Just Don’t Start Putting Player Names There Too, OK?

Karate uses belt stripes and belt colors as an award system. Blue belt, black belt, blue belt with red stripes and so on

juan encarnacion play(s/ed) for st. louis.
edwin was on the reds.

Paul,

WOW! What a surprise to see my little post from yesterday as the lead topic today.

I feel honoured, and proud to see the team I proudly support featured.

Thanks,

Jonathan

[quote comment=”173904″][quote comment=”173898″]Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells[/quote]

Actually.. the correct term is pants.[/quote]

Yeah. This is the only place I have ever heard them called ‘breezers’ and ‘shells’ is only correct if they have no padding in them. I don’t believe ‘shorts’ is correct in any context though.

I assume Belleville has numbers for both home and away because most teams only have one pair of pants. The pictures linked are the same in both cases, so I can’t tell if the number design is different.

Also, did anyone see Heatley sporting a new Easton helmet last night? How new are those? Looked a lot like a Mission one, but not quite.

I know link used to wear numbers on their pants as well, back in the late-80s through the 90s (before they screwed everything up). I also know that the team used to give their older pants to Nottingham High School, a Syracuse inner-city high school I played against.

[quote comment=”173919″]what’s the correct term for the hockey player’s top? sweater or jersey?

Both were ok, and sweater made most sense when they were made out of wool. “Jersey” became more common when they switched to polyester, but many Canadians stuck with “sweater”, which was fine. As of this year, the only appropriate name is, “wetsuit”.[/quote]

thanks for the clarification…i was always semi-confused, although i also thought the terms were somewhat interchangeable…

two of my canadian buddies (one from sudsbury & one from winnipeg) both refer to them as sweaters, but most yanks call them jerseys

i like your ‘new’ term: “wetsuit” even better

Celtic FC used to have numbers on the back of their shorts rather than the back of their shirts. Here’s proof:

[quote]Jere Smith notes that Rajon Rondo frequently wears his headband upside-down.[/quote]

If by link you mean link then you are link sir.

Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells

Breezers, no. Buckets, no.

They are known as hockey pants. I’m sick of coming on here and hearing them called something different week after week. By the way, did anyone notice the picture Manny Delcarmen’s hat where he pulled all the back plastic strings out of the inside front of his hat? This reduces the “poofy hat” look. This process have been mentioned in a previous blog, but it is a major practice by professional ball players, and that picture is a prime example.

[quote comment=”173907″]what’s the correct term for the hockey player’s top? sweater or jersey?[/quote]

SWEATER.

Did you note this on the Salt Lick’s page?

The Salt Lick is located in a dry precinct. You may bring your own alcoholic beverage of choice.

BYO Shiners!

Nice bbq joint selections for Austin!

By the way, Manny D. wears a 7 1/8? That might have fit me in 7th grade.

[quote comment=”173946″]Did you note this on the Salt Lick’s page?

The Salt Lick is located in a dry precinct. You may bring your own alcoholic beverage of choice.

BYO Shiners![/quote]

and chicken is available in season. I didn’t know there was a chicken season.

Putting numbers on shorts? Why would you want to do that! Are the players men or cattle?

A bit of history: the England rugby team first wore numbers at a home game on 18 March 1922. 1922. King George V, a keen rugby supporter, saiud to the secretary of the Scottish Rugby Union, J Aikman Smith, “I see England have numbers. What a good idea. When are Scotland going to get numbers?” Aikman Smith was somewhat of a conservative and replied “Sire, my players are men, not cattle.”
When numbers began to appear on rugby shirts (they were first used in 1897), players objected, considering numbers to smack of professionalism (which was a bad thing back then). Others objected because numbers made it easy for referees to identify miscreants.

[quote comment=”173937″][quote comment=”173898″]Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells[/quote]

Can’t we just agree that when someone says breezers/shorts/pants/shells/whatever that we know what they are talking about?

It seems like this discussion comes up from time to time, and even among people who play hockey nobody can really come to a consensus. Makes me wonder if it is a regional thing. Maybe someone could make one of those coke/pop/soda surveys that links to a map for hockey gear.

Sometimes I don’t get all the pedantry when it comes to this stuff. Like insisting on calling soccer cleats boots or soccer uniforms kits. (Although nobody seems to insist on those things, when I read something like “those aren’t football cleats, they are soccer boots, you can tell because..” it just seems odd.)

And since this seems to be a good time to ask, there was something in the ticker recently about some team having a new “strip.” What’s that?[/quote]

And my English friends steam up at my when I call it a “cleat.” Ah well. I tell them that they can use the Queen’s verbage and I’ll understand as long as I use American words and they can understand it, also.

(Though, a friend of mine was telling me about tea with jam and he was trying to tell me jam meant “jell-o.” I immediately started cracking up. He quickly corrected himself, as jam is jam in both countries!)

Anyone know more about this?

