On-Site All-Star Report from San Francisco

Although I’m more of a fan of purple and black, I dig Holliday’s shoes. My high school days as a purple clad Panther of Nashua High kinda resulted in me loving the colors, what can I say.

If NikeId had been around in high school, my cross country flats would’ve been some kind of purple and black combo, no doubt.

(That doesn’t mean I like the Rockies’ vests though. I’m pretty much of the opinion that any solid color vest in baseball is put to shame by regular white/gray uni color vests)

[quote comment=”116241″]It would have looked so much better if all the guys had worn color coordinated shoes and sleeves as opposed to red ones Vald, Pujols, and Howard wore. the red and orange mix was terrible. I did love the fact that all of the kids had their dads’ jerseys with the names and numbers on the back. That was cool.[/quote]

It would have looked better, true, but on some level, I’m glad they didn’t. It’s a sign that they weren’t willing to complete the visual effect of that travesty by getting new shoes for the event.

I’m pretty sure the photo of Shaq with the #1 jersey was just a photo of him with the Magic jersey superimposed onto him after he was selected first by the team I vaguely remember seeing that photo around the time of the 1992 draft.

Last night I watched the replay of the Chicago Fire and Toronto FC match. A couple of things struck me as odd as I watched the game. The Fire play at Toyota Park but yet their shirt has sponsorship of link on the back. The other oddity I spotted was after the Fire scored from a penalty I noticed the fans behind the goal unfurl a huge Fire shirt. Nothing unusual in that but the big shirt had a huge Puma logo on it but the present day Fire wear Adidas shirts. Probably no one bothered to update the big shirt for the fans behind the goal.

I switched the home run contest on for a couple of minutes but then quickly turned it off as I heard them playing music through the PA system at AT&T Park, it sounded dreadful.

The worst part about everyone wearing those stupid caps is that I could not readily identify certain players. For instance, I don’t pay a heck of a lot of attention to the AL, so it’s pretty hard for me to identify reps for teams like the Royals. What’s so wrong with wearing regular team caps? Ugh.

Anyway, if they have to wear ASG caps, there is no excuse for a MLB cap to ever feature a whole word. That’s beyond bush. I would have actually liked to see “NL” or “AL” hats, in orange and black, written in the SF font (so long as it wasn’t on the horrific BP cap template). The player’s team logo could be placed on the back, where the MLB logo usually goes. How cool would those caps be? Is it really worth that much to MLB to brand itself on caps nobody wants to buy?

Spooneybarger is fine and all, but I’d take the one to the right of his in a heartbeat.

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[quote comment=”116251″]I think ESPN played the All-Star Game commercial with racing trolley cars about 500 times last night. Vlad Guerrero (or his stand in) is wearing a red belt during a close-up of his hand using the trolley’s control lever. The Angels, however, wear black belts.[/quote]
They’re Cable Cars. Sorry for being nit-picky.

This doesn’t really have anything to do with the post, but I found a website with a fair amount of NBA Jersey History, I thought I would pass it on since you don’t have any. NBA Teams Celebrate Their Past

U20 World Cup: Opposite story. 1st game vs link they wore white shorts, and lost. 2nd game went back to link and got their mojo back vs S. Korea. Finally they stuck link in a losing effort vs USA.

Re: The Bronx is Burning, I loved the movie, thought it was great depicting the city and the mood of the Yankees of that time. But, was the actor playing Reggie wearing fake stirrups?
If so, I am shocked because of all the cooperation the movie got from real players.

$110 for game-worn jerseys are pretty cheap, no? I would’ve bought a Nick Johnson one.

As ugly as they are, you have to remember that they had to wear the crap for merchandising reasons – mlb email came this morning(but they should make them nicer).

Tonight we get the all star gift of seeign all the different shades of grey lined up.

[quote comment=”116244″]I’m pretty sure the photo of Shaq with the #1 jersey was just a photo of him with the Magic jersey superimposed onto him after he was selected first by the team I vaguely remember seeing that photo around the time of the 1992 draft.[/quote]
Definatly from the draft. I still have a card that features the caption, “back to back number 1 picks” and has both Chris Webber and Shaq on the card.

Not sure if someone already discussed this, but the home run derby seems to have recently used the jersey number font of the home team (the sorta-cool Pirates year comes to mind). So why are this year’s Derby jerseys using the Cubs’ number font instead of the Giants?

Does anybody know a good site to download fonts that teams use on their jerseys or logos?

[quote comment=”116267″]As ugly as they are, you have to remember that they had to wear the crap for merchandising reasons – mlb email came this morning(but they should make them nicer).

Tonight we get the all star gift of seeign all the different shades of grey lined up.[/quote]

I think last year’s yellow jerseys were just as bad!

[quote comment=”116265″]$110 for game-worn jerseys are pretty cheap, no? I would’ve bought a Nick Johnson one.[/quote]

That’s what I was thinking. Bargains galore.

[quote comment=”116266″]Obvious statement, but one I’ve got to make anyway; the All Star unis stink out loud.

Those things are uglier than a rental bowling shoe.[/quote]
Obviously, somebody buys that crap; however, I’ve never actually seen anyone wearing an “All-Star” jersey either in person or on TV (except for those poor All-Star players!)

As far as I could tell, FOX made just one All-Star Game promo, and ran it over and over and over during every baseball broadcast they could. After the first week, I was rooting for those cable cars to sink in McCovey’s Cove! (grin)

[quote comment=”116284″][quote comment=”116255″]This doesn’t really have anything to do with the post, but I found a website with a fair amount of NBA Jersey History, I thought I would pass it on since you don’t have any. NBA Teams Celebrate Their Past[/quote]

And before someone uncovers a photo of him wearing a #12 “Cincinnati” jersey, that was his college number at the University of Cincinnati. But he wore only 14 with the Royals, at least as I recall.

