That Hat is Juuuuuusst a Bit Outside

Nice job, Vince.

I must confess that I like some of the giveaway fishing hats that you highlighted, even though I don’t fish. They are certainly better than a cheapo replica baseball cap with a corporate logo plastered on the back.

Back in the the real early 80’s the NY rangers had an unannounced cap night with a garish red cap sponsored by both Winston cigarettes and WNBC (the predecessor of WFAN). Mark Pavelich, of 1980 US Olympic team fame, scored five goals in the game against the Hartford Whalers. By games end there were at least 15,000 of the 18,000 hats back on the ice. Luckily, I have still have mine. Maybe it is worh something on eBay.

My post just got eaten, perhaps because I posted several links to pictured on eBay about the Cubs’ iPod giveaway. I had been expecting a realy clever and distinctive-looking item, maybe with blue pinstripes on a whilte background, or a woodgrain body, or something, but it’s just a plain silver iPod with a Cubs logo and then the name of a TV station on the back. Pathetic.

The two best promotions I’ve been to were the Mets’ Irish Night in 1996 or ’97, where they gave away nice green hats, and the 1987 game when the Mets gave away World Series ring replicas. Now those rings would probably look pathetic, with their adjustable strap on the bottom, but to a kid they were amazing.

Vince,
Just a quick note to mention the best of all giveaways — when the Lowell Spinners (Sox farm team) gave away Jack Kerouac bobblehead dolls (Kerouac is, of course, a native son of Lowell, MA).
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Vince, beware of the floppy hat in Cleveland. Saturday, June 16th, the Braves will be in town, and it’s floppy hat night at the Jake. It will probably end up being left under my seat. Go Braves!

Vince, you’re dead on with the blue in the Tribe’s hats and helmets not matching up. It has bugged my buddy and I for years, namely since the Dolans started shrinking/long term phasing out the Chief a few years back.

The Buckos here in Pittsburgh (a.k.a. the Suckos) have some good give a ways (they have to). My favorite this year are the era logo link

Not many of you are gonna have any idea what I’m talking about but who else thinks the Red Wings should be moved to the Eastern Conference. The poor Detroit fans gotta stay up till 10:00pmEst just to see the puck dropped.
NHL’s Conf.Finals; Detroit-A+(regarding uni’s), Anaheim-C, Ottawa-A, Buffalo-C+.
confused?

[quote comment=”83088″]Oh, and I should point out that only somebody pretty silly would “politely leave it under your seat like a normal person”. I don’t know about how it went in other cities, but White Sox ones were going for about $100 on ebay in the days after they were given out.[/quote]

Um, I’m talking about the imitation world series rings, of course. Oops.

My brother-in-law has a machine that can install grommets onto anything. He has converted every one of my NY Ranger giveaway towels into a golf towel for the past fifteen years.

Even the blue one that got dye all over everything the first time I used it on the course.

[quote comment=”83084″]Not many of you are gonna have any idea what I’m talking about but who else thinks the Red Wings should be moved to the Eastern Conference. The poor Detroit fans gotta stay up till 10:00pmEst just to see the puck dropped.
NHL’s Conf.Finals; Detroit-A+(regarding uni’s), Anaheim-C, Ottawa-A, Buffalo-C+.
confused?[/quote]

Oh yea, lets realign the entire NHL so Wings fans can catch the 9 pm news and go to bed early.

[quote comment=”83076″]Last year when the Indians were in Cincy, they gave away John Deere themed Reds hats (I think Adam LaRoche John Deere hats) ):

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Do you mean Adam Dunn or perhaps Jason LaRue?

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This should work

[quote comment=”83098″][quote comment=”83076″]Last year when the Indians were in Cincy, they gave away John Deere themed Reds hats (I think Adam LaRoche John Deere hats) ):

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Do you mean Adam Dunn or perhaps Jason LaRue?[/quote]

Yeah, Jason LaRue. I knew there was a LA in there.

I love the Dairy Queen ice cream helemts. I remember when you could go to DQ and collect all the MLB helmets. At one point I probably had 85% of the league.

[quote comment=”83062″]My post just got eaten, perhaps because I posted several links to pictured on eBay about the Cubs’ iPod giveaway. I had been expecting a realy clever and distinctive-looking item, maybe with blue pinstripes on a whilte background, or a woodgrain body, or something, but it’s just a plain silver iPod with a Cubs logo and then the name of a TV station on the back. Pathetic.

The two best promotions I’ve been to were the Mets’ Irish Night in 1996 or ’97, where they gave away nice green hats, and the 1987 game when the Mets gave away World Series ring replicas. Now those rings would probably look pathetic, with their adjustable strap on the bottom, but to a kid they were amazing.[/quote]

I dont know, If I was getting an ipod for going to a baseball game, i would not be too concerned with the corporate logo. Not like we are talking about a crappy 50 cent mesh hat

Thanks, Vince. I have been griping about how the Indians’ batting helmets haven’t matched the blue jerseys ever since Paul had that color specialist interview (the funny chick that worked for Adidas, I think). If they can match the colors, why not make it happen? Can you linkthe Yankees looking like link? link Their linkmatches!

This relates to one of the past blogs about the relief pitchers & the snack bags that they have. This was just ont eh Cubs website in a mailbag article:

I was at the Cubs-Cardinals games on April 27-28, cheering on the Cubs, and my seats were right next to the Cubs’ bullpen. I noticed one of the Cubs pitchers had a pink Strawberry Shortcake backpack. Do you know whose backpack that is, and the significance?
— Caleb W., St. Louis, Mo.

The backpack is loaded with bullpen essentials, such as gum and candy, and is carried by whoever is the youngest member, which, in the Cubs’ situation, is Rocky Cherry.

[quote comment=”83071″]Vince, you’re dead on with the blue in the Tribe’s hats and helmets not matching up. It has bugged my buddy and I for years, namely since the Dolans started shrinking/long term phasing out the Chief a few years back.[/quote]

i would imagine that the difference in color is attributed to the indians using the same identical color/pantone for the helmets and the uniforms.

wouldnt common logic say that the colors appear different because they are on different types of surfaces? a textile vs. molded plastic (or whatever synthetic material it is)?

it seems to me that this difference is simply a failure by their design team to appropriately align their colors. im assuming that there should be 2 different blues used so each part of the uniform matches based on the surface it is used on…

do you know what i mean, or have i totally confused you…

link: Just like the Steelers chose to wear their white jerseys in the Super Bowl, AC Milan chose to weir their white shirts in the UEFA Champions League Final. AC Milan usually wears red and black and their nickname is the “rossoneri” but they consider their white shirts their “maglia fortunata.”

I personally side with “stupid” for the SF rally hats. If it were a rally hat, the SF logo should be backwards (because the hat would be inside out), plus the brim is technically curved the wrong way. On top of all this, I think it’s just plainn ugly–hard to see anyone wearing this outside of the game it was distributed.

Went to the Cards/Rox game last night. The Rox were wearing their black vest alts. These make no sense to me since the undershirt is also black. Why not just add black sleeves and be done with it, or better yet get rid of it all together.

[quote comment=”83115″]Thanks, Vince. I have been griping about how the Indians’ batting helmets haven’t matched the blue jerseys ever since Paul had that color specialist interview (the funny chick that worked for Adidas, I think). If they can match the colors, why not make it happen? Can you linkthe Yankees looking like link? link Their linkmatches![/quote]
Thats the problem I always had with link. I’m glad they finally fixed it.

[quote comment=”83132″]Went to the Cards/Rox game last night. The Rox were wearing their black vest alts. These make no sense to me since the undershirt is also black. Why not just add black sleeves and be done with it, or better yet get rid of it all together.[/quote]

i thought the same when i flipped to that game last night. i know the rox’s colors are purple, black, and white, but where was the purple on that uni? it looked like the white sox were playing the cards last night.

[quote comment=”83137″][quote comment=”83093″]I am a Cubs fan and hate the White Sucks, but you have to give it to Bill Veck for being inovative to bring people out. He had the shower in the outfield (which they still have) disco demo night, put the radio play by play guys in the outfield amongst fans and so many other circus like things that made you think the Sucks were a minor league team.[/quote]

Absolutly not. I was cheering for the Stros all the way. My wife coudn’t understand how I couldn’t support a team from my home town, but I think only Yankee and Mets fans can understand the feeling Cubs and Sox fans have in hating a team from their own city.
Hey Joe, were you one of the Chicago fans cheering for the White Sox when they were in the World Series because the Cubs blew.?[/quote]

[quote comment=”83056″]I still have the green Mets cap that they gave away for Irish Night around 1996 or so; it’s adjustable, but it doesn’t have any stupid coporate logos on it and looks great.

I also remember getting a replica 1986 World Series ring; it had an adjuster on the bottom and would probably be reviled by adult fans today, but at the time I thought it was amazing.

The Cubs iPod looked like a great promotion, but now looking at the link, it looks more like a pathetic TV station ad that just happens to have a Cubs logo on it. I was expecting something really clever, like having the link contain the perfectly-round red C logo, or the iPod itself to be wood-grain like a bat, or maybe blue pinstripes on the white background for the body, or… you know, something really clever and fun.[/quote]

I’m assuming they weren’t giving these away–what was the promotion?

