Time to pay another visit to our friend Will “Doc” Ginn (if you missed his Uni Watch debut, look here). Here’s his latest batch of unusual memorabilia:
• “I’ll bet you’ve never seen these three stickers together,” says Doc. Interesting how they didn’t try to make “Washington” fit in that little well between the “b” and the left wrist, the way they did with “Capital” and “Baltimore.”
• Here’s a rarity: a World Team Tennis bumper sticker — with a suggestive slogan to boot.
• And speaking of suggestive bumper stickers from fringe sports leagues, check this out. The team in question is the Connecticut Bicentennials of the NASL.
• Apparently sports in the 1970s was on big sexytime-o-rama. Nice to see the Spirit stuck with Pittsburgh’s black/gold theme, though.
• “I have never seen this Pistons logo anywhere else,” says Doc. Me nether. Dig the basketball-patterned “hubcaps.”
• Before the NFL’s Houston Texas, there were the WFL’s Houston Texans. I love — love — the “globe” in the center. If the WFL had used that for their logo, instead of this, they might still be around today.
• Did you realize that WFL teams played a 20-game schedule? I didn’t, until Doc showed me this.
• More WFL ephemera here. Note that the signature at lower-left is from a guy identified as “Portland Storm Governor.” Man, a football team with a governor? I thought that was strictly a hockey thing.
• “Love this little Houston Rockets guy,” says Doc. Me too.
• And speaking of the Rockets, I had actually forgotten that they once played in San Diego.
That’ll do for now. My thanks to Doc for sharing more of his stash with us.
The Proctor Chronicles, Continued: Terry Proctor has an interesting take on the snafu involving the North Lawndale basketball uniforms. Dig:
I put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the manufacturer and then the dealer that sold the uniforms to the school. Since the majority of basketball uniforms are sold for use in high schools, it should be the manufacturer’s first responsibility to make garments that comply with the rules set forth by the NFHS (National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations), which are clearly outlined on the NFHS web site.
I personally check over the uniform rules before each season. For example, in 2008-09 every home team was supposed to wear white uniforms, rather than gold or light blue or silver gray. This rule was announced two years ago, in order to give schools enough lead time. But as I watched high school games this season, I saw that many schools were still wearing light (non-white) colors at home. When I would ask about it I was told that “the local association gave us a waiver.” Well, that’s fine. But in a state competition, the state association will not be so understanding. That’s what happened in Illinois.
Are the uniform rules silly? Yes, a lot of them are. But they’re presented clearly and understandably to the schools and with plenty of lead time to make the changes. …
I couldn’t stand to know that a uniform I sold was declared illegal and ended up costing a team a game (or worse, a state championship). Without bragging, I take enough pride in my craft to know the rules going in. I’ve alerted manufacturers of impending changes so that they can check them out and make appropriate corrections. I’ve had to tell schools that a particular design feature or lettering graphic they want is not legal and then I suggest acceptable options.
No, I feel the ultimate blame for this incident lies with the manufacturer/sales agent. They frankly did not do their homework. It’s just that simple.
In case you missed it yesterday afternoon, my own take on the North Lawndale situation is here.
Uni Watch News Ticker: As promised, my “I flushed the toilet at the Mets’ new stadium” T-shirt is now available on eBay. … The Lions’ new helmet logo and wordmark have been leaked — by the NFL Shop. They might take that item down, but too late — it’s all over the web now. … Several readers have noted that Xavier’s C.J. Anderson wore brown tape over his white socks during the Xavier/Wisconsin game. But I think he was actually wearing low socks and sweatbands, not tape. … Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: Admirably obsessive breakdown of the Rockies’ performance in each of their uniforms here. … Jeff Popovich notes that the L.A. Galaxy and D.C. United both wore American flag sleeve patches on Sunday. “I don’t remember flags being on kits before,” he says. Anyone know more? … Bizarre scene in Clevo the other day, as a Lake Erie Monsters hockey game had to be postponed because the pink ice (for breast cancer awareness) became unplayable (thanks, Vince). … Check this out: An old Pennsylvania Railroad baseball uniform with safety messages. … Here’s something odd: Boomer Esiason wearing a No. 63 helmet (with thanks to Stephen King). … Lots of old Wrigley Field photos here, and old Comiskey pics here. My favorite: Chisox usherettes (nice find by Steve Shanabruch). … Here’s a new one, at least to me: Some NCAA umps have been wearing pullovers with zip-off sleeves. Reminds me of the button-on sleeves that players used to wear (interesting find by Rob Montoya). … I’m pretty sure we’ve covered this before, but someone please refresh my memory: What’s the deal with the Bears wearing block numerals? … Dog Bites Man Dept.: MLB is once again warning players not to pull their pant cuffs down under their shoe heels. They go through this dance every season and then the players keep doing it anyway. … Good mask-painting story here (with thanks to Mark Snider). … Is it possible that the good people at Nike might be selling a substandard product? This article thinks so (with thanks to Greg Riffenburgh). … Is this the cast of a high school musical? A troupe of mimes? Nope — it’s the 1982 boys’ gymnastics team from Alan Borock’s high school. … Best White Sox ever, by uni number (with thanks to Steve Johnston). … You wouldn’t believe the response I got to yesterday’s meat bracket (among other things, the national meat buyer for SuperTarget liked the article so much that he’s sending me some steaks) — never imagined it would generate so much fun feedback. My only regret: I forgot to work a reference to this 45 into the piece. … And speaking of meat, the fourth graf of this item states that the new Yankee Stadium will include “a window found in the left-field concourse of the Field Level where fans can see butchers from Lobel’s of New York [best butcher shop in NYC -- PL] preparing prime, dry-aged steaks to be served in various locations in the Stadium.” … Now that’s some nice eye candy right there (thanks, Scott). … A 1910 New York Giants uniform was appraised on Antiques Roadshow the other night (with thanks to Casey Lute). … Chris Mycoskie reports that the Louisiana-Lafayette baseball team has been going high-cuffed recently.
#1 by Ry Co 40 on 03.24.09 8:01 am |
awww… paul… you dont save ticket stubs?!?! i save all of mine, i have a HUGE collection at home!
#2 by who cares on 03.24.09 8:04 am |
Boo meat!
#3 by Paul Lukas on 03.24.09 8:07 am |
Ry Co 40 said:
I have all my old ones from when I was a kid. Ticket stubs were works of art back then. Now they’re just generic computer output.
#4 by Kek on 03.24.09 8:12 am |
Paul Lukas said:
My dad used to keep all his stubs from old Johnstown Jets games in the Eastern Hockey League and he’d tape them together end to end. By the end of the season, he’d have a long strip of tickets starting at the top of his wall and alomst reaching the floor.
I hate what TicketMaster, et al have done to tickets. I could have a stack and not know the difference between a race, a game and a concert. At least Pitt still puts some nice photos on their football and basketball packages.
I used to collect my stubs. Now, I used them for the special offers they might have on the back (or a free Big Mac should the Pens score during a designated power play) or for bookmarks.
#5 by Ry Co 40 on 03.24.09 8:20 am |
Paul Lukas said:
true… i dont think i have any that really stand out. i’ll snap some pics and send them to you soon. but i save them more for the memory
#6 by DJ on 03.24.09 8:23 am |
All the US-based MLS teams have the American flag on their jersey sleeves (Toronto FC sport the Canadian flag, of course).
#7 by Kek on 03.24.09 8:34 am |
who cares said:
boo veggies…no, not really, I like both.
Regarding the Lions’ logo leak, this reminds me of the time I was working at the Pirates Clubhouse Store. The year the Pirates changed to this logo: http://www.nationals...