[quote comment=”116255″]This doesn’t really have anything to do with the post, but I found a website with a fair amount of NBA Jersey History, I thought I would pass it on since you don’t have any. NBA Teams Celebrate Their Past[/quote]

link…EVER

As a follow up to my own post, my point with those jerseys is, they don’t seem nearly as ugly when you are there, because everybody is wearing them because they are really excited to be at the game.

As a final aside, I did not buy the jersey, I went with the on field hat with the game logo on the side.

[quote comment=”116293″]I’d appreciate an e-mail from whoever’s selling those fantastic jerseys as well. If Tim Spooneybarger, whose 13-letter vertically arched name is a work of art, is still available, I’ll buy it![/quote]
I’m going to try a few other avenues to find out who the seller is. If I find it, I’ll post here.

On a side note, Spooney is a jerk. The Braves traded him because he refused to listen to advice given from the likes of Tommy Glavine and Leo Mazzone. Stupid kid IMO.

[quote comment=”116285″][quote comment=”116266″]Obvious statement, but one I’ve got to make anyway; the All Star unis stink out loud.

Those things are uglier than a rental bowling shoe.[/quote]
Obviously, somebody buys that crap; however, I’ve never actually seen anyone wearing an “All-Star” jersey either in person or on TV (except for those poor All-Star players!)

As far as I could tell, FOX made just one All-Star Game promo, and ran it over and over and over during every baseball broadcast they could. After the first week, I was rooting for those cable cars to sink in McCovey’s Cove! (grin)[/quote]

Did you notice how none of the ads had the word “Fox” in them?

to follow up on the “bronx is burning” post… reggie’s stirrups/sanitaries looked legit. I’ve got it tivo’d.. I’ll give another look.

I actually thought the yankees in the show were showing too much stirrup! for some reason I thought the “thin strip” stirrup was en vogue by ’77.

also take note that billy martin’s road uni looks a bit odd… seems the “NEW YORK” block is too arched and spaced too far apart. could be a poor fitted uni on actor john turturro’s frame.

kind of dissecting, but hey what’s a yankee fan to do during the all-star break??

[quote comment=”116295″][quote comment=”116288″]How lame is A-Rod? Who wears a suit to the home-run derby as a player? Everything he says is so scripted and planned out; I can’t stand him.[/quote]

Somewhat in his defense, he started out in the same uni as everyone else. He changed to the suit because he “had a dinner to go to”. He mentioned it when Berman and the gang interviewed him.[/quote]

I’m sure all the players had dinners and parties to go to. David Ortiz didn’t seem to mind sitting on the side NOT in a suit. Alex must have had a hot date at the finest San Fransisco strip club with his busty lady friend.

Turtle from Entourage[quote comment=”116286″]We had the all star game here last year, those jerseys are relatively cheap (about $100)and were a nearly impossiable to resist impulse buy at the game, especially if you brought your kids in from out of town.

As ugly as they are, they will sell a ton of them in San Francisco in the next few days.

Didn’t Turtle wear one of last years all-star jersey on entourage earlier in the season?[/quote]

yes turtle did wear on A-rod All-Star jersey from the ’06 game in an episode.

The guy who did an analyst of the Capitals logo did a link on his first post.

[quote comment=”116285″][quote comment=”116266″]Obvious statement, but one I’ve got to make anyway; the All Star unis stink out loud.

Those things are uglier than a rental bowling shoe.[/quote]
Obviously, somebody buys that crap; however, I’ve never actually seen anyone wearing an “All-Star” jersey either in person or on TV (except for those poor All-Star players!)

As far as I could tell, FOX made just one All-Star Game promo, and ran it over and over and over during every baseball broadcast they could. After the first week, I was rooting for those cable cars to sink in McCovey’s Cove! (grin)[/quote]

I bought a Freddy Sanchez one from last year. Not only am I a huge Pirate fan and wore it to the all-star game, I kinda like the yellow look from last year.

Is it just me, or does it seem that new UniWatch members are going out of their way to find wacky and unusual uniforms to be featured on their membership cards?
I’m not saying the designs “ain’t” cool, Im just saying is a Tour de France jersey something you would wear around town?

[quote comment=”116239″]God, the HR Derby uniforms were horrific this year. I really can’t remember if they ever have had a design that wasn’t either boring, or ugly. The bridge theme in the letters just didn’t work at all.[/quote]

And why were the numbers in “Cubs” typeface?

[quote comment=”116305″]Turtle from Entourage[quote comment=”116286″]We had the all star game here last year, those jerseys are relatively cheap (about $100)and were a nearly impossiable to resist impulse buy at the game, especially if you brought your kids in from out of town.

As ugly as they are, they will sell a ton of them in San Francisco in the next few days.

Didn’t Turtle wear one of last years all-star jersey on entourage earlier in the season?[/quote]

yes turtle did wear on A-rod All-Star jersey from the ’06 game in an episode.[/quote]

It was actually a Jeter jersey from the game in Pittsburgh.

[quote comment=”116310″][quote comment=”116285″][quote comment=”116266″]Obvious statement, but one I’ve got to make anyway; the All Star unis stink out loud.

Those things are uglier than a rental bowling shoe.[/quote]
Obviously, somebody buys that crap; however, I’ve never actually seen anyone wearing an “All-Star” jersey either in person or on TV (except for those poor All-Star players!)

