Saturday Open Thread

The Pirates shouldn’t be wearing red. It just looks stupid. But hell, what do I know?

It was so cool to put a face to the names of Minna and Teebz. I love reading their comments. :)

Can’t wait to see the rest of the pics next week!

Watching the highlights on TV this morning, I gotta say that the Padres jerseys didn’t look as bad as i thought. Yellow pants, though, need to stay back in 1972.

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Gotta make it the norm, baby![/quote]

Looks like a giant Gulden’s Mustard ad.

PS; It’s uni-related ’cause I never saw that lame UTAH on the side of the shorts before- but check out this shot. baron Davis mashing his elbom into this guy’s face just prior to a monster windmill Jorden-esque dunk. There’s a poster right there.
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[quote comment=”85035″]PS; It’s uni-related ’cause I never saw that lame UTAH on the side of the shorts before- but check out this shot. baron Davis mashing his elbom into this guy’s face just prior to a monster windmill Jorden-esque dunk. There’s a poster right there.
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Hm. Maybe Utah should just stamp it on their asses and be done with it. I agree–it looks silly.

[quote comment=”85039″]I love the Padres unis, too bad they beat the Cards though….but I’m not sure I agree with the idea of them wearing those uniforms more often. They’re throwbacks, and wearing them more regularly would take away some of the “novelty” of it all.[/quote]

Yes, that’s true. I think it was because of the shock of it that I enjoyed them so much. Also, they were wearing the stirrups, which always help. Ok. You convinced me. They should keep them as throwbacks.

Oh! My beer quest–I tried a Polish beer last night. It sucked. Teebz can back me up on this. I will stick to my usual tipple after this.

Last night I’m watching the Cards/Padres game at my parent’s house and my mom comes in and makes a remark about the brightness of the Padres unis. She then paused for a moment and asked me why the players weren’t wearing STIRUPS and said they all looked like they were wearing pajama pants. I truely am lucky this coming mothers day.

Man, I wish i could come to those parties. Too bad.

Darn, I was really hoping Minna was going to wear purple. I wanted to see if Paul would make good on his threat. :)

Just to keep it uni-related … can you really see Roberto Clemente going out there in one of those … red … THINGS the Pirates are wearing? I know this isn’t the Pirates’ first foray into loud unis, but stuff like link seems downright tasteful in comparison.

[quote comment=”85051″]On the late career cameo appearance, Will Clark playing for St. Louis was left off. Just thought i’d comment.[/quote]

So was Willie Mays with the Mets. :)

Great to put the faces to the legendary names. Sorry I couldn’t swing by last night, I ended up working pretty late.

Wow pretty cool to put names on faces. I wish I could make it to the Chicago one tonight, but alas… Anyways, those mustard unis looked pretty cool, but I would hate for them to ditch the blue and tan they go with now.

To pile on, great to put some faces with names.

Teebz, you have brave foolhardiness (can’t tell which) to be fotoed in that sweater. I like it myself, but then I don’t mind sticking out a bit in this crowd.

Minna, your jersey is fine. All-Blacks? I didn’t know we talked much about rugby here. (Then again, I get banged up enough playing volleyball.)

Uni Note-Re the Cameo column. I really, really miss the ice-cream white and sky blue of the Montreal Expos, overdone sidestipes and all. (Buck You, Fud. And Marlins’ fans? Don’t say you weren’t warned about Jeffrey Loria.) When they went to pinstripes/home and grey/away in ’91-ish, they looked just like manybody else.

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Gotta make it the norm, baby![/quote]

The colors yes, that uniform…no. The blandness of the current unis is more of “San Diego club” rather than “Padres club”.

If the Buccos insist on using red in an alternate uniform, I think they should just wear their regular home vests with red undershirts and red caps.

That Icelanders shirt made me bring up those Fishsticks I had for lunch! God, what were they thinking back then?
FYI. Today’s Mets/Brewers game in that bucolic Flushing construction zone .. snow white unis, and the REAL Mets cap – Blue.