Early in spring training we were set to have this big merchandise unveiling. We dedicated an entire wall to the new gear and had a tarp to cover the wall until the approved time, etc, etc.
Too bad all throughout the Christmas season we had a watch in our display case with said logo on it. Two weeks before the unveiling date, our head buyer called us about to have a stroke, asking us to pull the watch from the case.
No one really recognized it, and it was leaked in about four or five stores in western PA months before it was ready for the public.
Now, with the internet, things like that are going to be all over the place.
#8 by PK on 03.24.09 8:35 am |
I enjoyed the comment about how the “new” Lions logo IS the moving truck!
#9 by Paul Lukas on 03.24.09 8:38 am |
Screen shot from ESPN’s “Most Sent Stories” page, as of 8:34am:
http://farm4.static....
Thanks to any and all who helped feed that fire.
#10 by josh's twin on 03.24.09 8:42 am |
I’ve also wondered about the Bears block numbers, but the reference photo gives me the creeps. The guy on the field is Chuck Hughes of the Lions, and he’s dead.
#11 by Robert in Dallas on 03.24.09 8:43 am |
Re: baseball pants cuffs tucked under the shoe heels
I attended some Spring Training games this past week and observed just how prevalent this practice has become. Aside from greats like Nyjer Morgan and at-least-oks like Jeff Keppinger and Adam Rosales, I could scarcely find a player who did not have his cuffs tucked under his heels.
It was nauseating.
#12 by Robert in Dallas on 03.24.09 8:48 am |
I have not yet seen a baseball manager or coach wearing pajama pants, but you have to figure that such a day will eventually come. After all, George Hendrick maintained his low-cuff look once he became a coach, instead of giving in to The Man and assuming a more traditional pair of pants.
So the question is: Who will be the first pajamas-wearing coach or manager?
#13 by Joe Yesh on 03.24.09 8:48 am |
In 1973 the bears white jerseys for the first half of the year had the block numbers because they were not tackle twill but rather (heat pressed? is that the term for screened numbers)
Poor choice of picture because the down lion is Chuck Hughes who died on the field during that game.
#14 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 8:49 am |
i think the ricko can tell us all about the bears block numbers (or one of the chicago UWers, like winter classic roving reporter JTH…); in fact, that pic looks like something from the ricko files
…paging ricko
#15 by KF on 03.24.09 8:49 am |
josh’s twin said:
An absolutely chilling photo when you know the situation around it. Looking at the officials and Butkus…no one has a clue.
#16 by Fight on 03.24.09 8:51 am |
About the Boomer picture from the ticker ( http://bengals.enqui...), I think that was a tribute to Joe Walter (offensive tackle that wore 63). He was waived the Friday before that game (I think it was Pittsburgh) so that was Boomer’s tribute/protest.
#17 by Kek on 03.24.09 8:54 am |
Joe Yesh said:
Could be worse: you could have Butkus autograph said photo.
Not sure what’s worse: a fan would want the photo signed or that Butkus would agree to sign it.
#18 by Kevin G. on 03.24.09 8:57 am |
Fight said:
I think I remember many of the Bengals players having a number 63 hand-written on their helmets during Super Bowl XXIII too.
#19 by John W. on 03.24.09 9:01 am |
Does anyone know where I can get a Power Balance wrist band – just like the one worn by Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez. I found a few sites selling similar wrist bands but not exactly the same. Links below with photos. Thanks.
http://sportsillustr...
http://sportsillustr...
#20 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 9:08 am |
John W. said:
did you try the source?
#21 by Mike on 03.24.09 9:09 am |
Does it appear that there are no jersey numbers on the “Chicago” script jerseys to anyone else?
#22 by Bob A on 03.24.09 9:13 am |
Likely due to the fact that my NBA interest died when Bill Russell retired, but I don’t think I have ever seen the Bulls with scripted “Chicago” on their unis. Was that standard? Just something that they changed from during MJ’s early years (he looks very young in that picture).
#23 by =bg= on 03.24.09 9:14 am |
They didn’t exactly do much innovation with that Lions logo, did they? Wait- it’s the Lions. Never mind.
#24 by Glen on 03.24.09 9:15 am |
John W. said:
WTF
#25 by MPowers1634 on 03.24.09 9:22 am |
As per the NCAA umpires.
The uniform rules are VERY strict for umpires and the pullovers available are basically 1 type.
My guess is that he rolled his sleevess up as many umps often do.
The long sleeves often hinder use of the indicator and such.
#26 by josh's twin on 03.24.09 9:25 am |
Bob A said:
That was the Bulls road set for the late’70s and early’80s; “Chicago” script with the number offset, like a baseball TV number. The home set had the vertically arched block “Bulls” we are all familiar with, but the number was also offset, which I always thought looked weird on the home set.
#27 by War Damn Eagle on 03.24.09 9:33 am |
Boomer was on the Bengals when they switched to the jerseys with the cat on the sleeve?
http://bengals.enqui...
#28 by PK on 03.24.09 9:35 am |
War Damn Eagle said:
He finished his career there in 97….of course after he nearly finished the Jets…I will never forgive you “Boomer”…
#29 by Stuby on 03.24.09 9:42 am |
This is just a great photo…
http://www.chicagotr...
#30 by DJ on 03.24.09 9:44 am |
That was the Bulls road set for the late’70s and early’80s; “Chicago” script with the number offset, like a baseball TV number. The home set had the vertically arched block “Bulls” we are all familiar with, but the number was also offset, which I always thought looked weird on the home set.
For a couple of seasons, the “BULLS” block strip was not vertically arched.
#31 by Jordan Sogn on 03.24.09 9:45 am |
MPowers1634 said:
what’s up with the Miller Lite add in the pic? they must be playing at a minor league park.
#32 by Donald on 03.24.09 9:45 am |
All MLS teams are wearing the USA flag patch on their sleeves starting this season (except Toronto FC, who will, of course, wear the Canadian flag). As a result, the MLS patch is bigger than previous seasons to match the size of the flag patch.
#33 by who cares on 03.24.09 9:49 am |
Glen said:
From the Power Balance website: “POWER BALANCE was developed as the marriage of two ideas: First, years of extensive research into holographic and lenticular media showed the complexity of the hologram and the fact that it can be programmed to hold certain frequencies. Second, further research was necessary to understand what frequency it was that best promoted energy flow throughout the body. Once discovered, this led to the unconventional programming of bio-resonating frequencies onto holograms. The result was POWER BALANCE. Similar forms of this technology have been used in Eastern medicine for centuries and are quickly being introduced and embraced in the west.”
Sounds very high tech. I’m going to find my old Upper Deck cards now. They had a hologram. If I tape a Barry Bonds to my thigh will that make me a sex machine?
#34 by Jeremy Brahm on 03.24.09 9:57 am |
I know that this is late for today, but during the WBC Final last night, but Yong-Kyu Lee tried to steal second in the 5th and ran right into the shortstop’s knee with his face and batting helmet.
The helmet brim broke and it actually broke the helmet in three places. Picture below.
http://www.yomiuri.c...
Video of the slide here, about 1/3 of the way in. Plus Pedro Gomez with the aftermath.
http://sports.espn.g...
#35 by Ricko on 03.24.09 9:58 am |
LI Phil said:
Chuck Hughes died on the field in 1971. Bears also may have worn those block road numbers in ‘72, but I’m not sure. They also had a set of home jerseys that were sans stripes for at least two seasons, I think. Timmy B would know for sure.
Interestingly enough, the Lions did NOT wear any kind of memorial patch to Hughes that year. It was before pro athletes came to realize they were the center of the universe.
