Sunday Open Thread

*I* would protest the red vest jersey if I were a Pirates fan. Everey time I see it, I think “Barnum & Bailey”.

I had forgotten that NFL Europe was born out of the WLAF. The link played on the Sac State campus while I went to school there. Can’t remember if that was before or after the Sacramento Gold Miners of the CFL.

Sigh… NFL Europe allowed the league to link with different link… most of which were pretty bad.

Ah, well, we’ll always have the link

[quote comment=”111681″]I’d say if your team hadn’t had a winning season since 1992, you would have more pressing issues than some butt-ugly red jerseys. Such as the owners refusing to put money into the club to maybe, at some point, win. I’m now a grad student and I’m too young to remember winning baseball out of my favorite team. Once we get over .500, we can attack the jerseys head-on.[/quote]

Or you could take the opposite approach. They’re not going to win games so they might as well LOOK like a quality team.

[quote comment=”111681″]I’d say if your team hadn’t had a winning season since 1992, you would have more pressing issues than some butt-ugly red jerseys. Such as the owners refusing to put money into the club to maybe, at some point, win. I’m now a grad student and I’m too young to remember winning baseball out of my favorite team. Once we get over .500, we can attack the jerseys head-on.[/quote]

I’d protest management’s priorities. Instead of putting thought process on how to acquire better players or scouting, they’re thinking “Hmmm, How can we incorporate red in our uniforms?”

[quote comment=”111704″]Anybody else have any more pics/updates on new NBA draft picks and their jersey numbers?[/quote]
I don’t know if there is one place to go look. You may have to go to each teams page and look up the roster. I know the Warriors haven’t updated theirs yet.

Thaddeus Young of the sixers is letting the fans vote on what number they think he should have. The vote is on their website from July 5th – July 27th.The choices are 5, 20,21,or 31. Its the last paragraph of this article.

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excuse my choice of words but it has to be said the red pirates jerseys are absolute shit!

i am not a pirates fan (mets fan… yeah we got some bad unis too) but i have friends at pitt i got and visit and i’ve been too maybe 15 or 20 pirates games soo i feel like they’re my team just a little bit too…

any way i hate the red look, i’ve never liked the vests i mean are you that cheap!? spring for some damn sleeves its not like you spending it on the team right?. but one thing that saves the vests is the font the pittsburgh pirates have the nicest jersey font in the league. ohh and the stadium the stadium is also one of the nicests in the league.

Hey paul, just wondering what you think of those red sixers alt jerseys that just Phila with different sized letters… personally i tend to like the actual jersey iwth the red white and blue, i just dont think the Phila thing is too great…

[quote comment=”111704″]Anybody else have any more pics/updates on new NBA draft picks and their jersey numbers?[/quote]

Seattle’s picks get their link. at least they didn’t give them the piss-yellow link.

friends, romans, countrymen: lend me your NFL Europe gear. specifically, link and link stuff. seriously, where is it? please help.

Ray Allen will be wearing #20 with the Celtics and the jerseys in the pro shop have his first initial on them (because of Tony Allen)

Oden will be wearing 52 with the Blazers

[quote comment=”111723″]Hey paul, just wondering what you think of those red sixers alt jerseys that just Phila with different sized letters… personally i tend to like the actual jersey iwth the red white and blue, i just dont think the Phila thing is too great…[/quote]
Everyone knows it should be Philly! NO ONE uses Phila not even the city. Ever heard of a Phila Cheese Steak? But you are right they should stick with the red, white and blue colors.

[quote comment=”111735″][quote comment=”111723″]Hey paul, just wondering what you think of those red sixers alt jerseys that just Phila with different sized letters… personally i tend to like the actual jersey iwth the red white and blue, i just dont think the Phila thing is too great…[/quote]
Everyone knows it should be Philly! NO ONE uses Phila not even the city. Ever heard of a Phila Cheese Steak? But you are right they should stick with the red, white and blue colors.[/quote]
I’m assuming you’re not THE Bill Campbell, because he would certainly disagree with your post… as do I, and many other residents who don’t use “Philly” unless talking about a region (South Philly for example) and don’t need to see a nickname on a uniform. PHILA is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation for Philadelphia, and has historical significance.