THE NSW Waratahs have run into a protest from rugby broadcasters Fox Sports over a radical move to wear player initials, rather than numbers, on the back of their Super 14 jerseys. Wallaby centre Lote Tuqiri eagerly modelled his “LT” jumper yesterday but the jersey identification for NSW halfback Brett Sheehan better sums up the broadcaster’s reaction. The Waratahs will unveil their new look — they will continue to wear numbers on their shorts — in Saturday’s trial…

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(That Waratahs story is from 2006, but is an example of both numbered shorts and uni weirdness)

[quote comment=”173962″][quote comment=”173904″][quote comment=”173898″]Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells[/quote]

Actually.. the correct term is pants.[/quote]

Actually…the correct term is breezers.[/quote]

Actually…let me correct myself. I’ve played hockey since I was 8, played through high school, played DIII for a few years, and have played on various clubs since in Wisconsin. MOST people I know call them “breezers;” however, “pants” isn’t uncommon. Our equipment guys at UWSP always called them breezers, as did our European recruits and the Canadians on the team, however.

I actually like the names on pants – its different. When done right (Cowboys and Hockey team) – it looks pretty cool.When done wrong (Astros), it does look ridiculous.

By the way, anyone notice the use of white space in the old White Sox logo?

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how do I get the link to work???

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[quote comment=”173937″][quote comment=”173898″]Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells[/quote]

Can’t we just agree that when someone says breezers/shorts/pants/shells/whatever that we know what they are talking about?

It seems like this discussion comes up from time to time, and even among people who play hockey nobody can really come to a consensus. Makes me wonder if it is a regional thing. Maybe someone could make one of those coke/pop/soda surveys that links to a map for hockey gear.

Sometimes I don’t get all the pedantry when it comes to this stuff. Like insisting on calling soccer cleats boots or soccer uniforms kits. (Although nobody seems to insist on those things, when I read something like “those aren’t football cleats, they are soccer boots, you can tell because..” it just seems odd.)

And since this seems to be a good time to ask, there was something in the ticker recently about some team having a new “strip.” What’s that?[/quote]

Strip = kit = uniform.

I don’t mind the numbers on the hockey breezers. I actually kind of like it. It would look better without all those Reebok logos. I count seven on that one player.

Check out the 19 on the Larry Robinson banner. The number is not centered over the striping. However, the current players on the ice have the 19 centered over the stripes. I believe the banner is correct, at least back to the days Robinson played.

Being a WVU grad, I was interested in the helmet decal that WVU wore after the Marshall tragedy. Does anyone know if photo evidence exists of it? I haven’t been able to find any.

In soccer, the NCAA mandates that there be a minimum 4 inch number on the front of the uniform, and an 8 inch number on the back of the uniform. The team can choose to put the number on either the shorts or the front of the jersey. As far as the international rules, I believe that they are simmilar rules to the NCAA.

When I was in grad school in Austin, we used to have an end-of-the-semester student bash at the Salt Lick. I wonder if they still have the hummingbird feeders in the trees.

Logistically, the digitized pants would seem to be problem for professional baseball and football managers. Too many players and too many size changes, I would think.

OTOH, numbers on workout sweatpants work fine.

Wasn’t there also a time in the mid-80’s that the Colts had gray in their color scheme? It looks like the pants in that one photo are gray. I also remember very vividly that their “UCLA-type” shoulder stripes on the white unis were blue-gray-blue instead of the standard blue-white-blue. Does anyone else remember this?

Sorry if this has been mentioned before.
I usually do not get to read all the comments- too busy at work -in case they are watching me :)

But check out this guy’s name

Over the last two years, Alabama State head coach Lewis Jackson likely has signed more players than probably any other college coach in the country. When Jackson’s Hornets hit the floor for an exhibition game tonight against Georgia Southwestern, he’ll have 20 players suited up and ready to go.

He’s got four or five guards and more forwards than the average NBA squad. He’s got returning stars and incoming scorers. He’s got guys who can knock down the long-range shots, some who can slice their way to the basket in any situation and others who can find an open teammate anywhere on the floor.

But all anyone wants to talk about is the one guy who can’t do any of that stuff — “Chief,” the Hornets’ 7-foot-1 transfer center.

Or, if you prefer to use his given name, Grienntys Kickingstallionsims.

“I’ve never seen anything like the attention this guy has been getting,” Jackson said. “Every day somebody asks me about Chief. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that he’s just so danged tall. People are excited over having a true big man in there. Plus, he’s so easy to spot that everybody sees him, so everybody thinks they know him.”

But so few really do.

While he might be the talk of the ASU campus, Kickingstallionsims isn’t much of a talker himself. Described by his coaches and teammates as a “quiet giant,” he sees himself as simply “laid back.”

“I’m not big into the attention,” Kickingstallionsims said. “I don’t mind it at all. But I’ve never really sought it out. It’s just sort of come my way.”

