Buttonholier Than Thou

Glad to see Paul mention the Jiminez stirrup thing in the ticker. GoTerrerier blasted me in the comments section last night when I mentioned it, putting the Jiminez stirrup issue in the same category as Tampa practice Jersey. I thought maybe I had missed it.

I was flipping through the channels last night and caught some of the southeast regional little league game, and the Georgia team was wearing some pretty sweet link

[quote comment=”130793″]Glad to see Paul mention the Jiminez stirrup thing in the ticker. GoTerrerier blasted me in the comments section last night when I mentioned it, putting the Jiminez stirrup issue in the same category as Tampa practice Jersey. I thought maybe I had missed it.[/quote]
I didn’t “blast” you . . .I’m sorry you were offended. You did miss it. Someone has commented on it every time he’s pitched since his call up . . . .

1977 – “Summer of Sam”
2007 – “Summer of Stirrups”

A few years ago [3-4 years?], the Cardinals briefly had the 2-high button version, but it lasted only a short time. I think it was even only certain players who wore that version. I can’t find any photos in my on-line file, but I’ll look in my archives at home later. On the current uni, there is actually a slightly longer space between the 2nd and 3rd button to accomodate the logo. In my women’s cut jersey, they put a piece of velcro inside to prevent an unseemly gap.

[quote comment=”130803″][quote comment=”130799″]Not sure if UBS has another trademark but the “3 keys” doesn’t appear to be similar at all to the Cubs trademark.

link

I think they were saying that they would not recognize that link spells out Cubs instead of just seeing the UBS in two circles.[/quote]

link!!! It all makes sense now. It was like recognizing the arrow in the link logo for to the first time.

[quote comment=”130799″]Not sure if UBS has another trademark but the “3 keys” doesn’t appear to be similar at all to the Cubs trademark.

link

I think the possible trademark infringement stems from the the smaller letters UBS that follow and are somewhat surrounded by the larger C. If you didn’t know that it stood for CUBS, it could be confused for UBS in a Red semi-circle

The Cubs need to get rid of the registered trademark symbol on their link…makes it look like a link!

[quote comment=”130821″][quote comment=”130794″][quote comment=”130792″]I think the Cardinals are even-spaced on both home and roads.[/quote]

Sure enough: link, link.[/quote]

am i reading this wrong?
there is an obvious spacing difference between buttons 2 and 3…[/quote]
Thank you. I thought I was the only on that saw a different spacing there.

[quote comment=”130798″][quote comment=”130793″]Glad to see Paul mention the Jiminez stirrup thing in the ticker. GoTerrerier blasted me in the comments section last night when I mentioned it, putting the Jiminez stirrup issue in the same category as Tampa practice Jersey. I thought maybe I had missed it.[/quote]
I didn’t “blast” you . . .I’m sorry you were offended. You did miss it. Someone has commented on it every time he’s pitched since his call up . . . .[/quote]

Actually, I kinda thought you kinda blasted her, too.

As a reader who doesn’t always read every post every day, I think a little slack needs to be cut to folks who mention something that’s been discussed previously. Not everybody gets to (or wants to) read post 187 from 4 days ago.

Remember, Frankie says relax. ;)

Visual evidence (I think) of the Giants wearing an even-spaced-button scheme on a one-side-logo jersey in the mid ’80s.

link

If anyone has any update on the Boston College jersey unveiling, make mention of it. Also, I’m guessing that because no sport was specified it’s for football.

[quote comment=”130829″]If anyone has any update on the Boston College jersey unveiling, make mention of it. Also, I’m guessing that because no sport was specified it’s for football.[/quote]
Hopefully its the classy mesh half-shirt jerseys that Flutie used to wear.

Cubs link has the even spacing as well.

It makes the white space between the E and X.

[quote comment=”130839″][quote comment=”130813″]That arrow in the fed FedEx logo is crazy. I was looking at it and was like where the hell is that arrow, and now I’m amazed.[/quote]
I still can’t see it. Do you gotta squint?…[/quote]

Look in the link between the “E” and “X”

[quote comment=”130841″][quote comment=”130839″][quote comment=”130813″]That arrow in the fed FedEx logo is crazy. I was looking at it and was like where the hell is that arrow, and now I’m amazed.[/quote]
I still can’t see it. Do you gotta squint?…[/quote]

Look in the link between the “E” and “X”[/quote]
you fu**ers!! that is awesome!!!

[quote comment=”130845″][quote comment=”130841″][quote comment=”130839″][quote comment=”130813″]That arrow in the fed FedEx logo is crazy. I was looking at it and was like where the hell is that arrow, and now I’m amazed.[/quote]
I still can’t see it. Do you gotta squint?…[/quote]

Look in the link between the “E” and “X”[/quote]

There’s a similar effect in most standard link.[/quote]
I see two opposing arrows. Now I’ll be confused as to which way to exit.

[quote comment=”130839″][quote comment=”130813″]That arrow in the fed FedEx logo is crazy. I was looking at it and was like where the hell is that arrow, and now I’m amazed.[/quote]
I still can’t see it. Do you gotta squint?…[/quote]

I still remember when I was first shown the arrow. It was something you never notice, but when someone points it out, it’s all you see. It also seems like they intended it to be there and it’s not just a coincidence. This would mean it could quite possibly be the most unsuccessful marketing gimic ever.