Bill, you’re “outa here.”

-BBL58, Manayunk

Word to Pittsburgh fans: don’t schedule a walkout against a team that you will potentially beat. Wait until the Mets or the Padres or someone good comes to town so that you’ll be sure to be losing when the walkout occurs. Thanks to a 6-run second for the buccos, the walkout lost all its steam.

Also, the best way to get your message to the owners is to not buy tickets to the game. Hit ’em in the checkbook where it hurts these owners the most.

[quote comment=”111739″][quote comment=”111735″][quote comment=”111723″]Hey paul, just wondering what you think of those red sixers alt jerseys that just Phila with different sized letters… personally i tend to like the actual jersey iwth the red white and blue, i just dont think the Phila thing is too great…[/quote]
Everyone knows it should be Philly! NO ONE uses Phila not even the city. Ever heard of a Phila Cheese Steak? But you are right they should stick with the red, white and blue colors.[/quote]
I’m assuming you’re not THE Bill Campbell, because he would certainly disagree with your post… as do I, and many other residents who don’t use “Philly” unless talking about a region (South Philly for example) and don’t need to see a nickname on a uniform. PHILA is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation for Philadelphia, and has historical significance.

Bill, you’re “outa here.”

-BBL58, Manayunk[/quote]
But don’t the Sixers play in South Philly?

Morris Almond will wear #22 with the Jazz. I’m looking for a link to the article in today’s Salt Lake Tribune.

[quote comment=”111748″][quote comment=”111739″][quote comment=”111735″][quote comment=”111723″]Hey paul, just wondering what you think of those red sixers alt jerseys that just Phila with different sized letters… personally i tend to like the actual jersey iwth the red white and blue, i just dont think the Phila thing is too great…[/quote]
Everyone knows it should be Philly! NO ONE uses Phila not even the city. Ever heard of a Phila Cheese Steak? But you are right they should stick with the red, white and blue colors.[/quote]
I’m assuming you’re not THE Bill Campbell, because he would certainly disagree with your post… as do I, and many other residents who don’t use “Philly” unless talking about a region (South Philly for example) and don’t need to see a nickname on a uniform. PHILA is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation for Philadelphia, and has historical significance.

Bill, you’re “outa here.”

-BBL58, Manayunk[/quote]
But don’t the Sixers play in South Philly?[/quote]
LOL, of course they do, however South Philly is more an arbitrary designation than a geopolitical subdivision. Maybe if they were a rec team playing in an intra-Phila. league that had representatives from North Philly, Northern Liberties, West Philly, Port Richmond, etc. it might be appropriate.

PHILA is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation for Philadelphia, and has historical significance.

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I messed up the Shockwave jersey font size link above. link.

[quote comment=”111753″][quote comment=”111666″]I had forgotten that NFL Europe was born out of the WLAF. The link played on the Sac State campus while I went to school there. Can’t remember if that was before or after the Sacramento Gold Miners of the CFL.[/quote]

The ‘Miners were eerleader’….more recent, about ’94-’95 perhaps. Along with Sacto were other natural CFL cities such as Las Vegas, San Antonio, Shreveport, Memphis, and Birmingham.

And then there was Baltimore. Spurned by the Colts, the fans embraced the CFL entry (which had no name at first, then was called the Stallions) which also enjoyed success on the field. They later moved to Montreal, and as the Alouettes may lay claim to being the link.[/quote]

Guess the French never figured out a ‘pure French’ phrase for ‘cheerleader’….hmmm..

[quote comment=”111743″]Word to Pittsburgh fans: don’t schedule a walkout against a team that you will potentially beat. Wait until the Mets or the Padres or someone good comes to town so that you’ll be sure to be losing when the walkout occurs. Thanks to a 6-run second for the buccos, the walkout lost all its steam.

Also, the best way to get your message to the owners is to not buy tickets to the game. Hit ’em in the checkbook where it hurts these owners the most.[/quote]

The point of buying the tickets and then leaving is that not buying tickets doesn’t make a difference. Because of profit sharing the Pirates were the third most profitable team in baseball last year, raking in $25.7million. With the fourth worst record. The team has money, and is pocketing it. They’re thieves, plain and simple.

