Comments on: Not Afraid Of The Dark http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Tony http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292427 Tony Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:40:06 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292427 [quote comment="292200"][quote comment="292175"][quote] Balsillie, get on that. Thanks[/quote] preds or yotes?[/quote] Hands off my Preds![/quote] I heartily second the above statement. Sage Confucius said:

LI Phil said:

Tony said:

Balsillie, get on that. Thanks

preds or yotes?

Hands off my Preds!

I heartily second the above statement.

]]> By: CoachKing http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292306 CoachKing Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:47:51 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292306 The king of stadium gimmicks held several coordinated mixed color combinations last year. Odd sections orange - even sections blue. Of course they flipped it for the next week - then did rotating colors for upper/lower levels - great marketing gimmick to sell more tshirts. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dukebronco/1621916922/sizes/o/in/pool-375689@N24/ The king of stadium gimmicks held several coordinated mixed color combinations last year. Odd sections orange – even sections blue. Of course they flipped it for the next week – then did rotating colors for upper/lower levels – great marketing gimmick to sell more tshirts.

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]]> By: slurpeeman http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292292 slurpeeman Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:57:25 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292292 A (probably) unintended side-effect of the "White Out" that I witnessed last night at the PSU/Illinois game was how much it intensifies The Wave. The uniformity of color make it so much more like an actual wave surging around the stadium. It was downright disorienting to watch. A (probably) unintended side-effect of the “White Out” that I witnessed last night at the PSU/Illinois game was how much it intensifies The Wave. The uniformity of color make it so much more like an actual wave surging around the stadium. It was downright disorienting to watch.

]]> By: marc http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292271 marc Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:14:23 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292271 [quote comment="292090"][quote comment="292084"]all baseball vests look dorky and should just go away...[/quote] i don't know what you'd call <a href="http://www.crosley-field.com/grob/images/Klu1956t.jpg" rel="nofollow">this look</a> but dorky isn't the first word that comes to mind[/quote] i'm not a fan of the sleeveless deal. every time i see one of those things, i think of the guy down the street who mows his lawn in one of those muscle shirts -- when he bothers wearing a shirt at all -- with the arm holes cut to the waist. he usually teams it with a pair of <a href="http://storage.people.com/jpgs/19930426/19930426-750-124.jpg" rel="nofollow">buttafuoco</a> pants. what a turd. LI Phil said:

Rich said:

all baseball vests look dorky and should just go away…

i don’t know what you’d call this look but dorky isn’t the first word that comes to mind

i’m not a fan of the sleeveless deal. every time i see one of those things, i think of the guy down the street who mows his lawn in one of those muscle shirts — when he bothers wearing a shirt at all — with the arm holes cut to the waist. he usually teams it with a pair of buttafuoco pants. what a turd.

]]> By: Sage Confucius http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292200 Sage Confucius Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:34:16 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292200 [quote comment="292175"][quote] Balsillie, get on that. Thanks[/quote] preds or yotes?[/quote] Hands off my Preds! LI Phil said:

Sage Confucius said:

Balsillie, get on that. Thanks

preds or yotes?

Hands off my Preds!

]]> By: Mack http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292198 Mack Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:23:52 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292198 Seriously, who would want to buy <a href="http://a712.g.akamai.net/7/712/225/v964/www.espnshop.com/images/products/zoom/21660171_z.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> and <a href="http://a712.g.akamai.net/7/712/225/v964/www.espnshop.com/images/products/zoom/21670171_z.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> after what happened, lol. Seriously, who would want to buy this and this after what happened, lol.

]]> By: Johnny O http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292194 Johnny O Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:12:51 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292194 Great tasting... less filling... WILD CARD! http://assets.espn.go.com/media/apphoto/b7140173-1c88-4e7a-961c-cfcffc6957ad.jpg Great tasting… less filling… WILD CARD!

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]]> By: Justin http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292193 Justin Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:58:16 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292193 [quote comment="292191"]Only one Brewers troll... glad to see it's so few. Paul, I hope neither he nor the outcome of the Wild Card race sour you too much on your (hopefully still) favorite uni state. How do uniforms work for the playoffs? Are home and away jerseys the only ones allowed? Or can a team wear their alternates (like the Brewers' retro uniforms)? What a strange world, this October baseball.[/quote] Teams can wear their alternates. I'm pretty sure during the Rockies playoff run last year they only wore their black vests because they kept winning in them...until my boys swept them in the World Series dbp said:

Only one Brewers troll… glad to see it’s so few. Paul, I hope neither he nor the outcome of the Wild Card race sour you too much on your (hopefully still) favorite uni state.

How do uniforms work for the playoffs? Are home and away jerseys the only ones allowed? Or can a team wear their alternates (like the Brewers’ retro uniforms)?

What a strange world, this October baseball.

Teams can wear their alternates. I’m pretty sure during the Rockies playoff run last year they only wore their black vests because they kept winning in them…until my boys swept them in the World Series

]]> By: Wade Harder http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292192 Wade Harder Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:43:27 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292192 [quote comment="292182"]those va tech uniforms with the modern helmets are the absolute epitome of uni perfection[/quote] Almost perfect. They need black shoes to make it perfect. griffin said:

those va tech uniforms with the modern helmets are the absolute epitome of uni perfection

Almost perfect. They need black shoes to make it perfect.

]]> By: dbp http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292191 dbp Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:38:36 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/09/28/not-afraid-of-the-dark/#comment-292191 Only one Brewers troll... glad to see it's so few. Paul, I hope neither he nor the outcome of the Wild Card race sour you too much on your (hopefully still) favorite uni state. How do uniforms work for the playoffs? Are home and away jerseys the only ones allowed? Or can a team wear their alternates (like the Brewers' retro uniforms)? What a strange world, this October baseball. Only one Brewers troll… glad to see it’s so few. Paul, I hope neither he nor the outcome of the Wild Card race sour you too much on your (hopefully still) favorite uni state.

How do uniforms work for the playoffs? Are home and away jerseys the only ones allowed? Or can a team wear their alternates (like the Brewers’ retro uniforms)?

What a strange world, this October baseball.

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