[quote comment=”83140″][quote comment=”83137″][quote comment=”83093″]I am a Cubs fan and hate the White Sucks, but you have to give it to Bill Veck for being inovative to bring people out. He had the shower in the outfield (which they still have) disco demo night, put the radio play by play guys in the outfield amongst fans and so many other circus like things that made you think the Sucks were a minor league team.[/quote]

Absolutly not. I was cheering for the Stros all the way. My wife coudn’t understand how I couldn’t support a team from my home town, but I think only Yankee and Mets fans can understand the feeling Cubs and Sox fans have in hating a team from their own city.
Hey Joe, were you one of the Chicago fans cheering for the White Sox when they were in the World Series because the Cubs blew.?[/quote][/quote]
Actually I’m a Yankees fan, when the Subway series was happening my heart was with the Yanks, but I wouldn’t have minded if the Mets won. So you must be narrow minded.

[quote comment=”83094″][quote comment=”83084″]Not many of you are gonna have any idea what I’m talking about but who else thinks the Red Wings should be moved to the Eastern Conference. The poor Detroit fans gotta stay up till 10:00pmEst just to see the puck dropped.
NHL’s Conf.Finals; Detroit-A+(regarding uni’s), Anaheim-C, Ottawa-A, Buffalo-C+.
confused?[/quote]

Oh yea, lets realign the entire NHL so Wings fans can catch the 9 pm news and go to bed early.[/quote]
You must be one of the ones that have no idea what I’m talking about.

[quote comment=”83070″]link is a great bobblehead. For those of you who did not know Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer last year by the Astros owner for being the NLDS MVP.[/quote]

Why did he get a bulldozer?

[quote comment=”83151″][quote comment=”83094″][quote comment=”83084″]Not many of you are gonna have any idea what I’m talking about but who else thinks the Red Wings should be moved to the Eastern Conference. The poor Detroit fans gotta stay up till 10:00pmEst just to see the puck dropped.
NHL’s Conf.Finals; Detroit-A+(regarding uni’s), Anaheim-C, Ottawa-A, Buffalo-C+.
confused?[/quote]

Oh yea, lets realign the entire NHL so Wings fans can catch the 9 pm news and go to bed early.[/quote]
You must be one of the ones that have no idea what I’m talking about.[/quote]

I totaly get it as I stay up late many times to watch the Wild play the ‘Nucks, Sharks and Ducks.

I rather see my team play in the tougher conference (Western) too rather than have half its schedule against teams that are perenialy struggling.

Sure in the West there are the Blues and Blue Jackets, but teams like the Hawks are coming back, Phoenix could be good, but past that, every other team is a playoff caliber team. Look to the east and that’s not the case. Even some of the eastern teams that made the playoffs were lesser teams than western teams that were left on the outside looking in. I will admit though, the east’s top dogs are quality hockey teams, the conference just doesn’t have depth. Case in point, I think most people would have guessed a Buffalo-Ottwa est final, but the possibilities for the west final were varried as I believe 6 of the 8 in the west could have made it to the west finals.

My beloved New York Metropolitans had “Ice Cube Tray Night” in 2005.

[quote comment=”83151″][quote comment=”83094″][quote comment=”83084″]Not many of you are gonna have any idea what I’m talking about but who else thinks the Red Wings should be moved to the Eastern Conference. The poor Detroit fans gotta stay up till 10:00pmEst just to see the puck dropped.
NHL’s Conf.Finals; Detroit-A+(regarding uni’s), Anaheim-C, Ottawa-A, Buffalo-C+.
confused?[/quote]

Oh yea, lets realign the entire NHL so Wings fans can catch the 9 pm news and go to bed early.[/quote]
You must be one of the ones that have no idea what I’m talking about.[/quote]
I hate people who think they are superior just because they like and watch hockey. I happen to love hockey, and it’s a big pet peeve when someone gets on their high horse about how they like hockey. If you’re a true fan, you’re a true fan whether everyone else likes it or not

[quote comment=”83163″]My favorite is Bat day at Yankee stadium. They started giving them out as you leave which is great. Lets give a few thousand drunken New Yorkers wood bats and let them loose in the Bronx[/quote]

A few thousand Yankee fans. The most vile group of hooilgans east of the EPL.

[quote comment=”83148″]Actually I’m a Yankees fan, when the Subway series was happening my heart was with the Yanks, but I wouldn’t have minded if the Mets won. So you must be narrow minded.[/quote]

I think Chicago is just different in this respect than New York. I’m a White Sox fan, and I don’t know a single White Sox fan who cares about the team at all who would ever root for (or be happy for) the Cubs, and it goes the other way, too. However, I know one New Yorker and she claims to be fans of both teams.

[quote comment=”83157″][quote comment=”83070″]link is a great bobblehead. For those of you who did not know Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer last year by the Astros owner for being the NLDS MVP.[/quote]

Why did he get a bulldozer?[/quote]

During the 2005 NLCS, Roy Oswalt was promised before game 6 if he could get a win and take the Astros to the World Series, Drayton McLane, the Astros owner, would buy him a new bulldozer. McLane had asked Roy earlier in his career what his goals were to which Roy replied “To own a bulldozer.” Roy Oswalt is now the proud owner of a Caterpillar D6N XL.

also, the bulldozer bobblehead is one of the coolest bobbleheads ever!

[quote comment=”83166″][quote comment=”83151″][quote comment=”83094″][quote comment=”83084″]Not many of you are gonna have any idea what I’m talking about but who else thinks the Red Wings should be moved to the Eastern Conference. The poor Detroit fans gotta stay up till 10:00pmEst just to see the puck dropped.
NHL’s Conf.Finals; Detroit-A+(regarding uni’s), Anaheim-C, Ottawa-A, Buffalo-C+.
confused?[/quote]

Oh yea, lets realign the entire NHL so Wings fans can catch the 9 pm news and go to bed early.[/quote]
You must be one of the ones that have no idea what I’m talking about.[/quote]
I hate people who think they are superior just because they like and watch hockey. I happen to love hockey, and it’s a big pet peeve when someone gets on their high horse about how they like hockey. If you’re a true fan, you’re a true fan whether everyone else likes it or not[/quote]
You sound like an angry fan.

On the hockey thing…I mean, what are we talking about here…if we’re specifically talking about the Wings, in a Series that goes 7 games, we’re talking about AT MOST 4 games in the late time-zone.

This year, they have a rare run of all games being against teams in that time zone (Calgary, then San Jose, now Anaheim). Odds are, more often than not, they’ll get games with St. Louis or Chicago or Minnesota in at least one series.

I didn’t hear them complaining when they had all those series and rivalries w/ Colorado in the late 90s.

[quote comment=”83181″]On the hockey thing…I mean, what are we talking about here…if we’re specifically talking about the Wings, in a Series that goes 7 games, we’re talking about AT MOST 4 games in the late time-zone.

This year, they have a rare run of all games being against teams in that time zone (Calgary, then San Jose, now Anaheim). Odds are, more often than not, they’ll get games with St. Louis or Chicago or Minnesota in at least one series.

I didn’t hear them complaining when they had all those series and rivalries w/ Colorado in the late 90s.[/quote]
Actually last night’s game in San Jose was originally scheduled for 10:30pm, but it was later changed to 8:30-9:00pm.

I’ll be honest. I think the obsession people have with English royalty is silly, but obsession with uniform aesthetics is not…

While surfing the net yesterday I noticed in an article that Prince Harry was wearing a Boston Red Sox hat the other day.

This first picture got me suspicious:

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And then I found this, where you can clearly see the Sox logo on the back of the hat. Couldn’t find any straight on shots of the front of the hat.

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The Brewers caps are noticably lighter than their blue alts. I went to Home Depot to get the “team color” paint to paint our third bedroom in Brewers colors and the blue looked almost purple. I looked at the cap and the paint actually matched pretty well. It wasn’t going to cut it for the room though so I took in my blue alt jersey and had them match it up. Much better! If I’m ever techo advanced, I’ll post pics of the room. Its pretty cool, IMO.

[quote comment=”83147″][quote comment=”83141″]The Pirates are also giving away a Homestead Grays jersey (I think it is a tshirt) and the various hats, etc they usually give out.

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Dude, August 16th…Styx in Concert!![/quote]

If the Clarks were playing after a game, I’d be there.

[quote comment=”83171″][quote comment=”83148″]Actually I’m a Yankees fan, when the Subway series was happening my heart was with the Yanks, but I wouldn’t have minded if the Mets won. So you must be narrow minded.[/quote]

I think Chicago is just different in this respect than New York. I’m a White Sox fan, and I don’t know a single White Sox fan who cares about the team at all who would ever root for (or be happy for) the Cubs, and it goes the other way, too. However, I know one New Yorker and she claims to be fans of both teams.[/quote]

The rivalry in Chicago is much different than in New York. I grew up in Chicago and lived in New York for 5 years so I’ve seen both types of fans. I can’t imagine a Cubs fan rooting for the White Sox. And I would lose any small amount of respect I might have for White Sox fans if they started cheering for the Cubs.

