Comments on: Think Pink http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: José Ruiz http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-315776 José Ruiz Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:50:06 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-315776 Sport Boys of Callao, Perú was for a long time the only first division professional soccer team in the world to have pink as its permanent main color. We wear black pants and black socks to complete the kit. Well, this past season we were lousy and we have been relegated to second division. On a personal level, this was not a good year at all. The U of Michigan football team imploded, the Tigers just didn't perform as we thought they would, the Pistons got old and the Lions went 0-16. At least the Red Wings got Stanley back. I have been wearing pink shirts since I was a baby and will continue to wear them forever. Some folks sometimes ask why a 5'10", 250 lbs. Hispanic man is wearing a pink shirt and I explain to them about my Boys... and that we are so tough that we can wear pink without losing face. Yes, silly machismo, but the passion is still there for our shirt and our very unusual colors. Regards, José Antonio Ruiz Sport Boys of Callao, Perú was for a long time the only first division professional soccer team in the world to have pink as its permanent main color. We wear black pants and black socks to complete the kit.

Well, this past season we were lousy and we have been relegated to second division. On a personal level, this was not a good year at all. The U of Michigan football team imploded, the Tigers just didn’t perform as we thought they would, the Pistons got old and the Lions went 0-16. At least the Red Wings got Stanley back.

I have been wearing pink shirts since I was a baby and will continue to wear them forever. Some folks sometimes ask why a 5′10″, 250 lbs. Hispanic man is wearing a pink shirt and I explain to them about my Boys… and that we are so tough that we can wear pink without losing face.

Yes, silly machismo, but the passion is still there for our shirt and our very unusual colors.

Regards,

José Antonio Ruiz

]]> By: Geeen! http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-315002 Geeen! Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:41:31 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-315002 [quote comment=\"314894\"]Phil, Check out their uniforms in 1995 http://sonyshop-satouchi.blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_c4a/sonyshop_satouchi/10th.jpg[/quote] Holy God, that\'s ugly. Another pink soccer team: Sport Boys of Peru. Inter Milan also wore a pink jersey about four years ago for their \"change\" strip. The fabric pattern was a houndstooth sheen -- originally, I thought it was pink and orange until I got a closeup look at it. Geeen! said:

Phil,

Check out their uniforms in 1995
http://sonyshop-sato...

Holy God, that\’s ugly.

Another pink soccer team: Sport Boys of Peru.

Inter Milan also wore a pink jersey about four years ago for their \”change\” strip. The fabric pattern was a houndstooth sheen — originally, I thought it was pink and orange until I got a closeup look at it.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314993 Jonathan Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:33:38 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314993 http://cuttersgloves.com/about_headlines_1.htm Pink Cutters football gloves. http://cuttersgloves...
Pink Cutters football gloves.

]]> By: pk http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314951 pk Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:33:04 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314951 Here's an AP pic of Avery on the bench...got home late..still have up load our pics... http://www.theahl.com/headlines/index.html?article_id=9505 Here’s an AP pic of Avery on the bench…got home late..still have up load our pics…

http://www.theahl.co...

]]> By: LarryB http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314945 LarryB Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:34:20 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314945 I thought Syracuse used pink or chose it. But I was not aware the colors were rose pink and pea green. Yikes I thought I read they were pink and blue I thought Syracuse used pink or chose it. But I was not aware the colors were rose pink and pea green.
Yikes

I thought I read they were pink and blue

]]> By: LI Phil http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314944 LI Phil Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:18:59 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314944 [quote comment="314943"]http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2006/3/10/theorange.aspx this is the history of Syracuse's colors. Couple different shades of pink. Personally, I love it whenever azure is thrown in anywhere....[/quote] from that article: [quote]<b>After a football field meet at nearby Hamilton College in 1889 which Syracuse won, derisive comments (were made) about the victors’ colors</b>[/quote] heh...99 years later, when i attended, not much has changed Justin H said:

http://www.suathleti...