That was probably inefficient. Anyone else with ideas, specifically the elimination of the leftover size from the copy/paste?

[quote comment=”130848″][quote comment=”130839″][quote comment=”130813″]That arrow in the fed FedEx logo is crazy. I was looking at it and was like where the hell is that arrow, and now I’m amazed.[/quote]
I still can’t see it. Do you gotta squint?…[/quote]

I still remember when I was first shown the arrow. It was something you never notice, but when someone points it out, it’s all you see. It also seems like they intended it to be there and it’s not just a coincidence. This would mean it could quite possibly be the most unsuccessful marketing gimic ever.[/quote]

link seems like it was intentional. link.

link (FedEx logo creator).

I have a Red Cardinals BP Jersey from last season and the prior seasons and it has the 2 top buttons real close to each other…

[quote comment=”130847″][quote comment=”130845″][quote comment=”130841″][quote comment=”130839″][quote comment=”130813″]That arrow in the fed FedEx logo is crazy. I was looking at it and was like where the hell is that arrow, and now I’m amazed.[/quote]
I still can’t see it. Do you gotta squint?…[/quote]

Look in the link between the “E” and “X”[/quote]

There’s a similar effect in most standard link.[/quote]
Art, hidden messages with words and letters, just wonderful.[/quote]

Kinda like this?

Vince, I use a free program you can find on the ‘Net called ZapGrab. I’ve never had a problem grabbing any images except on Windows Media Player.

Flash pictures/movies are an easy grab with that program. It’s simply highlighting the area you want to capture, and then pasting into MS Paint.

Uni Watch just got a shout out on The Ticket, 1310 AM, here in Dallas in regards to the green sticker on football helmets this year.

[quote comment=”130862″]The Big Ten does the same thing with the negative space, making the number “11” appear in reference to the 11-schools in the conference (it increased when Penn State joined, but the conference elected to keep its name in tact).

This can be seen link[/quote]

I’m no designer, but the Big Ten(Eleven) seems very forced and contrived to me. The indentation in the downward stroke of the “T” sticks out like a sore thumbs.
The FedEx arrow is much more natural and graceful to me . . .

Petyon Manning had a little green circle sticker on the back of his helmet last night. Made me think of a poison control sticker.

[quote comment=”130875″][quote comment=”130862″]The Big Ten does the same thing with the negative space, making the number “11” appear in reference to the 11-schools in the conference (it increased when Penn State joined, but the conference elected to keep its name in tact).

This can be seen link[/quote]

I’m no designer, but the Big Ten(Eleven) seems very forced and contrived to me. The indentation in the downward stroke of the “T” sticks out like a sore thumbs.
The FedEx arrow is much more natural and graceful to me . . .[/quote]

Agreed, but it’s still a neat visual. I’d like to know what the Big Ten is planning on doing if they add a 12th team. Now there’s a challenge…

I was taking a quick look at some of my older baseball cards and saw some interesting things having to do with the button holes. Sorry, but I don’t have access to a scanner at the moment but you may be able to find samples somewhere on the ‘net.
First, I noticed that the Cards (see 1970 Topps Lou Brock #330) had the Pro Button style but the logo rode higher than it does now. The number also seems a little bigger and it seems that the bat is angled a little higher on the right (the Cardinal is about on his left shoulder).
Also, the Cubs Road had both the Pro and Regular styles. You can’t be sure these photos were taken during the same season but Billy Williams (1970 Topps #170) has the Pro style while Ernie Banks (1970 Topps #630) has the Regular style where the button rests inside the 2nd “C”.
The White Sox also wore the Regular style (70T Luis Aparicio #315) where the button also resides within the second “c” (GREAT uniforms, those, with the white lettering and the white socks).
I also see that the Reds wore the Regular style in the 1971 Topps card of Don Gullett (#124) where the button rests smack-dab in-between the 2nd “NI” but there is evidence that the Expos wore the Pro style with their left-only logo as seen in the 1970 Topps card of Mack Jones (#38). So, I guess it was a little haphazard at best.

[quote comment=”130824″][quote comment=”130798″][quote comment=”130793″]Glad to see Paul mention the Jiminez stirrup thing in the ticker. GoTerrerier blasted me in the comments section last night when I mentioned it, putting the Jiminez stirrup issue in the same category as Tampa practice Jersey. I thought maybe I had missed it.[/quote]
I didn’t “blast” you . . .I’m sorry you were offended. You did miss it. Someone has commented on it every time he’s pitched since his call up . . . .[/quote]

Actually, I kinda thought you kinda blasted her, too.

As a reader who doesn’t always read every post every day, I think a little slack needs to be cut to folks who mention something that’s been discussed previously. Not everybody gets to (or wants to) read post 187 from 4 days ago.

Remember, Frankie says relax. ;)[/quote]

I completely agree. I think there is kind of Uni-Watch holier than thou (to go along with the title of today’s post) attitude. Kind of like when someone got jumped on about a week ago for bringing up the Tampa Bay practice jersey number font. Yea, so some of us had seen it before and it had been discussed before on this site. If so, just ignore it. Is that so hard, instead of giving a wise ass answer or saying “I’m so sick of people saying this or that!”