[quote comment=”83170″]Gotta disagree on Chief Wahoo… I think he should go. I live in Cleveland and I think a grinning cartoon indian is insulting to native americans. I don’t really like the script “I” either. Why not return to one of the old hats with a “C” for Cleveland? Heck, they didn’t even start wearing Wahoo on their hats until 1986.
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If it was disrespectful, millions of fans wouldn’t unite behind names like Indians, Redskins, and Braves and their logos.

[quote comment=”83180″][quote comment=”83173″][quote comment=”83157″][quote comment=”83070″]link is a great bobblehead. For those of you who did not know Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer last year by the Astros owner for being the NLDS MVP.[/quote]

Why did he get a bulldozer?[/quote]

During the 2005 NLCS, Roy Oswalt was promised before game 6 if he could get a win and take the Astros to the World Series, Drayton McLane, the Astros owner, would buy him a new bulldozer. McLane had asked Roy earlier in his career what his goals were to which Roy replied “To own a bulldozer.” Roy Oswalt is now the proud owner of a Caterpillar D6N XL.

also, the bulldozer bobblehead is one of the coolest bobbleheads ever![/quote]
Sorry, I said he was MVP of the wrong series, it should have been NLCS. I think it’s a funny story and an even better bobblehead. Oswalt is just a good ol’ buy form a small town in Mississippi who’s a hell of a pitcher.link[/quote]

Not a bad gift, a $200,000 Bulldozer! That blows away a $50,000 car!

Ok. Before I read any further, I have to comment on the Minnesota finger puppet giveaway.

I scanned and saw only one oblique reference, so here goes.

Last year, the ever-loquacious Ozzie Guillen called Minnesota little piranhas in explaining how the Twins beat you bit by bit rather than club you over the head.

Then, for reasons unknown to me, the Twins took the name and ran with it. Why the team would want to identify with something another team’s manager called them, I don’t know, but there it is. That is the connection to the fish, and since it was little piranha giveaway night, the top ten guy could have found that out with the slightest bit of research.

Whew. I feel better.

stuby, you are in my generation. I’m thirty-six, but I didn’t become obsessed with sports until much later in life. If anyone brings back the pill-box, it should be link. Supposedly, that is Bert Blyleven, whom I love as an announcer.

TD, do I need to manufacture a way for you to come to the TCUWP? I hope not ‘coz I used up all my finagling skills yesterday. Oh well. Even if it’s just me, Paul, Teebz and Natron, we will bring down the house.

Michigan and Michigan State wore link during a softball game to raise awareness for breast cancer research

[quote comment=”83150″][quote comment=”83147″][quote comment=”83141″]The Pirates are also giving away a Homestead Grays jersey (I think it is a tshirt) and the various hats, etc they usually give out.

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Dude, August 16th…Styx in Concert!![/quote]

“And he taught me that Styx was one of the greatest American rock bands and they only got a bad rap because most critics are cynical assholes.”[/quote]

A Big Daddy reference?

Someone should tell this guy Ruck Vaughn wore stirrups…and is wearing them wrong in the new DirecTV ads….

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[quote comment=”83210″]A Big Daddy reference?

Someone should tell this guy Ruck Vaughn wore stirrups…and is wearing them wrong in the new DirecTV ads….

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it sure is! i figured that was better (and more relevant) than the kangaroo song.

with those mcfarlane customs its tough because you have to deal with the existing mlb figures. so since eric gagne wears his pants like that, and gagne’s figure is the closet youd get to vaughn (cuz of the glasses), the custom has to take on that appearance. some of the customs are really sharp though…

[quote comment=”83208″]Michigan and Michigan State wore link during a softball game to raise awareness for breast cancer research[/quote]
Looks like the helmet cage is pink too. I like that the helmet cage is a plastic one, alowing the batter to see through it, much like a hockey visor.

[quote comment=”83170″]Gotta disagree on Chief Wahoo… I think he should go. I live in Cleveland and I think a grinning cartoon indian is insulting to native americans. I don’t really like the script “I” either. Why not return to one of the old hats with a “C” for Cleveland? Heck, they didn’t even start wearing Wahoo on their hats until 1986.
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I suppose Italians should be upset at Nintendo for Mario.

I hope we see these Cavs throwbacks soon

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[quote comment=”83219″]My favorite is Bat day at Yankee stadium. They started giving them out as you leave which is great. Lets give a few thousand drunken New Yorkers wood bats and let them loose in the Bronx

Actually, you are wrong.

I have attended bat day several times, both as a 8 or 9 year old kid (right before they reonvated the Stadium) and as a parent. The bats are given to the kids (not adults) when they walk in and, in a time honored tradition, at one point during the game Bob Shepard asks all the kids to raise their bats up in the air. It is a great moment. (And if you remember doing it as a kid, and you see your own kids doing it, you might even get a little misty.)[/quote]
last time i was there they gave them to everyone as we left. Thats how my father and i got two of them. I dont remember anything like you describe, but its been over a year

[quote comment=”83214″]
with those mcfarlane customs its tough because you have to deal with the existing mlb figures. so since eric gagne wears his pants like that, and gagne’s figure is the closet youd get to vaughn (cuz of the glasses), the custom has to take on that appearance. some of the customs are really sharp though…[/quote]

being one to have mad a custom using a SportPick, when you do a basic repaint you are limited by the base figure, but if you have the skill to kitbash/resculpt, you can basically make the base look however you want. that being said, a “Wild Thing” Vaughn could also be made from a link with glasses sculpted on…stirrups already provided on the base figure.

[quote comment=”83084″]Not many of you are gonna have any idea what I’m talking about but who else thinks the Red Wings should be moved to the Eastern Conference. The poor Detroit fans gotta stay up till 10:00pmEst just to see the puck dropped.
NHL’s Conf.Finals; Detroit-A+(regarding uni’s), Anaheim-C, Ottawa-A, Buffalo-C+.
confused?[/quote]

Not me. Who would take their spot?

[quote comment=”83133″][quote comment=”83125″]I guess that “Really Stupid” is in the eye of the beholder. The Orioles have been giving away bucket hats for as long as I can remember. They’ve usually been orange. This dates back to Memorial Stadium and Natty Boh on the scoreboard. (for you non-Baltimorons, that’s the National Bohemian Beer mascot…kind of looks like the Pringles guy)

The first one I ever got had the old cartoon Oriole bird on it. It was from before the change to the “real” Oriole.

What I remember about them is that Miller Lite usually sponsored that give-away…and on one side it had an Orioles Logo and the other had the Miller Lite logo, so if you were a kid, they wouldn’t give you one…so I just kept the one they gave my Uncle.

So that’s not a lame give-away…it’s a give-away rooted in Orioles tradition! lol.[/quote]

I can attest that floppy hat night is always one of the most popular promotion nights at The Yard.[/quote]

I agree! The first thing we do when the schedule is announced is look for floppy hat night! It’s always the most fun game. I think I have about 10 of them. Remember when they did the green hat for 1 year? It sucked. My favorite is a white one I have with the cartoon bird and the miller logo on the top.

Back when I was a wee lad I went to bat day at memorial stadium to see the O’s play the A’s. My favorite player was Jose Canseco (I was 11 and had no idea what steriods were, so no jokes please!) and I struck up a conversation before the game with the Pitching Coach’s (Dave Duncan) son. Yes, that is current star Chris Duncan. He traded me a Canseco signed ball for my free bat and $10! I still have the ball!

My guess is that Chris was always on the road and had to see dozens of giveaway nights, so maybe he had a collection of stuff?

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TD, do I need to manufacture a way for you to come to the TCUWP? I hope not ‘coz I used up all my finagling skills yesterday. Oh well. Even if it’s just me, Paul, Teebz and Natron, we will bring down the house.[/quote]

Teebz might be out. Long story, but let’s just say that yesterday’s topic of softball and steroid-monkeys are a big reason why. If I can escape the doctor’s appointment on Friday, I’ll be there.

[quote comment=”83152″][quote comment=”83148″][quote comment=”83140″][quote comment=”83137″][quote comment=”83093″]I am a Cubs fan and hate the White Sucks, but you have to give it to Bill Veck for being inovative to bring people out. He had the shower in the outfield (which they still have) disco demo night, put the radio play by play guys in the outfield amongst fans and so many other circus like things that made you think the Sucks were a minor league team.[/quote]

Absolutly not. I was cheering for the Stros all the way. My wife coudn’t understand how I couldn’t support a team from my home town, but I think only Yankee and Mets fans can understand the feeling Cubs and Sox fans have in hating a team from their own city.
Hey Joe, were you one of the Chicago fans cheering for the White Sox when they were in the World Series because the Cubs blew.?[/quote][/quote]
Actually I’m a Yankees fan, when the Subway series was happening my heart was with the Yanks, but I wouldn’t have minded if the Mets won. So you must be narrow minded.[/quote]
Thanks, for cheering on the ‘stros. Wish they could have done more in that series.
Something similar to me happened last year when Texas played for the national championship. I’m an Aggie grad and Texas is our #1 rival. I did not pull for Texas because they are in the same state. Eventhough some Aggies did. I know tons of Texas fans who love to brag. Bragging rights for a national championship last a few years against your rival. I wanted USC to win just so I didn’t have to listen to Texas fans.[/quote]

I am a lifelong Aggie fan and I pulled for the ‘Horns. It came down to state pride over Aggie pride. I’ve even been known to pull for the ‘Horns over the Aggies at certain times when it would benefit the greater good of the state of Texas.