As far as I could tell, FOX made just one All-Star Game promo, and ran it over and over and over during every baseball broadcast they could. After the first week, I was rooting for those cable cars to sink in McCovey’s Cove! (grin)[/quote]

I bought a Freddy Sanchez one from last year. Not only am I a huge Pirate fan and wore it to the all-star game, I kinda like the yellow look from last year.[/quote]

I saw two guys wearing A-Rod’s 2006 All-Star game jersey last week at Yankee Stadium (7/5 vs. Minn)

I don’t have screen-capping capabililites, but at the tail end of Baseball Tonight, directly preceding the All-Star Game, A-Rod was talking to Bonds, and the left side of the back of his garish orange jersey was visible. It appeared that the first “R” was on backwards.

Did anyone else see this, or did I imagine it? Not that he could be bothered to dress in uniform for longer than absolutely necessary…

[quote comment=”116246″]The other oddity I spotted was after the Fire scored from a penalty I noticed the fans behind the goal unfurl a huge Fire shirt. Nothing unusual in that but the big shirt had a huge Puma logo on it but the present day Fire wear Adidas shirts. Probably no one bothered to update the big shirt for the fans behind the goal.[/quote]

While I can’t speak for the link, I do know that for many teams (like the Red Bulls) the supporters clubs are left to their own devices as far as flags go. The one that link uses link was made by the supporters themselves using their own money. So I don’t think Section 8 is going to be too concerned over changing a sponsors logo if they have to pony up the cash to do it.

[quote comment=”116281″]Not to go off on a tangent, but in the first Expos jersey pic, does anyone know who “Medrano” is? The jersey is bottom left between two Peter Bergeron jerseys. Thought I knew most players, but that one is not familiar to me.[/quote]

I tried looking up any “Medrano’s” that played in the Major Leagues, not a single one. There was one however in the Expos minor league system, a shortstop, Anthony Medrano, maybe he got called up for a cup of coffee and never made it into a game, therefore no stats.
As a side note how “game worn” could his jersey be?

gotta love the air force 25 baseball edition that pujols has worn for the better part of the season…

a close up
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he has worn
red/gray
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red/blue
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as well

i dont like the new baseball shoe debuted by holliday and rios yesterday, and first seen by jimmy rollins on sunday… just looks like a funny upper…
now, the 2k4 or the 2k5 mcs? i’ll take any day.

[quote comment=”116317″]Is it just me, or does it seem that new UniWatch members are going out of their way to find wacky and unusual uniforms to be featured on their membership cards?
I’m not saying the designs “ain’t” cool, Im just saying is a Tour de France jersey something you would wear around town?[/quote]

Depends on the town. In the one I’m in (Boulder), you betcha. I wear my Phonak jersey all the time. Only when I’m actually riding my bike, though. True story: I bought the jersey because I was a big Tyler Hamilton fan. A couple of years ago I was wearing it on a Sunday ride. I pull up to an intersection in a little 1-stop-sign town and see another rider in an identical jersey getting soda out of a machine in front of a store. Ah, another Tyler fan, I think, and ride over to say hi. Guy turns around and — guess what? — it’s Tyler himself. I still get chills remembering it.

[quote comment=”116341″]True story: I bought the jersey because I was a big Tyler Hamilton fan. A couple of years ago I was wearing it on a Sunday ride. I pull up to an intersection in a little 1-stop-sign town and see another rider in an identical jersey getting soda out of a machine in front of a store. Ah, another Tyler fan, I think, and ride over to say hi. Guy turns around and — guess what? — it’s Tyler himself. I still get chills remembering it.[/quote]

that has to be one of the coolest athlete celebrity stories ive ever heard.

now THATS a story im sure all of us would like to live out with our athletic heroes!

[quote comment=”116325″]I love this picture of Ryan Howard: Get link[/quote]

Does Ryan Howard have a labret piercing?

I sat next to A.J. Hawk on a flight from Chicago to Cincy, and then ate dinner next to him. I was wearing a Michigan jersey (Hawk went to OSU) and he just laughed and gave me an autograph!

That’s the coolest athlete/celeb story!

[quote comment=”116321″][quote comment=”116305″]Turtle from Entourage[quote comment=”116286″]We had the all star game here last year, those jerseys are relatively cheap (about $100)and were a nearly impossiable to resist impulse buy at the game, especially if you brought your kids in from out of town.

As ugly as they are, they will sell a ton of them in San Francisco in the next few days.

Didn’t Turtle wear one of last years all-star jersey on entourage earlier in the season?[/quote]

yes turtle did wear on A-rod All-Star jersey from the ’06 game in an episode.[/quote]

It was actually a Jeter jersey from the game in Pittsburgh.[/quote]

I agree, I think it was the 2006 Jeter all-star jersey. He’s also worn Knicks jerseys a number of times.

[quote comment=”116299″]to follow up on the “bronx is burning” post… reggie’s stirrups/sanitaries looked legit. I’ve got it tivo’d.. I’ll give another look.
[/quote]
link.

[quote comment=”116334″][quote comment=”116281″]Not to go off on a tangent, but in the first Expos jersey pic, does anyone know who “Medrano” is? The jersey is bottom left between two Peter Bergeron jerseys. Thought I knew most players, but that one is not familiar to me.[/quote]

I tried looking up any “Medrano’s” that played in the Major Leagues, not a single one. There was one however in the Expos minor league system, a shortstop, Anthony Medrano, maybe he got called up for a cup of coffee and never made it into a game, therefore no stats.
As a side note how “game worn” could his jersey be?[/quote]

on the other hand, if a player was a late season callup who never got into a game, he would have worn a uniform in the dugout, which would still make it “game worn”, just not “game played in”.

Maybe some other game worn jersey collectors could chime in on this?

This is from a yahoo board about lost college footbal rivalries. I laughed at the last paragraph:

They get handed out to th Freshman when they get rejected from Penn state and Get accepted to Pitt. Every Pitt reply on this thread reeks of ignorance.

