Uni Watch Exclusive!: C Section

The “C” wouldn’t work for the Ravens since they have 3 new captains each week. I guess you could sew it on everyone’s uniform but then it would lose its meaning, you know?

Pardon my ignorance, but are a couple NHL teams unveiling new jerseys today?

As I referee, I think the C could make things easier. The captain is the only on-field player allowed to have discussions with the referee. When a penalty flag is thrown, the referee explains the options to the captain (or captains, in the case of 2 separate penalties). This way, you know exactly the player who will decide to accept the penalty or not.

I’m in 100% agreement with you about the LLWS, Paul. I tried to watch a game this year, but it just felt wrong, especially with the endless shots of the parents in the stands.

In Re: LLWS, i caught a game where one team was wearing stirups, but they all had them on backwards …. what is wrong with the parents letting them go out like that?

Also, why “Los Mets”? The mets do not have “The Mets” on their jersey? If anything, they should put Nueva York on the jersey.

I’m totally with you on LLWS.

Hey. So a while ago there was a discussion on sailor’s hats on mascots (I think they were all in college sports). I found link on the Victory Pennants site that Paul linked to. I’ve been a Michigan fan for 20-odd years and I’ve never seen this before. Does anyone know if the pennant site actually copies old team logos or fabricates them themselves based on period designs? In my time as a fan, Michigan hasn’t used an actual wolverine for any of their major sports (granted I don’t go back all that far), let alone a wolverine in a sailor’s hat. Where could this wolverine be sailing to, I wonder? Canada? On the Great Lakes?

Senators unveiling is scheduled for 6:15 PM EDT tonight. Here’s a teaser:

link

[quote comment=”135105″]I totally agree about the LLWS.[/quote]

Seconded. When I was in little league (way, way back in the day) I was always creeped out by anyone who took it more seriously than a simple game played on the local field in front of some 10-20 parents and siblings.

[quote comment=”135131″][quote comment=”135128″]Los Mets = Los Stupidos!

Ok, So the Brewers’ link is sctually cool, and the Giants’ link is ok, but “Los Mets” is just lame![/quote]
Here’s hoping not to see “Los Cubs” night and “Los Sox Blancos” night.[/quote]

Los Calcetines del Blanco?

Calcetines Blancos!
Calcetines Blancos!
Lets Go Calcetines Blancos!

I’m pretty sure that Vincent Brown wore a “C” on his jersey when he was the captain of the Patriots in the early 1990’s. Sorry, I don’t have a pic.

ESPN wouldn’t broadcast Little League World Series games if people weren’t watching them.

Is there evidence all the media attention actually harms the kids? What, do they all grow up to become serial killers or something? Geez, guys, lighten up.

Why is MLB having a latino night anyways? I don’t hear of the Latino leagues having ‘American Night’ and have their jerseys in English to make the American players feel better.

Why not just put a small C decal on the front of the helmet?

[quote comment=”135128″]Los Mets = Los Stupidos!

Ok, So the Brewers’ link is sctually cool, and the Giants’ link is ok, but “Los Mets” is just lame![/quote]

Looks like you just stole my post from yesterday…same exact pics. But it’s all good.

[quote comment=”135110″]Just wondering: anyone think the NFL is going to add “Vick” to the infamous list of words you can’t put on the back of your personalized NFL jersey? After all, Rae Carruth’s name is on the list (but of course, you can still get a Rams jersey with “Rentzel” on it or a Bills jersey with “Simpson” on it).[/quote]

I just tried to put Vick/7 on a falcons jersey and it said :”Your current entry cannot be processed. Some entries are prohibited due to guidelines for past and present player names. Please create a new entry. “

[quote comment=”135155″][quote comment=”135128″]Los Mets = Los Stupidos!

Ok, So the Brewers’ link is sctually cool, and the Giants’ link is ok, but “Los Mets” is just lame![/quote]

Looks like you just stole my post from yesterday…same exact pics. But it’s all good.[/quote]

Funny…I didn’t even read the comments from yesterday from about 9am on thanks to actually having work to do. Great minds thinking alike?

totally agree with you on LLWS, i have always hated it. from the crying kids to the annoying parents, i was at a bar the other day and they had it on so i watched some of it, for one almost every kid hits a homerun and every time one does the entire team comes out of the dugout to mob him like he just hit a walk off in game 7 of the WS, hey kid its the first inning of the regional game get a grip! also its just bad sloppy baseball, yuk. and since its on tv its fair game so i won’t lighten up.

and stuby i feel bad for your daughter, peach and dark green? yikes! i think that should be one time for the parent to step in a youth league and put a stop to it.

Peopole are always screaming for “good news” in the media. Many see the LLWS as good news. The kids are clean and well-scrubed and doing something “positive.”

What they don’t see are the endless hours and expense some parents go to. They don’t know what damage is being done to 11-year-olds throwing curve balls.

I have two Little Leaguers only because that’s the only league in our area. If there were something other than AAU (which is just as bad, if not worse), we’d be there.

[quote comment=”135110″]Just wondering: anyone think the NFL is going to add “Vick” to the infamous list of words you can’t put on the back of your personalized NFL jersey? After all, Rae Carruth’s name is on the list (but of course, you can still get a Rams jersey with “Rentzel” on it or a Bills jersey with “Simpson” on it).[/quote]
Really? That’s surprising.

On the MLB shop, you couldn’t get one of those. Their first two rules of customizing:

– League player names must match current team rosters and the team for which they currently play
– Retired player names cannot be printed on the team’s jersey from which they retired

The official Spanish White Sox site is loswhitesox.com, so if they did do something like that I suppose they probably wouldn’t translate the words. However, I hope they never do…

When they made the effort to translate, “White Sox” became “Las Medias Blancas.” The Sox now have a weekly program on one of the Spanish language stations titled “Orgullo Sox” (Sox Pride), so they may no longer feel the need to translate the name.

I don’t really think it’s a bad thing to have the kids on TV for the Little League, but what I don’t like is just the way ESPN covers it. With all the highlights, action shots, zoom in fist-pumps, etc. it just makes it seem over-the-top. Who is actually going, “Ohhhh damn! That’s aweeeesome!”? besides 10 year olds?

It’ll be like if ESPN ever covered one of those 1895 baseball games and there were highlights every inning set to the tone of the latest Black Eyed Peas single. It just doesn’t work in my opinion.

[quote comment=”135160″][quote comment=”135145″]Why is MLB having a latino night anyways? I don’t hear of the Latino leagues having ‘American Night’ and have their jerseys in English to make the American players feel better.[/quote]
I think the Twins should have a Canada night for Justin Morneau and make him feel better. Isn’t there a duth player somewher ein the league too? That mans we need a Holland night.

I am all for teams recognizing local populaces. San Diego has military night for an obvious reason, but I’ve been through Brewerville and if they’re going to change the language on their jersey, it should not be to Spanish, but to German. I like how the White Sox have their half way to St. Patty’s Day jerssey as a way to recognize Chicago’s South Side Irish (something I grew up in).

Every community has Spanish speaking folks, but that doesn’t mean the community is predominatly latino, therefore, in my opinion, meaning not every team needs to have their Spanish nights where they change the jersey.

I can’t remember where it is, I think it’s here in Minnesota, but some MLB team throught the season recognizes many different nationalities having Italian night, Irish night, Hmong night and so on, but they don’t change their jerseys on those nights, they simply make reference to it on the jumbotron and there is a noticible influx in fans of that nationality that night.

If teams are going to continue this Spanish thing, I demand Irish jerseys with team names in Galic darn it.[/quote]

Mets used to have an international week which they would celebrate different heritages, including Irish. They also have worn green shirts(as do other MLB teams) and with green hats for St. Patricks Day during Spring Training. They also did a free give away of the Green hats (had a few myself). I do not think that there is an appropriate translation in ‘Irish’ or Gaeilge (Language is Irish not Gaelic) for Mets. But that has not stopped ‘Los Mets’. Chugainn Mets (not too sure how right that is!!)

