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Ditch the black! Ditch the Purple!

Someone a couple days back called the Brewers alternates the best around…I guess the Crew are playing well in them, possibly at the expense of the ’82 throwback getup.

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Wow, that site would have come in handy when I had to order the company softball unis last year.

[quote comment=”75618″]Those Mizuno things must be logo creep in the first degree, but at least they know how to make a Mets logo without any black.[/quote]

Is any else having a problem seeing the mizuno stuff

I thought the Giants did have alternate link.

My bad, these are the Giants alternate link.

Anyone else see the white GT batting helmets last night at the GT/UGA game at Turner Field. Never seen anything like that…anyone have a pic?

[quote comment=”75663″]I thought the Giants did have alternate link.[/quote]

I thought link was it? hehe

Kudos to Alan Kreit. Now that is fine parenting. Teach ’em the right way when they’re young.

The Bible verse on Mo Rivera’s glove is very popular. For the unknowing, it is (paraphrased) “I can do all things through God, who strengthens me.” I have auto’d cards from Bryce Paup to David Segui that use that inscription. I was an umpire for 15 years, and always inscribed it under my cap. My number for all sports has always been 44, 4 for the 4, 1-3 for the 13th verse.

If you go the the Northeastern website and poke around, you’ll see that not only is the logo new, but the name is, too. They use to be the Redmen and the Lady Reds. Weird thing is that the color is not new–they went by Redmen and Lady Reds while wearing green.

If somebody has video or pictures of the starting pitcher for the Indians last night, he had some white deal on the black underbill of his hat. I could never get a good look at it.

I love that “Tim Hudson sees something weird” commercial. Good way to start the day. I think it would be uncomfortable to wear that bride’s outfit for running, and the fake tux looks silly.

For all those yesterday who contributed to the discussion about the Minnesota North Stars and the Minneapolis Lakers, I re-post my comment from late last night:

Ok. I just got back from a club and read through allllllll the comments I had skipped earlier when posting.

You guys are KILLING me!!!!! Extensive talk about the North Stars and the Minneapolis Lakers?????? What a way to harsh my high. Wrath of Khan? It has NOTHING on the wrath of a Minnesotan fan scorned. I am going to have to post this again tomorrow to truly convey my angst.

I spotted a North Star shirt at the club tonight, which was bad enough. Now I gotta read this???? I also spotted a Yankees cap and was about to whap the guy–but at least it was a classic cap.

On the beer front: I asked for a Belgian beer. I got a Blue Moon. It was ok for the first three sips, then it started to taste like aspirin. I only have one drink a night, so my quest to find a beer will take a while–unless I give it up totally.

Harumph. I’m going to bed. Mad.

Thanks, MetsfanAZ for having my back. Or were you just trying to incite the crowd?

Re Ivan Zamorano:

When Becks moved from ManYoo to Real, he had to ditch #7 (worn by Raul) and Real wouldn’t let him do something similar, so he took 23, claiming to be a Jordan fan. link.

Another thing I noticed during the Marlins-Braves game link last name looks like two names on his jersey.
The only name I remember with ‘Van’ in it that looked ok was Van Slyke.

I feel the Wrath of Minna.

Didn’t medics in some war movie wear white helmets with a Red Cross logo on the front? They might provide an interesting comparison to the GT helmets.

Here is an example: link

That “W” in the logo looks an awful lot like the Nats curly “W” cap.

I’m going to defend the trademark lawyers in the little issue mentioned in today’s entry. (I know that everyone is shocked and surprised by that, considering I practice trademark and copyright law.)

TM law’s goal is to have marks that identify the source of the goods and services and to show the quality of those goods or services. One example is McDonald’s vs. Burger King. If you care about fast food, you know the differences between the food both companies serve.

TM law has no provisions for parody (when money is being made from that parody), so if someone takes a mark that is owned and changes it to mock it and then sells it, there is an action for trademark infringement and dilution.

Would you see Best Buy selling anti-Circuit City t-shirts? Or K Mart seeling anti-WalMart t-shirts? No – because that would be one company making money from another company’s mark. We see sports as more free – which is understandable – but it’s analagous – one company (though here it’s a school) mocking the mark of another company.

Paul, love the new logo! The colors are good, too. I like the current green but I’d rather see a two-color logo than three.

BTW, those Mizuno logos need a little explanation. They don’t actually make uniforms with the word “Mizuno” printed on them — rather, they’re templates for people to create their own teams’ logos in the style of the major leagues. Since using actual MLB and NPB team names would be copyright infringement, and since fonts and lettering styles are not copyrightable, the manufacturer will create a generic logo featuring their own name in the style of another team.

My team, for example, has Cubs-style uniforms but is called the Canards, so we have the big C with the “ANARDS” part inside it, just like the Cubs do. Arranging this was a simple matter of indicating product number “MLB-NL-3” (or whatever) to the jersey maker; saving us the hassle of specifying white shirts, blue pinstripes, blue numbers, red borders, blue cap, red C, white border, shirt logo like so, etc., etc., thouhg teams are of course free to change any and all of those details.

Most of the uniform makers in Japan do this, including Nike (who uses “JUSTDOIT” for some of the team names), Adidas, Descente, and Zett. The “McAuliffe” Red Sox font is undergoing a serious revival these days, as are the striped stirrup socks that the Red Sox technically don’t wear anymore!

Minna, I’ll step up because I offered the North Stars explanation.

Sometimes, you have to give to get. Personally, the North Stars were run by a terrible man with a brutal track record in Norman Green.

Now, the fine people of the Twin Cities can enjoy excellent hockey by the Wild, and not worry about the team ever moving.

Losing the North Stars hurt, but getting a team back who is more competitive in a much better Western Conference would be better, I’d say. Yes, they don’t wear the awesome North Stars colours, but they do have a cool red jersey.

The people of Quebec City have just as much right to complain. The people of Winnipeg are still laughing over the Mess in the Desert (TM). The Coyotes are just as bad as the Jets were, but cost twice as much.

I apologize for opening the old wounds, but I’d take the Wild every day of the week and twice on Sundays over the North Stars. Especially in that gorgeous new arena.

[quote comment=”75744″]I’m going to defend the trademark lawyers in the little issue mentioned in today’s entry. (I know that everyone is shocked and surprised by that, considering I practice trademark and copyright law.)

TM law’s goal is to have marks that identify the source of the goods and services and to show the quality of those goods or services. One example is McDonald’s vs. Burger King. If you care about fast food, you know the differences between the food both companies serve.

TM law has no provisions for parody (when money is being made from that parody), so if someone takes a mark that is owned and changes it to mock it and then sells it, there is an action for trademark infringement and dilution.

