Saturday Open Thread

I love to catch something uni-related on TV or elsewhere and know that someone will probably beat me to the punch on this site.

Cases in point, the ‘C’ peeling off Michael Barrett’s catchers helmet as he was getting pummelled by Zambrano and the purple-on-purple crime that was UW vs. Northwestern in softball.

My guess was that it was something in their health care plan that excluded them from getting so excited.

Regardless, every time that I see that red Habs sweater, I just have to sit back and admire its beauty.

Of course, from strictly a uniform-related point of view (though if you look really closely there’s a guy in a blue shirt eating a hot dog with ketchup … maybe there should be a thread about that), you can view the video of the peeling C in the lower right part of the page:

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I’m assuming that this was brought up yesterday, but Chelsea just “unveiled” its link. Although, according to the team’s web site, they’ll just be teasing us piece-by-piece until June 14.

Maybe the yellow will inspire the Blues to bigger and better things than the whites did. I’m hoping, because I’m still saddened that the only hardware we had this season was the FA Cup.

Might just be the perspective of the photo, but that sweater looks like it could fit Paul Bunyan (or CC Sabathia).

have themed uniforms gone too far now? the following is from the fresno grizzlies website about tonight’s game.-

“On the field, Fresno Grizzlies players will wear The Price is Right themed jerseys, which will be modeled after the show’s signature style and symbols, making them the most colorful and distinct themed jerseys the Grizzlies have ever sported. The jerseys will be auctioned off in a silent auction during the game.”

I hope someone on here is going and can take pictures though I will try to remember tomorrow to scavenger for some photos of it.

[quote comment=”96583″]I’m assuming that this was brought up yesterday, but Chelsea just “unveiled” its link. Although, according to the team’s web site, they’ll just be teasing us piece-by-piece until June 14.

Maybe the yellow will inspire the Blues to bigger and better things than the whites did. I’m hoping, because I’m still saddened that the only hardware we had this season was the FA Cup.[/quote]
And the League Cup, mickey mouse tournament sure, but they still won it

[quote comment=”96603″]Per local radio, the University of Colorado will reportedly be unveiling new football unis this afternoon.[/quote]
Maybe they’ll be putting UC on their helmet instead of CU :)

i can only imagine what the new Chelsea kits will look like. after all, their other kits are all blue, all black, and all white.

[quote comment=”96614″]link[/quote]

This can’t be good: The new uniforms are a revolutionary new design by NIKE, made exclusively for the Buffaloes.

[quote comment=”96617″][quote comment=”96614″]link[/quote]

This can’t be good: The new uniforms are a revolutionary new design by NIKE, made exclusively for the Buffaloes.[/quote]
That’s frightening.

A traveshamockery of monumental proportions:

Instead of link, link link and went link.

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The Grizzlies have some of the link unis’ in all of baseball anyway, so a themed jersey shouldn’t break tradition too much. Yes, that’s a Brown cap, Green jersey with yellow and orange numbers, and Grey pants. I went to the Fresno Grizzlies/Salt Lake Bees PCL game on Sunday and there were a link with link link (but no stirrups on either team, unless you count fake stirrups by the link). While link had link link. What I found most interesting was both teams wearing gear from their big league clubs. Fresno being the top affiliate to the link and Salt Lake being with the link.[/quote]

Jon in SLC, I gotta say, I like the combo. Maybe it’s just my computer, but the brown caps complements the green jerseys. Besides, the two colors go well together is general. I like fire, so the orange and yellow numbers are agreeable to me. The only thing I’d change is the pants to white or black. I give the ensemble a thumbs up.

P.S. LOVE the Canadiens’ sweater/jersey. It doesn’t link, though.

[quote comment=”96619″][quote comment=”96617″][quote comment=”96614″]link[/quote]

This can’t be good: The new uniforms are a revolutionary new design by NIKE, made exclusively for the Buffaloes.[/quote]
That’s frightening.[/quote]

and the spectre of doom casts its shadow over the state of colorado football…

[quote comment=”96624″]A traveshamockery of monumental proportions:

Instead of link, link link and went link.[/quote]

Yea Joe Torre half-assed it for a few games, but have you ever seen link link in a uniform? Well other than this link picture, which is funny because it was taken during Spring Training when they are supposed to wear those pull over uniforms.

Mel Kiper and the other guy on ESPN Radio are talking about ridiculous baseball uniforms, i.e. no stirrups and pajama pants.

Sorry about the caps. I’m an idiot.

Arsenal will be unveiling their new away kits on July 5. According to this link the kit will celebrate the innovations introduced by legendary manager Herbert Chapman. You can read about some of them by using the link on the bottom of the page.

