They’re Not Playing Like a Mickey Mouse Team, So…

Here’s a Brett Hull ‘cameo’ I think Paul missed in his cameo articles. Only played 5 games, with 1 assist, then retired. Heard he hated Gretzky has a coach. Or realized what team he was playing for… sorry, don’t know how to make words into links.

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[quote]Disney…had the usual ball park choices of beers (all the major domestics), and for some reason they decided to sell Foster’s Oil Cans. They also had full bars set up through-out the park which definitely weren’t there last year.[/quote]

sweet…im guessing everyone takes public transportation to the game and there are no young children present

and yet, miley cyrus is now a bad role model for the youth

[quote comment=”256881″]A Quick Aside: If during the second or third inning of last night’s Indians versus Mariners game you heard some dude yelling, “Get a helmet on that first base coach!”, that was me. Seattle’s Eddie Rodriguez was manning first base with just a hat, and being only six rows behind home plate, I decided I could make a difference. Apologies to all children in that section, as my language was not quite as proper as I portrayed it here.

Is it me or do the moderators (both the fill in and the actual owner) have a little ego problems?[/quote]

Oh boy…here we go again…just like yesterday. The moderator and his fill-ins are the “bloggers” on this “blog”. If you don’t like what they blog about, their writing style, their behavior, their likes and dislikes etc. Then simply un-bookmark the blog and don’t read it. Simple.

[quote comment=”256881″]A Quick Aside: If during the second or third inning of last night’s Indians versus Mariners game you heard some dude yelling, “Get a helmet on that first base coach!”, that was me. Seattle’s Eddie Rodriguez was manning first base with just a hat, and being only six rows behind home plate, I decided I could make a difference. Apologies to all children in that section, as my language was not quite as proper as I portrayed it here.

Is it me or do the moderators (both the fill in and the actual owner) have a little ego problems?[/quote]

It’s just you…

The kids were really good at the “wait until they go away, then go right back to doing it” game,

god that was a good line, brought back a few memories. It would be cool for kids to be able to play ball during a game. I know, the ball could go on to the field and stop a game for 30 secs but hey let linkplay!!

great job Andrew, nice details on a good evening

[quote comment=”256889″]Watching the tigers game last night waiting for the Wings game to come on, and noticed that I think it was the 8th inning when Jeter was up to bat, that the tiger pitcher had his jersey untucked while pitching. The cameras even did a close-up to it.

Screen shot? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?[/quote]
I saw that as well. I was trying to figure out if I had ever seen a baseball player with their jersey not tucked (besides after a slide)

Just wondering: Who was the first guy to hit a walk-off homer and do the helmet flip right before crossing homeplate and being mobbed by teammates?

I think it might have Manny, but it seems like everyone does it now.

Burrell giving the finger was actually from 2007 during the preseason “On-Deck Series” (last 2 games of the preseason that take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philly) against the BoSox.

He was gesturing across the field to former manager, Terry Francona.

As for the Rays in Disney this year and the lower attendance, I live in/around Orlando, and honestly the advertising for the series wasn’t there this year, last year the advertising was much more prominent, TV, radio, billboards etc. This year I saw maybe two or three TV spots, and the series had come and gone before anyone knew it.

[quote comment=”256883″][quote]Disney…had the usual ball park choices of beers (all the major domestics), and for some reason they decided to sell Foster’s Oil Cans. They also had full bars set up through-out the park which definitely weren’t there last year.[/quote]

sweet…im guessing everyone takes public transportation to the game and there are no young children present

and yet, miley cyrus is now a bad role model for the youth[/quote]
They can’t even let the kids play catch! Geez, it’s a RAYS game for crying out loud!

Astros wore their road grays for the first time this season last night against the D-Bag…er…D-Backs because the brick red jersey/gray pants would have clashed with the dark red/white pants, and the D-Backs wouldn’t have that…

[quote comment=”256979″]As for the Rays in Disney this year and the lower attendance, I live in/around Orlando, and honestly the advertising for the series wasn’t there this year, last year the advertising was much more prominent, TV, radio, billboards etc. This year I saw maybe two or three TV spots, and the series had come and gone before anyone knew it.[/quote]

I live between Tampa and Orlando and had no idea the Rays were playing at Disney again this year until I saw the game on TV. They did a terrible job of promoting this year. As for the alcohol choices at the ballpark, it sounds like this year’s choices were alot more inline with what they offer at Braves Spring Training.

[quote comment=”257002″][quote comment=”256979″]As for the Rays in Disney this year and the lower attendance, I live in/around Orlando, and honestly the advertising for the series wasn’t there this year, last year the advertising was much more prominent, TV, radio, billboards etc. This year I saw maybe two or three TV spots, and the series had come and gone before anyone knew it.[/quote]

I live between Tampa and Orlando and had no idea the Rays were playing at Disney again this year until I saw the game on TV. They did a terrible job of promoting this year. As for the alcohol choices at the ballpark, it sounds like this year’s choices were alot more inline with what they offer at Braves Spring Training.[/quote]

You live in Downtown Orlampa?