Last night I was at a friend’s place and the local sports report was on. I was in the middle of telling some story, and I happened to see a clip of Juan Encarnacion (who is on rehab assignment with Springfield’s AA Cardinals) crossing a base in pajama pants. I stopped mid-sentence and said (almost yelled) to the TV, “JUAN ENCARNACION, just because you played in St. Louis doesn’t mean you don’t have to wear your pants high!!!” My friend just looked at me and kind of laughed uncomfortably, then I had to explain about high pants and everything.

Anyway, I can’t believe I didn’t notice Encarnacion wasn’t showing his stirrups when I went to a game a few weeks ago, but I was too distracted by Cory Rauschenberger, I guess. I think we’ve talked before about Chris Carpenter wearing his pants low when he was in Memphis, but Juan Encarnacion isn’t exactly Chris Carpenter. (not that Carp should be able to get away with it, either, but you know… he’s Carp.)

OK, I just had to share my moment of uni-related indignance (“outrage” seems too strong of a word) and the resulting awkwardness from last night with people who Get Itâ„¢.

[quote comment=”85035″]PS; It’s uni-related ’cause I never saw that lame UTAH on the side of the shorts before- but check out this shot. baron Davis mashing his elbom into this guy’s face just prior to a monster windmill Jorden-esque dunk. There’s a poster right there.
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“This guy” just any scrub, it’s Andrei Kirilenko. But yes, vertical script on pant/shorts legs is just wrong. (And yes, I’m talking to you U of Oregon.)

[quote comment=”85049″]Im still trying to figure out why the Padres wore pants with belts last night, and the Cards wore true 70’s double knit throwbacks.[/quote]

The Cards pants might have been more accurate, but the ‘birds on the bat’ logo on the jersey was the current version, not the vintage logo. Really sad to see them put so much energy into these throwback nights, and then fall short on something that simple.

I haven’t seen any pictures of the Cards hitting (or not hitting, as I saw in the box score). Did they wear the red helmets, or did the scimp there too and just pack the navy ones?

After a crappy week with no internet service, I surf on over to UniWatch and see some happy, long-awaited faces! I didn’t even need the caption – you must look like you comment (and, no, I have no idea what that means). Rock on.

What, Minna, no glittery décolletage? :P I guess the beer in your hand makes up for it. And, because not many others on this board will likely notice, I have to mention that those are some killer earrings.

Teebz, I see you were rocking the Evil Fisherman. Well done.

I am very bummed that I no longer live in the middle of the U.S., as I would have been at that party with bells on (maybe even literally).

I asked a friend of mine who plays D-1 baseball at Gardner Webb about the pants/stirrups situation and he said high pants just didn’t happen for them. They did go high pants when they were in a slump, however.

Shane Victorino is pretty clearly wearing a mic sticking out of his shirt right at about letter-level. Not sure how thats working as he head-firsted into 2b on a steal early in the game. I dont have a picture though…

[quote comment=”85107″]Shane Victorino is pretty clearly wearing a mic sticking out of his shirt right at about letter-level. Not sure how thats working as he head-firsted into 2b on a steal early in the game. I dont have a picture though…[/quote]

I noticed that as well…I knew players wore mics but its usually on the back of the neck of some other inconspicuous place. And I think you meant “slid head first” hahaha, but it’s okay it’s a Saturday.

And can someone tell me why the Phillies manager is wearing a stopwatch? Is that a common thing that he does?

Hey all,
I’m just wondering if anyone knows and good places to get alternate/promotional jerseys. Namely I’m talking about the Milwaukee Brewers “Cerveceros” jersey. I can’t find it anywhere. If anyone knows any good places that’d be killer.

Anyone notice the Gary Carter link on the ESPN uniwatch page showed him wearing a single flap helmet. He always wore the no flap version from what I remember!