Orlando Hudson of the Diamondbacks is batting with his batting gloves un-velcro-ed. Very odd….

[quote comment=”96645″]David Wright with the high socks look again today.[/quote]

Also has his name stitched on his cleats…which are a normal black today.

[quote comment=”96617″][quote comment=”96614″]link[/quote]

This can’t be good: The new uniforms are a revolutionary new design by NIKE, made exclusively for the Buffaloes.[/quote]

I really like Colorado’s current uniforms.

I knew that Colorado switched from black to blue in the Eighties, but I’ve never actually seen a picture of it.

White Sox batting coach is not with the team today (at his daughter’s graduation), A.J. Pierzynski (who’s not playing) is wearing his jersey in the dugout, along with a fake beer gut.

[quote comment=”96656″][quote comment=”96591″]FYI a hockey “jersey” (especially the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge of Les Habitants) is called a sweater. Even though they are no longer wool nor hand knit, they are still called a sweater.[/quote]
only in Canada, it’s a hold-over term that refuses to go away. Everywhere in the states it’s called a hockey jersey.[/quote]

Most hockey fans I know call them sweaters.

Of course, next year, it will be “uniform system” and we shall all shed a tear.

Isn’t anybody curious as to why the Habs jerseys have Stanley Cup Finals patches no them?

[quote comment=”96656″][quote comment=”96591″]FYI a hockey “jersey” (especially the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge of Les Habitants) is called a sweater. Even though they are no longer wool nor hand knit, they are still called a sweater.[/quote]
only in Canada, it’s a hold-over term that refuses to go away. Everywhere in the states it’s called a hockey jersey.[/quote]

Well any one who calls it a jersey is JUST PLAIN WRONG. It IS a sweater and WILL ALWAYS be a sweater. Just like in soccer it’s called a kit.

[quote comment=”96643″]Please tell me the original questions by Vince are a joke. Why do you need 6 guys to hold up the same jersey? Sometimes I feel like people just look for a reason to bitch.[/quote]

Please tell me you’re not stupid enough to read Vince’s question and think he meant that all six guys should hold up one jersey. He meant, “Why didn’t each guy hold up one jersey?”
6 guys. 6 jerseys.

[quote comment=”96635″][quote comment=”96624″]A traveshamockery of monumental proportions:

Instead of link, link link and went link.[/quote]

Yea Joe Torre half-assed it for a few games, but have you ever seen link link in a uniform? Well other than this link picture, which is funny because it was taken during Spring Training when they are supposed to wear those pull over uniforms.[/quote]

Probably picture day.

[quote comment=”96668″]I thought an open thread day would be a good time to bring up a topic that’s of interest to me. The recent discussion about the “Baltimore” wordmark returning to the Orioles’ road jerseys reminded me of the uniforms worn by my hometown’s two high schools — Elkhart Central and Elkhart Memorial.

At various times, the schools’ basketball and baseball teams (other sports may have done it, too, but these are the ones I’ve noticed) have worn “Elkhart” on their uniforms. The explanations that have been offered is that the schools represent the community, so that’s why there’s the city name but not the school name.

Now I have no objection to civic pride, but I’ve never bought that argument. The schools’ teams represent the school, so uniforms should have the nickname, or city and school name (Elkhart Memorial), or just the school name.

The conspiratorial side of me believes that in Elkhart its the rivalry being played out on the uniforms i.e. “we’re the Elkhart school, not those other guys.”

What are your thoughts on one of my pet peeves, and do many other high school rivals do this?[/quote]

I know Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe each had just the name “Louisiana” written on either their football jersey or football at various times in the past few years, but that was before ULM caved in and changed its name from Indians to Warhawks, and had to change the helmet with it. ULL continues to refer to itself as “Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns”, but I think ULM has backed off their claim to the state name a little bit.

[quote comment=”96673″][quote comment=”96656″][quote comment=”96591″]FYI a hockey “jersey” (especially the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge of Les Habitants) is called a sweater. Even though they are no longer wool nor hand knit, they are still called a sweater.[/quote]
only in Canada, it’s a hold-over term that refuses to go away. Everywhere in the states it’s called a hockey jersey.[/quote]

Well any one who calls it a jersey is JUST PLAIN WRONG. It IS a sweater and WILL ALWAYS be a sweater. Just like in soccer it’s called a kit.[/quote]

And just like with soccer, Americans tend not to care and will always refer to unis in soccer and hockey as jerseys. It’s technically wrong, but the stupidity isn’t going anywhere.