Would you see Best Buy selling anti-Circuit City t-shirts? Or K Mart seeling anti-WalMart t-shirts? No – because that would be one company making money from another company’s mark. We see sports as more free – which is understandable – but it’s analagous – one company (though here it’s a school) mocking the mark of another company.[/quote]

I think you are correct in your assertion that the the Texas A&M t-shirts are actionable. However, those shirts have been around for years, and the folks at UT only decided to sue after they lost the football game. It reeks of sour grapes, which I understand is not a defense to copyright infringement, but at least they are calling it what it is.

Sorry, here’s the Moyer link.

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Isn’t the pennant streaming the wrong direction?

(Sorry. Couldn’t resist.)

Wow, that rally-cap abortion is up to $31 on eBay. For something you could have gotten free at the park.

There really is a sucker born every day.

[quote comment=”75744″]I’m going to defend the trademark lawyers in the little issue mentioned in today’s entry. (I know that everyone is shocked and surprised by that, considering I practice trademark and copyright law.)

TM law’s goal is to have marks that identify the source of the goods and services and to show the quality of those goods or services. One example is McDonald’s vs. Burger King. If you care about fast food, you know the differences between the food both companies serve.

TM law has no provisions for parody (when money is being made from that parody), so if someone takes a mark that is owned and changes it to mock it and then sells it, there is an action for trademark infringement and dilution.

Would you see Best Buy selling anti-Circuit City t-shirts? Or K Mart seeling anti-WalMart t-shirts? No – because that would be one company making money from another company’s mark. We see sports as more free – which is understandable – but it’s analagous – one company (though here it’s a school) mocking the mark of another company.[/quote]
I’m an Aggie, so I’m 100% biased, but I’ll try and be objective. I’ve never been a big fan of “Saw ’em Off” I think we should promote A&M rather than put down Texas, but that’s just me. I’ll even link to an article from the Texas newspaper. link
In there own words the “Saw ’em Off” logo causes confusion: “the similarities among the marks and goods are so great to create a likelihood of confusion.” So someone is going to walk into a store in College Station full of maroon shirts, buy a shirt with “saw ’em Off” and a logo with no horns and think they are buying a Texas shirt? Someone please explain to me how that is a valid argument.
Also: “defendants have been and continue to be unjustly enriched at UT’s expense by their unauthorized use of defendant’s marks” What Texas expense? So they are saying that out of all the people that bought Texas shirts after they won the national championships a few people bought “Saw ’em Off” shirts and Texas lost money. Please.
I’m an engineer by trade, and have no legal education. I could see where Texas has a case and a valid complaint. But using those two quotes as their main points just does not make sense to me.

[quote comment=”75764″]Wow, that rally-cap abortion is up to $31 on eBay. For something you could have gotten free at the park.

There really is a sucker born every day.[/quote]

at days end yesterday the titleist va tech hat was at $202!!! i dont know what the auction ended at, but the 3 titleist team hats i have i paid no more than $26 for…

Mindless speculation, but I bet one of the bonus numbers for tomorrow’s column is 00. Worn by Omar Olivares for most of the teams he played on. He said it wasn’t his number, it was his initials.

[quote comment=”75775″]The cheerleader in the background of the Essesco.com site has “Green Wave” on her uniform.
Why didn’t they choose a better team name for their home page background…like “Red Storm” or something?[/quote]

Maybe because St. John’s University has “Red Storm” copyrighted.

[quote comment=”75773″][quote comment=”75772″]at days end yesterday the titleist va tech hat was at $202!!! i dont know what the auction ended at, but the 3 titleist team hats i have i paid no more than $26 for…[/quote]

Not meaning to be callous, nothing like that, but after a couple of years, when the VA Tech massacre is not at the forefront of the news like it currently is, this individual is going to sit back and wonder why he paid $200+ for a cap that is sitting in his closet gathering dust.[/quote]

its actually a nice looking hat… the two colors together look pretty cool. i wanted to get another team titleist hat and actually considered getting the va tech one about a month ago, just based on the colors of it alone…

philadelphiaeagles.com unveiled the eagles 75th season patch and throwback unis from 1933 they will be wearing sometime this season. They are blue and yellow it appears. There are a couple of photos on the site.

[quote comment=”75786″]philadelphiaeagles.com unveiled the eagles 75th season patch and throwback unis from 1933 they will be wearing sometime this season. They are blue and yellow it appears. There are a couple of photos on the site.[/quote]

Those would be the uniforms in the style of the Frankford Yellowjackets.

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[quote comment=”75787″]Actually, all of the St. John’s RED STORM trademarks are dead according to the USPTO (which only means they don’t have federally registered trademarks – they probably still have other trademark rights called “common law” trademark rights).[/quote]

Maybe St. John’s will take the opportunity to come up with a new nickname instead of the crap they have now.

(Yeah RIGHT)……

[quote comment=”75786″]philadelphiaeagles.com unveiled the eagles 75th season patch and throwback unis from 1933 they will be wearing sometime this season. They are blue and yellow it appears. There are a couple of photos on the site.[/quote]

Here’s the throwbacks – site says they were worn by the Eagles in 1933

Current Uniforms with the 75th Season Patch

[quote comment=”75785″][quote comment=”75759″]Sorry, here’s the Moyer link.

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What kind of undershirt is he wearing??[/quote]

One of the Reds players was wearing a similar undershirt last night, and it caught my eye. Is the grey/colored-sleeve undershirt a new trend?

[quote comment=”75799″]On the road, the Reds wear all-red batting helmets, yet wear the two-toned hats (red top, black bill). If you ask me, one of the two colors, that’s not in their team name, needs ditching![/quote]

I suppose that counts. I was thinking more along the lines of the airbrushed (for lack of a better term) two-tone Cool Flo helmets. The Reds have an all-red cap; the Mets, on the other hand, don’t have a blue-fading-into-black cap with a black NY logo for a cap design; the closest thing is their spring-training/batting practice caps.

Likewise, the Rockies have a purple-fading-into-black batting helmet with a purple and silver logo. They don’t have a corresponding cap with those colors; the closest thing is their Alternate 2 cap, an all-purple model.

[quote comment=”75804″]One of the Reds players was wearing a similar undershirt last night, and it caught my eye. Is the grey/colored-sleeve undershirt a new trend?[/quote]

Not really. Players have been wearing them since at least season. I know Carlos Beltran wore a blue one (royal blue sleeves/ gray body) last year when the Mets wore blue at home, since Nike didn’t make a Revolution shirt in blue.

Nicely enough, this year Nike does make a Revolution in royal blue for the Mets, as well as a what’s-become-the-norm black one.

Alright!, Mets in blue caps and undersleeves today. Snow white Unis though.

[quote comment=”75754″]Minna, I’ll step up because I offered the North Stars explanation.