This is up there for worst giveaway ever- link

I used to love glove day, but as a lefty, it seemed like it was always impossible for me to get one. And I have quite the collection of Mets giveaway batting helmets from when I was a kid. Once I have a house, a bar is going in the basement, and those are definitely going on the wall.

>Oh yea, lets realign the entire NHL so Wings fans can catch the 9 pm news and go to bed early.

Eastern Time cities should not be in Western Divisions, full stop.

Worst promo giveaway: The Brewers gave away kids’ baseball gloves, “signed” by Robin Yount. Cheap vinyl things, but hey they’re free. The crappy thing was that the lefty glove was an exact mirror images, so we southpaws got stuck with reversed signatures. How insulting!

[quote comment=”83148″][quote comment=”83140″][quote comment=”83137″][quote comment=”83093″]I am a Cubs fan and hate the White Sucks, but you have to give it to Bill Veck for being inovative to bring people out. He had the shower in the outfield (which they still have) disco demo night, put the radio play by play guys in the outfield amongst fans and so many other circus like things that made you think the Sucks were a minor league team.[/quote]

Absolutly not. I was cheering for the Stros all the way. My wife coudn’t understand how I couldn’t support a team from my home town, but I think only Yankee and Mets fans can understand the feeling Cubs and Sox fans have in hating a team from their own city.
Hey Joe, were you one of the Chicago fans cheering for the White Sox when they were in the World Series because the Cubs blew.?[/quote][/quote]
Actually I’m a Yankees fan, when the Subway series was happening my heart was with the Yanks, but I wouldn’t have minded if the Mets won. So you must be narrow minded.[/quote]

I’m a Mets fan and I definitely minded that the Yankees won. The Yankees are like the evil empire. I route for Boston in the socks/yanks series. I know people won’t like this, but I can’t consider someone a true fan if they have sympathy for the opponent.

[quote comment=”83245″][quote comment=”83202″][quote comment=”83180″][quote comment=”83173″][quote comment=”83157″][quote comment=”83070″]link is a great bobblehead. For those of you who did not know Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer last year by the Astros owner for being the NLDS MVP.[/quote]

Why did he get a bulldozer?[/quote]

During the 2005 NLCS, Roy Oswalt was promised before game 6 if he could get a win and take the Astros to the World Series, Drayton McLane, the Astros owner, would buy him a new bulldozer. McLane had asked Roy earlier in his career what his goals were to which Roy replied “To own a bulldozer.” Roy Oswalt is now the proud owner of a Caterpillar D6N XL.

also, the bulldozer bobblehead is one of the coolest bobbleheads ever![/quote]
Sorry, I said he was MVP of the wrong series, it should have been NLCS. I think it’s a funny story and an even better bobblehead. Oswalt is just a good ol’ buy form a small town in Mississippi who’s a hell of a pitcher.link[/quote]

Not a bad gift, a $200,000 Bulldozer!

That blows away a $50,000 car![/quote]

There was an article about this in ESPN ‘The Magazine’ last year too. Roy owns a huge amount of land in Weir, Mississippi (his hometown). Drayton McClain is one of the richest owners in baseball (worth a couple billion I think), so dropping $200,000 on a bulldozer for his ace pitcher as a reward for getting the team to it’s first World Series is a drop in the bucket for him.

Anyway, here’s a couple pictures of Oswalt getting the bulldozer:

link

link

nothing says “great job man!” than the gift of an earth mover…

[quote comment=”83165″][quote comment=”83157″][quote comment=”83070″]link is a great bobblehead. For those of you who did not know Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer last year by the Astros owner for being the NLDS MVP.[/quote]

Why did he get a bulldozer?[/quote]
I didn’t even know they awarded an MVP of the NLDS.[/quote]

That’s the joke–there isn’t an NLDS MVP award. Several players, though, have incentives written into their contracts about this. I think Oswalt was just being rewarded by Drayton McLane for a good season, basically.

[quote comment=”83248″]I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds the gift of a bulldozer just. . . odd.[/quote]
I doubt you’re the only one who thinks it odd, but I think you’d be hard pressed to find somebody who doesn’t think that’s a cool gift. Certainly out of the ordinary. It beats some car you’ll turn around and sell.

[quote comment=”83249″][quote comment=”83165″][quote comment=”83157″][quote comment=”83070″]link is a great bobblehead. For those of you who did not know Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer last year by the Astros owner for being the NLDS MVP.[/quote]

Why did he get a bulldozer?[/quote]
I didn’t even know they awarded an MVP of the NLDS.[/quote]

That’s the joke–there isn’t an NLDS MVP award. Several players, though, have incentives written into their contracts about this. I think Oswalt was just being rewarded by Drayton McLane for a good season, basically.[/quote]
I’m sorry, but didn’t Oswalt get paid 5.9 mil to lead his team to the World Series?

[quote comment=”83253″][quote comment=”83249″][quote comment=”83165″][quote comment=”83157″][quote comment=”83070″]link is a great bobblehead. For those of you who did not know Roy Oswalt was given a bulldozer last year by the Astros owner for being the NLDS MVP.[/quote]

Why did he get a bulldozer?[/quote]
I didn’t even know they awarded an MVP of the NLDS.[/quote]

That’s the joke–there isn’t an NLDS MVP award. Several players, though, have incentives written into their contracts about this. I think Oswalt was just being rewarded by Drayton McLane for a good season, basically.[/quote]

No, it was originally a typo. Oswalt was the NLCS MVP and the bulldozer was Drayton McClain’s award for his efforts in pitching the Astros to their first World Series (because god knows we didn’t hit our way into it…)[/quote]

6 million dollars seems like enough of a reward to me!

[quote comment=”83214″][quote comment=”83210″]A Big Daddy reference?

Someone should tell this guy Ruck Vaughn wore stirrups…and is wearing them wrong in the new DirecTV ads….

link

it sure is! i figured that was better (and more relevant) than the kangaroo song.

with those mcfarlane customs its tough because you have to deal with the existing mlb figures. so since eric gagne wears his pants like that, and gagne’s figure is the closet youd get to vaughn (cuz of the glasses), the custom has to take on that appearance. some of the customs are really sharp though…[/quote]

Agreed, some are much, much better than the originals

[quote comment=”83244″][quote comment=”83148″][quote comment=”83140″][quote comment=”83137″][quote comment=”83093″]I am a Cubs fan and hate the White Sucks, but you have to give it to Bill Veck for being inovative to bring people out. He had the shower in the outfield (which they still have) disco demo night, put the radio play by play guys in the outfield amongst fans and so many other circus like things that made you think the Sucks were a minor league team.[/quote]

Absolutly not. I was cheering for the Stros all the way. My wife coudn’t understand how I couldn’t support a team from my home town, but I think only Yankee and Mets fans can understand the feeling Cubs and Sox fans have in hating a team from their own city.
Hey Joe, were you one of the Chicago fans cheering for the White Sox when they were in the World Series because the Cubs blew.?[/quote][/quote]
Actually I’m a Yankees fan, when the Subway series was happening my heart was with the Yanks, but I wouldn’t have minded if the Mets won. So you must be narrow minded.[/quote]

I’m a Mets fan and I definitely minded that the Yankees won. The Yankees are like the evil empire. I route for Boston in the socks/yanks series. I know people won’t like this, but I can’t consider someone a true fan if they have sympathy for the opponent.[/quote]
That’s funny, cause whenever the Dodgers play the Mets, I route for the Dodgers.

[quote comment=”83115″]Thanks, Vince. I have been griping about how the Indians’ batting helmets haven’t matched the blue jerseys ever since Paul had that color specialist interview (the funny chick that worked for Adidas, I think). If they can match the colors, why not make it happen? Can you linkthe Yankees looking like link? link Their linkmatches![/quote]

yeah, their link really link.

Regarding the NHL and its conference alignment; did many people complain when we used the old Wales/Campbell format? I don’t recall much whining. After all, in the Norris when I was growing up it was my North Stars against the hated Blackhawks (or Black Hawks, if you’re a history guy), Dead Things, Leafs, and the classic Bluenote, another ’67 entry. Good division–always good when the Leafs were even worse than the NS and we limped into the playoffs with about 70 points, too!

Toronto finally made its way into the east after two runs to the western conference finals (Gretzky in Gm7 at MLG in ’93 was and is an epic event) but DET is still in the west. Too bad. You can only hope for teams to move or sprout up in KC, Vegas, and Portland to have any chance of going east.

As a fan of Minnesota’s new team now, I can see where Detroiters can feel like it’s rough to be in the west. I live in the Eastern time zone now as well, so I know all about staying up late to see the Wild square off against VAN, EDM, and CGY.

In fact, since those teams comprise the Northwest division with MIN, I have to stay up late more often than a DET fan whose division reaches no farther than the banks of the Mississippi…

I’m not feeling much sympathy for you, Wings fans. You’ve got more Cups (unfortunately), you knocked the North Stars out of their last playoff appearance (1991-92), and you’re still in the playoffs (since ANA beat the Wild and I just don’t like DET, I’ll root for the GREAT Sabres–Let’s Go Buffalo!–or Ottawa to support my Canadian friends) you should just sit back and enjoy.

