Saturday Open Thread

The thing is, David Stern was in attendance. How was Vince Carter able to wear those things the entire game. Isn’t there also a rule about the arm condom as well?

Did anybody see the Padres/Marlins games last night?

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Also, I was at the Twins/Red Socks game last night and my friend made the comment “Why is that guy’s jersey so baggy?” Any guesses who she was refering to?

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[quote comment=”81523″]Did anybody see the Padres/Marlins games last night?

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Also, I was at the Twins/Red Socks game last night and my friend made the comment “Why is that guy’s jersey so baggy?” Any guesses who she was refering to?

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Padres were wearing their road uniforms.

[quote comment=”81523″]Did anybody see the Padres/Marlins games last night?

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Also, I was at the Twins/Red Socks game last night and my friend made the comment “Why is that guy’s jersey so baggy?” Any guesses who she was refering to?

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Anna, starting last season(I think) the Padres went to that as the stadard road uni, don’t know what color it is exactly…Sand? anyone know?

[quote comment=”81536″][quote comment=”81523″]Did anybody see the Padres/Marlins games last night?

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Also, I was at the Twins/Red Socks game last night and my friend made the comment “Why is that guy’s jersey so baggy?” Any guesses who she was refering to?

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Anna, starting last season(I think) the Padres went to that as the stadard road uni, don’t know what color it is exactly…Sand? anyone know?[/quote]

Yeah, it’s sand, or some vcariant thereof.

[quote comment=”81523″]Did anybody see the Padres/Marlins games last night?

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Also, I was at the Twins/Red Socks game last night and my friend made the comment “Why is that guy’s jersey so baggy?” Any guesses who she was refering to?

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SOCKS? RED SOCKS? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

Minna – Check out this site. They have some North Stars stuff you might like. And it’s affordable.

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Didn’t Cincinnati retire link during games and it is also still featured on their link. It just looks ugly.

Also, on an unrelated note — Why is it that if I “Get it”, I somehow must be gay? Anytime I mention Uni-Watching, the people I mention it to think I’m being a fashionista who has to be gay, because no straight man would look at sports uniforms. Does anyone else have this problem? I know its trivial but its getting annoying.

During yesterday’s yankee game on YES, the cameras panned to the bleachers and a guy was wearing the Jets home green #24 jersey, with a custom “Revis” on the back, Micheal Kay was stunned…

[quote comment=”81554″]Minna – Check out this site. They have some North Stars stuff you might like. And it’s affordable.

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Sage Confucious, thank you! A very reasonable price for some pretty decent T-shirts. I have to ask, though, what is the Vintage Republican? Does that have anything to do with politics? Looks like it’s time to break out the plastic. Maybe I can get something in time for Friday’s Twin Cities’ Uni-Watch Party.

Kyle, because they are idiots who can only see things in stereotypical black and white. If you notice anything about fashion, you must be gay. Their loss.

Buckeye Mike, I agree. I like the sand unis as well. However, Greg Maddux looks strange in them. As for converting your roommate to the dark side, that’s the best revenge.

Anna, how did I know it was going to be Manny being Manny?

Minna–
You could always buy anything on that website at the MOA, you know. Goldy’s Locker Room, 3rd floor across from the old Oshman’s (what a dump that place has become), or one of the hat stores on the first floor as well.

I still can’t believe someone called Boston’s team the “Socks”–dear goodness. They’ve only been the Sox for 100 years or so… I’d hate to find out what Chicago’s South Side team is now called as well.

This board would benefit greatly from all of us taking an extra ten seconds to do a little spell-checking.

In case someone catches a Cleveland game soon, try to decipher what it says on the bottom of Fausto Carmona’s hat. I couldn’t figure it out or get a good screen grab when the Tribe was in the Cities recently.

Has the unveiling of the new Atlantic League’s team’s uniforms been discussed?:

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The regular home uniform is nice, but the alterate red home and the road gray both have distracting stripes that look like they came from the Denver Broncos football uniforms.