Sometimes, you have to give to get. Personally, the North Stars were run by a terrible man with a brutal track record in Norman Green.

Now, the fine people of the Twin Cities can enjoy excellent hockey by the Wild, and not worry about the team ever moving.

Losing the North Stars hurt, but getting a team back who is more competitive in a much better Western Conference would be better, I’d say. Yes, they don’t wear the awesome North Stars colours, but they do have a cool red jersey.

The people of Quebec City have just as much right to complain. The people of Winnipeg are still laughing over the Mess in the Desert (TM). The Coyotes are just as bad as the Jets were, but cost twice as much.

I apologize for opening the old wounds, but I’d take the Wild every day of the week and twice on Sundays over the North Stars. Especially in that gorgeous new arena.[/quote]

Teebz, I found your entry very enlightening since I didn’t know the whole circumstance behind the sale. I agree that the Wild! are great (love the red unis), but I really miss the old North Stars unis. Seeing the guy wearing the cheap-ass version last night just underscored how beautiful the logo is. It’s like when you’re with a wonderful new boy/girlfriend who is almost everything you want, but you still can’t forget your first girl/boyfriend who broke your heart.

Now, let’s hear your rationale behind the Lakers/Wolves debacle.

MetsfanAz, I knew ya had my back, even though we don’t see eye-to-eye on the black thing.

Anthony V., you were inciting! You wanted to see the Wrath of Minna. That’s ok; I’m (mostly) over it now.

Paul, I like the new logo. Glad to see that you are supporting my high school, link. Can’t wait to see the next incarnation of the logo.

[quote comment=”75813″]Alright!, Mets in blue caps and undersleeves today. Snow white Unis though.[/quote]
who the Mets playing today? Yankees are up against the Blue Jays, at least we know what the Yankees will wearing..Blue Jays? probably BLACK

[quote comment=”75809″][quote comment=”75807″]Is it just me or does link have one stirrup on correctly and the other backwards?[/quote]
Nothing gets by this crowd, good catch.[/quote]
Picky, picky! I’m not perfect you know.

Minna, if you were wondering who brought up the Minn.Lakers yesterday, it was me. I had no idea the Los Angeles Lakers inherited the team from Minneapolis. Also, I’m very interested in seeing what the uni looked like.

I love the throwback Eagles uniforms. They sound like they will be very nice. They’re going to wear them on Sept. 23 against Detroit.

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[quote comment=”75821″][quote comment=”75813″]Alright!, Mets in blue caps and undersleeves today. Snow white Unis though.[/quote]
who the Mets playing today? Yankees are up against the Blue Jays, at least we know what the Yankees will wearing..Blue Jays? probably BLACK[/quote]

Sadly, you’re probably right. Since they wear the black jerseys both at home and on the road, it seems like the Jays wear their alternate jersey more than either of the regular home or away ones.

[quote comment=”75830″][quote comment=”75821″][quote comment=”75813″]Alright!, Mets in blue caps and undersleeves today. Snow white Unis though.[/quote]
who the Mets playing today? Yankees are up against the Blue Jays, at least we know what the Yankees will wearing..Blue Jays? probably BLACK[/quote]

Sadly, you’re probably right. Since they wear the black jerseys both at home and on the road, it seems like the Jays wear their alternate jersey more than either of the regular home or away ones.[/quote]
apparently the black ‘sells’ according to Paul Godfrey and Ted Rogers. I hate that, what do they know! I’m in Toronto every once in a while, and never see a Black Jay! They’re always Blue.

[quote comment=”75825″]Minna, if you were wondering who brought up the Minn.Lakers yesterday, it was me. I had no idea the Los Angeles Lakers inherited the team from Minneapolis. Also, I’m very interested in seeing what the uni looked like.[/quote]

Broker75, here is a link to the history of the link. Not sure how accurate it is, and I guess I have to come to grips with it sometime that LA stole our Lakers.

[quote comment=”75827″][quote comment=”75820″]When did white become snow white? Is that the official color?[/quote]

I think the Mets themselves refer to the uniforms as “Snow Whites”. It’s probably easier to say “snow whites” than “home alternate uniform 2”.

Even worse, the Mets once had an alternate cap that was all white with a blue brim and button on the top. They called those the “Ice Cream Man” caps.[/quote]

Snicker. That’s funny. You made up that last bit, didn’t you, Mr. Met? It’s simply too incredible to believe.

Last word on Lakers/North Stars. While it is the uni I miss for the North Stars, it’s the name for the Lakers.

[quote comment=”75835″]Yup. I was including the drop shadow in my ditch the black comment. I’m fairly certain that the first year the mets went w/o pinstripes (no names on the back of the jerseys either) there was no black at all in the uniform. I’m pretty sure they did it in 97 for the first go round of Jackie Robinson celebration. Having trouble finding a picture though.[/quote]

Ask and ye shall receive. Not only did the “Mets” on the front not have a drop shadow, you get a glimpse at the wonderful (tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek) Ice Cream Man caps:

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[quote comment=”75836″]Snicker. That’s funny. You made up that last bit, didn’t you, Mr. Met? It’s simply too incredible to believe.[/quote]

I wish I had. The only joke here is those caps.

[quote comment=”75844″]what does mpls stand for? Now if it was MSPL that would make sense to me (Mineapolis St. Paul Lakers)[/quote]

MinneaPoLiS

[quote comment=”75845″][quote comment=”75836″]Snicker. That’s funny. You made up that last bit, didn’t you, Mr. Met? It’s simply too incredible to believe.[/quote]

I wish I had. The only joke here is those caps.[/quote]
They really were terrible. I love those uniforms though. Assbags really snuck in the black on us.

[quote comment=”75843″][quote comment=”75835″]Yup. I was including the drop shadow in my ditch the black comment. I’m fairly certain that the first year the mets went w/o pinstripes (no names on the back of the jerseys either) there was no black at all in the uniform. I’m pretty sure they did it in 97 for the first go round of Jackie Robinson celebration. Having trouble finding a picture though.[/quote]

Ask and ye shall receive. Not only did the “Mets” on the front not have a drop shadow, you get a glimpse at the wonderful (tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek) Ice Cream Man caps:

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The only problem I had with these Unis…besides the white caps was that orange outline was too weak. It needened to be beefed up. link…but with the drop shadow

man, I always miss the “y” when I’m typing “they”…

Still won’t post. The link is:

ultimatemets.com/uniforms.html

1997 for the hats.