With his name and his size, extra attention isn’t exactly a new phenomenon for Chief. He dealt with it most of his life growing up in Florida and he learned early on the best ways to deflect some of it.

“I just go by Chief most of the time because that helps people out,” he said. “They see the name and they think I’m messing with them or something. You can see the look on their faces when I tell them my name or they see it.”

There’s not much that can be done to mask 7-foot-1, however. So, Kickingstallionsims has gradually learned to embrace his height and the attention from it.

The only problem is that that increased attention often translates into increased expectations for Kickingstallionsims on the court.

Here’s the link to the article but they don’t get into the origin of his name.

[quote comment=”173955″][quote comment=”173954″][quote comment=”173946″]Did you note this on the Salt Lick’s page?

The Salt Lick is located in a dry precinct. You may bring your own alcoholic beverage of choice.

BYO Shiners![/quote]

and chicken is available in season. I didn’t know there was a chicken season.[/quote]

Duck season![/quote]

Rabbit Season! (obligatory Looney Tunes quote!)

On this morning’s main topic, having numbers on the outside of a football player’s pants made a certain amount of sense, since they usually have each player’s number in Magic Marker on the inside, so each player gets “his” pants!

Dusty Baker is taking one of his player’s number? That is so weak. It might be different if Baker had played for the Reds or was a Hall of Famer associated with a particular number, but neither of these exceptions applies.

[quote comment=”174021″]Dusty Baker is taking one of his player’s number? That is so weak. It might be different if Baker had played for the Reds or was a Hall of Famer associated with a particular number, but neither of these exceptions applies.[/quote]
My wife can’t watch games in which Dusty Baker manages because she’s afraid he’ll get that toothpick lodged in his throat. Very weak that he would steal a player’s number, unless that player willingly gave it up.

[quote comment=”173898″]Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells[/quote]
Not to be a dick, but in all the years I’ve played/coached hockey, I’ve never heard breezers/pants refered to as buckets. I’ve heard a helmet refered to as a brain bucket though. I’ve heard some non-hockey folks refer to them as shorts though for obvious reasons.

Other fun hockey terms.
Twig – stick
Nut cup – obvious
Shinny – pick up pond hockey

I’ll think of more.

[quote comment=”173955″][quote comment=”173954″][quote comment=”173946″]Did you note this on the Salt Lick’s page?

The Salt Lick is located in a dry precinct. You may bring your own alcoholic beverage of choice.

BYO Shiners![/quote]

and chicken is available in season. I didn’t know there was a chicken season.[/quote]

Duck season![/quote]

Rabbit season!!

I haven’t seen a mention of this yet this year, but I have noticed it a lot recently: Has the NCAA put a ban on basketball players wearing headbands? I have watched many games this year including my Michigan State Spartans and I cannot recall seeing any players wearing headbands. link, link, and linkwere all headband wearers last year, but not this year. It is just not Michigan State either. I can’t recall anyone wearing headbands this year. Anyone know more?

I personally would rather see them put the numbers on the pants than on the front of the jersey like the islanders.

I think it adds a nice touch to the pants which at times seem bare. Obviously It would need to remain fairly neutral like Belleville did.

[quote comment=”173968″][quote comment=”173962″][quote comment=”173904″][quote comment=”173898″]Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells[/quote]

Actually.. the correct term is pants.[/quote]

Actually…the correct term is breezers.[/quote]

Actually…let me correct myself. I’ve played hockey since I was 8, played through high school, played DIII for a few years, and have played on various clubs since in Wisconsin. MOST people I know call them “breezers;” however, “pants” isn’t uncommon. Our equipment guys at UWSP always called them breezers, as did our European recruits and the Canadians on the team, however.[/quote]

This from a website (based in Minnesota, naturally)
Breezers: Hockey pants are know as breezers (based on our anecdotal research, they are only referred to as Breezers in Wisconsin and Minnesota) they are shorts that come down to the top of the knee and extend high over the waist. Breezers have padding in many places in order to cushion shots and falls. Because breezers are usually very wide in the legs, a fair amount of “breeze” will blow into them when a player skates – hence the name.
I doubt the Canadians on your team used that term. This is the only place I’ve ever heard it and I’ve lived in Canada forever and have been playing for 35 years.
Never, ever shorts though.

[quote comment=”174051″]Hey Paul, was there ever any explanation from Reebok as to why they have the rounded hemlines on the new crap jerseys? Only reason I can think of is to discourage teams from having horizontal stripes at the bottom, yet a lot of teams have done it anyway.[/quote]
Well, we all know that the RBK jerseys were originally designed to be tucked in, but the players disapproved, so either the designers didn’t bother to change back to a straight hem or they decided that it would be a “cool” subtle ad for RBK (think Nike World horns–technically not swooshes but the design sure does scream Nike).

