Blame Canada MLB

That Mrs. A-Rod is a classy woman:

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Didn’t the Blue Jays and Expos play on Canada Day in Puerto Rico one year? If I recall, Ontario native Shawn Hill pitched for Montréal that day.

I can’t see why an exception couldn’t be made for the Jays to always be at home. Boston is always home on Patriots’ Day – same day as the Marathon. Unless it is that much easier to schedule the Red Sox to be home on the 3rd Monday in April than it is scheduling the Jays to be home on July 1.

In 1998 for Canada Day, the Jays wore a white vest with a red undershirt. Same lettering style as 1997. I’ll see if I can find a picture to post.

Is there a Team USA in the World Cup of American Football or would that just be too unfair? I’ve always loved the idea of a worldwide football event, but didn’t think there was enough worldwide interest in the sport. I’d love to see the U.S.A. send it’s best college players to probably dominate this thing.

I was at the Ottawa Lynx game yesterday and those are the same jerseys they have been wearing throughout the season…not anything special for Canada day.

Speaking of Independence day, stay tuned for some pics of the always-awesome red, white, and blue A’s uniforms. They’re playing the Jays that day, too, I think it’ll be interesting to see how well “O, Canada” goes over with the crowd.

The earlier Canada Day jerseys from the mid-1990s, before they made the lettering thicker and multi-colored, looked great. Does anyone have any pictures of those? The numbers are white with a thin cut-out strip running through them, just like the regular home jerseys used to be.

Speaking of that number font, is it just my imagination, or did they link? The proportions of that “7” seem to be back to the old style.

American football in Japan: it’s a huge sport at the college-club and industrial level. A guy I know (5’7″, 130!) played wide receiver for the “Silver Stars” club that went to the Rice Bowl in the late 1990s. Uniform-wise, Japanese American football teams are very big on having the link, where a player name would usually go. I’d say that more than half the football teams I see use this.

The pink t-shirt with the “I’m gay” markered on is just re-diculous. Would those morons be chortling about any other group (blacks, Irish, the “physically challenged”, whatever)? I guess when you get a bunch of boys in their 20s together, stupidity invariably ensues.

I know if there’s anyone out there with the answer, they’d be here. I need to get some Japanese baseball stuff for my brother-in-law’s birthday gift, can anyone suggest a merchant on-line who has a good reputation and a good sized selection?

Here is the website for the USA football team. Great pics of Pop Warner uniforms in there as well if you hunt around.

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[quote comment=”112309″]What the heck is she wearing?

Nasty….

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She is one butt ugly man.

[quote comment=”112291″][quote comment=”112289″]Is there a Team USA in the World Cup of American Football or would that just be too unfair? I’ve always loved the idea of a worldwide football event, but didn’t think there was enough worldwide interest in the sport. I’d love to see the U.S.A. send it’s best college players to probably dominate this thing.[/quote]
Couldn’t we send out High School All-Americans? They’d probably clean up.[/quote]
The US is sending a team for the first time this year. The team is made up of a bunch of nobody NCAA players. I handn’t heard of any of them.

[quote comment=”112281″]Anybody see the logo on Morgan Pressel’s shirt in the women’s US Open yesterday? I couldn’t quite make out the logo. Perhaps making it bigger would have helped.

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I noticed it, but I also noticed her skirt was a little too short…..

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[quote comment=”112329″]Apparently, Japan has dominated the two previous tournaments. WTF!

At least we’re finally fielding a team. Looks like B and C-list college talent, but that should be more than enough to win this thing.

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Yea, I say we still win this thing. The record for passing yards a game is 324. Surely a starting DI QB can throw that every game. Can anybody fill us in on the talent level in these other countries?

Cristie Kerr looked much different winning this tournament yesterday than a tourney a few years ago:

Yesterday:
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A few years ago:

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Anybody see the logo on Morgan Pressel’s shirt in the women’s US Open yesterday? I couldn’t quite make out the logo. Perhaps making it bigger would have helped.

Wow – I hadn’t realized GettyImages had their own line of Golf Sportswear. That *is* nasty creepage.

Korea’s logo has the ying/yang thing on a white helmet, but it looks like the national team unis are light blue, similar to Carolina, and similar to their World Baseball Classic duds. Scroll the headline photos for shots of the powder blues.

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I was watching the Minnesota high school football all-star game this weekend. They play it in the summer for some reason.

All the players brought their own helmets, nothing new for an all-star game, but the players all traded helmet logo stickers resulting in what you see link. It’s quite ugly, but I can see how it’s a bit of a keep sake for the kids.

Germany’s unis in 2003

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Helmets were white:
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Not sure what the 2007 unis will look like

[quote comment=”112258″]That Mrs. A-Rod is a classy woman:

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Wow, breakout the moral police. I’m plenty sure that yankee fans and New Yorkers in general have much worse to complain about and pick on.

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AJ, the Yakyu Shop will sell you all kinds of things:

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…though the prices aren’t cheap because they have to ship the stuff halfway across the world.

I highly recommend the unnumbered replica jerseys, since they’re cheap ($30 or less!) and are designed for fans to wear them to games. Official game jerseys, OTOH, can cost $200 or more![/quote]

Thanks Mark.