[quote comment=”135157″][quote comment=”135110″]Just wondering: anyone think the NFL is going to add “Vick” to the infamous list of words you can’t put on the back of your personalized NFL jersey? After all, Rae Carruth’s name is on the list (but of course, you can still get a Rams jersey with “Rentzel” on it or a Bills jersey with “Simpson” on it).[/quote]

I just tried to put Vick/7 on a falcons jersey and it said :”Your current entry cannot be processed. Some entries are prohibited due to guidelines for past and present player names. Please create a new entry. “[/quote]

Remember the announcement that they wouldn’t sell anymore Vick jerseys, and Nike would pull shoes and stuff?

But you can get an Atlanta Falcons jersey #7 with CONVICKTED.

[quote comment=”135176″][quote comment=”135160″][quote comment=”135145″]Why is MLB having a latino night anyways? I don’t hear of the Latino leagues having ‘American Night’ and have their jerseys in English to make the American players feel better.[/quote]
I think the Twins should have a Canada night for Justin Morneau and make him feel better. Isn’t there a duth player somewher ein the league too? That mans we need a Holland night.

I am all for teams recognizing local populaces. San Diego has military night for an obvious reason, but I’ve been through Brewerville and if they’re going to change the language on their jersey, it should not be to Spanish, but to German. I like how the White Sox have their half way to St. Patty’s Day jerssey as a way to recognize Chicago’s South Side Irish (something I grew up in).

Every community has Spanish speaking folks, but that doesn’t mean the community is predominatly latino, therefore, in my opinion, meaning not every team needs to have their Spanish nights where they change the jersey.

I can’t remember where it is, I think it’s here in Minnesota, but some MLB team throught the season recognizes many different nationalities having Italian night, Irish night, Hmong night and so on, but they don’t change their jerseys on those nights, they simply make reference to it on the jumbotron and there is a noticible influx in fans of that nationality that night.

If teams are going to continue this Spanish thing, I demand Irish jerseys with team names in Galic darn it.[/quote]

Mets used to have an international week which they would celebrate different heritages, including Irish. They also have worn green shirts(as do other MLB teams) and with green hats for St. Patricks Day during Spring Training. They also did a free give away of the Green hats (had a few myself). I do not think that there is an appropriate translation in ‘Irish’ or Gaeilge (Language is Irish not Gaelic) for Mets. But that has not stopped ‘Los Mets’. Chugainn Mets (not too sure how right that is!!)[/quote]

BTW, Met Fan living in Co. Limerick,Ireland

[quote comment=”135175″]I think the C on the NFL jerseys isn’t a good idea. It would look too out of place. It would be like adding a facemask to all major league batting helmets (like they do in the LLWS).[/quote]

That’s not link.

[quote comment=”135177″][quote comment=”135173″]

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]

Despite the comedy in that comment, I will point out that link was a pretty damned good baseball player, and he turned out ok.[/quote]

Didn’t Pierre Turgeon play in the LLWS as well?

[quote comment=”135186″][quote comment=”135177″][quote comment=”135173″]

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]

Despite the comedy in that comment, I will point out that link was a pretty damned good baseball player, and he turned out ok.[/quote]

Didn’t Pierre Turgeon play in the LLWS as well?[/quote]

Don’t know, but he almost bought the house I grew up in. Came home one day from track practice, happened to be wearing link to school that day, and walked right into him in my kitchen. Very cool moment because he did a double take due to the jersey. The realtor never said that it was going to be him looking at the house. Ahhh…good times.

[quote comment=”135177″][quote comment=”135173″]

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]

Despite the comedy in that comment, I will point out that link was a pretty damned good baseball player, and he turned out ok.[/quote]
You are 100% correct. He only escaped the LLWS serial killer syndrome (aka “The Little League Loonies”) because the hockey gods knew of his great potential and saved him from a damning fate. However, now that he signed with the Rangers I have to watch him 8 times a year (the good), possibly helping win some games against by beloved Pens (the bad). Here is evidence of a LLWS player who came down with the Little League Loonies (link).

Regarding the LLWS. I like the games on TV, what I don’t like is the overhype of it all. Let the games and the kids have their charm. Let them wear their normal LL uniforms, not some lame generic uni.

If the Mets win the NL east, do they ditch their uniforms for ones that read “NL East”? The wildcard winners “NL Wildcard”? Does the World Series pit two teams wearing “American League Champions” vs. “National League Champions”?

ESPN needs to air things like regional LLWS games because they think we actualy care abotu them. the truth is I watch when I was a kid because they were kids my own age. I watch in college becasue it was something on TV while I had nothing to do. Now that I am grown and have a life, I barely know who is playing. I only know there is a team from Coon Rapids, MN because it was in the newspaper up here.

They air high school football and basketball games because the NHL went to the darn VS network where nobody can watch them. I hope the NHL and ESPN realize how much they need each other.

Possibly a bit late as an addition to the “One and Done” list, but thought I might as well add it anyway.
Manchester United wore a one off kit for the 1991 European Cup Winners’ Cup Final against Barcelona. Their home kit was the traditional red, and their away kit that season had been blue both of which feature on Barca’s kit, so United wore an link for the final. Of course, link, which rendered the whole thing pointless, but it was link.

Speaking of things ESPN shows, but nobody watches – on Sunday, they had on sport stacking. Its bascially kids, from about 7-15 y/o stacking and unstacking plastic cups. Whats next? Competitive map folding?

[quote comment=”135188″][quote comment=”135186″][quote comment=”135177″][quote comment=”135173″]

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]

Despite the comedy in that comment, I will point out that link was a pretty damned good baseball player, and he turned out ok.[/quote]

Didn’t Pierre Turgeon play in the LLWS as well?[/quote]

Don’t know, but he almost bought the house I grew up in. Came home one day from track practice, happened to be wearing link to school that day, and walked right into him in my kitchen. Very cool moment because he did a double take due to the jersey. The realtor never said that it was going to be him looking at the house. Ahhh…good times.[/quote]

That’s REALLY cool.

My daughter and I were watch the LLWS last night and man, I felt awful for the pitcher who gave up a few runs to lose the game after pitching really well. The poor kid is *12* for pete’s sake. I know that kisd need to learn winning and losing, but the pressure in this seems a bit much.

[quote comment=”135202″][quote comment=”135188″][quote comment=”135186″][quote comment=”135177″][quote comment=”135173″]

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]

Despite the comedy in that comment, I will point out that link was a pretty damned good baseball player, and he turned out ok.[/quote]

Didn’t Pierre Turgeon play in the LLWS as well?[/quote]

Don’t know, but he almost bought the house I grew up in. Came home one day from track practice, happened to be wearing link to school that day, and walked right into him in my kitchen. Very cool moment because he did a double take due to the jersey. The realtor never said that it was going to be him looking at the house. Ahhh…good times.[/quote]

That’s REALLY cool.[/quote]

It really was, but the coolest thing I did with the Islanders was when they launched “The New Ice Age” in 1992 with link returning as the VP of Marketing. They had the pres conference followed by a great lunch. All season ticket holders who held theirs since 1972 were invited to attend. My grandparents had 8 tickets and I got to go. Loads of pucks and photos were autograhped. I even got a free t-shirt out of it. It was a very memorable event.

And here’s the link

[quote comment=”135197″][quote comment=”135193″][quote comment=”135166″][quote comment=”135159″][quote comment=”135155″][quote comment=”135128″]Los Mets = Los Stupidos!

Ok, So the Brewers’ link is sctually cool, and the Giants’ link is ok, but “Los Mets” is just lame![/quote]

Looks like you just stole my post from yesterday…same exact pics. But it’s all good.[/quote]

Funny…I didn’t even read the comments from yesterday from about 9am on thanks to actually having work to do. Great minds thinking alike?[/quote]

You should never let your link interfere with your link.[/quote]

On most days it doesn’t. Yesterday was a request from the boss to get something together.[/quote]

I understand. That’s why there are sites like link.[/quote]

blocked…

thankfully this site, and the sports message boards I post to are not and that’s what most of my day consists of. Hell, for about two months, I was in on a disscussion on my college’s board relating to the new Nike All-Sports contract and what it was going to do the the football uniforms, as well as the addition of a stripe to the helmet that was rumored but never happened. Just bringing the Uni Watch to other people…spreading the good word…

Regarding the players who don’t wear batting gloves, Moises Alou gets his hands tough link.

