Maybe a Zebra Can Change Its Stripes

Those old ‘Stros unis give me bad flashbacks to a copy-cat Little League team I played against once upon a time… ugh… You can bet I voted for them in yesterday’s column.

After watching last night’s Red Sox – Indians game, we can add Shin-Soo Choo to the list of dual-ear flapped hitting non-switch-hitters. And he wears his hat under the helmet making for a snug fit.

Out of all 118 other Div-1A schools, he picks Mississippi State? As a State alum, I call for a boycott of Stewart Mandel by all Bulldogs!

I noticed the Phillies batting helmets a while back when they were playing my Pirates. I do believe their batting helmets have the blue dot on top.

In the second stirrup picture, is the SD batter wearing yellow socks under the dark stirrups? Classy!

I think the new ref uniforms are just a way to show link in all of his ripped glory.

I was watching yesterday’s Astros/Padres throwback game and I have to say I too was impressed with the amount of sock (and stirrup) many Astros players had showing. If only they did more of this with their current uniforms.

On the flip side, as bad as those tequilla sunrise unis were, they looked even worse with the current Astros logo on the helmets. Couldnt they have put the old “H” in the orange star logo on the helmets? That would have been more accurate at least

While not an absolute total eyesore, the older ref jerseys are much preferable. Maybe Ed Hoculhi wanted something different to better “show off the guns.”

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There’s more NFL uni pictures on the Broncos site

“Style wasn’t my concern”
-Mike Pereira on the new NFL Referees unis.

That about sums it up.

[quote comment=”4259″]Two nights ago during the Phillies game I noticed something bizarre on Chase Utley’s helmet. As you all probably know, the Phillies have been sporting link with the little blue button on top. After Utley hit a single in the 7th/8th?, the camera showed him on first as he was bending over and it looked like his red Phillies helmet had a blue circle colored in on the top of the helmet to mimic their caps. Anyone else notice this? I was in a bar when this happened, so I could be wrong.[/quote]
I have noticed this a lot on the Phils helmets, it is in fact a blue dot to mimick the hat, it looks bush league if you ask me.

I can’t believe no one mentioned it, but from the highlight that I saw from last night’s Mets game, Pedro was high sockin’ it again. I’d like to thank everyone who contributed to the Pedro fund for showing him the light.

Pereira said, “We have made tremendous gains, not in style–that wasn’t my concern–but in function.”

First, let us not overlook the switch to the new material. This is truly a gain. And the hole for the microphone cable is good, too. However, it seems to me that Pereira himself is not exactly happy with the design. Is Reebok to blame here? Did they push this crappy design on the officials?

Also, upon first glance, the new uniforms appear to have more black than the old ones. If they are concerned about the officials getting too hot in the summer, shouldn’t the short sleeve ones invert the color scheme to get more heat reflecting white? If they were to change it at all, of course.

[quote comment=”4267″]I’ll bet Phil Knight was happy to see this in his mailbox this week…

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Does the SI Curse apply to companies, too? We’ll have to track their stock price over the next week or two.

Its a sad day for myself personally… I share the same last name with the man who is responsible for the Ref’s uni’s, and certainly not proud of it.

[quote comment=”4260″]Those old ‘Stros unis give me bad flashbacks to a copy-cat Little League team I played against once upon a time… ugh… You can bet I voted for them in yesterday’s column.[/quote]

I remember playing Legion ball in those days, and many teams wore Astros knock-off uniforms. It was really bad when their team colors were purple, red or green, and the rainbow jersey featured variations of those colors instead of the Astros’ orange/yellow.

here is a pic if the astros helmet last night link and here is the 1976 version link

Every team that has a different color button on top of their caps has a corresponding color dot on the batting helmet. It’s been that way for a few years now. I can’t believe everyone is acting like this is something new! The Phillies have it. The Mets also have it on their blue helmets. They used to have it on their black and blue helmets, but ever since they went to that cool-flo helmet they have that odd two-tone design. I think the Yankee also have it on theirs, a white dot, even though their baseball caps have no corresponding white button!