[quote comment=”75855″]The only problem I had with these Unis…besides the white caps was that orange outline was too weak. It needened to be beefed up. link…but with the drop shadow[/quote]

That picture brings back memories… Bernard Gilkey had that one awesome season with the Mets, and then it was all downhill from there…

[quote comment=”75855″][quote comment=”75843″][quote comment=”75835″]Yup. I was including the drop shadow in my ditch the black comment. I’m fairly certain that the first year the mets went w/o pinstripes (no names on the back of the jerseys either) there was no black at all in the uniform. I’m pretty sure they did it in 97 for the first go round of Jackie Robinson celebration. Having trouble finding a picture though.[/quote]

Ask and ye shall receive. Not only did the “Mets” on the front not have a drop shadow, you get a glimpse at the wonderful (tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek) Ice Cream Man caps:

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The only problem I had with these Unis…besides the white caps was that orange outline was too weak. It needened to be beefed up. link…but with the drop shadow[/quote]

Wow! Those ore REALLY WHITE. No wonder they call them snow white. I think a little more orange and/or blue wouldn’t hurt.

[quote comment=”75724″]Didn’t medics in some war movie wear white helmets with a Red Cross logo on the front? They might provide an interesting comparison to the GT helmets.

Here is an example: link

Robert, medics (or corpsmen as their known in the Navy/Marine Corps), doctors, nureses, etc. are required by the Geneva Convention to wear a white band with Red Cross insignia and they are not allowed to carry weapons. Additionally, military vehicles and helicopters that are specified as for medical use must carry similar identifying insignia (white field with red cross on the vehicle) and are prohibited from carrying any sort of armament, even for self defense. The wearing of the red cross in such a prominent manner is meant to identify medical personnel to both sides as it is also against the Geneva Convention to fire on or assault medical personnel who are properly identified as such. In practice, however, even signatory nations sometimes don’t follow all of these rules….

Found this page with some pictures and a little history: link

(Sorry if this posted twice, it’s not showing up on my computer, but when I tried to post it again, it says that’s a dulicate post).

I put together a nice response to what Robert said in comment 35, but the page refuses to let it post and then, when I attempt to repost, I get a message saying that it’s a duplicate comment…what’s going on here? Am I the only one having trouble today?

[quote comment=”75868″]Here’s link of the white caps. The player is the now-forgotten Takashi Kashiwada, who appeared in a handful of games in 1997.[/quote]

I’ll have a “Rocket Pop”, a “Fudgesicle” and a “Nutty Buddy”, please . . .

[quote comment=”75869″]I put together a nice response to what Robert said in comment 35, but the page refuses to let it post and then, when I attempt to repost, I get a message saying that it’s a duplicate comment…what’s going on here? Am I the only one having trouble today?[/quote]

Been having it regularly since the redesign; limiting the number of links in your post seems to help, and of course you should make it a habit to copy the entirety of your post before clicking the “Say It” button.

too bad my Mets are getting spanked today:(9 zip Rockies in the 4th), boo. This isn’t looking good for the blue caps, since they lost the only other time they wore them this season.

[quote comment=”75878″][quote comment=”75868″]Here’s link of the white caps. The player is the now-forgotten Takashi Kashiwada, who appeared in a handful of games in 1997.[/quote]

Why is it the Mets whiff on every Japanese player they import? See: Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Kazuo Matsui, and the aforementioned Kashiwada.[/quote]

Masato Yoshii was pretty solid.

The Jays wore their gray uniforms for both games in Boston, and won both games rather handily. I’d be surprised if they come back with the blacks today, especially after crapping the bed in black in Baltimore.

[quote comment=”75884″][quote comment=”75878″][quote comment=”75868″]Here’s link of the white caps. The player is the now-forgotten Takashi Kashiwada, who appeared in a handful of games in 1997.[/quote]

Why is it the Mets whiff on every Japanese player they import? See: Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Kazuo Matsui, and the aforementioned Kashiwada.[/quote]

Masato Yoshii was pretty solid.[/quote]

I guess if you want to call years of 6-8 with a 4.19 ERA and 12-8 with a 4.38 ERA for the Mets, 32-47 and 4.68 ERA lifetime, solid……

[quote comment=”75883″][quote comment=”75881″]too bad my Mets are getting spanked today:(9 zip Rockies in the 4th), boo. This isn’t looking good for the blue caps, since they lost the only other time they wore them this season.[/quote]

And David Wright is back to the pajama pants looks……[/quote]

Really? He was wearing high socks at least in the first inning today. The previous 2 nights he was wearing long pants though.

I was watching the Brewers game last night, and the Crew’s TV announcers were talking about their Alts. THey said that they are a very supersticious (sp?) team and that so far this year they are 7-1 (now 8-1) in the blue tops. But then they went on to say that it is always the starting pitchers decision what colors they are wearing.. and only sometimes the equiptment manager. Is this true? I mean I have been a baseball fan my whole life and never thought the starting pitcher chose what color the team is gonna wear. Is this common?

[quote comment=”75891″][quote comment=”75883″][quote comment=”75881″]too bad my Mets are getting spanked today:(9 zip Rockies in the 4th), boo. This isn’t looking good for the blue caps, since they lost the only other time they wore them this season.[/quote]

And David Wright is back to the pajama pants looks……[/quote]

Really? He was wearing high socks at least in the first inning today. The previous 2 nights he was wearing long pants though.[/quote]

yeah, Wright just cought a pop-up. He still has the high socks.

[quote comment=”75891″]Really? He was wearing high socks at least in the first inning today. The previous 2 nights he was wearing long pants though.[/quote]

My bad; I was basing it off last night. Just caught a glimpse of Mr. Wright’s outstanding socks……

I would think this qualifies for UniWatch: My big-headed namesake is wearing matching snow whites with the rest of the team, but has a different cap: Blue with an orange button on the top, but the interlocking NY is black with a white outline and orange drop-shadow… tsk tsk.

[quote comment=”75810″][quote comment=”75804″]One of the Reds players was wearing a similar undershirt last night, and it caught my eye. Is the grey/colored-sleeve undershirt a new trend?[/quote]

Not really. Players have been wearing them since at least season. I know Carlos Beltran wore a blue one (royal blue sleeves/ gray body) last year when the Mets wore blue at home, since Nike didn’t make a Revolution shirt in blue.

Nicely enough, this year Nike does make a Revolution in royal blue for the Mets, as well as a what’s-become-the-norm black one.[/quote]

The model undershirt is the ‘Nike Pro’ line that boasts the seamless shirt. They were the ones with the white stitching that you saw everywhere a few years ago (pre-revelouton). They are either loose or tight depending on the model and come in a rainbow of colours.

I have a few of the gray body shirts. They are really comfortable and the vented panels are all so nice on the hot days.

The gray body shirts all have the MLB Authentic logo on them and a spot to write your number.

