Score One for Big Ben

I have never understood the name Golden State Warriors. Yes, I know it’s California’s nickname, but here’s my question: there are four NBA teams in California, so why do the Warriors get to call themselves Golden State? I suppose it might be a homage to the Golden Gate Bridge, but considering that the Warriors play in Oakland (which is connected to San Francisco by the Bay Bridge, it still doesn’t make sense. How about Oakland Warriors or, better yet, Bay Area Warriors?

Regarding the “fairy-boy” picture, it’s obviously a photoshop. Look here for more on that guy: link

Uniwatch gets a small mention in today’s Washington Post in an article about the NFL captain patches: link

And as a Nats’ fan, Dmitri totally deserved CPOY.

[quote comment=”151797″]Regarding the “fairy-boy” picture, it’s obviously a photoshop. Look here for more on that guy: link
Wow, an amazing link to one of the more disturbing sites I’ve seen, and yet I still spent like 10 minutes on his site reading about him. It is not a photoshop.
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OK if the link doesn’t work this time, jsut go to his fasion page:
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I loved the Columbus Cottonmouths jersey shown in yesterday’s ticker. I would have loved to get one for myself, but it looks like they no longer use that design. Here’s a picture from last season:

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[quote comment=”151795″]I have never understood the name Golden State Warriors. Yes, I know it’s California’s nickname, but here’s my question: there are four NBA teams in California, so why do the Warriors get to call themselves Golden State? I suppose it might be a homage to the Golden Gate Bridge, but considering that the Warriors play in Oakland (which is connected to San Francisco by the Bay Bridge, it still doesn’t make sense. How about Oakland Warriors or, better yet, Bay Area Warriors?[/quote]
They probably go by “Golden State” to get more of a regional thing going on – sure, there are 4 teams in California, but they’re the only one in the Bay Area. Remember, when they moved from Philadelphia, they were the San Francisco Warriors until they moved full-time to Oakland.

[quote comment=”151807″][quote comment=”151800″]Are those New Jersey Generals designs I see in the membership gallery??[/quote]

No.[/quote]

D’OH!!

Well, don’t I feel foolish…

I’m at work now so I can’t access the gallery from here (flickr.com is blocked by the server), but I recall two on the last page, a #4 and (I think) a #91 that look an awful lot like the ’85 Generals: red background, white block numerals outlined in blue, wide-spaced lettering.

What design is this?

It’s Rangers FC…not the Glasgow Rangers (which make them sound like they should be playing in the Pacific Coast League)

The Pixyland site should have included a reference to NSFA (Not Suitable For ANYONE). But, the picture is there on the “Fashions” page–not photoshopped.

Now, let’s get back to baseball…or football…or headbands…or ANYTHING sports-related…whew

[quote comment=”151822″][quote comment=”151816″][quote comment=”151807″][quote comment=”151800″]Are those New Jersey Generals designs I see in the membership gallery??[/quote]

No.[/quote]

D’OH!!

Well, don’t I feel foolish…

I’m at work now so I can’t access the gallery from here (flickr.com is blocked by the server), but I recall two on the last page, a #4 and (I think) a #91 that look an awful lot like the ’85 Generals: red background, white block numerals outlined in blue, wide-spaced lettering.

What design is this?[/quote]

They’re two different designs. link is Grogan-era Patriots throwback, and link is Bartkowski-era Falcons throwback.

[quote comment=”151818″]It’s Rangers FC…not the Glasgow Rangers (which make them sound like they should be playing in the Pacific Coast League)[/quote]

Have I mentioned lately that I don’t know jackshit about soccer? Fixing text now….[/quote]

Ohhhhhhh…….I see. My bad. Now that I think of it, the “squared” numeral 2 should have tipped me off.

After watching Marshall U. play last night I’ve changed my tune on white helmets. Those looked really good. To my eye, if you do a white helmet, you really need wide helmet stripes that go all the way back and a non-matte finish. A big logo also helps just to break up the whiteness.

The Good: Marshall, Miami Dolphins, NE Patriots (Patriot Pete SB XX design), NY Jets, Wisconsin

The Bad: Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, Texas Longhorns, Louisville, Oklahoma State

[quote comment=”151831″]After watching Marshall U. play last night I’ve changed my tune on white helmets. Those looked really good. To my eye, if you do a white helmet, you really need wide helmet stripes that go all the way back and a non-matte finish. A big logo also helps just to break up the whiteness.

The Good: Marshall, Miami Dolphins, NE Patriots (Patriot Pete SB XX design), NY Jets, Wisconsin

The Bad: Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, Texas Longhorns, Louisville, Oklahoma State[/quote]

So I assume you’re not on-board with Penn State?

I would put the Colts on the good list, BTW, although I liked the larger horseshoe they sported during the Unitas years.

That is sad about Art’s, but he’s been trying to sell the place for years (on his website, no less!). He’s earned a break.

Place oughta be a national landmark. Keep it just the way Art intended!

link for the 2007-2008 season

If you read it in a book, link…

Yessss, I was waiting, hoping my request for Celtic FC would be granted. Their kits simply are amazing. The kits they wore in the Champions League last year were interesting, and almost better in my eyes. They had an all white area as a back drop for the numbers that broke the green-white stripe combo. Interesting, but I liked it (especially the long sleeve version of one of my favorite soccer players in general, Shunsuke Nakamura, modeled here in this great video from last March against Manchester United link

whoops…here’s the link…

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[quote comment=”151853″]Yessss, I was waiting, hoping my request for Celtic FC would be granted. Their kits simply are amazing. The kits they wore in the Champions League last year were interesting, and almost better in my eyes. They had an all white area as a back drop for the numbers that broke the green-white stripe combo. Interesting, but I liked it (especially the long sleeve version of one of my favorite soccer players in general, Shunsuke Nakamura, modeled here in this great video from last March against Manchester United link[/quote]

I’m still disappointed that Celtic uses shirt numbering at all, considering they traditionally only used numbers on their shorts.

My obvious Blackhawks joke, it’s the first time they have strung together three Ws since 1992.

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The Milwaukee Admirals unveiled their new RBK edge sweaters. Notice the “old school” Brewers logo

[quote comment=”151835″]Not really surprised Ankiel didn’t get Comeback Player, since he only played 7 weeks. But it was an amazing comeback–if he keeps it up next year, I hope he will still be considered for the award. Dmitri did deserve it this year.[/quote]

I would have expected the Reds’ Josh Hamilton to win it, and I still think he probably would have if he hadn’t been injured for some significant late-season stretches. And, of course, if he didn’t play for Cincinnati. Put him in D.C. or New York and I think he wins it, easily. Just my opinion…

Never been to Milwaukee, and I had only heard of Art’s Concertina Bar on this site. It would seem though that the new proprietor should follow the lead of another Milwaukee establishment when link took over for link. Leave the name the same.

[quote comment=”151871″][quote comment=”151835″]Not really surprised Ankiel didn’t get Comeback Player, since he only played 7 weeks. But it was an amazing comeback–if he keeps it up next year, I hope he will still be considered for the award. Dmitri did deserve it this year.[/quote]

I would have expected the Reds’ Josh Hamilton to win it, and I still think he probably would have if he hadn’t been injured for some significant late-season stretches. And, of course, if he didn’t play for Cincinnati. Put him in D.C. or New York and I think he wins it, easily. Just my opinion…[/quote]
Josh Hamilton made his Major League debut this year. I don’t think a rookie can win Comeback Player of the Year.

