And Life Once Again Has Meaning

link is not an undershirt sleeve that Chris Snyder is wearing. It is a link It is basically a compression sleve, that uses titanium to energize your muscles.

With regard to Eric Byrnes, I enjoy that in addition to hiking up his pants, his wears them a little baggy.

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I do not like the ultra-tight hiked pants sported by Alfonso Siriano, among others.

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I was glad to see that the Reds had decided to get rid of the black drop shadowing on the nameplates and scale down the number font size. As I said in yesterdays comments, when you compare yesterdays uniform to this;

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you can really see that the Reds took a lot of the fans… and critics advice.

I was waiting in anticipation all morning yesterday to see how the Reds new unis looked on the field,when I saw the changes I realized that some organizations do listen to the publics opinions.

[quote comment=”65833″]link is not an undershirt sleeve that Chris Snyder is wearing. It is a link It is basically a compression sleve, that uses titanium to energize your muscles.[/quote]

so it’s basically a compression sleeve that they jack the price up on to energize their wallets?

Wilson got a lot of pub in the Orioles-Twins game last nught. Home plate ump had yellow “W” on his throat protector and on his chest protector. Looked like:

W
W

Looking for pics…

[quote comment=”65844″]Wilson got a lot of pub in the Orioles-Twins game last nught. Home plate ump had yellow “W” on his throat protector and on his chest protector. Looked like:

W
W

Looking for pics…[/quote]

He also had a patch on his left sleve “EG” Not sure what that was about.

I think the umpire’s “EG” patch was in honor of the late Eric Gregg.

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Sorry, forgot the link

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Looking down the line, I see why the Red Sox lost opening day…. not a single sock in sight! Guess they all decided to play in their pajamas. What a shame… I miss Trot Nixon and Gabe Kapler[/quote]
Jason Varitek and his high socks were in the bullpen warming up Schilling (not like it mattered, though).

Was the MLB logo on the bases purple?

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I guess it was for opening day, along with the “I Live For This” slogan?

Here’s a regular base:

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I meant “Why Was”, not “Was” the logo purple. I can obviously tell it was purple.

You can tell that players just opened a box of new ballcaps and threw them on for Opening Day, no hats were worked in, they looked like trucker hats. ahh, the smell of Opening Day/Week.

Not sure if the umpire’s W was for Wilson, I didn’t see it but I know the plate umpire was Joe West, who makes and sells his own equipment. His chest protector is called the “West Vest”

[quote comment=”65860″]I meant “Why Was”, not “Was” the logo purple.

I can obviously tell it was purple.[/quote]

Because it is a base from Coors Field. You can see the Rookies logo on the other side.

wow

The “West Vest” is made by Wilson:
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Can’t find game pictures, but picture the gold mask logo above the gold chest logo.

[quote comment=”65858″]Was the MLB logo on the bases purple?

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I guess it was for opening day, along with the “I Live For This” slogan?

Here’s a regular base:

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Steve,
The “I live for this” was an ad slogan used by MLB, and I believe it was started in 2003. Not sure if it’s still in use at all, so I think that is and old photo that Paul used.

What’s the deal with these full socks that people seem to be wearing as if they are stirrups? Like link or link instead of link or link?

I guess it’s better than the full pants, but to be honest, I don’t think it looks that good.

[quote comment=”65856″][quote comment=”65853″]

And Mike Timlin is on the DL.

[quote comment=”65838″]What’s up with Dontrelle wearing his link

link is so much better. Hope he returns to this look.[/quote]

He’ll probably stick with longer pants, since he’s wearing hightops now.

Interesting tidbit about the new batting practice jerseys is link.

[quote comment=”65889″]For me, the Diamondback’s uniforms are ruined by the funky “D” logo on the hat. No major league team should wear anything like that. Too minor league. Reminded me of the Albuquerque Dukes of the early 80’s when they had Steve Sax and Mike Marshall.[/quote]
Agreed, both Arizona and Washington use cap logos that don’t fit with the rest of the uniform.

Yes – Opening Day is the best. As I was sitting in my seat at the Rockies game against Arizona yesterday taking in all the hoopla, I noticed as they were introducing the players there were only 4 on each team that wore there pants the correct way (hiked up). In previous years I never would have noticed that (my wife wishes I never would now!)