[quote comment=”174031″][quote comment=”174021″]Dusty Baker is taking one of his player’s number? That is so weak. It might be different if Baker had played for the Reds or was a Hall of Famer associated with a particular number, but neither of these exceptions applies.[/quote]
My wife can’t watch games in which Dusty Baker manages because she’s afraid he’ll get that toothpick lodged in his throat. Very weak that he would steal a player’s number, unless that player willingly gave it up.[/quote]

It is a good thing that U.L. Washington has been retired for a long time, because your wife would have been even more tense watching him play shortstop with a toothpick in place.

Before Lloyd Carr dressed like this, he dressed like this and this (nice find by Doug Mooney)

Finally some Northern Michigan University references. Good to see the alma mater on the website.

For those of you from Michigan. How ironic is it that Lloyd Carr and Tom Izzo went to the same school?

BTW, Jerry Glanville, Dallas Drake, and Steve Mariucci also attended NMU.

Anybody have a close-up of the Larry Robinson patch?

Upon further review, the Colts did play at Dallas in 1984. They played at various other outdoor, artificial turf stadiums in 1982-1985 (the player pictured, Mike Pagel, wasn’t with the team in 1986): NYJ, BUF, NE, CIN, PHI, PIT, KC, CHI. Other than Dallas, I don’t recall any of those teams wearing white at home in the mid 1980s. So, unless it was an exhibition game (or unless I’m mistaken about artificial turf in Baltimore), Dallas 1984 seems like the most likely.

[quote comment=”174007″]Wasn’t there also a time in the mid-80’s that the Colts had gray in their color scheme? It looks like the pants in that one photo are gray. I also remember very vividly that their “UCLA-type” shoulder stripes on the white unis were blue-gray-blue instead of the standard blue-white-blue. Does anyone else remember this?[/quote]
here’s what the 82-86 colts wore:
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in 87 they dropped the grey pants with horseshoe and went with the white with blue/grey/blue stripe pattern both home and away. in 88 they dropped grey entirely, returning to the traditional, best known colts unis.

Following the rugby sub-topic topic, dap to my un-named Second Row brother whose membership card is featured on the front page today. To this day, in Rugby Union and League each position wears an assigned number (4 & 5 are worn by the locks, who form the second row of the scrum), so the Waratahs plan seems a little progressive for my taste. What other sports follow this system of specific uniform numbers? At the moment, only Polo comes to mind.

Celtic FC used to have numbers on the back of their shorts rather than the back of their shirts. Here’s proof:

This was just after it was made mandatory to have numbers on the back of players/ Celtic were too proud of their hoops to deface them, so put the numbers on their shorts.

Other numbers on shirts are Athletics name numbers.

[quote comment=”174078″][quote comment=”174021″]Dusty Baker is taking one of his player’s number? That is so weak. It might be different if Baker had played for the Reds or was a Hall of Famer associated with a particular number, but neither of these exceptions applies.[/quote]

Yeah. I’m curious if Encarnacion will take it back after Dusty is shipped out in 2 years.[/quote]

Well, Dusty was a pretty fine player in his day, but my link link isn’t turning up any link whether he always link.

In a somewhat related story regarding Dusty’s hiring, Austin area native Homer Bailey’s right arm just detached itself and hid under the sofa.

So remember the Chaminade University logo contest where the winner was going to be announced at the Maui Invitational? It looks like they already put the new logo up on their website…link

[quote comment=”174070″]Anybody have a close-up of the Larry Robinson patch?[/quote]

Sorry – can’t find one, but if you want to see one up close, you can place an order here!…

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[quote comment=”174104″][quote comment=”174070″]Anybody have a close-up of the Larry Robinson patch?[/quote]

Sorry – can’t find one, but if you want to see one up close, you can place an order here!…

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It’s surely a clone of the link for Savard and Dryden… en Francais seulement!

[quote comment=”174113″]Really Really wish I could be in the Austin area next week, as the Salt Lick just might be one of my favorite places ever. Oh well…whatcha gonna do.[/quote]

I’d drive the four hours down there if it was on a weekend. Learn from my mistakes: if you love barbecue, don’t shack up with a vegetarian.

[quote comment=”174116″][quote comment=”174092″][quote comment=”174078″][quote comment=”174021″]Dusty Baker is taking one of his player’s number? That is so weak. It might be different if Baker had played for the Reds or was a Hall of Famer associated with a particular number, but neither of these exceptions applies.[/quote]

Yeah. I’m curious if Encarnacion will take it back after Dusty is shipped out in 2 years.[/quote]

Well, Dusty was a pretty fine player in his day, but my link link isn’t turning up any link whether he always link.[/quote]

hows this!
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Wow, he’s never worn any other numnber!

His superstition in wearing the number 12 is a good indicator of his managing tactics, ie, wholly illogical. Hey, when does Neifi Perez’s steroid suspension end?

