including Idaho State. Last year they dressed like this and home and like this on the road. But now they’ve got new home jerseys, road jerseys, and pants. New helmets, too: That’s the old one on the right and the new one on the left (big thanks to Frank Mercogliano for all of this). … Reprinted from Saturday’s comments: Several Eagles linemen have reinforced horizontal ribbing on their shoulders, similar to what the Bears have had for several years now. … The Mets did the Hispanic thing on Friday night. … The Blue Jays’ black-jersey insignia usually looks like this (note the blue outline, which actually has a black border, but that blends into the surrounding jersey, so you can’t see it), but Jose Bautista’s insignia had a white outline on Saturday. Michael Priest and Hovan Patey both report that third base coach Nick Leyva has had similar problems this season. … Great collection of old hockey programs here (no need to click — they’ll start flashing automatically; with thanks to Mario Morgado). … Here’s something I’d never seen before: soccer positions listed on shorts (with thanks to Kel Hinkle). … Several readers have noted that Vikings RB Adrian Peterson changed his facemask from this to this on Saturday. For additional details, check out the discussion that ensued in last night’s comments (driven primarily by Matt Powers) here. … Jeff Ash has uploaded some really nice illustrations from this book, which he says taught him how to play baseball when he was a kid. You can see a slideshow of the illos here. … Informative video clip here on Oregon’s equipment room. … Several uni-related items in the new issue of GQ, including a short item on longtime Uni Watch faves No Mas, a “Please redesign the Ravens’ helmet” feature (look here, here, and here), and a stunningly inaccurate Cowboys illustration (with thanks to Matt Powers for the scans). … What the hell was going on with Bob Lily’s armpad? … Here’s a rare color view of the Chargers’ “San Diego All America City” helmet crest from the early ’60s. … The Giants never wore white shoes with their original “ny”-logo helmet. But Spider Lockhart apparently did a bit of footwear freelancing.
#1 by Joe Hilseberg on 08.25.08 9:26 am |
“a “Please redesign the Ravens’ helmet” feature (look here, here, and here)”
Are you kidding me? I feel embarrassed to be a graphic designer if those examples are really how the so-called “leaders” in my profession feel.
#2 by Frank on 08.25.08 9:27 am |
Non-uni, but UW relevant…
I saw this weekend on a reciept a new logo for Giant food, I was hoping for this was a typo, alas. The G logo has been around forever, to change that to this non-descript logo is a blight.
#3 by Kevin in Boston on 08.25.08 9:29 am |
RE: … Non-sports logo news from Jon Springer, who reports that Giant Foods has gotten a brand makeover.
Any chance Giant Foods owns or is owned by Stop and Shop Grocery Store?
#4 by teamcinnamon on 08.25.08 9:30 am |
Last night Ryan Howard changed jerseys mid-game after making a diving catch that thoroughly soiled the original one.
#5 by MPowers1634 on 08.25.08 9:33 am |
I was thoroughly underwhelmed by the Ravens designs as well.
Coming from someone who gets excited being allowed into the stockroom at Foot Locker, that video of Oregon’s Equipment room was AWESOME!!!!
I would LOVE to be involved with that!
#6 by RS Rogers on 08.25.08 9:34 am |
All that effort to fix a typo on a Twins jersey, and yet they’re still wearing blue jerseys that don’t remotely resemble the darker blue of their caps. I’d rather they wore jerseys that said MINNESTOA but matched their caps than jerseys that spell the state name right but clash with their caps like plaid and stripes.
#7 by Richard Bruns on 08.25.08 9:36 am |
I don’t know who that soccer team is with FULLBACK on their butts but I kind’ve wonder if it’s the name of a company and just a really bad placement of their logo.
#8 by Anthony Verna on 08.25.08 9:39 am |
What’s with all the duct tape in China?
The Chinese officials are blocking out all brands that aren’t official Olympic sponsors.
http://www.theglobea...
#9 by Rick on 08.25.08 9:42 am |
I’m pretty sure ‘Fullback’ on the soccer uniforms is not the position they play:
- A soccer team generally only has 2 fullback (if they even get that moniker); and there are 3 visible in this picture alone.