[quote comment=”151881″][quote comment=”151830″]Woah there Paul…

You mention Celtic in your article but dismiss their rivals Rangers as simply Glasgow FC?

That kind of sleight could get you killed in West Central Scotland[/quote]

I’ve already changed the styling of that sentence once. Now I’ll change it again. Why can’t soccer teams just be “the [city name] [plural noun]” like everyone else?[/quote]

Because multiple teams play in each city and many of their club names are derived from aspects of their origin: for example, Arsenal and West Ham United are both London clubs. Arsenal got it’s name because it started as a group of workers from the Royal Woolwich Arsenal playing pickup games in their off hours. West Ham got their nickname ‘The Hammers’ because the team originated from groups of workers at the shipyards along the Thames.

That’s why you won’t see teams like the London_____ or the York_____.

[quote comment=”151884″][quote comment=”151881″][quote comment=”151830″]Woah there Paul…

You mention Celtic in your article but dismiss their rivals Rangers as simply Glasgow FC?

That kind of sleight could get you killed in West Central Scotland[/quote]

I’ve already changed the styling of that sentence once. Now I’ll change it again. Why can’t soccer teams just be “the [city name] [plural noun]” like everyone else?[/quote]

Because multiple teams play in each city and many of their club names are derived from aspects of their origin: for example, Arsenal and West Ham United are both London clubs. Arsenal got it’s name because it started as a group of workers from the Royal Woolwich Arsenal playing pickup games in their off hours. West Ham got their nickname ‘The Hammers’ because the team originated from groups of workers at the shipyards along the Thames.

That’s why you won’t see teams like the London_____ or the York_____.[/quote]

This still doesn’t make sense because we have multi-team cities in the U.S. as well (i.e. Giants and Jets, Yankees and Mets, Cubs and White Sox). We also have nicknames that are derived from aspects of there origin (i.e. Green Bay Packers). Yet the city name/plural noun still works here in the states.

[quote comment=”151853″]Yessss, I was waiting, hoping my request for Celtic FC would be granted. Their kits simply are amazing. The kits they wore in the Champions League last year were interesting, and almost better in my eyes. They had an all white area as a back drop for the numbers that broke the green-white stripe combo. Interesting, but I liked it (especially the long sleeve version of one of my favorite soccer players in general, Shunsuke Nakamura, modeled here in this great video from last March against Manchester United link[/quote]

I think the Champions League must require a solid background for the numbers. I noticed in the last Barcelona CL game their shirts had solid blue backs, rather than their usual red/blue stripes.

[quote comment=”151795″]I have never understood the name Golden State Warriors. Yes, I know it’s California’s nickname, but here’s my question: there are four NBA teams in California, so why do the Warriors get to call themselves Golden State? I suppose it might be a homage to the Golden Gate Bridge, but considering that the Warriors play in Oakland (which is connected to San Francisco by the Bay Bridge, it still doesn’t make sense. How about Oakland Warriors or, better yet, Bay Area Warriors?[/quote]

Welcome to our confusion.

The old owner loved San Francisco, very much. He got a better deal to move to Oakland, but didn’t want to commit to renaming it after one city. Afterall, he didn’t want to alienate a whole market. So, he named it Golden State. Little known fact … they legitimized the naming by playing 6 “home” games in San Diego during their first year as the Golden State Warriors.

Currently, they keep the name because it’s important to the brand’s identity. I’m alright with it, because it’s the one team that the whole bay can be a fan of.

[quote comment=”151897″]24 teams, good call Stuby. I accidentally said 23.[/quote]

You guys beat me to it. Too many teams for the city name, plural noun method.

[quote comment=”151899″][quote comment=”151897″]24 teams, good call Stuby. I accidentally said 23.[/quote]

You guys beat me to it. Too many teams for the city name, plural noun method.[/quote]

They could always be named after sections of the city or something. I could be wrong, but it just seems hard for me to believe that an entire naming system came about just because there were too many teams in London.

[quote comment=”151901″][quote comment=”151899″][quote comment=”151897″]24 teams, good call Stuby. I accidentally said 23.[/quote]

You guys beat me to it. Too many teams for the city name, plural noun method.[/quote]

They could always be named after sections of the city or something. I could be wrong, but it just seems hard for me to believe that an entire naming system came about just because there were too many teams in London.[/quote]

I wasn’t saying that was the reason. Many teams are in fact named after sections of cities: West Ham United plays in, you guessed it, the West Ham section of London. Everton originated in the Everton section of Liverpool.

[quote comment=”151896″][quote comment=”151890″][quote comment=”151884″][quote comment=”151881″][quote comment=”151830″]Woah there Paul…

You mention Celtic in your article but dismiss their rivals Rangers as simply Glasgow FC?

That kind of sleight could get you killed in West Central Scotland[/quote]

I’ve already changed the styling of that sentence once. Now I’ll change it again. Why can’t soccer teams just be “the [city name] [plural noun]” like everyone else?[/quote]

Because multiple teams play in each city and many of their club names are derived from aspects of their origin: for example, Arsenal and West Ham United are both London clubs. Arsenal got it’s name because it started as a group of workers from the Royal Woolwich Arsenal playing pickup games in their off hours. West Ham got their nickname ‘The Hammers’ because the team originated from groups of workers at the shipyards along the Thames.

That’s why you won’t see teams like the London_____ or the York_____.[/quote]

This still doesn’t make sense because we have multi-team cities in the U.S. as well (i.e. Giants and Jets, Yankees and Mets, Cubs and White Sox). We also have nicknames that are derived from aspects of there origin (i.e. Green Bay Packers). Yet the city name/plural noun still works here in the states.[/quote]
Yes, but as the map show, there are 24 teams in London.[/quote]
also, most of the moscow teams have the city name in them. instead of being London ________ most teams are named after the area of the city they’re in, like Fulham, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, etc. Or as before mentioned they were named after a place where the first players worked or the athletic club where they started. personally, i like it.

ps. being a footie fan myself, i’ve heard rangers fc being called glasgow rangers fc, and glasgow celtic, mostly for international tournaments.

[quote comment=”151891″][quote comment=”151884″]

Because multiple teams play in each city and many of their club names are derived from aspects of their origin: for example, Arsenal and West Ham United are both London clubs. Arsenal got it’s name because it started as a group of workers from the Royal Woolwich Arsenal playing pickup games in their off hours. West Ham got their nickname ‘The Hammers’ because the team originated from groups of workers at the shipyards along the Thames.

That’s why you won’t see teams like the London_____ or the York_____.[/quote]

That’s not really a good reason, though. Multiple teams play the same sport in some American cities and still use the city name. And the second part might be true, but it still doesn’t explain WHY they don’t use the city name. The London Arsenals or the London Hammers would represent their origins just as well.

Now, I’m not saying either way is better, or that anybody should change, so don’t shoot me, I’m just saying that the explanation given doesn’t work for me. It’s probably just a case of things evolving differently in different countries, like how soccer normally has promotion between leagues and American sports don’t.[/quote]

Click on London the “footie map” that was posted and you get *23* professional clubs. Should they ALL be the London Whatevers? London has 5 clubs just in the Premier League (Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, West Ham), 6 last year before Charlton were relegated.