– Temple agreed to a 2-1, no Pitt fan mentions that.
– PSU wasn’t bound to a conference schedule in the 80’s and had more freedom to schedule
– Pitt fans will constantly talk about how nobody cares about games played in Pittsburgh 100 years ago, then the same poster will talk about Pitt’s “Nine” National titles. Which are just as old, and bought and paid for.
– Pitt fans actually believe that PSU WANTED to play in Pittsburgh. Tables have turned,Pitt’s rented stadium is not nearly big enough to support this game. Pitt doesn’t WANT to play more games at Penn State, but they need to man up and do it, just like PSU did so many years ago.
– The Penn State athletic department receives ZERO dollars from the state, so the tax payers have no say.
– Pathetic Pitt fans will trumpet a 12-0 victory against one of the worst PSU teams ever, but PSU won SEVEN games in a row before that. What would you choose? 7/8 wins, or the last game of the series… easy choice.

For all you outsiders, you will notice how much artificial importance a second teir team like Pitt places on having what they call a “true rival.” When your team sucks and the only tradition it has is changing their uniform every year, all you have is the possibilty of beating the school down the road that you couldn’t get in to, and always wins on the gridiron. And maybe once every 8 years or so, you can pull off the upset.

Totally unrelated to the blog post, but I noticed something weird in this dugout photo of link. Did you pick it out? Think “uni numbers”.

Picture of Beckham in the new Galaxy uniform. I personally think the new uniform is boring and lame, but I’m sure a lot of you will think it’s a huge improvement over the current kit.

[quote comment=”116371″]Totally unrelated to the blog post, but I noticed something weird in this dugout photo of link. Did you pick it out? Think “uni numbers”.[/quote]

Thats from the Jackie Robinson tribute game. They all wore 42. You can see another player wearing 42 in the backround, sans name.

[quote comment=”116297″]The problem I see with most radial arching is that it’s usually poorly executed, with terrible kerning issues being the most common error. But that’s not a problem with the style of arching, it’s a problem with the person doing it.
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Amen my friend! And this is why I like nameplates better. It reduces the chance the goofball lettering the jersey will screw up the arch.

Although I do still like vertical arch better than radial in most cases. It’s not much more difficult to do either. Illustrator can warp the font in 2 seconds to the right arch, and most shops use a mechanical cutter now, so the days of needing a talented person to letter a jersey are fading. I REALLY don’t miss the days of when I had to hand draw the names!

[quote comment=”116371″]Totally unrelated to the blog post, but I noticed something weird in this dugout photo of link. Did you pick it out? Think “uni numbers”.[/quote]

If you are referring to him wearing number 42 that is not weird at all, if you notice in the background the only other guy with a visible number is also wearing 42, it was most likely taken on Jackie Robinson Day, or sometime that week, when a ton of players wore his number.

[quote comment=”116382″][quote comment=”116380″][quote comment=”116371″]Totally unrelated to the blog post, but I noticed something weird in this dugout photo of link. Did you pick it out? Think “uni numbers”.[/quote]

2 number 42s…can anyone figure out who the guy with his back turned is?[/quote]

Should’ve refreshed my page before posting…[/quote]

Same here

[quote comment=”116269″][quote comment=”116244″]I’m pretty sure the photo of Shaq with the #1 jersey was just a photo of him with the Magic jersey superimposed onto him after he was selected first by the team I vaguely remember seeing that photo around the time of the 1992 draft.[/quote]
Definatly from the draft. I still have a card that features the caption, “back to back number 1 picks” and has both Chris Webber and Shaq on the card.[/quote]

Yeah, well didnt penny hardaway wear 1 while witrh the magic? and he was what, a year or two behind shaq?

[quote comment=”116249″][quote comment=”116239″]God, the HR Derby uniforms were horrific this year. I really can’t remember if they ever have had a design that wasn’t either boring, or ugly. The bridge theme in the letters just didn’t work at all.[/quote]
It is also the wrong bridge. The Bay Bridge is the one you can see from the ballpark, but they put the Golden Gate Bridge on the jersey. To me, the design looks like overhead power lines.

Also, the Giants lost major style points by stealing the Cub’s numeral font for the All-Star BP jerseys[/quote]

After seeing the NL uni’s (with the GG bridge tower, I fully expected the AL to go with the Bay Bridge tower ( very similar, but distinctly unique) as the Bay Bridge does connect to Oakland! A missed opportunity by MLB to add something unique to the bad BP jerseys

[quote comment=”116365″][quote comment=”116334″][quote comment=”116281″]Not to go off on a tangent, but in the first Expos jersey pic, does anyone know who “Medrano” is? The jersey is bottom left between two Peter Bergeron jerseys. Thought I knew most players, but that one is not familiar to me.[/quote]

I tried looking up any “Medrano’s” that played in the Major Leagues, not a single one. There was one however in the Expos minor league system, a shortstop, Anthony Medrano, maybe he got called up for a cup of coffee and never made it into a game, therefore no stats.
As a side note how “game worn” could his jersey be?[/quote]

on the other hand, if a player was a late season callup who never got into a game, he would have worn a uniform in the dugout, which would still make it “game worn”, just not “game played in”.

Maybe some other game worn jersey collectors could chime in on this?[/quote]
Game worns are my first love (hockey and baseball, anyway). In hockey especially this is a HUGE deal with backup goalies. Here’s an example of something I encountered recently:

The Senators made the Stanley Cup Finals and a guy who used to play here in Charlotte (where I’m a STH), Jeff Glass, was the 3rd or “practice” goalie. Ray Emery played all the games for the Sens and Marty Gerber was the backup. Obviously Glass’s was game issued as he never saw any time on the bench. But Gerber’s jersey….is it game worn or game issued? I say game worn. He took warmups with it on, wore it on the bench, etc. It should show a few puck marks on the front, maybe a little pipe paint on the back, and definitely would show pilling on the sleeves from his blocker and catcher. Some collectors will tell you it was only game issued because he never actually logged any minutes in it. Its a very gray area and is really up to the collector.

