Baseball’s “patriotic” lids reappeared this week to mark Sept. 11. Much like when they were worn the first time on (and near) July 4, there appears to be no set protocol whatsoever.
From Friday: Athletics, Angels, Mariners, Pirates, Padres, Dodgers, Royals (who played Cliff Lee’s Indians), Giants, Rangers.
Is it just that particular day? Is it the day after, too? What about the rest of the weekend? Well, probably not on these guys. At first, I thought it was a game-by-game thing. The Angels and Mariners are squaring off, both in stars and stripes. And the Giants and Padres are sans flag hats. Similarly, the Pirates are playing the Cardinals, both in special hats, while the D-Baacks and Reds are without.
But the A’s and Rangers are playing each other, too. A’s have regular lids. Rangers love god and country.
Funny how MLB can’t figure out what to do with these things after the intended day, but they had a pretty good idea how to use them to make a pile of money raise money for a veterans cause. –Bryan
#1 by scott on 09.13.08 7:46 am |
Whatever. I don’t see any problem with different teams having different rules as to when the caps are worn. It’s sort of like how towns and cities across the country choose to fly the flags. Some will have them flying only on July 4 or Labor Day, while others may keep them up for longer stretches of time.
#2 by Shaftman on 09.13.08 8:07 am |
I don’t have any issue with when these teams wear the cap (even if it looks like crap). My issue (of course) is with the Mets. In the past, they always wore caps of the first responders and I thought it was a great, unique way of honoring what happened.
#3 by Glen on 09.13.08 8:14 am |
Here is the story of why Purdue teams are called the Boilermakers. http://purduesports.... . My Alma Mater is Wabash, unfortunately it looks like we got our asses handed to us. But our highly intellectual local journalists got the last laugh.
#4 by JTH on 09.13.08 8:15 am |
This has probably been discussed before, but is this the first example of a “patriotic” uniform theme?
http://www.blackbets...
http://farm4.static....
#5 by Rob on 09.13.08 8:23 am |
Man, I can never turn to this website and not hear a complaint about something (and before you say it, I know I don’t have to tune in). How can it be a problem that a sports company has a uniform template but if the teams don’t all wear the special caps the same day it’s an issue?
Just my opinion.
#6 by Taha on 09.13.08 8:31 am |
Shaftman said:
i agree. there was no overt marketing ploy, and it seemed like a genuine show of gratitude and respect. i love America as much as the next person, but these “patriotic” hats smack of commercialism, although one could argue that ultimately, that is the core of what America is. not a complaint, more of an observation and opinion.
#7 by SMB on 09.13.08 8:44 am |
Rob said:
You don’t have to tune in.
#8 by KC on 09.13.08 9:48 am |
I feel similarly about the caps but my bigger problem is the fact that they look terrible. Even when a team has a chance to make them look alright they can’t even figure that out. Thursday the Cubs wore them with their royal blue tops. Why not wear the all grey road unis and soften the blow. As for the Pirates well they are just screwed. The navy, white, black, white, and yellow getup just doesn’t do it.
#9 by Tom Valentino on 09.13.08 9:52 am |
Any chance that some of the teams wearing the hats on Friday were doing so because they didn’t play on Thursday? And why are half the teams in that list wearing normal hats?
#10 by Will S on 09.13.08 10:35 am |
Congrats to Cliff Lee on a stellar season with a subpar team. Fortunately, I think the Tribe has one of the most underrated uniform designs in the Bigs (especially since they dumped that ugly home alternate vest)
#11 by Stuby on 09.13.08 11:03 am |
Some aesthetically pleasing inter-conference uni matchups today including TOSU-USC, ND-Michigan, UCLA-BYU and Oklahoma-Washington.
LSU-North Texas and East Carolina-Tulane will both look like Mardi Gras. Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech has train-wreck potential if VT wears the rumored orange jerseys.
#12 by Chris5ft2 on 09.13.08 11:07 am |
In the Premiership today, Hull City are having to wear Newcastle United’s white shorts and socks, rather than their own Grey versions (see the logo).
http://newsimg.bbc.c...
#13 by JTH on 09.13.08 11:14 am |
KC said:
They wore the all-grays against the Giants and I actually liked the way they looked better than they do with the red-brimmed caps they usually wear on the road. But they definitely looked like crap with the alternate jerseys.
#14 by Rob on 09.13.08 11:23 am |
SMB said:
Thank you. Perhaps you should re-read my comment above and see that I already understood that fact…I was just stating my opinion.
This website is without a doubt the best source for new uniform news and hints about what is coming, which I like. It just seems to me that the commentary is overwhelmingly negative.