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[quote comment=”111704″]Anybody else have any more pics/updates on new NBA draft picks and their jersey numbers?[/quote]

According to the Bulls website roster, Noah’ll wear #13, Gray #34, and Curry #20 (no, not that Curry).

[quote comment=”111802″]Looks like the Royals and White Sox are wearing throwbacks today (Sunday). KC is wearing their Monarchs uniforms, but I don’t know what the Sox are wearing.[/quote]
I thought the whole team was supposed to wear #22 for Buck O’Neill, but instead they are wearing the number on the cap. For some reason, they are also wearing a 42 patch on their sleeve.

I should also add that Sealy was Kevin Garnett’s favorite player growing up. Sealy wore #2 withthe Wolves because KG wore #21 for the Wolves because Sealy wore #21 at St. John’s, so Sealy couldn’t wear his own number, sorta.

[quote comment=”111804″][quote comment=”111802″]Looks like the Royals and White Sox are wearing throwbacks today (Sunday). KC is wearing their Monarchs uniforms, but I don’t know what the Sox are wearing.[/quote]
I thought the whole team was supposed to wear #22 for Buck O’Neill, but instead they are wearing the number on the cap. For some reason, they are also wearing a 42 patch on their sleeve.[/quote]

I thought it was only managers and coaches who were wearing 22 for O’Neill.

[quote comment=”111707″]The Yankees are so frustrated, they’re lighting fires in the dugout now…..

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I heard they actually lost to the fire.

Is anyone watching the Red Sox-Ranger game right now? Julian Tavarez has a large whiteish spot on the right side of his brim which he without fail goes to with his right hand after every pitch.

How are the umpires not noticing this…

[quote comment=”111846″]Is anyone watching the Red Sox-Ranger game right now? Julian Tavarez has a large whiteish spot on the right side of his brim which he without fail goes to with his right hand after every pitch.

How are the umpires not noticing this…[/quote]

It looks like rosin to me, he must have a habit of grabbing his hat there and he’s left with an abundance of rosin in that spot, I’m sure it’s been noticed, how could it not be? They may have checked it between innings.

[quote comment=”111845″]The White Sox are wearing Chicago American Giants uniforms. The Royals are wearing KC Monarchs unis.

Only the coaches for the Royals are wearing number 22. The players are wearing thier regular numbers. The KC hats have Buck O’Neill and 22 on them, and the 42 is for Jackie Robinson. The unis the Royals are wearing are the ones they wore when Jackie Robinson played for them.[/quote]
According to Ebbets Field Flannels, The Monarchs wore link jersey at home in 1945, the year Jackie Robinson played for them. I can’t find any evidence that the Monarchs ever wore a uniform like the one the Royals are wearing today.

They had one that was link but in different colors.

Anyone know what the deal is?

[quote comment=”111902″]It appears Greg Oden is doing the Don Zimmer thing and allowing his jersey number to tell people how many years he’s been playing ball.[/quote]

LOLOLOLOL

Mo Williams had a captain “C” during the year. I would’ve thought Micheal Redd.

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Jeff Green had to switch to 22 because his old college number, 32, is retired by the Sonics in honor of “Downtown” Fred Brown.

And Oden said his “52” is a combo of numbers from high school (50) and college (20).

[quote comment=”111667″]Whenever I see those red jerseys I think: ” You want fries with that?”[/quote]

They’re worse on TV than in person, though they numbers are impossible to read from a distance due to the absurd color scheme (black outlined in yellow).

From a distance, in person, they look like tampons.

Word in the D says that Rodney Stuckey will be wearing #3 in honor of Dwayne Wade, his favorite player, and Arron Afflalo will wear #8.

[quote comment=”112003″]Check out the link when he was playing in the Finnish league.

When NASCAR meets hockey.[/quote]

I’m surprised the goalie wasn’t blinded by that helmet…

[quote comment=”112003″]Check out the link when he was playing in the Finnish league.