[quote comment=”75893″]I was watching the Brewers game last night, and the Crew’s TV announcers were talking about their Alts. THey said that they are a very supersticious (sp?) team and that so far this year they are 7-1 (now 8-1) in the blue tops. But then they went on to say that it is always the starting pitchers decision what colors they are wearing.. and only sometimes the equiptment manager. Is this true? I mean I have been a baseball fan my whole life and never thought the starting pitcher chose what color the team is gonna wear. Is this common?[/quote]

It is common for teams to let the starting pitcher decide between an alt or the regular home/road uni. The Cubs used to do this, and Carlos Zambrano ALWAYS wore the blue alt. The Cubs got rid of the alt this year, so Z has to wear the regular unis. To say the least, he looks weird in them, because hes always worn the alternate uni.

[quote comment=”75889″][quote comment=”75884″][quote comment=”75878″][quote comment=”75868″]Here’s link of the white caps. The player is the now-forgotten Takashi Kashiwada, who appeared in a handful of games in 1997.[/quote]

Why is it the Mets whiff on every Japanese player they import? See: Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Kazuo Matsui, and the aforementioned Kashiwada.[/quote]

Masato Yoshii was pretty solid.[/quote]

And let’s give them credit for trying but failing to sign Norihito Nakimora, who turned out to be a huuuuge bust with the Dodgers.[/quote]

Here’s another shot of Kashiwada in action. Someone should have prevented him from taking uniform #18. It just doesn’t look right on him.

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One of my favorite moments from an Asian Mets player was back in 2005…….. Korean pitcher Dae-Sung Koo doubled off Randy Johnson, then scored on an infield hit by Reyes (and inevitably got hurt on his head first slide into home plate)

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From what I have gathered from the boys over on Niketalk, Gary Sheffield is wearing his own signature shoe and is marketing the brand himself to retailers. The logo looks like the sonics current “S” logo.

To me its a combination of that logo and Georgia and the packers “G”.

[quote comment=”75756″]

I think you are correct in your assertion that the the Texas A&M t-shirts are actionable. However, those shirts have been around for years, and the folks at UT only decided to sue after they lost the football game. It reeks of sour grapes, which I understand is not a defense to copyright infringement, but at least they are calling it what it is.[/quote]

Here’s an article with a little more in-depth look at the whole “Saw ‘Em Off” dispute:

UT challenges local businessman over logo

It also has a picture of the logo involved.

[quote comment=”75915″][quote comment=”75905″][quote comment=”75880″][quote comment=”75869″]I put together a nice response to what Robert said in comment 35, but the page refuses to let it post and then, when I attempt to repost, I get a message saying that it’s a duplicate comment…what’s going on here? Am I the only one having trouble today?[/quote]

Matthew, I recovered your “lost” comment, and now it’s posted. Sometimes our spam filter mistakenly catches a “real” comment and erroneously thinks it’s spam. Usually this involves comments with lots of links (multiple links are one tip-off of a spambot), but that’s obviously not the case with your comment. Another possibility: You may have the same IP address as a known spammer. Anyway, my apologies for the hassle, and I’m sorry I don’t have a more specific explanation.[/quote]

I sincerely doubt it’s the spammer thing as I am employed by a fairly reputable organization….thanks for the help/explanation Paul. This is the first time I’ve had any trouble the comment filter, hopefully the last as well.[/quote]

Matthew….does your employer know you are surfing the net and blogging during work hours?? …just givin you a hard time ;)[/quote]

Ha. Cathy, I’m sure my employer is aware of that. My supervisor is pretty lenient so long as work is done in a timely manner.

[quote comment=”75903″]I am heading to Pittsburgh this weekend to catch a Bucs game. Has anyone heard if the red vests have been canned yet or not? I have not seen anything on them (aside from this site) since they used them a couple of weeks ago.[/quote]
I don’t believe that my beloved buccos have gotten rid of those horrible red vests. The plan was to wear them on Friday home games, which they’ve only had one of against San Francisco. So plan on seeing the red vests on friday against the…REDS!

[quote comment=”75904″][quote comment=”75893″]I was watching the Brewers game last night, and the Crew’s TV announcers were talking about their Alts. THey said that they are a very supersticious (sp?) team and that so far this year they are 7-1 (now 8-1) in the blue tops. But then they went on to say that it is always the starting pitchers decision what colors they are wearing.. and only sometimes the equiptment manager. Is this true? I mean I have been a baseball fan my whole life and never thought the starting pitcher chose what color the team is gonna wear. Is this common?[/quote]

It is common for teams to let the starting pitcher decide between an alt or the regular home/road uni. The Cubs used to do this, and Carlos Zambrano ALWAYS wore the blue alt. The Cubs got rid of the alt this year, so Z has to wear the regular unis. To say the least, he looks weird in them, because hes always worn the alternate uni.[/quote]

I found it weird that the Cubs banned the blue alternative when their ace pitcher considers it ‘his’ uni. I think this is the start of the end for Zambrano with the Cubs.

[quote comment=”75919″][quote comment=”75896″][quote comment=”75724″]Didn’t medics in some war movie wear white helmets with a Red Cross logo on the front? They might provide an interesting comparison to the GT helmets.[/quote]
I think in the 1975 movie “Rollerball” the medics wore a two-toned helmet that was white on top. It has been a while since I have seen that movie though.

The movie MASH had a red cross of their football helmets[/quote]

And ironically (or perhaps just incorrectly) some of them carried sidearms (see Comment #115 , The Lost Comment)

Paul, haven’t been able to read all the comments for the past few days so apologies if already linked, but Uni Watch gets a nice mention at link(all things design). Second column, half way down if interested.

You know these folks Paul?

[quote comment=”75834″][quote comment=”75825″]Minna, if you were wondering who brought up the Minn.Lakers yesterday, it was me. I had no idea the Los Angeles Lakers inherited the team from Minneapolis. Also, I’m very interested in seeing what the uni looked like.[/quote]

Broker75, here is a link to the history of the link. Not sure how accurate it is, and I guess I have to come to grips with it sometime that LA stole our Lakers.[/quote]
thanks Minna, I admit though, I couldn’t read it all, I just finished writing up 4 policies, anyways I will read the rest tonight(maybe with mary-jane) but the uni’s look pretty basic, and one of the players has #99. I think the shoes are the Converse All Stars, that were hot back in the late 80’s-90’s, remember those?, I actually had a blue pair of those things.

Not sure if anyone’s watching the Chelsea/Liverpool Champions League match now, but keep an eye out for Chelsea keeper’s Petr Cech rugby-style helmet he’s worn since his head injury last October. For some reason I think it’s pretty cool.

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anyone know why tampa bay wears black batting helmets even when they wear the green hats? I think green batting helmets would be pretty sharp.

PS-Don’t care much for the grey face bar on the throwback helmet…should have stuck with white or at least one of two colors.