The vintage jerseys the team intends to use when playing “War of the Roses” games against Lancaster should be spectacular, if they get it right.

VC’s leggings may not be actual leggings after all.. It looks like he is wearing tall socks with knee braces and long compression shorts. This picture shows that the socks and the compression shorts are separate materials.

From Lions rookie camp:

Calvin Johnson’s jersey went from looking like link to looking like link . I sense shenanigans in Detroit.

I also notice that (1) Calvin is keeping the clear visor that he link , (2) holy cow the camera angle makes the guy to the right of the 6’5″ receiver look huge! (in the second pic), and (3) yes, the Lions still need to ditch the black.

Hunter Pence of the Astros, while wearing long socks (but not stirrups), just hit his first career home run off the Cardinals and it was a grand slam….Proof positive that the baseball gods smile upon rookies who show sock.

[quote comment=”81602″][quote comment=”81543″]last night at the Rays-A’s game I met Nick Swisher and he was wearing four ribbons. We may have talked about this before but just reporting on it again anyways. There was the blue one for testicular cancer, the yellow to support the troops, and he had TWO for breast cancer. one was sewed on like the blue and yellow but the other was larger and just pinned on. Any idea why he would have two for breast cancer?[/quote]

For both breasts?[/quote]

I will now be cleaning the spewed water off of my computer.

[quote comment=”81585″]VC’s leggings may not be actual leggings after all.. It looks like he is wearing tall socks with knee braces and long compression shorts. This picture shows that the socks and the compression shorts are separate materials.
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That’s something I had kind of figured for a while. I see a rubber knee brace/sleeve/pad mixed in there as well, so Vince is going all out for that look apparently.

Los gigantes estan jugaundo hoy. Hay otros equipos tambien? Feliz cinco de mayo!

[quote comment=”81537″]There also was the powder blue phase that was overdone. (As I’ve pointed out, only the Royals should don powder blue road uniforms.[/quote]

What about this link? They were born with them.

I have to admit, those throwback jerseys that Georgia Tech wore, the link is in posting #28, are pretty sweet…The Jackets should dump their regulars for the throwbacks.

But that Virginia uniform is a mess.

I’ve been away for a few days; has there been a solid time/date established for the Chicago Uniwatch party?

If there’s a link somewhere on the page to information that’d be great.

Thanks!

[quote comment=”81626″][quote comment=”81623″]This video is sweet, but I saw something weird. There is a Dodgers jersey on the wall in the background, but only sometimes. Other times it isn’t there. Very strange, but I don’t know why you’d want to take that jersey off the wall.

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Man. That was pretty sad at the end.[/quote]

The guy didn’t actually pass away. He didn’t help with the video the second time they did it so the video editor decided it would be funny. He explains it on Bill Simmons blog on link.

no derby uni-watch?

I think I saw a horse with striped-taped ankles

[quote comment=”81556″]Didn’t Cincinnati retire link during games and it is also still featured on their link. It just looks ugly.

Also, on an unrelated note — Why is it that if I “Get it”, I somehow must be gay? Anytime I mention Uni-Watching, the people I mention it to think I’m being a fashionista who has to be gay, because no straight man would look at sports uniforms. Does anyone else have this problem? I know its trivial but its getting annoying.[/quote]

I have heard that as well. I have to remind people that sports uniforms are more akin to graphic design than “fashion.”

