The Real First Day of Spring

[quote]Meanwhile: Who’s that at lower-left with the link?[/quote]

joe nuxhall, silly

My wife’s first comment when she saw our illustrious mayor throwing out the first pitch?

“Why’s he wearing mom jeans?”

Lol @ Mayor Nutter, with the jersey tucked in, but hey hes better than our last mayor (and hes only been mayor for a few months!) so I cant make fun too much.

The Dodgers off-whites are spectacular. And I love Torre wearing a watch on his glove hand.

Waking this morning to the news that Bill Keightley had passed away was difficult for me. I grew up in Lexington, worshipped the Cats as a child, and went to UK. Back in 2004 when the Cats played in the regionals here in Austin I got tickets. I went to the ‘practice’ session the day before the games. I got Tubby Smith’s autograph. But, I was equally excited to see Mr. Keightley. He was a special part of Kentucky basketball and will be greatly missed. He deserves a tribute that is as special as he was.

The player’s hat was Julian Javier and the ump was the second base ump. I remember reading somewhere that before the last out the ump told Javier that he was going to take his hat. I believe in the video, you can see Javier turn and smile at the ump.

[quote comment=”245190″]My wife’s first comment when she saw our illustrious mayor throwing out the first pitch?

“Why’s he wearing mom jeans?”[/quote]
And why does he have a glove?

[quote comment=”245202″][quote comment=”245190″]My wife’s first comment when she saw our illustrious mayor throwing out the first pitch?

“Why’s he wearing mom jeans?”[/quote]
And why does he have a glove?[/quote]

And why does he have his shirt tucked into his jeans. You don’t tuck things into jeans. Sticker still on the hat. There’s just so many things wrong with that picture. That’s the guy that’s making decisions for the entire city of Philadelphia?

NHL Net last night (in honor of Gordie’s 80th) showed the highlight film from the ’52 & ’54 Stanley Cup finals. Uni-related (sorry, no screen caps): home teams (Wings & Habs) wore white sweaters – not dark as I would have expected; refs wore what looked like off-white V-neck sweaters with white shirt & black ties, and black pants (sharp!); Canadiens home jerseys had no consistent number patterns; and, of course, goalies were mask-less.

Very interesting to watch, especially when compared to all of the modern NHL ads (with unis) shown during the commercial breaks.

[quote]link Too bad he can’t pitch for shit anymore.[quote]

too bad he also can’t figure out the proper way to wear his stirrups…im SOOOOO glad the mets didn’t sign him…and for those of you keeping score at home: johan 1-0; barry 0-1

[quote]a bunch of 1958 Dodgers old-timers wore off-white throwbacks, prepared for the occasion by Ebbets Field Flannels…Too bad about the NOBs, but I understand that they wanted everyone to be able to identify the players.[/quote]

ack

there was NO NEED for NOBs…if you wanted to ID the players (and didn’t ALREADY know, for example, who roger, and carl, and newk, and piggy were, and meant to brooklyn)…buy a program

[quote comment=”245208″][quote]link Too bad he can’t pitch for shit anymore.[quote]

too bad he also can’t figure out the proper way to wear his stirrups…im SOOOOO glad the mets didn’t sign him…and for those of you keeping score at home: johan 1-0; barry 0-1

[quote]a bunch of 1958 Dodgers old-timers wore off-white throwbacks, prepared for the occasion by Ebbets Field Flannels…Too bad about the NOBs, but I understand that they wanted everyone to be able to identify the players.[/quote]

ack

there was NO NEED for NOBs…if you wanted to ID the players (and didn’t ALREADY know, for example, who roger, and carl, and newk, and piggy were, and meant to brooklyn)…buy a program[/quote]

sorry about the quote thingy…and yes i KNOW 1957 was the last year in brooklyn and 1958 was the inaugural season in LA

Not sure if this has been covered, but the Reds wore link, which I hope they continue through the season.

Slowly but surely, the Royals are getting there. First, they’ve switched from nameplates to direct-sewn lettering

Why is this better…I have gone into detail before about why I think nameplates are better, but never heard a qualified response from anyone as to why they think direct sewn is better????

I was gonna say..if that’s not an April Fool’s Joke..all those shitty replicas with NOBs are gonna be accurate now..

Well..except for the fact that 98% of them say Soriano on them..

[quote comment=”245218″]Slowly but surely, the Royals are getting there. First, they’ve switched from nameplates to direct-sewn lettering

Why is this better…I have gone into detail before about why I think nameplates are better, but never heard a qualified response from anyone as to why they think direct sewn is better????[/quote]

i don’t know if it’s better, but it is most surely more aesthetically pleasing…the only time (imho) nameplates look even ok … which they don’t … is when they are done link…purposely offset so the NOB is the same color as the jersey color

in this case, i’ll say the nameplate is acceptable

The Cincy newspaper reported Harang did not request to wear the Nuxy jersey during the game. Someone with the team asked him if he would like to do so, and he agreed. So to the extent that there is a “Look at me” factor at work, Harang is not to blame.

[quote comment=”245196″]Bobby Richardosn claimed that the 2nd base umpire took his cap immediately after he caught the Willie McCovey liner to end the 1962 Series.[/quote]
The unpire asked Bobby Richardson if he could have it before the final out of the World Series, and Bobby agreed.

NFL tells Super Bowl volunteers to link so no more stories about the good experience on uniwatch I presume.

Is that the same Philadelphia mayor who, dressed in a track suit, waited in line himself for an iPhone when it was introduced?

link

Brotherly love, indeed.

I didn’t know link was the link

While looking for pics of goateed umpires, I came across this shot of Ken Kaiser. Although he’s wearing the 1997 Jackie Robinson patch, the photo is actually from spring training 1998 – interesting. Also, note the logo creep on his pants!

The only picture I’ve ever seen of Roberto Alomar and an umpire is this one, when he spit:

link

[quote comment=”245235″]The real issue with the Reds is, is Affeldt still going to wear number 41, since the Reds did RETIRE it yesterday.[/quote]

It will be just like when MLB retired Jackie Robinson’s number. Mo Vaughn, Mariano Rivera, and a few others were still allowed to wear #42 untill they retired. The only one left now is Rivera and he doesn’t have much left.

Affeldt can wear it until he leaves the team.

Harang was asked to wear Nuxy’s jersey for the game so it could be auctioned off, with proceeds going to Nuxhall’s community fund or Hall of Fame fund or something like that. It had good intentions.

Jeremy Affeldt had 41 on the front and back of his jersey during introductions when everyone else had their regular uni numbers on the front. I didn’t see him during the game, but I would guess he did not wear a different number. Also, I don’t think the Reds officially retired number 41 yesterday. Retired numbers are along the ring of the upper deck of seats. A news report I saw said the Reds were “honoring” number 41.

[quote comment=”245220″]I was gonna say..if that’s not an April Fool’s Joke..all those shitty replicas with NOBs are gonna be accurate now..

Well..except for the fact that 98% of them say Soriano on them..[/quote]

Have you gone to many games recently? I’d say 85% are Jeter jerseys……

As a follow-up, here’s a picture of Timberlake with the rest of the Hooks team, sans nameplates:

link

Carlos Gomez was wearing a compression sleeve last night that appears to belong to Justin Morneau. Gomez wears #22 as appears on his sweatbands, and Morneau wears #33 as seen on the red compression sleeve link

[quote comment=”245228″][quote comment=”245219″]I generally hate the Indians (being a White Sox fan), but I like their new alts. Somebody should tell the White Sox radio team that they aren’t 1954 throwbacks, though, since they kept saying all game they were.[/quote]

Seriously? They referred to them as a 1954 design?! That’s link.[/quote]

More like 1972.

Thanks Justin Timberlake.
I went to Corpus over the weekend to visit my brother-in-law. The baseball field is next to the bridge on the way out of town. They shut down the bridge so they could get some helicopter shot. Took us forever leave.

The reds just placed Nuxhall’s #41 on the wall for a year on a jersey he never wore. Not retired. Oh by the way, they retired Davey Concepcion’s #13 and no mention of it on the website either. Not sure if it’s at the ballpark?

[quote comment=”245207″]The Yankee NOB thing better be an April Fools joke.[/quote]

Yeah, God forbid, someone “mess” with the precious Yankees uniform.

[quote comment=”245262″]The reds just placed Nuxhall’s #41 on the wall for a year on a jersey he never wore. Not retired. Oh by the way, they retired Davey Concepcion’s #13 and no mention of it on the website either. Not sure if it’s at the ballpark?[/quote]

That jersey they used for his number is a jersey no team has worn, it just has the font of the current jersey. You can see it about two thirds of the way through this link

Gagne was absolutely hideous yesterday. link were looking good though.

[quote comment=”245273″]Obama bowling a 37 would probably equate to a 15 in candlepin bowling. Yeesh.[/quote]
This just in: link

[quote comment=”245220″]I was gonna say..if that’s not an April Fool’s Joke..all those shitty replicas with NOBs are gonna be accurate now..

Well..except for the fact that 98% of them say Soriano on them..[/quote]

Sounds like a plug for link!