Man, that 2006 Canada Day jersey is hideous. I really miss the blue jay head/baseball/maple leaf logo.[/quote]
I’ve often wondered why no fans have offered up a re-design of the old logo with the new jay head. I am sure it is very easy to do. Also, why the hell do the Blue Jays wear Black?

[quote comment=”112344″]I was watching the Minnesota high school football all-star game this weekend. They play it in the summer for some reason.

All the players brought their own helmets, nothing new for an all-star game, but the players all traded helmet logo stickers resulting in what you see link. It’s quite ugly, but I can see how it’s a bit of a keep sake for the kids.[/quote]

There are college all star games where players do the same thing. It doesn’t look any better then.

[quote comment=”112356″]Man, that 2006 Canada Day jersey is hideous. I really miss the blue jay head/baseball/maple leaf logo.[/quote]
I’ve often wondered why no fans have offered up a re-design of the old logo with the new jay head. I am sure it is very easy to do. Also, why the hell do the Blue Jays wear Black?[/quote]
For the same reason the White Sox wear black I’m guessing. My feeling is, if you have a color in your name, that should be your primary color, seems simple. One exception is the Blackhawks, their red jerseys are so much better than their alternate black one. The Red Sox in green once in a while is OK to me as it’s paying homage to the locals, but I stress only once in a while – like twice a year tops.

Red Wings wear red – Check
Red Sox wear red – Check
Blackhawks wear red – tradition and their black jersys arent as nice, they tried though
White Sox wear black – huh?
Blue Jays wear black – huh?
Redskins wear a shade of red – Check

[quote comment=”112343″][quote comment=”112314″]I know if there’s anyone out there with the answer, they’d be here. I need to get some Japanese baseball stuff for my brother-in-law’s birthday gift, can anyone suggest a merchant on-line who has a good reputation and a good sized selection?[/quote]

AJ, the Yakyu Shop will sell you all kinds of things:

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…though the prices aren’t cheap because they have to ship the stuff halfway across the world.

I highly recommend the unnumbered replica jerseys, since they’re cheap ($30 or less!) and are designed for fans to wear them to games. Official game jerseys, OTOH, can cost $200 or more![/quote]

The Dragons jersey I want says “Japanese XL only”……that’s got gonna work on this body….

[quote comment=”112340″]sweden’s team wears a bunch of different helmets. they have a logo with giant viking horns, and one with the “3 crown” logo, but the game footage shows everyone wearing something different. here’s the video link:

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It looks like the Swedish team is an all-star team and they’re wearing the helmets of their local teams. While that lion works pretty well with the color scheme, it would look great if they all wore the Union of Kalmar (three crown) logo on the helmet.

[quote comment=”112367″][quote comment=”112355″][quote comment=”112352″][quote comment=”112258″]That Mrs. A-Rod is a classy woman:

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Wow, breakout the moral police. I’m plenty sure that yankee fans and New Yorkers in general have much worse to complain about and pick on.[/quote]
Yea, it’s OK to shout that and much worse out at their own players, but not wear it on a shirt? I’m not saying either is OK for games, but come on.[/quote]

Bah! If he played for the Red Sox, it wouldn’t be a problem considering the number of Boston’s fanatics wearing F**K THE YANKEES! or F**K A-ROD! or JOHNNY DAMON IS A F**KING F*GGOT! even when the Yanks are not in town.

Plus saying “F**K YOU!” in NYC is like “Aloha!” in Hawaii…[/quote]

While I understand the “F” bomb gets thrown around Shea and Yankee Stadium more than the word “hello”….it’s still probably not cool for 6 or 7 year olds to have to stare at a shirt like that throughout an entire game. There’s a time and a place for a shirt like that, and a baseball game is probably not either.

I guess A-Rod’s old lady is feeling a little down and needed a little attention cause her husband is getting with strippers.

[quote comment=”112372″][quote comment=”112299″]Speaking of Independence day, stay tuned for some pics of the always-awesome red, white, and blue A’s uniforms. They’re playing the Jays that day, too, I think it’ll be interesting to see how well “O, Canada” goes over with the crowd.[/quote]

Those uniforms are awesome. I hope they sell the hats. I need a new one.

The “O, Canada” should go over about as well as our own national anthem. The Bay Area is not the place for showey patriotism. You could probably play God Save the Queen and no one would notice.[/quote]

Ironic that a city that has banned the US military from the city would also have a Military Appreciation night…

The Giants should just have YMCA or It’s Raining Men played before the game as that would be more welcomed than the National Anthem of either country…

the post-muncher got me

[quote comment=”112361″][quote comment=”112356″]Man, that 2006 Canada Day jersey is hideous. I really miss the blue jay head/baseball/maple leaf logo.[/quote]
I’ve often wondered why no fans have offered up a re-design of the old logo with the new jay head. I am sure it is very easy to do. Also, why the hell do the Blue Jays wear Black?[/quote]
For the same reason the White Sox wear black I’m guessing. My feeling is, if you have a color in your name, that should be your primary color, seems simple. One exception is the Blackhawks, their red jerseys are so much better than their alternate black one. The Red Sox in green once in a while is OK to me as it’s paying homage to the locals, but I stress only once in a while – like twice a year tops.