[quote comment=”256990″]Astros wore their road grays for the first time this season last night against the D-Bag…er…D-Backs because the brick red jersey/gray pants would have clashed with the dark red/white pants, and the D-Backs wouldn’t have that…[/quote]
Yeah, I was watching highlights the other night and couldn’t tell which team was which. I don’t get the color scheme change for either team.

[quote comment=”256879″]Here’s a Brett Hull ‘cameo’ I think Paul missed in his cameo articles. Only played 5 games, with 1 assist, then retired. Heard he hated Gretzky has a coach. Or realized what team he was playing for… sorry, don’t know how to make words into links.

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Brett wore number 9 when he was in Phoenix too, after his Dad, Bobby, unretired the number from his Jets days. I can’t find any pictures to prove he actually wore it, though.

Brett retired after only 5 games, his reasoning was because he was too fat and slow.

Saw SI’s gallery of Larry Brown’s career. The first picture, linked below, shows him during his playing days at UNC. Is there a story behind the socks? It almost looks like there are slots for a belt of some sort. Also some very funny outfits from his early coaching days are in the gallery.
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There is no such thing as a ‘walk-off’ homer, single, or anything else. ‘Walk-off’ implies that the batter hits the ball and just walks to the dugout. Well, if you walk to the dugout you can’t reach first base. Therefore, no single, double, triple homer or anything else. And, if the score is tied and the batter hits one out of the park he can’t just walk into the dugout. He HAS to touch ’em all. The only way I’ll accept any of this is with a ‘walk-off’ home run where the batter doesn’t have to round the bases to get the win.

Okay … sorry … had to get that off my chest. It’s just a pet peeve of mine.

Now … back to your regularly scheduled UniWatch discussions.

[quote comment=\”257041\”][quote comment=\”257038\”][quote comment=\”256879\”]Here\’s a Brett Hull \’cameo\’ I think Paul missed in his cameo articles. Only played 5 games, with 1 assist, then retired. Heard he hated Gretzky has a coach. Or realized what team he was playing for… sorry, don\’t know how to make words into links.

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Brett wore number 9 when he was in Phoenix too, after his Dad, Bobby, unretired the number from his Jets days. I can\’t find any pictures to prove he actually wore it, though.

Brett retired after only 5 games, his reasoning was because he was too fat and slow.[/quote]

I thought he wore #9 too, couldn\’t find a picture either.[/quote]

Brett Hull wore #9 for the home opener – October 8th, 2005. They had a pregame ceremony to \”unretire\” the number. Here\’s a decent pic with the ESPN article.

[quote comment=”257058″]There is no such thing as a ‘walk-off’ homer, single, or anything else. ‘Walk-off’ implies that the batter hits the ball and just walks to the dugout. Well, if you walk to the dugout you can’t reach first base. Therefore, no single, double, triple homer or anything else. And, if the score is tied and the batter hits one out of the park he can’t just walk into the dugout. He HAS to touch ’em all. The only way I’ll accept any of this is with a ‘walk-off’ home run where the batter doesn’t have to round the bases to get the win.

Okay … sorry … had to get that off my chest. It’s just a pet peeve of mine.

Now … back to your regularly scheduled UniWatch discussions.[/quote]

I read somewhere that Dennis Eckersley came up with the term “walk-off” whatever due to the fact the losing team had to walk off the field as losers.

[quote comment=”257073″][quote comment=”257058″]There is no such thing as a ‘walk-off’ homer, single, or anything else. ‘Walk-off’ implies that the batter hits the ball and just walks to the dugout. Well, if you walk to the dugout you can’t reach first base. Therefore, no single, double, triple homer or anything else. And, if the score is tied and the batter hits one out of the park he can’t just walk into the dugout. He HAS to touch ’em all. The only way I’ll accept any of this is with a ‘walk-off’ home run where the batter doesn’t have to round the bases to get the win.

Okay … sorry … had to get that off my chest. It’s just a pet peeve of mine.

Now … back to your regularly scheduled UniWatch discussions.[/quote]

I read somewhere that Dennis Eckersley came up with the term “walk-off” whatever due to the fact the losing team had to walk off the field as losers.[/quote]

when in doubt…turn to link

The first known usage of the word in print appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 21, 1988, Section D, Page 1. Chronicle writer Lowell Cohn wrote an article headlined “What the Eck?” about Oakland reliever Dennis Eckersley’s unusual way of speaking: “For a translation, I go in search of Eckersley. I also want to know why he calls short home runs ‘street pieces,’ and home runs that come in the last at-bat of a game ‘walkoff pieces’. . . .” Although the term originally was coined with a negative connotation, in reference to the pitcher (who must walk off the field with his head hung in shame), it has come to acquire a more celebratory connotation, for the batter who walks off with pride with the adulation of the home crowd).