As for baseball gamers, I say if they wore it while called up to the bigs then it is game worn. If it was prepared for them and they never made it out of the minors or got injured and didn’t get put on the roster then I would say game issued. This would mainly apply to guys like Medrano who played the majority of the year in the minors and may or may not have been on the Expos 40 man roster. That’s where doing your homework on a player and his shirt comes into play (the really fun part of the GW hobby IMO).

[quote comment=”116368″]This is from a yahoo board about lost college footbal rivalries. I laughed at the last paragraph:

They get handed out to th Freshman when they get rejected from Penn state and Get accepted to Pitt. Every Pitt reply on this thread reeks of ignorance.

– Temple agreed to a 2-1, no Pitt fan mentions that.
– PSU wasn’t bound to a conference schedule in the 80’s and had more freedom to schedule
– Pitt fans will constantly talk about how nobody cares about games played in Pittsburgh 100 years ago, then the same poster will talk about Pitt’s “Nine” National titles. Which are just as old, and bought and paid for.
– Pitt fans actually believe that PSU WANTED to play in Pittsburgh. Tables have turned,Pitt’s rented stadium is not nearly big enough to support this game. Pitt doesn’t WANT to play more games at Penn State, but they need to man up and do it, just like PSU did so many years ago.
– The Penn State athletic department receives ZERO dollars from the state, so the tax payers have no say.
– Pathetic Pitt fans will trumpet a 12-0 victory against one of the worst PSU teams ever, but PSU won SEVEN games in a row before that. What would you choose? 7/8 wins, or the last game of the series… easy choice.

For all you outsiders, you will notice how much artificial importance a second teir team like Pitt places on having what they call a “true rival.” When your team sucks and the only tradition it has is changing their uniform every year, all you have is the possibilty of beating the school down the road that you couldn’t get in to, and always wins on the gridiron. And maybe once every 8 years or so, you can pull off the upset.[/quote]

What brought this rant about and why are you hatin on Pitt

[quote comment=”116376″]For some reason my link didn’t appear in my last post:

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looks like Germany’s ’06 World Cup Jersey = Lame

Tables groaning under the weight of game-worn Expos jerseys? Vlad winning the Home Run Derby?

I’m pretty much in the fetal position right now.

[quote comment=”116393″][quote comment=”116368″]This is from a yahoo board about lost college footbal rivalries. I laughed at the last paragraph:

They get handed out to th Freshman when they get rejected from Penn state and Get accepted to Pitt. Every Pitt reply on this thread reeks of ignorance.

– Temple agreed to a 2-1, no Pitt fan mentions that.
– PSU wasn’t bound to a conference schedule in the 80’s and had more freedom to schedule
– Pitt fans will constantly talk about how nobody cares about games played in Pittsburgh 100 years ago, then the same poster will talk about Pitt’s “Nine” National titles. Which are just as old, and bought and paid for.
– Pitt fans actually believe that PSU WANTED to play in Pittsburgh. Tables have turned,Pitt’s rented stadium is not nearly big enough to support this game. Pitt doesn’t WANT to play more games at Penn State, but they need to man up and do it, just like PSU did so many years ago.
– The Penn State athletic department receives ZERO dollars from the state, so the tax payers have no say.
– Pathetic Pitt fans will trumpet a 12-0 victory against one of the worst PSU teams ever, but PSU won SEVEN games in a row before that. What would you choose? 7/8 wins, or the last game of the series… easy choice.

For all you outsiders, you will notice how much artificial importance a second teir team like Pitt places on having what they call a “true rival.” When your team sucks and the only tradition it has is changing their uniform every year, all you have is the possibilty of beating the school down the road that you couldn’t get in to, and always wins on the gridiron. And maybe once every 8 years or so, you can pull off the upset.[/quote]

What brought this rant about and why are you hatin on Pitt[/quote]

For the love of JoePa, what does any of this have to do with UniWatch, Dear Nitter?

This has been bugging me for a while now, I can’t decide if I’m going insane…Is it just me (and if it is, it’s all good) or does the lettering of the new Washington Capitals logo look awfully close to the same type of font that Reebok uses for their “RbK” logo? Possibly the people at Reebok learned a few more letters of the alphabet and wanted to use them in a new logo?

Not quite sure if it has been posted yet, but the San Jose Sharks will unveil their link.

link is a view of the USA team in action against Korea during the World Cup of American Football yesterday (I think).

Final score: USA 77, Korea 0. The box score is pretty damn amusing. An excerpt…

USA 1 8:32 C Childs runs for +13 TOUCHDOWN!

Kick by C Coffin GOOD!

Also noteworthy is that score was achieved in a game with 12 minute quarters.

I’m not sure if this has been brought up in previous days’ posts but one thing I noticed was that there was not cross on Billy Martin’s cap last night. Was he wearing one at that time period?

[quote comment=”116362″][quote comment=”116299″]to follow up on the “bronx is burning” post… reggie’s stirrups/sanitaries looked legit. I’ve got it tivo’d.. I’ll give another look.
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link.[/quote]
OK, but it just didnt look right, The tops of the stirrup was “squared off” near the bottom of the pants. Really bugged me as I am a huge Reggie fan. Check my number 44!