[quote comment=”4259″]Two nights ago during the Phillies game I noticed something bizarre on Chase Utley’s helmet. As you all probably know, the Phillies have been sporting link with the little blue button on top. After Utley hit a single in the 7th/8th?, the camera showed him on first as he was bending over and it looked like his red Phillies helmet had a blue circle colored in on the top of the helmet to mimic their caps. Anyone else notice this? I was in a bar when this happened, so I could be wrong.[/quote]

Forget the dot, which I like as it sets them off from there rest of the white dot teams. It looks like Utley marked up his helmet. There seems to be a mark like when you bend plastic and it changes the color across the one side of the helmet. What could he have done to it?

Who cares about updating the NFL referee uniforms when they should be updating the NFL referee eyeglass prescriptions!

(Just kidding. I’m OK with the new ref unis and the USA hoops look. Go Orlando Thunder! Vote early, vote often!)

here is the web site with the logo I saw….

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[quote comment=”4306″]While watching highlights of the Marlins game on sportscenter last night did anyone else notice that the “Dolphin Stadium” logo that was shown on the left field coner wall when one of the Marlins doubled to left. It appered to look like the Seahawks logo. How come they didn’t use the real Dolphin Logo. Sorry no screen grab.[/quote]
I guess you could e-mail the Dolphins organization and ask them…..?

Miguel, I like the USA unis too, pretty sharp-looking. Funny thing that someone mentioned the SI cover curse; it’s not like the article is about Nike; it’s about Mauer. If anything, we shall see if his batting average starts to plummet, not Nike’s stock.

I like the new USA jerseys. But did anyone catch the burger king logo on the front of the puerto rico jerseys?? there was also a little patch to the top left of the jerseys. Weird.

[quote comment=”4290″]Pedro has not yet cashed the check. Don’t worry, I’m checking my online statement every morning to see if he’s deposited it![/quote]
I hope he doesn’t have his accountant stamp “Deposit” on the back of the check, and that he actually signs.

[quote comment=”4300″]Every team that has a different color button on top of their caps has a corresponding color dot on the batting helmet. It’s been that way for a few years now. I can’t believe everyone is acting like this is something new! The Phillies have it. The Mets also have it on their blue helmets. They used to have it on their black and blue helmets, but ever since they went to that cool-flo helmet they have that odd two-tone design. I think the Yankee also have it on theirs, a white dot, even though their baseball caps have no corresponding white button![/quote]
I had noticed this before, but to me it seemes like a long time since this was the practice, I remember the Oakland A’s having it, but I can promise you the Yankees never have or will put the dot on their helmets.

[quote comment=”4311″][quote comment=”4281″]Anybody else think the “Unofficial” Ed Hoculhi website from post #14 is a little creepy?[/quote]

Yeah a little, but I see Ed Hochuli as a great American hero worthy of enshrining. Did you know that Ed Hochuli once threw a flag so hard it impaled a fan in the 12th row?[/quote]

Not sure if this is blasphemy, but would anyone else like to see Ed Hochuli vs. Chuck Norris in a pay-per-view? Hocs could wear the new ref uniform and Norris could wear some link attire.

I wonder if Hochuli owns a Total Gym?

Here’s the link…

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[quote comment=”4313″]Last week, I went to the Pirates game (Kip Wells’ last start with the club) and when he came to the plate for his second at bat he had an Iverson-like sleeve on his left arm only. But he’s a right handed pitcher… what gives? He wasn’t wearing it when he came back out to pitch… but I didn’t have a camera on me to catch the action.

Has anyone else ever watched a player wear something like this?[/quote]

You mean a sleeve like the one link?

[quote comment=”4318″][quote comment=”4300″]Every team that has a different color button on top of their caps has a corresponding color dot on the batting helmet. It’s been that way for a few years now. I can’t believe everyone is acting like this is something new! The Phillies have it. The Mets also have it on their blue helmets. They used to have it on their black and blue helmets, but ever since they went to that cool-flo helmet they have that odd two-tone design. I think the Yankee also have it on theirs, a white dot, even though their baseball caps have no corresponding white button![/quote]
I had noticed this before, but to me it seemes like a long time since this was the practice, I remember the Oakland A’s having it, but I can promise you the Yankees never have or will put the dot on their helmets.[/quote]

Never say never…
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I’d buy an Ed Hochuli jersey.