I don’t know how many New Yorkers saw this but on NY1 they had Bloomberg talking about the All Star game in Yankee Stadium and he was presented a American league jersey.

My description: Navy blue, American on the front with the white arches signature to old Yankee Stadium. Big blockish almost National like looking letters on the back… yeah that works out.

Any pictures?

[quote comment=”256956″]Burrell giving the finger was actually from 2007 during the preseason “On-Deck Series” (last 2 games of the preseason that take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philly) against the BoSox.

He was gesturing across the field to former manager, Terry Francona.[/quote]

Correct

Deadspin covered it on 4/1/07. Not sure why it made today’s ticker????

[quote comment=”257060″][quote]Nothing wrong with selling booze at a ballpark. We don’t need to kiddie-proof the world.[/quote]

couldn’t agree more chance…lest you mistook my comment for actually caring (or if it was even directed towards me)

just attempting (poorly, as it’s really apples to oranges) to point out disney’s hypocracy in selling adult beverages and such (and as someone else pointed out, employing the ‘fun police’), and being all high and mighty about the vanity fair pics of super-hottie miley

can’t have it both ways, disney…[/quote]

Loath though I am to disagree with you, I must. Of course they can have it both ways – those are two different divisions of the same massive company, and do not have the same interests nor must they have the same policies.

Just because one element of the company makes money from childrens’ entertainment doesn’t mean that the entirety of the company must be devoted to childish things.

[quote comment=”257090″]I don’t know how many New Yorkers saw this but on NY1 they had Bloomberg talking about the All Star game in Yankee Stadium and he was presented a American league jersey.

My description: Navy blue, American on the front with the white arches signature to old Yankee Stadium. Big blockish almost National like looking letters on the back… yeah that works out.

Any pictures?[/quote]

Look anything like link from link?

[quote comment=”257091″][quote comment=”257085″][quote comment=”257053″][quote comment=”256941″]Just wondering: Who was the first guy to hit a walk-off homer and do the helmet flip right before crossing homeplate and being mobbed by teammates?

I think it might have Manny, but it seems like everyone does it now.[/quote]
I recall somewhere hearing that it was Ortiz during a streak of walk-offs he had a few years ago where he was getting tired of the pounding on his head…but I could be wrong.[/quote]
Wouldn’t it help to have a helmet on your head in that situation?[/quote]

No, because then they hit you harder.[/quote]
I’ll buy that. Although the helmet toss has now morphed into a celebratory gesture.

[quote]Loath though I am to disagree with you, I must. Of course they can have it both ways – those are two different divisions of the same massive company, and do not have the same interests nor must they have the same policies.[/quote]

well, of course they can have it both ways…they’re disney…they can do whatever the f*ck they want

i know the two divisions are separate and not always in synch…in fact, they’re more than likely at cross-purposes…all they share in common is the desire to make money, and i certainly don’t begrudge them that…not surprisingly, i love nike, mickey d’s and microsoft, and disney (while i’m not a fan) ranks right up there with those big corporations i do like

i just get more than a little pissed when disney tries to portray itself as this wholesome family values white bread 1950’s throwback (they were shocked, SHOCKED at the annie liebowitz’ pics)…when in reality they’re just the same bunch of money-making salary men that paul and many other liberals love to hate on

and now [/rant]

[quote comment=”257116″]Although the term originally was coined with a negative connotation, in reference to the pitcher (who must walk off the field with his head hung in shame), it has come to acquire a more celebratory connotation, for the batter who walks off with pride with the adulation of the home crowd).

I don’t agree with this at all. Everybody knows that the “walking off” is done by the team in the field. The home team is running out of the dugout to congratulate the guy who scored the winning run and the batter who brought him in (same person if it’s a homer). The only ones “walking” are the other guys who have no reason to hurry. The word means just what Eckersley meant when he invented it.

(And Vince, come on, man — yelling at the base coach for not wearing a helmet? Would you have been in Orlando helping the security guards take the balls away from the kids, too?)[/quote]

Okay … I can definitely agree with Eckersley’s definition. From a pitcher’s point of view you’re either walking off the field dejected or celebrating a win. It’s still pretty weak, but I understand it from that point.