[quote comment=”135189″][quote comment=”135185″]i think readers here can manage to criticize anything. the llws kids are just that… kids (except for almonte, but that seems isolated) who aren’t playing for money or endorsements. they’re playing because they love baseball. they’re 12 years old, so please don’t blame them for not being major league talent. and at this stage this is the most important thing.

it’s great to see a whole team get excited for a home run. these kids have been playing through tons of rounds (much more than mlb playoffs) so every moment in the llws is awesome. And wasn’t that game saving catch on a possible walkoff not one of the best sports moments you’ve seen in a while?

the llws is great becuase it gets to the root of why we love sports, no money, just the glory. let these kids have their day in the sun.[/quote]

yeah we basically can criticize anything thats what makes this site fun. i’m not saying a team shouldn’t be excited because they hit a home run i just find the whole team gathering around at the plate after every home run (which are very frequent i might add) to crowd around the player who hit it and make a big spectacle out of it, it shows to me nothing but disrespect and showboating, high five him in the dug out and crowd around him when he hits the game winning home run not in the first inning. and honestly llws is the embodiment of whats wrong with sports from espn to all the stupid sponsors, annoying parents and coaches.[/quote]

They are frickin’ 12 years old. I never hit a home run in little league – a gap hitter though ;) – anyways, you want bitch about the whole dugout coming out for a home run, chew on link (and they are grown women!!!)

[quote comment=”135217″]Regarding the players who don’t wear batting gloves, Moises Alou gets his hands tough link.[/quote]

He should have requested number 1 when he signed with the Mets. I thought it might have been unofficially retired but Castillo got it when he came over from the Twinkies a few weeks ago.

[quote comment=”135216″][quote comment=”135155″][quote comment=”135128″]Los Mets = Los Stupidos!

Ok, So the Brewers’ link is sctually cool, and the Giants’ link is ok, but “Los Mets” is just lame![/quote]

Looks like you just stole my post from yesterday…same exact pics. But it’s all good.[/quote]
So… I guess if the St. Louis Cardinals joined this trend, they’d trot out jerseys with their 1967-68 nickname, link? (Yes, I know it should be “Los Birdos”; nobody pointed out that goof in 1967!) Since the Mets keep insisting that their name isn’t a contraction of “Metropolitan Baseball Club of New York”, I guess “Met” is the same in English, Spanish, German, and/or Mandarin Chinese!

‘Course, the San Diego Padres have “Spanish Day” on their unis link day! And what the heck is the Spanish translation for “Dodgers”?[/quote]

Los Dodgers.

has anyone seen saltalamacchia wearing a vest for the rangers yet?

I love the LLWS mostly because it reminds me of football camp (didn’t love camp, just being with the guys) – we would watch the LLWS and re-runs of American Gladiators during lunch

[quote comment=”135222″][quote comment=”135206″][quote comment=”135202″][quote comment=”135188″][quote comment=”135186″][quote comment=”135177″][quote comment=”135173″]

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]

Despite the comedy in that comment, I will point out that link was a pretty damned good baseball player, and he turned out ok.[/quote]

Didn’t Pierre Turgeon play in the LLWS as well?[/quote]

Don’t know, but he almost bought the house I grew up in. Came home one day from track practice, happened to be wearing link to school that day, and walked right into him in my kitchen. Very cool moment because he did a double take due to the jersey. The realtor never said that it was going to be him looking at the house. Ahhh…good times.[/quote]

That’s REALLY cool.[/quote]

It really was, but the coolest thing I did with the Islanders was when they launched “The New Ice Age” in 1992 with link returning as the VP of Marketing. They had the pres conference followed by a great lunch. All season ticket holders who held theirs since 1972 were invited to attend. My grandparents had 8 tickets and I got to go. Loads of pucks and photos were autograhped. I even got a free t-shirt out of it. It was a very memorable event.[/quote]

As a Caps fan…I’ve got no love for the Isles. (I just remember Pat LaFontaine ripping my heart out in 5th grade @ about 2am…that multi-OT game.) But I’ve always liked Turgeon. Hated that Hunter ran him through the boards after that goal in the playoffs.[/quote]

I can understand your pain because even though that was a great goal I always hated the way that LaFontaine left. He link and forced a trade. That was the first time I was introduced to the business side of the game. I kept asking my father, “Why won’t he play? He has a contract.” I never held him in any kind of esteem after that.

Granted, it was the trade that brought in Turgeon, but that’s besides the point.

And yes, I wanted to drive to DC and break Hunter’s wrist after link.

[quote comment=”135232″]Here’s a funny link for an idea for a new link. Using all their old logos in a very creative way.[/quote]
Thats cool!

[quote comment=”135223″] And what the heck is the Spanish translation for “Dodgers”?[/quote]

Los Dodgers.[/quote]

Officially, you are correct. Los Esquivadores is used a lot informally, though. Here’s the whole league in link

[quote comment=”135173″][quote comment=”135140″]ESPN wouldn’t broadcast Little League World Series games if people weren’t watching them.

Is there evidence all the media attention actually harms the kids? What, do they all grow up to become serial killers or something? Geez, guys, lighten up.[/quote]
I disagree, ESPN pretty much broadcasts anything they want, regardless if people watch it or not. Actually, I believe they try to force-feed sports to us that normally people don’t care about (i.e. Arena Football, Darts, Bowling, and the LLWS).

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]
Dead on. ESPN determines what is popular in this country from a sports perspective. It started with football.

[quote comment=”135167″]

On the MLB shop, you couldn’t get one of those. Their first two rules of customizing:

– League player names must match current team rosters and the team for which they currently play
– Retired player names cannot be printed on the team’s jersey from which they retired [/quote]

Really? I got a new retro-Brewer jersey with ’44 Aaron’ on the back with no problem.

[quote comment=”135238″][quote comment=”135231″]I love the LLWS mostly because it reminds me of football camp (didn’t love camp, just being with the guys) – we would watch the LLWS and re-runs of American Gladiators during lunch[/quote]

My favorite thing about the Little League WS…it’s the last big event that has to happen before it’s time for FOOTBALL season! You get past MLB all-star game, and football teams open camp. You get past LLWS, and college ball is usually starting a few days later![/quote]

huh? what about the US Open?

[quote comment=”135241″][quote comment=”135223″] And what the heck is the Spanish translation for “Dodgers”?[/quote]

Los Dodgers.[/quote]

Officially, you are correct. Los Esquivadores is used a lot informally, though. Here’s the whole league in link[/quote]

Does anyone else see Vigilantes de Texas as a slam against the Rangers?

[quote comment=”135204″]My daughter and I were watch the LLWS last night and man, I felt awful for the pitcher who gave up a few runs to lose the game after pitching really well. The poor kid is *12* for pete’s sake. I know that kisd need to learn winning and losing, but the pressure in this seems a bit much.[/quote]

I just die for those kids when they loose. I can’t imagine how hard they work, and how bad they feel when they loose. Giving up a walk off home run in the World Series must be awful, but seriously, imagine if you were 12, and you are representing your whole country. The poise on those “kids” is absolutely amazing; I think we could probably all learn a least a little something about sportsmanship from watching them play.

I also like the fact that even in the most important final deciding game, with full all star teams, that every kid has to play. Little League rules, just like when you were a kid.

[quote comment=”135247″][quote comment=”135238″][quote comment=”135231″]I love the LLWS mostly because it reminds me of football camp (didn’t love camp, just being with the guys) – we would watch the LLWS and re-runs of American Gladiators during lunch[/quote]

My favorite thing about the Little League WS…it’s the last big event that has to happen before it’s time for FOOTBALL season! You get past MLB all-star game, and football teams open camp. You get past LLWS, and college ball is usually starting a few days later![/quote]

huh? what about the US Open?[/quote]

By the time the US Open ends, we’ll have seen 2 weekends of college football and most of opening weekend of the NFL. (the 1:00 games at least)

[quote comment=”135217″]Regarding the players who don’t wear batting gloves, Moises Alou gets his hands tough link.[/quote]

When he was with the Cubs no one would slap five after a dinger because of this.