And speaking of link…

Paul…The Pirates pitcher Ian Snell went double flap in the game @ the Braves last night, can’t find a pic though

[quote comment=”245205″]As an Astros fan, I don’t know which continuing tradition was worse last night: the stranded baserunners or the red softball jerseys. Drayton McLane apparently loves those things. I despise them.

In reality, the only decent thing about the Astros’ unis is the cap. (I still don’t understand that middle “s” design in Houston and Astros on the jerseys.) I say ditch the whole thing and go back to the shooting star design they used just before switching to the rainbow-gut unis.[/quote]

Yeah, Uncle Drayton loves the Red Alts and the Astros Equipment Manager has said that they will rear them on the road unless the home team requests the grays worn. Stranded base runners and power hitters trying too hard…nothing changed there with this 08 roster. Hopefully that will change. Oh, anyone get a count of the number of Astros wearing the high socks last night?

As for the “Astros” on the jersey, I think thy should do something to incorporate the shooting star on the chest, but last thing I would want was a repeat of the link link link. Ok, so maybe the uniform Bags is sporting in that last link but in road gray…

[quote]Interesting piece link about the rebranding of a high school sports program. …[/quote]
The link looks a bit too much like the link. And both of them are ugly. I like the rest of their logos, though.

[quote comment=”245238″]I didn’t know link was the link[/quote]

I think he looks more like the lovechild of Jose Mesa and link.

As a serious bowler AND a lefty, I’d have to say that Obama wears rental shoes well.

[quote comment=”245279″][quote comment=”245189″]The Brewers and Astros have pretty much shelved their grey road jerseys. The Astros wore the red almost 100% last year, and the Brewers started wearing the alt after the break.

Im guessing if you keep track this year, the alt will be worn 80-90 percent of the road games for these two teams.[/quote]

Personally, I think the Brewers looked kick ass yesterday! There blue alts are one of the best alternates in the bigs in my opinion.[/quote]

So it is kind of like being the smartest kid in the remedial class?

link comment=”245285″][quote comment=”245205″]As an Astros fan, I don’t know which continuing tradition was worse last night: the stranded baserunners or the red softball jerseys. Drayton McLane apparently loves those things. I despise them.

In reality, the only decent thing about the Astros’ unis is the cap. (I still don’t understand that middle “s” design in Houston and Astros on the jerseys.) I say ditch the whole thing and go back to the shooting star design they used just before switching to the rainbow-gut unis.[/quote]

Yeah, Uncle Drayton loves the Red Alts and the Astros Equipment Manager has said that they will rear them on the road unless the home team requests the grays worn. Stranded base runners and power hitters trying too hard…nothing changed there with this 08 roster. Hopefully that will change. Oh, anyone get a count of the number of Astros wearing the high socks last night?

As for the “Astros” on the jersey, I think thy should do something to incorporate the shooting star on the chest, but last thing I would want was a repeat of the link link link. Ok, so maybe the uniform Bags is sporting in that last link but in road gray…[/quote]

link

I’m so confused by this, I don’t even know where to start. Anyone have an explanation???

[quote comment=”245297″][quote comment=”245293″]new Tribe unis are sweet! the block C cap is so much better than the lame Wahoo cap.[/quote]

I’m confused here … It appears everyone is offended and annoyed by the “boring” Civil Rights Game jerseys, but seem to really love the Indians’ new alternates … is there really much of a difference?[/quote]
Yeah i feel the same way, The indians new uniforms are just as bland as the civil rights game uni’s. In my onpinion i cant stand either, too plain and boring, we are in the 21st century we should have such simplistic uniforms.

A Jewish kid going to a pig butchering? What’s the world coming to? Just kidding. Much cleaner than the way I learned to butcher a wild pig or a deer. Made me ready for barbecue season, Boston butt for 10 hours on the smoker.

[quote comment=”245299″]OK, this really isn’t uni-related, but I read this quote in an article and had to share it:

“God, Nike and New Balance got us here,”

This was said by a Louisiana state legislator after arriving from his 220-mile walk from Shreveport in northen Louisiana to the state capital of Baton Rouge for the start of the regular legislative session.

Click link for the full story if you’re interested. It’s not related to sports or unis at all, but I read the quote and immediately thought of Uni Watch.[/quote]

Well, as least God was listed first!!!!

This link could either be really cool, or really lame.

[quote comment=”245306″]Breaking News!
must read this

link

Never trust news like this on April 1.

I pretty much crapped my pants when I saw the line about the Yanks going to NOB jerseys… I HATE those replicas with NOBs. They’re awful. Then I realized that I hadn’t switched my desk calendar to the correct date yet. Well played, Mr. Lukas.

[quote comment=”245315″]I pretty much crapped my pants when I saw the line about the Yanks going to NOB jerseys… I HATE those replicas with NOBs. They’re awful. Then I realized that I hadn’t switched my desk calendar to the correct date yet. Well played, Mr. Lukas.[/quote]
I was extremely happy about that untill i realized what day it was. The yankees need to update their look, i mean i like the class of thier uniforms but would it be so much to ask for them to put names on the uni’s?

[quote comment=”245313″][quote comment=”245306″]Breaking News!
must read this

link

Never trust news like this on April 1.[/quote]

The line that convinced me it was an April Fools joke was;

…Gary Bettman would consider having the folks at Bravo TV series Project Runway design the new sweaters…

[quote comment=”245320″][quote comment=”245315″]I pretty much crapped my pants when I saw the line about the Yanks going to NOB jerseys… I HATE those replicas with NOBs. They’re awful. Then I realized that I hadn’t switched my desk calendar to the correct date yet. Well played, Mr. Lukas.[/quote]
I was extremely happy about that untill i realized what day it was. The yankees need to update their look, i mean i like the class of thier uniforms but would it be so much to ask for them to put names on the uni’s?[/quote]
Yes. Don’t mess with tradition.
You want an update? We wear white at home. No longer oatmeal off-white, and definitely not contrasting beer league tops. White at home. I could live with taking the stripe jobs off of the road tops’ sleeve cuffs. Not crazy about those. But the rest of the white on the grays needs to stay, lest we look too much like the vintage Red Sox on the road.
I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was 7 (first game 4 July 96 at The Stadium and I recognized Paul O’Neill as a movie star), and I took great pride in the fact that I didn’t need names on backs to know my team’s players. I felt like a real fan. Don’t take that away from me.

Is that Sandy Koufax embracing Torre in that first Dodgers picture?

[quote comment=”245335″][quote comment=”245327″][quote comment=”245321″][quote comment=”245320″]The yankees need to update their look, i mean i like the class of thier uniforms but would it be so much to ask for them to put names on the uni’s?[/quote]

im no fan of the yankees, but why the fuck should they do that?[/quote]
Why not? What is so wrong with having names on the back of jerseys, its supposed to be that way, look at every other sport.[/quote]

“it’s supposed to be that way”

can you show me that passage in the rule book by any chance?

in other sports…YES…it is a regulation, but NOT in mlb

unless and until it is, there is NO REASON for the yankees to have NOBs[/quote]
There is no reason for them not, not one at all, clearly fans like it or they wouldnt buy the jerseys with the name on the back.

The cubs agree with you about wearing the team’s regular jerseys on opening day. Zambrano, who usually opts to wear the blue alternate (which is back this year), instead wore the classic pinstripes.

[quote comment=”245336″][quote comment=”245335″][quote comment=”245327″][quote comment=”245321″][quote comment=”245320″]The yankees need to update their look, i mean i like the class of thier uniforms but would it be so much to ask for them to put names on the uni’s?[/quote]

im no fan of the yankees, but why the fuck should they do that?[/quote]
Why not? What is so wrong with having names on the back of jerseys, its supposed to be that way, look at every other sport.[/quote]

“it’s supposed to be that way”

can you show me that passage in the rule book by any chance?

in other sports…YES…it is a regulation, but NOT in mlb

unless and until it is, there is NO REASON for the yankees to have NOBs[/quote]
There is no reason for them not, not one at all, clearly fans like it or they wouldnt buy the jerseys with the name on the back.[/quote]

Excellent point … to which the counter-point would be: So, of the licensed Yankee jerseys in circulation, what percentage have NOB vs. NNOB?

Everything else can be found on Big Al’s Web – why not this?

[quote comment=”245228″][quote comment=”245219″]I generally hate the Indians (being a White Sox fan), but I like their new alts. Somebody should tell the White Sox radio team that they aren’t 1954 throwbacks, though, since they kept saying all game they were.[/quote]

Seriously? They referred to them as a 1954 design?! That’s link.[/quote]

I listened to almost the entire game and never heard them say they were throwbacks. I think Ed Farmer reffered to them as 50’s style, or something to that effect.

[quote comment=”245204″][quote comment=”245202″][quote comment=”245190″]My wife’s first comment when she saw our illustrious mayor throwing out the first pitch?

“Why’s he wearing mom jeans?”[/quote]
And why does he have a glove?[/quote]

And why does he have his shirt tucked into his jeans. You don’t tuck things into jeans. Sticker still on the hat. There’s just so many things wrong with that picture. That’s the guy that’s making decisions for the entire city of Philadelphia?[/quote]

well thats what happens when we elected a guy from the Prep

It should be noted that, goofy as he looked, Mayor Nutter delivered a perfect strike from the rubber.