[quote comment=”257080″][quote comment=”256992″]This Oregon uniform recruiting tool thing really frightens me. Lord knows what this fashion disaster will lead to across the NCAA. It was funny to make fun of their diamond-plate lemon yellow and emerald green uniforms but if more good players start publicly digging the threads, you know other schools will follow. Notre Dame with diamond-plate? Penn State in a different uniform every week? I’m scared Mommy, make the big, bad Nike go away![/quote]

The Oregon uniforms are amazing. Serves them right for getting players because they have the best uniform pack in the NCAA.[/quote]

I agree. As a former NCAA football player (under the age of 25) I can tell you that Oregon is ahead of the game on this jersey thing. MANY players and recruits love their kits (present company included) and most kids these days are very brand loyal (Nike, New Era, etc) so I imagine that OU will continue to get atheletes based upon their jerseys. Like it or not…

[quote comment=\”257147\”][quote comment=\”256926\”][quote comment=\”256917\”][quote comment=\”256889\”]Watching the tigers game last night waiting for the Wings game to come on, and noticed that I think it was the 8th inning when Jeter was up to bat, that the tiger pitcher had his jersey untucked while pitching. The cameras even did a close-up to it.

Screen shot? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?[/quote]
I saw that as well. I was trying to figure out if I had ever seen a baseball player with their jersey not tucked (besides after a slide)[/quote]

here

not the best pic, but it works[/quote]

Jim Leyland looks like a manager should![/quote]

How can the tigers have such an awesome home uni and then have that crap as an away uni? Don\’t like \’em at all…

I thought that NBA teams were required to wear the same uniforms throughout the series – so if Phoenix went orange in Game 1, they couldn’t wear purple for that series. Did that just change?

[quote comment=”257050″]Saw SI’s gallery of Larry Brown’s career. The first picture, linked below, shows him during his playing days at UNC. Is there a story behind the socks? It almost looks like there are slots for a belt of some sort. Also some very funny outfits from his early coaching days are in the gallery.
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Those aren’t slots, it is his uniform number “11”. Look at the front of his jersey.

[quote comment=”257151″][quote comment=”257080″][quote comment=”256992″]This Oregon uniform recruiting tool thing really frightens me. Lord knows what this fashion disaster will lead to across the NCAA. It was funny to make fun of their diamond-plate lemon yellow and emerald green uniforms but if more good players start publicly digging the threads, you know other schools will follow. Notre Dame with diamond-plate? Penn State in a different uniform every week? I’m scared Mommy, make the big, bad Nike go away![/quote]

The Oregon uniforms are amazing. Serves them right for getting players because they have the best uniform pack in the NCAA.[/quote]

I agree. As a former NCAA football player (under the age of 25) I can tell you that Oregon is ahead of the game on this jersey thing. MANY players and recruits love their kits (present company included) and most kids these days are very brand loyal (Nike, New Era, etc) so I imagine that OU will continue to get atheletes based upon their jerseys. Like it or not…[/quote]

I played college football too (albeit NAIA not NCAA) but my choice in schools was not based on the uniform but where I had a decent chance of playing and a degree that would be worth something after I graduated. Of course that was in the early 90s. Kids are now “all about me.” I can’t think for a minute that a kid with a decent head on his shoulders (few and far between these days) would choose a school based on some primary-colored uniform verses a school with a football tradition (any of the SEC schools) where you get a chance to play a potential national champ every year? Perhaps the fact I went to a non-NCAA D1 school has skewed my reality. Or maybe it is the grumpy old man portion of being 35 is coming out.

I’m not a SEC fan but I’d rather eat BBQ and drink sweet tea any day than eat granola and wear socks with birkenstocks.

[quote comment=”257187″]Brian Rockwood notes that on April 29, 1913, the Reds had to wear uniforms borrowed from the White Sox because the equipment managers forgot to load the uni’s on the train. It didn’t help the Reds that day, as they lost 7-2.

The Reds and White Sox played each other in 1913??? I find that hard to believe, unless interleague play did happen back then. Anyone else??[/quote]

And no link to the story?

[quote comment=”257166″][quote comment=”257150″][quote comment=”256982″][quote comment=”256883″][quote]Disney…had the usual ball park choices of beers (all the major domestics), and for some reason they decided to sell Foster’s Oil Cans. They also had full bars set up through-out the park which definitely weren’t there last year.[/quote]

sweet…im guessing everyone takes public transportation to the game and there are no young children present

and yet, miley cyrus is now a bad role model for the youth[/quote]
They can’t even let the kids play catch! Geez, it’s a RAYS game for crying out loud![/quote]

They weren’t allowed to because they were showing up the Rays with their superior ability to throw and catch a baseball.[/quote]

You know the Rays are only a game out in the East, right? And with a better record than the Yankees? And just swept the Red Sox?[/quote]

I live just north of St. Petersburg. If you opened the sports page, watched the local news, or listened to local sports radio I don’t know how you’d miss that the Rays were in Orlando. There was good talk about this series even back during spring training. They may not have rented the Goodyear blimp or held a parade but if you paid any attention to Rays news you’d know about the series.

