This and Tat

… off day eh, Paul?

Sigh.

It wasn’t really a tattoo, but does anybody remember which boxer had Golden Palace ads on the bottom of his shoes so it could be seen when he got knocked out?

I always thought that was more funny than most of the other Golden Palace link.

[quote comment=”98978″]link[/quote]

link is also a Brewers’ fan.

Can we get bonus points for identifying the person in picture?

I believe I may be able to identify them. I’m not positive, but if it’s a celebrity, I think I’ve got it.

Justin Miller also has I-D-I-O and A-M-O-R on each of his knuckles. (LOVE and HATE for those non-Spanish speaking Uni Watchers)

[quote comment=”98989″]Justin Miller also has I-D-I-O and A-M-O-R on each of his knuckles.

(LOVE and HATE for those non-Spanish speaking Uni Watchers)[/quote]

link

[quote comment=”98982″]Excellent work, Vince. And as always, I appreciate it when beach volleyball photos are thrown into the analysis.

Josh Hamilton, the Reds rookie and former drug/alcohol addict, shows off some major tats, including flames going up one of his arms.

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Hamilton also blames the same guys who got him into drugs, ruined his life, etc.

Great post today, Vince. I love some good tats.

[quote comment=”98997″]

I believe I may be able to identify them. I’m not positive, but if it’s a celebrity, I think I’ve got it.[/quote]

Email your guess to link if you want to guess the tattoo lead picture and I’ll tell you if you’re right.

–Vince[/quote]

I’m backing off. I found a pic of who I thought it was, and he clearly has different tats. I thought the “LB” and the dollar sign were clues. Damn.

This is becoming almost a weekly occurrence, a sort of funny Chien-Ming Wang article title….

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[quote comment=”98983″][quote comment=”98967″]… off day eh, Paul?

Sigh.[/quote]

Hey, that’s not nice to Vince. Yes, it’s a day off for me, but it’s also a chance for Vince to do his thing. I appreciate that you miss me, but c’mon — Vince does good work too![/quote]

Are you kidding? Vince posted very athletic women in bikinis! That isn’t good work, thats GREAT work!!! Vince rules!

[quote comment=”99011″]Paul,

is that a foot / shoe measure on the right arm?[/quote]

excuse me, dont you mean brannock device?

I wonder what the NBA would do if some players started doing this?

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As was mentioned on this site previously, KC’s Larry Johnson shaved the Rocawear logo into his head. No pic of his head, but I did notice that he even has his gf doing the Rocawear logo….

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, AOL’s The FanHouse must looooove the UniWatch. They’re compiling their “Worts Uniform in History” link. Haven’t we seen that done already?

The same site did, however, reveal this nugget of info: while the new Devil Rays uni hasn’t yet been leaked, this site says to look for “a heavy use of blue with yellow accents.”

Excellent work Vince!! Where are the two scoops of raisins on Kimi Räikkönen tattoo ? link

Joe Corvoe of the Cup losing Sens has a bunch of tats, along with his mohawk. I was playing hockey with him a few summers back when he just got one on ehis stomach, some sun circling his belly button and it casued quite the discussion in the lockerroom as I was the only non NHL player out there (they needed a goalie to shoot at) and just about every one of them had a tat, including me (a small shamrock on my right ankel). Corvo though said he gets them when he has nothing else to do and regrets some of them as they’re “too trendy”

[quote comment=”99022″]If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, AOL’s The FanHouse must looooove the UniWatch. They’re compiling their “Worts Uniform in History” link. Haven’t we seen that done already?

The same site did, however, reveal this nugget of info: while the new Devil Rays uni hasn’t yet been leaked, this site says to look for “a heavy use of blue with yellow accents.”[/quote]

They didn’t exactly link that link.

Side note, the mets lost again in their blues. Hate to say it, but i think they are jinxed.

Count me in the want to but really can’t afford it as far as tats go. Frankly, I’ve been looking to get a very involved piece on my upper left arm, and I wanna get it done right, in full color. But I’m poor, so as a result, I haven’t gotten anything.

After I (maybe) eventually get that piece, I’ll move on, I’ll definitely have a Red Sox ‘B’ logo, maybe a Bruins spoked B, probably a BU Terriers logo of some sort.

Other than those, I prefer classic, pin up style tats. Flames, skulls, sparrows, banners and such, and my favorite tat, which I know I’ll never have the balls to get, is the spider web on the elbow.

As far as athlete tats go, Sheed’s tattoo is a cool looking piece, and although I usually don’t love tribal stuff, I love Kyle Turley’s huge tribal work.

[quote comment=”99044″]Can’t say I agree with these, but SI.com has a photo gallery of the top 10 ugliest current college football uniforms:

link

Has anybody ever noticed that the “D” on the Detroit Tigers cap is different than the one on thier jersey?

[quote comment=”99047″][quote comment=”99044″]Can’t say I agree with these, but SI.com has a photo gallery of the top 10 ugliest current college football uniforms:

link

Has anybody ever noticed that the “D” on the Detroit Tigers cap is different than the one on thier jersey?[/quote]

As a matter of fact, link, it has been noticed.

P.S. The topic of my comment/blog is the relationship between uniforms and championships. It’s title: Uniform Change = Change in Success?!?
Please read and comment/contribute.
Thank you.

[quote comment=”99052″][quote comment=”99047″][quote comment=”99044″]Can’t say I agree with these, but SI.com has a photo gallery of the top 10 ugliest current college football uniforms:

link

Has anybody ever noticed that the “D” on the Detroit Tigers cap is different than the one on thier jersey?[/quote]

As a matter of fact, link, it has been noticed.[/quote]

People have been posting the CNNSI.COM article for 3 days now.