[quote comment=”174092″][quote comment=”174078″][quote comment=”174021″]Dusty Baker is taking one of his player’s number? That is so weak. It might be different if Baker had played for the Reds or was a Hall of Famer associated with a particular number, but neither of these exceptions applies.[/quote]

Yeah. I’m curious if Encarnacion will take it back after Dusty is shipped out in 2 years.[/quote]

Well, Dusty was a pretty fine player in his day, but my link link isn’t turning up any link whether he always link.

In a somewhat related story regarding Dusty’s hiring, Austin area native Homer Bailey’s right arm just detached itself and hid under the sofa.[/quote]
Dusty link worn #12, including his previous 2 stints as a manager. He says it is to honor Tommy Davis, his favorite player growing up.

[quote comment=”173964″]Just a bit to go along with the number on the soccer shorts. I played in college for a small D-1 school and there were numbers on everything that the school provided. Our bags had our numbers, training shirts had numbers, warm-up suits, and even socks. I think the biggest reason for this is that when they order clothes they order everything in XL and the only way to distinguish whose is whose is by player number. I know that in some of the top flite leagues in europe the managers will wear team clothing and they have their initials put on the clothes rather than a number. Thought this may provide some insight.[/quote]

Steve Nicol had a HUGE SN on his jacket at MLS cup

As in my comments last night, my old high school hockey team I used to play for also put numbers on our shorts, and nowwww, I have a link to show of it.

You’re lucky I showed one of our players in his away white jersey, instead of the home purples we had to wear.

[quote comment=”174131″][quote comment=”174119″][quote comment=”174075″]Upon further review, the Colts did play at Dallas in 1984. They played at various other outdoor, artificial turf stadiums in 1982-1985 (the player pictured, Mike Pagel, wasn’t with the team in 1986): NYJ, BUF, NE, CIN, PHI, PIT, KC, CHI. Other than Dallas, I don’t recall any of those teams wearing white at home in the mid 1980s. So, unless it was an exhibition game (or unless I’m mistaken about artificial turf in Baltimore), Dallas 1984 seems like the most likely.[/quote]

The Jets did wear white jerseys at “home” from 1985-1989 or 90. Maybe it was because they had just moved to GIANTS Stadium and they did’nt feel like they had a home. (Still don’t btw)
Other teams like Cincy, NE and Buffalo would wear the white jerseys for the first month or so back then before going to darks.[/quote]
For some reason that does not look like Giant Stadium. My first thought was Busch Stadium in St. Louis, which someone else had also mentioned. Since they didn’t play the Cardinals there in the regular season, could it have been pre-season? I believe the Cardinals did wear white at home for certain games during the 80’s.[/quote]

Yeah, the Cardinals were another team that wore white at home early but looking at that picture again I thought it might be Cincy. Did the Colts play the Bengals early one season?

Getting back to the numbers on pants/shorts – I agree that it looks completely stupid in baseball but I find it has a purpose for scorekeepers/stat guys in other sports.

I can’t tell you how many times I have waited for a player to turn around so I can read his/her number during a contest. (Volleyball is bad, and soccer can be – most people watch the game from the sidelines and a player can mask the front/back numbers pretty easily.)

Uniform-wise, maybe numbers on shorts/pants doesn’t always pass “is it good or is it stupid” test, but the more ways we can accurately identify players during a game is always a good thing.

[quote comment=”174115″]
I’d drive the four hours down there if it was on a weekend. Learn from my mistakes: if you love barbecue, don’t shack up with a vegetarian.[/quote]

I’d be on board too – I love the Austin area. BUT…weekdays aren’t good days for an 8 hour round trip. I’ve lived in Texas for 10 years and I still don’t seek out barbecue joints like I seek out a good Mexican place.

Sorry if someone already posted this:

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It’s hard to keep up with all the comments.

[quote comment=”174179″][quote comment=”174163″]The referee in the Brasil-Germany picture is one of the scariest people I’ve ever seen.[/quote]

I never noticed that, but I’ll definately have to agree with you now that I have. Not sure how Uncle Fester got approved by FIFA…..[/quote]
Haven’t seen the picture, but from the assorted reactions that ref can be no other than the famous Italian Collina!

[quote comment=”174181″][quote comment=”174179″][quote comment=”174163″]The referee in the Brasil-Germany picture is one of the scariest people I’ve ever seen.[/quote]

I never noticed that, but I’ll definately have to agree with you now that I have. Not sure how Uncle Fester got approved by FIFA…..[/quote]
Haven’t seen the picture, but from the assorted reactions that ref can be no other than the famous Italian Collina![/quote]

Yep, that’s him.