As a Red Sox fan in attendance at all three games I was pissed over the sweep. Buchholtz and Beckett pitched great games but there was just no hitting. But, after living in Raleigh, NC for the last 10 years, I became a decents Rays fan because I saw nearly all of them play for the Durham Bulls. It was good to see them perform as they are capable of. Just not against my BoSox.

[quote comment=”257120″][quote comment=”257113″][quote comment=”257090″]I don’t know how many New Yorkers saw this but on NY1 they had Bloomberg talking about the All Star game in Yankee Stadium and he was presented a American league jersey.

My description: Navy blue, American on the front with the white arches signature to old Yankee Stadium. Big blockish almost National like looking letters on the back… yeah that works out.

Any pictures?[/quote]

Look anything like link from link?[/quote]

Sorry, screwed up the first link – should be link.[/quote]

He held up a jersey, not a t-shirt. It was customized with “BLOOMBERG 08” on the back.

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He also joked about burying it under Fenway, which doesn’t make sense, because it’s an all-star jersey, not a Yankees jersey……

[quote comment=”257151″][quote comment=”257080″][quote comment=”256992″]This Oregon uniform recruiting tool thing really frightens me. Lord knows what this fashion disaster will lead to across the NCAA. It was funny to make fun of their diamond-plate lemon yellow and emerald green uniforms but if more good players start publicly digging the threads, you know other schools will follow. Notre Dame with diamond-plate? Penn State in a different uniform every week? I’m scared Mommy, make the big, bad Nike go away![/quote]

The Oregon uniforms are amazing. Serves them right for getting players because they have the best uniform pack in the NCAA.[/quote]

I agree. As a former NCAA football player (under the age of 25) I can tell you that Oregon is ahead of the game on this jersey thing. MANY players and recruits love their kits (present company included) and most kids these days are very brand loyal (Nike, New Era, etc) so I imagine that OU will continue to get atheletes based upon their jerseys. Like it or not…[/quote]
This was one of the reasons I thought Oregon had a legit shot at Terrelle Pryor. These loud uniforms already get enough pub, but can you imagine the #1 recruit in the nation and the most highly touted recruit in the last 25 years (at least) would be sporting those jerseys. I know Oregon jersey sales in western PA and eastern OH would have spiked. Most likely throughout the country they would have sold a lot of that number jersey.

I’m kind of over trashing Oregon’s unis. I guess they’re just not as bad as they were at first glance. My advice to them would be lay off the yellow and go more with the white. I actually think the all-white ensemble with the white helmet is a very sharp uni. I only wish the nameplates were darker. You can’t read that silver.

I attended a Sacramento River Cats (A’s) and Omaha royals (KC) game the other night and every,I mean every one, in an Omaha uni sported high socks and stirrups…yahoo! does anyone know if they do this as a matter of course or was I just one of 6,000 lucky fans?

[quote comment=”257203″]well well well…

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first dated item…they played the cubs, as i suspected…and there’s your link, chance ;)[/quote]
Damn, Phil. You’re good.

[quote comment=”257151″][quote comment=”257080″][quote comment=”256992″]This Oregon uniform recruiting tool thing really frightens me. Lord knows what this fashion disaster will lead to across the NCAA. It was funny to make fun of their diamond-plate lemon yellow and emerald green uniforms but if more good players start publicly digging the threads, you know other schools will follow. Notre Dame with diamond-plate? Penn State in a different uniform every week? I’m scared Mommy, make the big, bad Nike go away![/quote]

The Oregon uniforms are amazing. Serves them right for getting players because they have the best uniform pack in the NCAA.[/quote]

I agree. As a former NCAA football player (under the age of 25) I can tell you that Oregon is ahead of the game on this jersey thing. MANY players and recruits love their kits (present company included) and most kids these days are very brand loyal (Nike, New Era, etc) so I imagine that OU will continue to get atheletes based upon their jerseys. Like it or not…[/quote]

So … are you saying that one of the primary reasons that a high school football player picks a college is the uniform? Does that mean that the more original/outlandish/creative/garish uniform a school can create the better their recruiting class will be? It doesn’t make sense to me, but, then again, I’m not 18 years old and haven’t been for a long, long time.

[quote comment=”257199″][quote comment=”257120″][quote comment=”257113″][quote comment=”257090″]I don’t know how many New Yorkers saw this but on NY1 they had Bloomberg talking about the All Star game in Yankee Stadium and he was presented a American league jersey.

My description: Navy blue, American on the front with the white arches signature to old Yankee Stadium. Big blockish almost National like looking letters on the back… yeah that works out.

Any pictures?[/quote]

Look anything like link from link?[/quote]

Sorry, screwed up the first link – should be link.[/quote]

He held up a jersey, not a t-shirt.

It was customized with “BLOOMBERG 08” on the back.

link

link

Yeah, I get that, I was wondering if the wordmark across the front was the same as the navy t-shirts they’ve been selling. Since it was, we can presume that the National League versions will look like that gray t-shirt.