—Ricko
#36 by Namhob on 03.24.09 10:01 am |
who cares said:
Once discovered, this led to the unconventional programming of bio-resonating frequencies onto holograms. The result was YANKEES SOD. (fixed)
#37 by Beardface on 03.24.09 10:04 am |
Paul Lukas said:
For the most part, yes, they are the generic pieces of crap. However, I have found that to be true for single-game tickets only. Season tickets, across the board, tend to have pictures or some nice design on them that tends to be unique for each game. Also, I have saved tickets from the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals and the 2006 Chick-Fil-A Bowl, and those tickets are very unique in their design. Definite keepers (despite the VT chokejob in the CFA Bowl)
#38 by War Damn Eagle on 03.24.09 10:05 am |
Missouri tells high school to stop using its tiger logo:
http://highschool.ri...
#39 by DB on 03.24.09 10:05 am |
Kek said:
I used to save everything, tickets programs etc… but what did me in with the tickets is when teams started putting action shots of players on the tickets. That’s cool and all if it is going to be your franchise player, but I have tickets from both the Patriots and Celtics featuring players that had been long cut or traded before the game ever arrived (Lawyer Milloy and Ricky Davis to be specific). It also bums me out that they don’t tear the tickets any more. Everything is scanned now.
#40 by Lomion on 03.24.09 10:09 am |
Beardface said:
The only decent ticket stubs I’ve gotten recently were from the Navy Games I went to with my friend, who had a pair of season tickets. I wouldn’t call them works of art, but they were classy and individualized.
#41 by JTH on 03.24.09 10:09 am |
KF said:
Actually, the story goes that Butkus immediately recognized that something was very wrong and yelled over to the Lions’ sideline for help. Many people misinterpreted it as some kind of celebration/taunting.
#42 by Ry Co 40 on 03.24.09 10:12 am |
who cares said:
and, the good news, the more money you spend on hologram bracelets at “power balance”, the more chances tom cruise will come to your home and give you a personality test!
#43 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 10:12 am |
LI Phil said:
butkus taunting?
/im shocked…SHOCKED at the insinuation
#44 by timmy b on 03.24.09 10:13 am |
Bears wore block numbers on the white mesh jerseys early in season from 1971 thru 1973, then switched to normal durene jerseys late in season. On the home front, Bears wore normal rounded numerals on the mesh navy jerseys, but had NO orange and white sleeve stripes during the 1971-1973 early season era. Bears would switch to navy durene for the cold games late in season.
Lions did not have memorial patch for Chuck Hughes true, but DID sport a black armband on the left sleeve. It covered the thick inner NW stripe on both white and honolulu blue jerseys. They started the wearing the armband for the game after Hughes tragic passing, a 1971 Monday nighter at Milwaukee against the Packers.
Hope this helps.
#45 by ClubMedSux on 03.24.09 10:18 am |
What’s the deal with the Bears wearing block numerals?
I figured they were just cheap knock-off jerseys from China that Halas scored off of eBay.
#46 by casey (davis, ca) on 03.24.09 10:22 am |
DJ said:
This is new to the league this year. Personally, I think the flag patch addition was a bit of foreshadowing that the league would expand to Canada again (Vancouver was awarded a team a couple days ago). Toronto has been in the league for 3 years without any flag patches, so the timing of the addition of the flag was a little suspect.
Personally, I don’t care for them. If you’re so ignorant that you have no clue what country these franchises are in, then you need to go jump off a bridge.
#47 by Jeremy Brahm on 03.24.09 10:28 am |
Remember the brewha that we’ve had in the past with pink jersey in college football practices.
Well it goes over better in Brazil.
http://community.liv...
#48 by Demer on 03.24.09 10:29 am |
I could identify all the dunk contestants in the “eye candy” pic, except who’s the Indiana Pacer? (And I’m not sure I’ve seen that type of script before on a Pacers uni)
#49 by jesse on 03.24.09 10:32 am |
Is it possible for someone more computer skilled than I am to put up the old/new Lions helmet logos as a side by side? I can’t really tell the difference. For the wordmark, it looks very similar to the Blue Jays wordmark.
#50 by u2-horn on 03.24.09 10:34 am |
who cares said:
More likely it will shrink your testicles.
#51 by TEH on 03.24.09 10:36 am |
Robert in Dallas said:
Don’t know if this has been discussed already, but I went into the local sporting goods store (TX) to get baseball pants for my 6-year old, and there they were, from Rawlings, pajama pants in youth sizes, with long legs and no elastic…the apocalypse is nigh..
#52 by casey (davis, ca) on 03.24.09 10:37 am |
Also, no Montreal Smoked Meat in your bracket? Ack!
#53 by BigMatt on 03.24.09 10:40 am |
The Pacer is Terrance Stansbury, who made a couple of good showing in the NBA Dunk Contest.
#54 by MPowers1634 on 03.24.09 10:47 am |
Jordan Sogn said:
Probably so!
The NCAA jackets are the same as MLB.
http://www.ump-attir...
I would love to be allowed to wear them for New York Stae, however, the only pullovers we are allowed to wear are these:
Baseball:
http://www.anacondas...
Softball:
http://tbn0.google.c...
Believe me…This is my rookie year of umpiring. The cost of buying gear and clothing for both has been astronomical. I will probably have to do a month’s worth of games just to pay for the initial capital.
Softball:
#55 by Namhob on 03.24.09 11:02 am |
MPowers1634 said:
I hope you already got your jacket or that you can fit into a small. It seems all other sizes are out of stock!
#56 by MPowers1634 on 03.24.09 11:07 am |
Namhob said:
I’m all taken care of!
#57 by JTH on 03.24.09 11:08 am |
Mike said:
Looks like it, but I think Orlando Woolridge’s 0 is behind his right arm and Michael Jordan’s 23 is blocked by Larry Nance’s head.
The front numbers on those ’84-’85 jerseys were pretty small and they were placed really low.
#58 by David T on 03.24.09 11:09 am |
One of those links to the new Lions logo refers to the lion as “Bubbles”–anyone know where that came from? I’ve never heard that before.
#59 by Namhob on 03.24.09 11:16 am |
Looks like we’ll have the Miami Marlins here in a couple years…
http://mlb.mlb.com/n...
#60 by chance on 03.24.09 11:17 am |
David T said:
I believe that was coined by a Detroit radio personaliry, who thought that the lion in the logo looked as though he was a kitty swatting at bubbles.
#61 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 11:23 am |
KF said:
Butkus was madly (and I do mean MADLY) waving to the Lions bench (trying to get their training staff, etc. out on the field) just moments before that picture was taken.
He was aware that something was seriously wrong.
#62 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 11:26 am |
JTH said:
Good number for Woolridge.
He’s got that “I really don’t belong in this picture!” Cheshire Cat-look on his face
#63 by Jason on 03.24.09 11:26 am |
what? chicken tails all the way to the final four? outrageous.
#64 by Noelski y que! on 03.24.09 11:27 am |
hahahaha….brown tape….
#65 by sj32 on 03.24.09 11:27 am |
On the Bears block-number jerseys and the lack of sleeve stripes on early mesh football jerseys – it took jersey manufacturers a couple of years to figure out that you could silk-screen stripes on the mesh jerseys. On the Durene jerseys, the stripes were woven into the fabric, but you could not do that with the polyester mesh. The Dolphins went to mesh jerseys in 1970 and the sleeves were without stripes until 1972. That seems to be the general time frame between mesh jerseys arriving on the NFL scene and stripes reappearing on the sleeves.