Ed Hochuli is a god, and a hot one at that. The new ref uniforms, ugly as they are, will not be able to muzzle his magnitude.

As for the USA hoops uniform–I would leave them. They’re pretty bland, but with random white striping that makes no sense–such as the stripe across the butt. Also, the stripes on the sides look suspiciously close to the Nike swoop.

Finally, Joe Mauer is indestructible–even the SI cover curse will not harm him.

Nightmares of Ed Hochuli are what make link cry after every game.

[quote comment=”4279″]Let’s try this comment again. I just wanted to point out that the Baseball Tonight guys were all over the Toronto Blue Jays for wearing their black unis when they played the Yankees yesterday afternoon… when the temp reached 120 degrees on the field! What were they thinking?[/quote]

First, the Team USA jerseys are a dreadful vision out of Dante’s Hell. I can only hope the other teams will be distracted by the horrid sight of the unis and Team USA can use them to their advantage.

Second, Ed Hochuli is an adonis, truly more god than man. I can’t wait to get my Ed Hochuli replica jersey (old style of course, not that new garbage.

Slacks for the referees? Reminds me of the Flyers and Whalers experimenting with Cooperalls in the 1970s. Maybe the NFL can start selling “Authentic” NFL referee slacks – sure to be a hit with… probably no one.

[quote comment=”4343″][quote comment=”4279″]Let’s try this comment again. I just wanted to point out that the Baseball Tonight guys were all over the Toronto Blue Jays for wearing their black unis when they played the Yankees yesterday afternoon… when the temp reached 120 degrees on the field! What were they thinking?[/quote][/quote]

Sorry about that….

Regarding the concern for the Toronto blue Jays players, as many astute uniwatch regulars have already surmised, the black jerseys are actually much lighter material than the regular road grays. On MLB radio Thursday Jays LF Reed Johnson responded to an inquiry questioning the wisdom of the black uni choice. Reed stated that “the black jerseys are more of the mesh jersey” while he jokingly quipped that “the grays can get pretty nasty, they’re pretty heavy”.

[quote comment=”4346″][quote comment=”4335″][quote comment=”4318″][quote comment=”4300″]Every team that has a different color button on top of their caps has a corresponding color dot on the batting helmet. It’s been that way for a few years now. I can’t believe everyone is acting like this is something new! The Phillies have it. The Mets also have it on their blue helmets. They used to have it on their black and blue helmets, but ever since they went to that cool-flo helmet they have that odd two-tone design. I think the Yankee also have it on theirs, a white dot, even though their baseball caps have no corresponding white button![/quote]
I had noticed this before, but to me it seemes like a long time since this was the practice, I remember the Oakland A’s having it, but I can promise you the Yankees never have or will put the dot on their helmets.[/quote]

Never say never…
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Typical Yank-me fan reaction. Good catch.
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SportsCenter TOP 10 – Made 2 references to UNIFORMS this morning/last night
#10 – NFL Referees
#1 – Astros/ Padres, because of Todd Walker’s play at 3B

[quote comment=”4296″]I just wanted to see what everybody thought of the new link uniforms.

Personally, I like ’em.[/quote]

I am alright with the USA uniforms too. Nike could have done worse. Dot-matrix technology anyone?

Does anyone know why Lebron is wearing #6 and Wade is wearing #9? I would have thought Lebron would want 9 since that is what Jordan wore in the ’92 games (and hence why he now wears #23). Also, Jordan wore a special edition of the Air Jordan 7’s in those games with a 9 on the back instead of a 23. I would think Nike might want Lebron in #9 so they could do something similar.

Mississippi State? That’s crazy, I actually like their uniforms. Has he seen link, link, link, link, link, and countless others.

I’m guessing that Toronto chose the black jerseys for Cool Base because this way they can wear them either at home or on the road. If they made Cool Base in white or gray, half the time they wouldn’t be able to wear them.