this is the history of Syracuse’s colors.
Couple different shades of pink.
Personally, I love it whenever azure is thrown in anywhere….

from that article:

LI Phil said:

After a football field meet at nearby Hamilton College in 1889 which Syracuse won, derisive comments (were made) about the victors’ colors

heh…99 years later, when i attended, not much has changed

]]> By: Justin H http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314943 Justin H Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:59:05 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314943 http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2006/3/10/theorange.aspx this is the history of Syracuse's colors. Couple different shades of pink. Personally, I love it whenever azure is thrown in anywhere.... http://www.suathleti...

this is the history of Syracuse’s colors.
Couple different shades of pink.
Personally, I love it whenever azure is thrown in anywhere….

]]> By: =M= http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314942 =M= Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:46:06 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314942 Whenever I think of pink in sports, my first thought still goes to the Hart Foundation. Whenever I think of pink in sports, my first thought still goes to the Hart Foundation.

]]> By: luke h http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314941 luke h Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:13:53 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314941 man i was digging nate robinson's kryptonite green thing man i was digging nate robinson’s kryptonite green thing

]]> By: Ricko http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314940 Ricko Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:02:38 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/02/14/think-pink-2/#comment-314940 Okkonen describes '13-14 Giants as "violet", and a guess lavender IS a bit lighther than that. Somewhere in one of my books (can't find it on a quick search) is a full page photo of baseball memorobilia and part of it is good close look at one of those plaid "violet" Giants jerseys. We can call it lavender or violet, but it definitely isn't pink, because neither of those colors is. Way too much blue in them both. And I don't mean to see these as total absolutes, just that some guidelines would be handy. To label almost anything that's a light and offbeat shade of red or purple as "pink" doesn't communicate well. Again, would be like lumping everything lighter than royal blue togther as "bright blue." It's just too broad a definition, for clarity purposes. I saw the Floridians play in person and, frankly, I thought it was a hot pink myself. The SC Sun's jersey are much closer to what I'd consider magenta. To me, though, the Panther is pink, the cartoon one. Just as North Carolina's light blue is powder blue ("columbia blue" in some uni catalogs). If is something other than those, I'll search for better description. UCLA football, for example. In days of Gary Beban they definitely wore the same powder blue as Tarheels and Oilers. Not anymore. It's darker but, strangely, doesn't look quite as dark as the Bruins' basketball unis. Kinda like all the shades between scarlet and maroon. You name it, someone has a name for it: Crimson, cardinal, burgundy, garnet... Gets a little like asking someone, "What color was the sunset tonight?", doesn' it. ---Ricko Okkonen describes ‘13-14 Giants as “violet”, and a guess lavender IS a bit lighther than that. Somewhere in one of my books (can’t find it on a quick search) is a full page photo of baseball memorobilia and part of it is good close look at one of those plaid “violet” Giants jerseys. We can call it lavender or violet, but it definitely isn’t pink, because neither of those colors is. Way too much blue in them both.

And I don’t mean to see these as total absolutes, just that some guidelines would be handy. To label almost anything that’s a light and offbeat shade of red or purple as “pink” doesn’t communicate well. Again, would be like lumping everything lighter than royal blue togther as “bright blue.” It’s just too broad a definition, for clarity purposes.

I saw the Floridians play in person and, frankly, I thought it was a hot pink myself. The SC Sun’s jersey are much closer to what I’d consider magenta. To me, though, the Panther is pink, the cartoon one. Just as North Carolina’s light blue is powder blue (”columbia blue” in some uni catalogs). If is something other than those, I’ll search for better description.

UCLA football, for example. In days of Gary Beban they definitely wore the same powder blue as Tarheels and Oilers. Not anymore. It’s darker but, strangely, doesn’t look quite as dark as the Bruins’ basketball unis.

Kinda like all the shades between scarlet and maroon. You name it, someone has a name for it: Crimson, cardinal, burgundy, garnet…

Gets a little like asking someone, “What color was the sunset tonight?”, doesn’ it.

—Ricko

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