When NASCAR meets hockey.[/quote]
ahh.. Timmy Thomas and the plaid pillows…

[quote comment=”111804″][quote comment=”111802″]Looks like the Royals and White Sox are wearing throwbacks today (Sunday). KC is wearing their Monarchs uniforms, but I don’t know what the Sox are wearing.[/quote]
I thought the whole team was supposed to wear #22 for Buck O’Neill, but instead they are wearing the number on the cap. For some reason, they are also wearing a 42 patch on their sleeve.[/quote]

I’m guessing the 42 was for Jackie Robinson, a KC Monarch, and that the White Sox were wearing the unis of the Chicago American Giants.

I was watching the game on television, and it seemed like everybody was wearing one of those Monarchs hat. Must have been free hat day.

[quote comment=”111725″]Hey Guys,

Anyone notice the cleats Bobby Abreu was wearing saturday. They were black but had a huge white tongue to them. Sorry no picture yet, but i just saw them on sportscenter.[/quote]

I didn’t notice what he was wearing yesterday, but link I have from today’s game of Bobby’s shoes. Here’s link. Are these what you saw?

[quote comment=”112037″][quote comment=”111854″][quote comment=”111846″]Is anyone watching the Red Sox-Ranger game right now? Julian Tavarez has a large whiteish spot on the right side of his brim which he without fail goes to with his right hand after every pitch.

How are the umpires not noticing this…[/quote]

It looks like rosin to me, he must have a habit of grabbing his hat there and he’s left with an abundance of rosin in that spot, I’m sure it’s been noticed, how could it not be? They may have checked it between innings.[/quote]
That came up about…oh, two years ago when he was still a reliever with the Cardinals. He got kicked out of the game (ironically they were playing the Pirates, the original topic of the thread) and threw his hat into the fans. Anyone remember? It’s just probably more prevalent with the black under-bill.[/quote]

Yeah, I remember. Yesterday, on here, there was a discussion because El Duque had some rosin on the back of his hat, and before the game started, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel asked the umpires to investigate it, but they said that his hat was ok, and they handed it back to him.

link the uni purist…

— One thing is clear: The preseason rumble that new/old bench coach John McLaren would be the next manager has come true. That means the Mariners are in a better position today to resolve the issue that transcends the seasonal outcome — the re-signing of Ichiro.

The superstar outfielder admitted early differences with Hargrove, but acknowledged no current grudge.

“At the beginning, there were complications between us,” he said post-game through an interpreter. “Since then, I’ve honestly expressed my feelings to him. He listened to them honorably and very gentlemanlike. That’s a strong memory I’ll have.”

He didn’t say they were on the same page. In fact, Ichiro recounted an episode in which he asked the skipper to wear a regular game jersey instead of the traditional garb of rotund managers, the link.

“He did, and I was the leadoff batter in the game,” Ichiro said. “I hit a home run.”

The wardrobe high-function didn’t last. Those who enjoy dissecting Ichiro’s passion for symbolism and metaphor will have a field day with that one. But it’s safe to say that some of the baseball values Ichiro favors were not found in abundance with Hargrove. —
Seattle P-I

Ichi is SO the man.

This might be pretty old but the cover of Madden ’08 has Vince Young, which we’ve known for a while, but i just saw this picture

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and it’s the Titans new combination they started wearing last year with the previously theoretical light blue pants. Does this curse extend to one of my favorite uniform changes?

[quote comment=”111846″]Is anyone watching the Red Sox-Ranger game right now? Julian Tavarez has a large whiteish spot on the right side of his brim which he without fail goes to with his right hand after every pitch.

How are the umpires not noticing this…[/quote]

We went through this with K-Rod earlier in the year. Its just rosin.

[quote comment=”111800″][quote comment=”111704″]Anybody else have any more pics/updates on new NBA draft picks and their jersey numbers?[/quote]

According to the Bulls website roster, Noah’ll wear #13, Gray #34, and Curry #20 (no, not that Curry).[/quote]

Are you telling me that the Bulls didn’t retire #13 for Luc Longley? Next thing you’re gonna tell me is they didn’t retire #34 for Bill Wennington!

Does anyone have a pic of A-Rod’s wife and the controversial T-Shirt from yesterday’s game. I was at the stadium but didn’t see anything there…