How come the Astros wore home throwbacks?

#84, I thought there would be split road/home black alt jerseys, with road saying “Toronto” and home saying “Jays.” Then I checked the team’s mlb.com shop and sure enough, they only have one alt jersey for home and away. It says “Jays.”

I know the Twins have separate home and road navy alts. Script “Twins” at home, block “MINNESOTA” on the road. Do other teams have a single home and road alt jersey? Looking through the mlb.com shop a bit, I see that the Brewers, Padres, Mariners, Rangers, and A’s have only one dark alt (although the Brewers use the team name on all road jerseys) and that Houston and the Mets do like the Twins. It seems odd to me that the Ranger’s dark alt says “Texas.”

[quote comment=”4365″]How come the Astros wore home throwbacks?

#84, I thought there would be split road/home black alt jerseys, with road saying “Toronto” and home saying “Jays.” Then I checked the team’s mlb.com shop and sure enough, they only have one alt jersey for home and away. It says “Jays.”

I know the Twins have separate home and road navy alts. Script “Twins” at home, block “MINNESOTA” on the road. Do other teams have a single home and road alt jersey? Looking through the mlb.com shop a bit, I see that the Brewers, Padres, Mariners, Rangers, and A’s have only one dark alt (although the Brewers use the team name on all road jerseys) and that Houston and the Mets do like the Twins. It seems odd to me that the Ranger’s dark alt says “Texas.”[/quote]
The Rockies black alternate uni says “Colorado”, used both at home and on the road.

Does anyone have a picture of the first year the Mets used the black unis? I believe it was 1998. They actually used the black uni with “Mets” on the front at home and on the road, and used the black and blue caps as well. In 1999 they went to all-black cap and the road black had “New York” on the front.

Houston has 5 jerseys. I think this is how they do it: Gray(road), Pinstripe(Home), White(alt Home), Red(weekend and alt home/road) and Black (Home Sunday). I think all away jerseys say Houston and all Home say Astros. NOt sure how many other clubs have this many jerseys.

Along with Pelfrey, Roger Clemens was a mouth piece wearer, but not this season. While the MJ tounge action is most definetly the reason Pelfrey uses it I think I have a solid explanation for why the Rocket used one too. The past 4 years I was a pitcher on my college baseball team, and like many major leaguers we took “greenies” (adderol) before games to try and get an edge. I can tell you that when I was pitching, along with being more attentive, I also found myself grinding my teeth a lot. With the new ban on amphedemines in baseball, maybe that explains why Clemens no longer uses the mouth piece

Was at the Pads-Astro game yesterday. Those 1976 Pads unis were not that bad. Wouldn’t mind seeing them again.

Interesting that the Padres chose the 1976 version, (which were not too bad), instead of the 1984 version which was heavy on the brown. Big kudos for the Padres wearing the gold sanitary socks under the brown stirrups. Looked good. I think the A’s still ‘officially’ wear gold sanitaries under their green stirrups, although very few ever show them.

The Mets added the solid white jersey in 97, the solid black in 98 with the black and blue hat… in 99 they added the away black uniform and the solid black hat…

[quote comment=”4370″]Houston has 5 jerseys. I think this is how they do it: Gray(road), Pinstripe(Home), White(alt Home), Red(weekend and alt home/road) and Black (Home Sunday). I think all away jerseys say Houston and all Home say Astros. NOt sure how many other clubs have this many jerseys.[/quote]

I dont *believe* the ‘Stros have a black jersey, any longer at least, I am CERTAIN however that they have 2 Red, one with “Houston” and one with “Astros” …..

[/quote]I dont *believe* the ‘Stros have a black jersey, any longer at least, I am CERTAIN however that they have 2 Red, one with “Houston” and one with “Astros” …..[/quote]
I think that I saw them wear the black jersey earlier this year, I dont’t remember who they were playing.

On the link it looks like the home and road red jerseys are different shades of red. Is this true or just the lighting in the pics?