When Paul brought up his concerns about Arizona’s colors being like Houston’s I really didn’t think it was that big of a deal but as the game went on yesterday I kept thinking they were playing the Astor’s! Games are so much more work now!

Ahhh… Opening Day. I spent most of yesterday afternoon with my good friend MLB.TV. What a great day.

Anyhow: Reds looked sweet. The new D-backs jerseys are brutal (but anything is an improvement), but the new D-backs hats are absolutely awesome.

I, too, hit a sportswear store a couple days ago which had already received many of the new caps. The new 5950’s are quite comfortable but not radically more so than the old ones. They definitely have a slightly lower profile. The wool 5950’s always made me have a radically boxy look when they were new (thank you warm water and couple of hours to sit around the house weraing a soaking wet hat). After picking through about 2 or 3 new 5950’s I finally found one that actually looked pretty good.

The new 3930’s are even uglier in person. I mean they are absolutely horrible. I did find them a little more comfortable than the old ones though. They seemed to have a little deeper profile and didn’t pinch my temples as much. I’d rather be a little less comfortable and not have mushrooms over my ears.

[quote comment=”65887″]Indiana University has new baseball uniforms, and man do they look like crap.

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That doesn’t look like crap! The hats maybe, but the tops and pants (maybe with stirrups?) look pretty sweet.

[quote comment=”65835″]With regard to Eric Byrnes, I enjoy that in addition to hiking up his pants, his wears them a little baggy.

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I do not like the ultra-tight hiked pants sported by Alfonso Siriano, among others.

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Couldn’t agree more. I wish the baggy pants look would make a full on comeback. Soriano looks ridiculous.

The only beer John McDonough will be getting from me will be dumped over his head — it was his idea to put those ugly names on the Cubs’ home uniforms and take away from the elegant simplicity of one of baseball’s classiest jerseys!

I personally like the blue jerseys but if blue socks are visible then I guess I can tolerate the dull gray on the road. Shame to see that walking bear logo disappear, though.

As for the names, keep them on the road if you want, where fans might not know the players (and where jersey designs change often enough so that nobody gets really attached to anything). Just not on the pinstripes — one name-free jersey isn’t too much to ask.

[quote comment=”65898″][quote comment=”65887″]Indiana University has new baseball uniforms, and man do they look like crap.

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That doesn’t look like crap! The hats maybe, but the tops and pants (maybe with stirrups?) look pretty sweet.[/quote]
I think the only issue with those jerseys are the fact that the white piping and lettering kind of blend together…making it somewhat difficult to read.

In regards to this picture of Eric Byrnes

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It looks to me like he is wearing his socks inside out. I say this because the socks changes texture at the ankle and becomes smooth. Are there any other pictures of the other Diamondback players? If nobody else’s socks do this then Byrnes is probably wearing them inside out.

Broker: I never said anyone cared if they won…
Patrick: The game was in DC, not in Florida. But really, they do it because no one bought the Teal jerseys. Black sells (but not really)

[quote comment=”65913″][quote comment=”65874″]”What kind of team dresses like this on Opening Day?”

That would be one of two teams to win multiple World Series titles in the last 10 years.[/quote]

Won 1…bought the other[/quote]

then i guess that would mean: Marlins:1, Yankees: 0

[quote comment=”65916″][quote comment=”65899″]Paul, since Jose Reyes was part of the new ad campaign for the new 5950’s, shouldn’t he, um, oh I dunno, wear the new hat?[/quote]
Reyes usually wears the old low crown cap, which hasn’t been made for a few years, so that explains why he isn’t wearing a new one.

[quote comment=”65892″][quote comment=”65862″]You can tell that players just opened a box of new ballcaps and threw them on for Opening Day, no hats were worked in, they looked like trucker hats. ahh, the smell of Opening Day/Week.[/quote]

It might take a loooong time to break them in:
“New Era 2007 5950 Cap Design: Shrink Resistant – Performance fabric holds shape unlike any cap ever worn by professional athletes”[/quote]
I picked up a couple of them the other day, and they were too big on me… I was worried that they would never fit right since they wouldn’t shrink. I brought them back to Lids, and the person there told me they would, in fact, shrink a little… they were right. I wet my head and the sweatband of the hat, wore it for about a half hour… and then when I picked it up the next day, it fit much better.