Most teams do have informal nicknames (Arsenal = Gunners, Chelsea = Blues, Fulham = Cottagers, Tottenham = Spurs, Liverpool = Reds, Newcastle United = Magpies, etc.), but they’re just that, informal, pretty much like baseball in the US 100 years ago.

Somebody needs to tell this guy that he needs to update that NFL logo tattoo slightly next year….

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A few observations from that bastion of uni-fodder, last night’s high school volleyball match in my hometown:

Only in volleyball can you have a matchup of 2 teams wearing the link (note, the player in white is her team’s link

I forgot to take a close-up shot, but the visiting team (far side in above pic) was rocking some old school v-neck collars, like what you saw girls basketball players wearing back in the 50’s.

Non-uni related, but logo-related: for years my hometown school has used a mean-looking bluejay, complete with cleats, as the primary logo. This version of the bird is used on the link and link A few years ago they repainted the gym floor, placing the bird at midcourt, link I guess even a painted-on bluejay needs to have indoor shoes.

[quote comment=”151810″]Looking at the Dartmouth hockey pic, I was reminded of the Simpsons episode where Homer flashed back to Ned Flanders wearing his ski outfit.

“Feels like I’m wearing nothing at all…
nothing at all…
nothing at all…”[/quote]

Stupid sexy Flanders!

This guy should probably stick to what he knows (ballparks) after calling the new Rays uniforms an improvement over the current design:

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What’s he smoking?

OK, the word “shit” was supposed to have been stricken through. Guess the “strikethru” tag really doesn’t work.

Michael Doucette: Did you ever live in Connecticut? I know someone with your name….

[quote comment=”151881″][quote comment=”151830″]Woah there Paul…

You mention Celtic in your article but dismiss their rivals Rangers as simply Glasgow FC?

That kind of sleight could get you killed in West Central Scotland[/quote]

I’ve already changed the styling of that sentence once. Now I’ll change it again. Why can’t soccer teams just be “the [city name] [plural noun]” like everyone else?[/quote]

because soccer sucks and nobody in the US gives a shit about it!

[quote comment=”151912″][quote comment=”151907″][quote comment=”151869″]link

The Milwaukee Admirals unveiled their new RBK edge sweaters. Notice the “old school” Brewers logo[/quote]

Why would they put a baseball logo on a hockey jersey?[/quote]

The Brewers sponser them.[/quote]

Well and taking that a step further – a lot of their higher ups either used to work for the Brewers or are currently on their board of directors…including my former boss with the Brewers (and the Admirals’ current president) Jon Greenberg. Some of the greatest people you’ll ever hope to meet in a professional sports front office.

I was watching ESPN Classic CANADA last night and they were showing an old CFL match from 1989 between the Ottawa Roughriders or is it Rough Riders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Damon Allen (Marcus Allen’s brother who is still playing in the CFL for Toronto) was the QB for Ottawa… but interestingly for me was that fact that everyone on Ottawa had their first initial and last name on the backs of their uniforms… has anyone seen this done where the whole team gets a first initial?

The LPGA unveiled a new logo today:

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[quote comment=”151936″]The LPGA unveiled a new logo today:

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I had to go and search for what the link looked like. I couldn’t remember.

[quote comment=”151927″]

That’s true, but look, London itself has 23 soccer teams of various levels…..having the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, is one thing, but 23 teams called the London______ would be a ridiculous.

We’ve had teams like the Brooklyn Dodgers named after a part of a large city. It would be possible with London. …[/quote]

Bronx Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Queens Mets

[quote comment=”151918″][quote comment=”151810″]Looking at the Dartmouth hockey pic, I was reminded of the Simpsons episode where Homer flashed back to Ned Flanders wearing his ski outfit.

“Feels like I’m wearing nothing at all…
nothing at all…
nothing at all…”[/quote]

Stupid sexy Flanders![/quote]

Hehheh, sweet. Got my morning laugh in.

[quote comment=”151926″][quote comment=”151881″][quote comment=”151830”]Woah there Paul…

You mention Celtic in your article but dismiss their rivals Rangers as simply Glasgow FC?

That kind of sleight could get you killed in West Central Scotland[/quote]

I’ve already changed the styling of that sentence once. Now I’ll change it again. Why can’t soccer teams just be “the [city name] [plural noun]” like everyone else?[/quote]

because soccer sucks and nobody in the US gives a shit about it![/quote]

Someone listens to Jim Rome too much. :-) Anyway, I really like the soccer naming conventions used around the world. There’s so much history and meaning behind them. As someone mentioned earlier about the Jazz, most American sports names make no sense. They’re usually more just a matter of trying to be fierce, etc. (Lions, Tigers, etc.) The names that do have regional meaning, all for them. Now all of that being said, I find it very annoying that we have a “Real”, “United”, etc. in MLS. Next will probably be “Inter Philadelphia”. Names like those make the ‘average’ American care even less about soccer. “We” want to be unique, not follow trends and history of something half way around the world. But we still should understand the meaning and importance of them.

We have Celtic FC and the Huns in one entry… small world.

[quote comment=”151943″][quote comment=”151938″][quote comment=”151936″]The LPGA unveiled a new logo today:

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I had to go and search for what the link looked like. I couldn’t remember.[/quote]

I couldn’t remember either.

Something tells me we’re not going to have a “The new LPGA logo was modeled after this female golfer” conversation today. haha[/quote]

Its quite obviously Michelle Wie…
(tongue planted firmly in cheek)

Ray High School isn’t the only team I’ve seen with striped shoulder yokes. link in Arkansas has had them for as long as I can remember. Their mascot is the link.

Unfortunately, here in Arkansas we sometimes have to live through some designs that are just horrid on the eyes. link in Little Rock sports some link that will make your eyes bleed.

And in the logo department, Siloam Springs HS was contacted by Warner Bros. this spring and told to remove their link. link.

[quote comment=”151924″]Michael Doucette: Did you ever live in Connecticut? I know someone with your name….[/quote]

Nope, I’m a good old New York City Suburb product. I did have family in Connecticut, but no one of this last name.

[quote comment=”151949″]We have Celtic FC and the Huns in one entry… small world.[/quote]

That’s Tims and Huns, by the way.

I’m sorry, but this is the worst article I’ve ever seen on this site. How much sweat does a little head band keep out of your eyes? Headbands are worn by too many players as a fashion accessory, and Skiles put the nix on them because he wants his team to worry more about playing team ball than looking cool. I can’t believe he wavered on this. Skiles is the best coach in the NBA, hard nosed guy that doesn’t take crap from his stars and by benching Ben, he showed that. Team first, looking cool doesn’t matter. Headbands don’t win championships. Who cares is it’s league approved, the NBA just wants more products to put it’s logo on to sell.

Team first. How many stupid technicals have players been given for tossing the headband? Get rid of the headband, one less chance to get a stupid T. Some of Sheed’s headband tosses and subsequent T’s might have very well cost the Pistons games and stopped them from getting another championship the last couple years. Then again, Sheed gets T’s for looking at someone.

great response so far… here is what was sent
press conference classics:
lee elia on the cubs fans
mike gundy on the newspaper
brett myers on the retard
ai on practice
dennis green on the bears
hal macrae on george brett
bobby bonilla and reporter
dan hawkins on division 1 football

interview or performance classics:
carl lewis national anthem
roseanne national anthem
ozzy osbourne take me out to the ball game
shaq dropping an f bomb during post game

if you guys know if these are online as a wav or mp3, please send the link too…
or if you know how to transfer the audio on youtube to an mp3, id welcome that tutorial as well.