#66 by Graham on 03.24.09 11:29 am |
draft day hats are out and this has to be the worst ever:
http://www.nflshop.c...
#67 by MPowers1634 on 03.24.09 11:30 am |
MPowers1634 said:
I take that back…there was one item that I was unhappy about:
http://www.ump-attir...
I had to go with the Reeboks because pickings were pretty slim.
#68 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 11:32 am |
JTH said:
Absolutely. Glad someone cleared that up even earlier than I did.
If people had heard Butkus’ story about why he knew something was very, very wrong at that moment they wouldn’t think he was taunting.
#69 by Steve May on 03.24.09 11:33 am |
First thing I noticed with the WFL schedule http://farm4.static....
Who’s the scheduling idiot who schedules a game at New York on Oct. 30 and then at Hawaii on Nov. 3? Perfect – a beat-up exhausted and jet lagged team…
#70 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 11:40 am |
Terry Proctor is exactly correct. The Chicago newspapers quoted another coach who was warned about his uniforms; he called the state association and they gave his school an official waiver until he could obtain new uniforms.
A lot of people seem to want to blame some over-officious jerk at the IHSA: but that’s not the whole story by a long shot.
#71 by Ricko on 03.24.09 11:42 am |
TEH said:
Yup, was gonna mention seeing a TV spot over the weekend featuring such pants at, I believe, Dick’s Sporting Goods. Like it or not, baseball is now a game played in long pants.
And MLB, with a rule—according to the Span story in the Ticker—stating that pants “must end at the heel”, doesn’t sound like it’s about to do anything to mandate the wearing of stirrups.
Welcome to the Cricket look. For the foreseeable future, anyway.
—Ricko
#72 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 11:43 am |
Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets logo: did anyone get the urge to go out and buy a handgun after they clicked on that link?
BTW, there isn’t enough room to fit “Washington” over the BU, in Bullets: but I’d say that Washington and BS go together just fine.
#73 by DJ on 03.24.09 11:47 am |
Good number for Woolridge.
He’s got that “I really don’t belong in this picture!” Cheshire Cat-look on his face
I believe that’s a photo of the contestants in the Slam Dunk Contest in Jordan’s first or second NBA Season. Woolridge was definitely a worthy member of the dunking fraternity.
#74 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 11:49 am |
Namhob said:
Wasn’t one of the knocks against the Orange Bowl game being played in the Orange Bowl Stadium the idea that the stadium is in a neighborhood that’s now considered “high crime”?
If so, that’s an interesting place to put your new ballpark.
#75 by brad northstar on 03.24.09 11:50 am |
With all due respect to Mr. Proctor (and I sincerely mean that), I think he may be a little behind the times with his statement that “the majority of basketball uniforms are sold for use in high schools”. I would say the overwhelming majority of basketball uniforms today are sold to non-NFHS teams. Think of what we used to call “summer league” ball, except that they are year-round now. I’m talking about AAU, BCI, Primetime Sports, and probably dozens of others.
The majority of these teams have uniforms as fancy as any high school varsity team, and they are not subject to the strict regulations of the NFHS, or the budget restrictions of the public school system. For the elite teams, recruiting can be intense (at all age groups), and the uniforms can play a big part. Most kids want to play for a team that has cool unis, and we all have a pretty good idea of what kids today think is cool in a uni.
So manufacturers today have this entire market to sell to that not only doesn’t care about the NFHS rules, in some cases they specifically want to go beyond them.
I think this puts the onus back on the HS coach to make sure the uniforms he buys fit within the NHFS guidelines. And if they don’t, at least bring your practice jerseys with you (or the JV team jerseys)!
#76 by chance on 03.24.09 11:57 am |
anotherguy said:
That’s not my recollection. The principal knock I remember against the stadium was its age. There was talk of a new Marlins ballpark on the site way back then, so the neighborhood coulnd’t have been the deciding factor.
#77 by mmwatkin on 03.24.09 12:02 pm |
Lions, Lions, Lions…
The new logo is pretty much the same except they decided to add in “white streaks” on its face and head….
Sorry, but it looks like Bubbles is getting the “Money shot”. Probably sums up last season pretty well.
#78 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 12:06 pm |
DJ said:
I’m giving “O” credit for honesty.
The 1985 Slam Dunk Contest results from NBA.com:
1. Dominique Wilkins
2. Michael Jordan
3. Terence Stansbury
4. Julius Erving
5. Larry Nance
6. Darrell Griffith
7. Orlando Woolridge
8. Clyde Drexler
#79 by JTH on 03.24.09 12:07 pm |
DJ said:
The dude could dunk, but in comparison to the legends in that photo… not so much.
You can see him throw down a couple nice ones early on in this clip. Plus, as an added bonus, the Bulls are wearing the home unis with the radially-arched wordmark.
I was hoping that video would have the player intros. I used to love the way he was introduced before a game “Nummmmmber Oooooorlando Woolridge!”
#80 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 12:07 pm |
mmwatkin said:
That’s pretty much my reaction.
It’s change for the sake of change: and therfore it’s not worth it.
#81 by JTH on 03.24.09 12:11 pm |
mmwatkin said:
I guess we know what he was doing with his paws now. He sure as hell wasn’t swatting at bubbles.
#82 by DJ on 03.24.09 12:13 pm |
The dude could dunk, but in comparison to the legends in that photo… not so much.
Woolridge was a power dunker. Artistic…not so much.
#83 by mmwatkin on 03.24.09 12:13 pm |
Someone bid $31 on a T-shirt?
Someone should have pointed those people to Distant Replays before they went under…
#84 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 12:15 pm |
brad northstar said:
And given the usual amount of paperwork, approvals, duplicates, signoffs, etc that a purchase in the Chicago Public School system entails, it would seem again that there’s more than enough blame to go around; perhaps not just the coach but the principal and the CPS athletic director should have to answer questions also.
brad northstar said:
Yes-this team got a “T” in the semifinals and did absolutely NOTHING to remedy the situation for the finals. Certainly they could have found a store that sells t-shirts in between those two games.
#85 by War Damn Eagle on 03.24.09 12:16 pm |
The Miami Marlins, coming to a stadium near you in 2012.
http://sportsillustr...
#86 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 12:16 pm |
LI Phil said:
COTD nominee
#87 by Kek on 03.24.09 12:17 pm |
brad northstar said:
I hear what you’re saying. In fact, I wondered the same thing about the Illinois school as far as why they couldn’t have been prepared with their JV or even practice unis.
That being said, your assessment of AAU may be a tad skewed. I think everything you say is correct, but when talking about the elite of programs.
However, and I’ve covered some AAU events in the Pittsburgh area, the great majority of the teams I’ve seen on the court are very basic in their gear. I’m not saying they look poor, but the teams aren’t shelling out a ton of money. I mostly saw lightweight dazzle type practice unis on teams. Some squads only had t-shirts.
I think Terry’s perspective and point is well taken. I wouldn’t put ALL the blame on the uni supplier but it is in their best interest to be aware of the rules of the local governing bodies that have rule over the teams they supply.
That being said, it’s also the responsibility of the school’s administration, AD, coaches, prinicpal, superintendent, whoever, to know what is and isn’t within compliance of the rules. Especially when the rules are:
A. clear cut and
B. readily available for everyone involed to get a copy of.
I have nothing ill to say of the officials who enforced the rule. Power trip? No way. What good is a rule if you don’t enforce it? (What you get is an NHL playoff game in overtime!!!!)
#88 by War Damn Eagle on 03.24.09 12:17 pm |
anotherguy said:
Is it any worse than having your stadium next to a sea of chop-shops?