[quote comment=”116362″][quote comment=”116299″]to follow up on the “bronx is burning” post… reggie’s stirrups/sanitaries looked legit. I’ve got it tivo’d.. I’ll give another look.
[/quote]
link.[/quote]
Yes, but inaccurate to what Jackon actually wore.

[quote comment=”116413″]Not related to anything above, but the Sharks just link that they’ll be introducing their new logo on July 24th.[/quote]
Check yesterday’s comments. I put a link to some rumors and some first-hand accounts of the new Sharks digs.

[quote comment=”116425″]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/fantasy/07/10/campbattle.tampaqb/index.html

What in the world is that typeface on Simms jersey? that is A-W-F-U-l![/quote]

We discussed it a couple of weeks ago…it’s the font that their logo is made from

[quote comment=”116437″]As I said last night, I’m probally in the extreme minority when I say that I like the orange American All Star jerseys, and the National All Star hats. The black fabric on the National hat pulls off the new BP template very well (most likely the only one that pulls it off well at all). I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing a pro team in that Orange jersey (save the stripe on the side)[/quote]

You mean like this? link

[quote comment=”116433″][quote comment=”116425″]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/fantasy/07/10/campbattle.tampaqb/index.html

What in the world is that typeface on Simms jersey? that is A-W-F-U-l![/quote]

There are some things on Uniwatch that have been beaten to death with a dead horse that the general readership gets annoyed by when mentioned over and over.

Included:

1. Yes the Buccaneers have a special font on their practice jerseys, they have for years.

2. This is in the past now, but it was really annoying at the begining of the baseball season: People reporting that there were new BP caps over a month after they debuted.

3. I’m drawing a blank right now, but I know there are others. Anyone else care to contibute?[/quote]

Don’t forget the endless debate about the “new” caps sweater.

I’m not a hater though. If people are asking the same question then it’s probably because they are new to the site and new people are always welcome and encouraged to not only tell their friends but get a membership card as well.

[quote comment=”116446″][quote comment=”116433″][quote comment=”116425″]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/fantasy/07/10/campbattle.tampaqb/index.html

What in the world is that typeface on Simms jersey? that is A-W-F-U-l![/quote]

There are some things on Uniwatch that have been beaten to death with a dead horse that the general readership gets annoyed by when mentioned over and over.

Included:

1. Yes the Buccaneers have a special font on their practice jerseys, they have for years.

2. This is in the past now, but it was really annoying at the begining of the baseball season: People reporting that there were new BP caps over a month after they debuted.

3. I’m drawing a blank right now, but I know there are others. Anyone else care to contibute?[/quote]

Don’t forget the endless debate about the “new” caps sweater.

I’m not a hater though. If people are asking the same question then it’s probably because they are new to the site and new people are always welcome and encouraged to not only tell their friends but get a membership card as well.[/quote]

don’t forget Anthony Reyes of the Cardinals and his stirrups….gotta be added to the list. But, I’m tolerant also as I was new to this site about 6 months ago.

[quote comment=”116362″][quote comment=”116299″]to follow up on the “bronx is burning” post… reggie’s stirrups/sanitaries looked legit. I’ve got it tivo’d.. I’ll give another look.
[/quote]
link.[/quote]
but the pants are too high

[quote comment=”116457″]I agree about the lower price level, I’m a college kid and really don’t have just an extra 25 bucks to throw in for uniwatch, but i read the site every single day, and would really like a membership card because they really do look awesome, even if it was just in the members gallery thing, wouldn’t even have to send them out for the lower price level. But its also not my site so I haven’t really thought to give advice on how much to charge.[/quote]

I didn’t even think about that Ken, but you’re right, I don’t even need the card. It would be nice to just pay 5 bucks and getted added to the list.

For those that aren’t Youtube inhibited, here’s a YouTube link of the ESPN Beckham commercial, towards the end, he’s wearing the new LA uniform with #23, and in the ‘crowd shot’ there’s a fan wearing the white replica, and one wearing a dark (black or blue?) with yellow trim. Could this be the dark LA jersey?

link

[quote comment=”116454″]forgot to link the link …for new readers out there, it has been discussed and we LOVE them.[/quote]

But hate the hat… you left his flat brim off the list of dead horses! But again… welcome new readers! I always get a good snicker when one of those “Has anyone noticed…” posts appears.

[quote comment=”116371″]Totally unrelated to the blog post, but I noticed something weird in this dugout photo of link. Did you pick it out? Think “uni numbers”.[/quote]

whats weird about that? the phillies wore number 42 jerseys on jackie robinson day.

[quote comment=”116473″][quote comment=”116456″][quote comment=”116362″][quote comment=”116299″]to follow up on the “bronx is burning” post… reggie’s stirrups/sanitaries looked legit. I’ve got it tivo’d.. I’ll give another look.
[/quote]
link.[/quote]
but the pants are too high[/quote]

Wow… subtle difference! Props to you guys – I notice a lot of little things that my dad just shakes his head to, but you guys are tight! Actually, if you look at the link, it is pretty close (I mean maybe an inch difference), there is just more leg below the knee link. Maybe the actor has shorter legs and they had to compromise…[/quote]

Well, perhaps link was just an abnormality… The other shots I just dug up seem to show a link with respect to placement of the cuff at the stirrup arch.

While looking through one of SI’s photo galleries I came across link photo. Anyone know what kind of facemask the opposing player is wearing?

This might have been mentioned before as well, but just saw this that Rickey wore link.