My understanding of the Scott Skiles ban on headbands is that he didn’t like Eddie Curry wearing a headband on his neck, so he made a general rule about it.

Also, I think Jerry Sloan does not allow headbands, which is why Dee Brown didn’t wear one with the Jazz last year, when he wore one throughout his high school and college career.

[quote comment=”151976″]Team first. How many stupid technicals have players been given for tossing the headband? Get rid of the headband, one less chance to get a stupid T. Some of Sheed’s headband tosses and subsequent T’s might have very well cost the Pistons games and stopped them from getting another championship the last couple years. Then again, Sheed gets T’s for looking at someone.[/quote]

If you’ll forgive me … headbands don’t get technical fouls, People get technical fouls.

If Shees hadn’t thrown the headband he would have done something else when losing his temper and still gotten the ‘T’s.

[quote comment=”151948″]maybe you guys can help me.
im in the process of putting together a cd of the greatest audio in sports.

press conference classics:
lee elia
mike gundy
brett myers
AI on practice

interview or performance classics:
carl lewis singing the national anthem

i have those so far…
perhaps you guys remember some that fit these categories, or one that would be in another category.

please send to
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id love your input…

i know that once people see what is being submitted, it may spark a memory, so i will post an update every so often

thanks…[/quote]

Coach rants: Dennis Green last year after the Cardinals blew a MNF game to the Bears (“They WERE who we THOUGHT they were!…Go ahead and crown their asses!”)

Also, Dan Hawkins speaking to the Colorado boosters after someone complained about not getting enough time off before summer practice started (“IT’S DIVISION I FOOTBALL!! IT’S THE BIG 12!! … And we’re a little bummed out we don’t get more time off? Go play intramurals, brother. Go play intramurals.”)

I loved it. I work at CU, and the popular football t-shirt here now says “CU Football — It ain’t intramurals, brother”

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what about jim mora…”PLAYOFFS? your talking about PLAYOFFS? we will be lucky if we win another game.”

[quote comment=”151937″][quote comment=”151913″]Somebody needs to tell this guy that he needs to update that NFL logo tattoo slightly next year….

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Is that a Dallas Cowboys star logo above the NFL shield? That seems out of place.[/quote]

I wonder if those are temporary tattoos, the link looks like it is… and the link looks fake as well

I had a caddy at Prestwick once almost refuse to carry my bag because it has a “[NY] Rangers” logo on it and he was (a) Catholic, and (b) a Celtic supporter. Once he took a second look, he was okay with it. (And then spent the next 2 1/2 hours telling me stories about caddieing for Wayne Gretzky and Marty McSorley.)

In the AHL, link (Amerks?) unveiled their edge jerseys today.

[quote comment=”151985″]
interview or performance classics:
carl lewis national anthem
roseanne national anthem
ozzy osbourne take me out to the ball game
shaq dropping an f bomb during post game

if you guys know if these are online as a wav or mp3, please send the link too…
or if you know how to transfer the audio on youtube to an mp3, id welcome that tutorial as well.[/quote]

No Herm Edwards “YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!!!”?

I always crack up at that one.[/quote]

Ricky Watters – “for who, for what?”
Ryan Leaf hysterically screaming at a reporter in the Chargers’ locker room
John Chaney threatening to kill John Calipari
Tommy Lasorda’s response to “what did you think of Kingman’s [8 RBI] performance?”
Avery Johnson forcing a reporter to answer his own question after Dwyane Wade took about 56 foul shots in an ’06 Finals game
Jim Mora’s “Diddly-Poo” oratory with the Saints
Sam Wyche with the on-field microphone – “You don’t live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!”

The Milwaukee Admirals unveiled their new RBK edge sweaters. Notice the “old school” Brewers logo

The Brewers sponser them.

Plus, the Admirals owner is also an owner of the Brewers.

[quote comment=”151978″]great response so far… here is what was sent
press conference classics:
lee elia on the cubs fans
mike gundy on the newspaper
brett myers on the retard
ai on practice
dennis green on the bears
hal macrae on george brett
bobby bonilla and reporter
dan hawkins on division 1 football

interview or performance classics:
carl lewis national anthem
roseanne national anthem
ozzy osbourne take me out to the ball game
shaq dropping an f bomb during post game

if you guys know if these are online as a wav or mp3, please send the link too…
or if you know how to transfer the audio on youtube to an mp3, id welcome that tutorial as well.[/quote]

How about AI: “Practice?!”

[quote comment=”151995″]In the AHL, link (Amerks?) unveiled their edge jerseys today.[/quote]

They’re already backpedaling:
[quote]link[/quote]

Maybe the Amerks should have actually voiced their desire to keep the stripes – the Chicago Wolves didn’t have any problem tranferring theirs to the new template….

[quote comment=”151955″][quote comment=”151924″]Michael Doucette: Did you ever live in Connecticut? I know someone with your name….[/quote]

Nope, I’m a good old New York City Suburb product. I did have family in Connecticut, but no one of this last name.[/quote]

Okay, thanks. Note: You can be an NYC suburb product from CT! (I consider myself one, and I was a good 40 miles north and east.)

[quote comment=”152006″]Which of the 8 teams in the baseball playoff wear the best uniforms. Meaning, which team has the most players who wear stirrups, forsake the pajama look, don’t wear insanely over-sized unis?
Phillies seem to have an advantage based solely on Moyer’s link stirrups.[/quote]
The Red Sox are definitely the worst, with Manny as their leader. Don’t quite a few Cubs wear their uniforms correctly?

[quote comment=”151978″]great response so far… here is what was sent
press conference classics:
lee elia on the cubs fans
mike gundy on the newspaper
brett myers on the retard
ai on practice
dennis green on the bears
hal macrae on george brett
bobby bonilla and reporter
dan hawkins on division 1 football

interview or performance classics:
carl lewis national anthem
roseanne national anthem
ozzy osbourne take me out to the ball game
shaq dropping an f bomb during post game

if you guys know if these are online as a wav or mp3, please send the link too…
or if you know how to transfer the audio on youtube to an mp3, id welcome that tutorial as well.[/quote]

Don’t forget Jeff Gordon excitedly welcoming everyone to “Wrigley Stadium”.

[quote comment=”152014″]A-Rod started wearing his uniform link this year – any wonder that he’s tearing it up?[/quote]

huh? properly? He NEVER wears stirrups. Just black or midnight blue or whatever ugly color that is the Yankees wear.

[quote comment=”151891″][quote comment=”151884″]

Because multiple teams play in each city and many of their club names are derived from aspects of their origin: for example, Arsenal and West Ham United are both London clubs. Arsenal got it’s name because it started as a group of workers from the Royal Woolwich Arsenal playing pickup games in their off hours. West Ham got their nickname ‘The Hammers’ because the team originated from groups of workers at the shipyards along the Thames.

That’s why you won’t see teams like the London_____ or the York_____.[/quote]

That’s not really a good reason, though. Multiple teams play the same sport in some American cities and still use the city name. And the second part might be true, but it still doesn’t explain WHY they don’t use the city name. The London Arsenals or the London Hammers would represent their origins just as well.

