Turn That Frown Upside-Down

The Giambi thing is hilarious, if not only for the look on Bobby Cox’s face!! And yes, I am waiting for this Iowa State discussion tomorrow, the lone Iowa person probably ever on this board, other than CJ of course.

Someone should tell Giambi that if he plans to wear his pants that high, that he should tie some stirrups into the equation.

And yes, Bobby Cox’s face if priceless!

During the Philles broadcast, the announcer stated that Rick White wears 00 to honor his father who wore 00 when he played softball. Supposedly, Rick told his dad that as soon as he could wear 00 in the majors, he would for him.

The announcers also mentioned the great pitcher Omar Onteveros who played for the Philles a few years ago who last wore 00 for them. Omar wore 00 because it was his initals.

I was the the first game Omar played for the Phillies when he made his debut as a pinch hitter and hitting a homerun.

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Was the girl good looking? That vantage point doesn’t look bad.[/quote]

interesting you say that, because if she wasnt good looking my friends and i would call her a cleveland brown.
why you say?
nice uniform, bad helmet.

[quote comment=”1712″]interesting you say that, because if she wasnt good looking my friends and i would call her a cleveland brown.
why you say?
nice uniform, bad helmet.[/quote]

Worst. Comment. Ever.

In college football, helmets without decals are called “traditional” and teams are lauded for their simplistic and classic designs. In professional footbal, the one team with a helmet without decals is deemed “boring” and/or “they look like pumpkin heads.” While the orange and brown was probably not the best of color combinations, I’m glad they’ve stayed the course.

For those who didn’t know (and I think Paul mentioned it in November), the Browns have actually gone back to the link and link on the brown jersey. You can actually view the Browns uni history (although not very good visually) here: link

Go Browns.

im sure you guys saw what maria sharapova has been wearing over the last few months, but did you see what how bethanie mattek wore her socks in her match against venus williams?
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well, at least she didnt take a page out of the 2006 nba book similar to what ann white did in 1985…
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back to mattek, here is another pic,
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i know the cowboy hat jumps out at the page, but check her shoes. the nike shox bomber… a mens high top hoops shoe.

[quote comment=”1726″]Has anyone checked out the Milwaukee Bucks new logo. They keep the old logo, but dropped the purple, went with red and changed the typeface.

You can see more here:

a href=www.nba.com/bucks[/quote]

they should make the logo with just antlers and ball on triangle their primary logo…that buck face logo is neither interetseting nor intense nor intimidating. The purple and green never really bothered me much, but the new colors are pretty nice. Hope the unis get teh job done.

The Browns comment was bad enough (not a fan of the team, or the color combo, but you have to admire the simplicity of their approach, and how they’ve kept it constant), but the Penn State one is even worse. Are there people who seriously don’t like that uniform/helmet combo??

White also wore #88 for the Buccos.
Penn State uniforms are the best in college football.
I heard from a student that attends goes to State College and she said that she just ordered her “Official Nike white out tee-shirt” along with her season ticket package. That statement tells me 2 things:
1. Penn State home games will feature the coolest fan participation of any kind at an athletic event.
2. Unfortunatly, Nike will be the logo creep of all the students.

Another topic for discussion could be teams that are called completly different names.
ie. Pittsburgh Pirates and Buccos or Bucs
University of Virginia: Hoos?????
and so on.

Gotta a wristband question for you all. What is the deal with these TPX style wristbands that are being wore by certain players (David Ortiz, Juan Uribe, etc.)over the last year or two?

Eample #1:
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Eample #2:
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I know certain players like Sammy Sosa, Orlando Cabrera, and Juan Uribe tape their wrists for support. While other players like to wear regular wristbands to wipe off sweat. But what do these TPX wrsitbands do? They look like they are made of thin cloth so they offer no support and because they are so thin they can’t be very good for wiping away sweat.

You don’t think they are just another shameless item for people to buy do you?