Messed up the link, apparently.

I need a little help with my homework. In my athletic trainer class, my assignment is to get the rules and regulations for football equipment. I figured if anyone can help me they are on this board.

The Massilon Washington High School Tigers football team call themselves just Massilon almost exclusively. I think its the only high school in Massilon, Ohio.

As mentioned, here are the new CU football jersies (replica, anyhow)…
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wow big numbers

The Massilon Washington High School Tigers football team call themselves just Massilon almost exclusively. I think its the only high school in Massilon, Ohio.

Massilon Jackson… Massilon Tuslaw…

Im pretty sure these schools are still around, if not others as well. But your right, if you say youre going to the Massilon game then you are going to see the Washington HS Tigers.

The “drawing” version of the new CU unis:

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Here’s the link about the “event” nothing earth shaking we’ve heard all this stuff before from Nike. Better fit, less weight, better performance, etc.

The look isn’t a complete abomination but it could have been better…could have been A LOT worse too I guess.

[quote comment=”96699″][quote comment=”96698″]The “drawing” version of the new CU unis:

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jersey: eh; pants: ugh![/quote]
I thought somebody said CU would get a unique design. Those designs look dangerously like the new template that Miami, FL will use next season…

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While the replica is not appealing, neither is it a complete catastrophe.

The new CU unis is a classic case of something that wasn’t broke being “fixed.” I reluctantly call the jerseys a wash (after seeing the drawing version), the pants are horrible and seem like they don’t go with the jerseys. The unis should have been left alone.

Hey Jeremiah A I’m a fellow Halo fan and Scioscia has been wearing the jersey lately, but under his jacket or windbreaker (you have to look closely). Anyway, I’ve been bringing this up all week and getting ignored, Mike Napoli’s halo on his jersey was missing during his at bat in the 8th in Tuesday’s game againt the M’s. Have been unsuccesful in my attempts to find photo evidence. Can you or anyone help (screengrab maybe). I’ve been really curious to know if I’m right or if my eyes were playing tricks on me.

I suppose they could be worse, but those CU uniforms could also be a lot better.

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One of my misgivings about these Caps mockups: if you check the link, follow the red base stripe and you’ll see a miscolored white panel under the right arm stars. It doesn’t mirror on the road whites, so i’m presuming it’s a photoshop moment.

The Tigers and Indians are both wearing classic Unis tonight. The first six hitters in the Detroit lineup are featuring high socks.

[quote comment=”96722″]Actually, I played college soccer, and we never once called them kits, and I play hockey to this day, and we never call them sweaters…both were jerseys. Is it TECHNIALLY a kit and a sweater, well, yeah, I suppose, but jersey or sweater, jersey or kit, to me, not a huge deal, and I’m certainly not stupid or an idiot.

CU’s uniforms aren’t bad really…I mean I can’t imagine that number being that huge in real life, but I’ll say this, the biggest key on a jersey is can you read the number (as someone who keeps stats for a living, trust me that the number is of prime importance).

Colorado’s jersey passes on this front, and hopefully they don’t go black-on-black, although if they do that for only like their Homecoming game, that would be passable.

Within the context of MAJOR PROGRAM announcements, Nike has done well with Colorado and Michigan State, both of which are fairly understated. Boise State’s aren’t bad either. Of course, Nike did well with our (Idaho State) jerseys too last season …

Frank[/quote]

That’s true. I always hate watching a game when I can’t tell who’s who.

And just to clear everything up, I wasn’t insinuating that any one person is stupid or an idiot… but that America’s general attitude, which I am guilty of myself at times, is indifference toward such details as calling things “kits” or “sweaters” vs. calling them “jerseys”. Yeah, it’s a minor detail, but isn’t that what this whole site is about?

Indians and Tigers playing in throwbacks tonight– 1977– no belts– pullover tops– lots of players showing off thier socks– and Grady Sizemore wearing ribbon stirrups– Josh Barfield– going perfect old school stirrups– it’s awesome!!!

[quote comment=”96718″]There are “leaked” images of the new Washington Capitals jerseys floating about. They’re from the site of a Baltimore freelance graphic designer/illustrator, so I’m not buying them as authentic.

Let’s just say: I hope not.[/quote]

I certainly hope that’s not what the Caps are going with. I’m planning on buying a new caps jersey if they make a version that’s not ridiculously expensive. I do share your skepticism on this one though…it just doesn’t look like something someone as ridiculous as Ted Leonsis would do.