I think a little common courtesy should be shown to new comers who don’t know what has been and has not been discussed.

Give em a break guys.

I find all of this “negative space” in logos extremely interesting. Does anyone have other logos they can share with the “awesomeness” of the FedEx logo???

Borderline link

[quote comment=”130899″]Nice to see some link today for link.[/quote]
More love for purple here today.

Northwestern State (La) recently announced a change in their unis from linkand linklast year to link, linkand link.

I really hate the trend of schools going to this more Nike-esque Denver Broncos style unis. GARBAGE!

I’m surprised that the Yankees have that same issue with the buttonholes on their home jersey, especially since I believe adidas makes their uniforms (and with the MLB rules about logos, the three-stripe isn’t allowed on the sleeve like Majestic is).

I know this is a few days late, but I’ve been under the weather. I was at the Dave Matthews Band concert in Camden, NJ on Wednesday night and DMB’s drummer, Carter Beauford, was sporting some logo creep. I don’t have any pictures, but from the jumbo video monitors, it was clear that Beauford was wearing Under Armour wristbands and Footjoy golf gloves while we drummed. Guest trumpeter Roshown Ross also sports a Brian Dawkins jersey much to the delight of the Philly audienece.

[quote comment=”130914″]I know this is a few days late, but I’ve been under the weather. I was at the Dave Matthews Band concert in Camden, NJ on Wednesday night and DMB’s drummer, Carter Beauford, was sporting some logo creep. I don’t have any pictures, but from the jumbo video monitors, it was clear that Beauford was wearing Under Armour wristbands and Footjoy golf gloves while we drummed. Guest trumpeter Roshown Ross also sports a Brian Dawkins jersey much to the delight of the Philly audienece.[/quote]

Carter Beauford has been know to rock out hockey jerseys too!

Here is what one fan thought the new Columbus Blue Jackets jerseys should look like. link..a few ideas for the Florida Panthers link but diagonal sucks__and wrapping the elbow stripes completely around the sleeve as opposed to just halfway.link there are a number of people who are annoyed by the halfway elbow stripes, wonder how they would look on the ice.

[quote comment=”130917″][quote comment=”130916″][quote comment=”130914″]I know this is a few days late, but I’ve been under the weather. I was at the Dave Matthews Band concert in Camden, NJ on Wednesday night and DMB’s drummer, Carter Beauford, was sporting some logo creep. I don’t have any pictures, but from the jumbo video monitors, it was clear that Beauford was wearing Under Armour wristbands and Footjoy golf gloves while we drummed. Guest trumpeter Roshown Ross also sports a Brian Dawkins jersey much to the delight of the Philly audienece.[/quote]

Carter Beauford has been know to rock out hockey jerseys too![/quote]

link[/quote

I saw him wear a Sixers jersey in May of 1999 at the Vet when the there was a playoff game across the street at the same time. It was definitely too hot for jerseys on Wednesday night. Perhaps a Cool Flo would have been in order?

I did a little research on the Texas Rangers’ vest and it has uneven buttoning. You can see it best in this picture:
link

It’s harder to see in these pics:

link
link

[quote comment=”130921″][quote comment=”130901″]I find all of this “negative space” in logos extremely interesting. Does anyone have other logos they can share with the “awesomeness” of the FedEx logo???[/quote]

Goodwill (face is a g)
link

That kind of reminds me of the link.

[quote comment=”130927″][quote comment=”130915″][quote comment=”130897″][quote comment=”130860″][quote comment=”130820″]The Cubs need to get rid of the registered trademark symbol on their link…makes it look like a link![/quote]

I never noticed that before, good catch.[/quote]

I wrote a column about this back in Uni Watch’s link.[/quote]

Great story…but what a weak explanation by everyone involved! Just take the dam thing off then![/quote]

I had heard something about the Cubs not actually owning the logo in question. That it was actually owned by the Chicago Athletic Club or something and since the Cubs were using their logo, the (R) became necessary. The only thing would be that if this was the case, John McDonough, who is now the Cubs President, would know this. Although 5 years ago I don’t know his status in the organization, and he could have easily just said ‘I don’t know’ just to dispense with Paul.[/quote]

I got this link and I removed the “TM” stitching. It being there was so pointless.

a quick reminder that for tonight’s Yankees-Indians game the entire Indians team will be wearing #14 to honor Larry Doby. A tribute LONG overdue!

anyhow, from a uni perspective, here’s hoping:

there are no names on the jerseys
AND
pants are worn in “baseball” style, at the knees!

The Yankee’s uniforms are made by Wilson, not Majestic. The was also the case when Rawlings and Russell had the MLB Diamond collection license.
If you purchase an Authentic collection Yankeee jersey, it will be a Majestic. The actual on field Yankeee jersey is Wilson.

The Yankees do use the crappy Majestic BP jerseys.

[quote comment=”130898″][quote comment=”130824″][quote comment=”130798″][quote comment=”130793″]Glad to see Paul mention the Jiminez stirrup thing in the ticker. GoTerrerier blasted me in the comments section last night when I mentioned it, putting the Jiminez stirrup issue in the same category as Tampa practice Jersey. I thought maybe I had missed it.[/quote]
I didn’t “blast” you . . .I’m sorry you were offended. You did miss it. Someone has commented on it every time he’s pitched since his call up . . . .[/quote]

Actually, I kinda thought you kinda blasted her, too.