[quote comment=”99026″]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/01/03/gallery.tattoos/content.8.html

I wonder if he knows that this is actually a Philadelphia Eagles logo at a different angle?

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If I’m not mistaken that is Milwaukee Brewers platooned left fielder Kevin Mench with that Eagles tat… and Mench is a die hard Eagles fan and actually attended the Eagles camp when the Crew played in Philly last month. (look in the “last call” section)

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Joel Zumaya actually added the flame tatoo to his right arm over the offseason. Sorry I couldn’t find a better picture, but if you look real close on his right arm, you can definitely see it. Holla back.

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[quote comment=”99021″]Sometimes it would be nice to have a daily Uni Poll. For instance, today it would be interesting to know what percentage of the readers have tats of their own.

I do not, by the way. I always wanted to get tats of the logos of my alma mater and favorite MLB team, but I was (a) too chicken; (b) too cheap; and (c) too much of a nerd.[/quote]

I’ll now comment on your other post, Robert. I’m sure most of us here have thought about getting a sports logo tattoo (LA Dodgers cap logo for me) but haven’t gone through with it. Since 1310 The Ticket has already been mentioned today by you, I’ll point out that midday host Bob Sturm has a link on his arm that he got done on the show.

Anybody here have pics of their sports tattoos, if they have them? A good reason I don’t is that I already have a tattoo in memory of my sister, and I think any other tat would cheapen the importance of the one I already have.

And WVU Tom, I got your sarcastic joke about the Detroit D. I know you’re a regular contributor, but I can’t tell if the follow-up posters to your sarcasm realize it.

[quote comment=”99054″]P.S. The topic of my comment/blog is the relationship between uniforms and championships. It’s title: Uniform Change = Change in Success?!?
Please read and comment/contribute.
Thank you.[/quote]
Hmmm, the Anaheim Ducks just won the cup with their new uniforms.
The Denver Broncos won two Super Bowls in their first two years with those navy jerseys with the orange accents.
The Anaheim Angels won the World Series shortly after switching away from the cartoonish uniforms and to the red hats.link
The Detroit Pistons, upon returning to red, white, and blue (may those teal things burn in hell).
The Florida Marlins have double-luck with new uniforms: 1997 was the death of the teal hats, and a World Series, and 2003 featured the script-ish FLORIDA on the road uniforms, as opposed to the block, radial arched lettering, and another World Series. link
The Cavaliers’ new uniforms came just in time for LeBron, does that count?
That’s all I can think of right now, but there are numerous examples. To close, I recall an ESPN commercial that featured designers pitching new Buffalo Bills uniforms so they could win a Super Bowl, just like the Broncos.

[quote comment=”99069″][quote comment=”99054″]P.S. The topic of my comment/blog is the relationship between uniforms and championships. It’s title: Uniform Change = Change in Success?!?
Please read and comment/contribute.
Thank you.[/quote]
Hmmm, the Anaheim Ducks just won the cup with their new uniforms.
The Denver Broncos won two Super Bowls in their first two years with those navy jerseys with the orange accents.
The Anaheim Angels won the World Series shortly after switching away from the cartoonish uniforms and to the red hats.link
The Detroit Pistons, upon returning to red, white, and blue (may those teal things burn in hell).
The Florida Marlins have double-luck with new uniforms: 1997 was the death of the teal hats, and a World Series, and 2003 featured the script-ish FLORIDA on the road uniforms, as opposed to the block, radial arched lettering, and another World Series. link
The Cavaliers’ new uniforms came just in time for LeBron, does that count?
That’s all I can think of right now, but there are numerous examples. To close, I recall an ESPN commercial that featured designers pitching new Buffalo Bills uniforms so they could win a Super Bowl, just like the Broncos.[/quote]

I wonder if it matters if the uniform change is an improvement or not–most of these were, except of course for Denver. I remember thinking “Oh great, now that they’ve won a superbowl in those ugly uniforms they’ll never get rid of them!”

Long-time reader, but this is my first post (and this is only really tangentally about uniforms, but if anyone would get a kick out it this, I’m sure the readers here would).

I work from home, so during lunch, I tend to try and find something to watch on TV to break up the monotony of looking at a computer. (Daytime television is terrible by the way.)

So I flip on ESPN Classic, and they’re showing a bowling tournament from 1993 which I watch for a few minutes. One of the bowlers was Walter Ray Williams (who I guess is pretty good, because the announcers were fawning over him), and he was sporting a full beard. The play-by-play guy commented on this and said, “Williams grew his beard out after the PBA relaxed their rule for facial hair before the start of this season.”

So, while you could wear terrible polo shirts and polyester pants all you wanted, you couldn’t have a beard on tour until 1993.

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Anybody else seen this. It’s supposably SIOC’s assessment of the ten worst unifroms in college football, but for some reason they include Notre Dame.

[quote comment=”99071″][quote comment=”99044″]Can’t say I agree with these, but SI.com has a photo gallery of the top 10 ugliest current college football uniforms:

link

10. Utah-It’s kinda busy, but not in the top 10 worst.
9. ND(green)-No way. Can’t stand ND, but those are great unis navy or green.
Blah, blah, blah…
1. Oregon-It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway….THE worst college football uniform EVAH![/quote]
I’d like to comment about the green Notre Dame jersey. Yes, it’s a little odd. I’m not sure I think of Notre Dame as a green-wearing school. But that green jersey has history. It was designed as the “special occasion” and “anti-confusion” jersey for the Notre Dame/US Naval Academy game (and other occasions) way back in the 30’s.
While I think their navy jerseys are Notre Dame’s best of the three, the green jersey is a great alternate jersey, especially if it could conjure up some “Luck o’ the Irish.”