Now I’m sick. The Indians and Tigers are wearing 1977 uniforms tonight. Grady Sizemore came to the plate and the announcers lauded him for wearing the uniform in an era-appropriate manner. He was wearing the socks with fake stirrups, for crying out loud! Not only that, but the Indians did not go with striped hosiery, which would be the authentic look. And they are wearing 2007 batting helmets. Weak effort all around.

[quote comment=”96669″]Isn’t anybody curious as to why the Habs jerseys have Stanley Cup Finals patches no them?[/quote]

I thought that too.

I wouldn’t put it past the NHL to sew patches on sweaters from the 150s.

link.

The numbers look a lot more sensible in proportion than the for-sale replicas would lead us to believe.

[quote comment=”96741″]Now I’m sick. The Indians and Tigers are wearing 1977 uniforms tonight. Grady Sizemore came to the plate and the announcers lauded him for wearing the uniform in an era-appropriate manner. He was wearing the socks with fake stirrups, for crying out loud! Not only that, but the Indians did not go with striped hosiery, which would be the authentic look. And they are wearing 2007 batting helmets. Weak effort all around.[/quote]

I think the Tribe looks better with their current helmets on than the Tigers do with the cool-flo helmets. I havent seen any striped hosiery on the Tigers either, just solid socks. Overall I think it looks good, not a weak effort at all.

[quote comment=”96668″]I thought an open thread day would be a good time to bring up a topic that’s of interest to me. The recent discussion about the “Baltimore” wordmark returning to the Orioles’ road jerseys reminded me of the uniforms worn by my hometown’s two high schools — Elkhart Central and Elkhart Memorial.

At various times, the schools’ basketball and baseball teams (other sports may have done it, too, but these are the ones I’ve noticed) have worn “Elkhart” on their uniforms. The explanations that have been offered is that the schools represent the community, so that’s why there’s the city name but not the school name.

Now I have no objection to civic pride, but I’ve never bought that argument. The schools’ teams represent the school, so uniforms should have the nickname, or city and school name (Elkhart Memorial), or just the school name.

The conspiratorial side of me believes that in Elkhart its the rivalry being played out on the uniforms i.e. “we’re the Elkhart school, not those other guys.”

What are your thoughts on one of my pet peeves, and do many other high school rivals do this?[/quote]
Sort of related, but not really…I’ve always thunk it odd that the University of South Carolina would go with ‘CAROLINA’ across their football jersey. I know folks in North Carolina refer to their school as just ‘Carolina’ as well. Probably a situation of each one proclaiming to be the ‘Real’ Carolina.

[quote comment=”96753″][quote comment=”96668″]I thought an open thread day would be a good time to bring up a topic that’s of interest to me. The recent discussion about the “Baltimore” wordmark returning to the Orioles’ road jerseys reminded me of the uniforms worn by my hometown’s two high schools — Elkhart Central and Elkhart Memorial.

At various times, the schools’ basketball and baseball teams (other sports may have done it, too, but these are the ones I’ve noticed) have worn “Elkhart” on their uniforms. The explanations that have been offered is that the schools represent the community, so that’s why there’s the city name but not the school name.

Now I have no objection to civic pride, but I’ve never bought that argument. The schools’ teams represent the school, so uniforms should have the nickname, or city and school name (Elkhart Memorial), or just the school name.

The conspiratorial side of me believes that in Elkhart its the rivalry being played out on the uniforms i.e. “we’re the Elkhart school, not those other guys.”

What are your thoughts on one of my pet peeves, and do many other high school rivals do this?[/quote]
Sort of related, but not really…I’ve always thunk it odd that the University of South Carolina would go with ‘CAROLINA’ across their football jersey. I know folks in North Carolina refer to their school as just ‘Carolina’ as well. Probably a situation of each one proclaiming to be the ‘Real’ Carolina.[/quote]

Speaking as someone who has lived in NC, I don’t really think one-up-manship is the case as much as just using only “Carolina” for simplicity’s sake.

Ducks Senators right now, Spezza is wearing #44 jersey of ‘Eaves’ after his jersey was torn up. The commentators are talking about how he might need to go up in the stands and buy a jersey.

Some interesting happenings with uniform malfunctions at the hockey game tonight, as Jason Spezza’s sweater was ripped apart, forcing him to stay on the bench instead of serving a penalty while the equipment guy looked for a new one. He then came off the bench wearing #44 of Patrick Eaves instead of his #19. After the next line change, he had his #19 again, and the announcers were joking they went into the stands and the memorabilia booth to find it. Good stuff, Go Senators!

Dang, I knew someone else would post something about that in the time it took to write!

re: Caps – Good.

Lou Piniella link – so that he could be properly identified for ejection.