As a reader who doesn’t always read every post every day, I think a little slack needs to be cut to folks who mention something that’s been discussed previously. Not everybody gets to (or wants to) read post 187 from 4 days ago.

Remember, Frankie says relax. ;)[/quote]

I completely agree. I think there is kind of Uni-Watch holier than thou (to go along with the title of today’s post) attitude. Kind of like when someone got jumped on about a week ago for bringing up the Tampa Bay practice jersey number font. Yea, so some of us had seen it before and it had been discussed before on this site. If so, just ignore it. Is that so hard, instead of giving a wise ass answer or saying “I’m so sick of people saying this or that!”

I think a little common courtesy should be shown to new comers who don’t know what has been and has not been discussed.

Give em a break guys.[/quote]

Consider me humbled and apologetic . . .It was not my intention to offend.

But I still think we need to draft a letter to Ubalbo Jimenez commedning him on his choice of hoisery and imploring him to wear them “correctly”

[quote comment=”130933″]Interesting note about the Chicago Atheltic Club (Association) ownign that logo. Check out the logo on link[/quote]

From link

“The history of the CAA logo, often confused with the Cubs’ logo, dates back to 1915 when CAA member William Wrigley and other members bought the Chicago team, and adopted the CAA logo.”

I, of course, prefer the link look.

[quote comment=”130948″]When I first saw that item on the minor league backwards night, I was hoping it meant they put everything on backwards like link.[/quote]

i was thinking the same thing

For how long has Orlando Hudson been getting away with wearing link?

[quote comment=”130948″]When I first saw that item on the minor league backwards night, I was hoping it meant they put everything on backwards like link.[/quote]

the daddy mac will make ya….jump, jump.

[quote comment=”130914″]I know this is a few days late, but I’ve been under the weather. I was at the Dave Matthews Band concert in Camden, NJ on Wednesday night and DMB’s drummer, Carter Beauford, was sporting some logo creep. I don’t have any pictures, but from the jumbo video monitors, it was clear that Beauford was wearing Under Armour wristbands and Footjoy golf gloves while we drummed. Guest trumpeter Roshown Ross also sports a Brian Dawkins jersey much to the delight of the Philly audienece.[/quote]

I’m going to the DMB concert here in a three weeks…I’ll try to get pictures of any logo creep/uniform wearing by various band members.

[quote comment=”130963″][quote comment=”130955″]For how long has Orlando Hudson been getting away with wearing link?[/quote]
That might be a white shinguard. I’m not aware of any white cleats, but the double-flap helmet goes way baack. (Sorry, but I had to throw that in.)[/quote]
Looks like spats. The bottom of the shoe looks black. Kinda like link clown shoes.

funny thing about the cubs logo—it looks identical to a copyright symbol

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but did anyone else see the Little League World Series last night? Georgia’s team was wearing perfect red stirrups. I immediately thought Paul would be so proud. This link shows them pretty well.

i seem to remember hearing that when the Cardinals got rid of the front jersey numbers in ’98, the birds-on-bat logo was enlarged slightly. this might have caused the button spacing to be offset to allow for the logo so i did some googling.

apparently, the BP jerseys featured offset buttonholes.
link

the road game jerseys did not.
link

neither did the home jerseys.
link

seems odd that the BP jersey would be different.

[quote comment=”130850″]That was probably inefficient. Anyone else with ideas, specifically the elimination of the leftover size from the copy/paste?[/quote]
In MS Paint, there are small navy-blue blocks at the edge of the whitespace. These are size handles. If you want a quick crop of a large image: paste the image, click any other tool, and then grab one of these size handles (the cursor will turn into an arrow of some shape) and drag the canvas to the extent you would like. You will want to Ctrl-A (Select All) and move the portion of the image you want to crop out to the top-left of the paint window first, then use the size handles. That should do it.

For what it’s worth, PaintShopPro or Photoshop are much easier than Paint, but Paint will work.

[quote comment=”130961″]
This is well late, but wen I aw the Police in Montreal (2 weeks or so ago) Andy Sumners whas sporting a guitar strap with “Oh God! They kiled Kenny!” with the requesite pictures on it.

SB[/quote]

Do you mean Andy Summers or Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting?

I follow you, but it was an interesting typo. And I’d like to see Andy Summers sport a guitar strap with something better than a 1998 catchphrase.

[quote comment=”130989″][quote comment=”130988″][quote comment=”130961″]
This is well late, but wen I aw the Police in Montreal (2 weeks or so ago) Andy Sumners whas sporting a guitar strap with “Oh God! They kiled Kenny!” with the requesite pictures on it.

SB[/quote]

Do you mean Andy Summers or Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting?

I follow you, but it was an interesting typo. And I’d like to see Andy Summers sport a guitar strap with something better than a 1998 catchphrase.[/quote]

link

I’m pretty sure he meant what he said.[/quote]

Damn it…ignore me. I didn’t read the original post well.

[quote comment=”130969″]For bringing up Kriss Kross, I give you all incredible props.

Any word yet on those new BC uniforms?[/quote]

Nothing on the BC website, but I did find this blog entry from August 1:

link

[quote comment=”130992″][quote comment=”130969″]For bringing up Kriss Kross, I give you all incredible props.