Again…JUST MY OPINION.
#15 by Patrick S. on 09.13.08 11:30 am |
White Sox-Tigers were rained out last night in Chicago. Apparently, the ChiSox were to wear a green uniform. Anyone know the story behind that? Also, they are making it up today as a double-header. So will Chicago wear the green unis for game 1 and then wear their normal uni for game 2? Or will they again be rained out? Stay tuned!
#16 by LarenR on 09.13.08 11:32 am |
Rob said:
Ummm…dude, chill. I’m pretty sure SMB was just being funny (I definitely laughed!).
#17 by Adam on 09.13.08 11:40 am |
Patrick S. said:
It was the annual “halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” game. Green hats (looks like they went back to real fitted hats instead of the cheap ones this year) and green pinstripes. I’d guess they’d try to wear them for one of the games today, although I doubt they play at all today. And to tie into the main post, the Tigers were wearing Stars and Stripes hats.
#18 by Patrick S. on 09.13.08 11:51 am |
Adam said:
Wouldn’t Sep 17 be halfway? Close enough though, thanks for the info. I do like that green, a refreshing change. Reminds me of the 1937 Dodgers, one of my fave unis of all time.
#19 by Adam on 09.13.08 11:55 am |
Patrick S. said:
Well, yes, but they’d be in New York. And I think they like doing it on Friday nights, it tends to be a pretty big promotion (green beer, green hats for fans, etc). And checking, their website says they’re doing it for game 2 today. Problem is, I doubt we get there. We shall see.
#20 by Sam Mc on 09.13.08 11:58 am |
No idea if someone has already shared this with everyone yet, but with the NHL 09 trailer i caught a glimpse of the Flyer’s new jerseys…
http://i36.tinypic.c...
#21 by Tony Miller on 09.13.08 12:24 pm |
The umpire in the Iowa-Iowa State game has a gigantic towel hanging out of his pocket.
#22 by lukejameslarson on 09.13.08 12:31 pm |
Sam Mc said:
i’m not 100% sure that i agree with your detective work, norm.
with the canucks wearing an old-style jersey, it’s likely that the flyers are wearing an old design in the game as well.
it looks pretty similar to this.
#23 by Jamie on 09.13.08 12:38 pm |
Okay, it’s certainly possible that I’m either stupid or blind, but here are two things i noticed:
1. In the main picture, as well as the ones from the Giants and the A’s, the people aren’t even wearing Ameri-caps. (Dodgers and KC are basically impossible for me to tell, since their caps are usually blue).
2. It looks to me like the Angels’ pitcher in the picture is wearing the jersey, a short-sleeved red shirt, and a long-sleeved burnt orange shirt.
So the general synopsis of my comment is this: why?
#24 by LarenR on 09.13.08 12:58 pm |
Jamie said:
Your not blind, but you may have missed the message. The point of the main post was that on 9/12, some teams were wearing the Stars & Stripes caps and others weren’t (pics showed examples of each). Bryan asked why everyone wore them on 9/11, but some were still wearing them the next day.
#25 by Daren L on 09.13.08 1:08 pm |
It’s Retro Week in the CFL. Yesterday, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Toronto Argonauts wore uniforms from the 1950 season when they met in the Grey Cup dubbed the ‘Mud Bowl’.
Here’s video highlights of the yesterday’s game:
[url=http://www.cfl.ca/media/video/id/5187]Link[/url]
#26 by tom farley on 09.13.08 1:20 pm |
In the Premiership today, Hull City are having to wear Newcastle United’s white shorts and socks, rather than their own Grey versions (see the logo).
I hadn’t noticed the socks, Chris. But I’m glad Hull had to wear white shorts. Otherwise, I would have had an even harder time telling the two teams apart.
You’d think, with the Prem practice of a new away kit nearly every year, there could be better coordination of opposing uniforms. Especially with Hull having a home shirt that stands out from the crowd:
http://www.tigerleis...,
With that pumpkin shade of orange, I’d have no trouble picking Hull’s players out from among the Magpies, you know?
#27 by Stuby on 09.13.08 1:22 pm |
They showed deposed Cal QB Nate Longshore on the sideline and, even though he’s a Senior, has changed his # from 9 to 6. I just looked it up and #9 is now worn by Freshman QB Beau Sweeney (the grandson of former Fresno St. Head Coach Jim Sweeney). How did that work? Did the recruit demand #9 or else he would go to Fresno St.?
#28 by Curtis on 09.13.08 1:37 pm |
lukejameslarson said:
Here’s an actual sneak preview of the flyers new third jerseys
http://icethetics.bl...