[quote comment=”96770″][quote comment=”96767″]re: Caps – Good.

Lou Piniella link – so that he could be properly identified for ejection.[/quote]

And yes, I know about Francona’s blood pressure or whatever. No reason he can’t wear the jersey under his pullover, or a long-sleeved shirt under his uni.

Indians throwbacks link and link

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Sorrey about not including the link.

dont think i did that right. In any case, Spezza could have been wearing a souvenir jersey when the kick-or not kicked in goal occured.

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[quote comment=”96776″]They said that Spezza got a replacement jersey from the stands, still not sure if they were joking or not. But he did come out with a 19. I think maybe it was just a backup jersey. It comes complete with the Stanley Cup patch. Though it does look kinda small, not nearly as loose and baggy.

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I would think that’s just a joke. It would surprise me that Ottawa wouldn’t have at least a backup jersey available and probably several since I believe many players change their sweaters between periods.

[quote comment=”96682″][quote comment=”96673″][quote comment=”96656″][quote comment=”96591″]FYI a hockey “jersey” (especially the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge of Les Habitants) is called a sweater. Even though they are no longer wool nor hand knit, they are still called a sweater.[/quote]
only in Canada, it’s a hold-over term that refuses to go away. Everywhere in the states it’s called a hockey jersey.[/quote]

Well any one who calls it a jersey is JUST PLAIN WRONG. It IS a sweater and WILL ALWAYS be a sweater. Just like in soccer it’s called a kit.[/quote]

And just like with soccer, Americans tend not to care and will always refer to unis in soccer and hockey as jerseys. It’s technically wrong, but the stupidity isn’t going anywhere.[/quote]

Actually, both sweater and jersey are appropriate, and it has nothing to do with stupidity. Language is constantly evolving. I don’t have a problem with people saying that it is “traditionally” referred to as a sweater. Heck, even state a preference for the traditional term. However, the term ‘jersey’ is not wrong. “Jersey” is a more general term (every sweater is a jersey, but not every jersey is a sweater).

In fact, if you look at rule 9.3 of the link, you will see that it refers to the player’s “jersey,” not his “sweater.”

[quote comment=”96746″]link.

The numbers look a lot more sensible in proportion than the for-sale replicas would lead us to believe.[/quote]

[quote comment=”96747″]link[/quote]
I believe Paul link a girl in which she said that she hates Vegas gold because you can never get it to match between fabrics. I think (without re-reading) she cited the NO Saints as an example. Well, add these Colorado pants to the list. They aren’t even gold, they look like Oregon’s pants got sent to CO.

[quote comment=”96698″]The “drawing” version of the new CU unis:

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Yuck, the sports bra look!

[quote comment=”96661″]I was looking through a soccer magazine and noticed that Clint Mathis, of the Red Bull New York appeared to be wearing two pairs of socks. One of the traditional adidas sock and another that looks like a high top regular street sock.
here are two images i found.
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Anyone know more about this?
Sorry if my links dont work.[/quote]First of all, the first image you linked to isn’t even New York Red Bulls. It’s from a match between the Colorado Rapids and Chivas USA, from last season (Colorado has different colors and logo this season).

Second of all, the other image you link to is from a match between the USA National team vs. (I believe) Germany, and it is from 2002.

Just thought I would point that out to you.

From NHL.com re: Spezza’s Jersey

Wardrobe malfunction — Patrick Eaves was a healthy scratch for Game 3, but you weren’t losing your mind when you saw Eaves’ No. 44 on the Ottawa bench early in the second period. That was actually Jason Spezza, who after having his sweater ripped by Sammy Pahlsson, was given an Eaves jersey to wear until one with his name and No. 19 could be located in the equipment room.

“I’ve worn it before actually, in training camp, so it was pretty funny,” Spezza said of No. 44. “If I would have … it would have been nice to have scored with Patty’s jersey on.”

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YID ARMY!

“Hockey jersey” is in common use throughout hockey, and it’s definately acceptable to use either term. As you said, they’re not sweaters anymore.[/quote]

MARTIN JOL’S BLUE AND WHITE ARMY *toot toot toot*

It’s not really a big deal; they can be either. *shrug*

In Spurs-uni related news, I lost the link, but Tottenham have a one-off fourth jersey for their 125th anniversary that is apparently a throwback to the 1885 days; it’s a white-and-sky-blue-halved shirt with the rest of the normal home kit, which is supposedly what Blackburn Rovers wore when they won the FA Cup in those days, and therefore the same jersey that Spurs, then a boarding-school team, decided to adopt.