Also, to the user who said the new hats were lower profile, I don’t see that at all. If anything, they look higher profile on me, but that’s probably just because it’s not 100% broken in yet… I think that part of them is the same.[/quote]
So is the “surgery” going to work on these?

Hi

How many teams have there nickname rather than there city name on there read grays I can only think of the Orioles and Phillies?
I remember a lot more teams used to do it.

Les

[quote comment=”65890″][quote comment=”65889″]For me, the Diamondback’s uniforms are ruined by the funky “D” logo on the hat. No major league team should wear anything like that. Too minor league. Reminded me of the Albuquerque Dukes of the early 80’s when they had Steve Sax and Mike Marshall.[/quote]
Agreed, both Arizona and Washington use cap logos that don’t fit with the rest of the uniform.[/quote]

Let’s consider the new “db” mark on the Diamondbacks’ sleeve. This kind of bothers me because the Diamondbacks have enough use of initials already (i.e. link and the snake-made “D”). Plus my fiancé and I are using a “db” ligature on our wedding stuff, so it’s making me sick to think we’d be associated with Arizona in any way (Giants fan here).

I will say the new color scheme is far better than the last, and going up against the Rockies on opening Day proved that purple should be on it’s way out permanently as a featured color in MLB unis.

Finally, I must say that the typography in “Arizona” is really nice (especially the balance of the R and N), but from a distance, it’s super hard to read. I saw a dugout shot on TV and thought the team had simply put a long horizontal censored bar on their chest.

(Sorry, I tried to put links in here as reference, but most of the URLs I had were apparently too long or confused the comment robot.)

[quote comment=”65920″]Hi

How many teams have there nickname rather than there city name on there read grays I can only think of the Orioles and Phillies?
I remember a lot more teams used to do it.

Les[/quote]

The Reds have their nickname on their road uniforms in the form of an arm sleeve patch. I Know you were most likely refering to teams that use their nickname INSTEAD of their city, but I thought I would just mention that.

I attended the Marlins/Nationals game yesterday, and yes, the US Army Bugle Corp (the ones in white) and the US Army Band did have some slick uniforms.

I noticed one sock related item. Since none of the Nationals or Marlins starters wore their pants correctly, there were no visible socks until Micah Bowie came into the game (and later pinch hitter Fick had some low stirrups working for him), except for when Nationals reliever Speigner was in the game. He apparently had some sort of leg cramp, and when the trainers came out to look at it he pulled his pant leg up to reveal high red socks which you otherwise couldn’t see. It made me wonder why he bothered since you couldn’t even see them.

[quote comment=”65915″][quote comment=”65913″][quote comment=”65874″]”What kind of team dresses like this on Opening Day?”

That would be one of two teams to win multiple World Series titles in the last 10 years.[/quote]

Won 1…bought the other[/quote]

then i guess that would mean: Marlins:1, Yankees: 0[/quote]

true

I caught this bit of NHL uni news in link today:

• The NHL will have new uniforms next season, designed to repel water and sweat and protect the players, as well. I’ve been told there will be no third jerseys and home teams will return to wearing white, which is what every hockey fan wants. Every uniform you are seeing now will be a vintage uniform in two months.

Now, I don’t know if that’s his opinion or it’s fact, but it sounds promising either way.

[quote comment=”65920″]Hi

How many teams have there nickname rather than there city name on there read grays I can only think of the Orioles and Phillies?
I remember a lot more teams used to do it.

Les[/quote]

The Orioles used “Orioles” to appeal to fans outside Bawlmer, particularly in the D.C. area.

As a Cubs fan I’m not really too sad to see the blue alternates go, or atleast be used less. They link really link to link the caps blue correctly, possibly could’ve been corrected now that the caps are a synthetic material. I wouldn’t mind seeing a blue alternate, if the color situation were fixed, but I have never been a big fan of the “walking cub” logo anyway.

[quote comment=”65904″]With all of this baseball talk, I think that this is appropriate.