Red Wings wear red – Check
Red Sox wear red – Check
Blackhawks wear red – tradition and their black jersys arent as nice, they tried though
White Sox wear black – huh?
Blue Jays wear black – huh?
Redskins wear a shade of red – Check[/quote]

The Blackhakws do have a lot of link though. So at least they are somewhat faithful with the shorts and striping on the socks. Also the helmets and gloves are black. And I’m all for a “Bring back the Blue to the Jays” campaign. Hopefully they’ll do that with the rumoured new jersey that I heard about here.

[quote comment=”112312″]The pink t-shirt with the “I’m gay” markered on is just re-diculous. Would those morons be chortling about any other group (blacks, Irish, the “physically challenged”, whatever)? I guess when you get a bunch of boys in their 20s together, stupidity invariably ensues.[/quote]

yeah… i am a mets fan and i am a little pissed. you know you get a group of young guys and we got the veterans i mean shit julio franco can tell us how the world really started and gay bashing wow classy guys top noch humor. fucking jerkoffs.

[quote comment=”112387″]And I’m all for a “Bring back the Blue to the Jays” campaign. Hopefully they’ll do that with the rumoured new jersey that I heard about here.[/quote]

That rumour sounded like a crock.

These ugly new Jays logos are selling insanely well among the youths… I don’t see why the Jays would mess with it, as much as I and many others hate the way it looks.

[quote comment=”112376″][quote comment=”112372″][quote comment=”112299″]Speaking of Independence day, stay tuned for some pics of the always-awesome red, white, and blue A’s uniforms. They’re playing the Jays that day, too, I think it’ll be interesting to see how well “O, Canada” goes over with the crowd.[/quote]

Those uniforms are awesome. I hope they sell the hats. I need a new one.

The “O, Canada” should go over about as well as our own national anthem. The Bay Area is not the place for showey patriotism. You could probably play God Save the Queen and no one would notice.[/quote]

Ironic that a city that has banned the US military from the city would also have a Military Appreciation night…

The Giants should just have YMCA or It’s Raining Men played before the game as that would be more welcomed than the National Anthem of either country…[/quote]

Let’s not confuse Oakland with SF.

As for Military Appreciation night, the bay area is proud of it’s military heritage and history.

Not even gonna comment on your anthem suggestions.

i found a really interesting jersey for your ESPN column. I’m not one to be fooled by a fake jersey (i have 66 real ones, i’ve seen a lot of bad ones), this one intreagues me.

take a look at this nordiques jersey, which the seller claims “1980′S QUEBEC NORDIQUES TEST ISSUE JERSEY

IN THE LATE 80′S THE QUEBEC NORDIQUES TRY TO REFRESH THE JERSEY BUT THEY NEVER HAVE USE THE JERSEY.”

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now i’ve seen crap like this before, but this jersey looks REALLY well done to be a fake, especially with the stitching and the CCM tag, and the sleeve number stripes are a throwback to the linkof the WHA.

now i’ve been wrong before, but this thing deserves a look to see that if, perhaps, it is indeed a prototype jersey that slipped through the cracks. your thoughts?

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copy and paste it for the auction, the link doesn’t want to cooperate. (for the record, not my auction)

I was in Pittsburgh last weekend and bought this tshirt from a street vendor. I was away yesterday but it made sense for yesterdays open thread.

Hey, Paul

I got a note for your prototype investigation This may sound silly but in the 1995 version of Madden NFL Football you could enter a secret code to unlock the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars even though they were one year away from being actual teams. The producers of the game gave both teams 99 overall ratings. I remeber this well bacause the Jags team you could unlock had a crazy helmet design and uniform that the team did not use, but the Panthers uniforms were right. Finding evidence of this is really going to be a bitch bacause you would need a Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo version of Madden ’95 and you need to find the secret code. I will try to find a screen grab put its gonna be hard.

[quote comment=”112425″]Hey, Paul

I got a note for your prototype investigation This may sound silly but in the 1995 version of Madden NFL Football you could enter a secret code to unlock the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars even though they were one year away from being actual teams. The producers of the game gave both teams 99 overall ratings. I remeber this well bacause the Jags team you could unlock had a crazy helmet design and uniform that the team did not use, but the Panthers uniforms were right. Finding evidence of this is really going to be a bitch bacause you would need a Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo version of Madden ’95 and you need to find the secret code. I will try to find a screen grab put its gonna be hard.[/quote]

I’ve got an emulator at home. The code shouldn’t be hard to find. If anyone is interested I will see if I can get a screen shot when I get home. I can’t guarantee anything though.

[quote comment=”112281″]Anybody see the logo on Morgan Pressel’s shirt in the women’s US Open yesterday? I couldn’t quite make out the logo. Perhaps making it bigger would have helped.

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Oh my god… I think I spit up half my chicken sandwich on that post!

[quote comment=”112392″][quote comment=”112387″][quote comment=”112361″][quote comment=”112356″]Man, that 2006 Canada Day jersey is hideous. I really miss the blue jay head/baseball/maple leaf logo.[/quote]
I’ve often wondered why no fans have offered up a re-design of the old logo with the new jay head. I am sure it is very easy to do. Also, why the hell do the Blue Jays wear Black?[/quote]
For the same reason the White Sox wear black I’m guessing. My feeling is, if you have a color in your name, that should be your primary color, seems simple. One exception is the Blackhawks, their red jerseys are so much better than their alternate black one. The Red Sox in green once in a while is OK to me as it’s paying homage to the locals, but I stress only once in a while – like twice a year tops.