When Ed Hochuli sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, signaling loss-of-down. Ed Hochuli has not had to pay taxes. Ever.

wow I messed that up. One of those Twins should read “Sleeved Grey Pinstripes”
And “Grey” should not be there.

I own a 1984 padres hat from Mitchell and Ness, and it has the orange outline on the yellow and orange around the SD. Its perfect but they dont have them on the website anymore.

[quote comment=”4380″]What year did the Mets wear the hat with the white crown and blue brim?[/quote]

I think that hat combo was also introduced in 1997 to complete the good humor look of the all whites. (cue famous picture of Bernard Gilky)

[quote comment=”4311″][quote comment=”4281″]Anybody else think the “Unofficial” Ed Hoculhi website from post #14 is a little creepy?[/quote]

Yeah a little, but I see Ed Hochuli as a great American hero worthy of enshrining. Did you know that Ed Hochuli once threw a flag so hard it impaled a fan in the 12th row?[/quote]

Ed Hochuli doesn’t do push ups – he pushes the planet down beneath him.

[quote comment=”4358″][quote comment=”4355″]I realize that it’s pre-season and there are a lot of interesting “uni” things occuring, but I don’t normally see changes in pants.

I noticed in link that several Steelers are wearing black pants. Can a Steeler fan tell me if this is normal during camp, or is there a change to the uni I wasn’t aware of? What’s going on?[/quote]
I believe that most teams are going to use long leotards with white ankle socks this year instead of real socks. The Steelers players might just be using the leotards in practice. I know that Terrell Owens practices just with the loetards as well.[/quote]
Actually, they are probably shorts over the regular pants.

Ed Hochuli stared at the goalposts years ago, and that’s why they are in the back of the end zone instead of the front like they used to be.

[quote comment=”4403″]Don’t just recycle old Chuck Norris jokes.[/quote]
And definitely don’t let Ed Hochuli hear you recycling old Chuck Norris jokes…..

The Padres should bring back those uni’s for everyday use. They are better than anything the’ve had since. Also, those old Astros uni’s aren’t too bad either. When I was in high school we had a jersey loosely based on the Astros “sunrise” jerseys.

[quote comment=”4365″]How come the Astros wore home throwbacks?[/quote]
Those were their road unis in link.
[quote comment=”4365″]Do other teams have a single home and road alt jersey?[/quote]
As DJ said, the Sox’ black jerseys are worn both link and link

[quote comment=”4410″][quote comment=”4403″][quote comment=”4398″]The average football field has 3,242 objects Ed Hochuli could use to kill you, including the field itself.[/quote]
[quote comment=”4397″][quote comment=”4311″][quote comment=”4281″]Anybody else think the “Unofficial” Ed Hoculhi website from post #14 is a little creepy?[/quote]

Yeah a little, but I see Ed Hochuli as a great American hero worthy of enshrining. Did you know that Ed Hochuli once threw a flag so hard it impaled a fan in the 12th row?[/quote]

Ed Hochuli doesn’t do push ups – he pushes the planet down beneath him.[/quote]

Don’t just recycle old Chuck Norris jokes.[/quote]

OK – then check out 116 – I made that one up and didn’t recycle anything for it. I’m so glad we have someone to tell us comic etiquette.[/quote]

#116 is really funny, I didn’t say anything about that one, but this is the first place I’ve ever seen these jokes about Ed Hochuli of all people, so I think originality should be encouraged. I’m surprised that noone said anything about the one I put at #66.

haha, man Vic, you’re cracking me up here. This page has really lightened up compared to the other day.

[quote comment=”4340″]Concerning post #61: Matthew, you and I must have been typing at the same time. Great minds think alike![/quote]

Sadly, none of those minds are employed at USA Basketball uni central.

Stripes don’t belong on butts! :o)

Off topic: Can someone explain the details of the Yankees/Adidas deal I saw link shirt on espn.com and was curious how Nike can use the Yankee logos and such. I guess I’m not aware of a deal nike has with mlb. If so does that trump team deals with other companies?

didnt read all 130 comments so if someone touched this already i apologize. as anyone living in brooklyn, or has at least ever been to fulton st mall, ought to know, folks wear stickers on their caps (sometimes replete with attendant hanging tags, etc) because it makes them (the caps) look either brand new or freshly stolen.