I bought a new hat back in February from link and I finally got it in. It’s a link. It’s a very good quality, looks and feels GREAT![/quote]
That hat is awesome! Does it fit/feel/look different than a regular baseball hat when its on?
I want one!

[quote comment=”65938″][quote comment=”65923″][quote comment=”65903″]Just not on the pinstripes — one name-free jersey isn’t too much to ask.[/quote]

I prefer the homes w/o names, too, but if one jersey is really all you ask, then pick up the BP. It even has that walking cub logo you like.[/quote]

The BP jersey doesn’t count — those silly white and red side panels ruin it! The home shirts from the last two years were perfect; the link have grown on me and I wouldn’t want them to go back to the link that they had for over 50 years at home. Maybe the new ownership will bring the tradition back.[/quote]

Can’t argue with anything you said.

[quote comment=”65940″]I have to say, I preferred the old D-backs look –now they look too much like the Astros. Good news about the Cubs dropping the blues — ANY team that wears a colored top looks like a slow-pitch softball team. The Rockies (my home team) have one of the classiest looking basic unis in baseball, which unfortunately they only wear about half the time. The rest of the time they wear those hideous black vests. I wish they’d just burn those things. Even the purple tops look better.[/quote]

Throw down a link because the words “classiest” “Rockies” “Baseball” and “uniform” have never been used in the same sentence before your post.

[quote comment=”65920″]Hi

How many teams have there nickname rather than there city name on there read grays I can only think of the Orioles and Phillies?
I remember a lot more teams used to do it.

Les[/quote]
Come on Les….there/their, showen/shown, extenuate/accentuate, colours/colors, deffinition/definition

[quote comment=”65921″]Did anyone else think the Red Sox uniforms had a sand hue to them? I think it was either my TV or ESPN HD or the lighting because looking at photos from today, they link. They reminded me of the Padres jerseys, but it was subtle.

Couldn’t agree more, the Royals get ignored so much that it is easy to overlook how awesome their unis are. One of my favorites for sure

Other uni updates in action that I enjoyed from yesterday:
-It’s sad the Royals have been such a sorry franchise because their uniforms are so link.
-And welcome back, link.[/quote]

[quote comment=”65859″]Did the Texas Rangers have link on the front of their road vest jerseys last year? I didn’t think so, but I could be off kilter.[/quote]

Wow! I’d like to say it’s my monitor, but the helmets are definitely blue. The jersey and undershirt are bordering on light purple though.

Am I the only one that misses the old school satin dugout jackets?
Why are the Yankees the only damn team that still gets to wear them?

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looks so much better than
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I noticed Josh Hamilton is wearing No. 33 for the Reds. That used to be Griffey’s number up until last year, when he switched to No. 3 (in honour of his kids).

cold pizza said that arods socks are part of a transformation into making him a more tradional ball player(stolen bases, more slim)

[quote comment=”65959″]I noticed Josh Hamilton is wearing No. 33 for the Reds. That used to be Griffey’s number up until last year, when he switched to No. 3 (in honour of his kids).[/quote]

Griffeys number was 30, The same as his fathers.

How about A-Rod wearing his sock up… that has to make some of you Yankee fans hate him a little less right?

The Phillies also wore some type of patch on their sleeve. The linkin their photo gallery.

[quote comment=”65844″]Wilson got a lot of pub in the Orioles-Twins game last nught. Home plate ump had yellow “W” on his throat protector and on his chest protector. Looked like:

W
W

Looking for pics…[/quote]

Here’s the best I could find:link

You can kind of see the yellow mask “w”. The chest protector “W” was perfectly framed framed by the jacket. It was a bit distracting, though it probably gave the pitchers an idea where the high strike would be called.

[quote comment=”65953″][quote comment=”65917″]So is the “surgery” going to work on these?[/quote]
What’s your definition of surgery? Everybody had different ways of breaking in the wool 5950s.[/quote]
There was a link to an article here that’s been reposted a couple of times. It involved taking out the “high” part of the crown in a detailed multi-step process.

I’m certainly not opposed at all to the Cubs wearing road greys over the blue alternates, and I always think we should wear the classic home unis, but it’s hard for me to fathom that McDonough is ridding the alternates entirely from the Cubs’ repertoire. It’s a very popular fan jersey, and to rid it of its authentic, on-field status would likely hurt sales…so I hope we’ll see it on occasion, although certainly less frequently than in the past. Seeing the Cubs celebrate winning the central in ’03 wearing the alternates was a bit much.