The Blackhakws do have a lot of link though. So at least they are somewhat faithful with the shorts and striping on the socks. Also the helmets and gloves are black. And I’m all for a “Bring back the Blue to the Jays” campaign. Hopefully they’ll do that with the rumoured new jersey that I heard about here.[/quote]

One nice thing is that every bird team (Orioles, Cardinals, Blue Hens, etc) that I can think of in any sport remains faithful to the color of that bird…except the Blue Jays. True, there is some blue in the uniform, but it’s such a small amount. Plus, when was the last time you saw an actual blue jay with a significant amount of black on it? Here’s to a uni change for the Jays…[/quote]

It may just be me, but I see quite a bit of black in link.

[quote comment=”112356″]Man, that 2006 Canada Day jersey is hideous. I really miss the blue jay head/baseball/maple leaf logo.[/quote]
I’ve often wondered why no fans have offered up a re-design of the old logo with the new jay head. I am sure it is very easy to do. Also, why the hell do the Blue Jays wear Black?[/quote]

At least there IS black on a Blue Jay…

[quote comment=”112376″][quote comment=”112372″][quote comment=”112299″]Speaking of Independence day, stay tuned for some pics of the always-awesome red, white, and blue A’s uniforms. They’re playing the Jays that day, too, I think it’ll be interesting to see how well “O, Canada” goes over with the crowd.[/quote]

Those uniforms are awesome. I hope they sell the hats. I need a new one.

The “O, Canada” should go over about as well as our own national anthem. The Bay Area is not the place for showey patriotism. You could probably play God Save the Queen and no one would notice.[/quote]

Ironic that a city that has banned the US military from the city would also have a Military Appreciation night…

The Giants should just have YMCA or It’s Raining Men played before the game as that would be more welcomed than the National Anthem of either country…[/quote]

you are a moron. A city cannot BAN the military. A city can refuse to allow JROCC programs, but ban the military? That’s a joke.

Now, about your homophobic jokes… fuck off. Moron.

[quote comment=”112316″]Here is the website for the USA football team. Great pics of Pop Warner uniforms in there as well if you hunt around.

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FYI, a team of college football players (DII and DIII only i believe) take on a teams from canada, mexico etc.. its sort of an all star type team.

sorry link isn’t working..let me try again here

[quote comment=”112443″][quote comment=”112316″]Here is the website for the USA football team. Great pics of Pop Warner uniforms in there as well if you hunt around.

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FYI, a team of college football players (DII and DIII only i believe) take on a teams from canada, mexico etc.. its sort of an all star type team.[/quote]

One of the QB’s was 19-2 at TCU, which is DI. He also had some fairly impressive numbers.

[quote comment=”112453″][quote comment=”112443″][quote comment=”112316″]Here is the website for the USA football team. Great pics of Pop Warner uniforms in there as well if you hunt around.

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FYI, a team of college football players (DII and DIII only i believe) take on a teams from canada, mexico etc.. its sort of an all star type team.[/quote]

One of the QB’s was 19-2 at TCU, which is DI. He also had some fairly impressive numbers.[/quote]

I think most of those schools were D-1, but I’m not sure patrick was referring to the US Team that’ll be playing in the World Cup, I think he was referring to another U.S. team that plays Canada and Mexico every now and then. Correct me if I’m wrong though.

[quote comment=”112453″][quote comment=”112443″][quote comment=”112316″]Here is the website for the USA football team. Great pics of Pop Warner uniforms in there as well if you hunt around.

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FYI, a team of college football players (DII and DIII only i believe) take on a teams from canada, mexico etc.. its sort of an all star type team.[/quote]

One of the QB’s was 19-2 at TCU, which is DI. He also had some fairly impressive numbers.[/quote

I wasnt talking about the WC of american football, this is some goodwill game or something.

[quote comment=”112449″]sorry link isn’t working..let me try again here[/quote]

Those are cool!

[quote comment=”112440″][quote comment=”112431″][quote comment=”112425″]Hey, Paul

I got a note for your prototype investigation This may sound silly but in the 1995 version of Madden NFL Football you could enter a secret code to unlock the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars even though they were one year away from being actual teams. The producers of the game gave both teams 99 overall ratings. I remeber this well bacause the Jags team you could unlock had a crazy helmet design and uniform that the team did not use, but the Panthers uniforms were right. Finding evidence of this is really going to be a bitch bacause you would need a Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo version of Madden ’95 and you need to find the secret code. I will try to find a screen grab put its gonna be hard.[/quote]

I’ve got an emulator at home. The code shouldn’t be hard to find. If anyone is interested I will see if I can get a screen shot when I get home. I can’t guarantee anything though.[/quote]

Here are two screenshots from Madden ’95 in an emulator as the original post mentioned. In the second one, Jacksonville is the team at the top of the screen in the teal color.
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FAR/NEAR RB Sweep w/ Barry Sanders. It was UNSTOPPABLE. Those screencaps brough back big time memories…many hours in the dorm!

For American Football World Cup, they have qualifying games against teams in their region, just like in the soccer world cup.

However, with football helmets being relatively expensive for a semi-pro or amatuer sport (for many of these players), when the teams compete in their qualifying tournaments, they will wear their “team” helmet with the national team uniform, so you get some funky looks.