Example #3:
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Nice Clevland Browns reference, I spit out my coffee while reading that one.

LONG LIVE UNI WATCH!!!!!

[quote comment=”1729″]The Browns comment was bad enough (not a fan of the team, or the color combo, but you have to admire the simplicity of their approach…[/quote]

im all about the simplicity (ie. psu, alabama, cleveland browns), but goodness, orange helmets? thats what crosses the line.

[quote comment=”1733″]Nice Clevland Browns reference, I spit out my coffee while reading that one.
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sometimes we also refer to her name as “1776”.
from the back she looks 17, from the front she looks 76.

[quote comment=”1733″]I know certain players like Sammy Sosa, Orlando Cabrera, and Juan Uribe tape their wrists for support. While other players like to wear regular wristbands to wipe off sweat. But what do these TPX wrsitbands do? They look like they are made of thin cloth so they offer no support and because they are so thin they can’t be very good for wiping away sweat.[/quote]

I bet very few major leaguers would actually say that they wear wristbands to wipe of sweat. A lot of people wear them just for the look, so these TPX ones are just for that. And they don’t sell them in stores, so it’s not a “shameless item” for people to buy… its just likely something David Ortiz started getting TPX to customize for him.

Also, anyone who is bashing Penn State’s uniforms is insane. They are without question the best, most traditional, and most classy uniform in college football. And the “official” white-out t-shirt is just a marketing ploy… most people just wear their own white PSU t-shirts or jerseys to the games. But it does make for a sweet student section:

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[quote comment=”1732″]Here is the PSU Nike white out shirt:

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As much as I love the “white out” concept…does it seem counter-intuitive to anyone else to have an “official” white out shirt? If anything, Hanes should be the only people getting logo-creep for this.

[quote comment=”1739″]The Browns are one franchise/team that didn’t sell out (with the exception of those orange jerseys for two seasons).[quote]

Umm… does the name Art Modell mean anything to you?

I guess you could call her an “Oregon Duck”… terrible uniform, terrible helmet.

[quote comment=”1742″][quote comment=”1739″]The Browns are one franchise/team that didn’t sell out (with the exception of those orange jerseys for two seasons).[quote]

Umm… does the name Art Modell mean anything to you?[/quote]

Umm… this isn’t IncompetentOwnerWatch.

But you bring up a good point. When Modell did move the team, the city and fans did everything they could to keep the colors and team name. While it may not be the coolest name or colors in the world, its our colors and we (Browns fans) wanted a team that looked like the one we grew up watching.

[quote comment=”1743″]Getting back to Bethanie Mattek… if anyone checked out that article I linked, it says she also wore an argyle cowboy hat last year. I couldn’t resist looking that up, and good lord:

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Absolutely ridiculous! And check out the shoes… they’re mens’ basketball sneakers! This girl is out of control.[/quote]

i guess i kinda took care of that in post #11

The cowboy hat circus wasn’t at Wimbledon, fortunetly.

And Todd… my bad, didn’t see the earlier post.

Micah – I’m an Iowa guy too! You are not along – there ARE others!

TJ, good man, that’s nice to know. We just aren’t that prominent around everywhere; I’m in Florida right now and people are always asking “Iowa? You mean Ohio?” LOL.

Todd… yeah, I’m an Allentown native. How’d you know?

DJL Said:

When Modell did move the team, the city and fans did everything they could to keep the colors and team name. While it may not be the coolest name or colors in the world, its our colors and we (Browns fans) wanted a team that looked like the one we grew up watching.[/quote]

The worst thing this city did was bring back the “Browns”. They aren’t the team we grew up with. They aren’t the old brown-and-orange dawgs. Those guys won a Super Bowl in purple and black. The Dawg Pound is gone. It is a new stadium with PSLs and talk of a new roof.