Also, regarding the synthetic 59FIFTYs: the “surgery” as described link still works well, but the hat shrinks markedly less than its wool predecessor, and it also seems to want to keep its shape more as well, requiring more time to break it in. Hopefully next year the 39THRTY BP caps won’t be so awful looking so I can go for one of those.

Bought one of the new 5950s at the White Sox opener yesterday. Seems pretty nice, but I don’t like the raised MLB logo on the back. Feels quite a bit like the wool ones. The way I break them in is to find one in my size that is a bit big, wash it with my laundry, and then throw it in the dryer. It rounds out the crown a bit and loosens up how rigid a new cap is when you buy it. The dryer seems to make it a bit easier to get a good curve on the bill. Seems like a solid cap, don’t know if the hat/fabric will keep me any cooler this summer.

on second thought, the rangers do have their name on the home jersey….

[quote comment=”65976″][quote comment=”65935″][quote comment=”65920″]Hi

How many teams have there nickname rather than there city name on there road grays I can only think of the Orioles and Phillies?
I remember a lot more teams used to do it.

Les[/quote]

The Orioles used “Orioles” to appeal to fans outside Bawlmer, particularly in the D.C. area.[/quote]

This has always bugged me! As a Baltimore native and an Orioles fan, I long for the day when the team will once again show some pride for thier home city and proudly display “Baltimore” on thier road jerseys.[/quote]

DON’T GET ME STARTED!!!!!!

[quote comment=”65984″][quote comment=”65980″][quote comment=”65978″]This city-name-on-the-jersey stuff is making me think of a trivia question:

Which teams do not display their nicknames on any of their jerseys?[/quote]
Yankees and Rangers(wrong)?[/quote]

Tigers[/quote]
Ah, good catch–that one slipped my mind

[quote comment=”65985″][quote comment=”65984″][quote comment=”65980″][quote comment=”65978″]This city-name-on-the-jersey stuff is making me think of a trivia question:

Which teams do not display their nicknames on any of their jerseys?[/quote]
Yankees and Rangers(wrong)?[/quote]

Tigers[/quote]
Ah, good catch–that one slipped my mind[/quote]

I think the Diamond back’s home unis used to just have the “A” logo (I’m not sure about alternates), but of course now that’s changed.

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Maybe Rox fans will be lucky and the Monforts will sell out soon to someone who will improve the product on the field and change the purple/black/silver combo to the green/silver already in use for the AAA team down the road.[/quote]

I hope not. I maybe alone here, but I like the purple because it actually stands for something. Purple Mountains Majesty. I also like how its used (somewhat) sparingly. Besides the all-purple unis (which they’ve retired), they used the purple to accentuate, rather than it being the main color, at least uniform wise. I’d take their home/away uniforms over many others in baseball. The black vest is pretty bad though… I wish they’d use their black alternate like back in the day.

[quote comment=”65921″]Other uni updates in action that I enjoyed from yesterday:
-It’s sad the Royals have been such a sorry franchise because their uniforms are so link.[/quote]

Those Royals Uni’s are classy as all get out. I was happy to see that they’ve apparently dropped the black trim. At least from the home whites. Lets hope this is a new trend. Black & blue looks almost as bad as purple & black.

Blech!

[quote comment=”65987″][quote comment=”65985″][quote comment=”65984″][quote comment=”65980″][quote comment=”65978″]This city-name-on-the-jersey stuff is making me think of a trivia question:

Which teams do not display their nicknames on any of their jerseys?[/quote]
Yankees and Rangers(wrong)?[/quote]

Tigers[/quote]
Ah, good catch–that one slipped my mind[/quote]

I think the Diamond back’s home unis used to just have the “A” logo (I’m not sure about alternates), but of course now that’s changed.[/quote]

3 of the 4 two-word team nicknames display only one of the two words on their jerseys: the White Sox, Blue Jays, and Devil Rays. Does that count?

The Reds unis are a HUGE improvement, but not perfect.