Any word yet on those new BC uniforms?[/quote]

Nothing on the BC website, but I did find this blog entry from August 1:

link
Wow, all those numerals look horrendous.

[quote comment=”130940″][quote comment=”130898″][quote comment=”130824″][quote comment=”130798″][quote comment=”130793″]Glad to see Paul mention the Jiminez stirrup thing in the ticker. GoTerrerier blasted me in the comments section last night when I mentioned it, putting the Jiminez stirrup issue in the same category as Tampa practice Jersey. I thought maybe I had missed it.[/quote]
I didn’t “blast” you . . .I’m sorry you were offended. You did miss it. Someone has commented on it every time he’s pitched since his call up . . . .[/quote]

Actually, I kinda thought you kinda blasted her, too.

As a reader who doesn’t always read every post every day, I think a little slack needs to be cut to folks who mention something that’s been discussed previously. Not everybody gets to (or wants to) read post 187 from 4 days ago.

Remember, Frankie says relax. ;)[/quote]

I completely agree. I think there is kind of Uni-Watch holier than thou (to go along with the title of today’s post) attitude. Kind of like when someone got jumped on about a week ago for bringing up the Tampa Bay practice jersey number font. Yea, so some of us had seen it before and it had been discussed before on this site. If so, just ignore it. Is that so hard, instead of giving a wise ass answer or saying “I’m so sick of people saying this or that!”

I think a little common courtesy should be shown to new comers who don’t know what has been and has not been discussed.

Give em a break guys.[/quote]

Consider me humbled and apologetic . . .It was not my intention to offend.

But I still think we need to draft a letter to Ubalbo Jimenez commedning him on his choice of hoisery and imploring him to wear them “correctly”[/quote]

Thanks GoTerriers…I agree on the letter to jiminez, maybe complete with drawings/diagrams.

[quote comment=”130997″]Sort-of uni related. A baseball game being played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans:

link

Look at the white helmets and awkward striped uniforms on the team in green![/quote]

Tulane’s uniforms look like a green and white version of the link…

Well in 1911 evenly spaced buttons were present, all the way to the top mind you. link

[quote comment=”131002″][quote comment=”130997″]Sort-of uni related. A baseball game being played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans:

link

Look at the white helmets and awkward striped uniforms on the team in green![/quote]

Tulane’s uniforms look like a green and white version of the link…[/quote]
Is there anyway someone can do a screen grab of the video? My work blocks youtube.

[quote comment=”131016″][quote comment=”131010″][quote comment=”131002″][quote comment=”130997″]Sort-of uni related. A baseball game being played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans:

link

Look at the white helmets and awkward striped uniforms on the team in green![/quote]

Tulane’s uniforms look like a green and white version of the link…[/quote]
Is there anyway someone can do a screen grab of the video? My work blocks youtube.[/quote]

link a shot of it.[/quote]
WOW! Thanks for doing that. GREAT shot. I grew up in the New Orleans area all my life and NEVER saw that uni!

[quote comment=”131021″]Forgive me if this has been covered the last couple days, but I found the concept for the Anaheim Ducks logo and jerseys over on link that I think look really good. link. I would have much rather seen them hoist the Cup in these than the ones they have.[/quote]

weird striping on the hemline and sleeves reminds me of the islanders fisherman jersey, and to a lesser extent, the gretzky blues jersey. otherwise, i liked it.

[quote comment=”130943″][quote comment=”130941″][quote comment=”130929″][quote comment=”130909″][quote comment=”130899″]Nice to see some link today for link.[/quote]
More love for purple here today.

Northwestern State (La) recently announced a change in their unis from linkand linklast year to link, linkand link.

I really hate the trend of schools going to this more Nike-esque Denver Broncos style unis. GARBAGE![/quote]

I always have love for purple in college uniforms, but the new Northwestern State unis are a step down. And what’s with the back number? I realize there will probably be a nameplate there, but doesn’t it seem absurdly low?[/quote]

I hear you. Why link went out of style perplexes me.[/quote]

Of course, this is pretty link and simple. And purple.[/quote]

I’m trying to visualize how Penn State’s link will look once Joe Pa retires, a new coach comes in and tries an “updated” look.

I was flipping through the channels last night and caught some of the southeast regional little league game, and the Georgia team was wearing some pretty sweet stirrups

I can’t believe no one noticed the WHOLE team had their stirrups on BACKWARDS! I almost got sick to my stomach.

[quote comment=”131027″][quote comment=”130943″][quote comment=”130941″][quote comment=”130929″][quote comment=”130909″][quote comment=”130899″]Nice to see some link today for link.[/quote]
More love for purple here today.

Northwestern State (La) recently announced a change in their unis from linkand linklast year to link, linkand link.