[quote comment=”174183″][quote comment=”174181″][quote comment=”174179″][quote comment=”174163″]The referee in the Brasil-Germany picture is one of the scariest people I’ve ever seen.[/quote]

I never noticed that, but I’ll definately have to agree with you now that I have. Not sure how Uncle Fester got approved by FIFA…..[/quote]
Haven’t seen the picture, but from the assorted reactions that ref can be no other than the famous Italian Collina![/quote]

Yep, that’s him.[/quote]
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the official in this picture
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reminds me of actor michael berryman (whom i remember most famously in the movie “weird science”)
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One of the Titans Defensive Backs last night (sorry, name escapes me) had an orange and blue mouthpiece in… generally not a big deal, but when you’re playing the broncos couldn’t you opt for something more in line w/ your team?

has anyone come up with pics of the colts wearing gray pants? im starting to doubt the football uniforms website.

As a former soccer player, it was REQUIRED to have numbers on the front of your soccer shorts in club, high school and college ball.

[quote comment=”174219″]I believe the Knicks wore uni numbers on their shorts in the ’98-’99 season when they went to the Finals.[/quote]

prior to the knicks wearing their numbers on the sides of their shorts, they appeared on the front.
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I think in hockey, the number looks better on the shorts (or whatever it’s called) then on the front of the jersey.

I also forgot the Colts wore blue pants on the road for one season, 1995, but check out the Marshall Faulk pic on this page.

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Personally, I think it looks great, and the Colts should have kept them.

[quote comment=”174223″]As a former soccer player, it was REQUIRED to have numbers on the front of your soccer shorts in club, high school and college ball.[/quote]

Played in NY, never had to do that for any of my leagues, club, HS or middle school

[quote comment=”174229″][quote comment=”174224″]link is a picture of ex-Colts RB Curtis Dickey [1980 to 1985] that shows the gray pants. Also, he has numbers on his hip!

Hope this helps.[/quote]

those are gray? i must have looked at that picture 3 times today when researching this myself and not once did i see gray.
when i see the raiders, there is no doubting they wear gray pants. thats what im looking for…[/quote]

Looks 100% grey to me. Compare it to the white of the helmet, etc.

[quote comment=”174213″]has anyone come up with pics of the colts wearing gray pants? im starting to doubt the football uniforms website.[/quote]

Found these so far (gray in the whites):

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[quote comment=”174235″][quote comment=”174197″]the official in this picture
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reminds me of actor michael berryman (whom i remember most famously in the movie “weird science”)
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I immediately went to IMDB to see if he played sloth in the goonies[/quote]

didnt former raider jon matuzek play sloth?
he wore gray pants during his playing days…

there has got to be a better photo of the colts in gray pants.

[quote comment=”174245″]link from the 10/2/83 colts vs. bengals game

looks gray to me[/quote]

Those are great, and also confirm that the pants were a very light shade of gray, just as we saw in the Dickey pic.

[quote comment=”174006″]RE. Rajon Rondo’s head band. The Raptors’ TJ Ford seems to wear his headband inside-out as the NBA logo is never visible. Sorry no pics.[/quote]

Josh Howard does the link

jesus! that has to be the lightest shade of gray ive seen in a uniform!

why even use gray unless you use real GRAY!

according to the nfl uniforms site, their gray pants were to be like raider gray pants. those arent even close.

Just a note on the “sweater versus jersey” issue — Montreal was one of the last NHL teams to use the old ultra-fil/knit material on their jerseys (if not the last — I think Vancouver switched to air-knit/mesh last year but please correct me if I’m wrong). They tend to be thicker but are also a little heaver and don’t disperse the heat as well, hence why most teams switched to air-knit/mesh (of course, until the Rbk Edge was unveiled this year).

Montreal is also the origin of “The Sweater”, a famous short story/movie originally written in 1979 about a boy who loves the Montreal Canadiens: link

[quote comment=”174179″][quote comment=”174163″]The referee in the Brasil-Germany picture is one of the scariest people I’ve ever seen.[/quote]

I never noticed that, but I’ll definately have to agree with you now that I have. Not sure how Uncle Fester got approved by FIFA…..[/quote]
Are you kidding? Pierluigi Collina is the best referee ever!

Someone should write Reebok. On their website they call them pants.

Paul, I see no evidence on the net that the ceremony honoring Curtis Martin was nothing more than a “Thank You” ceremony and that the Jets did NOT retire #28 Sunday. Someday maybe, probably after he gets into Canton, but it wasn’t Sunday.

I haven’t seen a mention of this yet this year, but I have noticed it a lot recently: Has the NCAA put a ban on basketball players wearing headbands? I have watched many games this year including my Michigan State Spartans and I cannot recall seeing any players wearing headbands. Travis Walton, Marquise Gray, and Raymar Morgan were all headband wearers last year, but not this year. It is just not Michigan State either. I can’t recall anyone wearing headbands this year. Anyone know more?

This is not a rule. Check out Syracuse when you get a chance, I think 4 out of 5 starters wear headbands.

First post here.
Love the site.
I was watching the Clemson Boston College game on saturday, and i noticed a black stripe on the sleeves of both teams. Was wondering what that was?

I dont know how to post pictures.
But heres the link
link

Sorta uni-related…mugshots of people wearing college apparel.

link

Re: Colts white unis from the early 80’s

Is that light grey around the numbers too???