Realignment can wait…and wait…and wait. Remember, the West has to retain SOME Original Six team–and it will be a couple of years before Chicago gets to be decent enough to merit that title again.

I mean this in the most non-whiny way, but why do all the links open in seperate windows now? They used to just open all in the same window, now I wind up opening 15 different ones. Can we go back to the old way?

[quote comment=”83219″]

Some link link of Yankee Stadium Bat Day. They still have you raise your bats on Bat Day. Can’t find any modern pictures though.

[quote comment=”83266″][quote comment=”83260″][quote comment=”83244″][quote comment=”83148″][quote comment=”83140″][quote comment=”83137″][quote comment=”83093″]I am a Cubs fan and hate the White Sucks, but you have to give it to Bill Veck for being inovative to bring people out. He had the shower in the outfield (which they still have) disco demo night, put the radio play by play guys in the outfield amongst fans and so many other circus like things that made you think the Sucks were a minor league team.[/quote]

Absolutly not. I was cheering for the Stros all the way. My wife coudn’t understand how I couldn’t support a team from my home town, but I think only Yankee and Mets fans can understand the feeling Cubs and Sox fans have in hating a team from their own city.
Hey Joe, were you one of the Chicago fans cheering for the White Sox when they were in the World Series because the Cubs blew.?[/quote][/quote]
Actually I’m a Yankees fan, when the Subway series was happening my heart was with the Yanks, but I wouldn’t have minded if the Mets won. So you must be narrow minded.[/quote]

I’m a Mets fan and I definitely minded that the Yankees won. The Yankees are like the evil empire. I route for Boston in the socks/yanks series. I know people won’t like this, but I can’t consider someone a true fan if they have sympathy for the opponent.[/quote]
That’s funny, cause whenever the Dodgers play the Mets, I route for the Dodgers.[/quote]
And what “root” do you take to get to Shea? sorry, couldn’t resist. I really can’t root for anyone other than the Good Guys. I am happy for my friends if their team wins somehting and it isn’t at the expense of one of my teams. but I don’t openly root for anyone other than the Amazin’s.[/quote]
You can “root” all you want for your other New York team, 85% of this state all know the Yankees own the entire state.

[quote comment=”83269″]I mean this in the most non-whiny way, but why do all the links open in seperate windows now? They used to just open all in the same window, now I wind up opening 15 different ones. Can we go back to the old way?[/quote]

Beacuase that’s the way Vince does his entries. Paul’s will still be in all the same window. I like Vince’s way better though because some links take time to load and I like to keep reading and click other links.

must be a slow day for everybody if we’re already at 140 comments at lunch time.

[quote comment=”83276″][quote comment=”83269″]I mean this in the most non-whiny way, but why do all the links open in seperate windows now? They used to just open all in the same window, now I wind up opening 15 different ones. Can we go back to the old way?[/quote]

Beacuase that’s the way Vince does his entries. Paul’s will still be in all the same window. I like Vince’s way better though because some links take time to load and I like to keep reading and click other links.[/quote]

Regardless of who wrote the entry for the day, the links open in different pages for me 99% of the and I prefer it that way for the same reason Chad G. does. That being said, I think you can finagle some operating systems to open the links the way you prefer (like OS X or Firefox).

[quote comment=”83132″]Went to the Cards/Rox game last night. The Rox were wearing their black vest alts. These make no sense to me since the undershirt is also black. Why not just add black sleeves and be done with it, or better yet get rid of it all together.[/quote]

Here here. I actually wrote to the team a couple of weeks ago and asked them to please stop wearing them, to try to show a little class and not wear any alts. “Do you want to be like the Yankees and Cardinals, or like the Marlins?” etc. Didn’t seem to help.

You can “root” all you want for your other New York team, 85% of this state all know the Yankees own the entire state.

Prove it.

Yes I will agree that Yankees fans have a majority in NY, but not 85%. That might be the case for Yankees to Mets fans outside of the state. You have to realize that when the Giants and Dodgers left I doubt all the fans just blindly went to the dark side. The Mets have had a strong following from the begining because they were born only a few years after the exudus of the NL from NY.

[quote comment=”83281″][quote comment=”83266″][quote comment=”83260″]That’s funny, cause whenever the Dodgers play the Mets, I route for the Dodgers.[/quote]
And what “root” do you take to get to Shea? sorry, couldn’t resist. I really can’t root for anyone other than the Good Guys. I am happy for my friends if their team wins somehting and it isn’t at the expense of one of my teams. but I don’t openly root for anyone other than the Amazin’s.[/quote]

Damn, MetsfanAZ. You beat me to it, and you were funny about it!

I am so happy you addressed this (and that you haven’t bolded the board today), I won’t even point out your typo.[/quote]
Not only did I not bold the board. I undid the italics that someone else did. I’m ready to call Ek for a job.
But, typos in an e-mail pointing out typos, sp, etc. are totally unacceptable. But damn funny.

[quote comment=”83241″]>Oh yea, lets realign the entire NHL so Wings fans can catch the 9 pm news and go to bed early.

Worst promo giveaway: The Brewers gave away kids’ baseball gloves, “signed” by Robin Yount. Cheap vinyl things, but hey they’re free. The crappy thing was that the lefty glove was an exact mirror images, so we southpaws got stuck with reversed signatures. How insulting![/quote]

I loved Brewers glove day. The gloves weren’t useful for little league or anything but I got a lot of mileage in the neighborhood with mine.

[quote comment=”83196″]Very first game I ever went to, Philadelphia at Cincinnati, August 1970, was ball day. Got my free baseball signed by Denny Doyle (rookie 2B with the Phils, he was from a nearby town and he knew us) and the immortal Ron Stone.
[/quote]

August 1970? You missed having your first-ever game be at Crosley Field by ONE MONTH, and had to go to Riverfront instead? That’s a crying shame.

[quote comment=”83242″][quote comment=”83126″]I personally side with “stupid” for the SF rally hats. If it were a rally hat, the SF logo should be backwards (because the hat would be inside out), plus the brim is technically curved the wrong way. On top of all this, I think it’s just plainn ugly–hard to see anyone wearing this outside of the game it was distributed.[/quote]

I agree. It reminds me of link that are designed to be worn backwards, with the main logo printed on the back. It’s unnatural. Besides, the best part of a rally cap is making it out of a regular hat.[/quote]
…and link

Damn, MetsFanAZ, maybe I spoke too soon and posted too slowly.

Who else is having the problem of a freezing computer where the words take forever to show up in the box?

[quote comment=”83220″][quote comment=”83170″]Gotta disagree on Chief Wahoo… I think he should go. I live in Cleveland and I think a grinning cartoon indian is insulting to native americans. I don’t really like the script “I” either. Why not return to one of the old hats with a “C” for Cleveland? Heck, they didn’t even start wearing Wahoo on their hats until 1986.
[/quote]

It’s just a dumb logo. I’ve got no problem with the name Indians and I’m not about to start some kind of parade of protest. I’m just giving my opinion (kind of like Paul doesn’t like purple). I think the team could come up with a better logo. I don’t understand the Wahoo lovers, who insist on hanging on to this goofy cartoon. I think, in fact, that an anti- “politically correct” backlash has affected better judgment and made their love of their little cartoon guy just a little strange, if you ask me. Teams change logos all the time. Why take a stand for Chief Wahoo? I don’t get it. People are offended by it, so why not get rid of it? I’ve heard the “fighting irish” leprechaun arguments before and the fact is nobody who is irish cares.

[quote comment=”83297″]Damn, MetsFanAZ, maybe I spoke too soon and posted too slowly.

Who else is having the problem of a freezing computer where the words take forever to show up in the box?[/quote]

That happens to me when I post from home, but not at work. I’m assuming it’s just an inferior internet connection.

[quote comment=”83298″][quote comment=”83289″][quote comment=”83281″][quote comment=”83266″][quote comment=”83260″]That’s funny, cause whenever the Dodgers play the Mets, I route for the Dodgers.[/quote]
And what “root” do you take to get to Shea? sorry, couldn’t resist. I really can’t root for anyone other than the Good Guys. I am happy for my friends if their team wins somehting and it isn’t at the expense of one of my teams. but I don’t openly root for anyone other than the Amazin’s.[/quote]

Damn, MetsfanAZ. You beat me to it, and you were funny about it!

I am so happy you addressed this (and that you haven’t bolded the board today), I won’t even point out your typo.[/quote]
Not only did I not bold the board. I undid the italics that someone else did. I’m ready to call Ek for a job.
But, typos in an e-mail pointing out typos, sp, etc. are totally unacceptable. But damn funny.[/quote]

so how do the rest of us mortals close the tags that are left open. Especially by Yankees fans, like now ;)[/quote]
hey now, abra-cadabratest

Thank you very much, not bad for a Finance major. And no, Minna that wasn’t me.

[quote comment=”83305″][quote comment=”83301″]unbold?[/quote]

so fill us in Metsfan, how do you do it?[/quote]
click on whatever the current tag problem is. backspace over the resulting “strong” or “em” then click it again leaving just a “close the tag” command. I know my geek speak might be a little jargonish but you get the point. What I need is a sarcasm tag, I would leave that open all the time.