[quote comment=”116435″][quote comment=”116396″][quote comment=”116376″]For some reason my link didn’t appear in my last post:

link

looks like Germany’s ’06 World Cup Jersey = Lame[/quote]

Not even close to the WC kit. For starters, it has a collar (best part, I think), like the Dutch national kit. Second, the shirt must be a new design from adidas for this year. It’s not the United line of uniforms/jackets, because the piping (is that what you would call the yellow side stripe?) is different. It looks like the setup is a new line, judging from this Mexico shirt. link
Germany’s kit, for reference.
link

Two problems with the new design: 1.) The long sleeves amplify the overabundance of the three stripe motif. (Side pet peeve: In fencing, the sport with swords, you can buy adidas equipment, which is actually the same as another company with the stripes. Price difference? $150.) Yes, I get it, adidas made the kit. 2.) Someone tell the idiot he’s wearing his England kit’s boots. Red and white aren’t the colors of the Galaxy. Why doesn’t it match like everything else?

Since I’ve got you distracted with soccer, whaddya think about this kit?
link

Beckham, like most players, dont really color coordinate their cleats for the tema they play on. main reason being, cleats are usually black, red, white, and now yellow has become very popular. He also has a contract with adidas, which may or may not prevent him from coordinating his boots.

Not all of us love the high pants and stirrup look….. long live the pajama pants!

>Since I’ve got you distracted with soccer, whaddya think about this [Bayern Munich] kit?

Like the stripes, don’t like that they don’t go link. LOVE the umlauts inside the U.

[quote comment=”116493″]Beckham, like most players, dont really color coordinate their cleats for the tema they play on. main reason being, cleats are usually black, red, white, and now yellow has become very popular. He also has a contract with adidas, which may or may not prevent him from coordinating his boots.[/quote]

Black and white are classic; I don’t have a problem with those. But they could make more money by having two “Beckham” boots: his international and club boots. The red just stuck out to me. At least they weren’t solid red, that would be worse.

Though I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s content with the more-money-than-God he gets to wear those in the first place.

[quote comment=”116448″]
You know, I’ve been a reader for about a year now and I haven’t gotten a membership. I just feel like it’s a little silly. I don’t like to carry to much stuff in my wallet anyway. That said I would probably get one if they were 5 or 10 bucks.

I think Paul should create a lower level for the plain card with the Uniwatch template and charge the 25 for the cards with the special uniform treatment. Maybe I should send him an email with that suggestion.[/quote]

I’m all for the lower tier also.

But, where does all of the money for the memberships go to?

[quote comment=”116520″][quote comment=”116448″]
You know, I’ve been a reader for about a year now and I haven’t gotten a membership. I just feel like it’s a little silly. I don’t like to carry to much stuff in my wallet anyway. That said I would probably get one if they were 5 or 10 bucks.

I think Paul should create a lower level for the plain card with the Uniwatch template and charge the 25 for the cards with the special uniform treatment. Maybe I should send him an email with that suggestion.[/quote]

I’m all for the lower tier also.

But, where does all of the money for the memberships go to?[/quote]

Paul said when he started the membership program that he doesn’t get paid write this blog. He’s doing it for himself and for all of us uni crazed fanatics out there. I didn’t think twice about signing-up for membership. And remember, membership is not required. The site remains totally free for everyone.

[quote comment=”116435″][quote comment=”116396″][quote comment=”116376″]For some reason my link didn’t appear in my last post:

link

looks like Germany’s ’06 World Cup Jersey = Lame[/quote]

Not even close to the WC kit. For starters, it has a collar (best part, I think), like the Dutch national kit. Second, the shirt must be a new design from adidas for this year. It’s not the United line of uniforms/jackets, because the piping (is that what you would call the yellow side stripe?) is different. It looks like the setup is a new line, judging from this Mexico shirt. link
Germany’s kit, for reference.
link

Two problems with the new design: 1.) The long sleeves amplify the overabundance of the three stripe motif. (Side pet peeve: In fencing, the sport with swords, you can buy adidas equipment, which is actually the same as another company with the stripes. Price difference? $150.) Yes, I get it, adidas made the kit. 2.) Someone tell the idiot he’s wearing his England kit’s boots. Red and white aren’t the colors of the Galaxy. Why doesn’t it match like everything else?

Since I’ve got you distracted with soccer, whaddya think about this kit?
link

Im a big fan of the new Bayern jerseys. I think their home jerseys the last couple years were ugly as I hate jerseys with collars on them, and I really dig the hoops

The University of Michigan just link a deal with adidas starting in 2008-2009 seasons.

During the pre-game of the all-star game, that Taco Bell jersey the guy in the “hit off the tee” contest was wearing was pathetic! So was he, actually!

WOW Mets in pinstripes and blue hats. Paul must be in heaven!

YES! YES! Pinstripes! Blue caps!

YES!!!!!!!

but I think that beltran atleast has on a black belt

I love how teams like the Mets, Rockies and the Pirates insult the Uni Gods all year and then suddenly sprout a sense of shame at the All Star Game. Like no one is watching the rest of the year.

Alex Rios has serious problems with his Tor onto, its gapped and out of alignment.

Ichiro: weird shoe thing going on.

anyone wearing a grey underbill? I didn’t notice.

[quote comment=”116603″]WOW

Mets in pinstripes and blue hats.

Paul must be in heaven![/quote]

once again my theory is still intact. which is in case you didn’t know that the mlb also required the mets not to wear their road cap at home when they told them to start wearing the bp caps. The Mets wore blue caps 5 games in a row at home before they went in their pre-allstar game road trip.

I think Willie’s jacket is now available on the Pirates website. Terrible color match.

That Willie Mays jacket is pretty hideous

Very apropos scene during the AL all star introductions. Jim Leyland was introduced and ran down the line of AL reserves. From a long view and from behind a running Leyland, you see a long line of long baggy pantsed young players and an older, experienced, and fine dressed Leyland in high socks. I just like the symbolism there.

Willie’s jersey had his name on it. WHY????