Not uni realted but a grreat site of the Aud in buffalo.
link

[quote comment=”174290″][quote comment=”174069″]Duck season!

Rabbit season!!

Elmer season!!![/quote]
“I’m a dirty skunk…I’m a dirty skunk!”[/quote]
I’m a dirty dog…I’m a mongoose…I’m a (insert animal here)…

Only on UniWatch can people like us have fun with old Looney Tunes cartoons.

IT’S BASEBALL SEASON!

We now return to your discussion of uniforms already in progress.

[quote comment=”174298″][quote comment=”174293″]Sorta uni-related…mugshots of people wearing college apparel.

link…

That’s hilarious. Think there’s any connection between whose gear they’re wearing and how high they look? Dude in the Florida shirt is off the chart. UCLA looks right out of Aryan nation.[/quote]

good $h!+ indeed…id have to venture a few of those fine looking men and women aren’t alums…in fact, i wouldn’t be surprised if some of those tops were lifted pre-crime

the rest were prolly DPs or DNDs[/quote]

Anyone else scared by the florida state pic or get a laugh at the duke and usf one…dude still has his alumni sticker on.

[quote]Anyone else scared by the florida state pic?[/quote]

i think i hit that

[quote]Anyone else recognize the irony of a mugshot with a guy wearing a #4 Michigan jersey?[/quote]

c-webb the point barber?

[quote comment=”174102″]Good news for those who dislike the Blackhawks black alternate jersey which one would assume would return next season when alternates are allowed again. Cups president John McDounough (the guy who put the kibosh on the Cubs blue alternate) is to be named Blackhawks president at a noon CT news conference today.

This might be a ditch the black (although it made sense in this case and I own a black Blackhawks jersey) victory.[/quote]
Seems the tides are turning in Chi-town..And miracle of miracles, the Blackhawks are actually allowing a local cable outfit to broadcast regular-season home games for the first time in decades.

I have to say, placing the numbers on the pants/shorts/ wetsuits doesn’t bother me. I’m not a fan, but I don’t think it detracts, either. In fact, I’m hugely neutral towards the whole concept.

What I am NOT neutral towards, though, is going to CostCo. with my brother (long, grim story in itself. I hate CostCo.) and seeing a woman wearing a pink Yankees’ cap. I asked my brother if I could use his cell phone camera to take a pic so I could post it here (I don’t have a cell phone), but he just looked at me strangely, and we moved on.

I know it’s an laternate and all that crap, but why are Duke and Illinois both wearing dark colors? Does it have something to do with the Maui Invite?

[quote comment=”174325″]Duke in Black Jerseys, with Illinois in Orange jerseys. Looks pretty good actually.[/quote]

As much as I hate the Illini (I’m an Iowan, it’s in my blood) I do like their orage crush unis.

[quote comment=”174328″]I know it’s an laternate and all that crap, but why are Duke and Illinois both wearing dark colors? Does it have something to do with the Maui Invite?[/quote]

Duke might have only brought their blacks to Maui, or maybe they want to save their whites for the Championship. The same for Illinois and their oranges.

Then again, my favorite color is black—which is pretty much the antithesis of pink.
What’s wrong with the color black? I’ve owned three vehicles in my life, none of them black.. And everytime I look back at the color I chose for my new vehicle I ask myself “why the hell didn’t I pick black??”! Black sucks when a team just adds to there color scheme ie. the Blue Jays, Royals. Black = good in Pittsburgh, Raiderland, Jaguars/Bruins/Tigers territory [Blackhawks black jersey sucks], New Orleans [NFL] is good, seems to be ALOT of good black in sports.. again, What is wrong with the color black?

[quote comment=”174338″]Then again, my favorite color is black—which is pretty much the antithesis of pink.

What’s wrong with the color black? [/quote]

NOTHIN is wrong with the color black…it’s my favorite color too…but…

DO NOT buy a black car…trust me on that one…first new car i ever bought was black, and it will also be the last

black unis on the other hand…they rock

[quote comment=”174339″][quote comment=”174338″]Then again, my favorite color is black—which is pretty much the antithesis of pink.
What’s wrong with the color black? I’ve owned three vehicles in my life, none of them black.. And everytime I look back at the color I chose for my new vehicle I ask myself “why the hell didn’t I pick black??”! Black sucks when a team just adds to there color scheme ie. the Blue Jays, Royals. Black = good in Pittsburgh, Raiderland, Jaguars/Bruins/Tigers territory [Blackhawks black jersey sucks], New Orleans [NFL] is good, seems to be ALOT of good black in sports.. again, What is wrong with the color black?[/quote]

I don’t see anywhere in that post that’s against black, they simply said that black is about as far away from pink as you can get in the color scheme world. But I do admit that when pink and black are put togehter, it looks kinda cool.[/quote]

You must be a fan of the Hart Foundation. Don’t act like nobody else thought the same thing.
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[quote comment=”174341″]I don’t mind the orange, since it is a school color, but I really don’t like teams, such as Duke, using black as alternate. I understand alternates, and actually like the L.A. Lakers use with the white, it’s a color of the team. Duke and many other teams, not all of them, just magically adopt black as a color. I just checked Duke’s offical website and thier colors are listed there as royal blue and white. They should stick to those colors.[/quote]

I personally consider both black and white to be implied team colors for every sports team that has ever existed.