[quote comment=”257251″]These ballpark rankings, based on a poll of the fans, are certainly interesting.

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There should be a category for whether fans approve of their hometown team’s uniforms, however. As we all know, bad uniforms can taint an otherwise enjoyable visit to the ballpark.[/quote]

mets are 28th out of 30…and the nats (who now have a beautiful new park) and fish (who play in a football stadium whose team is owned by their ex-owner and who wants them out…not to mention 95 & humid from mid-may thru september–but…who are also getting a new park…sometime) are the only ones lower

i, for one, cannot wait until our new cathedral is complete…i welcome the corporate overlords from citi…shea was great…once…44 years ago…its time to move out of the cellar of the nl east ballpark race

[quote comment=”257230″][quote comment=”257151″][quote comment=”257080″][quote comment=”256992″]This Oregon uniform recruiting tool thing really frightens me. Lord knows what this fashion disaster will lead to across the NCAA. It was funny to make fun of their diamond-plate lemon yellow and emerald green uniforms but if more good players start publicly digging the threads, you know other schools will follow. Notre Dame with diamond-plate? Penn State in a different uniform every week? I’m scared Mommy, make the big, bad Nike go away![/quote]

The Oregon uniforms are amazing. Serves them right for getting players because they have the best uniform pack in the NCAA.[/quote]

I agree. As a former NCAA football player (under the age of 25) I can tell you that Oregon is ahead of the game on this jersey thing. MANY players and recruits love their kits (present company included) and most kids these days are very brand loyal (Nike, New Era, etc) so I imagine that OU will continue to get atheletes based upon their jerseys. Like it or not…[/quote]

So … are you saying that one of the primary reasons that a high school football player picks a college is the uniform? Does that mean that the more original/outlandish/creative/garish uniform a school can create the better their recruiting class will be? It doesn’t make sense to me, but, then again, I’m not 18 years old and haven’t been for a long, long time.[/quote]
You have to be at least semi-successful. It’s not like Duke can revamp their kits and get blue chip recruits to play football there.

But it probably is an added bonus for a program like Oregon to have in their arsenal.

I know it’s hard for some of us that are getting up there in age to stomach because we think Oregon is outlandish but I’m sure through the years in the past, some of the classic unis like ND, PSU, SC, etc had admirers. People equate that gold helmet with the Irish and players played with pride for them.

Granted Oregon has a long way to go as far as establishing a program on a national level, but if their administration thinks their unis can help them recruit, more power to them.

I see my hometown Steelers selected Dennis Dixon late in the second day. There was some buzz about him making some plays like Randle El did from the WR position possibly.

But if you ask me, he’ll be cut like Omar Jacobs from Bowling Green was a few years ago. I think NFL scouts are seeing that these spread offense QBs aren’t quite ready for primetime

[quote comment=”257251″]These ballpark rankings, based on a poll of the fans, are certainly interesting.

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There should be a category for whether fans approve of their hometown team’s uniforms, however. As we all know, bad uniforms can taint an otherwise enjoyable visit to the ballpark.[/quote]

I want to know who voted. Reading some of the negatives for a few of the teams makes me wonder if that person EVER SET FOOT IN THE DAMN STADIUM!

AWESOME!!! That’s how it looks. Fellow Uni Watch contributor Joe Hilseberg link

just left me a custom made Jersey NameFrame that I ordered as a graduation gift for my son. If you recall Paul featured Joe & his new company a few weeks ago in this column link
Joe did a fantastic job and had the jersey mounted and framed in a few weeks and even delivered it personally. He’s a great guy and has a super product. If you are interested in your own, this is the web site link

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[quote comment=”257058″]There is no such thing as a ‘walk-off’ homer, single, or anything else. ‘Walk-off’ implies that the batter hits the ball and just walks to the dugout. Well, if you walk to the dugout you can’t reach first base. Therefore, no single, double, triple homer or anything else. And, if the score is tied and the batter hits one out of the park he can’t just walk into the dugout. He HAS to touch ’em all. The only way I’ll accept any of this is with a ‘walk-off’ home run where the batter doesn’t have to round the bases to get the win.

Okay … sorry … had to get that off my chest. It’s just a pet peeve of mine.

Now … back to your regularly scheduled UniWatch discussions.[/quote]

Rick, walk off refers to the FIELDERS walking off after the play, at least that would make better sense of the term.

dont forget that Oregon has amazing facilities for their athletes. having a nike guy as alum really helps.

[quote comment=”257272″][quote comment=\”257197\”][quote comment=\”257187\”]Brian Rockwood notes that on April 29, 1913, the Reds had to wear uniforms borrowed from the White Sox because the equipment managers forgot to load the uni’s on the train. It didn’t help the Reds that day, as they lost 7-2.