Is it just me or are the 3 starting mets wearing different uniforms? It looked like Reyes and Beltran were in solid white home, and Wright was wearing the blue pinstripes ?

[quote comment=”116631″]Is it just me or are the 3 starting mets wearing different uniforms? It looked like Reyes and Beltran were in solid white home, and Wright was wearing the blue pinstripes ?[/quote]

no, they were all in pins, your eyes must be playing tricks on you

I’m only 25, but feel like an old man on the east coast… really it takes an hour for the game to start?

[quote comment=”116639″]I’m only 25, but feel like an old man on the east coast… really it takes an hour for the game to start?[/quote]
yeah… what’s up with that?

I was going to count the number of gray underbills but I guess all the caps are new, since they have the All Star Game applique.

I know I’m late in mentioning this, but I’m watching the game on a slight Tivo delay. But did Chris Isaak sing “gave proof through the FIGHT” and “FOR the land of the free”??? Come on Chris.

I remember way back when, The Reds Dave Concepcion wore white Adidas- the Reds club rule of all black shoes/no trim showing was not in effect for the ASG.

A-Rod and Chase Utley in white cleats.

Definitely posted my comment in yesterday’s comments…

I’m watching the ASG and it dawned on me that the hat Paul linked to the other day – an link should be a road hat since the American League is on the road.

[quote comment=”116435″][quote comment=”116396″][quote comment=”116376″]For some reason my link didn’t appear in my last post:

link

looks like Germany’s ’06 World Cup Jersey = Lame[/quote]

Not even close to the WC kit. For starters, it has a collar (best part, I think), like the Dutch national kit. Second, the shirt must be a new design from adidas for this year. It’s not the United line of uniforms/jackets, because the piping (is that what you would call the yellow side stripe?) is different. It looks like the setup is a new line, judging from this Mexico shirt. link
Germany’s kit, for reference.
link

Two problems with the new design: 1.) The long sleeves amplify the overabundance of the three stripe motif. (Side pet peeve: In fencing, the sport with swords, you can buy adidas equipment, which is actually the same as another company with the stripes. Price difference? $150.) Yes, I get it, adidas made the kit. 2.) Someone tell the idiot he’s wearing his England kit’s boots. Red and white aren’t the colors of the Galaxy. Why doesn’t it match like everything else?

Since I’ve got you distracted with soccer, whaddya think about this kit?
link
FC Bayern? More like FC Dallas!

[quote comment=”116668″]Not even close to the WC kit. For starters, it has a collar (best part, I think), like the Dutch national kit. Second, the shirt must be a new design from adidas for this year. It’s not the United line of uniforms/jackets, because the piping (is that what you would call the yellow side stripe?) is different. It looks like the setup is a new line, judging from this Mexico shirt. link
Germany’s kit, for reference.
link

Two problems with the new design: 1.) The long sleeves amplify the overabundance of the three stripe motif. (Side pet peeve: In fencing, the sport with swords, you can buy adidas equipment, which is actually the same as another company with the stripes. Price difference? $150.) Yes, I get it, adidas made the kit. 2.) Someone tell the idiot he’s wearing his England kit’s boots. Red and white aren’t the colors of the Galaxy. Why doesn’t it match like everything else?

Since I’ve got you distracted with soccer, whaddya think about this kit?
link
FC Bayern? More like FC Dallas![/quote]

Eh, similar hoops, but similarities end there.
link
Note the fully red shoulders, red stripe at top (not white), white three stripes (not blue), not the +teamgeist set (must be custom, not a template like MLS).

Also, Bayern patch > FC Dallas patch.

Paula Cole in the dazzle satins.

(sorry – couldn’t help myself)

Just speaking aesthetically, I have to say I’m glad to see all of the teams wearing their normal,”official” uniforms, especially the Mets, Astros, Indians, and Rockies. I swear, the alternate thing has gotten way out of hand. The regualr unis look great. I wish MLB could put limits on the alts. Just trying to keep up with the Astros and Rockies combos must be mind-boggling for their fans.

I like the TC cap for Minni better anyway.

me want those new nike batting glovs being worn tonight!

so far the count is torii, m.holliday, and rus martin…im sure theres others please feel free to add some

not uni-related, but i assume that this is the first ever j.j. vs. j.j matchup in ASG history (putz vs. hardy)

I can’t be lieve she said that. If I were the Mariners or a Mariners fan I’d be bent at what she closed the interview with. Actually, if a member of another MLB organization had said that publicly like that it’d be a clear-cut example of tampering. That was bad form, very unprofessional.

[quote comment=”116617″]When Carl Crawford was introduced, he was sporting the all black Rays hat. They haven’t worn that hat in 2 or 3 seasons. Very weird. [/quote]

Wouldn’t those hats have been given out by New Era at the game because they have the ASG patch on it?

Or do players bring their own hat and New Era applies them on-site?

[quote comment=”116729″]What a lame ASG MVP trophy. Yeah the old one was kinda corny because it was a big glass star, but hey that makes a little sense. The one they gave Ichiro tonight looked like (please excuse my language) a glass dildo.[/quote]

I don’t have pics, but I remember reading in GQ that Ichiro wore some funky stuff to Spring training, including a gold man-purse. Maybe that’s just how he rolls. :-)

when is the logo for the yankee stadium all-star game released?

For those that asked about it on Tuesday….I have not heard who the seller is of the Expos and Braves jerseys yet. I’ll post if I do find out.

[quote comment=”116268″]On the assumption he regularly reads the comment pages of Uni Watch, is the Richard Craig who delivered the on-site report from the ASG perhaps the one I went to high school with in Washington D.C.?[/quote]

Sorry I didn’t get to this sooner – no, I’m not from D.C., but thanks for your interest.