[quote comment=”174351″]Is anyone else watching the UCLA – Michigan State game? The center court logo for this CBE classic is busy as hell and overwhelming. The O’Reilly Auto Parts is as big as the tournament logo and then there is a giant “presented by Sonic” logo underneath. I am feeling some corporate logo creep.

Is anyone in the marketing business? What is the difference between being the sponsor (O’Reilly Auto Parts) of an event and presenting (Sonic) an event? Just curious…[/quote]

I’m not a marketer, but I do remember tghe difference between the 2 from when the Rose Bowl brought on a Presenting Sponsor. The difference is that O’Reilly is the Title Sponsor, like Tostitos for the Fiesta Bowl, while Sonic is the Presnting Sponsor, like what Citi is for the Rose Bowl. Basically, O’Reilly’s name is part of the actual title of the event, the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic, while Sonic’s is not.

Teams should have three colors. White and any two colors of thier choosing. If they pick black, then use black. The Portland Trailblazers use it and I think it’s fine. If you are the U of Michigan, only maize, blue, and white.

..well in speaking of the color black: 1) reflects the color of ice nice 2) comments outdoor playing surface-grass 3) and looks good indoors. I just don’t know why people have a hard time accepting the color black on uniforms.

can someone shut this thing off? hello?!

Hey Paul,
Have you ever thought about doing a write up on what the coaches wear at the Maui Invitational?

I noticed that Bruce Weber’s floral print shirt comes with an Illinois logo.
Coach K on the other hand is wearing a basic black Duke polo.

It seems there are four options for the coaches:
1. generic floral shirt (with or without lei)
2. team logo floral shirt (with or without lei)
3. Polo shirt (usually without lei)
4. Other misc. athletic gear (I think I saw a coach in a short-sleeved wind jacket like you’d wear on a golf course.

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Hmm.. tried to close those tags there, didn’t seem to work.

[quote comment=”174373″][quote comment=”174356″][quote comment=”174353″] I will defend link to (and with) my last breath.[/quote]

so…minna you dig link eh?

[/quote]

LI Phil, I love the Haka! And while all-black unis rock, a shirtless Moari player rocks even more.

Broker75, you broke the board! Fix it! I’m just teasing you. I can’t remember all the times I’ve done that.[/quote]
I tried, but I had to run away, I thought it was gonna blow.

I was at the Purdue vs Lipscomb men’s basketball agme last night, and noticed Lipscomb’s mascot, the bisons. as you can tell from their link they are clearly the bisons. and i found myself durign the game thinking, “isn’t the plural form of bison, bison?” and sure enough, after consulting link the plural form of bison is bison. so my question is, does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.

done

I was looking on the Billy Bob’s Texas website and found link of a rodeo clown at their bullpen inside the actual honky tonk. I went as a rodeo clown for halloween this year, but I didn’t have socks that were nearly as cool.

[quote comment=”174393″]everyone loves the haka.[/quote]

I think I only know about it from here, and I don’t watch rugby, but to my untrained eye it is ridiculously silly. I think if I was going to play a sport and the other team came out and did a line dance while making wrestler faces I wouldn’t exactly swell up with fear.

Guardian (UK) does a credible uniwatch knockoff today based on readers’ questions about strips (= kits = soccer uniforms). Uniform-name typos, striped home shirts, and crests depicting bears sniffing trees are covered.

link

[quote comment=”174408″]“Arizona State’s belt stripes stand for the number of arrests for violent crimes that a given player has.”[/quote]

Taken from the Cincoinnati Bengals? :lol: :rotflmmfao:

[quote comment=”174390″]does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.[/quote]

would red sox/white sox count? not so much grammar as spelling…how bout some wnba teams which use the ‘singular’ instead of the plural (sun, shock, fever, etc.); prolly some MLS teams too

[quote comment=”174101″]So remember the Chaminade University logo contest where the winner was going to be announced at the Maui Invitational? It looks like they already put the new logo up on their website…link[/quote]

And they picked a beauty, didn’t they? (/sarcasm)

Correction to the following from 11/21 blog:

“By now I think most of you are aware of the Minnesota high school hockey jerseys that are on display at the Xcel Center.”

The jerseys in the photo are actually from the WCHA (and is in Mariucci Arena I believe). The Minnesota HS jerseys at Xcel are not flat under glass but hang loose. There are also several dozen on display.