Here’s more of the red carpet pageantry of Opening Day: link

These fans were all apparently given Phillies caps and jersey-like shirts. I have my own photos of this, which I hope to have online tonight.

Scary Scary NHL news here… Advertisements on the Detroit Red Wings Jerseys for next year.

link

Apparently Paul Lukas and/or Uni Watch was 19th most searched item on ESPN.com for the month of March! Scroll to the bottom of the page for the full list of searches.

here is the link to the link

koufax indeed. awesome in a suit. thought he might be making some kind of anti retro uni marketing i’m way over reliving the past thing, but, then i read valenzuela was sans uni also. oh well.

. “I will always remember his stubborn refusal to allow U.S. flag patches on UK’s uniforms except in times of war. Mr. Keightley was a former Marine and he felt that using the flag as a common decoration on a uniform was wholly inappropriate.

I couldn’t agree more. I have a healthy, patriotic respect for the flag as a symbol of my country. I remember a conversation with my father-in-law, a Navy veteran, as we drove past a flag-festooned car dealership. I said I had a problem with using the flag to sell cars, and he completely agreed with me. Now, I am as patriotic as the next American, and more patriotic than most, but does the presence of a flag sticker on a helmet or a patch on a sports uniform enhance a feeling of patriotism, or does its ever-presence diminish the impact of the Stars-and-Stripes waving proudly in the breeze above the stadium?

[quote comment=”245359″][quote comment=”245336″]There is no reason for them not, not one at all, clearly fans like it or they wouldnt buy the jerseys with the name on the back.[/quote]

well then, by that ridiculous logic, the yankess should be wearing link, link or, in what is sure to be paul’s favorite, link…since “clearly the fans like it”

why does everyone INSIST on fixing something which clearly isn’t broken?

just because YOU don’t like it, doesn’t mean everyone else does[/quote]

I hate the Yankees because of King George and what he (allegedly) did to Yogi. That said … there are some uniforms that you just don’t mess with and the Yankee pinstripes is the number one example in my book. Another (controversial) example are the Penn State football unis. Some uniforms are the brand.

[quote comment=”245367″][quote comment=”245365″]Anyone think that:

He

Looks a little bit like
link[/quote]
No.[/quote]

I was thinking more like link

The Arizona Diamondbacks are wearing a 10th Anniversary patch on their right sleeve.

link

link

Paul,

I haven’t read all of the comments, but if no other O’s fans addressed it yet, in answer to your question in the column about opening day pageantry, the Orioles have been rolling out the orange carpet on opening day practically since Camden Yards opened, I believe. I don’t think they did anything like that at Memorial Stadium, but I think they’ve done it every year since Camden was erected. Were they the first?

thats a lot of name on a little jersey.
link

I must be completely missing the point on the Dimitar Berbatov picture (that is, the “what uniform” note in the Ticker.

Long sleeve jersey, white shorts, white socks. It’s sort of Tottenham’s thing: they’re nicknamed the “Lillywhites,” for goodness sake.

I’m sure I’m missing an obvious point–I’m a pretty huge Spurs fan and no doubt leaping to the defensive without cause.

Can anyone explain the Tottenham “what uniform?” reference?

[quote comment=”245327″][quote comment=”245321″][quote comment=”245320″]The yankees need to update their look, i mean i like the class of thier uniforms but would it be so much to ask for them to put names on the uni’s?[/quote]

im no fan of the yankees, but why the fuck should they do that?[/quote]
Why not? What is so wrong with having names on the back of jerseys, its supposed to be that way, look at every other sport.[/quote]

Boy Derek did you put your foot in your mouth. Did you know back in 1929 when the Yankees were 1st to CONSISTANTLY use uniform numbers, they were considered out of place…and that the names didnt go on to other club’s backs until the 60s…so much it being the standard…dope. Ever seen the back of a RED SAWX jersey…no numbers…NEVER have been, i hate the sawx and it looks classy to me…

[quote comment=”245385″]Can anyone explain the Tottenham “what uniform?” reference?[/quote]

I didn’t get that one, either, and I studied the picture for a few minutes.

Hiller actually has the koho logos blacked in right now because Koho has not payed him to wear the pads. Companies will pay goalies around $40,000 to wear their stuff and Hiller has recieved no money from Koho. His response? Blacking in all of the logos. For a short while this season his pads did indeed have the koho branding.

[quote comment=”245392″]Hiller actually has the koho logos blacked in right now because Koho has not payed him to wear the pads. Companies will pay goalies around $40,000 to wear their stuff and Hiller has recieved no money from Koho. His response? Blacking in all of the logos. For a short while this season his pads did indeed have the koho branding.[/quote]

And with that said, whether it’s an AFD joke or not, is the Red Wings annoucement really that big a deal? While I’m not a fan of “billboarding” an athlete, I understand that manufacturers want to put their logo on the product they produce. I work in retail. If my company makes and sells something, you can BET it will have the company name on it! I think it hits a whole new level when a player will black out a logo because they aren’t specifically being paid to wear that logo. At that point, they ARE selling advertising space on uniforms.

[quote comment=”245383″]I must be completely missing the point on the Dimitar Berbatov picture (that is, the “what uniform” note in the Ticker.

Long sleeve jersey, white shorts, white socks. It’s sort of Tottenham’s thing: they’re nicknamed the “Lillywhites,” for goodness sake.

I’m sure I’m missing an obvious point–I’m a pretty huge Spurs fan and no doubt leaping to the defensive without cause.[/quote]

Look at the goalies shorts (or lack thereof)….

Sorry my first link doesn’t work in Post #141, but the second link has a similar picture.

[quote comment=”245401″][quote comment=”245398″][quote comment=”245383″]I must be completely missing the point on the Dimitar Berbatov picture (that is, the “what uniform” note in the Ticker.

Long sleeve jersey, white shorts, white socks. It’s sort of Tottenham’s thing: they’re nicknamed the “Lillywhites,” for goodness sake.

I’m sure I’m missing an obvious point–I’m a pretty huge Spurs fan and no doubt leaping to the defensive without cause.[/quote]

Look at the goalies shorts (or lack thereof)….[/quote]

Can’t believe it took this long for someone to understand the point of that photo.[/quote]

being a girl…it jumped right out at me ;)

[quote comment=”245373″]The hockey gods frowned upon Miami.[/quote]

There’s a sentence I never thought I would read.

I don’t know how I feel about the re-introduction of those white paneled Twins helmets. Last year their catchers wore them and I was amused.

They are not good looking. But they are a sweet nod to (a less than memorable era in) the Twins history–which I appreciate. The Twins just jumped on the front panel bandwagon when they were introduced in the mid-’70’s. Hmmmm…

I guess they win my approval for showing up unexpectantly. And because they’re being worn by base coaches. It’s all kind of strange…and I love strange, unexpected occurrences in a sports world where originality is being squeezed out little by little.

Also. The Royals patch looks so much better on the sleeve without the white border.

“no name, of course”

-John Sterling

Debate over.

[quote comment=”245359″][quote comment=”245336″]There is no reason for them not, not one at all, clearly fans like it or they wouldnt buy the jerseys with the name on the back.[/quote]

well then, by that ridiculous logic, the yankess should be wearing link, link or, in what is sure to be paul’s favorite, link…since “clearly the fans like it”

why does everyone INSIST on fixing something which clearly isn’t broken?

just because YOU don’t like it, doesn’t mean everyone else does[/quote]
Right, and i never said they dont, i was just offering my opinion

[quote] Ever seen the back of a RED SAWX jersey…no numbers…NEVER have been, i hate the sawx and it looks classy to me…[/quote]

no numbers???

i know ya meant NAMES

a few other teams have gone to the NNOB at home (and gone away from it) in the past few years (gints, dodgers, mets come to mind)

a trend i would love to see continue

but i guess these kids today…

*searches newspaper for matlock reruns*

Hopefully, linkis an AFD joke from the people at New Era.

[quote comment=”245416″][quote] Ever seen the back of a RED SAWX jersey…no numbers…NEVER have been, i hate the sawx and it looks classy to me…[/quote]

no numbers???

i know ya meant NAMES

a few other teams have gone to the NNOB at home (and gone away from it) in the past few years (gints, dodgers, mets come to mind)

a trend i would love to see continue

but i guess these kids today…

*searches newspaper for matlock reruns*[/quote]
Yeah im 18 so i guees thats why i like the NOB look, i guess liking NNOB is an older guy thing

[quote comment=”245418″]Hopefully, linkis an AFD joke from the people at New Era.[/quote]
No more a joke than link or link

[quote comment=”245421″][quote comment=”245418″]Hopefully, linkis an AFD joke from the people at New Era.[/quote]

no wai matt

those lids are poppin![/quote]
Phil, you are so link – fo’ shizzle ;-)

[quote comment=”245401″][quote comment=”245398″][quote comment=”245383″]I must be completely missing the point on the Dimitar Berbatov picture (that is, the “what uniform” note in the Ticker.

Long sleeve jersey, white shorts, white socks. It’s sort of Tottenham’s thing: they’re nicknamed the “Lillywhites,” for goodness sake.