Now, I’m not saying either way is better, or that anybody should change, so don’t shoot me, I’m just saying that the explanation given doesn’t work for me. It’s probably just a case of things evolving differently in different countries, like how soccer normally has promotion between leagues and American sports don’t.[/quote]
…yea, except Arsenal’s nickname is the “Gunners.” I’m not sure why were trying to tell a system that has been around longer than our naming system that its wrong. In England teams are named for their city(Liverpool FC), neighborhood(Tottenham-Hotspur FC) or for their origin(Arsenal). They go by those names instead of over-glorifying like we do here. I’ve always felt that teams should represent where they are from more than their nickname. for instance: link is much better than link.

I meant to say over glorifying nicknames, but I left out the nicknames part, my bad.

The Milwaukee Admirals unveiled their new RBK edge sweaters. Notice the “old school” Brewers logo

What’s really interesting to me is that they only use the throwback Brewers logo: on the sweaters, on stadium signage, and for giveaways.

I was referring to Harris Turer, principal owner of the Admirals and minority owner of the Brewers. I’d forgotten about Sheets’ and Ash’s involvement. Turer is also an alum of UW-M, whose signage is featured all over Miller Park.

[quote comment=”151912″][quote comment=”151907″][quote comment=”151869″]link

The Milwaukee Admirals unveiled their new RBK edge sweaters. Notice the “old school” Brewers logo[/quote]

Why would they put a baseball logo on a hockey jersey?[/quote]

The Brewers sponser them.[/quote]

So is that logo creep? lol

[quote comment=”152017″][quote comment=”152014″]A-Rod started wearing his uniform link this year – any wonder that he’s tearing it up?[/quote]

huh? properly? He NEVER wears stirrups. Just black or midnight blue or whatever ugly color that is the Yankees wear.[/quote]

pants are too tight as well

Oh God. The Rockies are wearing their Ace Frehley vests. they probably now consider them ‘Lucky’ and we’ll be subjected to them until they’re knocked out of the playoffs.

Not directly uni-related, but related to previous discussions…anyone ever notice the “8’s” in powerpoint seem to also be upside down (arial 22)?

[quote comment=”152041″][quote comment=”152035″][quote comment=”152017″][quote comment=”152014″]A-Rod started wearing his uniform link this year – any wonder that he’s tearing it up?[/quote]

huh? properly? He NEVER wears stirrups. Just black or midnight blue or whatever ugly color that is the Yankees wear.[/quote]

Yes, properly – pants hiked to the knee. You can see the beautiful blue socks. As God intended. ;)[/quote]

So why no stirrups?[/quote]

link or link…but not link

[quote comment=”151795″]I have never understood the name Golden State Warriors. Yes, I know it’s California’s nickname, but here’s my question: there are four NBA teams in California, so why do the Warriors get to call themselves Golden State? I suppose it might be a homage to the Golden Gate Bridge, but considering that the Warriors play in Oakland (which is connected to San Francisco by the Bay Bridge, it still doesn’t make sense. How about Oakland Warriors or, better yet, Bay Area Warriors?[/quote]

The reason (such as it is) is that they used to be the “San Francisco Warriors” and played in the SF Cow Palace arena, hence the old “the City” logo with cable car. When they moved across the bay to Oakland -which was even worse then than it is now with high crime and lack of architecture and sophistication vs. “the City” – they did NOT want Oakland to associated with the team, so they adopted “Golden Sate” the CA state nickname. BTW, this was before the Clippers arrived from Buffalo to SD to LA and Sacramento arrived from KC. Even though Oakland has improved, it is still a dump, and given the Raiders and their fans, who want that name on the team ???

Similar rationale for the Angels. When they moved to Anaheim from Los Angeles where they were tenants in Dodger Stadium, it was a small dusty patchwork of cow pastures, farmland, strip malls and Disneyland. There was absolutely no cache’ for the name of Anaheim, so they adopted the name “California Angels”. Anaheim only became the name when the City of Anaheim donated lots of taxpayer $$$ to the stadium and demanded contractually that the name Anaheim be in their name. Still Anaheim also has zero cache’; one might say it too is a dump, so the current owner found a contact loophole and hence the name “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”.

No comments on Luongo’s mask? I think it is brilliant.

As for the soccer team names, thanks to all those that shared their comments. I am by no means a fan of soccer, but I found the background stories pretty cool anyway.

Sorry if this has been previously posted

From TSN

NHL players will tell you the practice and preseason version of Reebok’s sweater design needs work.

The NHL has recognized the issues and Tuesday morning in a conference call with Reebok the league was assured alterations will be made.

The biggest issue focused on the water resistant coating on the fabric of the sweaters. It was designed to keep moisture out.

It did that, but also trapped the moisture in which led to soggy equipment and unhappy hockey players.

To correct that problem Reebok says it has developed a treatment that permits sweat to escape through the fibers, yet still manages to stay reasonably dry.

This new sweater is being shipped to teams around the league, with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Reebok’s spokesman Sidney Crosby likely to debut the modifications as early as Friday.

Despite the public outcry from the game’s fighters, the NHL doesn’t see the need to alter the design to accommodate their needs, other than to further investigate whether the sweater’s tie-downs have to be improved.

The belief is most fighters cheated in the past, utilizing the loose fit to get their arms free, or to shake-off binding elbow pads.

That can’t happen anymore and the NHL has no intention of changing how the sweater is tailored.

The coordinating socks on the other hand have been replaced in hopes the issue of tearing that some players experienced in the preseason, has been corrected.

The message to all players from the league and the manufacturer is, it’s a work in progress and patience is required.

Further modifications are likely, what isn’t likely is the NHL turning back and abandoning a deal that pours millions into league coffers.

[quote comment=”152052″]link

I think I did it…

TA DA…[/quote]
Excellent. You could probably turn her head into a ‘G’, its almost there already.

[quote comment=”151968″]I’m sorry, but this is the worst article I’ve ever seen on this site. How much sweat does a little head band keep out of your eyes? Headbands are worn by too many players as a fashion accessory, and Skiles put the nix on them because he wants his team to worry more about playing team ball than looking cool. I can’t believe he wavered on this. Skiles is the best coach in the NBA, hard nosed guy that doesn’t take crap from his stars and by benching Ben, he showed that. Team first, looking cool doesn’t matter. Headbands don’t win championships. Who cares is it’s league approved, the NBA just wants more products to put it’s logo on to sell.[/quote]

I play my fair share of basketball and have found that it makes a HUGE difference when you wear a headband. Either way my shirt is going to get soaked with sweat, but my face always ends up the same way at some point. Natural reaction, then is to wipe my face on your shirt. But, since my shirt is soaked already there is no dry spot to wipe my face with. So I have a few choices. 1. is to slow down the sweat coming down my face with a headband. This helps a lot actually. I wear a wrist band for the same reason. I can wipe my face with the wrist band, mid-90s Alonzo Mourning style, after my shirt gets wet. 2. is to carry around a towel with me on the court. I know one guy I play with does this but it always falls out of his shorts and he ends up having to pick it up or someone kicks it out of the way going back up the other end of the court. The headband is a safer and more efficient way of doing the towel.

Sure, some guys wear is as a fashion accessory, but that doesn’t change the fact that it does have a specific function that it performs.

they messed up the diamondbacks logo in the USA TODAY today. They made it look green and black. It doesn’t look too good

Bill Lynch (Indiana football coach) talked about why IU wore white-on-red instead of white-on-white:

link

One change that IU employed Saturday was wearing red pants with white jerseys rather than the typical white-on-white road uniform. While fans often put a lot of attention into how uniforms should look, the selection of Saturday’s outfit was purely a practical matter.