- The uniform numbers of the players are 9, 10 and 11. These are generally worn by forwards and strikers. There may be some crossover of numbers to the defensive side of the field, but three in one team seems a bit much.
#10 by Robert on 08.25.08 9:43 am |
I enjoyed the article on the Army uniforms, but having been spoiled by Uni Watch, the lack of photos left me wanting.
#11 by Steve on 08.25.08 9:45 am |
According to http://en.wikipedia....
“In 2004, Giant-Landover merged with sister company Stop & Shop to create Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover, which itself a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Ahold.”
#12 by Jet on 08.25.08 9:46 am |
I’m loving those 1956 Sports Illustrated baseball uni illustrations. Man, that’s the kind of thing that I would have been staring at for hours as a kid
-Jet
#13 by Steve on 08.25.08 9:47 am |
Hard to tell in the illustration, but did the Reds use a crotch extension in the 50s?
http://farm4.static....
The end of the jersey doesn’t look flat like the other jerseys.
#14 by u2-horn on 08.25.08 9:54 am |
Those Cowboys roads from Lilly’s era are beatuiful. Wish they’d go back to those.
http://www.jesuslist...
#15 by Mark M on 08.25.08 10:09 am |
I’d noticed the new Giant food logo at their self-scanning stations already. It is harmless enough. The G logo was showing its age and not in a timeless classic way. The new one won’t last long but is harmless enough.
The same day I saw the new logo I had a uni-watch moment. The person working the deli had on a cap with GIANT across the front. I noticed that it was actually the font that another Giant food store operating in the area uses. I declined to embarrass her while advertising my uni-geekness.
#16 by chance on 08.25.08 10:13 am |
Yet two of them are overwhelmingly better than the current helmet.
#17 by The Rob on 08.25.08 10:15 am |
How does the Minestoa thing happen? It is not like they have a high school intern putting the names on before each game. These are mass produced and you would think they were QA’d. And has this player been wearing this jersey all season, or did he just get a new one? Sorry, but I am an engineer and we are compulsive in finding stuff like this out.
#18 by Ricko on 08.25.08 10:20 am |
Glad someone found those. I was thinking ‘54 or ‘55, but was ‘56, I see. Even better. Get a look at those new sleeveles Cincinnati rigs.
#19 by chance on 08.25.08 10:22 am |
Love those SI graphics, but check out the patch on the Orioles jersey.
That’s the primary logo, but I don’t think they ever wore it as a sleeve patch. Dressed to the Nines shows them as wearing the bird-head patch - a mistake or change aborted at the last minute?
#20 by chance on 08.25.08 10:25 am |
I don’t know if they are mass-produced.
On-field NFL jerseys aren’t made by the manufacturer but by a small shop in small-town Wisconsin and then customized to each player’s personal specs by club personnel. We know that each team has a seamstress who attaches names and numbers - wouldn’t surprise me if they also did the front of the jersey.
#21 by scott on 08.25.08 10:26 am |
Occasionally some Giant products end up, probably by accident, on the shelves of my local Stop & Shop.
#22 by War Damn Eagle on 08.25.08 10:27 am |
The mens and womens 4×400m relay teams for the US wore predominantly red unis for the finals, after wearing the standard navy unis for the prelims.
http://news.yahoo.co...
http://news.yahoo.co...
#23 by Kim on 08.25.08 10:30 am |
I think ‘Fullback’ is some sort of uniform sponsor.
And I wouldn’t call what the Mets did ‘the Hispanic thing’ I’d call it ‘the lame-cheap-ass NBA-like Hispanic thing by putting Los on your jersey.’
#24 by Paul Lukas on 08.25.08 10:32 am |
The team does NOT do the front of the jersey. Majestic does that.
#25 by Wade Harder on 08.25.08 10:37 am |
Paul, don’t you mean that your column will only cover FBS teams? Because we all know that there’s no such thing as Division I-A anymore (/sarcasm). By the way, your upcoming column is the one I anticipate most every year. It’s what got me pointed to your blog.