The Reds and White Sox played each other in 1913??? I find that hard to believe, unless interleague play did happen back then. Anyone else??[/quote]

Not uni related so excuse me, but how does expansion work in the MLB? How do they decide which league the team goes in? NBA and NHL it is just location (east and West), but with the different leagues having different rules, how do they decise what league they will be place in?[/quote]

I don\’t think MLB has much of a formula, although it would most likely involve what other teams are closest grographically, I would think.

Other than the Rays, there hasn\’t been an AL expansion team since the Mariners/Blue Jays in 1977.

So, of course, they couldn\’t be put in the same division as the Marlins so they were sentenced to eternal damnation by being put in w/NY, Boston, Baltimore and Toronto.

I think the MLB is in desperate need of another realignment.. it\’s like the West in the NBA, the AL has been ridiculously dominant. Some people say that it\’s because of the DH, which I agree with, but Selig doesn\’t want to either let it go or make it standard due to tradition.[/quote]

you dont realign because one league is dominating, if they did that they would have had to align not long ago when the NL was beating the snot out of the Al for like 18/20 years

[quote comment=”257298″][quote comment=”257187″]Brian Rockwood notes that on April 29, 1913, the Reds had to wear uniforms borrowed from the White Sox because the equipment managers forgot to load the uni’s on the train. It didn’t help the Reds that day, as they lost 7-2.

The Reds and White Sox played each other in 1913??? I find that hard to believe, unless interleague play did happen back then. Anyone else??[/quote]
The reds layed the cubs in borrowed white sox uniforms.[/quote]
Typo of the day, right there.

[quote comment=”256895″][quote comment=”256881″]A Quick Aside: If during the second or third inning of last night’s Indians versus Mariners game you heard some dude yelling, “Get a helmet on that first base coach!”, that was me. Seattle’s Eddie Rodriguez was manning first base with just a hat, and being only six rows behind home plate, I decided I could make a difference. Apologies to all children in that section, as my language was not quite as proper as I portrayed it here.
Is it me or do the moderators (both the fill in and the actual owner) have a little ego problems?[/quote]

It’s just you…[/quote]

Agreed

[quote comment=”257291″][quote comment=”257186″][quote comment=”257151″][quote comment=”257080″][quote comment=”256992″]This Oregon uniform recruiting tool thing really frightens me. Lord knows what this fashion disaster will lead to across the NCAA. It was funny to make fun of their diamond-plate lemon yellow and emerald green uniforms but if more good players start publicly digging the threads, you know other schools will follow. Notre Dame with diamond-plate? Penn State in a different uniform every week? I’m scared Mommy, make the big, bad Nike go away![/quote]

The Oregon uniforms are amazing. Serves them right for getting players because they have the best uniform pack in the NCAA.[/quote]

I agree. As a former NCAA football player (under the age of 25) I can tell you that Oregon is ahead of the game on this jersey thing. MANY players and recruits love their kits (present company included) and most kids these days are very brand loyal (Nike, New Era, etc) so I imagine that OU will continue to get atheletes based upon their jerseys. Like it or not…[/quote]

I played college football too (albeit NAIA not NCAA) but my choice in schools was not based on the uniform but where I had a decent chance of playing and a degree that would be worth something after I graduated. Of course that was in the early 90s. Kids are now “all about me.” I can’t think for a minute that a kid with a decent head on his shoulders (few and far between these days) would choose a school based on some primary-colored uniform verses a school with a football tradition (any of the SEC schools) where you get a chance to play a potential national champ every year? Perhaps the fact I went to a non-NCAA D1 school has skewed my reality. Or maybe it is the grumpy old man portion of being 35 is coming out.

I’m not a SEC fan but I’d rather eat BBQ and drink sweet tea any day than eat granola and wear socks with birkenstocks.[/quote]

I just didn’t get the feeling from the article that he was real concerned about his education. It’s a football factory and there is a reason this guy wasn’t playing for Auburn right out of high school. He didn’t have the grades.

As far as this all goes, I like the idea of sharp, ever-changing unis from schools like Miami and Oregon and I like that some teams like Oklahoma and Notre Dame would never revamp their style. My only complaint is Penn State. Let’s get out of those practice gear threads and put just a splash of color or maybe go nuts and put a decal on your helmet.[/quote]

I like some of the classic uniforms, but some are just boring or there are tons that looks the same.(like Alabama with the numbers on the helmets) The fact the the uniforms are unique is part of what makes them great, as well as the color choice. If you have the choice of two schools, and don’t care about your education it makes sense to chose the one with the better unis and one that gets more press. Oregon’s program is now on a national level, weather you want to admit it or not. I hate how all the schools are now switching to the generic nike/under armor jerseys for a few extra bucks.

A unique uni is better then a generic one with different colors.