#29 by =bg= on 09.13.08 1:42 pm |
http://www.cnbc.com/...*blog*&par=RSS
Giants/Jets Stadium: No Alliance with Allianz
#30 by tom farley on 09.13.08 1:43 pm |
Some aesthetically pleasing inter-conference uni matchups today including TOSU-USC, ND-Michigan, UCLA-BYU and Oklahoma-Washington.
I agree, Stuby.
There’s a topic for this lot: Most aesthetically pleasing uni matchups. I have always loved the look of Packers vs. Giants, home or away.
http://www.packers.c...
#31 by tom farley on 09.13.08 2:00 pm |
er, at Green Bay or in the Meadowlands, of course …
#32 by LarenR on 09.13.08 2:01 pm |
tom farley said:
And then there’s the anti-OSU/USC: I’m watching Cal at MD on ESPN. It’s making my head hurt.
#33 by Stuby on 09.13.08 2:10 pm |
LarenR said:
Yeah, I can only take a few minutes of that at a time. There’s a pretty good uni matchup over on The Deuce – Michigan St. v. Florida Atlantic.
FAU has to fit each player’s name into a confined space between the shoulder stripes and it looks like they justify the names to fit in the space. The shorter names are really spread out and the longer names have been really compressed.
#34 by tom farley on 09.13.08 2:13 pm |
I’m watching Cal at MD on ESPN. It’s making my head hurt.
*changes channel*
My eyes! My eyes!
#35 by Nathan on 09.13.08 2:26 pm |
LarenR said:
My personal favorites are Texas in white versus Michigan, Ohio State, and USC. And in the NFL it would be the Titans with light blue jerseys and pants versus the Chargers in white.
#36 by LarenR on 09.13.08 2:27 pm |
Stuby said:
Well, at least Cal is getting their asses handed to them (go Cardinal!).
Watching UMD, I thought of a new drinking game to get you really drunk really fast: find a football game in which one or both teams have side stripes on jersey and pant. Every time a player with said stripes misaligned handles the ball, take a drink. You’ll be passed out by halftime.
You can play on Sundays, too.
#37 by tom farley on 09.13.08 2:31 pm |
I like your Longhorns picks, Nathan.
#38 by tom farley on 09.13.08 2:32 pm |
Watching UMD, I thought of a new drinking game to get you really drunk really fast:
Heh-heh. I like the way your mind works, LarenR.
#39 by Josh Petty on 09.13.08 2:48 pm |
I just got done watching the Chelsea/Manchester City match, and I noticed something worthy of being posted on here. One of Chelsea’s subs, Juliano Belletti (who came on in the 71′ with Didier Drogba), was missing his Barclays English Premier League badges on both sleeves. According to rule F.14 of the 2008-09 Barclays English Premier League Handbook, “The logo of the League shall appear on each sleeve of both home Strip and away Strip shirts.”
#40 by LarenR on 09.13.08 3:37 pm |
Just saw a teaser shot for the Oregon game. They are in white jerseys and white helmets (couldn’t really see the pants, they may have been the dark green). Looking sharp!
#41 by LarenR on 09.13.08 3:42 pm |
VaTech is wearing traffic cones! That is some seriously bright orange, one step short of 1983 day-glo. They should be picking up garbage on the side of the highway in those jerseys.
#42 by Brandon on 09.13.08 3:44 pm |
LarenR said:
I guess… at least as sharp as Oregon can look.
#43 by chris in michigan on 09.13.08 3:47 pm |
Wet dream today for Adidas. Two Marquee programs on NBC. I wonder how many times NBC will incorporate Adidas? We’ve already seen two Adidas starting lineups. GO BLUE!
#44 by Chuck on 09.13.08 3:55 pm |
Michigan are in white today, with apron strings on the jerseys. Is this new or have they always had these?
#45 by JTH on 09.13.08 3:55 pm |
tom farley said:
Bears/Colts in the Super Bowl looked great.
#46 by Brandon on 09.13.08 4:01 pm |
Chuck said:
Chuck, the stripes are new this year with adidas
#47 by BurghFan on 09.13.08 4:32 pm |
Re #28:
Here’s an actual sneak preview of the flyers new third jerseys
Nope. There’s an update on the page you linked saying “it’s just a vintage replica being sold on ebay.”
#48 by Ben on 09.13.08 4:42 pm |
Sorry if this has been covered before, but I saw this picture on Sports Illustrated’s website, and noticed that derek Armstrong( all the way on the left) has different uniform as everyone else.
http://sportsillustr...