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You can see the USA helmets in this photo
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As for the Japanese baseball uniforms, even XL are like Medium to Large for us. If you are big guy it may not fit. Japan has still not figured out that some people are naturally larger than others.

The main reason for no US participation was that there was not a national organization for American football, each organization, NFL, NCAA, NAIA, high schools, each felt that this was their own feifdom and did not want work together. Now with USA Football, we have a national organization and we can rightfully show the international teams, how football is played. Should the US games be blowouts, probably, but if they do not take it seriously, they will get awaken very quickly.

I was hoping that Hines Ward would play for South Korea, but I knew that would never happen.

[quote comment=”112464″][quote comment=”112461″][quote comment=”112453″][quote comment=”112443″][quote comment=”112316″]Here is the website for the USA football team. Great pics of Pop Warner uniforms in there as well if you hunt around.

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FYI, a team of college football players (DII and DIII only i believe) take on a teams from canada, mexico etc.. its sort of an all star type team.[/quote]

One of the QB’s was 19-2 at TCU, which is DI. He also had some fairly impressive numbers.[/quote

I wasnt talking about the WC of american football, this is some goodwill game or something.[/quote]

Yes, thanks Matthew, its a separate series. I think I can get a picture of that teams jerseys (a kid i went to school played in the game).[/quote]

Alright, the game that the top DIII players face off against Mexican college players is called the Aztec Bowl, and its played every year. If you go to link you can read about it under events. Its been played 35 times since the 1940’s…. wayyyy before the world cup of american football. Here’s one picture

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Here’s another one

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IMO, people calling the Mets bigots are looking way too far into the situation. It’s childish, but people use “gay” as an insult nowadays. It’s not intended to make fun of people who are gay, it’s just an expression. I’m sure whoever made the shirt wasn’t thinking “gee, I hate gays, how can I humiliate them..”. It’s just a prank poking fun at how Wright thinks he’s a chick magnet.

[quote comment=”112479″]Umm, the color black has absolutely nothing to do with the name “Blackhawks”.[/quote]
You’re right, the team founder, Major Mcglaucklin (Spelling?) named the team after Chief Blackhawks as he had great respect for him. Not sure where the red-white-black color scheme came from though.

Interesting bit on Kaz Matsui’s uniform number:

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[quote comment=”112489″][quote comment=”112481″][quote comment=”112479″]Umm, the color black has absolutely nothing to do with the name “Blackhawks”.[/quote]
You’re right, the team founder, Major Mcglaucklin (Spelling?) named the team after Chief Blackhawks as he had great respect for him. Not sure where the red-white-black color scheme came from though.[/quote]
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Not quite – McGlaughlin was an officer in the US Army Blackhawk Division during WWI. OF course that name does derive from Chief Blackhawk, and the red jerseys very likely from the now un-PC reference to the skin color of native Americans.[/quote]
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A bit better:
Major McLaughlin chose the name Blackhawks for his team. There are a couple of different stories about why he chose that name. The first one says that during World War I, McLaughlin had served as commander of the 333rd Machine-Gun Battalion of the 85th (Blackhawk) division of the U.S. Army. The division’s nickname commemorated Black Hawk, a prominent Indian of the early 1800’s, so McLaughlin chose the Blackhawks for the team’s name in honor of his military unit. The second story says that the Major had a restaurant in Chicago called The Blackhawk and he named the team the Blackhawks to get a little free advertising for his restaurant. There’s probably a little truth to both stories.

[quote comment=”112474″]The Chi White Sox, the team to first put the name on the back of the uni’s in 1960, had some big name typography as well during the mid to late 1960’s..looking for a photo[/quote]

Gotcha right link

[quote comment=”112477″]IMO, people calling the Mets bigots are looking way too far into the situation. It’s childish, but people use “gay” as an insult nowadays. It’s not intended to make fun of people who are gay, it’s just an expression. I’m sure whoever made the shirt wasn’t thinking “gee, I hate gays, how can I humiliate them..”. It’s just a prank poking fun at how Wright thinks he’s a chick magnet.[/quote]

What makes it okay to use “gay” as an insult? Because people do it therefore it’s okay? Slavery; it was done by people, was it okay? At the time, their argument was the same as your. Pathetic.

[quote comment=”112497″][quote comment=”112477″]IMO, people calling the Mets bigots are looking way too far into the situation. It’s childish, but people use “gay” as an insult nowadays. It’s not intended to make fun of people who are gay, it’s just an expression. I’m sure whoever made the shirt wasn’t thinking “gee, I hate gays, how can I humiliate them..”. It’s just a prank poking fun at how Wright thinks he’s a chick magnet.[/quote]

What makes it okay to use “gay” as an insult? Because people do it therefore it’s okay? Slavery; it was done by people, was it okay? At the time, their argument was the same as your. Pathetic.[/quote]

Oh jesus, can we all just shut up already. This is so rediculous. Like your are all saints and have never used an insult that wasn’t politically correct.