#89 by Jason on 03.24.09 12:20 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
The NCAA does not have rules regarding umpire uniforms until post season play. Conferences & Conference Supervisors set uniform standards.
The jacket in the photo does have sleeves that zip off. They are available through http://www.honigs.co... or http://www.theoffici....
#90 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 12:20 pm |
JTH said:
That pretty much sums up my reaction to that picture. As noted, I’m giving Orlando credit for realizing that he better enjoy that one picture because that’s the only one he’s going to get.
Some of those guys should be sitting together, and others should be off to the side ready to hand them towels. “O” belongs in that second group IMHO.
Dr. J, MJ, ‘Nique….. and Orlando Woolridge? One of these things does not belong with the others.
#91 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 12:27 pm |
War Damn Eagle said:
Don’t know the answer to that question-and I’ve admitted that I’m not a Miami expert. I just recall hearing all of the rationalizations for moving the actual Orange Bowl game to Joe Robbie, and I also recall a little incident with Miami and a hockey arena during the playoffs.
#92 by Tony In Erie on 03.24.09 12:28 pm |
I know that this is late for today, but during the WBC Final last night, but Yong-Kyu Lee tried to steal second in the 5th and ran right into the shortstop’s knee with his face and batting helmet.
I do have a question for everyone: It seemed as though Korea was wearing a different style of batting helmet. Any details on that? I am stunned that the helmet broke in pieces like that on someone’s ankle.
Kinda makes you wonder how much safety you’d have from a line drive if it just cracks into pieces like that on simple human driven force.
#93 by Teebz on 03.24.09 12:32 pm |
Kek said:
The best way to finish a playoff game is with one team “dying” in action. NHL Playoff overtime games are akin to the Roman Colosseum. No games are more intense than that, and no one lives or dies in sports more than “sudden death” hockey players.
And as of late, there has been a gigantic increase in OT penalties called. I would assume that Head Ref Steven Walkom will continue this push into the playoffs.
But… great comment, Kek. OT hockey is gladiatorial war. ;o)
#94 by Cathy on 03.24.09 12:32 pm |
http://farm4.static.... No. 45 has different lettering for NOB, maybe a bat-boy?
#95 by War Damn Eagle on 03.24.09 12:33 pm |
anotherguy said:
the chop-shops refer to Citi Field
#96 by Kek on 03.24.09 12:38 pm |
Teebz said:
I’m glad you caught that Teebz, it was especially placed in the post for you!!!
And don’t get me wrong… I LOVE overtime playoff hockey. It’s one of the most exciting things in all of sports. It’s just that the rep has been that the refs swallow the whistles.
But hey, both teams know that going in, so that can’t complain THAT much right?
#97 by Teebz on 03.24.09 12:39 pm |
War Damn Eagle said:
Which houses the Citi Corporate Bonus Suites.
#98 by Squiddie on 03.24.09 12:54 pm |
Here’s another article about the Denard Span facing a fine for wearing his pants over his cleats.
Given the number of players wearing them this way, why does he want us to believe it was an accident?
#99 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 12:54 pm |
LI Phil said:
as shitty as that area appears (and believe me, it IS a shitty area), i used to park there with my buddies all the time at games for shea…i even have a couple of pics taken down that alley of me sitting on the hood of my car with a foul ball i got from one of the summer games i went to (and when i get my scanner, i’ll post said pic, assuming i can find it–was from like 1989)…and the area’s no worse now than it was 20 years ago…sure the view from the wilpon’s suite is less than pristine, but the neighborhood (if you can call it that — it’s not like you travel thru there to get to the game and the subway and LIRR lines are far removed from that strip) isn’t horrific…certainly no worse than miama
i’d daresay the neighborhood in which the crosstown team have constructed their gold-encrusted castle is far worse than the chop shops at shea/citi, but neither one is all that ‘unsafe’…as long as you’re not stupid
#100 by DJ on 03.24.09 1:04 pm |
congrats on the success of your auction so far – i’m surprised you have that many bids to be honest
#101 by Robert on 03.24.09 1:09 pm |
Don’t know if you guys are interested, but my club lacrosse team here at American University just got our unis. We only have blues because we’re broke and don’t have money for whites. But I thought I would just show you guys.
http://www.flickr.co...
http://www.flickr.co...
I personally think they’re awesome, but what do you think?
#102 by Manuel on 03.24.09 1:14 pm |
Longtime Detroit Tiger broadcaster and hall of fame third basemman George Kell passed away. We should have a patch coming. He is rightfully beloved in Michigan.
#103 by JTH on 03.24.09 1:14 pm |
Robert said:
Not bad. I love the DC flag on the back of the shorts.
#104 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 1:19 pm |
War Damn Eagle said:
I got that. Its just that the Mets are merely moving a few yards away from Shea. Anyone who went to a Mets game last year certainly can’t complain about them suddenly moving to lousy, more inconvenient area this year. You could almost argue that all the Mets (and White Sox, Bulls, Yanks, Cardinals, Reds, Phillies, Braves, Broncos and more) accomplished was a total gut rehab of their old stadium.
OTOH, the Marlins will be moving a number of miles from Joe Robbie. As noted, I don’t know all the complaints from the old Orange Bowl Stadium: it might have been sheer skybox economics that made the Dolphins move, it may have been parking or crime or any number of other factors. I just hope the city of Miami isn’t trying the old “this publicly-financed stadium will lift up a depressed area” gambit. That never seems to work.
#105 by PK on 03.24.09 1:22 pm |
DJ said:
…at least it’s something you can wear/use/collect…unlike this item (and I am not looking for other strange items…just to point out that I am not surprised that’s what he’s getting for it)…
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#106 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 1:25 pm |
LI Phil said:
That’s always been my reaction to people who complain about safety. Granted, I’ve grown up in Chicago so I’m a little more aware of our particular does and don’ts: but using some common sense is all you really need to get in and get out of the stadiums & arenas here. Just ask if you’re from out of town; people will be happy to help.
#107 by Kek on 03.24.09 1:31 pm |
Come 2012, will we see uni-related penalties on the gridiron?
http://www.fhsaa.org...
The thing that stands out to me is that the visiting team must wear white. At Johnstown, they haven’t had a white jersey in four or five years. They’ve worn black at home and columbia blue on the road. They’ve never had any issues with clashing colors. In the conference they play in most teams’ home unis are black or red. They played a team that uses a more royal shade of blue, but the unique shade of light blue really doesn’t cause a problem.
I kind of got used to them going without white, it’ll be odd to see it again.
#108 by Cooly on 03.24.09 1:32 pm |
LOGO CREEP!
http://www.nydailyne...
#109 by Kenny on 03.24.09 1:35 pm |
http://health.yahoo....
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
#110 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 1:35 pm |
Cooly said:
I didn’t know that Members Only was still in business, much less with a new logo.
:-)
#111 by Kek on 03.24.09 1:42 pm |
anotherguy said:
I’m glad to hear this refreshing outlook. I could have used your help back when I was defending some Pittsburgh neighborhoods prior to Paul’s visit to the Steel City!
#112 by Teebz on 03.24.09 1:59 pm |
Attention all hockey fans, particularly RPI grads or NCAA hockey fans:
Does anyone know why the players in the 1984 Frozen Four were wearing what appears to be hybrid cages on their helmets? The goalie is wearing the birdcage, but I’ve never seen Adam Oates, the RPI player pictured, with this type of cage on ever.
The hybrid cage was introduced by Dave Dryden for goaltenders by this time, but there is absolutely nothing about players wearing the hybrid-style cage.
Anyone have any idea? And yes… that’s the biggest picture I could find.