[quote comment=”83288″]To the Baltimorons who stuck up for link, thanks hon.

It was always a banner day for me to catch a game at Memorial Stadium (since the Vet was such a horrible place to watch baseball), and Flop Hat night was, in my adolescent opinion, the best game to attend.[/quote]

I don’t know if I should be happy for the shout out or pissed you called us Baltimorons.

We don’t like that…especially coming from Filthydelphia! :)

This is only very marginally uni-related, but I was wondering if any other Uni-Watchers have Nintendo Wiis. I’ve made a couple Cardinals Miis hoping they’ll show up in Wii Baseball (thankfully the baseball cap is red!). If anyone wants to exchange Wii numbers for some Mii Parade action, post your Wii number. Mine is:

4025 9911 2390 2430

[quote comment=”83310″][quote comment=”83303″][quote comment=”83102″][quote comment=”83098″][quote comment=”83076″]Last year when the Indians were in Cincy, they gave away John Deere themed Reds hats (I think Adam LaRoche John Deere hats) ):

link

Do you mean Adam Dunn or perhaps Jason LaRue?[/quote]

Yeah, Jason LaRue. I knew there was a LA in there.[/quote]

Wow … they had a promotion for JASON LaRUE?!!? I was all set to make fun of the Reds, but then I remembered that my team has giveaways for link too, so I guess there’s nothing I can say.[/quote]

Well, since you’re a fan of the Royals, they have no choice but to have promotions of “shitty” players. Sorry, but it had to be said.[/quote]

annnnd … THERE it is. Very original, and I only had to wait 6 posts for it. Nicely done.

I attended the Giants’ rally cap day — I collect hats (especially giveaway ones) so we had to go. Since people seem interested in the rally caps (both pro and con), I thought maybe people would want to get a closer look at mine:

link

The logo on the back is for Playstation, which sponsored the promotion.

Of course, my all-time favorite cap giveaway was in Oakland in the first year of interleague play, when they gave out link. Can you imagine this with Yankees-Mets or Cubs-White Sox?

[quote comment=”83317″][quote comment=”83310″][quote comment=”83303″][quote comment=”83102″][quote comment=”83098″][quote comment=”83076″]Last year when the Indians were in Cincy, they gave away John Deere themed Reds hats (I think Adam LaRoche John Deere hats) ):

link

Do you mean Adam Dunn or perhaps Jason LaRue?[/quote]

Yeah, Jason LaRue. I knew there was a LA in there.[/quote]

Wow … they had a promotion for JASON LaRUE?!!? I was all set to make fun of the Reds, but then I remembered that my team has giveaways for link too, so I guess there’s nothing I can say.[/quote]

Well, since you’re a fan of the Royals, they have no choice but to have promotions of “shitty” players. Sorry, but it had to be said.[/quote]

annnnd … THERE it is. Very original, and I only had to wait 6 posts for it. Nicely done.[/quote]
Like I said: it had to be said so I got it out of the way.

[quote comment=”83312″][quote comment=”83288″]To the Baltimorons who stuck up for link, thanks hon.

It was always a banner day for me to catch a game at Memorial Stadium (since the Vet was such a horrible place to watch baseball), and Flop Hat night was, in my adolescent opinion, the best game to attend.[/quote]

I don’t know if I should be happy for the shout out or pissed you called us Baltimorons.

We don’t like that…especially coming from Filthydelphia! :)[/quote]

I lived in Maryland for 5 years and grew up in Delaware, so I followed both the Phils and Orioles as a kid. It’s a term of endearment; no offense intended.

link at rookie camp. I also found it strange that link is wearing #10 at Titans camp. he obviously can’t wear this number as a DB, but it’s Vince Young’s number. Maybe because he is also from UT Vince wanted him to wear it for camp or something.

[quote comment=”83319″]
when they gave out link.[/quote]

wow. that hat is brutal.

[quote comment=”83328″][quote comment=”83319″]
when they gave out link.[/quote]

wow. that hat is brutal.[/quote]
Couple of things, first – nice one to tie together giveaway caps with sportsfan bigamy. I bet that came in handy in 1989. second, it reminds me of the 2000 or so shots of brady quinn’s link. Is she Mrs. OSU linebacker now?

[quote comment=”83255″][quote comment=”83141″]The Pirates are also giving away a Homestead Grays jersey (I think it is a tshirt) and the various hats, etc they usually give out.

link

It’s interesting that Pittsburgh is commemorating the Grays; the Nationals wore retro Grays jerseys for a home game against the Mets last year. I think the Mets wore the unis of the New York Cubans. The Grays played “home games” in both Pittsburgh and Washington.[/quote]

They may have played a few games in Washington, but Homestead is in Pittsburgh.

[quote comment=”83330″][quote comment=”83328″][quote comment=”83319″]
when they gave out link.[/quote]

wow. that hat is brutal.[/quote]
Couple of things, first – nice one to tie together giveaway caps with sportsfan bigamy. I bet that came in handy in 1989. second, it reminds me of the 2000 or so shots of brady quinn’s link. Is she Mrs. OSU linebacker now?[/quote]
You wrapped up today’s comments in one little nutshell, didn’t you? Brady Quinn, Cleveland, sportsfan bigamy (nice coin of phrase, btw),… We’re all done. We can go home now.

[quote comment=”83210″][quote comment=”83150″][quote comment=”83147″][quote comment=”83141″]The Pirates are also giving away a Homestead Grays jersey (I think it is a tshirt) and the various hats, etc they usually give out.

link
Dude, August 16th…Styx in Concert!![/quote]

“And he taught me that Styx was one of the greatest American rock bands and they only got a bad rap because most critics are cynical assholes.”[/quote]

A Big Daddy reference?

Someone should tell this guy Ruck Vaughn wore stirrups…and is wearing them wrong in the new DirecTV ads….

link

Why would someone pay for repainted figures? They aren’t even good representations of the characters, the Jake Taylor is just link and Vaughn is just link

[quote comment=”83330″][quote comment=”83328″][quote comment=”83319″]
when they gave out link.[/quote]

wow. that hat is brutal.[/quote]
Couple of things, first – nice one to tie together giveaway caps with sportsfan bigamy. I bet that came in handy in 1989. second, it reminds me of the 2000 or so shots of brady quinn’s link. Is she Mrs. OSU linebacker now?[/quote]

It’s a man, baby. She doesn’t do it for me at all.

link

I tried to link to the article describing the above, but everytime I try to comment using that link the post gets eaten. Its the SI article about Baseball’s 50 most valuable players.

After Angels announcer Rex Hudler was busted in KC for pot a couple of years ago…the joke amongst all of us out here in Ca. was that the Angels next promotion should be “Rex Hudler Bobble-Head Bong ” night!…LOL

I think I would be a fan of this Cavs throwback:

link

link

The Redskins gave away check book covers last year.
Think about that one for a second!

The Orioles give out tee shirts on tuesday home games this season. Erik Bedard tee tonight.

Anyone remember this blunder from 2006 regarding Orioles player Brian Roberts bobblehead looking a little darker than it should’ve?

link

Also, anyone remember the Tom Cruise bobble couch?

link

I love the Cleveland Indians, and I picked up a deep and earnest respect and appreciation for Native American culture in the Boy Scouts. I don’t see how those clash.

A cartoon is just that — a cartoon. Who finds Elmer Fudd offensive? Jimmy Neutron? Fat Albert? Come on…

[quote comment=”83365″][quote comment=”83299″][quote comment=”83220″][quote comment=”83170″]Gotta disagree on Chief Wahoo… I think he should go. I live in Cleveland and I think a grinning cartoon indian is insulting to native americans. I don’t really like the script “I” either. Why not return to one of the old hats with a “C” for Cleveland? link[/quote]

As a Native American from the Ohlone tribe …lighten up francis.

I suppose Italians should be upset at Nintendo for Mario.[/quote]

It’s just a dumb logo. I’ve got no problem with the name Indians and I’m not about to start some kind of parade of protest. I’m just giving my opinion (kind of like Paul doesn’t like purple). I think the team could come up with a better logo. I don’t understand the Wahoo lovers, who insist on hanging on to this goofy cartoon. I think, in fact, that an anti- “politically correct” backlash has affected better judgment and made their love of their little cartoon guy just a little strange, if you ask me. Teams change logos all the time. Why take a stand for Chief Wahoo? I don’t get it. People are offended by it, so why not get rid of it? I’ve heard the “fighting irish” leprechaun arguments before and the fact is nobody who is irish cares.[/quote]

EXACTLY. Nobody who is Irish cares. MY POINT EXACTLY.

There is clearly a very small portion of the population who is offended by Chief Wahoo and other similar team logos and/or names. It’s too bad that they are, and thus miss out on the pride of being depicted as noble, proud, and fierce warriors which is why these names and logos are chosen. If their race was viewed as nothing but a bunch of drunks or lazy asses (someone else’s stereotype, not mine!), they wouldn’t have these teams lining up to be their namesake.

As one of the posts above points out, those of Native American descent need not be offended. It can be seen as a point of pride.