[quote comment=”135134″][quote comment=”135131″][quote comment=”135128″]Los Mets = Los Stupidos!

Ok, So the Brewers’ link is sctually cool, and the Giants’ link is ok, but “Los Mets” is just lame![/quote]
Here’s hoping not to see “Los Cubs” night and “Los Sox Blancos” night.[/quote]

Los Calcetines del Blanco?

Calcetines Blancos!
Calcetines Blancos!
Lets Go Calcetines Blancos![/quote]

Viva Osos Pequenos

[quote comment=”135246″][quote comment=”135242″][quote comment=”135151″][quote comment=”135140″]ESPN wouldn’t broadcast Little League World Series games if people weren’t watching them.[/quote]

People would also tune in to watch a lynching. That doesn’t mean it’s a good thing.[/quote]

WOW…that’s just a little overly dramatic. You obviously have no children because there really isn’t anything wrong with the LLWS. IT’S A GAME AND THE KIDS ARE HAVING FUN[/quote]

You’re missing the point entirely. There’s nothing wrong with kids playing a game and having fun. What’s messed up is the whole country watching them, obsessing over every little detail, and turning it into a big media event.[/quote]

I didn’t miss the point, he compared it to tuning in to watch a lynching. If you don’t like it don’t watch…like I do with the WNBA

[quote comment=”135221″][quote comment=”135217″]Regarding the players who don’t wear batting gloves, Moises Alou gets his hands tough link.[/quote]

He should have requested number 1 when he signed with the Mets. I thought it might have been unofficially retired but Castillo got it when he came over from the Twinkies a few weeks ago.[/quote]

#1 was never unofficially retired for the Mets. link who is on the 40 man roster wore #1 but switched to 4 when Castillo came over. Hernandez had been up a few times this year with link

I was watching the Blue Jays play the Athletics the last few night. I did not like the game results but I noticed that during the first game of the series, the players wore the “T” caps while the coaches/manager wore the “bird with J” caps. Last night, it was the opposite. What gives?

Are they doing that as a way to get out of their funk?

I think its bad enough that many of the coaches/manager around the league don’t wear the jerseys anymore. If this keeps up, they’ll be dressed like NFL coaches soon.

[quote comment=”135254″][quote comment=”135243″]
ESPN determines what is popular in this country from a sports perspective. It started with football.[/quote]

ESPN is directly responsible, though not completely responsible, for the death of NHL hockey in the United States.[/quote]
Really? How do you figure?

Here’s the link to the PawSox hat with the appropriate lettering: link.

yeah yeah delete my post

[quote comment=”135251″][quote comment=”135237″][quote comment=”135232″]Here’s a funny link for an idea for a new link. Using all their old logos in a very creative way.[/quote]
Thats cool![/quote]
Briliant..Flippin Brilliant[/quote]

I wouldn’t be against this being their sweater logo.

[quote comment=”135285″]Just out of curiosity …

How many people here refrain from becoming a member because trying to explain the charge to the wife would make you look like a moron?

It’s bad enough getting the “I can’t believe I married such a dork” look when we talk about our fantasy league teams.

I can hear it now “You paid 20 bucks for a card with your name on it and you can’t go out and get a decent hair cut?”

I wanna join. I really do.[/quote]

I haven’t become a mamber yet because all extra money now goes to buying diapers for my newborn…though I might have to treat myself when Paul gets close to #500…

[quote comment=”135290″][quote comment=”135285″]Just out of curiosity …

How many people here refrain from becoming a member because trying to explain the charge to the wife would make you look like a moron?

It’s bad enough getting the “I can’t believe I married such a dork” look when we talk about our fantasy league teams.

I can hear it now “You paid 20 bucks for a card with your name on it and you can’t go out and get a decent hair cut?”

I wanna join. I really do.[/quote]

I feel your pain, Roger. Do you get the eye roll when read through all the site posts on your wife’s laptop during the evening news because so many of the links are blocked by your work computer’s firewall? Hypothetically speaking, of course.
BTW, if there is a link franchise in your area, I highly recommend a visit.[/quote]

I stopped going to Sports Clips because the girls there couldn’t give me a good hair cut to save their lives…though Knockouts seems to be a good alternative for Sports Clips if there is one in your area..

The Denver Broncos have navy-blue pants that I think have only been worn four times. They look nasty, but I think they came out for a game as recently as 2006, so I don’t know if they count as a one-off jersey item or not. I do think I remember them being worn with the white shirts during the jersey’s first season, though–the Broncos learned their lesson, and since then have paired them with a blue shirt.

>Just mail in some cash (as several members have done)!

Perhaps money orders are a little more secure? If you don’t mind a trip to the Post Office, that is.

[quote comment=”135119″]In Re: LLWS, i caught a game where one team was wearing stirups, but they all had them on backwards …. what is wrong with the parents letting them go out like that?

Also, why “Los Mets”? The mets do not have “The Mets” on their jersey? If anything, they should put Nueva York on the jersey.[/quote]

I’m not sure about the jerseys, but the Mets have a spanish version of their website at link – I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Cool auction for a photo of the link. Nothing too interesting in the way of the unis, but the quality is excellent.

[quote comment=”135277″][quote comment=”135254″][quote comment=”135243″]
ESPN determines what is popular in this country from a sports perspective. It started with football.[/quote]

ESPN is directly responsible, though not completely responsible, for the death of NHL hockey in the United States.[/quote]
Really? How do you figure?[/quote]

Tell me you’re not serious.

The NHL gets less coverage than the World Bellyflop Championships on ESPN. Their hockey department on ESPN.com consists of four people. The Worldwide Leader In Sports Advertising Dollars certainly gives the NHL a fair shake… excuse my sarcasm.

[quote comment=”135313″]Come on, ESPN televises poker for crying out loud. Since when is poker a sport? I like ESPN, but the television coverage gets out of control sometimes.
~E~[/quote]

and eating contests and spelling bees and darts and arm wrestling on ESPN Classic (i saw it, i emailed espn i was so ticked) and i flipped out when i saw scrabble on espn the other day. for a great writing on this (i wish i wrote it) that i’d hate to repost here, link you won’t be disappointed!

[quote comment=”135194″]ESPN needs to air things like regional LLWS games because they think we actualy care abotu them. the truth is I watch when I was a kid because they were kids my own age. I watch in college becasue it was something on TV while I had nothing to do. Now that I am grown and have a life, I barely know who is playing. I only know there is a team from Coon Rapids, MN because it was in the newspaper up here.

They air high school football and basketball games because the NHL went to the darn VS network where nobody can watch them. I hope the NHL and ESPN realize how much they need each other.[/quote]

nobody cares about hockey except barry melrose

blah blah blah hockey hockey..dead

[quote comment=”135245″][quote comment=”135167″]

On the MLB shop, you couldn’t get one of those. Their first two rules of customizing:

– League player names must match current team rosters and the team for which they currently play
– Retired player names cannot be printed on the team’s jersey from which they retired [/quote]

Really? I got a new retro-Brewer jersey with ’44 Aaron’ on the back with no problem.[/quote]

Aaron didn’t retire as a Brewer – he retired as a Brave.

[quote comment=”135329″][quote comment=”135245″][quote comment=”135167″]

On the MLB shop, you couldn’t get one of those. Their first two rules of customizing:

– League player names must match current team rosters and the team for which they currently play
– Retired player names cannot be printed on the team’s jersey from which they retired [/quote]

Really? I got a new retro-Brewer jersey with ’44 Aaron’ on the back with no problem.[/quote]

Aaron didn’t retire as a Brewer – he retired as a Brave.[/quote]

?

Did he sign one of those one-day contracts? I don’t remember that.