Count me in the minority of Mets fans that actually liked the white caps in 1997. As long as it was worn infrequently – not like the way they wear black everyday.

Side note: John Olerud and Mike Piazza wore white batting helmets on the field for the games in which white caps were worn.

[quote comment=”75939″]Not sure if anyone’s watching the Chelsea/Liverpool Champions League match now, but keep an eye out for Chelsea keeper’s Petr Cech rugby-style helmet he’s worn since his head injury last October. For some reason I think it’s pretty cool.

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it’s nice to see Liverpool’s kit include the primary color in the link…

[quote comment=”75859″]man, I always miss the “y” when I’m typing “they”…[/quote]

Maybe you need to get a keyboard made by the same folks who make Shawn Green’s road jersey. The “y” would stick up two inches above the rest of the keys, and you wouldn’t forget to hit the key when typing “they” or other y-inclusive words.

[quote comment=”75938″]I was watching clips of the Cubs game from yesterday, and when did they add those gigantic Under Armor ads on the outfield wall? I think the one I saw was in left-center field.

On another note, PAUL – along the lines of white batting helmets, if you need more examples, Texas wears white helmets. Here’s a link to a photo gallery against UT Pan American. Another interesting thing I noticed is that Texas wasn’t wearing their usual white cleats at home. Enjoy!![/quote]
Wow. Two teams in the same game wearing white batting helmets. Almost to much to take.

Someone needs to find a pic of the Mets white batting helmets from 1997.

[quote comment=”75982″]Someone needs to find a pic of the Mets white batting helmets from 1997.[/quote]

I believe they wore blue ones while batting but Olerud and Hundley wore white ones in the field.

[quote comment=”75802″][quote comment=”75786″]philadelphiaeagles.com unveiled the eagles 75th season patch and throwback unis from 1933 they will be wearing sometime this season. They are blue and yellow it appears. There are a couple of photos on the site.[/quote]

Here’s the throwbacks – site says they were worn by the Eagles in 1933

Current Uniforms with the 75th Season Patch[/quote]

I like the “Iggles” throwbacks, but what is that stuff on the shoulder yokes? Light-blue tinfoil?
(Someone kindly advise soonest, if not sooner.)

the Cubs’ Felix Pie is wearing #20 today. He’s worn 17 (Mark Grace’s number) every other time I’ve seen him

[quote comment=”75980″][quote comment=”75969″]
it’s nice to see Liverpool’s kit include the primary color in the link…[/quote]

It’s odd, considering adidas makes both kits and they’re basically the same thing, to see the red/red of Liverpool and the blue/white of Chelsea. Well, maybe it’s not, but I think it is.[/quote]

Yep, same kit, except Liverpool has a fold-down collar, and Chelsea has a stand-up one. Having both teams in the same kit, in just red vs blue, makes them look like a fooseball table.

[quote comment=”75880″][quote comment=”75869″]I put together a nice response to what Robert said in comment 35, but the page refuses to let it post and then, when I attempt to repost, I get a message saying that it’s a duplicate comment…what’s going on here? Am I the only one having trouble today?[/quote]

Matthew, I recovered your “lost” comment, and now it’s posted. Sometimes our spam filter mistakenly catches a “real” comment and erroneously thinks it’s spam. Usually this involves comments with lots of links (multiple links are one tip-off of a spambot), but that’s obviously not the case with your comment. Another possibility: You may have the same IP address as a known spammer. Anyway, my apologies for the hassle, and I’m sorry I don’t have a more specific explanation.[/quote]
So THAT’S what it is. I had a comment or two like that a week or so ago and it drove me insane!! I guess I’ll have to break up my comments where I want to include a lot of links.

[quote comment=”75997″][quote comment=”75989″][quote comment=”75986″][quote comment=”75982″]Someone needs to find a pic of the Mets white batting helmets from 1997.[/quote]

I believe they wore blue ones while batting but Olerud and Hundley wore white ones in the field.[/quote]
Isn’t there a Rickey being Rickey story about him coming to the Mets and telling Olerud “I played with a guy in Toronto that wore a helemt in the field too.” And Olerud’s response was “That was me.”[/quote]

Yeah, that’s Rickey for you.[/quote]

Except wouldn’t Rickey have actually said “You know Rickey played with a guy in Toronto…..”? I’ve never heard someone refer to himself in the 3rd person so much and not be joking.

Is this a link??? LOL

[quote comment=”75986″][quote comment=”75982″]Someone needs to find a pic of the Mets white batting helmets from 1997.[/quote]

I believe they wore blue ones while batting but Olerud and Hundley wore white ones in the field.[/quote]

True. Olerud and Hundley wore the white helmets on defense, and wore blue helmets when batting.

Same as the Reds who wore red batting helmets when wearing their white caps at home (mid 1990’s).

I also loved the white Mets caps!

And a for why Kashiwada had #18 — Valentine chose it for him. In Japan, the “ace” pitcher traditionally gets #18 because of some kabuki-related thing where some actor’s signature line was associated with the number 18. (For some reason, the word “ohako”, meaning one’s specialty, is often written with the characters for “#18”. I would have to look up why this is.) So Bobby V. wanted to give their young Japanese import a little special recognition — he’s never get that number in Japan, and indeed when he returned and joined the Yomiuri Giants (Satan’s own spawn, they are), he had the number 49, which, though innocuous and relief-pitcher-like in the US, makes Japanese people think of death (“4” is homonymous with “death”) and pain (same with “9”).

And Minna, if you want a good Belgian beer, look around for Chimay — not cheap (nearly $3.50 a bottle out here!) but well worth it!

[quote comment=”76007″]Is this a link??? LOL[/quote]

Let’s try this link

[quote comment=”76019″][quote comment=”75998″][quote comment=”75980″][quote comment=”75969″]
it’s nice to see Liverpool’s kit include the primary color in the link…[/quote]

It’s odd, considering adidas makes both kits and they’re basically the same thing, to see the red/red of Liverpool and the blue/white of Chelsea. Well, maybe it’s not, but I think it is.[/quote]

Yep, same kit, except Liverpool has a fold-down collar, and Chelsea has a stand-up one. Having both teams in the same kit, in just red vs blue, makes them look like a fooseball table.[/quote]

its traditional in soccer for the home team to wear white socks. my high school team would have the whole red look at away games. and for those that don’t know, the two teams can’t wear the same colored socks in a game because the contrasting colors help the referee know which team hit the ball out of bounds.[/quote]

Except Liverpool always wears head to toe red (including socks) and has since 1964 (this is of course excluding games where it was required that they wear their alternate).