There is no “right to not be offended” in this country. If everyone went around and never said anything that might bother a tenth of a percent of the population, we’d never accomplish anything. Most of the great art throughout history has offended someone. Loads of modern science has offended people. Rock ‘n’ roll offends a lot of people. The list goes on and on and on…

If it bothers you that much, don’t patronize these organizations and leagues. Exercise your right to peaceably assemble at the gates (but don’t be surprised when I tell you to lighten up while they scan my ticket). Write a letter to team management and the commissioner of the sport. Just don’t expect us to bow to the VAST MINORITY because you don’t take something the way it is intended.[/quote]

had to fix that, it was starting to get on my nerves.

[quote comment=”83363″]
We’re taking him to the O’s game AT Washington next weekend. Kind of cool that his first ballgame will be for BOTH local teams.[/quote]

Great story! The most fun I had at a game last year was the O’s at the Nats…terrible stadium but it was a really good crowd! I was very surprised by it.

[quote comment=”83378″][quote comment=”83374″]

Sunday:
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i spent 4.5 years in undergrad. and 2 years in grad school.

im no casanova but i spent plenty of time (usually after a thursday, friday or saturday night party) with co-eds at my schools.

im quite familiar with the nocturnal behaviors of the female (college demographic and up).

but can someone please explain to me what is going on in the above picture? because you see, what seems to be happening there has nothing to do with a college softball pregame huddle.[/quote]
thanks for putting that much more tactfully than I could have . . .

[quote comment=”83370″]I love the Cleveland Indians, and I picked up a deep and earnest respect and appreciation for Native American culture in the Boy Scouts. I don’t see how those clash.

A cartoon is just that — a cartoon. Who finds Elmer Fudd offensive? Jimmy Neutron? Fat Albert? Come on…[/quote]

Hey, I just don’t like the logo. I mean, this is a Uni-watch forum isn’t it? Isn’t this where we give opinions on such trivial things as hats and socks and such?
It’s a cartoon character. …kinda minor league IMHO. Baltimore got rid of their old Orioles bird, which seems to be the closest example I can think of. I wouldn’t want Elmer Fudd on my team’s hat but, no, it probably wouldn’t offend anyone. Now, if you put some of the old racial caricatures that WB and Disney have long since shelved on a team’s hat, there’d be hell to pay, no?

I’m a lifelong Braves fan who hated Chief Knockahoma and refuses to do that silly-a chant with arms chopping in the air. But to think of my club as a group of powerful warriors willing to give their all … that doesn’t bother me.

RE: Recent discussion of face masks in softball… check that one out (or have we already seen, discussed it?? So many posts that I can’t keep up.)
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sorry, the link didn’t work, you have to flip through the gallery to find it.

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There are no teams named the … Unicorns …. [/quote]

The good folks in New Braunfels, Texas, just might pick a bone with you. They are quite proud of the New Braunfels High School Unicorns.

[quote comment=”83391″]sorry, the link didn’t work, you have to flip through the gallery to find it.[/quote]

Are you referring to this?

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I hate the Michigan football team (all PSU alumni do), but I gotta say, I love the catcher’s mask:

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i mean, there are cartoon charicatures used commercially all around us! colonel sanders, pep boys, mrs. butterworth.

you forgot link

[quote comment=”83399″]i mean, there are cartoon charicatures used commercially all around us! colonel sanders, pep boys, mrs. butterworth.

you forgot link[/quote]

Yeah, but at least AJ got a makeover a few years ago. She dropped some weight and ditched the bandana! Who says we’re not making progress … being sarcastic … I’m a black female.

Forget it. I can’t spell right now. I am done for the present.

[quote comment=”83382″][quote comment=”83370″]I love the Cleveland Indians, and I picked up a deep and earnest respect and appreciation for Native American culture in the Boy Scouts. I don’t see how those clash.

A cartoon is just that — a cartoon. Who finds Elmer Fudd offensive? Jimmy Neutron? Fat Albert? Come on…[/quote]

Hey, I just don’t like the logo. I mean, this is a Uni-watch forum isn’t it? Isn’t this where we give opinions on such trivial things as hats and socks and such?
It’s a cartoon character. …kinda minor league IMHO. Baltimore got rid of their old Orioles bird, which seems to be the closest example I can think of. I wouldn’t want Elmer Fudd on my team’s hat but, no, it probably wouldn’t offend anyone. Now, if you put some of the old racial caricatures that WB and Disney have long since shelved on a team’s hat, there’d be hell to pay, no?[/quote]

If you don’t like the logo, that’s fine. There are a lot of logos I don’t like either. I just get annoyed by all those who say, “I’m offended! Change it now!”

[quote comment=”83381″][quote comment=”83364″]The Redskins gave away check book covers last year. Think about that one for a second!

The Orioles give out tee shirts on tuesday home games this season. Erik Bedard tee tonight.[/quote]

Add the link to the pile of link promotioneers. The Rangers don’t give ’em away, though — they cost $2.[/quote]

Yeah, I was at one of T-Shirt Nights (Markakis). Problem with T-Shirt Night?…Every one gets the same size. I got a shirt that’s way too tight, and my girl gets one that’s way too big.

[quote comment=”83409″]Forget it. I can’t spell right now. I am done for the present.[/quote]

Yay.

[quote comment=”83414″][quote comment=”83393″][/quote]
There are no teams named the … Unicorns …. [/quote]

The good folks in New Braunfels, Texas, just might pick a bone with you. They are quite proud of the New Braunfels High School Unicorns.[/quote]

I stand corrected.

And… ugh.[/quote]

Same with the North Carolina School of Science and Math…

[quote comment=”83406″][quote comment=”83399″]i mean, there are cartoon charicatures used commercially all around us! colonel sanders, pep boys, mrs. butterworth.

you forgot link[/quote]

Yeah, but at least AJ got a makeover a few years ago. She dropped some weight and ditched the bandana! Who says we’re not making progress … being sarcastic … I’m a black female.[/quote]
I never knew she went by “AJ”

Are we sure that isn’t Brady Quinn in a wig and bad eyeliner?

[quote comment=”83424″]Are we sure that isn’t Brady Quinn in a wig and bad eyeliner?[/quote]

For a split second the first time I saw her, I thought she was hot. Ever since, I’ve been scratching my head saying “What was I thinking????” I think AJ Hawk (her husband) looks more feminine than her!

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I’m a life-long Yankees fan and I hate the Mets, I never root for them.

As for the contrasting blue in the Indians uniforms, I realized that too recently. I always thought the blue on their uniforms matched before they changed them in the early part of this decade. They should go back to the uniforms they released in 1994.

[quote comment=”83421″][quote comment=”83406″][quote comment=”83399″]i mean, there are cartoon charicatures used commercially all around us! colonel sanders, pep boys, mrs. butterworth.

you forgot link[/quote]

Yeah, but at least AJ got a makeover a few years ago. She dropped some weight and ditched the bandana! Who says we’re not making progress … being sarcastic … I’m a black female.[/quote]
I never knew she went by “AJ”[/quote]

It’s a little-known fact! Glad I could share some knowledge.

[quote comment=”83433″][quote comment=”83420″][quote comment=”83418″]pretty link i was able to pick up from ebay

anyone know a good, cheap, sneaker website online… denimandsole is pretty overpriced.[/quote]

zappos.com?[/quote]

well, i’ll tell you what.

as one of a handful of resident sneakerheads (mihalik, miguel, dpnation, and others), when it comes to buying sneakers, be it at a store, or online, go by this creed, “if its too good to be true, then it probably is.”

there are more fakes on sale than authentic stuff (especially, af1’s, dunks, aj, bape).

you are not going to find good, cheap.
you will find
good, regular priced
good, over priced
or
fake, cheap

spend the money to get a quality product.[/quote]

any place in particular you suggest? i dont have any sort of local store that has the variety i’m looking for, so i think i’m stuck to the internet… that being said, when i did pick up my some air max 90s at footaction, a pair i had been eyeing on denimandsole for 140 wast there for 80…

[quote comment=”83394″][quote comment=”83310″][quote comment=”83303″][quote comment=”83102″][quote comment=”83098″][quote comment=”83076″]Last year when the Indians were in Cincy, they gave away John Deere themed Reds hats (I think Adam LaRoche John Deere hats) ):

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Do you mean Adam Dunn or perhaps Jason LaRue?[/quote]

Yeah, Jason LaRue. I knew there was a LA in there.[/quote]

Wow … they had a promotion for JASON LaRUE?!!? I was all set to make fun of the Reds, but then I remembered that my team has giveaways for link too, so I guess there’s nothing I can say.[/quote]

Well, since you’re a fan of the Royals, they have no choice but to have promotions of “shitty” players. Sorry, but it had to be said.[/quote]

It’s especially funny coming from a Royals fan, considering LaRue himself is now a Royal.[/quote]

Hence my surprise that LaRue was considered worthy of his own promotional giveaway.

I was a big fan of the ice cream cup helmets when I was a kid. I tried collecting them from my local United Dairy Farmers back in ’80-82 probably. I am 35 now and remember bugging the shit out of the manager of the store (which is like a local 7-11 with and ice cream shop)about when the “new” helmets were going to come in, because a few teams may have switched or our store didn’t have them. I think between me and my older brothers, who I bugged the shit out of to lend me money, I finally got the whole set. I laugh now at the time and money spent, and stress i probably caused to the poor manager.
When I moved out, I only took the Reds. Obviously I am considering ordering the set from the website listed above, but it’s just not the same.