The closer they get to the Big Red Machine era in regards to the uniforms, the better.

They aren’t the Cincinnati Reds & Blacks!!

I would love if the O’s went back to these unis (including the hats a stirrups). This is totally sweet:

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Ive got a quick question:

How do professional baseball players get their hats to fit so well? Are the real hats sized differently than the public? I wear a fitted hat and its all boxy and even though it fits around my head nice between me and top of the hat theres probably enough room to start charging rent

[quote comment=”65992″][quote comment=”65964″]
Maybe Rox fans will be lucky and the Monforts will sell out soon to someone who will improve the product on the field and change the purple/black/silver combo to the green/silver already in use for the AAA team down the road.[/quote]

I hope not. I maybe alone here, but I like the purple because it actually stands for something. Purple Mountains Majesty. I also like how its used (somewhat) sparingly. Besides the all-purple unis (which they’ve retired), they used the purple to accentuate, rather than it being the main color, at least uniform wise. I’d take their home/away uniforms over many others in baseball. The black vest is pretty bad though… I wish they’d use their black alternate like back in the day.[/quote]

I agree! The basic home pinstripes, either the “Rockies” or “CR” version, look great, as do the gray road uni and the black caps. It’s all the alternate crap that’s so bad.

[quote comment=”65956″]Am I the only one that misses the old school satin dugout jackets?
Why are the Yankees the only damn team that still gets to wear them?[/quote]

Yes, I miss them. I still have mine and wear it on occasion. Great jacket.

[quote comment=”65979″]Bought one of the new 5950s at the White Sox opener yesterday. Seems pretty nice, but I don’t like the raised MLB logo on the back. Feels quite a bit like the wool ones. The way I break them in is to find one in my size that is a bit big, wash it with my laundry, and then throw it in the dryer. It rounds out the crown a bit and loosens up how rigid a new cap is when you buy it. The dryer seems to make it a bit easier to get a good curve on the bill. Seems like a solid cap, don’t know if the hat/fabric will keep me any cooler this summer.[/quote]

I have a question for all of you who utilize varying techniques to break in your new caps: Don’t the caps look worn and possibly even beaten up by the time they are ready to be worn?

I enjoy having a nice clean, new hat, and while it would be nice to have that perfect fit, I do not want to have to ruin the hat in the process.

There’s a site somewhere and if we’re lucky someone will have a link. But you can break down the hat using water and some American Ingenuity.

It’s been discussed a lot here in recent weeks, as well as the viability with the new hats.

The Yankees and the Tigers were the two teams I was thinking of for the trivia question, though some of those two-word teams only have parts of their nicknames on there.

Scotty, you like the ’70s Reds uniforms? With those massive player names on the backs? I’d like those much more if they made the names about half the size.

I am of the school of thought that nice clean perfectly shaped hats should be saved for link and link…a game hat is supposed to look nice and link in my opinion.[/quote]

Joe, do you know what hat Mr. Carter is wearing in the picture? I’ve never seen it before but now I need to have it.

[quote comment=”66012″]There’s a site somewhere and if we’re lucky someone will have a link. But you can break down the hat using water and some American Ingenuity.

It’s been discussed a lot here in recent weeks, as well as the viability with the new hats.[/quote]

link

[quote comment=”66017″]I am of the school of thought that nice clean perfectly shaped hats should be saved for link and link…a game hat is supposed to look nice and link in my opinion.[/quote]

Joe, do you know what hat Mr. Carter is wearing in the picture? I’ve never seen it before but now I need to have it.[/quote]

I don’t know, but I can’t believe that I’ve never seen link before!

[quote comment=”65968″]The Phillies also wore some type of patch on their sleeve. The linkin their photo gallery.[/quote]

That’s a patch that says “VUK” in remembrance of Jon Vukovich, former Phillies player and third base coach who passed away during the off season.

Also, although I’m no good at linking, it appears that Jose Valverde’s foot in the pics above is nowhere near the rubber. He hasn’t pushed off yet, either. Is it just me?