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Very daring of Teebz to go to a Uni Watch event wearing the Islanders’ classically-bad “Fishstick” jersey. What did Paul say to you when you walked in wearing that thing? At least you didn’t wear purple…

Hey lets hope the Mets wear their FUGLY all blue caps tomorrow so they can get waxed by the Brewers again!!! GO BREW CREW!!!

Alright fellow UniWatchers, I can’t decide: should I wear link to tonight’s Chicago bash, or my link?

I am sure a lot of us will be talking about the pink bats that will be used for Mother’s Day tomorrow by numerous players…but… What about the pink armbands that were worn last year? Other than link last year, did anyone else wear the pink armband???

Just turned on Fox Soccer Channel and it’s giving the U.S. Women’s National Team vs Canada and the U.S. are wearing pink jerseys.

It was an honor meeting everyone last night. I was wearing my CSC cycling jersey last night.

Besides Teebz’ fishsticks Islanders sweater (Darius Kasperitis game worn), other uni’s represented:

Giants (Eli Manning)
Soviet Red Army
North Dakota hockey
U of Minnesota 60’s era throwback hockey
Clint Boyer (Nascar #07) crew

If you visit Minneapolis, a trip to Nye’s to hear Ruth Adams and the Worlds Most Dangerous Polka Band is a must see.

i don’t know why people dont like the fisherman isles sweaters i like them the colors are a bit… 90’s but we could of perfected them. its certainly better then the orange ones… what a mess those are.

[quote comment=”85158″]i don’t know why people dont like the fisherman isles sweaters i like them the colors are a bit… 90’s but we could of perfected them. its certainly better then the orange ones… what a mess those are.[/quote]

personally, the first time I saw the islanders logo (the old/new) I thought it was the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Like what are they trapped in the past or something? They is little to no imagination to it all. And to go back that logo was just dumb to me. Just because people didn’t like the gordan’s fisherman logo(I liked it, it had imagination to it) doesn’t mean you go back to the dated logo. They should’ve just went back to the drawing board. I hope the islanders change they logo when the league changes uniforms next year. Something with a lighthouse that looks like an ‘i” or something.

[quote comment=”85136″]I was at the Padres game last night and the best part about the whole night was the Jumbotron. Each player had 70’s era hair and facial hair. Pujols with his Jheri Curl or Mike Cameron with his fro were the highlights. Can anyone find any pictures?[/quote]
I took pictures of every single one of the doctored photos on the scoreboard. They did it last year too, so I knew to bring my camera tonight. They will eventually be on my flickr: link. I’m having major connectivity problems at the moment, so my uploading is severely slowed down.

[quote comment=”85077″][quote comment=”85076″]If the Buccos insist on using red in an alternate uniform, I think they should just wear their regular home vests with red undershirts and red caps.[/quote]

I hope you mean the red-billed caps, and not some all-red thing.[/quote]

Oh God no. Those red-billed caps were hideous. Black and red touching = horrible clashing.

Besides, it looks bad when cap colors don’t match undershirts when vests are being worn.

[quote comment=”85095″][quote comment=”85049″]Im still trying to figure out why the Padres wore pants with belts last night, and the Cards wore true 70’s double knit throwbacks.[/quote]

The Cards pants might have been more accurate, but the ‘birds on the bat’ logo on the jersey was the current version, not the vintage logo. Really sad to see them put so much energy into these throwback nights, and then fall short on something that simple.

I haven’t seen any pictures of the Cards hitting (or not hitting, as I saw in the box score). Did they wear the red helmets, or did the scimp there too and just pack the navy ones?[/quote]

That logo had a white border…looked like something from a cheap replica jersey. The numbering on the front and lettering on the back wasn’t vintage 1972, either.

[quote comment=”85097″]After a crappy week with no internet service, I surf on over to UniWatch and see some happy, long-awaited faces! I didn’t even need the caption – you must look like you comment (and, no, I have no idea what that means). Rock on.