I really hate the trend of schools going to this more Nike-esque Denver Broncos style unis. GARBAGE![/quote]

I always have love for purple in college uniforms, but the new Northwestern State unis are a step down. And what’s with the back number? I realize there will probably be a nameplate there, but doesn’t it seem absurdly low?[/quote]

I hear you. Why link went out of style perplexes me.[/quote]

Of course, this is pretty link and simple. And purple.[/quote]

I’m trying to visualize how Penn State’s link will look once Joe Pa retires, a new coach comes in and tries an “updated” look.[/quote]

nah, i think it was lloyd carr’s first year at michigan, and at his first press conference, he made a joke “the first thing we do is get rid of those stupid helmets”

and NOBODY laughed.

i get the feeling that’s about as far as the new guy’s gonna get at PSU

NFL and Motorola Unveil New Communication Equipment for 2007 Season and Beyond

[quote comment=”131031″]
I’m trying to visualize how Penn State’s uniforms will look once Joe Pa retires, a new coach comes in and tries an “updated” look.

Could range from link to link

Interestingly, if you look carefully, they have updated the uniforms over the years. Most noticeably,

Late link

Current link

As you can see, the White stripes on the sleeves and collar are much more pronounced. But I’ll do you one better,

late link

No white at all on the home jerseys! Penn State current uniforms are positively gaudy by comparison.

Most interestingly, all Penn State jerseys are emblazoned with a PSU logo on the sleeve. It is no more than an inch long, and is embroidered on the jersey in the same color as the jersey, so you can’t see it unless you are standing right next to it. If you can find a picture of this you are a better uniwatcher then me.

Michigan has its winged helmets, Ohio State has it merit stickers, we have plain. We take plain very seriously.

For the Glory…Beat Florida International

Here is another try at 1980’s link jersey.

I still get the biggest kick out of watching Michael Irvin drop passes in that Fiesta Bowl, especially now that he is in the Hall of Fame.

[quote comment=”131037″][quote comment=”130839″][quote comment=”130813″]That arrow in the fed FedEx logo is crazy. I was looking at it and was like where the hell is that arrow, and now I’m amazed.[/quote]
I still can’t see it. Do you gotta squint?…[/quote]

Dumb fuck.

You really are a dumb piece of shit.

First your retard-ass misses the arrow and then you further your stupidity by asking, “Do you gotta…” Learn English, you hillbilly motherfucker.[/quote]
I’ll learn english, if you wash your mouth out with soap.

[quote comment=”131040″][quote comment=”131031″]
I’m trying to visualize how Penn State’s uniforms will look once Joe Pa retires, a new coach comes in and tries an “updated” look.

Could range from link to link

Interestingly, if you look carefully, they have updated the uniforms over the years. Most noticeably,

Late link

Current link

As you can see, the White stripes on the sleeves and collar are much more pronounced. But I’ll do you one better,

late link

No white at all on the home jerseys! Penn State current uniforms are positively gaudy by comparison.

Most interestingly, all Penn State jerseys are emblazoned with a PSU logo on the sleeve. It is no more than an inch long, and is embroidered on the jersey in the same color as the jersey, so you can’t see it unless you are standing right next to it. If you can find a picture of this you are a better uniwatcher then me.

Michigan has its winged helmets, Ohio State has it merit stickers, we have plain. We take plain very seriously.

For the Glory…Beat Florida International[/quote]

Where did you here about this emboidered Navy PSU logo? I am an alum and I have never heard of it or seen it, and yes I have been right next to the players when the are suited up. Where did this info come from?

Seriously…why does anyone respond to his comments? He comes on here every now and then and tries to stir shit up. Just ignore it.

As for Penn State, I don’t see them making and major changes to the unis. I think that would be prevented by alumni, boosters and anyone else in their right mind.

Plus, if they stay “in-house” when they do need to find a new coach, I would wager that that person would have a sense of tradition and leave it alone.

Also, the way they wear the pads, if they were suited up, it would likely be under the sholder pads. Finally, you would have to be no more than a few feet away to see it.

[quote comment=”131055″]O my god, the guy is a troll, just wait a few minutes and Paul will delete the comments and block the address, just like every time he posts.

Don’t even bother with it.[/quote]

Yeah, and if people quote the trolls it just makes more work or litters the thread with his hate…

Most interestingly, all Penn State jerseys are emblazoned with a PSU logo on the sleeve. It is no more than an inch long, and is embroidered on the jersey in the same color as the jersey, so you can’t see it unless you are standing right next to it. If you can find a picture of this you are a better uniwatcher then me.

Actually, such a steath element would be pretty cool and would be a good way to deter game-worn jersey counterfeiters.

[quote comment=”131065″][quote comment=”131061″][quote comment=”131054″][quote comment=”131040″][quote comment=”131031″]
I’m trying to visualize how Penn State’s uniforms will look once Joe Pa retires, a new coach comes in and tries an “updated” look.

Could range from link to link

Interestingly, if you look carefully, they have updated the uniforms over the years. Most noticeably,

Late link

Current link

As you can see, the White stripes on the sleeves and collar are much more pronounced. But I’ll do you one better,

late link

No white at all on the home jerseys! Penn State current uniforms are positively gaudy by comparison.

Most interestingly, all Penn State jerseys are emblazoned with a PSU logo on the sleeve. It is no more than an inch long, and is embroidered on the jersey in the same color as the jersey, so you can’t see it unless you are standing right next to it. If you can find a picture of this you are a better uniwatcher then me.

Michigan has its winged helmets, Ohio State has it merit stickers, we have plain. We take plain very seriously.