Jeff Bagwell’s link ‘sold’ her cleavage to Golden Palace to advertising. I have no other comment. ;-(

I’ve always said that when the Cubs win the world series something similar to link is going on my arm. I’m not holding my breath.

[quote comment=”99078″]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0706/campus.ugly.uniforms/content.1.html?cnn=yes

Anybody else seen this. It’s supposably SIOC’s assessment of the ten worst unifroms in college football, but for some reason they include Notre Dame.[/quote]

I’m now curled up in fetal position

[quote comment=”99075″]One of the bowlers was Walter Ray Williams (who I guess is pretty good, because the announcers were fawning over him), and he was sporting a full beard. The play-by-play guy commented on this and said, “Williams grew his beard out after the PBA relaxed their rule for facial hair before the start of this season.”[/quote]

besides being regarded as one of the worlds greatest bowlers, walter ray is also one of the worlds greates horseshoe champions. winning multiple world titles…

[quote comment=”99071″][quote comment=”99044″]Can’t say I agree with these, but SI.com has a photo gallery of the top 10 ugliest current college football uniforms:

link

10. Utah-It’s kinda busy, but not in the top 10 worst.
9. ND(green)-No way. Can’t stand ND, but those are great unis navy or green.
8. Iowa St.-Not top 10 awful but they lose points for the reds on the helmet and jersey not matching.
7. Clemson-Lose the pinstripes and this is a all time great.
6. Air Force-Great uni. Immediately recognizable.
5. Delaware-Well, it ain’t great.
4. Syracuse-Very good uni. I think it needs just a touch of white.
3. Rhode Island-It’s pretty bad.
2. Wyoming-It doesn’t do much for me, but it’s not horrible.
1. Oregon-It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway….THE worst college football uniform EVAH![/quote]

I feel like most teams change something minor about their uniform each year. So if you look at almost any winner you could find something they changed. Look at how many times the Devil Rays have changed their uniforms and got nothing out of it.

[quote comment=”99069″][quote comment=”99054″]P.S. The topic of my comment/blog is the relationship between uniforms and championships. It’s title: Uniform Change = Change in Success?!?
Please read and comment/contribute.
Thank you.[/quote]
Hmmm, the Anaheim Ducks just won the cup with their new uniforms.
The Denver Broncos won two Super Bowls in their first two years with those navy jerseys with the orange accents.
The Anaheim Angels won the World Series shortly after switching away from the cartoonish uniforms and to the red hats.link
The Detroit Pistons, upon returning to red, white, and blue (may those teal things burn in hell).
The Florida Marlins have double-luck with new uniforms: 1997 was the death of the teal hats, and a World Series, and 2003 featured the script-ish FLORIDA on the road uniforms, as opposed to the block, radial arched lettering, and another World Series. link
The Cavaliers’ new uniforms came just in time for LeBron, does that count?
That’s all I can think of right now, but there are numerous examples. To close, I recall an ESPN commercial that featured designers pitching new Buffalo Bills uniforms so they could win a Super Bowl, just like the Broncos.[/quote]

The Baltimor Ravens changed their uniforms in 1999 becuase they supposdly stole original design from a security guard’s drawing. but any way they one the super bowl in 2000 in only the second year of those uni’s

I realize I’m edging into “old fart”-dom with this comment, but I just don’t “get” tats. Having somebody stick ink-filled needles into my body to put some decoration on it just doesn’t appeal to me at all… while I wear clothing supporting my favorite teams (Cardinals, Blues, Mizzou, and Arkansas State) all the time, I’ve never considered having the link or the link inked onto my skin for all time! (Whatever you do with your skin is your business, IMO…)

Baseball’s “no sleeve tat” rules only apply to pitchers… they’re not allowed to have anything “distracting” on their pitching arms. That rule also reduced the use of those horrible “dot-matrix” undershirts; pitchers couldn’t use ’em!

[quote comment=”99078″]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0706/campus.ugly.uniforms/content.1.html?cnn=yes

Anybody else seen this. It’s supposably SIOC’s assessment of the ten worst unifroms in college football, but for some reason they include Notre Dame.[/quote]

I think this is the 5th or 6th time (since I originally posted it 48 hrs ago) that someone is mentioning (and assuming they’re the first to bring it up) the Top 10 Worst College Football Uniforms List…….

I almost sort of feel like it’s a joke now. We’ll see if it continues later today and tomorrow…….

I was playing around today looking at the “Dressed to the Nines” website. I took a look at the timeline. Look at link , not sure how many people here would think that was “ingenious”

I like Vince’s posts. I can tell when he writes without even looking at the byline. Good stuff.

It seems as if the London Olympic Logo may be short lived

[quote comment=”99095″]Can regular readers of this blog please lay off those readers who don’t read each and every entry or each and every comment? That’s a very unwelcoming attitude to those who may have just found this community or simply don’t have the time to keep up daily.

For the record, I check in here every day, though I may not sift through the 150-250 comments posted here.[/quote]

I agree, going through 150-250 comments is tiresome, and I do my fair share of skipping through the comments on occasion, but when it’s happened multiple times in the same thread when (at the time) it hasn’t even reached 60 comments just doesn’t make any sense.

Of course we welcome all newbies with open arms, but here’s the thing about Uni-Watch: If it’s uni-related, 99.999999% of the time it’s been found, commented on, and we’ve moved on to the next topic. I’m not saying that to be a wiseass; it’s just the way it is.