#113 by Kent on 03.24.09 2:03 pm |
#114 by Craig on 03.24.09 2:09 pm |
Manuel said:
Nooooooo! Say it ain’t so! I ran a Fantasy baseball league back in the 90’s called the George Kell Baseball League…the man was a gem. I can still hear him referring to Carlton Fisk as “sitting there like a hoot owl”. A sad day indeed.
#115 by chance on 03.24.09 2:11 pm |
LI Phil said:
Difference is that Yankee Stadium is in a real neighborhood, where people live. There’s only one legal resident in the Iron Triangle.
#116 by Tito on 03.24.09 2:13 pm |
Was I the last person to realize that the new Cowboys stadium will actually be in Arlington, some thirty miles from dallas? I know thats not all that far but I figured with the way those texans get all fired up over their football we would have heard more. As a diehard steelers fan that would be like the Steelers playing in morgantown WV its about the same distance and their is no way in hell we would stand for that.
#117 by JeffB on 03.24.09 2:15 pm |
If you enjoyed the New York Giants appraisal on Antiques Roadshow, they have done other baseball related items, my favorite of which is the Willie Mays Minneapolis Millers photo matched jersey.
http://www.pbs.org/w...
#118 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 2:27 pm |
Tito said:
Don’t forget that the Cowboys have played in Irving for just about 40 years, so its not as if they’re suddenly abandoning Dallas proper.
Arlington (home of the Rangers) is almost exactly halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth as I understand it.
And a famous quote about Texans and their cars: “We’ll drive four hours to go get lunch.”
#119 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 2:29 pm |
chance said:
oh, totally agree, and there’s nothing wrong with the area where the yankees play…have i honestly felt the number 4 doors stay open a little too long for my liking at say, 125th? yeah, but anyone who makes
sheaTARPfield/yankee stadium out to be in warzones has obviously either never been to either locale or hasn’t been ‘intelligent’ about visiting the parks#120 by Kent on 03.24.09 2:35 pm |
More Pittsburgh Spirit Hot Legs:
http://www.sportrakp...
#121 by JTH on 03.24.09 2:36 pm |
JeffB said:
Not a baseball jersey, but my favorite was this episode. (I’m sure this comes as a huge shock to some of you.)
JTH said:
This episode was great, too.
#122 by MPowers1634 on 03.24.09 2:43 pm |
Jason said:
I stand corrected. Those are very cool!
#123 by Vagabond Ben on 03.24.09 2:47 pm |
Paul — I’m a Florence Meat Market guy myself.
#124 by MikeR on 03.24.09 2:51 pm |
And speaking of the Rockets, I had actually forgotten that they once played in San Diego.
It’s interesting — you occasionally hear about teams like the Lakers and Jazz that move to a new city, and their team name doesn’t jive with the new city. I can’t imagine there are too many instances like the Rockets, whose team name made more sense after the move.
#125 by chance on 03.24.09 3:03 pm |
MikeR said:
Or the Detroit Pistons.
#126 by digizak on 03.24.09 3:04 pm |
Your comment about the Pittsburg soccer team made me think, is there any other city where all the pro sports franchises share the same color scheme? Example Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins all using black and gold. Being a Cleveland native this wouldn’t work to well because I don’t think anyone would want to see the Cavs in brown and orange. Now also being a Bowling Green alum I have seen it in use.
#127 by Ry Co 40 on 03.24.09 3:09 pm |
Kek said:
war-torn oakland?!!? hahahahaha
#128 by anotherguy on 03.24.09 3:11 pm |
chance said:
Could be a situation where history repeats itself: as the auto parts industry left the Fort attendance suffered resulting in a move to Detroit… :-O
#129 by Paul Lukas on 03.24.09 3:16 pm |
Vagabond Ben said:
I love that place too. One time I was interviewing Benny Pizzuco, who owns/runs the place, and he said, “I don’t know if you wanna print this, but the way to tell a good lamb is to look for a nice ass.” Naturally, I printed it. After the article ran, told me his customers were coming in and asking to look at HIS ass.
#130 by Johnny O on 03.24.09 3:30 pm |
Check out this amazing Brewers jersey on eBay!
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#131 by MikeR on 03.24.09 3:40 pm |
MikeR said:
Now that the Sonics have left town, Seattle can make that claim. The Mariners, Seahawks and Sounders all have a blue/green scheme, although the colors aren\’t an exact match from team to team.
#132 by Neil on 03.24.09 3:43 pm |
Teebz said:
From when I played youth hockey, I remember that cage style as an attachment to a regular helmet. It is merely a cage facemask attached to a helmet. It isn’t the hybrid style mask/cage you see goalies wearing today. It was definitely for forwards and defensemen.
#133 by Johnny O on 03.24.09 3:53 pm |
JTH said:
If that Packers football went for that much money, how much money should this one go for?
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#134 by PK on 03.24.09 3:59 pm |
Scroll down about half way…have these ever been posted before? I think they would have been much better than BUBBLES
http://www.detroitli...
#135 by Ry Co 40 on 03.24.09 4:03 pm |
Neil said:
wish i had one of those!!!
#136 by Teebz on 03.24.09 4:03 pm |
Neil said:
Why would Oates and the opposing team’s defencemen be wearing them? Oates did not have any sort of facial injury, and both teams wouldn’t be wearing them unless there was some sort of product placement/marketing going on.
#137 by Bob from Akron on 03.24.09 4:05 pm |
Regarding a couple of the WFL items:
The generic “quarterback” in the Southern California Sun schedule is an image of Fran Tarkenton, in his first stint with the Minnesota Vikings.
Sun Schedule
In the Portland Storm team picture, the jersey numbers of the players in the second row are in reverse order, different from the other rows. Never saw that before! (I thought there was going to be a “wrap-around” effect with all of the rows, but the second row was the only one to be “out of order.”)
Portland Team Picture
#138 by lemonverbena on 03.24.09 4:06 pm |
NFL to mark 50th Anniversary of the AFL with “Legacy Uniforms”:
#139 by Ry Co 40 on 03.24.09 4:07 pm |
the lions logo isn’t that bad at all really. i mean, it’s a small change. personally, the only change they should have done was get rid of black… but all in all, not bad. you all KNOW it could be much, MUCH worse!
#140 by JTN on 03.24.09 4:08 pm |
FoxSports.com has has a top nine (really nine?) list of worst college basketball uniforms up. Needless to say the list is a joke and readers of this blog are sure to simply just ignore the writer’s list.
http://msn.foxsports...
#141 by Teebz on 03.24.09 4:09 pm |
Teebz said:
Just to add to this, Oates was 22 years-old when he won the ‘84 Frozen Four. I’m sure he had options as an adult college hockey player to select something other than a mask that seems to have lived and died a short life. LOL
#142 by Teebz on 03.24.09 4:10 pm |
JTN said:
So you mean it will be like everything else Fox produces? LOL
#143 by Bizzle on 03.24.09 4:15 pm |
Teebz said:
The funniest part is the first comment on the Mich State uni page. Paul, can you knock some sense into that guy?
#144 by Robert in Dallas on 03.24.09 4:17 pm |
Johnny O said:
Was this jersey game-worn in Vietnam?
#145 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 4:20 pm |
JTN said:
(fixed)
#146 by Geeman on 03.24.09 4:26 pm |
Teebz said:
One wonders if there is a color that would be acceptable to the writer of that list. As for his dig at Maryland and Marquette, I guess the Lakers’ gold home uniforms would pass the test either, but I think it’s one of the best in the game (along with the Celtics’ home unis).