“The honest answer is we played on grass rather than turf,” Lynch said. “It’s easier to clean grass stains out of red pants than white pants.”

Anyone out there familiar with the Arizona Cardinals local radio color guy. That guy had some amazing lines on Sunday during the game with Pittsburgh, I wish I had written some of them down. The guy sounds like Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage.

ughhh, why does MLB let teams wear those ugly alternate unis in the playoffs? I’m looking at you colorado…

[quote comment=”152052″]link

I think I did it…

TA DA…[/quote]
There’s a lot of junk in that trunk.

[quote comment=”151948″]maybe you guys can help me.
im in the process of putting together a cd of the greatest audio in sports.

i know that once people see what is being submitted, it may spark a memory, so i will post an update every so often

thanks…[/quote]

This one is kind of on the edge of what you’re thinking, but one of my favorite sound bites is the old Snickers commercial with the guy painting the endzone at Arrowhead, when his buddy asks, “That’s great, but who are the Chefs?” Once he realized that he left the ‘i’ out and has to redo the job, his response of “Great googly moogly” is part of my lexicon to this day.

[quote comment=”152076″][quote comment=”152073″]Sorry I’m late to the team name discussion. I actually think the North American (place name) (team name) teamplate is kinda silly, especially when the place name is an actual political jurisdiction. With the exception of the Packers, do what teams actually have an affiliation with the states / municipalities in their name? It’s not like the City of Chicago owns the Cubs. The NY Jets and Giants play in neither the city nor state of the same name. The G-men don’t even have a NY mailing address.

Furthermore, as long as the teams are privately owned, they can be moved. The people of Brooklyn thought they had a claim on the Dodgers, but they were proved wrong, no? Baltimore Colts fans no doubt thought the same thing.

And what about the LA Angels of Anaheim — formerly of Calif. even though they never moved? They’d do the world a favor if they were just The Angels.

Teams would also do well to drop any “Club” in their official name, since they are not clubs in any meaningful sense of the word.[/quote]

Shh, don’t give advertisers the idea to change team names like in the MLS….examples, New York Metro became the New York Red Bulls after, who else, Red Bull bought them.[/quote]

Oooo… just imagine it… the AFC Championship Game matching up the Pittsburgh Heinz 57s and the New England Mach 3s

Did someone say there’s not enough green in MLB?

link

Meant to evoke Old Florida with the Ray-Ban inspired 50s/60s hand-drawn type and the simple Orange and Green color scheme (you know, for Oranges and all that Everglades stuff.) I’m still tweaking the logo to not look too generic and I was going to work on a secondary (sleeve patch) logo as well as some of the type. Let me know what you think, fellow Uni-Watchers.

[quote comment=”152081″]Did someone say there’s not enough green in MLB?

link

Meant to evoke Old Florida with the Ray-Ban inspired 50s/60s hand-drawn type and the simple Orange and Green color scheme (you know, for Oranges and all that Everglades stuff.) I’m still tweaking the logo to not look too generic and I was going to work on a secondary (sleeve patch) logo as well as some of the type. Let me know what you think, fellow Uni-Watchers.[/quote]
Love the lettering!

Sadly that combo of orange and green – those shades, those proportions – screams “Miami Hurricanes”.

Also, link.

[quote comment=”152088″][quote comment=”152044″][quote comment=”152041″][quote comment=”152035″][quote comment=”152017″][quote comment=”152014″]A-Rod started wearing his uniform link this year – any wonder that he’s tearing it up?[/quote]

huh? properly? He NEVER wears stirrups. Just black or midnight blue or whatever ugly color that is the Yankees wear.[/quote]

Yes, properly – pants hiked to the knee. You can see the beautiful blue socks. As God intended. ;)[/quote]

So why no stirrups?[/quote]

link or link…but not link[/quote]

While I wish every player wore their pants legs up, I do not see what the fuss is over wearing full socks or stirrups. As long as the pants are up, who cares? Whether it’s socks or stirrups, both date back to different points in the game’s history.[/quote]

Agreed. That’s my take on it: stirrups or full socks, so long as they show a lot of the team color I don’t care. Anything’s better than the pajama look.

[quote comment=”152089″][quote comment=”152088″][quote comment=”152044″][quote comment=”152041″][quote comment=”152035″][quote comment=”152017″][quote comment=”152014″]A-Rod started wearing his uniform link this year – any wonder that he’s tearing it up?[/quote]

huh? properly? He NEVER wears stirrups. Just black or midnight blue or whatever ugly color that is the Yankees wear.[/quote]

Yes, properly – pants hiked to the knee. You can see the beautiful blue socks. As God intended. ;)[/quote]

So why no stirrups?[/quote]

link or link…but not link[/quote]

While I wish every player wore their pants legs up, I do not see what the fuss is over wearing full socks or stirrups. As long as the pants are up, who cares? Whether it’s socks or stirrups, both date back to different points in the game’s history.[/quote]

Agreed. That’s my take on it: stirrups or full socks, so long as they show a lot of the team color I don’t care. Anything’s better than the pajama look.[/quote]

I wore full socks in college, and wear them now in my adult league. In college most of our games were played in 30 degrees or less (no joke, one was even -3!), so I guess I chose full socks since it was easier to double up and keep warm. But yeah, no problem with either look since both are “traditional”. If anything, I definitely prefer the lower stirrup look to the upper (70’s style).

[quote comment=”152090″][quote comment=”152081″]Did someone say there’s not enough green in MLB?

link

Meant to evoke Old Florida with the Ray-Ban inspired 50s/60s hand-drawn type and the simple Orange and Green color scheme (you know, for Oranges and all that Everglades stuff.) I’m still tweaking the logo to not look too generic and I was going to work on a secondary (sleeve patch) logo as well as some of the type. Let me know what you think, fellow Uni-Watchers.[/quote]

Thoroughly enjoyed that viewing. The type face doesn’t really do anything for me, but I can’t think of another one off the top of my head that would work for the Rays.

What is on the hat? The forthcoming sleeve patch logo? To me, the sleeve patch should stay with the sting ray they have now, or at incorporate that in there.

Where did you get a blank uniform template? Or did you clear out an existing one?[/quote]

Sportslogos.net has existing templates. (I believe they are accessible in the FORUM.) The logo on the hat is the primary logo of the “sunny baseball”. The reason I steered clear of the Devil Ray is just that for some reason the team seems to be going to a “Rays” only approach. (Think more from the sun than from the sea.)

I agree on the Hurricanes comment, but the PNG is clearly making the orange appear differently, and it’s hard to do a green/orange combo without evoking U of Miami.

[quote]Sportslogos.net has existing templates. (I believe they are accessible in the FORUM.) The logo on the hat is the primary logo of the “sunny baseball”. The reason I steered clear of the Devil Ray is just that for some reason the team seems to be going to a “Rays” only approach. (Think more from the sun than from the sea.)[/quote]

Nice, I didn’t notice the sunny baseball logo before, I have my window shrunk down so I can hide it from the wandering boss.