That article about Raikkonen’s tat is strangely outdated. He’s had that as far back as 2004 or 2005 if I remember correctly, long before he was a Ferrari driver. Even the picture of him is from 2006 in a McLaren uniform. The sun was by no means a new addition to his arm when he arrived in Malaysia this year.

[quote comment=”99102″]I’ve noticed that the “Dressed to the Nines” database is flawed in that more recent years don’t include alternate jerseys or caps.

(I’m going to duck now so no one will tear my head off for missing this point, which I’m sure was in comment no. 178 five months ago.)[/quote]

I’ve noticed that too, but not sure if anyone mentioned it–I perfer that model used for the pre-1995 entries to the newer ones.

As far as I’m concerned, you’re safe as long as it wasn’t a topic already brought up today (especially if it has been mentioned for the past 3 or 4 days as well).

By the way, has anyone ever noticed that the blue Dallas Cowboys pants don’t match the blue on the jerseys/helmets? … Just Kidding!

The Baltimore Orioles will be having a tribute to the Negro League teams of Baltimore on September 6th this season. link

They will be honoring the 75th anniversary of the link winning the 1932 East-West League championship (their only season in the league) by wearing throwback 1932 Black Sox uniforms (including this link) and having a pre-game ceremony.

There are some small photos of the Black Sox in uniform link and link, though neither photo necessarily has the 1932 uniform.

The Orioles embracing history? This is a red letter day! They didn’t even honor the 40th anniversary of their first World Series last season!

I have the KC Chiefs arrowhead logo tattoo’d on the outside of my right ankle. I got it in about 1996 or so.

[quote comment=”99112″][quote comment=”99095″]Can regular readers of this blog please lay off those readers who don’t read each and every entry or each and every comment? That’s a very unwelcoming attitude to those who may have just found this community or simply don’t have the time to keep up daily.

I appreciate everyone in this community who keeps such a watchful eye on the Uni-world, but I don’t appreciate readers who call out others in that way.[/quote]

i agree. i understand for many of who have been here for the first year, seeing repeat posts, (kenny’s bp hat, si picture article, et al) might be, well, repetetive.

as a part of a few message boards, i cant stand the separation and dislike of “newbies” from “veterans”. lets not have this happen here. this is too good of a community to have such disconnect.

using the uniwatch google search mechanism located at the top is a good way to find what has been discussed in previous posts.

also the control-f function to do a daily search.

welcome to the blog. sorry that your initial impression left a sour taste in your mouth.[/quote]

I apologize–I wasn’t trying to be rude or “call anyone out”. I was just trying to make a light hearted joke that would hopefully make a few of the “regulars” here chuckle.

Having said that, I do feel that is the responsibility of every visitor, new or veteran, to check when posting that the topic they wish is discuss hasn’t already been brought up that day. (I’m not refering to this site specifically either, but any blog or forum site). That’s just the way I feel.

See? Jeremy beat me by 13 minutes.

[quote comment=”99129″]

Now, what’s this I hear about Oregon’s football uniforms?[/quote]

Well…they’re green and bright yellow and just look fabulous!

Becks wears long sleeves specifically to avoid offending people with his numerous tattoos. To my knowledge he doesn’t have anything particularly offensive (besides misspelling Posh’s name in Hindi). Some people are just uptight I guess. He has also stated that he has something of an addiction to getting tats.

(NB: Ted mentioned this a couple weeks back on the boards)

Beckham has been wearing long-sleeves almost exclusively for much longer than he has had tatoos

[quote comment=”99133″][quote comment=”99129″]

Now, what’s this I hear about Oregon’s football uniforms?[/quote]

Well…they’re green and bright yellow and just look fabulous![/quote]

Do they look as good as the Minnesota Vikings? [sarcasm]

[quote comment=”99114″]

Can’t say I agree with these, but SI.com has a photo gallery of the top 10 ugliest current college football uniforms:

Cripes, The Air Force uni should get a pass from this SI list for their helmet bolt design alone–hands down one of the best, most recognizable, and envied. Moreover (and setting aside aesthetics), the USAFA players (as well as, I must admit, their counterparts at West Point and Annapolis) are truly remarkable young men who embody more than the student-athlete ideal: They selflessly commit to serving our nation. Consequently, regardless of what the Air Force uni looks like it deserves respect from SI.[/quote]
Glad to see I’m not the only one who was put off by Air Force’s inclusion in that list. Seems like the service academies should get a free pass for stuff like this.

I prefer the black and old gold as well…it’s the criss-crossing lines all over the place than ruin it for me

[quote comment=”99140″][quote comment=”99114″]

Can’t say I agree with these, but SI.com has a photo gallery of the top 10 ugliest current college football uniforms:

Cripes, The Air Force uni should get a pass from this SI list for their helmet bolt design alone–hands down one of the best, most recognizable, and envied. Moreover (and setting aside aesthetics), the USAFA players (as well as, I must admit, their counterparts at West Point and Annapolis) are truly remarkable young men who embody more than the student-athlete ideal: They selflessly commit to serving our nation. Consequently, regardless of what the Air Force uni looks like it deserves respect from SI.[/quote]
Glad to see I’m not the only one who was put off by Air Force’s inclusion in that list. Seems like the service academies should get a free pass for stuff like this.[/quote]

I’m not understanding the connection between respect for troops (or troops in training) and a critique of aesthetics. What does one have to do with the other?

That said, I like Air Force’s uniforms as well as Navy’s and Army’s, but that doesn’t I respect the cadets or midshipmen more (or less).

Then there’s Eric Milton. Starting in 1996 when he was drafted by the Yankees (although he never pitched a game for them in the majors) he got a tattoo of every major league team he’s played for.