[quote comment=”112504″][quote comment=”112503″][quote comment=”112497″][quote comment=”112477″]IMO, people calling the Mets bigots are looking way too far into the situation. It’s childish, but people use “gay” as an insult nowadays. It’s not intended to make fun of people who are gay, it’s just an expression. I’m sure whoever made the shirt wasn’t thinking “gee, I hate gays, how can I humiliate them..”. It’s just a prank poking fun at how Wright thinks he’s a chick magnet.[/quote]

What makes it okay to use “gay” as an insult? Because people do it therefore it’s okay? Slavery; it was done by people, was it okay? At the time, their argument was the same as your. Pathetic.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

Oh jesus, can we all just shut up already. This is so ridiculous. Like you’re are all saints and have never used an insult that wasn’t politically correct.

*spelling corrected…it was bothering me
damnit, now it is

Question for the legion of experts out there:

In doing some research, I found an unsubstantiated claim that Penn was the first college football team to wear uniform numbers regularly, in 1913. Upon further research, I actually found photographic evidence dating them back to 1911 (but definitely not earlier).

All my Google might couldn’t bring up anything definitive on the history of college football uni numbers – does anyone know if this is the earliest instance of their use?

[quote comment=”112493″][quote comment=”112474″]The Chi White Sox, the team to first put the name on the back of the uni’s in 1960, had some big name typography as well during the mid to late 1960’s..looking for a photo[/quote]

Gotcha right link[/quote]

Thank You Much!! It carried over to when they wore the blue flannel as well–and of course their home pin’s

[quote comment=”112515″][quote comment=”112496″][quote comment=”112491″]Sneak preview of the new LA Galaxy home jersey accidentally posted on Adidas’s store website (taken down now)
link[/quote]

That will be the finest jersey in the MLS… the only competition will be from DC United who I think has a very classic look. The change of crest as well as colors in delightful, its a shame they used a template though.[/quote]

I don’t know…I liked the green and gold color scheme better….that new jersey looks boring to me. Same ol’ Adidas template…zzzzzz[/quote]

Looks to me like they are trying to emulate the white and black of Real Madrid, and a flair of yellow to call it thier own. If you watch the games lately, the Galaxy predominatley wear the whites, and the yellows have been ditched for the most part. Looks like the green will be completely phased out. Alexi Lalas (destroying US Soccer on and off the field in whatever way he can) has been quoted as wanted to emulation the Galacticos, as Real Madrid are known. Lame.

[quote comment=”112517″][quote comment=”112471″]Let’s not forget the Reds of the 70s had some pretty big name typography.
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Which I happened to love, especially on Dave Concepcion.
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Mike Edgerly asked for this design style on his membership card, and we link.[/quote]
… and I’m VERY grateful!

Mike Edgerley a.k.a LockBull

[quote comment=”112517″][quote comment=”112471″]Let’s not forget the Reds of the 70s had some pretty big name typography.
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Which I happened to love, especially on Dave Concepcion.
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Mike Edgerly asked for this design style on his membership card, and we link.[/quote]

Eric, I dig the ‘big name’ look of the 70s Reds too!

Paul, when I finally get around to it, that’s what I want to go with on my card as well.

[quote comment=”112538″][quote comment=”112530″][quote comment=”112515″][quote comment=”112496″][quote comment=”112491″]Sneak preview of the new LA Galaxy home jersey accidentally posted on Adidas’s store website (taken down now)
link[/quote]

That will be the finest jersey in the MLS… the only competition will be from DC United who I think has a very classic look. The change of crest as well as colors in delightful, its a shame they used a template though.[/quote]

I don’t know…I liked the green and gold color scheme better….that new jersey looks boring to me. Same ol’ Adidas template…zzzzzz[/quote]

Looks to me like they are trying to emulate the white and black of Real Madrid, and a flair of yellow to call it thier own. If you watch the games lately, the Galaxy predominatley wear the whites, and the yellows have been ditched for the most part. Looks like the green will be completely phased out. Alexi Lalas (destroying US Soccer on and off the field in whatever way he can) has been quoted as wanted to emulation the Galacticos, as Real Madrid are known. Lame.[/quote]

I’m not sure whats lame about that… moving away from the JOKE of a league we were seen as with names like mutiny, fusion, rapids? Whats wrong with taking a page out of the classics and trying to look more respectable? The prior galaxy jerseys looked like intramural ultimate frisbee jerseys from wesleyan or something. These look far more respectable and less vomit inducing. And in case you havent noticed, most MLS teams that have made uni switches (im not counting NY because their a corporate soccer advertisement) have gone to more classic soccer look. I just dont see te bad in it.[/quote]

I should note, I didnt just mean team names, but also jerseys, color schemes etc.

[quote comment=”112318″]No idea if this can be found anywhere, but I seem to remember that they also wore a special Canada day cap as well. I think I even purchased one back in the day.[/quote]

I have one from 1997. It’s got a red lid with a blue bill and the regular logo from that season.