#147 by Geeman on 03.24.09 4:27 pm |
One wonders if there is a color that would be acceptable to the writer of that list. As for his dig at Maryland and Marquette, I guess the Lakers’ gold home uniforms would pass the test either, but I think it’s one of the best in the game (along with the Celtics’ home unis).
Make that: would NOT pass the test either.
#148 by Bob A on 03.24.09 4:27 pm |
josh’s twin said:
Thanks. I usually like jerseys with script and I like that one, too. Sure looks weird to me though.
#149 by Patrick on 03.24.09 4:43 pm |
Tito said:
Dallas/Fort Worth is one large metropolitan area (the Metroplex) and Arlington sits pretty close to the middle.
#150 by Jeff P on 03.24.09 4:45 pm |
Teebz said:
It’s just a cat eye mask. Common enough style of cage back then, and the NCAA requires cages now, they very well might have back then too, don’t know how far back that policy goes.
I know a guy who still plays with one, actually. They’re not certified anymore though, stick butt ends can get through the cat eyes. And without HECC certification, no helmet or cage gets sold these days.
#151 by Cort on 03.24.09 4:47 pm |
I’m too lazy to read through and see if anyone’s already mentioned this, but in the mid-70’s the Pistons had that race car wordmark emblazoned on their warmup jackets. I saw them myself, at the Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium. We were there with a church group, which meant most of us were delinquents. We had primo seats, right next to the players’ tunnel. A kid named Fred Stoner spit on George Trapp as the Pistons headed to their dressing room. He caught him right in the middle of the race car…
#152 by JTH on 03.24.09 4:50 pm |
Geeman said:
That dipshit knocked DePaul for royal blue, red and white. There are flaws with DePaul’s uni, but the color scheme/striping pattern are certainly not among them.
Her comment is “it reminds you of a smurf dressed up as a candy striper.” What? Has she ever fucking seen a smurf?
#153 by Robert in Dallas on 03.24.09 4:52 pm |
Patrick said:
Arlington is fewer than fifteen miles from downtown Dallas. Few if any people are bent out of shape about the stadium being in Arlington, since the Rangers already play there and the Cowboys have been in another suburb (Irving) for decades.
#154 by mako on 03.24.09 5:08 pm |
Wow! I wasn’t expecting to encounter my ol’ pal Hal Chase on here (photo of button-on sleeves); I believe that’s the uni the Yankees/Highlanders wore in 1911. Prince Hal, of course, went on to wear a number of uniforms in his peripatetic ML career: White Sox, Buffalo (Federal League), Cincinnati, and finally the Giants. I wrote a biography of him several years ago (Hal Chase: The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball’s Biggest Crook), which currently ranks 1,169,045th (I just checked) in sales among all books on Amazon.com.
#155 by Fight on 03.24.09 5:26 pm |
JTN said:
wow, that list is really off base … i thought my bearkittens would be on there, as they deserve to be
#156 by S. Bennett on 03.24.09 5:31 pm |
Fight said:
Yup. From Bengals enquirer:
Boomer Esiason wears 63 on the back of his helmet to honor 13-year veteran tackle Joe Walter, who was waived Friday. (Ernest Coleman photo)
SB
#157 by Hurnf on 03.24.09 5:35 pm |
Hurnf said:
Terence Stansbury (who spent most of his NBA life as \”the guy who is in the Slam Dunk Competition\”)
Oh, and has anyone found a photo from last week\’s Virginia Tech baseball \”Disco Night?\” There\’s nothing on the Hokies\’ website nor the student paper.
#158 by Hurnf on 03.24.09 5:41 pm |
Teebz said:
A lot of teams were working on visibility improvements over the square cage masks. In the fall of 1984, Harvard started wearing the Itech shields. They had problems with fogging the first few games, but Itech added anti-fog coating later on.
#159 by Hurnf on 03.24.09 5:46 pm |
#160 by DenverGregg on 03.24.09 6:03 pm |
#161 by Teebz on 03.24.09 6:13 pm |
Jeff P said:
Good call. I forgot about the cage rules in the NCAA.
However, I’m still interested in the story behind these cages.
#162 by mmwatkin on 03.24.09 6:14 pm |
JTN said:
Wow…Michigan State at #1? Seriously?
I wouldn’t say that they have the best uniforms in the country but I think they are solid.
#163 by Giancarlo on 03.24.09 6:23 pm |
anotherguy said:
This implies that Little Havana is a “high crime” area of Miami, which it certainly is not. It’s really quite lovely. Cubans are not an underclass in Miami. The movie Scarface was about a particular 1980 group of criminal exiles from Cuba, nothing to do with the established Cuban community.
#164 by denverjason on 03.24.09 6:24 pm |
The accuracy of this is unknowable, but someone on the Broncos posting board claims to have confirmation from Broncos PR boss Jim Saccomano that the team will indeed be wearing vertically striped socks. Let’s hope it’s true!
http://blog.denverbr...
#165 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 6:26 pm |
mmwatkin said:
you do realize that list was for worst jerseys, and not best, yes?
#166 by mmwatkin on 03.24.09 6:29 pm |
LI Phil said:
I meant that I don’t think they are amazingly awesome, but I don’t think they belong on any “worst” uniforms list
#167 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 6:31 pm |
LI Phil said:
oh…agreed
7 of those 9 don’t belong on a “worst” list…in fact they should be on a best list, which is where you thought you might be going (and you’d be right)…just checkin’ ;)
#168 by Giancarlo on 03.24.09 6:33 pm |
Just to clarify my #163 comment, I’m not saying that all the 1980 Mariel Boatlift refugees were criminals – just a small group of that group, including, I guess, Tony Montana, although I haven’t seen Scarface in a while.
#169 by Craig on 03.24.09 7:02 pm |
denverjason said:
Any truth to the rumor that Jim’s cousin Bob Saccomano from New York and his partner Cosmo Kramer will be delivering the uniforms via stolen postal vehicle?
#170 by Michael Emody on 03.24.09 7:02 pm |
Didn’t the Bulls wear the script “Chicago” red jersey as a second road alt in recent years? Seems I’ve seen it show up occasionally, perhaps as a throwback set that was reused later in the season, over the last ten years or so. The front number was better positioned on these.
#171 by Matt Hayes on 03.24.09 7:09 pm |
Don’t know if anyone has seen this, but a lady on FoxSports put a worst college jerseys list together. Some are obvious, but Michigan State at #1? Seriously? There are far worse out there.
http://msn.foxsports...
#172 by Craig on 03.24.09 7:09 pm |
http://www.denverbro...
#173 by Peter on 03.24.09 7:58 pm |
AHL Jersey auction for the Prov. Bruins:
https://www.providen...
also: possibly best temper tantrum of year
http://sports.espn.g...
#174 by James Craven on 03.24.09 8:42 pm |
The umpires when they wear their blue and black shirts will wear black numbers with black and white trim this season in MLB. Previously, it had been reversed.
#175 by Johnny O on 03.24.09 8:47 pm |
I think that even more impressive then the $36 for Paul’s t-shirt…
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
…is that is has almost 2,000 views!
#176 by Ed E. on 03.24.09 8:49 pm |
Bears and Dolphins weren’t the only teams to go without stripes on the new mesh jerseys. The 49ers wore scarlet unis with the same lettering/numbering style as their durene jerseys, only without the three white stripes.
You can see them in the 1973 Miami Dolphins highlight film (Miami hosted the Niners in the ‘73 opener) and in the NFL Films “Lost Treasures” episode “Sundays With Soul,” during an interview with Frank Nunley. Probably the same situation as the Bears/Dolphins – mesh for warm weather, durene for cooler climes (more of the latter at Candlestick, of course).