I wasn’t aware that having any sort of aesthetic sensibility was necessarily an indication of homosexuality or femininity. Plenty of straight men are interested in things like architecture, automotive/nautical/aerospace design, and other aesthetic pursuits.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[quote comment=”81602″][quote comment=”81543″]last night at the Rays-A’s game I met Nick Swisher and he was wearing four ribbons. We may have talked about this before but just reporting on it again anyways. There was the blue one for testicular cancer, the yellow to support the troops, and he had TWO for breast cancer. one was sewed on like the blue and yellow but the other was larger and just pinned on. Any idea why he would have two for breast cancer?[/quote]

“Swisher was very close to his late grandmother. As well as having her initials tattooed on his chest, before every pitch he looks up to the sky and says a few words to his grandmother. As his grandmother passed away from breast cancer, he has decided to grow his hair long so that he can cut it later and donate it to an organization that creates wigs for chemotherapy patients” (wiki)

For both breasts?[/quote]

Here’s a pic of the Gigantes jerseys from today….

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I have a weird one: at the Twins/RedSOX game last night, it looked to me like J.D. Drew had something going with his jersey attaching to his rear belt tunnel. I was on the 3rd base line and he spent a bit of time on 3rd as a runner, so I got a decent look- and I could swear that his jersey continued right down over the top of the pants and formed the tunnel for his belt. Anyone else get a look at this? Do I need glasses?

Sorry, no screenshot- I was there in person. I’ll record tonight’s game and see if I see it.

[quote comment=”81543″]last night at the Rays-A’s game I met Nick Swisher and he was wearing four ribbons. We may have talked about this before but just reporting on it again anyways. There was the blue one for testicular cancer, the yellow to support the troops, and he had TWO for breast cancer. one was sewed on like the blue and yellow but the other was larger and just pinned on. Any idea why he would have two for breast cancer?[/quote]
The two could represent two people he knows who have/had breast cancer, same with testicular cancer. But who knows.

[quote comment=”81676″]nice shot of the throwback Steelers:
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Chargers:
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I’m confused. The Hines Ward press conference had him with the special jersey and white pants with a skinny stripe pattern. The picture in #59 show the special jersey with the everyday Steelers pants (by which I mean, of course, the yellow pants with the thick black stripe). What is the correct combo?

[quote comment=”81691″][quote comment=”81676″]nice shot of the throwback Steelers:
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Chargers:
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I’m confused. The Hines Ward press conference had him with the special jersey and white pants with a skinny stripe pattern. The picture in #59 show the special jersey with the everyday Steelers pants (by which I mean, of course, the yellow pants with the thick black stripe). What is the correct combo?[/quote]

I’m confused also. Here’s the pic of the white pants from the press conference.

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Small uni-mention about the U. Of Illinois football team (yes, they still have a team, and a very unique quarterback, by the name of Juice Williams)

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Illinois plans to wear the same uniform colors this season (blue jersey, white pants at home; white jersey, orange pants on the road). But Nike has supplied new orange jerseys, giving the Illini another option, perhaps something to wear for a special occasion.

[quote comment=”81574″]Minna–
You could always buy anything on that website at the MOA, you know. Goldy’s Locker Room, 3rd floor across from the old Oshman’s (what a dump that place has become), or one of the hat stores on the first floor as well.

I still can’t believe someone called Boston’s team the “Socks”–dear goodness. They’ve only been the Sox for 100 years or so… I’d hate to find out what Chicago’s South Side team is now called as well.

This board would benefit greatly from all of us taking an extra ten seconds to do a little spell-checking.

In case someone catches a Cleveland game soon, try to decipher what it says on the bottom of Fausto Carmona’s hat. I couldn’t figure it out or get a good screen grab when the Tribe was in the Cities recently.[/quote]

Matthew, I don’t support MOA, so I wouldn’t buy from them if I have the opportunity not to.

Brendan, I agree with you about the distressed look of the shirts. I like the black shirt (no surprise), but I don’t like the faded, crinkled look. It’s like the acid-wash ripped jeans. If I want my jeans to look that way, I’ll do it myself.

I think Zac might be right about the reason for the two ribbons, but I like Brian’s answer better.

Matthew, to me, Chicago is the White Sux.

Jim, thanks for the second biggest laugh of the day concerning Paul’s evil twin.