I’m sure I’m missing an obvious point–I’m a pretty huge Spurs fan and no doubt leaping to the defensive without cause.[/quote]

Look at the goalies shorts (or lack thereof)….[/quote]

Can’t believe it took this long for someone to understand the point of that photo.[/quote]

No kidding! If that photo depicted a female athlete in a similar state, you would have to ban a dozen posters by now.

[quote comment=”245406″][quote comment=”245355″][quote comment=”245298″]http://www.astroland.net/2000gooden[quote comment=”245285″][quote comment=”245205″]As an Astros fan, I don’t know which continuing tradition was worse last night: the stranded baserunners or the red softball jerseys. Drayton McLane apparently loves those things. I despise them.

In reality, the only decent thing about the Astros’ unis is the cap. (I still don’t understand that middle “s” design in Houston and Astros on the jerseys.) I say ditch the whole thing and go back to the shooting star design they used just before switching to the rainbow-gut unis.[/quote]

Yeah, Uncle Drayton loves the Red Alts and the Astros Equipment Manager has said that they will rear them on the road unless the home team requests the grays worn. Stranded base runners and power hitters trying too hard…nothing changed there with this 08 roster. Hopefully that will change. Oh, anyone get a count of the number of Astros wearing the high socks last night?

As for the “Astros” on the jersey, I think thy should do something to incorporate the shooting star on the chest, but last thing I would want was a repeat of the link link link. Ok, so maybe the uniform Bags is sporting in that last link but in road gray…[/quote]

link

I’m so confused by this, I don’t even know where to start. Anyone have an explanation???[/quote]

Gooden signed a minor league contract with the Astros in 2000, and only appeared in one game, if I remember correctly. The black unis were only worn in 2000, then dropped.[/quote]
I don’t think the confusion comes from Dwight Gooden wearing a black Astros jersey. I think the question is, why is Dwight Gooden on the All Star Rookie team in 2000? I can only assume they were honoring former All Star Rookies.[/quote]

From link:

In 2000, a special 10-card insert set of Topps All-Star Rookies was included in packs of the regular issue. Topps combined a list of All-Star names and holographic foil design to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Topps All-Star Rookie team. On the front these cards featured a current player that had been named to a team in his respective rookie season. The backs of each card contained a list of players from 1959 through 1999 that had been named to the team at the position played by the player on the front of the card. The team was composed of the following:

Mark McGwire, 1B
Chuck Knoblauch, 2B
Chipper Jones, 3B
Cal Ripken, Jr., SS
Manny Ramírez, OF
Ken Griffey, Jr., OF
José Canseco, OF
Mike Piazza, C
Dwight Gooden, RHP
Billy Wagner, LHP

[quote comment=”245366″][quote comment=”245359″][quote comment=”245336″]There is no reason for them not, not one at all, clearly fans like it or they wouldnt buy the jerseys with the name on the back.[/quote]

well then, by that ridiculous logic, the yankess should be wearing link, link or, in what is sure to be paul’s favorite, link…since “clearly the fans like it”

why does everyone INSIST on fixing something which clearly isn’t broken?

just because YOU don’t like it, doesn’t mean everyone else does[/quote]

I hate the Yankees because of King George and what he (allegedly) did to Yogi. That said … there are some uniforms that you just don’t mess with and the Yankee pinstripes is the number one example in my book. Another (controversial) example are the Penn State football unis. Some uniforms are the brand.[/quote]

YUCK!!

[quote comment=”245426″][quote comment=”245412″]”no name, of course”

-John Sterling

Debate over.[/quote]

Michael Kay, actually, not Sterling.[/quote]

Neither of whom could come close to Bob Murphy

[quote comment=”245368″][quote comment=”245367″][quote comment=”245365″]Anyone think that:

He

Looks a little bit like
link[/quote]
No.[/quote]

I was thinking more like link[/quote]

what concerns me is that it looks like Paul might be wearing purple in that picture. I’m sure its blue, right Paul?

What a clown–Mets having better uniforms than the Yankees!! They have two borrowed colors (Dodger blue and Giant orange) and have desecrated the original interlocking NY, designed by tiffany’s for a NYPD medal or soemthing of that sort.

Even Lukas can’t agree with you there.

Paul, I just saw that you’ll be doing a chat at Baseball Prospectus in May! Looking forward to it. How did that come about? Do you have any friends there?

Not liking the Mets, Murphy was unbearable. But it could be worse….

“ROGER CLEMENS IS IN STEINBRENNERS BOX”

and I am a yankees fan.

[quote comment=”245450″]Not liking the Mets, Murphy was unbearable. But it could be worse….

“ROGER CLEMENS IS IN STEINBRENNERS BOX”

and I am a yankees fan.[/quote]

it could be worse…

“ROGER CLEMENS IS IN SUZYN WALDMAN’S BOX”

[quote comment=”245233″]NFL tells Super Bowl volunteers to link so no more stories about the good experience on uniwatch I presume.[/quote]

See that’s volunteering with the host committee, which is totally different from what I did as well as different from the other person that posted about helping with the halftime show.

Host committee people are like the folks that stand at the airport with the sign and greets people. The SB I worked at, they were mostly little old ladies.

[quote comment=”245457″][quote comment=”245454″][quote comment=”245444″][quote comment=”245440″][quote comment=”245426″][quote comment=”245412″]”no name, of course”

-John Sterling

Debate over.[/quote]

Michael Kay, actually, not Sterling.[/quote]

Neither of whom could come close to Bob Murphy[/quote]

Hate to say it, and I know some of the other Mets fans here will crucify me for saying this, but Murph was (and still is) terribly overrated. I have a soft spot for him, sure, but his major virtue was longevity. Back in the day, Lindsey Nelson practically ran rings around him, and even Kiner was much better than Murph (hard to believe now, but Ralph was actually pretty sharp behind the mic before age and Bell’s Palsy set in).

Even as a 9-yr-old, I could tell that Murph was always the yes-man, the company man, the weakest link in the broadcast trio. Very weak on analysis, incapable of offering anything resembling a critique of a player or situation. Yes, he had some charming catch phrases, but that was in large part because he had a very limited descriptive vocabulary and had to keep resorting to the same verbiage again and again.

Good voice? Definitely. Nice cadence, good phrasing? You bet. But in many ways, Murph was a lightweight. Sad but true.

Wanna hear a heavyweight? Listen to old clips of Lindsey Nelson. It’s no contest.[/quote]

I have to disagree. Nelson, yes, but Kiner?
Kiner used to butcher the english language. My favorite being during a Mets Padres game “Randy Jones is throwing up in the bullpen”.[/quote]

Wrong Kiner malapropism. It was Rich Folkers who was “throwing up in the bullpen.” Randy Jones was referred to as “the pitcher with the Karl Marx hairdo” (he meant to say Harpo Marx).

Ralph also famously referred to Gary Carter as Gary Cooper, Mother’s Day as Father’s Day (or maybe the other way around — I forget), and himself as Ralph Korner (yes, really).

Despite all of this, and much more, he was a much sharper baseball analyst than Murph.[/quote]

Well we’ll have to disagree between Murph and Ralph. But Micheal Kay and John Sterling? They’re awful. And the combination of Waldman and Sterling is maybe the worst in the history of baseball.

[quote comment=”245381″]thats a lot of name on a little jersey.
link

That’s nothing like the guy wearing the 10 shirt for Glasgow Rangers. Or Mark Grudzielanek.

[quote comment=”245446″]What a clown–Mets having better uniforms than the Yankees!! They have two borrowed colors (Dodger blue and Giant orange) and have desecrated the original interlocking NY, designed by tiffany’s for a NYPD medal or soemthing of that sort.

Even Lukas can’t agree with you there.[/quote]

Anthony, you were better off with the “borrowed” argument. The interlocking NY that the link use is the same one that the link used when they were in NY.

I disagree with your assessment as a whole because I think the nod to the New York National League Baseball heritage is awesome, but if you’re going to not like something you have to blame the originators.

That being said, I still feel that the Yankees (even as a Mets fan) have great uni’s. Not so much because they look great but because of the intangibles. For instance, I am genuinely angry about the Yankees moving (even across the street) yet I’m not terribly upset about Shea being knocked down. For me it’s something that I can’t describe and probably never will be able to but after this year, I can’t go to a game in New York and watch the field where link played. But at least, even today, I get a glimpse of what they would have looked like, due to the consistency that the Yankees have in their uni’s. Now if they would just get rid of the link around “New York” and their numbers on the road uni’s we’d have link.

[quote comment=”245465″][quote comment=”245425″][quote comment=”245424″][quote comment=”245418″]Hopefully, linkis an AFD joke from the people at New Era.[/quote]
No more a joke than link or link[/quote]
Oops! Forgot link beauties[/quote]

Would you say the joke(s) here to be the designs, or the PRICES?[/quote]

At least the Poppin’s aren’t gang colors ….