[quote comment=”65992″][quote comment=”65964″]
Maybe Rox fans will be lucky and the Monforts will sell out soon to someone who will improve the product on the field and change the purple/black/silver combo to the green/silver already in use for the AAA team down the road.[/quote]

I hope not. I maybe alone here, but I like the purple because it actually stands for something. … I wish they’d use their black alternate like back in the day.[/quote]

We ditched the black in ’93 because we kept losing whenever we wore it. Then again, the Monforts aren’t that committed to winning, so a return may be in order.

A lot of major leaguers are still using last years model, more than likely because they like the way they fit. Once a 5950 is your’s, its your’s, like a favorite pair of blue jeans or an old mit.

Also there are lot of ways to break the old hat in “quickly” They don’t work as well as wearing the hat a lot. It took me almost three seasons to get mine the way I like it (Of course I don’t wear it every day) The new hats just won’t have the same personality as the old ones, you may be able to break them in, but I sincerly doubt that you will ever get the truly custom fit of the old 100% wool 5950.

[quote comment=”66013″]Hi

Its a pity if the Cubs are ditching the blue ,I like it just wish they wore it a bit less than they did, it reminded me on the blue pullover they used on the road in the 80s which I think was there BP jersey as well, also I seem to remember the Astros used to wear the same jersey home and away in the late 80s early 90s or did I imagine that ? but I dont think I did.

Les[/quote]

Les, you in fact did not imagine that. The Astros did wear away uniforms during the late 80s and early 90s, but the tint was so close to the home whites that, no tv anyway, you could hardly tell the difference.

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Growing up as an Astros fan, I had no idea at first that ‘away uniforms’ existed, I just thought the all the teams that used to play the Astros in the dome had ugly gray uniforms. The first time I saw an Astros away uniform from this time period in person, the first thought that I had was ‘When did they ever wear these uniforms?’

When the Astros got new uniforms in 1994, the away uniforms sported a darker gray: link

[quote comment=”66036″]Found on Deadspin.com

The WORST Opening Day first pitch in the history of baseball!!!!!

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without a doubt the funniest thing, the best is that he is making excuses for his pitch on the local news. maybe he needs to stick to politics, then again . . .

whilst i am ranting. i LOVE the new reds unis and want to get an authentic home jersey. i was looking on the reds website and an authentic runs 150 bucks. a replica runs 100, the only difference i see is that the replica lacks a patch on the sleeve (and the reds emblem on front may not be stitched on). am i seeing things, or could i purchase a replica, then purchase a patch and have my sister-in-law’s seamstress friend make the addition to the sleeve?

[quote comment=”65837″]I was glad to see that the Reds had decided to get rid of the black drop shadowing on the nameplates and scale down the number font size. As I said in yesterdays comments, when you compare yesterdays uniform to this;

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you can really see that the Reds took a lot of the fans… and critics advice.

I was waiting in anticipation all morning yesterday to see how the Reds new unis looked on the field,when I saw the changes I realized that some organizations do listen to the publics opinions.[/quote]

In the picture above, it seems like there is a different Reds jersey hanging on the right. Did they also release a new vest jersey (possible alternate)?

Agree with Mike, prefer no names on the unis, and the Astros unis in the 89’s – early 90’s was almost pearl, and worse, they wore white shoes ala the A’s.

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whilst i am ranting. i LOVE the new reds unis and want to get an authentic home jersey. i was looking on the reds website and an authentic runs 150 bucks. a replica runs 100, the only difference i see is that the replica lacks a patch on the sleeve (and the reds emblem on front may not be stitched on). am i seeing things, or could i purchase a replica, then purchase a patch and have my sister-in-law’s seamstress friend make the addition to the sleeve?[/quote]

You could sew on your own patch (ruining its collectible value!), as long as you link. :-)

sorry if this was touched on earlier in the comments section, but i think the opening week logo on the grass is ingenious. i hate seeing that opening day logo on the second and third games because of its outdated nature all the while fading so it will be gone by next homestand. this way, it’s there for the homestand and it makes sense all week, then when the team comes back home, it’ll be gone

tried posting this earlier but it didn’t go through.

looks like jimmy rollins is wearing converse shoes instead of cleats. The toe of his show mimics the white toes of converse chuck taylor hightops.

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any ideas?

It looks a lot like Willis is link a batting glove on his right hand. Is that even legal? While on the subject of Willis’s right hand: he apparently switched from a small