For the Glory…Beat Florida International[/quote]

Where did you here about this emboidered Navy PSU logo? I am an alum and I have never heard of it or seen it, and yes I have been right next to the players when the are suited up. Where did this info come from?[/quote]

I’ve seen it. It’s very small, borderline invisible, but its on the right sleeve. It is a P.S.U in the font that the end zones used to be.[/quote]

What year was this? I’m just curious because as a uniwatcher and some who was that close to the UNis I can’t believe I wouldn’t notice such a thing. The last time I’ve been up close was 2004, my last year in the Blue Band.[/quote]

I saw it previous to 2004. Frankly, I cannot be 100% sure that the jersey in question was legit, but if I had to bet on it, I would say it was without hesitation.

Not to diminish how close the Blue Band gets to the action, this logo is smaller than two dimes side by side. It would be very hard to see in the stir pre/post game even if you were looking for it.

Just saw a picture on a Tulane baseball fan site of the rennovations to Turchin Stadium and it appears that the school is going with a link. Other views link, link and link.

I know we discussed this a while back and thought some of you might be interested.

[quote comment=”131068″][quote comment=”131017″][quote comment=”131016″][quote comment=”131010″][quote comment=”131002″][quote comment=”130997″]Sort-of uni related. A baseball game being played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans:

link

Look at the white helmets and awkward striped uniforms on the team in green![/quote]

Tulane’s uniforms look like a green and white version of the link…[/quote]
Is there anyway someone can do a screen grab of the video? My work blocks youtube.[/quote]

link a shot of it.[/quote]
WOW! Thanks for doing that. GREAT shot. I grew up in the New Orleans area all my life and NEVER saw that uni![/quote]

Too bad the video quality is also very 1987… heh.

Anyone have a better photo of these unis?[/quote]
I just found link of the 1979 Tulane team (as the site I got it from claims). It’s really small, but you can clearly see the striped jerseys and the “Tulane” lettering on the chests.

I was searching for pics of the Tulane striped jerseys and came across link picture of, I think, Texas A&M. Dig those stripes!

I’m also a big fan of the two dudes wearing neckties.

[quote comment=”131084″][quote comment=”131083″]I was searching for pics of the Tulane striped jerseys and came across link picture of, I think, Texas A&M. Dig those stripes!

I’m also a big fan of the two dudes wearing neckties.[/quote]
Sorry, can’t get the link to work.[/quote]
link we go…

Paul, didn’t you do a blog entry about Texas A&M’s library image collection a while back? There are a lot more cool pictures in their collection.

[quote comment=”131069″]Most interestingly, all Penn State jerseys are emblazoned with a PSU logo on the sleeve. It is no more than an inch long, and is embroidered on the jersey in the same color as the jersey, so you can’t see it unless you are standing right next to it. If you can find a picture of this you are a better uniwatcher then me.

Actually, such a steath element would be pretty cool and would be a good way to deter game-worn jersey counterfeiters.[/quote]

Actually Penn State isn’t the first Nike school in the Big Ten to do this. In the Scott Dreisbach era, Michigan had a block M on the shoulders that couldn’t be seen unless you put your face about 4 inches from the jersey. It was an M shaped piece of fabric (maybe vinyl?) stitched onto the underside of the shoulder with navy thread to match the jersey. It was extremely subtle but when noticed it actually looked very cool.

[quote comment=”131091″]New BC uniforms have been released. Strange but the BC athletic site doesn’t have pictures of them. Here’s the best I can do for the link. As compared to the link.

Minor changes on the home but what’s up with the white pants? Is it just me or does all white look bad with silver or gold helmets? Here’s betting we see the maroon jersey/white pant combo at home way more often than will look good.[/quote]
That shoulder logo looks alot like the Philadelphia Eagles link

OK, I am fascinated over the Cubs logo in that the Cubs may in fact not own their own logo. Which should come to light during the sale of the team this off-seasaon.

However, considering that MLB was attempting to register the logo in Japan, could this mean that the CAC does not own the logo?

Have any other sports teams not owned thier logo?

[quote comment=”131092″][quote comment=”131069″]Most interestingly, all Penn State jerseys are emblazoned with a PSU logo on the sleeve. It is no more than an inch long, and is embroidered on the jersey in the same color as the jersey, so you can’t see it unless you are standing right next to it. If you can find a picture of this you are a better uniwatcher then me.

Actually, such a steath element would be pretty cool and would be a good way to deter game-worn jersey counterfeiters.[/quote]

Actually Penn State isn’t the first Nike school in the Big Ten to do this. In the Scott Dreisbach era, Michigan had a block M on the shoulders that couldn’t be seen unless you put your face about 4 inches from the jersey. It was an M shaped piece of fabric (maybe vinyl?) stitched onto the underside of the shoulder with navy thread to match the jersey. It was extremely subtle but when noticed it actually looked very cool.[/quote]

the Univ. of Washington did that too. I think it was 1997 (the Brock Huard/Rashaan Shehee era) that had the logo W embroidered in purple on the shoulder of the purple jersey.

They adapted the logo, making it not quite the same.

So long as the CAC doesn’t protest (and if they haven’t by now, they have long lost the right to do so), the Cubs should be able to own their version of the logo free and clear.

[quote comment=”130969″]For bringing up Kriss Kross, I give you all incredible props.

Any word yet on those new BC uniforms?[/quote]

Kriss Kross will make you Jump, Jump!