[quote comment=”245288″][quote comment=”245230″]And just because it made me a little crazy:

Every time I see a Reds player (or players, in yesterday’s case) wearing No. 41, I think of Tom Seaver.[/quote]

Ya know, Nuxhall pitched the first live game I ever saw, and according to my scorecard wore #39 that year (1965). And that’s my memory of him… and now according to this he NEVER wore 41!

link

I do remember he used to pitch BP in the 70s wearing 41, and how he gave it up when Seaver joined the Reds. But never when an active player, apparently. Very puzzling.[/quote]

Wasn’t the 41 related to how many years he was with the team or how many years he announced for the team?

[quote comment=”245457″][quote comment=”245454″][quote comment=”245444″][quote comment=”245440″][quote comment=”245426″][quote comment=”245412″]”no name, of course”

-John Sterling

Debate over.[/quote]

Michael Kay, actually, not Sterling.[/quote]

Neither of whom could come close to Bob Murphy[/quote]

Hate to say it, and I know some of the other Mets fans here will crucify me for saying this, but Murph was (and still is) terribly overrated. I have a soft spot for him, sure, but his major virtue was longevity. Back in the day, Lindsey Nelson practically ran rings around him, and even Kiner was much better than Murph (hard to believe now, but Ralph was actually pretty sharp behind the mic before age and Bell’s Palsy set in).

Even as a 9-yr-old, I could tell that Murph was always the yes-man, the company man, the weakest link in the broadcast trio. Very weak on analysis, incapable of offering anything resembling a critique of a player or situation. Yes, he had some charming catch phrases, but that was in large part because he had a very limited descriptive vocabulary and had to keep resorting to the same verbiage again and again.

Good voice? Definitely. Nice cadence, good phrasing? You bet. But in many ways, Murph was a lightweight. Sad but true.

Wanna hear a heavyweight? Listen to old clips of Lindsey Nelson. It’s no contest.[/quote]

I have to disagree. Nelson, yes, but Kiner?
Kiner used to butcher the english language. My favorite being during a Mets Padres game “Randy Jones is throwing up in the bullpen”.[/quote]

Wrong Kiner malapropism. It was Rich Folkers who was “throwing up in the bullpen.” Randy Jones was referred to as “the pitcher with the Karl Marx hairdo” (he meant to say Harpo Marx).

Ralph also famously referred to Gary Carter as Gary Cooper, Mother’s Day as Father’s Day (or maybe the other way around — I forget), and himself as Ralph Korner (yes, really).

Despite all of this, and much more, he was a much sharper baseball analyst than Murph.[/quote]
Lest we forget when he opened a Father’s Day broadcast “wishing all the fathers out there a ‘Happy Birthday'”

Anyone know anything anything about this Buffalo Bills/Bears jersey on NFL.COM?

link

[quote comment=”245383″]I must be completely missing the point on the Dimitar Berbatov picture (that is, the “what uniform” note in the Ticker.

Long sleeve jersey, white shorts, white socks. It’s sort of Tottenham’s thing: they’re nicknamed the “Lillywhites,” for goodness sake.

I’m sure I’m missing an obvious point–I’m a pretty huge Spurs fan and no doubt leaping to the defensive without cause.[/quote]

I think it looks like the goalie has no pants on

[quote comment=”245483″]http://nfl.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/p2754863dt.jpg[/quote]

OK … so that’s NOT an AFD joke (at least not your own, anyway). Freakish. Even stranger, if you look at the Chicago version, then look at the Buffalo “Alternate” jersey (as the website calls it), they’re two different shades of blue (in addition to the sleeve striping). On top of it all, those numbers on both just look very LoooooOOOOoong.

[quote comment=”245466″][quote comment=”245446″]What a clown–Mets having better uniforms than the Yankees!! They have two borrowed colors (Dodger blue and Giant orange) and have desecrated the original interlocking NY, designed by tiffany’s for a NYPD medal or soemthing of that sort.

Even Lukas can’t agree with you there.[/quote]

Anthony, you were better off with the “borrowed” argument. The interlocking NY that the link use is the same one that the link used when they were in NY.

I disagree with your assessment as a whole because I think the nod to the New York National League Baseball heritage is awesome, but if you’re going to not like something you have to blame the originators.

That being said, I still feel that the Yankees (even as a Mets fan) have great uni’s. Not so much because they look great but because of the intangibles. For instance, I am genuinely angry about the Yankees moving (even across the street) yet I’m not terribly upset about Shea being knocked down. For me it’s something that I can’t describe and probably never will be able to but after this year, I can’t go to a game in New York and watch the field where link played. But at least, even today, I get a glimpse of what they would have looked like, due to the consistency that the Yankees have in their uni’s. Now if they would just get rid of the link around “New York” and their numbers on the road uni’s we’d have link.[/quote]

What? you want to make the Yankees uniforms even uglier?

Just noticed this-there were some Cubs wearing CoolBase jerseys yesterday, in Chicago.

link

link

I know that anything above 40 on opening day in Chicago feels warm, but come on…

[quote comment=”245489″][quote comment=”245483″]http://nfl.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/p2754863dt.jpg[/quote]

OK … so that’s NOT an AFD joke (at least not your own, anyway). Freakish. Even stranger, if you look at the Chicago version, then look at the Buffalo “Alternate” jersey (as the website calls it), they’re two different shades of blue (in addition to the sleeve striping). On top of it all, those numbers on both just look very LoooooOOOOoong.[/quote]

Wow … now I know I belong here. Upon further inspection, the jerseys themselves are totally different materials and cuts. If it is an AFD joke, somebody took alot of time to do so.

[quote comment=”245454″][quote comment=”245444″][quote comment=”245440″][quote comment=”245426″][quote comment=”245412″]”no name, of course”

-John Sterling

Debate over.[/quote]

Michael Kay, actually, not Sterling.[/quote]

Neither of whom could come close to Bob Murphy[/quote]

Hate to say it, and I know some of the other Mets fans here will crucify me for saying this, but Murph was (and still is) terribly overrated. I have a soft spot for him, sure, but his major virtue was longevity. Back in the day, Lindsey Nelson practically ran rings around him, and even Kiner was much better than Murph (hard to believe now, but Ralph was actually pretty sharp behind the mic before age and Bell’s Palsy set in).

Even as a 9-yr-old, I could tell that Murph was always the yes-man, the company man, the weakest link in the broadcast trio. Very weak on analysis, incapable of offering anything resembling a critique of a player or situation. Yes, he had some charming catch phrases, but that was in large part because he had a very limited descriptive vocabulary and had to keep resorting to the same verbiage again and again.

Good voice? Definitely. Nice cadence, good phrasing? You bet. But in many ways, Murph was a lightweight. Sad but true.

Wanna hear a heavyweight? Listen to old clips of Lindsey Nelson. It’s no contest.[/quote]

I have to disagree. Nelson, yes, but Kiner?
Kiner used to butcher the english language. My favorite being during a Mets Padres game “Randy Jones is throwing up in the bullpen”.[/quote]
Several of these are also credited to link.

[quote comment=”245465″][quote comment=”245425″][quote comment=”245424″][quote comment=”245418″]Hopefully, linkis an AFD joke from the people at New Era.[/quote]
No more a joke than link or link[/quote]
Oops! Forgot link beauties[/quote]

Would you say the joke(s) here to be the designs, or the PRICES?[/quote]
A little bit of both, my friend

[quote comment=”245472″]My post just got lost.

I was referring to Steve Stone saying the Indians unis were throwbacks to the 1954 season when they lost to the- get this- San Francisco Giants in the World Series.

He’s normally a really smart guy…[/quote]

Stoney, wow, must have missed that. But even so, what a upgrade from Chris “I take broadcasting tips from Darrin Jackson” Singleton.

[quote comment=”245243″][quote comment=”245232″][quote comment=”245225″][quote comment=”245218″]Slowly but surely, the Royals are getting there. First, they’ve switched from nameplates to direct-sewn lettering

Why is this better…I have gone into detail before about why I think nameplates are better, but never heard a qualified response from anyone as to why they think direct sewn is better????[/quote]

I think nameplates look like shit. Extra seams, extra fabric, extra puckering. What if the insignia on the front was actually a big piece of fabric with a script design on it — wouldn’t THAT look like shit? Damn right. So do nameplates.[/quote]

It may look cleaner to have a direct sewn name, but the nameplate ensures a proper arch to the name. Now most teams that use direct sewing have the surnames in practically a straight line. Only when it’s a longer name does it start to resemble a proper radial arch.

And they don’t pucker if done right, but nobody can seem to do that today.[/quote]

Red wings have arched names and it’s directly sewn onto the jersey.[/quote]

Correct, but they are Vertical arched, not Radial. Vertical arching by it’s nature ensures a proper arch…it’s the Radial that the nameplate assists with.

[quote comment=”245511″][quote]Why do you have to memorize every player’s number to be a real fan?[/quote]

you don’t…that is what programs are for

[quote]Maybe some fans are just starting out and haven’t yet memorized every player.[/quote]

and what better way to become better acquainted with the game?

/sit yerself down, buy a scorecard…write in the players names…eat some peanuts (it’s ok to throw the shells on the ground)…have a cold beverage…cheer for your team, but respect your opponents…high-five some dude you never met in the seat in front of you…and forchrissakes, take your cap off during the anthem…and oh yeah…it’s ok to sing ‘TMOTTB’ during the stretch

talkin baseball![/quote]

Absolutely! I totally agree with you Phil. That is baseball!