And then I found this http://bp3.blogger.c...
#49 by AP on 09.13.08 4:44 pm |
Rob said:
I have to agree.
It’s not really the negativity per se that bothers me, its the random and contradictory negativity. If you want to complain about leagues and manufacturers that are too rigid and enforce uniformity too much, that’s fine. If you want to blame leagues and manufacturers that allow too much freedom or non-uniformity, that’s fine. But you can’t do both.
Today’s post is a classic example. If MLB had passed down a dictate telling teams exactly when to wear 9/11 tribute hats, you would have been complaining about how the MLB wanted to stifle individual expression. It’s obvious that the MLB hasn’t done that, and so you criticize them for allowing too much freedom for individual teams.
If some teams want to wear them just on 9/11, fine. If other teams want to wear them for the whole weekend, fine.
#50 by Flip on 09.13.08 4:49 pm |
Brandon said:
Unfortunately, they had them last year, with Nike, too.
http://blog.mlive.co...
#51 by Nathan on 09.13.08 4:50 pm |
tom farley said:
Thanks. I love the Longhorn’s look in general, but their all white jerseys are the best set in all of college football. Of course, I am a Longhorn fan so that probably has something to do with it.
#52 by Nathan on 09.13.08 4:53 pm |
*Longhorns’
#53 by Flip on 09.13.08 4:58 pm |
Flip said:
… and a better — depends whether you like apron stripes — picture.
http://media.scout.c...
As far as aesthetics, it’d be tough to beat USC-UCLA; but USC at home vs. Texas, is good, too.
#54 by Brandon on 09.13.08 5:00 pm |
Flip said:
Yes, I knew the piping (w/Nike)was there last year and the year previous. With adidas it has turned from just piping to full blown stripes
#55 by LarenR on 09.13.08 5:11 pm |
AP said:
While I understand that the complaining can get tiresome, I’m not really sure how that applies to today’s post. I don’t know how I turned into Bryan’s defender today, but where exactly is the complaining?
My reading of the post is simply, “what’s going on here?” Why do some teams continue to wear the special caps while others do not? MLB usually is pretty consistent about this kind of thing, but it’s weird that this time they aren’t.
So, yes, inconsistent complaining is annoying, but, no, it isn’t really going on today…
Incidentally, I just flipped on the ATL/NYM game at Shea and both teams are wearing the Stars & Stripes caps.
#56 by Brandon on 09.13.08 5:22 pm |
What the hell is up with VT? Who lost their minds and decided reversing the new home jersey would look good.
#57 by Sean on 09.13.08 5:22 pm |
Those orange Virginia Tech jerseys are horrid, worse than the Cal ones from earlier…
Pic 1
Pic 2
#58 by LarenR on 09.13.08 5:27 pm |
Brandon said:
Sean said:
Makes me think of this or this.
#59 by Dave B on 09.13.08 5:36 pm |
Beautiful
#60 by Glen on 09.13.08 5:51 pm |
Sean said:
Hell yeah they are. I nearly threw up when i saw the highlights on ESPN
#61 by blackwater Park on 09.13.08 6:07 pm |
Horrific combo Florida St-Middle Tenn St. Mid Tenn St wearing some sort of a gold/mustard jersey instead of white. If you squint at the tv or in the heat of action on the field, it could be mistaken for FSU’s helmet color.
#62 by Smail on 09.13.08 6:52 pm |
Braves and Mets are still up to their flag hat shenanigans.
#63 by j10 on 09.13.08 6:54 pm |
chris in michigan said:
Heard the commentators talking about the first down line and it got me thinking…. if Adidas sponsored the first down line, would it be three stripes?
#64 by diz on 09.13.08 7:46 pm |
West Ham (left) ended up looking like that after their sponsors went bust the other day. wp to them for dismissing the logos since they weren’t going to get any money for them any more…
Curiously WBA were blank as well since they couldn’t get a sponsor for this season :*)
#65 by Flip on 09.13.08 7:48 pm |
I’m not one who really cares for the dark tops and bottoms, but Mississippi State looks really sharp against Auburn.
#66 by JB on 09.13.08 8:07 pm |
j10 said:
I’m fairly certain someone, somewhere just said “What a fantastic idea!” and you’re going to rue the day you posted that.
I haven’t been around here much lately, but has there been an appropriate uproar about all the untucked jerseys in college football, and how incredibly stupid they look the way they cut them now? It’s driving me absolutely insane.
#67 by LarenR on 09.13.08 8:31 pm |
JB said:
Where are the NFL UniPolice when you need them?!