I knew that Tampa Bay was heading more in the direction of the rays from the sun not rays from the sea approach but I was thinking more along the lines of the Athletics or the Reds. You know how the A’s have the shades-clad elephant on the sleeve of their green alts and the Reds have Mr. Red on the sleeve of their red alts. Not that the Devil Ray thing is iconic like they are but I always really liked it. I thought it was a fine piece of logo design.

The reason I posted the Rangers sponsor black-out yesterday isn’t simply that it didn’t appear; every team sponsored by an alcohol or tobacco brand that visits France wears a blank shirt. What makes this case unique is that Rangers link and simply blacked out the wordmark. The link is not a part of the Rangers shirt, but of the Carling logo.

[quote comment=”152095″][quote comment=”152052″]link

I think I did it…

TA DA…[/quote]

Except the G makes her look like she has a big ass which is good for the past but not so much the future)…! ;)[/quote]

Well, I said I wasn’t that good at that sort of thing…but, when the idea strikes. Maybe a smaller G and a larger P?

[quote comment=”152088″][quote comment=”152044″][quote comment=”152041″][quote comment=”152035″][quote comment=”152017″][quote comment=”152014″]A-Rod started wearing his uniform link this year – any wonder that he’s tearing it up?[/quote]

huh? properly? He NEVER wears stirrups. Just black or midnight blue or whatever ugly color that is the Yankees wear.[/quote]

Yes, properly – pants hiked to the knee. You can see the beautiful blue socks. As God intended. ;)[/quote]

So why no stirrups?[/quote]

link or link…but not link[/quote]

While I wish every player wore their pants legs up, I do not see what the fuss is over wearing full socks or stirrups. As long as the pants are up, who cares? Whether it’s socks or stirrups, both date back to different points in the game’s history.[/quote]

I think solid socks would look much better with some stripage. Perfect example is the Red Sox and the Braves. Both teams had some nice stripes on their stirrups, but when the pajama look took over the stirrups went to the way side. Now in recent years when some players decided to go with high cuffs again they started wearing solid socks. This makes no sense to me, if you can put stripes on stirrups you can put them on regular socks. This is why I currently think the stirrups look better right now when you are going with high cuffs, because there is something going on down there besides a bland solid color.

[quote comment=”152107″][quote comment=”151942″][quote comment=”151927″]

That’s true, but look, London itself has 23 soccer teams of various levels…..having the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, is one thing, but 23 teams called the London______ would be a ridiculous.

We’ve had teams like the Brooklyn Dodgers named after a part of a large city. It would be possible with London. …[/quote]

Bronx Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Queens Mets[/quote]
Does anyone else remember the Queens Kings? Info here: link
I remember going to one game which just happened to be t-shirt day. My brother probably still has it. I always thought the logo was kinda nice, but I can’t find a picture. It was basically the king on a playing card. Anyone else go to a game during their one year?[/quote]

link

[quote comment=”151978″]great response so far… here is what was sent
press conference classics:
lee elia on the cubs fans
mike gundy on the newspaper
brett myers on the retard
ai on practice
dennis green on the bears
hal macrae on george brett
bobby bonilla and reporter
dan hawkins on division 1 football

interview or performance classics:
carl lewis national anthem
roseanne national anthem
ozzy osbourne take me out to the ball game
shaq dropping an f bomb during post game

if you guys know if these are online as a wav or mp3, please send the link too…
or if you know how to transfer the audio on youtube to an mp3, id welcome that tutorial as well.[/quote]
My favorite was always Bobby Knight’s “game face” press conference. I laugh every time I see it. It’s number 2 in this video: link

[quote comment=”152106″][quote comment=”152088″][quote comment=”152044″][quote comment=”152041″][quote comment=”152035″][quote comment=”152017″][quote comment=”152014″]A-Rod started wearing his uniform link this year – any wonder that he’s tearing it up?[/quote]

huh? properly? He NEVER wears stirrups. Just black or midnight blue or whatever ugly color that is the Yankees wear.[/quote]

Yes, properly – pants hiked to the knee. You can see the beautiful blue socks. As God intended. ;)[/quote]

So why no stirrups?[/quote]

link or link…but not link[/quote]

While I wish every player wore their pants legs up, I do not see what the fuss is over wearing full socks or stirrups. As long as the pants are up, who cares? Whether it’s socks or stirrups, both date back to different points in the game’s history.[/quote]

I think solid socks would look much better with some stripage. Perfect example is the Red Sox and the Braves. Both teams had some nice stripes on their stirrups, but when the pajama look took over the stirrups went to the way side. Now in recent years when some players decided to go with high cuffs again they started wearing solid socks. This makes no sense to me, if you can put stripes on stirrups you can put them on regular socks. This is why I currently think the stirrups look better right now when you are going with high cuffs, because there is something going on down there besides a bland solid color.[/quote]

True, in certain cases stripes would look good, but not all though (LAD, NYY, PHI, CIN, etc.). But at the same time, the solid sock is the more traditional look if you go ‘way back’. I guess I was just saying that I don’t see a problem with either. All I know is I do not like the baggy look at all and if someone wants to shy away from that, in any way, then kudos to them.

[quote comment=”152103″][quote comment=”152081″]Did someone say there’s not enough green in MLB?

link

Meant to evoke Old Florida with the Ray-Ban inspired 50s/60s hand-drawn type and the simple Orange and Green color scheme (you know, for Oranges and all that Everglades stuff.) I’m still tweaking the logo to not look too generic and I was going to work on a secondary (sleeve patch) logo as well as some of the type. Let me know what you think, fellow Uni-Watchers.[/quote]
I think this is pretty outstanding, though I wonder if there would be any sort of legal issues with the similarity to Ray-Ban’s type. I particularly like the number font. Only change I would suggest is to go green rather than orange on the alt.[/quote]

Is that not sweet or what? The only change I would make is use a green font for the home lettering versus orange.

Hey Paul

I think the Mexican Pro Soccer League (Apertara) used pink balls in their matches on Sunday

gm

I know Im a bit late on this, but that Peter Pan site is the most disturbing/hilarious thing I have ever seen. I spent 20 minutes on that site, praying that no one walked into my office while I was doing so. Maybe Paul should do a Profile on this guy and his love for uniforms (are you kidding me with the school boy/girl uni’s??)

[quote comment=”152040″]Oh God. The Rockies are wearing their Ace Frehley vests. they probably now consider them ‘Lucky’ and we’ll be subjected to them until they’re knocked out of the playoffs.[/quote]

They’ve done it all year. For sure tommorrow, then if they win tommorrow game 3,and if they lose the white vest with black sleeves. Or maybe they’ll say f*** the world and wear the Purples.

The TBS play-by-play guy on Sox-Angels (whoever’s working with Steve Stone) just complained about pine tar obscuring batting helmet logos (specifically Manny and Cabrera). He noted that if he became commissioner, his first rule change would be to require teams to polish helmets for the playoffs.

[quote comment=”152081″]Did someone say there’s not enough green in MLB?

link

Meant to evoke Old Florida with the Ray-Ban inspired 50s/60s hand-drawn type and the simple Orange and Green color scheme (you know, for Oranges and all that Everglades stuff.) I’m still tweaking the logo to not look too generic and I was going to work on a secondary (sleeve patch) logo as well as some of the type. Let me know what you think, fellow Uni-Watchers.[/quote]

I really like it, well done. My only suggestion is to switch the orange and green on the home jersey. And make the alternate green. It would easily become one of the best uni’s in baseball if it got taken seriously and Tampa used them. I can only hope some staffer stumbles upon this and someone with some power in that organization realizes they’re about to make a mistake.