[quote comment=”135327″][quote comment=”135194″]ESPN needs to air things like regional LLWS games because they think we actualy care abotu them. the truth is I watch when I was a kid because they were kids my own age. I watch in college becasue it was something on TV while I had nothing to do. Now that I am grown and have a life, I barely know who is playing. I only know there is a team from Coon Rapids, MN because it was in the newspaper up here.

They air high school football and basketball games because the NHL went to the darn VS network where nobody can watch them. I hope the NHL and ESPN realize how much they need each other.[/quote]

nobody cares about hockey except barry melrose

blah blah blah hockey hockey..dead[/quote]
I guess hockey is dead because there are not as many criminals in their league as in all the others. So therefore it is in the news less.

Baseball-Steroids
Basketball- Refs fixing games
Football- enough said.
Hockey- ???? (maybe Staal and his brother, but thats just boys being boys.)

[quote comment=”135326″]
Same genius who moved the game to a Wednesday so he wouldn’t have to compete with any other sporting programs. [/quote]

In case you’ve missed the last 10 years, the NHL cannot compete with the NFL or MLB in the US. It needs a chance to compete, and going head-to-head with those other leagues is suicide.

[quote comment=”135326″]ESPN may be a convenient target, but it’s the wrong one.[/quote]

I disagree. Lead ESPN with hockey highlights once a week, and I won’t complain. Burying it 20 minutes in after every other leagues’ highlights, Chris Berman’s rant, and the World Hot Dog Eating Championship highlights is why no one south of Minneapolis knows that the NHL is one of the “big four” leagues.

[quote comment=”135328″]
The thing with ESPN is they have 24 hrs of time to fill. They won’t put on infomercials like other stations, so its limitless reruns of WSOP and bowling. During the day they can only do so many different shows that say the same things about Michael Vick or whatever, and its cheaper for then to send a camera or 2 and get some guys to edit footage of the World Series of Rock Paper Scissors than to broadcast the NHL, especially for a fractional point ratings jump.
[/quote]

Hockey is still a major professional sport. There are more professional hockey teams in the state of Texas than in all of Canada, so it’s not like people don’t care about hockey in the US. The lack of exposure that it gets through the only major sports network in the US is a major reason why it hasn’t moved from 4th place out of the four major professional leagues.

While I agree that the NHL needs ESPN, they also need to turn a profit. Versus outbid “the Worldwide Leader” to carry the games. As a businessman, what decision would you make – money, or a promise of something better when there’s no guarantee that it will be better?

[quote comment=”135331″][quote comment=”135329″][quote comment=”135245″][quote comment=”135167″]

On the MLB shop, you couldn’t get one of those. Their first two rules of customizing:

– League player names must match current team rosters and the team for which they currently play
– Retired player names cannot be printed on the team’s jersey from which they retired [/quote]

Really? I got a new retro-Brewer jersey with ’44 Aaron’ on the back with no problem.[/quote]

Aaron didn’t retire as a Brewer – he retired as a Brave.[/quote]

Ummm…no he didn’t. The Braves traded Aaron to the Milwaukee Brewers for Roger Alexander and Dave May. Because the Brewers were an American League team, he was able to extend his career by taking advantage of the designated hitter rule.[/quote]

Complete brain cramp – you’re right – I completely forgot about that – see what happens when you actually have to work at your job?

[quote comment=”135291″][quote comment=”135285″]Just out of curiosity …

How many people here refrain from becoming a member because trying to explain the charge to the wife would make you look like a moron?

It’s bad enough getting the “I can’t believe I married such a dork” look when we talk about our fantasy league teams.

I can hear it now “You paid 20 bucks for a card with your name on it and you can’t go out and get a decent hair cut?”

I wanna join. I really do.[/quote]

I haven’t become a mamber yet because all extra money now goes to buying diapers for my newborn…though I might have to treat myself when Paul gets close to #500…[/quote]
Trust me James, you probably won’t have any ‘extra money’ for the next 25 years or so.

[quote comment=”135285″]Just out of curiosity …

How many people here refrain from becoming a member because trying to explain the charge to the wife would make you look like a moron?

It’s bad enough getting the “I can’t believe I married such a dork” look when we talk about our fantasy league teams.

I can hear it now “You paid 20 bucks for a card with your name on it and you can’t go out and get a decent hair cut?”

I wanna join. I really do.[/quote]

And I’m sure your wife has NEVER made a “frivilous” $20 purchase before. ;-)

Looky what I found today – another imitator.

link

reebok is going all out for fans…
link

link (called the recline)

interesting match…

has anyone thought that since EVERY 8 in and around Fenway seems to be upside down that maybe, just maybe, thats how its supposed to look with the Red Sox font?

[quote comment=”135348″]
The thing is, like I was sort of saying, the NHL and hockey needs ESPN more than ESPN needs hockey. Further, with the Disney/ABC empire backing it, ESPN doesn’t need to turn a profit on their broadcasting and therefore doesn’t need to do all it can to gain ratings. As for hockey itself, as long as it still has owners of teams, say the Blackhawks, who won’t put games on TV because no one would pay to go to the game if its on tv for free, it won’t get any respect from any media outlets, local or national. Combine that with hockey being great in person, and hard to watch on tv, in my opinion, and we are where we are.[/quote]

Aside from Wirtz being a total putz when it comes to his fanbase (show the road games, you idiot!), the NHL on NBC shows regional games for free. The problem is that the NHL is basically doing that for nothing. They need some sort of hockey show on ESPN that addresses the people who are fringe fans – one that explains the rules like icing and offsides while still being comprehensive enough to attract the die-hards with some quality programming.

As for being hard to watch on TV, how is it hard to watch?

The AAA Portland (OR) Beavers are allowing fans to decide on a new team name; the current name is one of five options, along with Green Sox, Wet Sox, Thorns, and Sockeyes. You can go to link to see design concepts for each team and to vote. Personally, I like the current name the best, but I think they might be trying to distance themselves from the OSU Beavers NCAA baseball team.

[quote comment=”135344″][quote comment=”135285″]Just out of curiosity …

How many people here refrain from becoming a member because trying to explain the charge to the wife would make you look like a moron?

It’s bad enough getting the “I can’t believe I married such a dork” look when we talk about our fantasy league teams.

I can hear it now “You paid 20 bucks for a card with your name on it and you can’t go out and get a decent hair cut?”

I wanna join. I really do.[/quote]

And I’m sure your wife has NEVER made a “frivilous” $20 purchase before. ;-)[/quote]

No comment. She might be reading this.

Hi Honey. How’s it going? I’ll finish the bathrooom floor by the end of this week.

[quote comment=”135336″][quote comment=”135326″]
Same genius who moved the game to a Wednesday so he wouldn’t have to compete with any other sporting programs. [/quote]

In case you’ve missed the last 10 years, the NHL cannot compete with the NFL or MLB in the US. It needs a chance to compete, and going head-to-head with those other leagues is suicide.[/quote]

Thank you. Proved my point.

ESPN is about ratings. Why should they overpay for a product that can’t deliver ratings?

Leave the “C” to hockey. There’s historic precendent yes, but it just doesn’t “fit”.

And Paul, tell the link to butt out.

[quote comment=”135354″][quote comment=”135348″]
The thing is, like I was sort of saying, the NHL and hockey needs ESPN more than ESPN needs hockey. Further, with the Disney/ABC empire backing it, ESPN doesn’t need to turn a profit on their broadcasting and therefore doesn’t need to do all it can to gain ratings. As for hockey itself, as long as it still has owners of teams, say the Blackhawks, who won’t put games on TV because no one would pay to go to the game if its on tv for free, it won’t get any respect from any media outlets, local or national. Combine that with hockey being great in person, and hard to watch on tv, in my opinion, and we are where we are.[/quote]

Aside from Wirtz being a total putz when it comes to his fanbase (show the road games, you idiot!), the NHL on NBC shows regional games for free. The problem is that the NHL is basically doing that for nothing. They need some sort of hockey show on ESPN that addresses the people who are fringe fans – one that explains the rules like icing and offsides while still being comprehensive enough to attract the die-hards with some quality programming.