[quote comment=”112542″][quote comment=”112538″][quote comment=”112530″][quote comment=”112515″][quote comment=”112496″][quote comment=”112491″]Sneak preview of the new LA Galaxy home jersey accidentally posted on Adidas’s store website (taken down now)
link[/quote]

That will be the finest jersey in the MLS… the only competition will be from DC United who I think has a very classic look. The change of crest as well as colors in delightful, its a shame they used a template though.[/quote]

I don’t know…I liked the green and gold color scheme better….that new jersey looks boring to me. Same ol’ Adidas template…zzzzzz[/quote]

Looks to me like they are trying to emulate the white and black of Real Madrid, and a flair of yellow to call it thier own. If you watch the games lately, the Galaxy predominatley wear the whites, and the yellows have been ditched for the most part. Looks like the green will be completely phased out. Alexi Lalas (destroying US Soccer on and off the field in whatever way he can) has been quoted as wanted to emulation the Galacticos, as Real Madrid are known. Lame.[/quote]

I’m not sure whats lame about that… moving away from the JOKE of a league we were seen as with names like mutiny, fusion, rapids? Whats wrong with taking a page out of the classics and trying to look more respectable? The prior galaxy jerseys looked like intramural ultimate frisbee jerseys from wesleyan or something. These look far more respectable and less vomit inducing. And in case you havent noticed, most MLS teams that have made uni switches (im not counting NY because their a corporate soccer advertisement) have gone to more classic soccer look. I just dont see te bad in it.[/quote]

I should note, I didnt just mean team names, but also jerseys, color schemes etc.[/quote]

Just seems a bit poser-ish to have a Real Salt Lake or FC Dallas or Chivas USA…that’s the Euro way of naming teams. Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew…that’s how teams are named in the US. City…name. Not Name…City. I would think that would inspire less respect from across the pond. “look at the yanks…copying our names. Wankers.”

Now the DC United works. I realize that is’ a rip on Manchester United…but that one, of all the others, works the best.

Just seems like the little brother trying to copy the big brother, to me.

[quote comment=”112543″]http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=ari

Where it says “Webb needs your help to repeat as All-Star”, look at his pic. He’s wearing the old cap with the new logo. I guess they made both styles of cap, but i don’t know why. Wouldn’t be just a waste of money?[/quote]

Actually that kind of looks like black. I think it’s just some sort of camera trick that makes it look gray. The underbill looks like it matches the color of the logo. Other shots of him in that style of hat shows the black underbill.

Nothing like going to a Presbyterian game in person and hearing the entire student body yelling “Go Hose” at the top of their lungs when the cheerleaders direct them to.

Hey Paul,

don’t mean to be a bother, but being a hockey jersey fanatic, i’m quite curious

has anybody seen this thing before?
is it a prototype nords jersey that was never game worn?

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the stitching and tag and CCM thing make it look pretty authentic…i just wonder if anybody else has ever seen this or anything like it

[quote comment=”112556″][quote comment=”112547″][quote comment=”112542″][quote comment=”112538″][quote comment=”112530″][quote comment=”112515″][quote comment=”112496″][quote comment=”112491″]Sneak preview of the new LA Galaxy home jersey accidentally posted on Adidas’s store website (taken down now)
link[/quote]

That will be the finest jersey in the MLS… the only competition will be from DC United who I think has a very classic look. The change of crest as well as colors in delightful, its a shame they used a template though.[/quote]

I don’t know…I liked the green and gold color scheme better….that new jersey looks boring to me. Same ol’ Adidas template…zzzzzz[/quote]

Looks to me like they are trying to emulate the white and black of Real Madrid, and a flair of yellow to call it thier own. If you watch the games lately, the Galaxy predominatley wear the whites, and the yellows have been ditched for the most part. Looks like the green will be completely phased out. Alexi Lalas (destroying US Soccer on and off the field in whatever way he can) has been quoted as wanted to emulation the Galacticos, as Real Madrid are known. Lame.[/quote]

I’m not sure whats lame about that… moving away from the JOKE of a league we were seen as with names like mutiny, fusion, rapids? Whats wrong with taking a page out of the classics and trying to look more respectable? The prior galaxy jerseys looked like intramural ultimate frisbee jerseys from wesleyan or something. These look far more respectable and less vomit inducing. And in case you havent noticed, most MLS teams that have made uni switches (im not counting NY because their a corporate soccer advertisement) have gone to more classic soccer look. I just dont see te bad in it.[/quote]

I should note, I didnt just mean team names, but also jerseys, color schemes etc.[/quote]

Just seems a bit poser-ish to have a Real Salt Lake or FC Dallas or Chivas USA…that’s the Euro way of naming teams. Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew…that’s how teams are named in the US. City…name. Not Name…City. I would think that would inspire less respect from across the pond. “look at the yanks…copying our names. Wankers.”

Now the DC United works. I realize that is’ a rip on Manchester United…but that one, of all the others, works the best.

Just seems like the little brother trying to copy the big brother, to me.[/quote]

But you dont think they were laughing when they found out the name of a team was the colorado rapids? or the tampa bay mutiny? Those names belong attached to a kids team, not a professional soccer team, I’m not saying use FC with everything, althought I do like that style. I like what houston did… Dynamo is neither “euro centric” nor kitschy (sp?).[/quote]
Didn’t they rip off the name from link, though?

Apropos of nothing, I just got this hat from the single A Augusta Greenjackets.

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Clemens has high socks in the first inning? Looks weird I haven’t seen him in high socks ever.

I just saw on TV some jackass in the crowd at Yankee Stadium wearing a #15 jersey with MUNSON on the back. WHY?!?

[quote comment=”112618″]I just saw on TV some jackass in the crowd at Yankee Stadium wearing a #15 jersey with MUNSON on the back. WHY?!?[/quote]

and this means what?