[quote comment=”4414″]The NFL should produce their own Mount Rushmore at the hall of fame featuring Pete Rozelle, Vince Lombardi, John Madden….and Ed Hochuli.

I don’t see any Chuck Norris comparisons there, Vic….[/quote]

We could probably get Ed to carve the whole thing himself if we gave him a cup of black coffee and a pickaxe. He’d pull a John Henry, then tell Jon Gruden to never wear that stupid gold chain again.

Stripes don’t belong on butts! :o)[/quote]

Insert ribald comment here. Matthew, I guess we have to be somewhat thankful that the great minds of the Oregon uniform designs didn’t put in their two cents’ worth on the USA hoops uniform. Now THAT would have been a disaster. As my niece would say, “Little kids don’t want to see that!” And neither do big ones.

P.S. Hey, Paul, how about an item about Hochs himself tomorrow? With a picture of his guns? Please? I’ll contribute a dollar to the Clinton Portis fund (I think it’s him) when he gets fined for his socks being the wrong color or the wrong height or something like that. Thanks.

Now that Reebok supplies unis for the NFL, NBA and NHL, how long before they bump Majestic out of the way and take over for MLB?

Paul, nothing about the new Raptors jerseys? Mo Pete showed them off on his myspace, of all places.

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The underbrim messages have nothing on what I saw in the U.S. vs Puerto Rico game last night. One of the Puerto Rican players had a message written on his headband in large letters. link is the only picture I could find of it. I remember they showed a shot of the guy shooting free throw’s with 4:35 left in the 2nd quarter if anyone TiVo’d the game.

The guy on puerto rico with the writing on his headband was Rick Apodaca. He played at Hofstra. It said “R.I.P. SCREW” who apparently is no longer with us.

Ed Hochuli ordered a Big Mac at Burger King…and got one.

As a teen Ed Hochuli impregnated every nun in a convent tucked away in the hills of Tuscany. Nine months later the nuns gave birth to the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated and untied team in professional football history.

[quote comment=”4438″]Ed Hochuli ordered a Big Mac at Burger King…and got one.

As a teen Ed Hochuli impregnated every nun in a convent tucked away in the hills of Tuscany. Nine months later the nuns gave birth to the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated and untied team in professional football history.[/quote]
Unfortunately for Ed, Chuck Norris pulled those off first… :P

I love how the old referees looked link the new uniforms look better on younger refs not the older ones. Ben Roethlisberger is an idiot for not wearing a helmet on a motor cycle and an idot for not wearing the link they are so much more comfortable and more protective than the standard helmets which also are very protective. I loved how much stirrup and sock there was in the astros padres game. kudos to the padres for the two color stirrups instead of the white under sock they wore them like link

Also Mr. Lukas are you going to be doing alot more on football as the season starts.

Batting Helmet dots:
When you order a Pro Batting helmet and MLB Professional decal kit, the dot is included with the set which includes numbers, logos, and MLB logo. Also, decal kits vary for home helmets and road helmets. The dot colors do not coorespond to the team’s ballcap dot. Most likely, some do not put them on or remove them from their personal helmet.

Richard Seymour switch last year when he came back from injury from link to link but it looks like seymour is back to his original helmet VSR-4 for training camp look at the video on 8-3-06 under link

are there any more lavaar arrington pictures with his new face mask

[quote comment=”4450″]Im not sure if it was mentioned, but Shane Victorino of the Phillies is wearing a double ear flapped batting helmet. With him being a rather diminutive player, he looks like a little leaguer out there.[/quote]
As a matter of fact, during the ballgame SNY play-by-play guy Gary Cohen commented that Victorino looked like a litle leaguer with his double-flapped helmet.

link the best picture I could find of those beautiful Jordan IV cleats worn by Andruw Jones.

How much do you think these would go for on ebay?