[quote comment=”76019″][quote comment=”75998″][quote comment=”75980″][quote comment=”75969″]
it’s nice to see Liverpool’s kit include the primary color in the link…[/quote]

It’s odd, considering adidas makes both kits and they’re basically the same thing, to see the red/red of Liverpool and the blue/white of Chelsea. Well, maybe it’s not, but I think it is.[/quote]

Yep, same kit, except Liverpool has a fold-down collar, and Chelsea has a stand-up one. Having both teams in the same kit, in just red vs blue, makes them look like a fooseball table.[/quote]

its traditional in soccer for the home team to wear white socks. my high school team would have the whole red look at away games. and for those that don’t know, the two teams can’t wear the same colored socks in a game because the contrasting colors help the referee know which team hit the ball out of bounds.[/quote]

My comment was just eaten by the spamfilter again. Hmmm.

Anyway, the gist was that while the white socks at home might be true of other teams, Liverpool has worn all red since 1964. From wikipedia (but with the documentation to back it up too):

In 1964, then Liverpool manager Bill Shankly decided to send the team out in all red for the first time against Anderlecht, as Ian St. John recalled in his autobiography:

“ He thought the colour scheme would carry psychological impact — red for danger, red for power. He came into the dressing room one day and threw a pair of red shorts to Ronnie Yeats. “Get into those shorts and let’s see how you look,” he said. “Christ, Ronnie, you look awesome, terrifying. You look 7ft tall.” “Why not go the whole hog, boss?” I suggested. “Why not wear red socks? Let’s go out all in red.” Shankly approved and an iconic kit was born.[33]

[quote comment=”75876″][quote comment=”75868″]Here’s link of the white caps. The player is the now-forgotten Takashi Kashiwada, who appeared in a handful of games in 1997.[/quote]

I’ll have a “Rocket Pop”, a “Fudgesicle” and a “Nutty Buddy”, please . . .[/quote]

Wow … that shows how much I follow the N.L., but I had no idea the Mets ever wore white hats like that. Reminds me of link the Royals wore in the mid ’90s (the pic makes them look white, but they were light gray). At least the Mets didn’t keep wearing them for 2-3 years like the Royals did.

[quote comment=”75963″][quote comment=”75933″]Paul, haven’t been able to read all the comments for the past few days so apologies if already linked, but Uni Watch gets a nice mention at link(all things design). Second column, half way down if interested.

You know these folks Paul?[/quote]

Nope. But I appreciate the mention.

[quote comment=”75948″]anyone know why tampa bay wears black batting helmets even when they wear the green hats? I think green batting helmets would be pretty sharp.[/quote]

I was wondering/thinking the same thing while watching them play the Yanks last night…[/quote]

Also, and forgive me if this has been covered and I missed it, but what happened to the 10 year patch on the Tampa jerseys?

[quote comment=”76050″]Matthew, I had no idea that Chimay’s profits went to charity! Yet another reason to drink it! (Though I admit that the main reason is the taste, and second is the fact that my girlfriend dislikes it, so I can keep several bottles in the house without the fear of her drinking them all as she would with other beer. The charity thing is s distant third.)

[/quote]

You think $3.50 is expensive for beer? Man, you like the good life. Chimay was the most recommended beer on my list, so I will give it a try. I’ll let you know next month how that works out for me.

[quote comment=”76036″]And Liverpool consistently wearing all red since 1964 is backed up further by this:

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That’s good info Matthew. I’m a huge soccer fan. I do believe that the white socks for Chelsea stem from the old White at home addage. And, as you know, no two team ever have dark colored socks in the same match.

[quote comment=”76081″][quote comment=”76062″]Also, and forgive me if this has been covered and I missed it, but what happened to the 10 year patch on the Tampa jerseys?[/quote]

Wow, good catch. Looks like they’ve been wearing it consistently link, but not at home. This is presumably because they wear a vest at home, and the players wears all sorts of different green undershirts (short-sleeved, long-sleeved, loose-fit, tight-fit, Nike-poxed, crew-collared, mock-turtle, etc.), so it’s hard to get everyone to wear the patch.

In fact, I just checked their official uni specs and was surprised to see that the patch is only supposed to be worn with the road and alt-home (i.e., solid-green) jerseys — NOT with the standard home vest. I hadn’t noticed that little detail until now.

So they’ve got an anniversary patch, but they’ve specifically designated that it NOT be worn with their basic home uniform. Man, this franchise truly can’t do anything right….[/quote]

Sure they can, they link…works for me.

[quote comment=”76088″][quote comment=”75868″]

Wow … that shows how much I follow the N.L., but I had no idea the Mets ever wore white hats like that. Reminds me of link the Royals wore in the mid ’90s (the pic makes them look white, but they were light gray). At least the Mets didn’t keep wearing them for 2-3 years like the Royals did.[/quote]
I actually liked the grey caps since most teams had a road grey uni, I thought it made sense sartorially. I even bought a Mets grey “fashion cap” with an adjustable back. I’m not sure if I regret that one more than I would have an “ice cream man” cap. But definitely not as much as the black with blue brim that I currently own. My 2000 WS cap is the all black, becasue that was all i could find out here. Never worn because my head did a Barry Bonds on me. Need to get some autographs on that baby. But my most prized possession is my 1991, blue buttoned, no MLB logo, all blue, Mets cap. The NY is so faded and the shape is horrible and the black thread pokes me sometimes but I am never letting that one go. I don’t get the people on here that ask for advice on picking a Twins vs. Indians or St. Louis or whatever. I mean, I can definitely appreciate other teams logos and colors but I don’t see how you can wear them.[/quote]

Gotta disagree about the Royals’ gray hats — I thought the head-to-toe gray was a little too much. Bad things happen when the Royals stray from link — their black hat was pretty ugly too. I need to pick up one of the new shrink-resistant ones as my gigantic melon has outgrown about 6 fitted Royals hats through the years.

I agree with your last statement too. It’s not that I don’t own any other MLB hats; I used to live in Chicago and Arizona so if you dig deep enough in my closet you’ll find Cubs and D’Backs hats. But there’s only one team that’s YOUR team (at least that’s how it should be), and that’s the ONLY hat you should wear.[/quote]

OK, the obligatory “I screwed up my last post” post — my comment starts with “gotta disagree.”

[quote comment=”76081″][quote comment=”76062″]Also, and forgive me if this has been covered and I missed it, but what happened to the 10 year patch on the Tampa jerseys?[/quote]

Wow, good catch. Looks like they’ve been wearing it consistently link, but not at home. This is presumably because they wear a vest at home, and the players wears all sorts of different green undershirts (short-sleeved, long-sleeved, loose-fit, tight-fit, Nike-poxed, crew-collared, mock-turtle, etc.), so it’s hard to get everyone to wear the patch.

In fact, I just checked their official uni specs and was surprised to see that the patch is only supposed to be worn with the road and alt-home (i.e., solid-green) jerseys — NOT with the standard home vest. I hadn’t noticed that little detail until now.