[quote comment=”99139″]I was at Petco Park last night and was thrilled when Trevor Hoffman reached 500 saves. I also took note that his teammates (led by Boomer Wells, Mike Cameron, and Heath Bell) carried him off the field on their shoulders. I’m sure there have been other instances in baseball where this has happened, but I can’t remember any. Maybe Joe Carter in Toronto after the World Series walk-off, but I can’t remember for sure. Can anybody help me out?[/quote]

Rudy at Notre Dame? [sarcasm]

[quote comment=”99123″][quote comment=”98978″]link[/quote]

is there an internet site that sells the Beer Keg / Clock hats?

I’d love to get my hands on one of those for Oktoberfest.[/quote]

I have seen a lot of people with those at Miller Park throughout the years, and they look professionally done. However, I am not sure where to get one. I’ll look on the net and see what I can find. If not, the best bet is if I see someone with one at the next Brewer game I go to..I will ask them how/where they got it.

link

[quote comment=”99145″][quote comment=”99139″]I was at Petco Park last night and was thrilled when Trevor Hoffman reached 500 saves. I also took note that his teammates (led by Boomer Wells, Mike Cameron, and Heath Bell) carried him off the field on their shoulders. I’m sure there have been other instances in baseball where this has happened, but I can’t remember any. Maybe Joe Carter in Toronto after the World Series walk-off, but I can’t remember for sure. Can anybody help me out?[/quote]

I beleive David Cone was carried off after his perfect game as well as Dwight Gooden for his no-no. I don’t believe they got David Wells in the air after his perfect game [fill in fat joke here][/quote]
They actually did get him up on the shoulders.

link

See…tc beat me to it.

[quote comment=”99159″][quote comment=”99145″][quote comment=”99139″]I was at Petco Park last night and was thrilled when Trevor Hoffman reached 500 saves. I also took note that his teammates (led by Boomer Wells, Mike Cameron, and Heath Bell) carried him off the field on their shoulders. I’m sure there have been other instances in baseball where this has happened, but I can’t remember any. Maybe Joe Carter in Toronto after the World Series walk-off, but I can’t remember for sure. Can anybody help me out?[/quote]

I beleive David Cone was carried off after his perfect game as well as Dwight Gooden for his no-no. I don’t believe they got David Wells in the air after his perfect game [fill in fat joke here][/quote]

they got him up…
link

coney
link

remember this guy?
link
at the end of this movie they state that no other player has ever been carried off the field… which is wrong…

and this guy?
link

players and coaches alike have been carried off the field…[/quote]

This guy wasn’t slim either:

link

Historical sports uniforms make link. Registration might be required.

And I think the remark about the Tigers’ cap and jersey logos has officially reach “running joke” status. It’s been used several times already in response to redundant posts.

In Soviet Russia, uniforms wear you!

All right…now that the Stanley Cup has been won, when to we get to see the new Capitals uniforms?

[quote comment=”99098″]I realize I’m edging into “old fart”-dom with this comment, but I just don’t “get” tats. Having somebody stick ink-filled needles into my body to put some decoration on it just doesn’t appeal to me at all… while I wear clothing supporting my favorite teams (Cardinals, Blues, Mizzou, and Arkansas State) all the time, I’ve never considered having the link or the link inked onto my skin for all time! (Whatever you do with your skin is your business, IMO…)

Baseball’s “no sleeve tat” rules only apply to pitchers… they’re not allowed to have anything “distracting” on their pitching arms. That rule also reduced the use of those horrible “dot-matrix” undershirts; pitchers couldn’t use ’em![/quote]
I’m with you. My problem with Tats is the commitment. Permanent is a long time.

I’d be intrested to know who the first person carried off a sporting surface (for lack of a more fitting term) was. Probably impossible to track down though.

[quote comment=”99014″][quote comment=”99011″]Paul,

is that a foot / shoe measure on the right arm?[/quote]

excuse me, dont you mean brannock device?[/quote]

I love it!
These are the replies that I get the biggest kick out of in the comment threads here.
I love it when someone points out the name for something that’s actually pretty trivial and makes it sound like it’s common knowledge.
“You fool! Any idiot knows those foot measurers are called brannock devices!”

Classic!

No one has mentioned Hank Blalock of the Texas Rangers who has a word tattooed up the side of his right forearm (can’t remember if he has anything on the left forearm). I couldn’t find any pictures to illustrate this. The tattoo is fairly difficult to show anyway during a game because Blalock covers most of it by wearing large wrist bands on both arms.

The Rangers actually had a local cable commercial making light of this a couple of years ago when Blalock took a temporary butterfly tattoo that Mark Teixieria was considering putting on himself. I’d look for the commercial, which was pretty hysterical, but I know there’s no way I’d find it.

Went to the Dbaacks – Giants game last night, and made a couple observations

1. The Dbaacks uniforms are worse than I thought. Even when they are buttoned up properly, the slightest movement mis-aligns the top of the “a” across the placket. The left side (top) “a” inevitably rides higher that the right side. As each batter comes to the plate, the Jumbotron showed a body shot from the waist up, and EVERY player had this problem while standing still! I was able to point this atrocity out to several Dbaacks fans in the vinicinty who hadn’t ever noticed it.

2. The “Dbacks” logo itself is quite large on the jersey itself, and shrinking it just slightly would allow the logo to be split cleanly at Dba cks, or increasing the size of the capital D while slightly shrinking the other letters it would split nicely at Db acks

As in many other areas, the new Ownership just doesn’t “get it”. 24,000 for a game against what could be argued as your #1 divisional rival is not good (Wednesday night or not). Several years ago, the Giants in town mid week would draw 30 to 35,000 minimum.