[quote comment=”83393″][/quote]
There are no teams named the … Unicorns …. [/quote]

The good folks in New Braunfels, Texas, just might pick a bone with you. They are quite proud of the New Braunfels High School Unicorns.[/quote]

Why do I have a feeling this a school for the performing arts?

[quote comment=”83439″]The site is called “Uni-Watch”. We’re talking uniforms.[/quote]

You’re right, and I’m still waiting to see comments on my first post of the day, #131, about the Willie Mays uni appraised at $60K to $80K. But manybe that’s chump change to some of you![/quote]

Actually I was gonna respond to that comment, but I somehow forgot. During the Giants-Mets game yesterday the Trivia question on the Giants broadcast was what minor league team did Willie Mays play on before getting the call-up to the Majors. And it was the Millers. Just thought that was an interesting coincidence considering your post.

I can’t tell you how thrilled I’d be if the term “jerk off” never appeared in a blog post again. Ever. This phrase is, to me, much more irksome than the occasional “tool”, “not so much”, or “made me throw-up in my mouth”.

[quote comment=”83461″][quote comment=”83362″]I think I would be a fan of this Cavs throwback:

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The 1983-1987 Cavs jerseys are my favorite b-ball unis of all time – especially the home version.

I agree about the Cleveland Indians replacing Wahoo with the letter C.

Anyone wearing a split A’s-Giants cap at the next Bay Bridge series should be ushered to the concourse and reprimanded.[/quote]
Man, check out the shorts the Cavs wore from 1981-83. They look like lady’s track outfits.

Looking at the Giants promotional schedule, I see that they are giving away NY GIANTS hats when they host the yankees later this year.

yanks/rangers game; pettitte going with the high socks…….

Hey,
I know it’s not uni related, but does anyone have a good method to wash hats. I dont want to put it in the washer and was curious if anyone could help. It’s a new era 55/45 poly cotton stretch fit hat if that matters.

[quote comment=”83261″]Off the subject: This morning, while watching a past episode of Antiques Roadshow, they showed a 1951 Minneapolis Millers jersey worn by #28, Willie Mays. It was purchased for $50. The appraised value? $60,000-$80,000!!! What made it so special? A tear in the arm that was stitched up, likely proving that the Say Hey Kid actually played in it. SO … what’s in your closet? Better check!!!![/quote]

I saw that Antiques Roadshow and thought it was neat that the pic with the tear matched it to Mays. That having been said, even though it’s crazy money to most people, if you compare link of Hall of Famers, it’s not out of line.

Me personally? Not a chance!

[quote comment=”83400″]”It’s just a cartoon” dosen’t cut it. It’s a grinning buffoon that is ugly even if it weren’t racially-based. To make matters worse, there is the whole chanting and chopping (yes, I know this is Atlanta) thing. You can’t tell me that most people actually give a damn about Native American culture when they are whooping away. The whole ‘noble warrior thing’ is also a stereotype in and of itself that is overly-propagated.

You wouldn’t see a team with its logo being a stereotyped African American or a team called the Niggers, nor should there be. This isn’t any different.

I admire Sir J.S. for being so blaise about it. However for those of you in the majority, it is easy to sit there and say, “Well, that shouldn’t be offensive” and get defensive if everyone doesn’t agree with you.[/quote]

Puhleeze.

How am I in the majority? My people were driven to the point of extinction. I also think the Cleveland Indian logo is pretty cool. It’s a whole lot better than going to some hippy chick’s house and seeing a dream catcher made in hong kong hanging on her wall and listening to her talk about how she’s totally into native american culture.

Look. we’re still around and we have a baseball team named after us. Great! They also have a funny lookin mascot. Great.

What would suck is if the euro-invaders had their way and we were completely forgotten. It’s a lot better than cheering for the Cleveland Spiders …. wait a minute ….

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Don’t know if this link has been posted yet, but it looks like Michael Griffin has taken VY’s #10 jersey in the Titans minicamp. Anyone else got any info on this? PL? Hmmmmm

[quote comment=”83502″][quote comment=”83400″]”It’s just a cartoon” dosen’t cut it. It’s a grinning buffoon that is ugly even if it weren’t racially-based. To make matters worse, there is the whole chanting and chopping (yes, I know this is Atlanta) thing. You can’t tell me that most people actually give a damn about Native American culture when they are whooping away. The whole ‘noble warrior thing’ is also a stereotype in and of itself that is overly-propagated.

You wouldn’t see a team with its logo being a stereotyped African American or a team called the Niggers, nor should there be. This isn’t any different.

I admire Sir J.S. for being so blaise about it. However for those of you in the majority, it is easy to sit there and say, “Well, that shouldn’t be offensive” and get defensive if everyone doesn’t agree with you.[/quote]

Puhleeze.

How am I in the majority? My people were driven to the point of extinction. I also think the Cleveland Indian logo is pretty cool. It’s a whole lot better than going to some hippy chick’s house and seeing a dream catcher made in hong kong hanging on her wall and listening to her talk about how she’s totally into native american culture.

Look. we’re still around and we have a baseball team named after us. Great! They also have a funny lookin mascot. Great.

What would suck is if the euro-invaders had their way and we were completely forgotten. It’s a lot better than cheering for the Cleveland Spiders …. wait a minute ….[/quote]

I just want to clarify that I know you aren’t in the majority. I wrote that poorly, and I am glad to hear your opinion.

I also want to apologize for going off because this is a uniform board and not a political board. I will try to keep that in mind in the future.

Grady Sizemore is going to be on the cover of SI, and he’s in a batting motion, link

[quote comment=”83444″]I was a big fan of the ice cream cup helmets when I was a kid. I tried collecting them from my local United Dairy Farmers back in ’80-82 probably. I am 35 now and remember bugging the shit out of the manager of the store (which is like a local 7-11 with and ice cream shop)about when the “new” helmets were going to come in, because a few teams may have switched or our store didn’t have them. I think between me and my older brothers, who I bugged the shit out of to lend me money, I finally got the whole set. I laugh now at the time and money spent, and stress i probably caused to the poor manager.
When I moved out, I only took the Reds. Obviously I am considering ordering the set from the website listed above, but it’s just not the same.[/quote]

Ah yes, I remember them well. My favorite UDFs were in Milford on Route 28, and I think Montgomery near Chester’s Roadhouse. I had a ton of those helmets! Yes, I was ALL over that manager! HA!

I think somebody let their HTML get out of hand. Hopefully I can fix it. It’s weird having the whole comment area turn bold.

[quote comment=”83484″]Re: Red Wings in Western Conference

The NBA and NHL both have 30 teams, and the Pistons are in the East and Wings in the West. If the Wings were to switch to the East, where I do agree they should be, playing with all the old rivals, then teams would have to be added/moved to western cities without NHL teams: Salt Lake, maybe Seattle or Winnepeg could support teams. The NHL is highly concentrated along the Atlantic, but I can’t see the Capitals, Flyers, Islanders or Devils leaving. I would like to see the Wings in the East, but I think staying in the West would be best for the league.[/quote]

When the Pens looked like they might leave for KC, there was much rejoicing among Caps fans that maybe the Pens leaving would allow the Caps to rejoin our natural mid-Atlantic rivals. Although I guess in that scenario you would need Nashville to move to the SE before Detroit can return east.

[quote comment=”83076″]the Indians hats and batting helmets used to match, until they decided to lighten the blue of the hats a few years ago- they also made Chief Wahoo smaller at that time and put a silver border around him. I think it was the same year they introduced the script I hat. You know, the hat you never see anyone except team members and ushers wearing.

Actually, the script “I” debuted in 2002 with the vest jerseys…The lighter blue/smaller wahoo came in 03…The hats used to be the same color as Bostonor New York…Script I in dark navy was a one year hat…like the A’s all green and white A…

Last year when the Indians were in Cincy, they gave away John Deere themed Reds hats (I think Adam LaRoche John Deere hats) They went over big with the Reds crowd. You can see s few of them in teh crowd here (sorry, its a huge pic):

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[quote comment=”83498″][quote comment=”83461″][quote comment=”83362″]I think I would be a fan of this Cavs throwback:

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The 1983-1987 Cavs jerseys are my favorite b-ball unis of all time – especially the home version.

I agree about the Cleveland Indians replacing Wahoo with the letter C.

Anyone wearing a split A’s-Giants cap at the next Bay Bridge series should be ushered to the concourse and reprimanded.[/quote]

Replacing Wahoo with the letter C?! That’s madness! Why don’t you just bring Joe Charboneau out of retirement? Call up Len Barker and Andre Thorton. Tell ’em we’re gittin the band back together.

You people are spineless.[/quote]
I don’t understand what is “spineless” about disliking the little cartoon guy. What is so sacred about him? …and if a cartoon is not really a big deal, as some have suggested, then it’s not really a big deal to replace him with a “C” or an “I”, or whatever, no? Who are these Wahoo lovers and why do you love him so?

Wouldn’t the Wilt Chamberlain uniform cameo be more appropriate as a “never happened” instead of a “late career” one? He never got to play for the Conquistadors (or as headline writers preferred, the Q’s) because the Lakers basically said “read your contract.” However, the contract didn’t say anything about coaching.