[quote comment=”112622″][quote comment=”112618″]I just saw on TV some jackass in the crowd at Yankee Stadium wearing a #15 jersey with MUNSON on the back. WHY?!?[/quote]

and this means what?[/quote]
A) Yankee jerseys don’t have names on the back

B) #15 is retired for Thurman Munson, so its not really necessary.

C) This was at Yankee Stadium, so everyone there should know who #15 was.

D) YANKEE JERSEYS DON’T HAVE NAMES ON THE BACK!

and if you get into team nicknames, you can have teams like New Jersey Red Devils and St. Louis Blues (oh wait!)

I’ve always found it hilarious that the only Spurs supporter in the NBA (Steve Nash) has spent his career as a rival of the S.A. Spurs

Isn’t Nash trying to buy a share of Spurs? (Tottenham, not San Antonio). Also, his bro played for Canada in the Gold Cup.

New Mariners skipper John McLaren has a small “c” on the back of his jersey. No pictures yet.

I can understand if the replica jersey is made of a cheaper fabric or the cut maybe isn’t the same, but this is a fundamental inaccuracy. Just because its a replica doesn’t meant that it should be wrong on purpose.

I question more the people that buy these things. I can’t see why anyone would even want one.

[quote comment=”112547″][quote comment=”112542″][quote comment=”112538″][quote comment=”112530″][quote comment=”112515″][quote comment=”112496″][quote comment=”112491″]Sneak preview of the new LA Galaxy home jersey accidentally posted on Adidas’s store website (taken down now)
link[/quote]

That will be the finest jersey in the MLS… the only competition will be from DC United who I think has a very classic look. The change of crest as well as colors in delightful, its a shame they used a template though.[/quote]

I don’t know…I liked the green and gold color scheme better….that new jersey looks boring to me. Same ol’ Adidas template…zzzzzz[/quote]

Looks to me like they are trying to emulate the white and black of Real Madrid, and a flair of yellow to call it thier own. If you watch the games lately, the Galaxy predominatley wear the whites, and the yellows have been ditched for the most part. Looks like the green will be completely phased out. Alexi Lalas (destroying US Soccer on and off the field in whatever way he can) has been quoted as wanted to emulation the Galacticos, as Real Madrid are known. Lame.[/quote]

I’m not sure whats lame about that… moving away from the JOKE of a league we were seen as with names like mutiny, fusion, rapids? Whats wrong with taking a page out of the classics and trying to look more respectable? The prior galaxy jerseys looked like intramural ultimate frisbee jerseys from wesleyan or something. These look far more respectable and less vomit inducing. And in case you havent noticed, most MLS teams that have made uni switches (im not counting NY because their a corporate soccer advertisement) have gone to more classic soccer look. I just dont see te bad in it.[/quote]

I should note, I didnt just mean team names, but also jerseys, color schemes etc.[/quote]

Just seems a bit poser-ish to have a Real Salt Lake or FC Dallas or Chivas USA…that’s the Euro way of naming teams. Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew…that’s how teams are named in the US. City…name. Not Name…City. I would think that would inspire less respect from across the pond. “look at the yanks…copying our names. Wankers.”

Now the DC United works. I realize that is’ a rip on Manchester United…but that one, of all the others, works the best.

Just seems like the little brother trying to copy the big brother, to me.[/quote]

DC United is not taken from Manchester United. There’s a large number of teams out there with ‘United’ in their name. DC United stole from that, actually United usually signifies the merger of two or more clubs, Manchester United isn’t from a merger they just took it because they liked it.

As to LA’s uniforms, it’s good. It’s clean, and non-gimicky. Basically, White and blue with gold trim. Yes, it’s a template, but every major team in soccer is using templates because adidas and Nike aren’t going to stop the mills from cranking out tens of thousands of shirts that are sold as replicas or uniforms (for schools,clubs, adult leagues, etc)so one team can look different.

I just saw on TV some jackass in the crowd at Yankee Stadium wearing a #15 jersey with MUNSON on the back. WHY?!?

Did you like Ray Allen throwing out the first pitch at Fenway in an ALLEN 20 home jersey? (Sorry I can’t find a picture.)

[quote comment=”112577″]Some people who are less cool than we are link.[/quote]

Maybe i’ll be standing by myself on this one, but i LIKE oregon states’s new uniforms! u want to talk about ugly, look no further than the “U”

[quote comment=”112520″]Using “gay” as an insult = wrong.

Many of us have done it anyway = yes.

Which actually makes it worse, because doing something that you KNOW is wrong, and doing it anyway, is particularly pathetic = definitely.

Now let’s move on.[/quote]
Since when did this board become the moral voice of society??? I thought it was UNIWATCH and not MORALITYWATCH!!!

[quote comment=”112731″][quote comment=”112577″]Some people who are less cool than we are link.[/quote]

Maybe i’ll be standing by myself on this one, but i LIKE oregon states’s new uniforms! u want to talk about ugly, look no further than the “U”[/quote]

“Not as ugly as Oregon” Good uniform.

OSU’s unis would be fine, except for the link.

Sometimes I think college teams try too hard to be “innovative”, without thinking about why something hasn’t been done before.

Just sat in the left field bleachers at the Padres/Marlins game with my old school teal Marlins cap on….got to just stare at Jose Cruz’s stir-ups for two hours….nice.

I’ll try for pictures tomorrow.

Frank