If you go to:

link

you will see a nice 1907 photo of Solly Hofman. The other guy “playing catcher” is pitcher Jack Pfiester. Zoom in on his letters and you will clearly see the even button spacing resulting in the button at the top of the inner part of the “C”.

[quote comment=”130942″][quote comment=”130933″]Interesting note about the Chicago Atheltic Club (Association) ownign that logo. Check out the logo on link[/quote]

From link

“The history of the CAA logo, often confused with the Cubs’ logo, dates back to 1915 when CAA member William Wrigley and other members bought the Chicago team, and adopted the CAA logo.”[/quote]

___________

Let’s be clear about what constitutes the Cubs logo in the Japan suit. I think the issue is with respect to a “C” encircling “ubs” which first appeared on the 1909 Cubs road uni – hence CAC would have nothing to do with it.

“The history of the CAA logo, often confused with the Cubs’ logo, dates back to 1915 when CAA member William Wrigley and other members bought the Chicago team, and adopted the CAA logo.”

———

This is all nonsense as the Cubs did not adopt the CAC logo (blue circle around a red C). Nothing like it appeared on the uni until many decades later (1950’s), and it always included “ubs” inside the C.

[quote comment=”131127″][quote comment=”131101″][quote comment=”131092″][quote comment=”131069″]Most interestingly, all Penn State jerseys are emblazoned with a PSU logo on the sleeve. It is no more than an inch long, and is embroidered on the jersey in the same color as the jersey, so you can’t see it unless you are standing right next to it. If you can find a picture of this you are a better uniwatcher then me.

Actually, such a steath element would be pretty cool and would be a good way to deter game-worn jersey counterfeiters.[/quote]

Actually Penn State isn’t the first Nike school in the Big Ten to do this. In the Scott Dreisbach era, Michigan had a block M on the shoulders that couldn’t be seen unless you put your face about 4 inches from the jersey. It was an M shaped piece of fabric (maybe vinyl?) stitched onto the underside of the shoulder with navy thread to match the jersey. It was extremely subtle but when noticed it actually looked very cool.[/quote]

the Univ. of Washington did that too. I think it was 1997 (the Brock Huard/Rashaan Shehee era) that had the logo W embroidered in purple on the shoulder of the purple jersey.[/quote]

Syracuse did it too in the mid-90’s with a block-S; you really could not see it in action, but if you bought a jersey (yes, I did) it was there. Based on the schools listed here, it must have been a Nike thing.[/quote]

I think the verdict here is that these are all nike jerseys from the 90’s. The current jeserys probably do not include this feature anymore.

[quote comment=”130901″]I find all of this “negative space” in logos extremely interesting. Does anyone have other logos they can share with the “awesomeness” of the FedEx logo???[/quote]

Q. How many arrows are in this logo?

link

A. 5

[quote comment=”131079″][quote comment=”131068″][quote comment=”131017″][quote comment=”131016″][quote comment=”131010″][quote comment=”131002″][quote comment=”130997″]Sort-of uni related. A baseball game being played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans:

link

Look at the white helmets and awkward striped uniforms on the team in green![/quote]

Tulane’s uniforms look like a green and white version of the link…[/quote]
Is there anyway someone can do a screen grab of the video? My work blocks youtube.[/quote]

link a shot of it.[/quote]
WOW! Thanks for doing that. GREAT shot. I grew up in the New Orleans area all my life and NEVER saw that uni![/quote]

Too bad the video quality is also very 1987… heh.

Anyone have a better photo of these unis?[/quote]
I just found link of the 1979 Tulane team (as the site I got it from claims). It’s really small, but you can clearly see the striped jerseys and the “Tulane” lettering on the chests.[/quote]
Similarly The University of Dayton Men’s Basketball team used to have a navy/baby blue and white version of the Astros unis that they wore in pre-game. In the late 70s and early 80’s I’m efforting a photo, no luck so far.

[quote comment=”131164″]Why aren’t the Indians wearing player names over their uniform numbers?[/quote]

The Tribe are honoring Larry Doby today.

Larry was the first African-American to play in the AL, and all the players are wearing #14 as well.

[quote comment=”131136″]Carter was wearing Foot Joy golf gloves Sunday in Hartford too. I never would have noticed though if my extremely intoxicated buddy didnt lean over and scream…DUDE….FOOT JOYS![/quote]

shouldn’t that be considered “hand joy” and be restricted to pay-per-view?

[quote comment=”131104″][quote comment=”131095″][quote comment=”131091″]New BC uniforms have been released. Strange but the BC athletic site doesn’t have pictures of them. Here’s the best I can do for the link. As compared to the link.

Minor changes on the home but what’s up with the white pants? Is it just me or does all white look bad with silver or gold helmets? Here’s betting we see the maroon jersey/white pant combo at home way more often than will look good.[/quote]
That shoulder logo looks alot like the Philadelphia Eagles link[/quote]

The Stripe on pants look like the Redskins.[/quote]

From what I can see, it’s a pretty nice and simple change. Love the pants striping. Just hoping and praying that link logo (one of the best logos in history), will make it on the helmet one day.

[quote comment=”131053″]Guys, just ignore this Joe Johnson character. I’ve seen him on here once before and he and his posts were taken care of rather quickly.[/quote]

Boy, what kinda person talks like that?