A Uniwatch Pet peeve of mine is every so often, those New Era fashion caps come up and they’re uglier than the last time and everyone starts cracking on them. It’s like shoooting fish in a barrel or picking low hanging fruit, or even fruit off the ground. They make ’em – people buy ’em, leave them be. It’s barely uni-related if you ask me. oh, and get off my lawn.

[quote comment=”245523″][quote comment=”245521″]A Uniwatch Pet peeve of mine is every so often, those New Era fashion caps come up and they’re uglier than the last time and everyone starts cracking on them. It’s like shoooting fish in a barrel or picking low hanging fruit, or even fruit off the ground. They make ’em – people buy ’em, leave them be. It’s barely uni-related if you ask me. oh, and get off my lawn.[/quote]
It’s only related in the context of a previous poster who opined “well, people buy ’em” (or words to that effect), which set off the critiquing of said ugly hats.
You got a lawn in AZ? ;-)[/quote]

Get off my FieldTurf!

There is the page the BUFFALO BEARS jersey is from (second row, third jersey)

link

[quote comment=”245456″][quote comment=”245401″][quote comment=”245398″][quote comment=”245383″]I must be completely missing the point on the Dimitar Berbatov picture (that is, the “what uniform” note in the Ticker.

Long sleeve jersey, white shorts, white socks. It’s sort of Tottenham’s thing: they’re nicknamed the “Lillywhites,” for goodness sake.

I’m sure I’m missing an obvious point–I’m a pretty huge Spurs fan and no doubt leaping to the defensive without cause.[/quote]

Look at the goalies shorts (or lack thereof)….[/quote]

Can’t believe it took this long for someone to understand the point of that photo.[/quote]
Are we quite certain that it’s not simply the case that his shorts have ridden up? It seems unlikely to me that he was running around without any on.[/quote]

yes, his shorts rode up…I think Paul’s comment was not meant to be taken literally. It just LOOKS like he has not shorts on…

[quote comment=”245521″]A Uniwatch Pet peeve of mine is every so often, those New Era fashion caps come up and they’re uglier than the last time and everyone starts cracking on them. It’s like shoooting fish in a barrel or picking low hanging fruit, or even fruit off the ground. They make ’em – people buy ’em, leave them be. It’s barely uni-related if you ask me. oh, and get off my lawn.[/quote]

My apologies…for I am the accused poster. I was searching the web for the a cap version of the base coach helmets and I happened upon those wretched creations. I felt it my civic duty to warn the uni-watching public of their dangers.

In the future, I will think twice before sharing such information because it is not a revelation discovering homely hats designed by New Era but fate, such as the rising of the sun, Marty Met decrying the ugliness of the Yankees, Penn State or Alabama, and Phil with his love of the Mets and sarcasm!

Does it make me a bad person if I like the link. I realize pairing it with the Packers only pants, gold(mustard yellow) as well, would be puke worthy. So I’m not necessarily suggesting any uniform change, just that I like the replica(even though since there’s no real authentic for it to replicate)

[quote comment=”245534″]Did the link try to draw the link on their spats?[/quote]

looks like two champion logos to me, jay ;)

[quote comment=”245536″][quote comment=”245534″]Did the link try to draw the link on their spats?[/quote]

looks like two champion logos to me, jay ;)[/quote]

Now you’re just nitpicking Phil. I’m just thrilled that this post went up. I’ve had the spam monster eating my stuff up for the last few weeks. Luckily Paul is pretty quick getting it fixed.

From the ticker:

GoalieMonkey.com, and Koho recently signed a deal for a limited production run of their new 700-series, which will look like this and this. Not sure what it will amount to, but I was surprised to see Koho as an independent entity again.

The 700’s, along with a “semi-pro” 680, appear to be available:

link

[quote comment=”245547″][quote comment=”245540″]Caray was priceless but I love Joe Morgan as an analyst. He is an OUTSTANDING teacher of the game.[/quote]

Do yourself a favor and never google the term “fjm” ;-)[/quote]

link….I had to do it.

[quote comment=”245552″][quote comment=”245540″]
Caray was priceless but I love Joe Morgan as an analyst. He is an OUTSTANDING teacher of the game.[/quote]

If I could ban you for that statement, I would. Joe Morgan is a jackass. He’s an oustanding teacher of his career, but that’s about it.[/quote]

I was having a conversation with my father in law the other day about Joe Morgan and we both feel that it’s very simple. If we disagreed with his analysis or opinions it would be one thing. But this is a man that talks for 9 innings and gets FACTS wrong.

During the Civil Rights game he called the Mets 3rd starter link (should be link). Last year when the Mets were playing the Cubs he stated that Luis Castillo (a new acquisition) would have a tough time that night since he played he entire career in the American League. (When did the link switch leagues?).

I understand that these are only two examples but those of you that have listened to him should know what I’m speaking of. He just gets things wrong. I don’t mind disagreeing with analyst (I even disagree with link at times), but when people who don’t know the difference listen to his broadcast, it has the chance to ruin other people as well.

link!!!

[quote comment=”245232″][quote comment=”245225″][quote comment=”245218″]Slowly but surely, the Royals are getting there. First, they’ve switched from nameplates to direct-sewn lettering

Why is this better…I have gone into detail before about why I think nameplates are better, but never heard a qualified response from anyone as to why they think direct sewn is better????[/quote]

I think nameplates look like shit. Extra seams, extra fabric, extra puckering. What if the insignia on the front was actually a big piece of fabric with a script design on it — wouldn’t THAT look like shit? Damn right. So do nameplates.[/quote]

It may look cleaner to have a direct sewn name, but the nameplate ensures a proper arch to the name. Now most teams that use direct sewing have the surnames in practically a straight line. Only when it’s a longer name does it start to resemble a proper radial arch.

And they don’t pucker if done right, but nobody can seem to do that today.[/quote]

You are both right (how’s that for riding the fence). Direct sew looks better, but the arch on most of them is too straight. However, nameplates are not the solution. There are templates used (Liebe has them, for example) when positioning lettering for application. Apparently someone believes the arch is adequate the way it is, I disagree.

Just because much of this is on the on-field jerseys, doesn’t make it correct. The Royals switched from Wilson to Rawlings in 1987 and the letter placement on the front has been an absolute mess ever since, right up to this year’s spring training tops. The same, IMO, goes for name placement on the backs of many team’s jerseys.

[quote comment=”245407″]I don’t know how I feel about the re-introduction of those white paneled Twins helmets. Last year their catchers wore them and I was amused.

They are not good looking. But they are a sweet nod to (a less than memorable era in) the Twins history–which I appreciate. The Twins just jumped on the front panel bandwagon when they were introduced in the mid-’70’s. Hmmmm…

I guess they win my approval for showing up unexpectantly. And because they’re being worn by base coaches. It’s all kind of strange…and I love strange, unexpected occurrences in a sports world where originality is being squeezed out little by little.

Also. The Royals patch looks so much better on the sleeve without the white border.[/quote]

Let’s take it a step further, how good would the O’s coaches look in link? Seriously, could this open up some, dare I suggest, marketing possibilities? You have predominantly “old school” guys wearing throwback designs (where applicable) just for the coaches.

Just heard during the Iowa Cubs exhibition broadcast that there is a team mandate that all pants have to be worn above the calf. I don’t know for sure if it’s the manager or higher up, but you’ll get to see a lot of blue legs in Des Moines this summer.

Although its been said the Yankees were only wearing the All Star Patches from the time voting started until the game, they are wearing them tonight!

[quote comment=”245577″]Although its been said the Yankees were only wearing the All Star Patches from the time voting started until the game, they are wearing them tonight![/quote]
Are you sure its not the ‘Final Year of Yankee Stadium’ patch?

[quote comment=”245552″][quote comment=”245540″]
Caray was priceless but I love Joe Morgan as an analyst. He is an OUTSTANDING teacher of the game.[/quote]

If I could ban you for that statement, I would. Joe Morgan is a jackass. He’s an oustanding teacher of his career, but that’s about it.[/quote]

AMEN! Take Ron Santo wit ya!

[quote comment=”245552″][quote comment=”245540″]
Caray was priceless but I love Joe Morgan as an analyst. He is an OUTSTANDING teacher of the game.[/quote]

If I could ban you for that statement, I would. Joe Morgan is a jackass. He’s an oustanding teacher of his career, but that’s about it.[/quote]

Last night, during the Twins game, there was a high pop hit into shallow left field. Delmon Young? was on first and very alertly made it all the way to third, when the ball wasn’t caught in the OF. Morgan explained how and why Young trailed the fielders judging his chances.

Morgan often explains reasoning and justification of certain plays that I would have otherwise not seen. For that, I like him. As for his pompous way, I agree with you guys there!

Slight changes to the Twins Navy Home Alternate Jerseys….

The front numbers have changed from white with red trim to red with white trim (to match the Twins script and numbers on the back).