One of my first memories is being a four year-old sitting in my grandfathers living room and learning all new curse words from my father and uncles after Brian Sipe and Red Right 88. I lived The Drive and The Fumble as a teenager. I HATE the new “Browns”. We should have let dead dawgs lie and renamed the team with new colors. The Brown and Orange legacy has been stained and it is a shame. We should have honored the era – not tried to relive it.

[quote comment=”1731″]White also wore #88 for the Buccos.
Penn State uniforms are the best in college football.
I heard from a student that attends goes to State College and she said that she just ordered her “Official Nike white out tee-shirt” along with her season ticket package. That statement tells me 2 things:
1. Penn State home games will feature the coolest fan participation of any kind at an athletic event.
2. Unfortunatly, Nike will be the logo creep of all the students.

Another topic for discussion could be teams that are called completly different names.
ie. Pittsburgh Pirates and Buccos or Bucs
University of Virginia: Hoos?????
and so on.[/quote]

Virginia is the Wahoos.

Here is a link to the Sabres new logos…not officially released. I don’t think the actual jersey designs have been released, there are some floating around, but they were designed by someone outside the Sabres organization.

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Also, in relation to the “Cleveland Browns” and “Penn State” comments, I’m sure you’ve all heard of a “butterface”….as in everything’s good, but her face.

here is a leaked jersey. i think it is fake because the “b” logo on the right arm’s shoulder is mirrored when it should be upside down. not to mention it is ccm, when the jersey should be reebok for an official launch.

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[quote comment=”1767″]Todd… nice! That’s pretty solid that you’re from Catty, though…
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mark, hit me up anytime, link

Penn State and Browns unis are wonderful classics. We should be disappointed that there aren’t more like them.

I love the new Sabres’ logos and jerseys! I think the old colors with a modern edge inspired by the classic look is fantastic and. Let’s hope Reebok doens’t screw it up too bad…

I love those crazy winged Iowa jerseys! An interesting, unique and classic look.

The Bucks logo bugs me a little bit. What was wrong with the purple accents? It just looks unnatural to me. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Though if I remember right, they’re only the second team (in a long time at least and outside of national colors) to wear red, white and green. The other being the Minnesota Wild. I think teams generally move away from it because it’s so associated with Christmas. Either way, I’d support a shift back to the ball twirling deer in a heartbeat! THAT was classic!

People seem to have a problem with orange, like it’s almost as bad as purple. Maybe it’s because my high school colors were orange and grey, but I’m very partial to orange. It’s unique and catchy and can be very classy and classic if done well like the Browns, Bowling Green, (it’s still weird to me that they don’t use green) U of Texas, (unless they’re wearing black) Syracuse. Bad examples in my mind are U of Tennessee, the new Bengals (the old ones weren’t so bad) and the old Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

And to the confusion of calling the Pittsburg Pirates the “Bucs” is because buccaneer is another name for pirate. That’s why Tampa Bay looks like pirate stuff, the names are sort of interchangeable.

Im from the lehigh valley as well (easton to be exact).. I’ve had friends who’ve played in the BML.. pretty good baseball

I don’t know if anyone else has been checking this, but every day this week, there has been a feature on the front page of ESPN with the “all numbers team,” featuring the best college football player to wear each jersey number. A few days ago, they had left the number 29 blank, saying that there was no one worthy of being considered the best. I then asked if one of the great minds on the Uni Watch blogsphere could find anyone, to proove ESPN.com wrong, and JayRaider77 came to my aid, with college football HOF link.

Once again, ESPN.com has come up short, this time, they couldn’t find a single adequate player to be considered the best to wear number 69.

If anyone can find SOMETHING, post it up.

69

Wow every page that had a Sabres jersey / logo were unreal. I loved em all. The one jersey looked like a mix between the St.L Rams link
and the Nashville Predators link

All the NHL needs now is for the Pittsburgh Penguins to support a 3rd jersey and make it baby blue.
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BEST JERSEY IN ALL OF SPORTS

take care comb your hair

Sorry, try these. They’re just as poor uses of black for trendy:

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[quote comment=”1794″]About the nameplate, that could be 100% accident because SEO is exactly the same upside down. Anybody else notice that?[/quote]

No. First of all, you wouldn’t just flip the nameplate, you’d rotate it 180 degrees to correctly align it. And it would say “OES” and the E would be backwards. If you could just flip it upside-down like you say, which would basically require a transparent nameplate, it would look like “2EO”. An “S” flipped upside down is not the same.