As for being hard to watch on TV, how is it hard to watch?[/quote]

It’s like we’re on ESPN, we’re arguing, but we mostly agree. I think ESPN, if they want to really be the Worldwide Leader in Sports, should do more with the NHL, but they don’t have to. My thing with hockey on tv is that you can’t really get the wide shot of the action without losing the puck. The beauty of hockey is all the little things everyone has to do to score a goal, but I kinda lose that on tv. Maybe it’s just me. But I’d love to see more hockey, and less.. lets say poker.

[quote comment=”135362″][quote comment=”135336″][quote comment=”135326″]
Same genius who moved the game to a Wednesday so he wouldn’t have to compete with any other sporting programs. [/quote]

In case you’ve missed the last 10 years, the NHL cannot compete with the NFL or MLB in the US. It needs a chance to compete, and going head-to-head with those other leagues is suicide.[/quote]

Thank you. Proved my point.

ESPN is about ratings. Why should they overpay for a product that can’t deliver ratings?[/quote]

Because it is THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN SPORTS.

Or rather, the Worldwide Leader In $port$ Adverti$ing Dollar$. I gue$$ everything come$ down to the almighty dollar when it come$ to commercial adverti$ing that they put on during their broadca$t$.

[quote comment=”135366″][quote comment=”135354″]
As for being hard to watch on TV, how is it hard to watch?[/quote]

It’s like we’re on ESPN, we’re arguing, but we mostly agree. I think ESPN, if they want to really be the Worldwide Leader in Sports, should do more with the NHL, but they don’t have to. My thing with hockey on tv is that you can’t really get the wide shot of the action without losing the puck. The beauty of hockey is all the little things everyone has to do to score a goal, but I kinda lose that on tv. Maybe it’s just me. But I’d love to see more hockey, and less.. lets say poker.[/quote]

I’m not arguing… just asking, Jeff. :o)

Besides, if this was ESPN and we were discussing hockey, the studio would be dark, and our pink slips would be sitting on the desk in front of us.

[quote comment=”135369″][quote comment=”135365″][quote comment=”135357″]The NHL does have criminals and unruly (sp?) characters. Chris Pronger left Edmonton for Anaheim because he hooked (and knocked) upwith the local weather girl (fact). Plus we have Ed Belfour with his anctics. and recently a former sharks now leafs player is going to jail for drinking and driving and earliar this summer the Staal brothers were arrested in MN for being to loud at a stag party. The younger was illegally drunk (underage). The NHL is not followed in the states because it has followed a business plan like that of the NFL and MLB when they really should’ve went grass roots as the game is rather big in the USA.[/quote]

1. Chris Pronger never knocked up a weathergirl. It was reported that he had, but she came out and cleared his name on television in Edmonton.

2. Ed Belfour’s antics of getting drunk and disorderly are nothing compared to Rae Carruth’s (murder), Ray Lewis’ (cleared of murder), Michael Vick’s (too long to list), BJ Upton’s (too long to list), and Jose Offerman’s (two counts of assault) antics.

3. Mark Bell knew he was going to jail last season. He has said repeatedly that having this hang over his head was a large reason for his poor play in San Jose.

4. Anyone else get drunk at their stag here? Anyone? Didn’t think so. And Jordan Staal is legal in Canada because he’s 18. He made the mistake of not being 21 in Minnesota at his brother’s stag. Wow… what a criminal.

If the buiness plan works in Canada, why doesn’t it work in the US? Oh, that’s right… because it has no exposure on the biggest sports network in the world.[/quote]

the legal drinking age in canada is 19.[/quote]

Actually, it varies by province. link

[quote comment=”135368″][quote comment=”135362″][quote comment=”135336″][quote comment=”135326″]
Same genius who moved the game to a Wednesday so he wouldn’t have to compete with any other sporting programs. [/quote]

In case you’ve missed the last 10 years, the NHL cannot compete with the NFL or MLB in the US. It needs a chance to compete, and going head-to-head with those other leagues is suicide.[/quote]

Thank you. Proved my point.

ESPN is about ratings. Why should they overpay for a product that can’t deliver ratings?[/quote]

Because it is THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN SPORTS.

Or rather, the Worldwide Leader In $port$ Adverti$ing Dollar$. I gue$$ everything come$ down to the almighty dollar when it come$ to commercial adverti$ing that they put on during their broadca$t$.[/quote]

espen cares more about pimping the espn name than sports. they’re the MTV of sports. notice that MTV doesn’t show music. espn, with its spelling bees and scrabble tourneys doesn’t show sports either. but everyone still loves espn!

i’m sorry i had to put it in a blog, but it’s the only way to get it to link right. sorry for the repost

link

[quote comment=”135369″]
the legal drinking age in canada is 19.[/quote]

In terms of locales of NHL teams, in BC and Ontario, it is 19. In Alberta and Quebec, it’s 18. I suppose that, being from Thunder Bay, Jordan did “break the law”.

In no way was it right in terms of what he did, but he was at his brother’s stag. Had the cops not shown up, would anyone have known?

[quote comment=”135372″]I think hockey needs more than just ESPN…look at the other sports leagues they have strong network tv ties unlike hockey. Did anyone really know that games were even being aired on NBC? The NHL needs to step up its NBC telecasts with more games which would help get more viewers. NASCAR has better network tv exposure than the NHL.[/quote]

I love hockey. I have no problem watching on TV, because I know what I’m looking for. My wife…she doesn’t. She doesn’t see the umbrella on the power-play…or the passing lanes…or the icing. (And this is a woman with a fairly high sports IQ. She’ll call for the play-action at the right time, or scream “3 SECONDS!” while watching a basketball game. She know’s sports pretty well…she just can’t pick up some of hockey’s nuances.)

But when I play NHL on my X-box, she sees it better…because I use the classic ICE camera angle. One way to make the NHL more friendly to the casual viewer is to use the same SKY CAM that the NFL uses…and keep the viewer just behind the action…with a medium, on-ice view. Let the people see plays develop. See what that does.

I suggested this to Ted Leonsis (Caps owner) who answers fan e-mail. Basically got the “it’ll cost too much” answer. Yeah…might cost a little bit…but you could re-define the way people see the game, and catch more viewers…a “worth it” expense!

[quote comment=”135365″]BJ Upton’s (too long to list)[/quote]

upton?
too long to list?
i think he had a dui charge, but did you mean, elijah dukes?

[quote comment=”135383″][quote comment=”135365″]BJ Upton’s (too long to list)[/quote]

upton?
too long to list?
i think he had a dui charge, but did you mean, elijah dukes?[/quote]

Yeah, Dukes. My apologies to the Upton family for confusing the two of them.

Thanks, Todd.

link

[quote comment=”135386″][quote comment=”135380″]
But when I play NHL on my X-box, she sees it better…because I use the classic ICE camera angle. One way to make the NHL more friendly to the casual viewer is to use the same SKY CAM that the NFL uses…and keep the viewer just behind the action…with a medium, on-ice view. Let the people see plays develop. See what that does.

I suggested this to Ted Leonsis (Caps owner) who answers fan e-mail. Basically got the “it’ll cost too much” answer. Yeah…might cost a little bit…but you could re-define the way people see the game, and catch more viewers…a “worth it” expense![/quote]

Excellent suggestion, Dan. If the NHL can dish out millions of dollars for high-def cameras so they can see every angle of the puck crossing the line, someone should see the light on this one.

Unfortunately, the networks are the ones who introduce the technology for their coverages, and none of them think this through very far.

Case in point: the FOX glow-puck.[/quote]
Fox Glow Puck = Worst. Idea. Ever

You may not like the LLWS but the kids from Georgia had some nice stir-up action going on in their regional games. Every single kid had them on and wore them correctly.