They also removed the red trim from the NOB

Sorry – no screen shots :-(

[quote comment=”245606″][quote comment=”245604″][quote comment=”245552″][quote comment=”245540″]
Caray was priceless but I love Joe Morgan as an analyst. He is an OUTSTANDING teacher of the game.[/quote]

If I could ban you for that statement, I would. Joe Morgan is a jackass. He’s an oustanding teacher of his career, but that’s about it.[/quote]

Last night, during the Twins game, there was a high pop hit into shallow left field. Delmon Young? was on first and very alertly made it all the way to third, when the ball wasn’t caught in the OF. Morgan explained how and why Young trailed the fielders judging his chances.

Morgan often explains reasoning and justification of certain plays that I would have otherwise not seen. For that, I like him. As for his pompous way, I agree with you guys there![/quote]

I don’t dismiss the fact that there are times that he might have some nice insight. The problem remains that everything coming out of the mans mouth is suspect when he has, and continues to, get basic FACTS wrong.

It’s not a mistake here and there…he gets FACTS wrong every single inning that he’s on the air.[/quote]

To be brutally honest, I listen to Miller call the game and wait for Morgan to explain something strategy-wise that I might not have caught, especially with the NL, because I”m very unfamiliar with the substitution rules.

When he’s good, he’s good. I stand by what I said. He illuminates alot of what I don’t know baseball and mechanics wise. He and McCarver could talk til they turned blue about how they did it, but they still teach me alot.

[quote comment=”245620″]One final thought re: Morgan (and it has nothing to do with his work as a broadcaster — it’s just a fun story):

A few yrs back, a friend of mine was getting married, and he wanted a new suit for the occasion. So he went to Moe Ginsburg (now-defunct menswear shop in Manhattan) and began looking thru the racks. He picked out a suit, put it on, and then came out of the fitting room to see how he looked in the mirror. And who should he see a few feet away but Joe Morgan, who was apparently doing a bit of shopping of his own.

“Hey Joe,” said my friend, turning toward Morgan and holding out his arms in a “look at my new suit” gesture. “What do you think?”

To which Joe Morgan replied, “It’s OK — for you.” And then he turned away.

I don’t think this makes Joe Morgan an asshole (I dislike his broadcasting work on its own terms). In fact, I think this is a really funny story. And so does my friend who told it to me.[/quote]

As did George Louis Constanza!

[quote comment=”245579″]here’s the link to my hockey uniforms website- i made it before michael kemezis, by the way! no connection. here;s the link:
link
enjoy[/quote]

Ok, I have to draw the line here. Are you truly a Uni Watcher? I’m quite certain that you aren’t. How do I know? Let me count the ways…

1) Your site only lists 20 NHL uniforms. The last time I checked, there were 30 NHL teams. You can hardly be the “definitive source” when you’re missing 10 NHL teams, and all you do is offer your opinion.

2) You linked all the pictures back to other people’s sites. All you’ve done is stolen someone else’s work and made it your own. And if one of those sites were mine, I’d be especially pissed at this part: “©2008 Please be respectful in taking materials from hockeysweaters.com”. None of it is yours except your own opinions. The least you could do is pilfer the pictures and host them yourself!

3) Your information is sketchy at best. The Coyotes don’t have an alternate logo. That patch is the secondary logo. Huge difference.

4) You need to do your research. The Nashville Predators had the word “Nashville” on their alternate jerseys last season. Both Dallas and Nashville have their city names on their jerseys this season, thus making Vancouver wordmark not unique. In fact, the Canucks weren’t even the first team to show off their wordmark this past offseason.

5) Your information regarding the LA Kings contradicts yourself. If you look at the picture you stole from link for the Kings jersey last season, you can clearly see the wordmark on the hemstripe. Yet you write in the “Bonus” section of this year’s jerseys, “For having the gumption to put the waist wordmark on- never before done, I think”. Again, do your research, and try reading what you write.

6) Your write-up regarding the Detroit Red Wings is interesting, especially since Steve Yzerman retired before the Wings ever wore an Rbk jersey, yet you used his photo in a CCM jersey to speak of the contrast. Since that time, the captaincy lettering has switched shoulders. Again, you may want to keep the examples current with the jersey you are critiquing.

6) For the love of all things good, stop using the comment section for your self-promotions. Send the link to Paul, or link it to your name. (Sorry, but this is a giant pet peeve of mine.)

I apologize to Paul, and everyone else, for this, but this has been happening for the last three days for sure, and the number of glaring errors on that site began to seriously irritate me, especially when the author keeps telling people to visit his site.

“Hockey sweaters” or whatever your name is, please email me directly at cdnuniguy-at-gmail-dot-com if you’d like to take this to a private discussion.

Rant is over. Back to your regular programming.

[quote comment=”245626″][quote comment=”245579″]here’s the link to my hockey uniforms website- i made it before michael kemezis, by the way! no connection. here;s the link:
link
enjoy[/quote]

Ok, I have to draw the line here. Are you truly a Uni Watcher? I’m quite certain that you aren’t. How do I know? Let me count the ways…

1) Your site only lists 20 NHL uniforms. The last time I checked, there were 30 NHL teams. You can hardly be the “definitive source” when you’re missing 10 NHL teams, and all you do is offer your opinion.

2) You linked all the pictures back to other people’s sites. All you’ve done is stolen someone else’s work and made it your own. And if one of those sites were mine, I’d be especially pissed at this part: “©2008 Please be respectful in taking materials from hockeysweaters.com”. None of it is yours except your own opinions. The least you could do is pilfer the pictures and host them yourself!

3) Your information is sketchy at best. The Coyotes don’t have an alternate logo. That patch is the secondary logo. Huge difference.

4) You need to do your research. The Nashville Predators had the word “Nashville” on their alternate jerseys last season. Both Dallas and Nashville have their city names on their jerseys this season, thus making Vancouver wordmark not unique. In fact, the Canucks weren’t even the first team to show off their wordmark this past offseason.

5) Your information regarding the LA Kings contradicts yourself. If you look at the picture you stole from link for the Kings jersey last season, you can clearly see the wordmark on the hemstripe. Yet you write in the “Bonus” section of this year’s jerseys, “For having the gumption to put the waist wordmark on- never before done, I think”. Again, do your research, and try reading what you write.

6) Your write-up regarding the Detroit Red Wings is interesting, especially since Steve Yzerman retired before the Wings ever wore an Rbk jersey, yet you used his photo in a CCM jersey to speak of the contrast. Since that time, the captaincy lettering has switched shoulders. Again, you may want to keep the examples current with the jersey you are critiquing.

6) For the love of all things good, stop using the comment section for your self-promotions. Send the link to Paul, or link it to your name. (Sorry, but this is a giant pet peeve of mine.)

I apologize to Paul, and everyone else, for this, but this has been happening for the last three days for sure, and the number of glaring errors on that site began to seriously irritate me, especially when the author keeps telling people to visit his site.

“Hockey sweaters” or whatever your name is, please email me directly at cdnuniguy-at-gmail-dot-com if you’d like to take this to a private discussion.

Rant is over. Back to your regular programming.[/quote]

Ummmm…..don’t piss off Teebz or he will lay a link.

link.

[quote comment=”245634″][quote comment=”245632″]link.[/quote]

that was AWESUM teebz!

and dammit jay, now i want fishsticks[/quote]

Now that you mention it…I could go for some link myself. I just never liked my link.

[quote comment=”245625″][quote comment=”245607″]Slight changes to the Twins Navy Home Alternate Jerseys….

The front numbers have changed from white with red trim to red with white trim (to match the Twins script and numbers on the back).

They also removed the red trim from the NOB

Sorry – no screen shots :-([/quote]

This Is DUMB!! I have a blue Jersey and now they ruined it. They “Dumbed it down”. It does look like they have Red trim on the White Numbers, but yeesh…why change it?[/quote]

One word my friend — money. :-) How many people will need to buy new jerseys now…

I wonder if they’ll change their jerseys when they move into the new ballpark in 2010, and go back to the old script lettering from the 60’s & 70’s???

[quote comment=”245641″][quote comment=”245632″]
Ummmm…..don’t piss off Teebz or he will lay a link.

link.[/quote]

I’m not pissed off, Shaft. :o)

It’s just that hockey takes a beating in the comment section, and then we have someone writing incorrect information and claiming his/her site is the “definitive source”.

That irritates me. Do the research, and then present it. Don’t just create a site full of errors and say “look at me!”.[/quote]

I completely agree with you. And I never said that you were pissed off but you did put the poster in his place, in a informative yet firm way.

But, onto an actually uni question? I’ve never asked….what exactly did you like about the fish uni’s? (I’m being serious)

[quote comment=”245642″]
But, onto an actually uni question? I’ve never asked….what exactly did you like about the fish uni’s? (I’m being serious)[/quote]

It’s not so much that I like them for any one reason per se. It was during a time when hockey was becoming stale (1995 lockout), and the Islanders came back with something overly dramatic and different that basically shocked the entire sports world.

Do I think they are hideous? Hell yeah! But the fact that the Islanders were trying something so off-the-wall in terms of breaking hockey traditions was impressive, especially when you consider the Isles’ history.

It’s like the Turn Ahead The Clock jerseys in MLB. Ugly? Hell yeah! But all of would like to own that piece of history just because it was so different than what we were used to seeing.