– oh yeah, Giants Dan Ortmeier is still without his left sleeve patch, which is stupid since that patch has been standard on the Giants road uni for a couple of years, I beleive. It was on a blank Authentic jersey in the Dbaacks Team Shop.

[quote comment=”99184″][quote comment=”99014″][quote comment=”99011″]Paul,

is that a foot / shoe measure on the right arm?[/quote]

excuse me, dont you mean brannock device?[/quote]

I love it!
These are the replies that I get the biggest kick out of in the comment threads here.
I love it when someone points out the name for something that’s actually pretty trivial and makes it sound like it’s common knowledge.
“You fool! Any idiot knows those foot measurers are called brannock devices!”

Classic![/quote]

Andy, your response of “You Fool!” made me think of a very funny moment from the tv show Hollywood Squares…..

link

Cool to see a Formula 1 shout out on my most favorite of blogs. My question about Kimi’s little happy sun on his wrist (which doesn’t fit his on-track personality in the least): why is it a big deal when, on the track, it’s link?

Someone ripped ol’ Vince up higher in the comments, but I couldn’t disagree more. I love Paul but I enjoy Vince’s stuff just as much. Plus, he’s a Clevelander, which puts him several steps ahead of the rest of you all anyway.

Just kidding, but not really.

Re: Tattoos, I’ve heard that Jason Giambi was told by George Steinbrenner to cover up his visible tattoos. Thus you’ll notice Giambi has a longer sleeve on his right arm then his left. or its a neoprene brace. Either way its to hide one of his sleeves. link

[quote comment=”98967″]… off day eh, Paul?

Sigh.[/quote]

Don’t like the topic? Don’t read it. But why trash Vince? Oh right, troll. Never mind.

I thought the article was kind of cool, as I didn’t know that there were so many rules and discrepancies with regard to ink in pro sports.

I know the Marines have started regulating how far down the arms and legs tattoos can be done. I wonder if the same arguments will come up in pro sports of “uniform” and looking “professional” clash with personal right to modify your body.

awful band-like hats on the ESPN2 live draft. That kid just drafted by the Cubs had the flattest brim possible.

[quote comment=”99203″][quote comment=”98989″]Justin Miller also has I-D-I-O and A-M-O-R on each of his knuckles.

(LOVE and HATE for those non-Spanish speaking Uni Watchers)[/quote]

Hate is Odio in spanish…not idio[/quote]

Maybe Justin added a “T” on the knuckle of his thumb?

[quote comment=”99153″][quote comment=”99123″][quote comment=”98978″]link[/quote]

is there an internet site that sells the Beer Keg / Clock hats?

I’d love to get my hands on one of those for Oktoberfest.[/quote]

I have seen a lot of people with those at Miller Park throughout the years, and they look professionally done. However, I am not sure where to get one. I’ll look on the net and see what I can find. If not, the best bet is if I see someone with one at the next Brewer game I go to..I will ask them how/where they got it.[/quote]
Thanks – I’d love one myself….

Check out these eyesores: link

Pinstripe pants, solid tops and pinstriped hats just do not work.

The article mentions that the team has 5 uniforms. That’s 3 more than any prep (or other) team should have.

Anyone realize Mench is wearing an nfl equipment shirt? If anyone already noted this, sorry.
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[quote comment=”99188″]Went to the Dbaacks – Giants game last night, and made a couple observations
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Maybe Arizona is trying to score a sponsorship from American Airlines. My dad has worked there for 28 years and every campaign or promotion I’ve seen uses the double A logo. Examples: link, QuAAlity, cAArs, etc. Just make the change to dbAAcks with the red and blue.

[quote comment=”99043″] …. and my favorite tat, which I know I’ll never have the balls to get, is the spider web on the elbow.[/quote]

Andruw Jones has that one (can’t find a pic). Both my boys say they’re getting one when they get older. I can’t begin to imagine how long something like that takes (the tattoo, not them moving out).

[quote comment=”99069″][quote comment=”99054″]P.S. The topic of my comment/blog is the relationship between uniforms and championships. It’s title: Uniform Change = Change in Success?!?
Please read and comment/contribute.
Thank you.[/quote]
Hmmm, the Anaheim Ducks just won the cup with their new uniforms.
The Denver Broncos won two Super Bowls in their first two years with those navy jerseys with the orange accents.
The Anaheim Angels won the World Series shortly after switching away from the cartoonish uniforms and to the red hats.link
The Detroit Pistons, upon returning to red, white, and blue (may those teal things burn in hell).
The Florida Marlins have double-luck with new uniforms: 1997 was the death of the teal hats, and a World Series, and 2003 featured the script-ish FLORIDA on the road uniforms, as opposed to the block, radial arched lettering, and another World Series. link
The Cavaliers’ new uniforms came just in time for LeBron, does that count?
That’s all I can think of right now, but there are numerous examples. To close, I recall an ESPN commercial that featured designers pitching new Buffalo Bills uniforms so they could win a Super Bowl, just like the Broncos.[/quote]

The Pittsburgh Penguins won back-to-back Cups in ’91 and ’92, changed uniforms for ’92-’93 to cash in, and haven’t been back to the Cup Finals ever since.

[quote comment=”99213″][quote comment=”99153″][quote comment=”99123″][quote comment=”98978″]link[/quote]

is there an internet site that sells the Beer Keg / Clock hats?