[quote comment=”135356″]The AAA Portland (OR) Beavers are allowing fans to decide on a new team name; the current name is one of five options, along with Green Sox, Wet Sox, Thorns, and Sockeyes. You can go to link to see design concepts for each team and to vote. Personally, I like the current name the best, but I think they might be trying to distance themselves from the OSU Beavers NCAA baseball team.[/quote]

I HATE wet socks

[quote comment=”135192″]Regarding the LLWS. I like the games on TV, what I don’t like is the overhype of it all. Let the games and the kids have their charm. Let them wear their normal LL uniforms, not some lame generic uni.

If the Mets win the NL east, do they ditch their uniforms for ones that read “NL East”? The wildcard winners “NL Wildcard”? Does the World Series pit two teams wearing “American League Champions” vs. “National League Champions”?[/quote]

Don’t give MLB any ideas? Now that the idea is in the air, five or ten years from now we will see All Star type unis throughout the playoffs.

I shudder to think about it! Ooh and i threw in my mouth allittle too.

[quote comment=”135398″][quote comment=”135397″][quote comment=”135356″]The AAA Portland (OR) Beavers are allowing fans to decide on a new team name; the current name is one of five options, along with Green Sox, Wet Sox, Thorns, and Sockeyes. You can go to link to see design concepts for each team and to vote. Personally, I like the current name the best, but I think they might be trying to distance themselves from the OSU Beavers NCAA baseball team.[/quote]

I HATE wet socks[/quote]
Me too, that’s one of my top 3 pet peeves. But that logo for the Wet Sox is pretty cool.[/quote]

I voted for the Thorns, with Beavers second. Green Sox and Sockeyes aren’t great in my opinion, and Wet Sox is okay, but they can’t go wrong with the other two…

[quote comment=”135400″][quote comment=”135192″]Regarding the LLWS. I like the games on TV, what I don’t like is the overhype of it all. Let the games and the kids have their charm. Let them wear their normal LL uniforms, not some lame generic uni.

If the Mets win the NL east, do they ditch their uniforms for ones that read “NL East”? The wildcard winners “NL Wildcard”? Does the World Series pit two teams wearing “American League Champions” vs. “National League Champions”?[/quote]

Don’t give MLB any ideas? Now that the idea is in the air, five or ten years from now we will see All Star type unis throughout the playoffs.

I shudder to think about it! Ooh and i threw in my mouth allittle too.[/quote]

I think I just had a post eaten . . . but this isn’t really that farfetched. Check out the 1906 New York Giants on “Dressed to the Nines” . . .

[quote comment=”135402″][quote comment=”135398″][quote comment=”135397″][quote comment=”135356″]The AAA Portland (OR) Beavers are allowing fans to decide on a new team name; the current name is one of five options, along with Green Sox, Wet Sox, Thorns, and Sockeyes. You can go to link to see design concepts for each team and to vote. Personally, I like the current name the best, but I think they might be trying to distance themselves from the OSU Beavers NCAA baseball team.[/quote]

I HATE wet socks[/quote]
Me too, that’s one of my top 3 pet peeves. But that logo for the Wet Sox is pretty cool.[/quote]

I voted for the Thorns, with Beavers second. Green Sox and Sockeyes aren’t great in my opinion, and Wet Sox is okay, but they can’t go wrong with the other two…[/quote]

Actually, I kinda liked the Green Sox logo they mocked up. It was simple, understated. Was my favorite of the mock-ups. I liked the Thorns logo, too.

[quote comment=”135377″]interesting argument on the subject of personalizing a jersey and whats acceptable or not.

a few years back, i was all set to order a personal #4 authentic penn state jersey from the eastbay catalog. (similar to the personalization process seen link on their website)

during the order, the representative asked what name i wanted on the back.

i said none, penn state doesnt list names on the back of their jerseys.

the rep said that i had to get a name, that it was mandatory.

i asked how anything could be mandatory when its a personalized item for me.

the rep stated that due to ncaa, eastbay, and manufacturer regulations, all team jerseys which were able to be personalized (like the ones listed at the bottom of the above link) must be issued with a name on the back, because if your were to get a blank one, you could get any number of derogatory remarks put on the back after purchase.

after being dumfounded for about 10 seconds, i had asked why on the very next page of the catalog i had been looking at, a listing of about 50 different college jerseys were available for purchase each with no name on the back (similar to link on the website). couldnt i do what you just described with those jerseys?

there was silence on the other line, a request to hold, and a return with, im sorry sir, we just cant.

so i never got my jersey…[/quote]

And that is why nobody should ever buy a personalized jersey online. It’s the biggest rip off in the world…find a reputable local shop and get them to help you out with it.

Or take matters into link!

[quote comment=”135415″][quote comment=”135377″]interesting argument on the subject of personalizing a jersey and whats acceptable or not.

a few years back, i was all set to order a personal #4 authentic penn state jersey from the eastbay catalog. (similar to the personalization process seen link on their website)

during the order, the representative asked what name i wanted on the back.

i said none, penn state doesnt list names on the back of their jerseys.

the rep said that i had to get a name, that it was mandatory.

i asked how anything could be mandatory when its a personalized item for me.

the rep stated that due to ncaa, eastbay, and manufacturer regulations, all team jerseys which were able to be personalized (like the ones listed at the bottom of the above link) must be issued with a name on the back, because if your were to get a blank one, you could get any number of derogatory remarks put on the back after purchase.

after being dumfounded for about 10 seconds, i had asked why on the very next page of the catalog i had been looking at, a listing of about 50 different college jerseys were available for purchase each with no name on the back (similar to link on the website). couldnt i do what you just described with those jerseys?

there was silence on the other line, a request to hold, and a return with, im sorry sir, we just cant.

so i never got my jersey…[/quote]

Two nights ago I was eating at a restaurant that I’ll be reviewing. Since I was reviewing it, I ordered four or five entrees for the table (even though we were just a party of three). Every entree came with a choice of two sides, so we were entitled to 10 sides — way too many, since there were only six sides to choose from anyway. So I said, “Just bring us one each of the six sides you have on the menu, and we’ll do without the other four.”

To which the waitress replied, “No, you HAVE to order all the sides. The computer won’t let me exit the ordering screen unless I punch in two sides for each entree.”

I’m fairly certain that examples like this one and Todd’s jersey experience say something about us as a society. I’m also fairly certain that I’m going to have fun writing this particular restaurant review.[/quote]

Let us know where it’s posted to Paul, sounds like one I would like to read.

The arching wouldn’t be so clunky if Salty didn’t opt for the link.

[quote comment=”135349″]reebok is going all out for fans…
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link (called the recline)
interesting match…[/quote]

Good catch up there. We now have an ugly NFL-licensed shoe that matches the NFL’s ugly licensed caps. Ooof.

And the new Senators uniforms are LIVE:

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[quote comment=”135435″]And the new Senators uniforms are LIVE:

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not for nothing… but those are some awesome jerseys… and i think the shoulder patch is a big O over a flag… awesome

Rangers’ Jarrod Saltalamacchia just went to the plate with his left-handed batting helmet while batting right-handed. he took a pitch before first base coach Gary Pettis let him know about it and he switched to the correct helmet.

[quote comment=”135247″][quote comment=”135238″][quote comment=”135231″]I love the LLWS mostly because it reminds me of football camp (didn’t love camp, just being with the guys) – we would watch the LLWS and re-runs of American Gladiators during lunch[/quote]

My favorite thing about the Little League WS…it’s the last big event that has to happen before it’s time for FOOTBALL season! You get past MLB all-star game, and football teams open camp. You get past LLWS, and college ball is usually starting a few days later![/quote]

huh? what about the US Open?[/quote]

that’s held in june! :)

Hi Paul-

From a link back to the 2006 HUNT AUCTIONS regarding a Dandy Don Meredith jersey for sale. I can only assume it’s authentic.

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You might have a better read on this than me.

I cannot make out the jersey collar label after grabbing and enlarging the .jpeg?

Lowe and Campbell was a big Dallas uniform manufacturer so who knows?