To me, the Fishermen will always be part of hockey folklore. As for the reasons, so few people have a Fisherman jersey, and even fewer have them totally customized right down to the jersey patches. It’s very noticeable as well. :o)

[quote comment=”245621″]how do you really feel paul?

matt…i love ya like a brother, but morgan is an utter fool…paul summed it up better than i (or anyone) could

and no, i don’t want you to draw any conclusion…i want you to listen to what I just said[/quote]

To Phil, Paul, and Shaft: If nothing else, I am very interested in closely following the banter between Miller and Morgan in ESPN’s next broadcast to witness for myself everything you’ve mentioned.

I’ll be the first to agree if Morgan really is that abysmal in his disemmination.

I’m impressed and hopeful, I’ve never been around to break the 300 post mark!

[quote comment=”245646″][quote comment=”245642″]
But, onto an actually uni question? I’ve never asked….what exactly did you like about the fish uni’s? (I’m being serious)[/quote]

It’s not so much that I like them for any one reason per se. It was during a time when hockey was becoming stale (1995 lockout), and the Islanders came back with something overly dramatic and different that basically shocked the entire sports world.

Do I think they are hideous? Hell yeah! But the fact that the Islanders were trying something so off-the-wall in terms of breaking hockey traditions was impressive, especially when you consider the Isles’ history.

It’s like the Turn Ahead The Clock jerseys in MLB. Ugly? Hell yeah! But all of would like to own that piece of history just because it was so different than what we were used to seeing.

To me, the Fishermen will always be part of hockey folklore. As for the reasons, so few people have a Fisherman jersey, and even fewer have them totally customized right down to the jersey patches. It’s very noticeable as well. :o)[/quote]

My Sharpei argument to a T!
They’re ugly but their homeliness makes them endearing!

This works for me concerning anything Oregon or Clemson related, however New Era will never be granted clemency.

[quote comment=”245652″]
We couldn’t accept the “fishsticks” uni’s as “so ugly their beautiful” because of the great uni’s the preceded them.[/quote]

I agree. While Mr. Powers may appreciate them for that reason, I simply find their freakishness to be something that makes them so unique rather than beautiful. They were hated so much that people wanted them burned at center ice. But I can guarantee you that someone asks me if they can buy it off me when I wear it.

Again, I appreciate the historical portion of the jersey. The fact that no one has one makes me appreciate the rarity of the jersey so much more.

[quote]Being known for ugly uniforms is the same as being known as lovable losers…it only works when you never had nice uni’s or have won anything.[/quote]

so…what’s the cubbies excuse then?

100 years and counting…sorry bry

and i agree with ya jay on the BEE-YOU-TEE-FUL unis our boys sported (and, of course, won 4 cups in)…the gorton’s period was kind of a nadir (are we still in it???)…remember when the LI Buses had those “palffy-tations” ads? the fishsticks pic reminded me of that

[quote comment=”245659″][quote]Being known for ugly uniforms is the same as being known as lovable losers…it only works when you never had nice uni’s or have won anything.[/quote]

so…what’s the cubbies excuse then?

100 years and counting…sorry bry

and i agree with ya jay on the BEE-YOU-TEE-FUL unis our boys sported (and, of course, won 4 cups in)…the gorton’s period was kind of a nadir (are we still in it???)…remember when the LI Buses had those “palffy-tations” ads? the fishsticks pic reminded me of that[/quote]

Much like I said about the Panthers abandoning their vertically-arched names and their current futility, the hockey gods frowned upon Long Island with the merger of cheap, breaded fishsticks and hockey. ;o)

hey paul looks link the nhl is dropping RBK
link

The Yakult Swallows in Japan is doing a throwback series in May. Various clubs wore throwbacks last season, it’s good to see the powder blue, even if it’s rather uninspired.

link

[quote comment=”245638″][quote comment=”245634″][quote comment=”245632″]link.[/quote]

that was AWESUM teebz!

and dammit jay, now i want fishsticks[/quote]

Now that you mention it…I could go for some link myself. I just never liked my link.[/quote]

Thanks for the picture of the fish sticks.I had no idea what you were talking about without the visual.

Sorry for the sarcasm, but it’s a big link peeve of mine when people link link to link of things that need no explanation.

I’m not trying to be an ass (for once), but link seems to be the biggest offender.

[quote comment=”245586″][quote comment=”245577″]Although its been said the Yankees were only wearing the All Star Patches from the time voting started until the game, they are wearing them tonight![/quote]
Are you sure its not the ‘Final Year of Yankee Stadium’ patch?[/quote]

Nope, they wore that one as well. Just got back from the Stadium – beautiful night in the Bronx.

I’m hoping that this was a special Opening Night thing, not a signal that they’ve changed their minds and will wear the damn patch all season.

The Yankee Stadium patch is a thing of beauty, but the All-Star Game patch is ugly. And two patches on that jersey is one too many.

Three Hundred and Twelve comments…

Welcome back, baseball, we missed you.

Sincerely,
UniWatchers

I wish we had a baseball team in the Bay Area. Oh wait..we have the A’s.

[quote comment=”245660″][quote comment=”245658″][quote comment=”245639″]This is sort of a bizzare day in the comments section…I’ve never seen Paul stray so far and so much from uniforms. Usually you frown upon people who bring up other things before they even get going. Now I don’t have a problem with it, I often wish that you would let the conversation spread further then unis, but I just found it odd today.[/quote]

It’s the start of the baseball season, which (a) puts me in a good mood, and (b) makes it fun to discuss baseball broadcasters, which is the main non-uni topic I addressed in the comments today. And while I could be wrong, my sense of things is that I rarely shut down any topic (esp. if it’s sports-related) unless I think it’s gettting stoopid or descending into name-calling.

But maybe I’m just arbitrary and moody…..[/quote]

Nah, you just need a hug, Pauly! Hahaha!

Personally, I don’t get to watch much baseball here unless it’s a Blue Jays telecast, so I can’t comment much on Morgan.

I do know that Chris Berman should be banned from baseball games completely, though.[/quote]

So should Brent Musburger. I’m sure we wont get him for the rest of the year, but it really sounded like a guy how hasn’t done a baseball broadcast in 10 years.

[quote comment=”245697″]So should Brent Musburger. I’m sure we wont get him for the rest of the year, but it really sounded like a guy how hasn’t done a baseball broadcast in 10 years.[/quote]

link

[quote comment=”245702″][quote comment=”245700″][quote comment=”245694″]I know you are right but I guess it is my guilty pleasure, like tapping the steering wheel when that band comes the radio on that you’d never admit you’d ever listen to.[/quote]

would you be speaking of, say, ‘motorin’ (sister christian) or some other godforesaken crap by night ranger, larry?

please…do enlighten us ;)[/quote]

Are you kidding, Night Ranger is on my ipod right now (except I don’t have one, but that’s what everybody says, right?). No, the first thing that came to mind was a certain group from Sweden with the alphabetically catchy name, you with me?[/quote]

so..i take it you’ve seen mamma mia then

[quote comment=”245667″]“The Yakult Swallows in Japan is doing a throwback series in May. Various clubs wore throwbacks last season, it’s good to see the powder blue, even if it’s rather uninspired.”

link

Hey, it’s all about Osaka-san and his most famous creation, Astro Boy my friend. Used to watch him every weekday with Wee Willie Webber on Channel 17 here in Philly back in the day.

[quote comment=”245709″][quote comment=”245707″][quote comment=”245667″]“The Yakult Swallows in Japan is doing a throwback series in May. Various clubs wore throwbacks last season, it’s good to see the powder blue, even if it’s rather uninspired.”

link

Hey, it’s all about Osaka-san and his most famous creation, Astro Boy my friend. Used to watch him every weekday with Wee Willie Webber on Channel 17 here in Philly back in the day.[/quote]

Didn’t he pitch for the Braves?[/quote]

Sorry, couldn’t find a picture from behind.

link

[quote comment=”245710″][quote comment=”245709″][quote comment=”245707″][quote comment=”245667″]“The Yakult Swallows in Japan is doing a throwback series in May. Various clubs wore throwbacks last season, it’s good to see the powder blue, even if it’s rather uninspired.”

link

Hey, it’s all about Osaka-san and his most famous creation, Astro Boy my friend. Used to watch him every weekday with Wee Willie Webber on Channel 17 here in Philly back in the day.[/quote]

Didn’t he pitch for the Braves?[/quote]

Sorry, couldn’t find a picture from behind.

link

you didn’t search link lar…

it was almost exactly link paul had the goods

[quote comment=”245716″]Friggin’ Yahoo search[/quote]

not so…you just didn’t put in link

soon as i saw UW (#10), i knew i’d find gold…pure gold jerry

[quote comment=”245720″][quote comment=”245716″]Friggin’ Yahoo search[/quote]

not so…you just didn’t put in link

soon as i saw UW (#10), i knew i’d find gold…pure gold jerry[/quote]

Searched images only. My bad, yahoo.

Guess the mets are not undefeated anymore. Yanks are.

i believe the mowhawked ballplayer is my boy brandon phillips

for some reason Alex Rios was sporting a very similar mohawk and I remember the TV commentators talking about it in the season opener against the Yankees.

I wish the indians would go back to link