Comments on: Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit to the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Doug Sears Jr. http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318668 Doug Sears Jr. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:35:46 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318668 Crosby challenged Marc Savard to a fight. Savard said "later." Crosby had a trainer pop off his visor and waited to fight savard but they never did. Crosby returned in the second with his visor on again. Crosby challenged Marc Savard to a fight. Savard said “later.” Crosby had a trainer pop off his visor and waited to fight savard but they never did. Crosby returned in the second with his visor on again.

]]> By: Jon http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318495 Jon Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:50:18 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318495 I'm just going to say it: The Seattle Pilots uniforms are the most fascinating in all of sports. Every aspect of the Pilots' uniforms, from the striped stirrups to the scrambled eggs on the caps, from the different suppliers for home and away sets to the captain stripes on the arms of the jerseys, and from the light blue hue of the road ensemble to the patch design on the front (!) of the jerseys (placed differently from home to road), these uniforms ought to be named as the "Official Uniforms of Uni Watch" for exhibiting all aspects of uniform design and study that this group cares about and for capturing the very essence of why this all matters to us. I’m just going to say it: The Seattle Pilots uniforms are the most fascinating in all of sports. Every aspect of the Pilots’ uniforms, from the striped stirrups to the scrambled eggs on the caps, from the different suppliers for home and away sets to the captain stripes on the arms of the jerseys, and from the light blue hue of the road ensemble to the patch design on the front (!) of the jerseys (placed differently from home to road), these uniforms ought to be named as the “Official Uniforms of Uni Watch” for exhibiting all aspects of uniform design and study that this group cares about and for capturing the very essence of why this all matters to us.

]]> By: DaveMac http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318486 DaveMac Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:11:50 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318486 With all the Milwaukee Braves talk going around lately, I want to add something into the mix. On May 14, 2004 I went to a Brewers game at Miller Park agasint the Atlanta Braves. It was a special "Turn Back the Clock Night" with the theme being "Braves vs. Braves." The Brewers wore the home white Milwaukee Braves jerseys while Atlanta wore their standard gray road uniforms. So both teams were wearing Braves jerseys. Old Milwaukee Braves legends like Hank Aaron were in attendance and the whole stadium pretended that the Milwaukee Braves were the home team. The PA announcer introduced the team "and now your Milwaukee Braves" and for the first few innings of the game the scoreboard read "Braves" for both teams. The announcer would say "Now batting for the Braves, Bill Hall." At the time, most Milwaukee fans were sick of the Brewers after over a decade of embarrassing baseball and losing seasons. Not to mention 22 years without a playoff birth. 2002 had been the worst season in franchise history and Miller Park had done little to make the Brewers an immediate contender (as promised). So we as fans were more than happy to accept the illusion that the Braves were our team again..a team with a successful tradition. It was a lot of fun. Thankfully the Brewers have put together a good, fun team in recent years, and fan pride in the Brew Crew has been revivied. But for one night during a dark era, this game was a welcome distraction. Does anyone have any pictures from this game? I believe they may have done this promotion another time as well. If you have more info or photos of the game, I would be very interested. Let me know if you have any questions/comments. With all the Milwaukee Braves talk going around lately, I want to add something into the mix.

On May 14, 2004 I went to a Brewers game at Miller Park agasint the Atlanta Braves. It was a special “Turn Back the Clock Night” with the theme being “Braves vs. Braves.” The Brewers wore the home white Milwaukee Braves jerseys while Atlanta wore their standard gray road uniforms. So both teams were wearing Braves jerseys. Old Milwaukee Braves legends like Hank Aaron were in attendance and the whole stadium pretended that the Milwaukee Braves were the home team. The PA announcer introduced the team “and now your Milwaukee Braves” and for the first few innings of the game the scoreboard read “Braves” for both teams. The announcer would say “Now batting for the Braves, Bill Hall.”

At the time, most Milwaukee fans were sick of the Brewers after over a decade of embarrassing baseball and losing seasons. Not to mention 22 years without a playoff birth. 2002 had been the worst season in franchise history and Miller Park had done little to make the Brewers an immediate contender (as promised). So we as fans were more than happy to accept the illusion that the Braves were our team again..a team with a successful tradition. It was a lot of fun. Thankfully the Brewers have put together a good, fun team in recent years, and fan pride in the Brew Crew has been revivied. But for one night during a dark era, this game was a welcome distraction.

Does anyone have any pictures from this game? I believe they may have done this promotion another time as well. If you have more info or photos of the game, I would be very interested. Let me know if you have any questions/comments.