[quote comment=”135411″][quote comment=”135402″][quote comment=”135398″][quote comment=”135397″][quote comment=”135356″]The AAA Portland (OR) Beavers are allowing fans to decide on a new team name; the current name is one of five options, along with Green Sox, Wet Sox, Thorns, and Sockeyes. You can go to link to see design concepts for each team and to vote. Personally, I like the current name the best, but I think they might be trying to distance themselves from the OSU Beavers NCAA baseball team.[/quote]

I HATE wet socks[/quote]
Me too, that’s one of my top 3 pet peeves. But that logo for the Wet Sox is pretty cool.[/quote]

I voted for the Thorns, with Beavers second. Green Sox and Sockeyes aren’t great in my opinion, and Wet Sox is okay, but they can’t go wrong with the other two…[/quote]

Actually, I kinda liked the Green Sox logo they mocked up. It was simple, understated. Was my favorite of the mock-ups. I liked the Thorns logo, too.[/quote]

In the Oregonian this morning it made clear that the fans were not deciding on the new name, just giving input. I suppose unless the response is overwhelming the owners will choose whichever name they like. I also read last week that they are changing it because of alleged confusion between the Portland Beavers and OSU Beavers.
As a native Oregonian, I have to dislike the Wet Socks mockup because it looks a little too much like the state of California :-).
In all seriousness, I like the Green Sox or Beavers.

whats everyones thought on link?

I like how theres not too much going on (like the preds/panthers/isles but i dont like the number font for some reason

>i said none, penn state doesnt list names on the back of their jerseys. the rep said that i had to get a name, that it was mandatory.

That’s funny because I saw a guy wearing a Penn State jersey a few weeks back with a blank nameplate. I thought “Why would PSU jerseys have nameplates if they never put names on them?” I don’t recall if it had a number on it, that is, if it was totally uncustomized.

>I didn’t want my name on the back of my Arizona jersey, but they wouldn’t leave it blank. And I could not put “Arizona”, “Wildcats” or even “Bear Down”, because those are all trademarked!

The name of a state is not in the public domain? What kind of world do we live in?

Paul-

Affirmative on the Cowboys neckline. Click onto the Meredith link on the Cowboys Ring of Honor site:

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Sweet.

here’s a closeup photo of the Ottawa patch (the best part of the jersey) link

Here’s a look at the numbering on the Sens’ new uni’s: link

Whats everyones thought on these?

I like how theres not too much going on (like the preds/panthers/isles but i dont like the number font for some reason.

I already miss the horizontal stripes on the “new” Reebok hockey jersey silhouette. Reebok, stop it!

Why take off such a nice feature, and in its place add a boring arched bottom with no pattern that looks more like Tom Cruise in Risky Business?

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Ughh. Reebok does NOT understand sportswear design and that’s their business. Brutal.

I’ve been thinking about whether or not I should admit this…but is it a bad thing that I really want there to be a uniwatch conference in NYC soon because I’ve got a sweet jersey I really want to show to people who appreciate that sort of thing? Does this make me lame or exactly the sort of person uniwatch appeals to? Or Both?

[quote comment=”135466″][quote comment=”135458″]whats everyones thought on link?

I like how theres not too much going on (like the preds/panthers/isles but i dont like the number font for some reason[/quote]

The could have been worse. Thankfully, there’s no stupid piping or bib-thing on these.

Interesting note on the socks (I was at the unveiling tonight)..the sock stripes don’t circle around the the leg…they jag down at the back….an interesting look…[/quote]

Your description of the socks sound like they’re based off the All-Star uni socks from last years game.

[quote comment=”135480″]In reference to the new Sens unis, I definitely like the horizontal stripes on the pants. IMHO, too few NHL teams have those anymore.[/quote]

Sorry, that should be VERTICAL stripes on the pants.

The Ottawa jerseys an socks are simply the all-star jerseys recoloured. From the “leaks”, it looks like the penguins will be using the same template as well. So much for unique identities.

I was at the Ottawa Senator new uni launch tonight and to tell you honestly, as a born and bred Canadian hockey fan, I really like these new unis, and the reaction from the 7,500 or so fans that were on hand was very positive.

How ’bout that for a uni-launch crowd!

The white version looks tremendous, I only wish they would wear them at home and not on the road.

Just wondering, are the New Jersey Devils changing their uniforms this season? It would make sense with the new reebok design, plus going into their new arena this season.

We’ve all noticed the rbk edge design is struggling with hockey’s signature look: the horizontal stripe..

I’m assuming the OHL will do the edge the following season, which begs the question.. How many MIT engineers will it take to design the traditionallinksweater?

[quote comment=”135507″]Just wondering, are the New Jersey Devils changing their uniforms this season? It would make sense with the new reebok design, plus going into their new arena this season.[/quote]

i heard that lou has refused to use the rbk edge jerseys.

if so, i’ll have to become a devils fan (that really hursts to say), but i don’t know if they strongarmed him into accepting them or not, afterall, that was a while ago and i haven’t heard since.

by the way, wasn’t the switch unanimously voted down by the owners last year? how do 16+ people change their mind in one season?

Not uni-related, although a few Orioles pitchers might burn theirs after today-

Rangers 30, Orioles 3.

You read that score right.

I hope they make some changes to their uni.

bring back the christmas colors!

I like the Senators shoulder patch, but man, those jerseys are brutal. Those look like the tightest of the new jerseys and the blank hemline is not helping matters.

This is in response to #13, Josh –

I run VictoryPennants.com. We use original logos for all of our pennants. We do not fabricate any of them or make them up. Our goal is to match the historical logo with the precise year of the championship. I know we have a couple errors that we will correct, for example, the 1945 Army. The logo is real and was used – and I am told it was not used in ’45. The Michigan Wolverine logo is real and I have seen them on original period pennants.

If you have any ideas for new pennants – or have a correction, I would love to hear about it!

Morris
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by the way, wasn’t the switch unanimously voted down by the owners last year? how do 16+ people change their mind in one season?[/quote]

Because, if you can imagine, these jerseys used to be WORSE. For starters, the original plan was to have all jerseys tucked into the pants.

link this seems to be an exclusive pic from someone who was there, they’re using the crappy all-star game socks. these jerseys have been moved down a peg in my book.

Just a heads up on RBK and perhaps why they seem to have their way with re-design in the NHL and NFL. Apparently when REEBOK courted these leagues they were enduring some pretty desperate times and re-invented themselves. They offered the leagues (NBA too) a 5% ownership in the company with their offer to outfit the leagues over a the long term. Both Leagues understand the role of profits I suppose and understand that fans will be fans no matter how ugly change may get. People don’t like wearing unnofficial stuff so many will go out and purchase new jerseys and apparel no matter what. It’s part of the fan experience and they will profit from it. My point is both leagues are happy to let REEBOK tweak their shit into the ground because they’ll profit form it now and later when change is once again needed. On the hockey side of things the bad style ties in with the bad teeth and hair anyways.

Lots a letters going on in this pic:

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Saltalamacchia and Catalanotto. Field day for the uni manufacturer’s seamstress. :)

[quote comment=”135173″][quote comment=”135140″]ESPN wouldn’t broadcast Little League World Series games if people weren’t watching them.

Is there evidence all the media attention actually harms the kids? What, do they all grow up to become serial killers or something? Geez, guys, lighten up.[/quote]
I disagree, ESPN pretty much broadcasts anything they want, regardless if people watch it or not. Actually, I believe they try to force-feed sports to us that normally people don’t care about (i.e. Arena Football, Darts, Bowling, and the LLWS).

As far as the kids, yes, they all grow up to be serial killers, its a fact![/quote]

Mike, I (and plenty others) happen to love bowling and watch it regularly on ESPN. Just because YOU don’t happen to enjoy it doesn’t mean there’s not a great many that do.

By the way, ESPN stands for ENTERTAINMENT & Sports Programming Network.

[quote comment=”135135″]and what is sad, is that these “teams” are not true “teams” from the various Little Leagues across the world, they are all-star teams, kids picked from all over the league.[/quote]

It’s always been this way. The teams that go to the LLWS are always the district all-star team from that little league. they’re not a travel team, but they are the best players that year in LL in that town. I played on one of those teams and almost went to the LLWS.