#26 by LI Phil on 08.25.08 10:40 am |
stripes and plaids clash?
#27 by Jim MI on 08.25.08 10:44 am |
I heard they go great with a brown belt and black shoes.
#28 by Ricko on 08.25.08 10:47 am |
Re-thinking today’s work ensemble, LI Phil?
—Ricko
#29 by LI Phil on 08.25.08 10:58 am |
lol…nah…since it’s the last week of summer, it’s still ‘dress-down’ (thank god, since our A/C sucks)…so im wearing a purple polo shirt with off-white slacks…
actually…the query was in response to the last sentence of post #6
/i bet marty has worn that (stripes & plaids) combo tho…;)
#30 by Jeff on 08.25.08 10:58 am |
Hornets have a new court. Woo hoo.
Still waiting for a court as eye-catching as the classic Robert Indiana-designed floor at the old Milwaukee Arena, as seen on my Uni Watch membership card.
Hard to believe it has been 30 years since they rolled it out.
#31 by interlockingtc on 08.25.08 11:01 am |
I really like those Ravens helmet concepts.
The third one, the silhouetted raven in flight, is brilliant, and should be adopted immediately.
#32 by Joe Hilseberg on 08.25.08 11:01 am |
I’m dying to know which 2 are better, and why.
#33 by LI Phil on 08.25.08 11:08 am |
what?
no love for the glowing eyes and feathers???
methinks the [sarcasm][/sarcasm] botton is broken again
#34 by Robert on 08.25.08 11:12 am |
I rather like the bird-foot and the silhouette. On the latter, I would not go with that shade of purple though.
#35 by Robert on 08.25.08 11:18 am |
The Reds wore those uniforms (or it may have been the road version) during a turn-back-the-clock night in the early 1990s. The team looked so good in them, and I think that it was the favorable response that inspired them (at least in part) to bring back the vests a short time later.
#36 by Robert on 08.25.08 11:21 am |
I found a card showing that TBTC uniform. Yummy.
http://i62.photobuck...
#37 by Paul Lukas on 08.25.08 11:23 am |
Yes.
#38 by Seamus on 08.25.08 11:25 am |
I would bet money that in the “Soccer Stirrups” picture, the white is actually the extended tonge of the shoe. Check out adidas’ Copa Mundials, the tongue is generally folded over the knot in the laces. When not folded over, you can get the “Soccer Stirrup” effect when viewed from the front.
I used to where my soccer cleats in that manner. And then I learned to tie my own shoes.
#39 by The Rob on 08.25.08 11:26 am |
And that is the mystery. How can it happen to just the 1 jersey?
#40 by LI Phil on 08.25.08 11:28 am |
excellent point…but…
check out the dude in the background…
unless the ‘tongue’ goes up the back of the heel as well…i think we could 100% say those are, indeed, soccer stirrups
#41 by Wally1912 on 08.25.08 11:29 am |
Check out the Army’s official page about the new uniform.
http://www.army.mil/...
#42 by Robert on 08.25.08 11:34 am |
Thanks. Though I generally do not like green, I have to say that I much preferred the green Army uniform. It just seems right that they wear green. Leave blue to the Navy and Marines.
#43 by MPowers1634 on 08.25.08 11:40 am |
That court is Very Cool…great idea for a membership card!
#44 by Stan aka The Took on 08.25.08 11:49 am |
Ahaha mine too I always get confused.
#45 by david house on 08.25.08 11:59 am |
no love for me apparently…
#46 by marc on 08.25.08 12:00 pm |
that “the mets” jersey sure looked… pander-riffic. why didn’t the patch say “los mets” or “la shea stadium?” hell, they shoulda had the hat say “los NY.” it would’ve made just as much sense.
#47 by MPowers1634 on 08.25.08 12:03 pm |
I tried…I tried… I gave you all the credit for noticing Peterson’s facemask and making the initial postings Saturday and Sunday!
#48 by Ricko on 08.25.08 12:42 pm |
re: Game show in card photo…
Shoulda been a red or gray hat with that uni (either ‘56 or ‘57 cuz of stirrups).