]]> By: Ken http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318440 Ken Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:32:08 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318440 OV took 10 shots tonight, plus 3 blocked, and about another 5 wide of the net..and we had nobody infront of the net. One of our problem is we play down to the opponent. It wasn't OV fault. Same with the Pen's game...we played down to a team that is behind us. [Plus Flury is a better goalie then THREEorMore] OV took 10 shots tonight, plus 3 blocked, and about another 5 wide of the net..and we had nobody infront of the net.
One of our problem is we play down to the opponent. It wasn’t OV fault. Same with the Pen’s game…we played down to a team that is behind us. [Plus Flury is a better goalie then THREEorMore]

]]> By: scott http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318417 scott Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:07:06 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318417 [quote comment="318405"]Pirates look stupid with the Green - velcro St. Patrick Day's hats....and stupid green bases too... (sorry for lack of screen grab)[/quote] I wonder how many of the MLB teams wearing green caps will go with adjustable caps? If the Pirates are alone, that's embarrassing just for them. But what if other teams do the same thing? peter said:

Pirates look stupid with the Green – velcro St. Patrick Day’s hats….and stupid green bases too…

(sorry for lack of screen grab)

I wonder how many of the MLB teams wearing green caps will go with adjustable caps? If the Pirates are alone, that’s embarrassing just for them. But what if other teams do the same thing?

]]> By: TTG http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318416 TTG Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:26:48 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318416 According to <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-osnotes316,0,7241252.stor" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, "Felix Pie left his jersey in Fort Lauderdale and had to wear No. 97" According to this article, “Felix Pie left his jersey in Fort Lauderdale and had to wear No. 97″

]]> By: jon http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318415 jon Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:35:25 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318415 [quote comment="318413"][quote comment="318375"][quote comment="318360"]re: sid The KID and the Visor We in DC hear, that Sid CRosbY went with out a visor was because it was fogging up every time he cried.[/quote] as a pens fan from d.c., I believe caps fans need to shut up with that. at least until ovechkin stops his own whining and choking in big moments...[/quote] truth hurts...don't Pen boy....Sid ain't even the best guy on the team... Please give an example of OV's choke ?[/quote] i woulda said the shootout in d.c. that crosby won and ovie blew, but tonight works too haha. thanks teebz! ken said:

jon said:

Ken said:

re: sid The KID and the Visor

We in DC hear, that Sid CRosbY went with out a visor was because it was fogging up every time he cried.

as a pens fan from d.c., I believe caps fans need to shut up with that. at least until ovechkin stops his own whining and choking in big moments…

truth hurts…don’t Pen boy….Sid ain’t even the best guy on the team… Please give an example of OV’s choke ?

i woulda said the shootout in d.c. that crosby won and ovie blew, but tonight works too haha. thanks teebz!

]]> By: Teebz http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318414 Teebz Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:02:56 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318414 [quote comment="318413"][quote comment="318375"][quote comment="318360"]re: sid The KID and the Visor We in DC hear, that Sid CRosbY went with out a visor was because it was fogging up every time he cried.[/quote] as a pens fan from d.c., I believe caps fans need to shut up with that. at least until ovechkin stops his own whining and choking in big moments...[/quote] truth hurts...don't Pen boy....Sid ain't even the best guy on the team... Please give an example of OV's choke ?[/quote] Sure. Tonight. Versus Atlanta. No points against the 29th best team. And a 5-1 loss. ken said:

jon said:

Ken said:

re: sid The KID and the Visor

We in DC hear, that Sid CRosbY went with out a visor was because it was fogging up every time he cried.

as a pens fan from d.c., I believe caps fans need to shut up with that. at least until ovechkin stops his own whining and choking in big moments…

truth hurts…don’t Pen boy….Sid ain’t even the best guy on the team… Please give an example of OV’s choke ?

Sure. Tonight. Versus Atlanta. No points against the 29th best team. And a 5-1 loss.

]]> By: ken http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318413 ken Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:53:04 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318413 [quote comment="318375"][quote comment="318360"]re: sid The KID and the Visor We in DC hear, that Sid CRosbY went with out a visor was because it was fogging up every time he cried.[/quote] as a pens fan from d.c., I believe caps fans need to shut up with that. at least until ovechkin stops his own whining and choking in big moments...[/quote] truth hurts...don't Pen boy....Sid ain't even the best guy on the team... Please give an example of OV's choke ? jon said:

Ken said:

re: sid The KID and the Visor

We in DC hear, that Sid CRosbY went with out a visor was because it was fogging up every time he cried.

as a pens fan from d.c., I believe caps fans need to shut up with that. at least until ovechkin stops his own whining and choking in big moments…

truth hurts…don’t Pen boy….Sid ain’t even the best guy on the team… Please give an example of OV’s choke ?

]]> By: Teebz http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318412 Teebz Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:39:37 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/03/16/uni-watch-field-trip-a-visit-to-the-western-pennsylvania-sports-museum/#comment-318412 [quote comment="318411"][quote]I’ll add to this in that no one should assume that the Islanders are going to finish last.[/quote] would that be a good thing or a bad thing?[/quote] Good. There haven't been too many teams who finished dead last who drafted in the #1 spot. But with the Isles, every advantage would help. ;o) LI Phil said:

Teebz said:

I’ll add to this in that no one should assume that the Islanders are going to finish last.

would that be a good thing or a bad thing?

Good. There haven’t been too many teams who finished dead last who drafted in the #1 spot.

But with the Isles, every advantage would help. ;o)

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