#177 by Jory on 03.24.09 9:18 pm |
Maybe it’s been mentioned, but has anyone notice that in Paul’s Meat Bracket the 8th and 9th seeded ‘game’ in the Beef Regional is missing? Obviously (9) BBQ beef ribs is the winner, but I’m curious as to who it beat.
If someone else mentioned this already, feel free to ignore me.
#178 by KF on 03.24.09 9:46 pm |
JTH said:
Yeah, the photo could easily be misinterpreted especially because Butkus is in it. Hughes just collapsed while running a route if my memory serves me correctly.
#179 by JTH on 03.24.09 9:49 pm |
Jory said:
It’s there. There just isn’t a paragraph break between it and the porterhouse vs. Steak-Umms matchup.
The #8 seed is smoked brisket.
#180 by mike 2 on 03.24.09 9:49 pm |
Jory said:
Its there – its jammed together with the 1-16 matchup. Smoked brisket lost.
#181 by Jory on 03.24.09 9:51 pm |
JTH said:
ohhh gotcha. my eyes completely deceived me on that one, thanks
#182 by dan on 03.24.09 9:56 pm |
thank god the lions logo wasn’t radically altered. i love that logo. i am glad they didn’t ruin one of the nfl’s traditional logo’s too badly. it is a relief compared to other designs i have seen.
#183 by Lwiedy on 03.24.09 10:17 pm |
timmy b said:
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#184 by LI Phil on 03.24.09 10:23 pm |
Lwiedy said:
good show larry
/goddam that’s a beautiful uni
#185 by JTH on 03.24.09 10:32 pm |
LI Phil said:
OK, I should have listened to you in the first place and just ignore this list, but since I didn’t, I feel compelled to assess all nine of these.
#9) DePaul: These are so close to being great that it’s kinda frustrating. I love the red and white striped trim. The font for the wordmark and numbers sucks and that little demon head on the shorts is stupid-looking. But those flaws are tolerable.
#8) Indiana: These fall into the category of “so bad that they’re good.” Check that. They’re so awful that they’re sublime.
#7) Syracuse: Kinda nondescript, but inoffensive.
#6) Oregon/#5) Maryland: OK, I’ll give you these. They might just belong on the list.
#4) Tennessee: I’m not crazy about the side panels, but this is another solid uni.
#3) Marquette: Easily one of the best uniforms in college basketball — all four versions. The best part? They play DePaul every year.
#2) Morehead State: The wordmark leaves a bit to be desired, but this is another nice uni.
#1) Not beautiful, but there’s nothing wrong with these at all.
#186 by JTH on 03.24.09 10:34 pm |
oops. Shoulda said:
#1) Michigan State: Not beautiful, but there’s nothing wrong with these at all.
#187 by Curt on 03.24.09 11:04 pm |
Jeremy Brahm said:
My old softball team in Fort Worth had a woman’s pink shirt (size small) “borrowed” from one of the wives that you had to wear if you struck out, because, c’mon, striking out in slowpitch…
#188 by Jeremy Brahm on 03.24.09 11:28 pm |
Tony in Erie.
Tony In Erie said:
The ZETT helmets have a very different look and I think that is what the South Korean team was using.
Picture of the helmets here.
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Lee did not hit the shortstop’s ankle, it was his knee.
My thinking is that the World Classic people did not say that teams had to use the cool-flo helmets that we are used to seeing. Instead they probably said “nothing” about helmet safety except for the base coaches. Supposedly each of these helmets does meet some safety standards.
But we have seen helmets shatter by pitched balls, Sammy Sosa.
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#189 by gdm on 03.24.09 11:35 pm |
The Pittsburgh Spirit also used to have a ad tag line that said “We’ve got 15 guys (or however players were on a roster)who can go all night.” Sexy-a-go-go indeed!
#190 by MPowers1634 on 03.24.09 11:42 pm |
Ry Co 40 said:
Absolute Bad Form!
#191 by Jeff P on 03.24.09 11:47 pm |
Teebz said:
Not much story to them, they were supposed to give you better vision then a traditional cage. Safety concerns killed them.
However, they they can still be found if you want one.
#192 by Jeff P on 03.24.09 11:50 pm |
Jeff P said:
I should add that the cages are the same for goalies and players- a lot of goalies used player helmets.
Incidentally, that cage would go great if you could get one of those old cooper helmets off of Osgood…
#193 by LarryB on 03.25.09 12:16 am |
Craig said:
I saw that the NFL was going to have throwback games for the old AFL. But somebody said the Broncos did not have white jerseys for that uniform? I am not sure about that statement or not.
This says the Broncos will wear brown and yellow.
But are they wearing the socks?
http://blog.denverbr...
#194 by LarryB on 03.25.09 12:23 am |
denverjason said:
What is the point if the Broncos do not wear the socks.
As a comment in that says the Radiers will not be wearing the original black from 1960.
#195 by James Craven on 03.25.09 12:57 am |
And then, they’ll throw those uniforms in a bonfire after the season!
#196 by DaveMac on 03.25.09 1:01 am |
When are these teams going to get it right? If you’re going to go to all of that trouble and make this a big 50th anniversary season, you should take care of the details.
#197 by Ed E. on 03.25.09 1:43 am |
I believe they gave each team the option to wear “a” uniform from their AFL days – not necessarily the 1960 uni.
The Bills’ 1965 unis are more recognizable than their ’60s togs, which were identical to the Lions’. Same goes for the 1963 Raiders; the 1960-62 version looks more like the Bears. On the other side, the Chiefs and Jets have uniforms that currently resemble their AFL counterparts – hence the ‘62 Dallas Texans and ‘61 NY Titans unis.
Aside from the Chargers, I’d have to say the Broncos’ unis are the ones I’m looking forward to the most. Eagerly awaiting the brown-and-mustard striped socks…
#198 by MemphisStateTiger on 03.25.09 6:54 am |
dan said:
Yep, the Lions logo is one of the best. I’m also a big fan of the color scheme. I played around with the logo and came up with these: Lions logos the one in the middle was not finished.
Anyway, SportsCenter mentioned the Lions toy truck with new logo being pulled from the website.
#199 by Hurnf on 03.25.09 11:25 am |
Peter said:
Why no photo of the front of the jersey?
#200 by Hurnf on 03.25.09 11:28 am |
Peter said:
No pic of the FRONT????
#201 by Hurnf on 03.25.09 11:31 am |
Hurnf said:
Feh. Stupid double-posting me.
#202 by anotherguy on 03.25.09 12:31 pm |
Giancarlo said:
And I clearly said that it might have been one of the knocks. I didn’t say it was the ONLY knock, nor did I say it was definitely even ONE of the knocks.
Teams move for all sorts of reasons. Skybox economics, parking (e.g., Baltimore Memorial Stadium; which was also in a residential neighborhood) and others. I would say that its very unusual for a stadium to be abandoned for a period of years and then have a NEW stadium built at that very same site.
Miami has a history of trying to revitalize neighborhoods with stadiums/arenas. And to be fair, they’re not the only city that has tried this. IMHO, its a waste of money.
The question was valid. I’m certainly not the only person who has raised the issue.
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#204 by PaulS on 03.25.09 6:26 pm |
digizak said:
Toronto’s been known for blue for years: the Jays (formerly Blue Jays) were just the latest team. The Leafs have worn blue and white for 70 years, the Argos are known as the Double Blue. Shoot, even the University of Toronto’s teams are named the Varsity Blues.
Ottawa (red, black and white) and Montreal ([i]bleu, blanc et rouge[/i]) are the same.
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