The NFL has issued several memorandums asking Ed Hochuli to stop causing the pregame coinflip to land ‘Edge’ as it confuses the players.

That “duh” was directed toward myself for forgetting about that in my earlier post.

[quote comment=”4456″]link the best picture I could find of those beautiful Jordan IV cleats worn by Andruw Jones.

How much do you think these would go for on ebay?[/quote]

I know the Jeter 7’s from a few years ago are some of the most sought after for collectors…. So I’d imagine the demand for the 4’s (Probably the most popular J’s of ALL TIME) would be off the charts

[quote comment=”4456″]link the best picture I could find of those beautiful Jordan IV cleats worn by Andruw Jones.

How much do you think these would go for on ebay?[/quote]

An autographed pair went for $500 a couple months ago

On the new referee uni’s…they look absolutly terrible, not even Vince McMahon’s glorious XFL had outrageous ref uni’s like the NFL.

Did anybody catch the Twins and Royals wearing camo ballcaps this afternoon? I couldn’t find any reasoning behind it… maybe another military tribute? Here are a couple shots of them:

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[quote comment=”4303″]
Not only that, but why not use the white cap with the short sleeves, and black with the long, instead of what they’re showing now.[/quote]

Because only the referee wears a white hat. The rest of the officials wear black.

Traditionally, all officials wore white hats. When games were beginning to be televised, the producers wanted a way to find the referee quickly when he would announce penalties. At first, only the referee wore the black hat. In later years, the referee switched colors with the rest of the officiating crew.

Also, I can guarantee there are plenty of pop warner football referees out there who would snap one of these shirts up to wear to their Saturday afternoon games. I already know a few soccer guys who have the adidas unis from the World Cup.

i was actually responding to #105, sorry.

Sigh … add me to the list of people who can’t figure out how to keep their entire reply from looking like a quote.

I noticed that Brian Roberts of the Orioles was wearing the one-sleeve thing yesterday while they were pummeling the Yankees.

It looked to me like the Padres had brown ’76 style cool-flo helmets for some players while players with standard helmets were wearing the normal blue 2006 style. But the colors on MLB.TV aren’t all that good. Can anyone confirm?

From sportsline:

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[quote comment=”4503″]Sigh … add me to the list of people who can’t figure out how to keep their entire reply from looking like a quote.[/quote]

All you have to do is hit enter (or return), it skips down 2 lines, and then just type. It took me forever to figure it out, too…

[quote comment=”4505″]I noticed that Brian Roberts of the Orioles was wearing the one-sleeve thing yesterday while they were pummeling the Yankees.[/quote]

Melvin Mora almost always one of these too, even when the heat gets up into the high 90’s.

[quote comment=”4477″][quote comment=”4456″]link the best picture I could find of those beautiful Jordan IV cleats worn by Andruw Jones.

How much do you think these would go for on ebay?[/quote]

actually the XI’s are the most popular of all time, but the IV’s are sweet…too bad you can’t see them!!! I am a fan of the sweatpant look, but if I was sporting any Jordan cleat, I might have to go knicker-style to show those babies off. My personal favorite Air Jordan are the 3’s…classic and the first time the “Jumpman” was on his shoe, replacing the wings that symbolized Jordan on the I’s and II’s
I know the Jeter 7’s from a few years ago are some of the most sought after for collectors…. So I’d imagine the demand for the 4’s (Probably the most popular J’s of ALL TIME) would be off the charts[/quote]

[quote comment=”4378″]The new USA Basketball jerseys/uniforms suck. The butt stripes and generic Nike uniform model are terrible. When will Nike learn that “simpler is better” when it comes to these sports uniforms?[/quote]

I don’t think this is a Nike problem so much as a universal uniform design problem. For instance, the Sabres’ new link uniforms are paragons of busyness. Simplicity simply seems to be going by the wayside in uniform design.

Damn!!!! I can’t spell…… :(

In response to #34 – the Braves’ cap has a red dot, but the helmet has a white dot. Also, I’ve always wondered why the “A” on the helmet is so much thicker than the “A” on the cap. No other team has that much disparity b/w the cap and helmet logos.