I’m guessing this is something Willie Randolph won’t be sporting under his jersey next season:

… if you can put stripes on stirrups you can put them on regular socks.

Old-timers rocked stripes too.

I can’t tell if link is wearing shoes that are light colored or just dusty. I wish there was a color version of that shot.

It might be too late for anyone to see this, but link is by far the most ridiculous New Era hat that I have seen. I believe it tops any of the ones that have previously been posted.

[quote comment=”151989″]what about jim mora…”PLAYOFFS? your talking about PLAYOFFS? we will be lucky if we win another game.”[/quote]

I liked the one where he criticized Saint fans for cheering an injury:

“It was DISGUSTING!
It was DEGRADING!
It was DEPLORABLE!
It was HORRIBLE!
It was APPALLING!”
-and many others. I saw it on local news but I’ve never been able to find it on the Net.

My only question is, does it come in Cleveland Indians? Considering the weather they had in April, that kind of hat would’ve sold out in minutes.

**********ATTENTION**********

I’m not sure if this was mentioned, so forgive me if it has been. But I know there were at least a few inquiries about the auction of the special unis that LSU wore this past weekend against Tulane.

The school announced that they will auction off a limited number of link – 10 to be exact. the only change made to the unis is that the names have been removed due to NCAA regulations.

This means you can get a white helmet, purple jersey w/ special sleeve patch and white pants. The auctions start TONIGHT at midnight (1am EDT) and will end next Wednesday, October 11. Prospective bidders can go to link to bid.

Personally, I would KILL to have one…unfortunately, I think they will be bid up way too far for me.

[quote comment=”151927″]

That’s true, but look, London itself has 23 soccer teams of various levels…..having the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, is one thing, but 23 teams called the London______ would be a ridiculous.

We’ve had teams like the Brooklyn Dodgers named after a part of a large city. It would be possible with London.[/quote]

Brooklyn was an independent city when the Dodgers were founded. This is how New York ended up with two National League teams (Giants and Dodgers) after Brooklyn was annexed into NYC.

[quote comment=”151893″]
That’s true, but look, London itself has 23 soccer teams of various levels…..having the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, is one thing, but 23 teams called the London______ would be a ridiculous.[/quote]
the key is of various levels. There are more than 2 baseball teams in/near chicago if you count the various levels of minors. How many top level teams are there? 3 or 4 I guess? you could have the london hammers and london arsenal ect.

is anyone seeing what the guy behind the batters in the az chc game is wearing? it’s absurd. itlooks like that old nike undershirt with the different color sleeve. but there’s also a fair amount of glitter on the shirt giving it a “wife beater” effect.

Was the woman old enough to have seen Tug or Mike in that jersey?

[quote comment=”152170″]Was the woman old enough to have seen Tug or Mike in that jersey?[/quote]
She appeared to be about 30, but if you are a fan of a team you should know its history.

[quote comment=”152158″][quote comment=”151893″]
That’s true, but look, London itself has 23 soccer teams of various levels…..having the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, is one thing, but 23 teams called the London______ would be a ridiculous.[/quote]
the key is of various levels. There are more than 2 baseball teams in/near chicago if you count the various levels of minors. How many top level teams are there? 3 or 4 I guess? you could have the london hammers and london arsenal ect.[/quote]
This is silly, and wrong.

For one thing, English football involves relegation and promotion, which means that any one or all of those London teams could play in the same division at the same time.

But more importantly, why in the world should these clubs change their naming conventions? Why is it “more normal” that teams should be identified as the [Geographic identifier] [plural noun], especially when many European football clubs have been in existence for much, much longer than the “conventionally-named” American teams? Would you prefer names like Miami Heat or Minnesota Wild to traditional football club names like FC Arsenal, FC Internazionale Milano, or Newcastle United FC? Does it make more sense that baseball teams should have to be identified as NYY/NYM and NYA/NYN or CHC/CHW and CHN/CHA? That doesn’t seem goofier to you than a league table that can simply list club names, because none of them are the same?

This whole argument reeks of American exceptionalism and arrogance, and that’s coming from an American. It’s ridiculous.

Unless you are recreating a period jersey, the green on the Celtic card is WAY too dark for the current uniforms. It’s more like a kelly green or an emerald green. The jerseys are very vibrant in person.

The new jerseys are unpopular with the Red Wings too.

(Same sweat complaints, Datsyuk “jokes” that he wears an oversized Edge jersey)

[quote comment=”152162″]There was a woman behind home plate in Philly wearing a powder blue Phillies throwback jersey with Utley 26 on the back. I don’t understand the throwback jersey featuring a current player. The powder blue looked great, though. Just would have looked better as a Tug McGraw or Mike Schmidt jersey.[/quote]

The Utley throwback jerseys were a free giveaway. They’re really cheap looking close up, and have a Chevy logo or something on the back above the name. I can understand it because they wore the blue jerseys for a throwback game. What really bothers me is a Richie Ashburn powder blue jersey. WTF?

Mark — My point wasn’t to say that American teams have always used the same naming convention, only to say that Americans expecting everyone else to change to what seems “normal” here is ludicrous.

I appreciate what you’re saying about the effort to distance from corporate ownership and all the rest, but most British football clubs aren’t corporate-owned. As far as geographical identifiers, I kind of enjoy the process of learning about a club’s location and history, especially considering that I don’t always know where exactly a particular team plays EVEN when they have a city in their name!

Anyway, the point wasn’t to dog America, only to argue that a little diversity never hurt anybody. Manchester United FC is fine with me, but so is Blackburn Rovers FC (more than fine — they’re my club!).

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That’s true, but look, London itself has 23 soccer teams of various levels…..having the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, is one thing, but 23 teams called the London______ would be a ridiculous.[/quote]
the key is of various levels. There are more than 2 baseball teams in/near chicago if you count the various levels of minors. How many top level teams are there? 3 or 4 I guess? you could have the london hammers and london arsenal ect.[/quote]
This is silly, and wrong.

For one thing, English football involves relegation and promotion, which means that any one or all of those London teams could play in the same division at the same time.

But more importantly, why in the world should these clubs change their naming conventions? Why is it “more normal” that teams should be identified as the [Geographic identifier] [plural noun], especially when many European football clubs have been in existence for much, much longer than the “conventionally-named” American teams? Would you prefer names like Miami Heat or Minnesota Wild to traditional football club names like FC Arsenal, FC Internazionale Milano, or Newcastle United FC? Does it make more sense that baseball teams should have to be identified as NYY/NYM and NYA/NYN or CHC/CHW and CHN/CHA? That doesn’t seem goofier to you than a league table that can simply list club names, because none of them are the same?

This whole argument reeks of American exceptionalism and arrogance, and that’s coming from an American. It’s ridiculous.[/quote]

Well, you can ask anyone whos not a basketball fan where the chicago bulls play and I’m pretty sure they guess chicago. If you ask a person in south afrika where the Los angeles Kings play they might be able to figure out its LA. if you ask a non soccer fan where FC Arsenal plays they won’t have a clue, they might guess europe, but thats kinda big, then again maybe its fort collins colorado.

I don’t know if this has been posted but there is a guy that is sitting behind the yankees dugout had a pink Indians hat on in the first couple of innings, but has since switched to a yellow and red Indians hat.