#68 by derek on 09.13.08 8:46 pm |
o=On espn they had the ticker for the AL, and for the rays-redsox game it said devil rays. I wonder if espn will get charged a dollar
#69 by Johnny F. on 09.13.08 8:53 pm |
I was at the Virginia Tech game today, and even though the unis looked ugly on TV…they fit in perfect for the school spirit focused theme of “Virginia Tech Orange Effect”. Some 60,000+ rocking orange. I saw more orange today, than I will ever see for the rest of my life. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a football crowd wear the same color as well as the Tech crowd did today. If the crowd is really into it, and the team played along with the jersey color…I don’t see the harm. They did look much better in person than on TV, but that might be a skewed opinion because all day, all I saw as orange. Alas, they beat the all-white, gold helmet (insert *yawn*)Yellow Jackets.
Go Hokies.
#70 by Brandon on 09.13.08 9:08 pm |
blackwater Park said:
It wasn’t Middle Tenn St. It was UT Chattanooga. I haven’t checked out much on the school yet, but they wore the same combo @ Oklahoma last week or the week before. I’m hoping they are taking advantage of the NCAA rule on gold. I hope that is not the usual road uni for them.
#71 by Stuby on 09.13.08 9:20 pm |
Brandon said:
That’s the darkest “gold” I’ve ever seen…
http://scores.espn.g...
#72 by Brandon on 09.13.08 9:54 pm |
Stuby said:
I guess I should have said ‘gold’ or ‘goldish’ I saw it explained here a while back. I’m guessing it encompasses gold, mustard, yellow.
#73 by Kate on 09.13.08 9:56 pm |
When did The Ohio State University start wearing see-thru pants?
#74 by Stuby on 09.13.08 10:16 pm |
Brandon said:
Still, there needs to be a ‘one team must wear white’ rule in college. Light gold jerseys (as seen below) should be banned altogether.
http://scores.espn.g...
#75 by Stuby on 09.13.08 10:24 pm |
Amending my last comment, the USC-UCLA game should be exempt from the rule.
#76 by Brandon on 09.13.08 10:32 pm |
Kate said:
I think about 97 or so with the switch to Nike. The fabric of the jerseys and the pants changed then and probably have a couple of times since then.
#77 by LarenR on 09.13.08 10:45 pm |
Kate said:
[shudder]
#78 by LarenR on 09.13.08 10:51 pm |
LarenR said:
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I mean.
#79 by Brandon on 09.13.08 10:55 pm |
LarenR said:
hey man you said it… own it.
#80 by Brandon on 09.14.08 12:29 am |
Stuby said:
There are certain circumstances where it should be ok… there should be something special about it though… unlike what is currently on ESPNU on the east coast… NC A&T and Norfolk State. one team is gold on gold. The other green/gold…. it looks god aweful
#81 by Salvamerican on 09.14.08 12:59 am |
Fresno State’s Field has every FIVE yards marked on their field. Have they always done this? Do other schools do this?
#82 by Salvamerican on 09.14.08 1:05 am |
#83 by Salvamerican on 09.14.08 1:06 am |
Sorry, messed up the quote thingy.
#84 by Chris on 09.14.08 1:08 am |
Ben said:
Its the “old” style jersey. The other guys have the RBK Edge.
#85 by Jordan Pope on 09.14.08 1:27 am |
Salvamerican said:
LSU
#86 by Shaun P on 09.14.08 1:29 am |
Mitch Maier of the Kansas City Royals was wearing a facemask in game 2 of the doubleheader versus the Cleveland Indians. I don’t have a picture because I forgot my Camera, but maybe someone out there does?
#87 by Brendan on 09.14.08 1:33 am |
Both West Ham and West Bromwich Albion are playing without jersey sponsors today:
http://newsimg.bbc.c...
http://newsimg.bbc.c...
http://newsimg.bbc.c...
And the reason why West Ham doesn’t have a sponsor anymore.
#88 by Filthy McNasty on 09.14.08 8:56 am |
Pumpkin Orange? PUMPKIN ORANGE? Hull City wear amber!
Sorry, I get a bit defensive about how our colours are described.
We did look abysmal in grey and white (I’m not a fan of our all grey change uniforms to begin with)and I wonder why we didn’t wear last years all white change kit, which is made by the same manufacturer and carries the same sponsors logo as this season.
Still, as a reviewer of Hull City’s kits throughout the years, I have something new to write about now!
Les
http://www.ambernect...
#89 by Mike on 09.14.08 1:43 pm |
New 2009 Alternate Texas Rangers cap, to be worn with new red Alternate Tops
http://i33.photobuck...