‘56, red hat home and road, striped stirrups.
‘57, white hat home, gray hat road; striped stirrups.
‘58, pins added to home unis and socks plain, no longer striped. Hats white with pins home, gray road.
#49 by Teebz on 08.25.08 12:55 pm |
We can attribute it to human error. Sometimes, people get into tunnel vision when doing work, and the monotony of the job catches up to them. This is where errors occur.
My guess is that someone was doing a huge batch of Minnesota jerseys that day, and mistakenly put the T before the O, and then threw it into the “completed” pile without checking his/her own work.
Since the QA pickers only use a few jerseys from a pile to test the quality assurance, it just happened to get missed.
… or so says the CCM/Rbk Hockey guy I know.
On a completely unrelated matter, someone was busy building the Scottrade Center in St. Louis out of Legos.
#50 by Teebz on 08.25.08 12:57 pm |
Let’s try that link again.
#51 by Jeff Rinker on 08.25.08 1:00 pm |
Quickie about Cubs’ Road Uni w/”Cubs” in script, rather than “Chicago” they currently wear, for those interested…
Cubs Mailbag
Towards the bottom…
#52 by Jeff Rinker on 08.25.08 1:05 pm |
Cubs Mailbag
Towards the bottom…
Here’s the link:
http://mlb.mlb.com/n...
#53 by Frank from B-more on 08.25.08 1:14 pm |
As a Soldier, I really look forward to the move to the blues. The blues are designed off an original Continental Army uni and have some historical backing (fauxback). The greens were developed in the 50s when the Army wanted to look like a business, and developed a business suit for a uniform. Blues look like a military uni (IMHO).
As a Ravens fan I have always prescribed to the less in more camp when it comes to the helmet, my suggestion is to go with a logo we already have, the B that is on the pants. Big gold B outlined in purple (sorry Paul but it is one of our colors) on a black helmet. Simple and effective.
#54 by Robert on 08.25.08 1:20 pm |
I believe that the hat is gray. It looks sort of white at first glance, but closer scrutiny leads me to believe that it’s gray.
#55 by Robert on 08.25.08 1:22 pm |
You make a good point. I guess that I like the green because it’s all that I had seen for a long time.
What happened to the khaki uniforms that were in all of the WWII movies?
#56 by Jim McCue on 08.25.08 1:27 pm |
Apologies if this was brought up over the weekend in comments.
Has anyone heard or read if the Raiders were planning any kind of uniform tribute for Gene Upshaw or if the NFL is planning a uni tribute? It would be interesting to see how the Raiders’ home blacks would accommodate any kind of black memorial band.
I can’t find any word of tributes at Raiders or NFL websites.
#57 by Stuby on 08.25.08 1:28 pm |
Lets hope they have improved the comfort as well as the look. Those light green shirts of the 80s-90s felt like you had a cheese grater rubbing against your neck.
#58 by MPowers1634 on 08.25.08 1:30 pm |
Check this out:
http://www.finishlin...
Someone at New Era should be fired!
Also, take a look at this Spike Lee Inspired Yankees 5950, which has all of the years in which the Yankees won the World Series embroidered in pennants.
I actually liked it, when I saw it in Champs sports, especially since they were having a 30% off sale this weekend. However look at the price:
http://stores.channe...
#59 by MPowers1634 on 08.25.08 1:32 pm |
I didnt realize but on the back of the Joker 5950, is embroidered, \”Lets Put a Smile On That Face\”!
#60 by cathy on 08.25.08 1:36 pm |
When I was REALLY young and started playing soccer I know for a fact that we were issued stirrups. They were blue with gold stripes. Now, this was the seventies (’75 or so) so the whole soccer thing was new to our area (Wash DC) and the youth club probably just gave us leftover baseball stirrups. I have a picture in a trunk I’ll dig out.