So they’ve got an anniversary patch, but they’ve specifically designated that it NOT be worn with their basic home uniform. Man, this franchise truly can’t do anything right….[/quote]

Living down in Tampa the Rays have kinda grown on me.

I can’t disagree with anything said about the D-Rays…at least it’s better than when Namoli was in charge…. as long as they don’t bring back purple

thanks for the information on Liverpool, i knew they wore red as much as possible, but wasn’t sure of the history behind it.

[quote comment=”76102″]pirates also went with the kansas cityish grey hats for a while in the late 90’s

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link, also.

[quote comment=”76104″]another look at the pittsburgh hat

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If I remember correctly along with that gray hat, they had another one that they wore sometimes with a yellow P instead of the black one. I’ll try to find a pic.

If I remember correctly along with that gray hat, they had another one that they wore sometimes with a yellow P instead of the black one. I’ll try to find a pic.

when the pirates unveiled their new grey hats i remember the P being yellow, but when the season started i think they wore the one with the black P. I could be wrong but maybe thats what your thinkin??

Continuing with the white/grey cap theme, the 1976 ChiSox had a white alt seen link.

The Dressed to the Nines exhibit is incredibly accurate pre-1995; I’m amazed that they didn’t make note of the shorts that the Sox wore for one game in the above link.

Everyone is a fan of the Jamie Moyer Liberty Bell stirrups (though they were a bit droopy in this shot). link

Why don’t the Phillies provide the other players with socks bearing the same logo? In Spring Training, infielder Danny Sandoval wore his pants up high, but there was no Liberty Bell in sight.

link I wonder if it was because he was not wearing stirrups, but instead merely red socks.

You hear about this?

link

[quote comment=”76028″][quote comment=”76022″][quote comment=”76007″]Is this a link??? LOL[/quote]

Let’s try this link[/quote]

I think you mean link[/quote]

I am now a bone head…. Thanks for bailing me out Chad G.

[quote comment=”76155″]I remember having the 1977 Goose Gossage Topp’s card when he was on the White Sox and I’m pretty sure he was sporting the white cap (and no ‘stache). Anyone have a shot of this card?[/quote]

Here ya go:

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[quote comment=”76165″][quote comment=”76155″]I remember having the 1977 Goose Gossage Topp’s card when he was on the White Sox and I’m pretty sure he was sporting the white cap (and no ‘stache). Anyone have a shot of this card?[/quote]

Here ya go:

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Dude! Thanks.

[quote comment=”76091″][quote comment=”76088″][quote comment=”75868″]

Wow … that shows how much I follow the N.L., but I had no idea the Mets ever wore white hats like that. Reminds me of link the Royals wore in the mid ’90s (the pic makes them look white, but they were light gray). At least the Mets didn’t keep wearing them for 2-3 years like the Royals did.[/quote]
I actually liked the grey caps since most teams had a road grey uni, I thought it made sense sartorially. I even bought a Mets grey “fashion cap” with an adjustable back. I’m not sure if I regret that one more than I would have an “ice cream man” cap. But definitely not as much as the black with blue brim that I currently own. My 2000 WS cap is the all black, becasue that was all i could find out here. Never worn because my head did a Barry Bonds on me. Need to get some autographs on that baby. But my most prized possession is my 1991, blue buttoned, no MLB logo, all blue, Mets cap. The NY is so faded and the shape is horrible and the black thread pokes me sometimes but I am never letting that one go. I don’t get the people on here that ask for advice on picking a Twins vs. Indians or St. Louis or whatever. I mean, I can definitely appreciate other teams logos and colors but I don’t see how you can wear them.[/quote]

Gotta disagree about the Royals’ gray hats — I thought the head-to-toe gray was a little too much. Bad things happen when the Royals stray from link — their black hat was pretty ugly too. I need to pick up one of the new shrink-resistant ones as my gigantic melon has outgrown about 6 fitted Royals hats through the years.

I agree with your last statement too. It’s not that I don’t own any other MLB hats; I used to live in Chicago and Arizona so if you dig deep enough in my closet you’ll find Cubs and D’Backs hats. But there’s only one team that’s YOUR team (at least that’s how it should be), and that’s the ONLY hat you should wear.[/quote]

OK, the obligatory “I screwed up my last post” post — my comment starts with “gotta disagree.”[/quote]

I couldn’t disagree more… I love ballcaps, and own 20 or so of them, wearing them all on a somewhat consistent basis. If anyone wanted to give me a birthday present (coming up in July ;) ), a baseball cap is always a safe bet… as long as it’s not a Braves or Yankees hat.

Wow. Now I can’t respond to a comment. I just wanted to ask Robert in #240 if he won that bet. It would be sad to lose a bet with yourself.

[quote comment=”76176″]

I couldn’t disagree more… I love ballcaps, and own 20 or so of them, wearing them all on a somewhat consistent basis. If anyone wanted to give me a birthday present (coming up in July ;) ), a baseball cap is always a safe bet… as long as it’s not a Braves or Yankees hat.[/quote]

I’m going to go with C.N. on this one. If I collected caps, I would buy any I thought I liked except for teams I hate, i.e., the Yankees. Huh, I originally typed that as ‘the Wankees’. Funny Freudian slip.

[quote comment=”76212″][quote comment=”75940″]link. Wish I could have a print of that.[/quote]

Just saw the pic, and realized Polamalu’s wearing some nice uni pants. I wonder if those are going to be new for this year, or whether it’s an old pair? It has the old-school NFL shield (instead of the newer “NFL Equipment” monstrosity), but that Reebok logo is unlike any I’ve ever seen. Usually they go with a plain vector and rectangle instead of that fancy job……[/quote]

Funny. I never even noticed the pants–I was hyp-motized by his beautiful hair. Let me do a little Troy P. research, just for you, Mr. Met. Hey, no need to thank me. It’s the least I can do because you gave me the laugh of the day. Ice cream man cap. Yup. Still funny.

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[quote comment=”76259″]Cool discussion on the caps of other teams thing. Good point by Mike Engle there, I can almost accept wearing a cool throwback, e.g. Expos, Brewers, etc.
One other thing that I thought of, has anyone run into a siutation where they play for or their kids play for a team named after a hated rival? I’m sure this has come up with Little League usually naming their teams after MLB teams. Last fall, my son’s first year of T-ball he played for the “Cardinals”. Not a hated rival but the timing couldn’t have been worse. I feel personally responsible for the early exit from last year’s playoffs. I didn’t wear the cap just a generic red shirt and I think that was bad enough.[/quote]

Shame on you. SHAME!

Just kidding. I think it’s important to support your son, no matter what cap or jersey you have to wear to do so.