This had to have been something ridiculous, like they embroidered the name on, realized it was upside down but ran out of all S’s, E’s, and O’s and didn’t have time to re-do it.

[quote comment=”1738″][quote comment=”1733″]I know certain players like Sammy Sosa, Orlando Cabrera, and Juan Uribe tape their wrists for support. While other players like to wear regular wristbands to wipe off sweat. But what do these TPX wrsitbands do? They look like they are made of thin cloth so they offer no support and because they are so thin they can’t be very good for wiping away sweat.[/quote]

I bet very few major leaguers would actually say that they wear wristbands to wipe of sweat. A lot of people wear them just for the look, so these TPX ones are just for that. And they don’t sell them in stores, so it’s not a “shameless item” for people to buy… its just likely something David Ortiz started getting TPX to customize for him.

Also, anyone who is bashing Penn State’s uniforms is insane. They are without question the best, most traditional, and most classy uniform in college football. And the “official” white-out t-shirt is just a marketing ploy… most people just wear their own white PSU t-shirts or jerseys to the games. But it does make for a sweet student section:

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Actually, wrist bands are worn to prevent sweat buildup on the hands, resulting in dryer hands. If you think about it they prevent sweat from trickling down to arm to the hands. As a player, I find that pretty handy. Those compression wristbands are only there because some players find them more comfortable, and they also serve to support the wrists.

My mistake… wrong link for Sheffield:

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[quote comment=”1800″]Yes, some do wear it for that, but its become a rarity. If you wear wristbands to actually keep sweat off your hands, you wear them close to your hands, on your throwing arm in particular (and most wristbands are worn either on both arms or just the glove arm). Some also wear them on the glove arm for a little padding if they get shorthopped. But look where Manny and David wear theirs:

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That’s clearly just decoration, not compression or sweat trickle. And those aren’t compression-type wristbands, either… examples of guys who wear those (for actual purpose and support) are Gary Sheffield and Milton Bradley:

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first off i play ball so i have a little knowledge and opinion about them. First off, that pic going along with your quote on them providing support – those are wrist braces, not sweat bands… secondly i know where to find the compression wrist bands, i actually own a couple pair. They are more comfortable but do not work as well, THEY PROVIDE ZERO SUPPORT… The pros get their numbers on them because they are typically sponsors for those brands and get whatever they want. Tape provides the best of both worlds – keeps a lot of the sweat off the hands, and provides the most support…. anyone wanting to know info on those things hit me up…they are hard to find

[quote comment=”1800″]Yes, some do wear it for that, but its become a rarity. If you wear wristbands to actually keep sweat off your hands, you wear them close to your hands, on your throwing arm in particular (and most wristbands are worn either on both arms or just the glove arm). Some also wear them on the glove arm for a little padding if they get shorthopped. But look where Manny and David wear theirs:

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That’s clearly just decoration, not compression or sweat trickle. And those aren’t compression-type wristbands, either… examples of guys who wear those (for actual purpose and support) are Gary Sheffield and Milton Bradley:

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first off i play ball so i have a little knowledge and opinion about them. First off, that pic going along with your quote on them providing support – those are wrist braces, not sweat bands… secondly i know where to find the compression wrist bands, i actually own a couple pair. They are more comfortable but do not work as well, THEY PROVIDE ZERO SUPPORT… The pros get their numbers on them because they are typically sponsors for those brands and get whatever they want. Tape provides the best of both worlds – keeps a lot of the sweat off the hands, and provides the most support…. anyone wanting to know info on those things hit me up…they are hard to find