#61 by LI Phil on 08.25.08 1:39 pm |
the joker lid is not nearly as egregious as the spike lee hat, which borders on blasphemy…and whom amongst us would pay $60 for a cap?
at least the joker lid doesn’t make a mockery of a team’s color scheme, a la that grape monstrosity they also hawk
#62 by Mr. Met on 08.25.08 1:43 pm |
Wow. Just……wow. Who comes up with these things? I mean, my kids can throw shit at the wall and get the same effect. And yet they don’t get paychecks for their “ideas”. Maybe I’m in the wrong line of work.
#63 by Frank from B-more on 08.25.08 1:48 pm |
The khakis were probably the best but became a victim of the move to the greens. I know some guys wanted to return to them, but with the short jacket (ike jacket), not everyone would look good in it (waistline issues)
The shirts have definitely gotten better since the 80s, but we will see what happens with the new shirt.
#64 by Fleeser on 08.25.08 2:25 pm |
I love the Ravens’ helmets.
#65 by scott on 08.25.08 2:37 pm |
Connecticut Defenders wore Santurce uniforms the other day:
http://gregsconnecti...
#66 by Kevin from Ohio in Virginia on 08.25.08 2:49 pm |
Having seen the pictures in the 200 level at Nationals Park, which are mostly old baseball cards placed together in a collage format (of which there are three or four different wall-sized collages), I’m shocked by how many of the players on cards labeled “Washington” are wearing the mustard and brown San Diego uniform. There must’ve been a large trade involving those guys, or multiple trades, or something.
#67 by Ricko on 08.25.08 2:50 pm |
In terms of being true to the era during which Baltimore’s Poe created his famous poem, the original Ravens’ helmet logo (the winged shield bearing a “B”) was far, far superior to the semi-Woody Woodpecker image of today. It was a nicely appropriate marriage of “spooky old house” and “NFL helmet logo”. I actually even liked their initial uniforms (black helmet-purple jersey-black pants with white striped socks)…just cuz, despite my aversion to all-dark, they did suit “Ravens”…and a were a clear departure from the Browns.
Though static, the original logo was a so ornate in a classic way that it made for, I thought, one of better helmets in the league. Unfortunately, the team may have “appropriated” the logo from an unsolicited fan design and, rather that pay money to keep it (no matter how old-fashioned perfect it was), ownership decided to opt for “cartoon bird.” *
All in all, a shame.
—Rick
* I’m sure that story has been documented here at one time or another.
#68 by chance on 08.25.08 3:00 pm |
Those are the two. Not that the designs are perfect - as you mention, the colors need work, but even in their rough form they’re better than ol’ Heckle.
#69 by Ricko on 08.25.08 3:00 pm |
Background on Ravens helmet logo.
(jeez, even they call the winner “Heckle & Jeckle”.
http://fivestones.co...
—Rick
#70 by chance on 08.25.08 3:05 pm |
Why they didn’t just work out a deal to buy his design, I’ll never know.
#71 by Christopher on 08.25.08 3:09 pm |
That must mean they’re done by hand? A machine wouldn’t make a mistake like that, would it?
If they are done by hand- that amazes me!
#72 by Rick on 08.25.08 3:13 pm |
Copa Mundial’s do have the rare white inside to the tongue…. but they were introduced somewhere in the 70’s, I think. I wouldn’t even expect these shoes to have a tongue that folds over the knot of the laces.
Actually I remember playing some German youth teams back in the late 80s or early 90s who these ’soccer stirrups’. Shocked me then: I lived 10 miles from the border and had never seen anything like it, but in Germany just about every team seemed to have them.
Did some digging: they still have them!
http://fussballstutz...
And they even have the swooshified version.
https://www.sport39....
And Three-striped:
http://www.sport-thi...
#73 by Curtis on 08.25.08 3:15 pm |
Check out this redeem team jersey, he didn’t even play for them
http://www.footballf...
#74 by The Rob on 08.25.08 3:23 pm |
Thanks. I assumed these things are automated and that it could not happen one off.
#75 by Teebz on 08.25.08 3:27 pm |
I can’t say for certain, but the CCM guys says that it occurs on some of their jerseys because the names have to be centered and aligned by hand to ensure that the names and nameplates on the rear of the jerseys are sewn on in the right spot and not misaligned.
He just assumed the names on the front of ball jerseys would be similar.