I’d love to get my hands on one of those for Oktoberfest.[/quote]

I have seen a lot of people with those at Miller Park throughout the years, and they look professionally done. However, I am not sure where to get one. I’ll look on the net and see what I can find. If not, the best bet is if I see someone with one at the next Brewer game I go to..I will ask them how/where they got it.[/quote]
Thanks – I’d love one myself….[/quote]
I found the jackpot. Turns out a guy from Fond Du Lac, WI makes many of them. And it looks like you can get whatever you want in a foam hat. Some of them look pretty frickin’ sweet.

link

link Nice off center ‘S’

Blah on permanent tattoos. They look awful, the colors are faded and weak, and they look unprofessional and tacky & thugish at times. I mean, what are you people trying to prove by putting ink in your skin? My old man has a nice green smudge on his arm that once was a bald eagle. Just my 2 cents, bit a sore subject for my part.

[quote comment=”99234″]a. not a hockey fan, but nothing beats the on ice celebration for the presentation of the stanley cup.

b. i’ll take a stab at the title pic and say that the “tlb” are initials for travis barker of blink… the worlds greatest drummer.

c. as far as tats go, ive always wanted to get the one becks has on his back.
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Don’t get the BROOKLYN tramp stamp though!

link

I know, I know, Brooklyn is his son’s name, but still, is a tramp stamp of your son’s name necessary???)

[quote comment=”98969″]“The morning show on the Dallas sports station went over the SI Top Ten Worst College Uniforms list this morning. It was rather lazy of them to simply read and comment on a list that was so haphazardly put together in the first place.

“It makes me crazy that the SI list, which contained no explanation of the selections, is getting this kind of attention.”[/quote]

Which Dallas sports radio station?

First, I gotta agree on Oregon. If I was Oregon’s head coach, green helmet full time, green jersey at home, white jersey away, no names on the back of said jersey, black shoes, gold pants (not that yellow highlighter carptacular) and white socks.

Delaware? WTF?! Tubby Raymond, Dave’s dad (aka the original Phillie Phanatic) is in disbelief. The late Admiral Dave Nelson brought the helmet from Michigan via Princeton IIRC. As for Rhode Island, don’t blame them. Light blue and white (save for Carolina and Columbia) is rare in the sports color scheme.

BTW, don’t EVER mention Joe :censored: Carter here in Philadelphia.

[quote comment=”99244″][quote comment=”98969″]“The morning show on the Dallas sports station went over the SI Top Ten Worst College Uniforms list this morning. It was rather lazy of them to simply read and comment on a list that was so haphazardly put together in the first place.

“It makes me crazy that the SI list, which contained no explanation of the selections, is getting this kind of attention.”[/quote]

Which Dallas sports radio station?

[/quote]

It was Dunham & Miller on The Ticket (1310 AM).

I don’t know if this has been brought up before, but, I was looking at NHLUniforms.com and apparentley that Washington Capitals were going to switch uniforms in link but didn’t. Maybe there new sweaters might look like that.

I think the spam filter is having a field day with me

[quote comment=”99188″]Went to the Dbaacks – Giants game last night, and made a couple observations

1. The Dbaacks uniforms are worse than I thought. Even when they are buttoned up properly, the slightest movement mis-aligns the top of the “a” across the placket. The left side (top) “a” inevitably rides higher that the right side. As each batter comes to the plate, the Jumbotron showed a body shot from the waist up, and EVERY player had this problem while standing still! I was able to point this atrocity out to several Dbaacks fans in the vinicinty who hadn’t ever noticed it. [/quote]

All more the reason to bring back pullovers. Broken-up scripts drive me crazy.

From an e-mail newsletter.

The Trenton Thunder will be wearing special camouflage jerseys on Thursday, June 14th as part of the U.S. Army’s 232nd birthday celebration.

What in the world would possess somebody to have a corporate logo plastered onto his skin for life?

They’re turning their bodies into walking billboards.

[quote comment=”99272″][quote comment=”99263″]After reading that hat surgery thing, I think I’d rather beat the crap out of it and say screw it!..[/quote]

Broker you should definitely do the surgery, it’s not that complicated. The web directions actually make it appear more complicated than it is/should be. The key is getting rid of the black wirey stuff, they are the culprit in “stovepipe hat” effect.

The first time I did the surgery, I had just had it explained to me kind of like this: Be careful on the first cut so you dont ruin the hat, separate the white threads from the black wires and start pulling.

Only after doing it did I realize that the white threads are basically only interwoven in the black wires, and that you need to run your fingers around the edges for missed black wires . . .

So go for it, it’s easy![/quote]

Is it necessary that the white threads and strap come out? I’ve got a new 59/50 and definitely don’t like the stovepipe look but would like to keep my hat in the best condition I can. I also paid too much money for the thing to start completely gutting it.

[quote comment=”99276″][quote comment=”99252″][quote comment=”99248″]This is becoming almost a weekly occurrence, a sort of funny Chien-Ming Wang article title….

link
I don’t understand what’s funny about that one.

Call me stupid, but I don’t get it either…. I’ve seen these Wang/Yanks posts on this site, but I don’t get the joke.[/quote]

Wang = male genitalia[/quote]
No, I get that, but what’s so suggestive about the title of this article?[/quote]

I think it was the word “lift”

I recently stumbled across link of the 1896 Virginia Tech football team. It interests me for several reasons:

* 1896 is the year that the school changed its name from Virginia Ag. & Mech. College to Virginia Polytechnic Institute (hence the “VP” logos and the likely source of the “AM” visible in the background).

* 1896 is also the first year that the infamous orange & maroon was adopted, but the team appears to be wearing the original black and grey school colors. So they updated the logo (“VP”), but not the color scheme.

* Neat hoop socks.