[quote comment=”81661″]>>There was the blue one for testicular cancer…and he had TWO for breast cancer…Any idea why he would have two for breast cancer?

>For both breasts?

Then what does the solo blue one tell us?[/quote]

And somewhere, John Kruk sheds a tear.

[quote comment=”81543″]last night at the Rays-A’s game I met Nick Swisher and he was wearing four ribbons. We may have talked about this before but just reporting on it again anyways. There was the blue one for testicular cancer, the yellow to support the troops, and he had TWO for breast cancer. one was sewed on like the blue and yellow but the other was larger and just pinned on. Any idea why he would have two for breast cancer?[/quote]

one for each tit?

[quote comment=”81661″]>>There was the blue one for testicular cancer…and he had TWO for breast cancer…Any idea why he would have two for breast cancer?

>For both breasts?

Then what does the solo blue one tell us?[/quote]

that he’s a lance armstrong fan?

[quote comment=”81755″]Well people with taste in Chicago call the south side minor league team the sux.[/quote]

Would that be the South Side team with a recent World Series title to its credit, unlike its North Side counterpart?

[quote comment=”81754″][quote comment=”81543″]last night at the Rays-A’s game I met Nick Swisher and he was wearing four ribbons. We may have talked about this before but just reporting on it again anyways. There was the blue one for testicular cancer, the yellow to support the troops, and he had TWO for breast cancer. one was sewed on like the blue and yellow but the other was larger and just pinned on. Any idea why he would have two for breast cancer?[/quote]

one for each tit?[/quote]

little late to the game my friend, but nice effort.

[quote comment=”81593″]I was watching an NFL Europa game this afternoon, and my roommate brought something to my attention. Players did not have any NFL team patches. I did notice a very large NFL Europa patch at the base of the collar, where some NFL patches were last season. But there weren’t even any team patches on the helmets.

Did the league replace affiliate patches with sponsor patches, or did the league do away with any reference to the parent clubs and league?[/quote]
Ya I noticed that also the other day when I was watching, I thought it was always cool to know what teams have which sucky players.

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(professional dramatization, not the actual bathroom noted, driver on closed course, your mileage may vary)

[quote comment=”81801″][quote comment=”81772″][quote comment=”81755″]Well people with taste in Chicago call the south side minor league team the sux.[/quote]

Would that be the South Side team with a recent World Series title to its credit, unlike its North Side counterpart?[/quote]

I dont know what you are talking about, there was no world series in 2005, there was a strike or something.[/quote]

Typical Cubs fan.

lol @ Red Socks

Correction. Cub fans who feel the need to sink to the level of the other fanbase and take potshots call them the Sux.

The street vendors near both Chicago stadiums seem to enjoy selling “throwback” jerseys disparaging the other team. Outside Wrigley, you can buy 1980s-era “Sux” uniforms, while in the area of Comiskey, you can purchase vintage “Scrubs” uniforms. Now, I don’t understand why a fan of the Cubs or White Sox would want to don apparel that LOOKS just like the opposition (though I do see a lot of Red Sox fans wearing “YH” caps that look just like real Yankee caps, but are supposed to mean “Yankee Hater”)

[quote comment=”81884″]Correction. Cub fans who feel the need to sink to the level of the other fanbase and take potshots call them the Sux.

The street vendors near both Chicago stadiums seem to enjoy selling “throwback” jerseys disparaging the other team. Outside Wrigley, you can buy 1980s-era “Sux” uniforms, while in the area of Comiskey, you can purchase vintage “Scrubs” uniforms. Now, I don’t understand why a fan of the Cubs or White Sox would want to don apparel that LOOKS just like the opposition (though I do see a lot of Red Sox fans wearing “YH” caps that look just like real Yankee caps, but are supposed to mean “Yankee Hater”)[/quote]

Red Sox fans also wear blue Yankees shirts with #2 that says “Jeter Swallows” on the back, and #13 jerseys with “A-Rod Sucks”.