#76 by Teebz on 08.25.08 3:30 pm |
Kinda like this “oops”.
#77 by Rick on 08.25.08 3:40 pm |
I never was a big fan of the original Ravens “winged shield” logo, but I do like how they transformed the shield into the current shoulder patch logo with more of the Maryland flag in it. I am actually a fan of the “Gene Simmons” raven’s head logo with the bird facing front, but I don’t think that would look to good on a helmet. I like the current logo because its shape fits the helmet perfectly and has that forward motion look.
#78 by Ricko on 08.25.08 3:40 pm |
those SI 1956 unis, in context, on p. 86 here…diagrams of all big league ballparks on following pages. Really cool stuff.
http://vault.sportsi...
#79 by Teebz on 08.25.08 3:40 pm |
I’m not sure how no one caught this, but Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes… not 1000.
Unless that was an intended error to go along with the Laeks?
#80 by Ricko on 08.25.08 3:44 pm |
Wrigley, Fenway and Yankees Stadium (although technically it has been remodelled since 1956) the only three still around. After this year, will only two.
Ever wish you could back in time a see one game–just one game–in each of those parks on a perfect summer day? I sure do.
—Ricko
#81 by Ricko on 08.25.08 3:47 pm |
#82 by lwiedy on 08.25.08 4:04 pm |
At least you didn’t say “THE Yankee Stadium”…nails on a blackboard (or is it chalkboard, oh, that was a discussion for last week).
#83 by Mike D on 08.25.08 4:09 pm |
Fans of the Portuguese soccer club Benfica have set up a thread in one of their fan forums to have fans design and vote for the the 2009/2010 jerseys. They even have jersey templates anyone can upload and design themselves, then submit it in the thread to show it off. The top 3 most voted jerseys will then be submitted to Benfica’s marketing departing (apparently there is someone on the forum that works for Benfica and has connections with the marketing department, and will forward this project to them).
Anyways, there are a ton of interesting designs for next seasons jerseys (home, away, and third) already submitted. I know it’s a long shot, but hopefully Adidas takes some of these fan creations and make them come to life.
Here’s the link if anyone’s interested in checking it out:
http://www.serbenfiq...
#84 by Fleeser on 08.25.08 4:11 pm |
Reminds me of ESPN (specifically Stuart Scott) constantly referring to the Palace of Auburn Hills as the Palace AT Auburn Hills. It bothers me so much.
#85 by LI Phil on 08.25.08 4:12 pm |
i think i would have liked to have seen a game in ebbets field more than any other, but the pre-1973 yankeeS stadium (with the monuments and flag pole) in play may have been the coolest…also, crosley field with the terrace (guess where the stro’s got the idea for…what is it, ‘tag’s (tal’s??) hill’ or whatever the FCK it’s called)…and of course, the polo grounds must have been a trip
many many of the old parks, sadly, only exist in black and white photos (and of course, ricko’s memory, as he’s either been to them or seen them)…i have several books on the old parks, and bookmarks of many other great ballpark sites on the web…after unis, the old stadia are another baseball obsession of mine
————————-
as far as chalkboard/blackboard…
it’s BLACKBOARD
#86 by Ricko on 08.25.08 4:14 pm |
Several copies available, this is least expensive.
Tempted, I am.
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#87 by Robert on 08.25.08 4:18 pm |
Along those same lines, way too many people (including at least one of the team’s announcers) refers to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington as “Rangers Ballpark at Arlington.” It sounds bad and drives me bonkers.
It sounded even worse when the place was named the Ballpark in Arlington. How can anyone think that “the Ballpark at Arlington” sounds right?
#88 by lwiedy on 08.25.08 4:23 pm |
Spider may have been the first(?) to wear white but here are a couple shots from 1973 when the Giants were still in the old “NY” if not in Yankee Stadium
http://www.wheatstat...
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
Related, many speak of the last baseball game at the old stadium (vs. Detroit) but what was the last football game (before they tore down the real YS and put up blue aluminum siding everywhere in 1976)?
Something happened in that game that only has happened twice since then to the G-men.