* I could be wrong, but those vertically striped leggings look like some kind of shin protectors. One of the guys seated in the front row appears to be holding a shin guard on his lap.

a few things:

most people in the real world realize that if you are going to get a tattoo below their elbow, they may have to wear long sleeves in certain situations. And if you dont have a cool boss, you may have to wear them to work for the rest of your life. You would think athletes would take this into consideration.

Also, I hate that athletes (and other famous people, most notably Angelina Jolie) have tons of money but get the worst tattoos known to man. For the most part they are so poorly done, they look like prison tattoos. I know there are tattoo artists I want to get tattoos by because of the quality work they do. Most athletes tattoos look like impulse decisions. Poorly done tattoos dont help break the “convicts and sailors” image that tattoos project.

Lastly, I cringe when I hear the term “tats” it makes me think of some “extreme” personality commenting on someones “siqq tats” (usually refering to a terribly done piece)

I don’t have any sports tattoos, but I have a spot saved for when the Indians win the World Series.

[quote comment=”99175″]I’d be intrested to know who the first person carried off a sporting surface (for lack of a more fitting term) was. Probably impossible to track down though.[/quote]
Bobby Moore was carried off twice:

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link

Forget all the Wang headlines; those are easy.

Best one I have seen thus far has been one in which Bartolo Colon got hammered in one of his starts: Colon absorbs pounding.

[quote comment=”99151″][quote comment=”99139″]I was at Petco Park last night and was thrilled when Trevor Hoffman reached 500 saves. I also took note that his teammates (led by Boomer Wells, Mike Cameron, and Heath Bell) carried him off the field on their shoulders. I’m sure there have been other instances in baseball where this has happened, but I can’t remember any. Maybe Joe Carter in Toronto after the World Series walk-off, but I can’t remember for sure. Can anybody help me out?[/quote]
Rudy at Notre Dame?

[sarcasm][/quote]

It pains me to say this, but Joe Torre at Shea Stadium in 2000

Last part of my post–regarded by some, not as some as part of the uniform.

[quote comment=”99289″]What a neat link![/quote]
So when did the Brewers move to Green Bay?

(I understand they couldn’t put the logos right by the Cubs because they would technically overlap)

There is a great site called link that translates poorly written Chinese tattoos into English. It would seem that Marcus Camby has “link” on his shoulder, and Shawn Marion has link” on his calf.

ABC

[quote comment=”99340″]What channel’s are the NBA Finals on? anybody?[/quote]

I hope that between the time you posted that and the time that Vincent responded (25 minutes later) you actually, you know, picked up the remote and looked……

[quote comment=”99323″]There is a great site called link that translates poorly written Chinese tattoos into English. It would seem that Marcus Camby has “link” on his shoulder, and Shawn Marion has link” on his calf.[/quote]

The language maven in me compells me to mention that the tattoos don’t actually say those things; the first in particular is just the headline written by the Hanzismatter writer. The first character means “effort” and the second means “tribe”, but there’s no actual tribe bearing that name. Presumably Marcus Camby just went to the tattoo artist and asked for some characters relating to “effort” and “team”.

As for Shawn Marion, the characters’ meaning is irrelevant. He wanted characters that, in Japanese, sounded like “Matrix”, and the three he chose (“ma”, “tori”, and “kusu”) do indeed approximate that word. The third one doesn’t mean “moth balls”; it means a camphor tree.

I like seeing goofy Chinese/Japanese tattoos as much as anyone, but these two aren’t really wrong; they just take some effort to understand. You have to join the 勉斏 to grasp them!

I know they are technically not athletes, but how can you have an article on tatoos and not mention Wrestlers? Guys like link have their whole arms covered. While linkhas a face tatoo. link has this large shoulder tattoo, which symbolizes his family history.

[quote comment=”99075″]So, while you could wear terrible polo shirts and polyester pants all you wanted, you couldn’t have a beard on tour until 1993.[/quote]

*Ahem* As a former PBA player, the facial hair rule was changed around that time.

The stereotypical “terrible polo shirts and polyester pants” were pretty much gone by the mid eighties. Now, somebody would occasionally sport some questionable attire on the show, but almost all of the players had ditched the fashion from the seventies.

The players (myself included) around that time opted for period appropriate polo (mostly inspired by golf shirts) shirts and casual slacks (namely Dockers and the like).

[quote comment=”99308″][quote comment=”99236″]Blah on permanent tattoos. They look awful, the colors are faded and weak, and they look unprofessional and tacky & thugish at times. I mean, what are you people trying to prove by putting ink in your skin?

My old man has a nice green smudge on his arm that once was a bald eagle. Just my 2 cents, bit a sore subject for my part.[/quote]

concealed78, fading might have been inevitable in the old days, but not any more. I have had my tattoos for many years, and they haven’t faded yet. Even if they did, I wouldn’t care because they are a part of me. Personal expression, personal art, and I am not trying to prove anything.

Yes, many tattoos look awful or cheap, but some can look absolutely beautiful. In many other cultures, getting tattooed is a rite of passage. In Japan, they used to get tattoos all over their bodies and usually had a theme uniting the tattoos. Some still do, but that tends to signify the Japanese mafia. You don’t like tattoos? That’s perfectly fine–don’t get one.
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This tattoo issue is more about it becoming acceptable and common than anything. It’s just another example of further more blurring the boundries of what’s exceptable and what’s not. Times are evolving and it seems that there’s no conduct of code anymore and things like Jeff Bagwell’s ex-wife getting an advertisement tattooed on her chest going; stuff you wouldn’t have seen that 50 years ago, let alone 10. It’s stupidity like that makes me wonder: things are getting stupid / worse. She doesn’t look classy, she looks like a dumb broad. And in years, she’ll realize it when common sense prevails, just like it did in baseball when it went back to road greys & belts.