I am very bummed that I no longer live in the middle of the U.S., as I would have been at that party with bells on (maybe even literally).[/quote]

tessa, I was wondering where the hell you’ve been. I thought perhaps you were still delirious over the Yankees purchasing Roger Clemens’ soul for half of this season.

I forgot the decolletage and the glitter! Well, I didn’t want to be too girly. Thanks for noticing the earrings. Not surprisingly, you are the only one. As for the beer, it’s the last one I will ever drink.

When you say I look like my name, I think you mean because I’m wearing all black and because I look somewhat loud–like my comments.

Adam in Chicago, I know I am too late, but I hope you wore the hurling jersey.

Jeff B., Teebz was wearing a Cleveland cap.

Thanks all for the nice comments, y’all. If there’s ever a Uni-Watch Party in your area, make sure to attend.

I was watching the Omaha news tonight, and they were showing highlights from the state baseball tournament and Omaha Westside was playing and I almost had a seziure: Westside wears solid red (red hat, red jersey, and red pants) unis. Thank God I can’t find any pictures.

[quote comment=”85201″][quote comment=”85200″]I was watching the Omaha news tonight, and they were showing highlights from the state baseball tournament and Omaha Westside was playing and I almost had a seziure: Westside wears solid red (red hat, red jersey, and red pants) unis. Thank God I can’t find any pictures.[/quote]

Yo Mikey, you live in Nebraska?[/quote]

Yeah, in the northeast.

Wow. All I can say is wow. What an evening. I didn’t get home until 11pm, and then I find I made front-page Uni Watch news? WOW! :o)

Ok, first off… Paul, spectacular event in its entirety. The stories and laughter shared at the back table at Nye’s will stick with me forever. Thanks for making it out to the midwest, even though I forgot to buy you the first round as I had promised. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you, and really appreciate the invite you sent me. I can’t say “thank you” enough.

To everyone else, thanks for making a lone Canuck feel overly welcome in a foreign land. You all deserve a pat on the back and a pint. I will honestly cherish that night in my memories, especially having you all laugh when I said I have to plug my car in during the winter so it doesn’t freeze solid. Too funny. Also, great exhibitions of jerseys to all who wore one, and to Minna for representing the black uniform in all of us. :o)

Ok, to the comments: Yes, the hat that I was wearing was a Cleveland Indians hat from the 1959 Indians era. I bought it with the idea of getting the “Da Bears” comments (which have come in spades). However, it was worn for Vince as he couldn’t be there for the event. Just representing the other Uni Watch top dog (it’s the only Cleveland thing I own).

The Kasparaitis jersey is not a game-worn, despite my efforts in trying to get one. However, it sure got me a ton of looks going to and from the event, as well as my arrival at the event. The bartenders in the restaurant simply waved me back once they saw what I was wearing. I had to bring some New York to the table if I was representing Vinnie in order to make Paul feel a little more at home. That, and I love the Fisherman jersey. :o)

I also wore the Eli Manning NY Giants jersey. Why? Because you can take Paul out of New York, but you can’t take New York out of Paul. That, and it was way cooler than wearing a hockey jersey. I was cooking with the Kaspy jersey on.

Lastly, I didn’t get to talk to everyone as much as I would have liked, but (sorry for the hijack, Paul) my email is on my blog if you want to get a hold of me. Fire me an email if you like.

And for those that heard my exploits of getting out of work and getting down to Minneapolis, you’ll all be happy to know that my mom got to shop like crazy today as a Mother’s Day present in Minneapolis, Albertville, Fargo, and Grand Forks. I even paid the duty for her overspending. ;o)

Happy Mother’s Day, mom, and to all of your moms too!

Slowly but surely sanitary and stirrup socks are making a comeback in college softball. Here’s a pic of a link and here’s link Notice the link in that pic

the nike commercial from yesterday…
virginia’s finest breeder of fighting dogs with the goal!
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