[quote comment=”257327″][quote comment=”257293″]link[/quote]

Intentional meaning did they mean to make it look like a guy was competing against women?[/quote]

Here’s a link to the pic on their webpage! Perhaps now it will look more out of place.

[quote comment=”257361″][quote comment=”257327″][quote comment=”257293″]link[/quote]

Intentional meaning did they mean to make it look like a guy was competing against women?[/quote]

Here’s a link to the pic on their webpage! Perhaps now it will look more out of place.[/quote]

Okay, now I get it. The young lady with the javelin is trying to kill the young lady running beside the javelin girl’s boyfriend.

It didn’t originally apply to the batter, but in popular parlance it does now.

It’s discussed in terms of “hitting a walk-off home run” as much as giving one up.

[quote comment=”257277″]I was looking at yesterday’s pictures of the Texas A&M prostate cancer thing and saw that Missouri was wearing Under Armour baseball unis. That begged the question: How many schools are sponsored by one company in one sport and another company in a different sport? [/quote]

Florida’s link, while the link and presumably most other teams are Nike teams.

Come to think of it, the soccer team is also different for its orange uniforms. Florida teams all used to wear Orange (starting in the late 1970s – they were blue “back in the day”) before the football team returned to blue when Steve Spurrier took over (they had worn blue when he played).

[quote comment=”257417″]It didn’t originally apply to the batter, but in popular parlance it does now.

It’s discussed in terms of “hitting a walk-off home run” as much as giving one up.[/quote]
And we’ve come full circle. The ‘popular parlance’ is what I originally objected to. And now I know where the term came from, what it should mean, and who started this whole mess. Not that the discussion is a mess, the usage of the term is a mess.

[quote comment=”257417″]It didn’t originally apply to the batter, but in popular parlance it does now.[/quote]

His act is referred to as a “walk-off home run.”

The derivation of that is the opposing team walking (dejectedly) off the field in reaction to the action, often immediately when it is clear the ball has left the yard and Elvis has left the building.

It’s not as applicable on, say, a single that scores the winning run from second in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth, because there will (often) be a play at the plate or some attempt to prevent the winning run from scoring.

When the act is sudden (like a home run, or, in a less-appropriate case, a single over a drawn-in infield that easily scores the winner from third without the chance of a throw), that’s a “walk-off (whatever).”

Get it now?

[quote]When the act is sudden (like…a single over a drawn-in infield that easily scores the winner from third without the chance of a throw), that’s a “walk-off (whatever).”[/quote]

or what david wright did to the bucs last night…as the x-man watched (didn’t move) while wright lofted a soft fly (but deep enough to score a runner from third with less than two outs) as it drifted near the foul line…

it caught the outside of the foul (actually FAIR, as a foul-pole is similarly misnamed) line and the runner on third walked home…and the fielders walked off…a ‘walk-off single’ as the ESPN and SNY announcers immediately proclaimed

and…much like the yankees are NOT doing with “21”…can we retire this subject now?

[quote comment=”257441″][quote comment=”257434″]If during the second or third inning of last night’s Indians versus Mariners game you heard some dude yelling, “Get a helmet on that first base coach!”, that was me.

That’s funny………to people who frequent this site, but odd/ridiculous to the average ticket holder. (I’m assuming you were yelling it as a joke and weren’t seriously concerned for the safety of the coach…)
Kind of like yelling an inside joke to a friend across the room at a party. You get it…your friend gets it…but everyone else gives you curious looks and thinks to themselves that you must be some sort of moron.[/quote]

actually it’s funny to everyone

except of course…you[/quote]

It’s like getting seats behind a dugout and yelling, “Nice radially arched nameplates, guys! Why don’t you grow up and switch to vertically arched!” …and then looking around for someone to high-five but realizing that no one around you has a clue what you’re talking about and so you make a mental note to let your uni-watch buddies know about your put-down so that you can get some props tomorrow morning.

Green Caps: Symbolizing their commitment, the entire Phillies team will wear green baseball caps as they take on the San Diego Padres tonight (April 30) at 7:05 p.m.

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Anent changes in college football uniforms: over the years, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Penn State have had some modifications. At one time, ND sported UCLA shoulder stripes, Oklahoma had white helmets and Northwestern sleeve stripes, and Penn State once had [gasp!] helmet numerals.

KT, I disagree. A “walk off (whatever)” is simply the hit that ends the game. For instance we can use your example of the single that scores a game winning rbi in the bottom of the ninth. It is a walk off single since the game is now over.

I link the Burrell bird at the time, too. If nothing else, the shot I grabbed doesn’t have that big digital timeline thing over it. (It’s funny, though, how my shot is nearly the exact frame, with the finger positioned slightly differently.

Man. All I did was ask about the helmet flip after a game-winning homerun and ignited a ‘walk-off’ firestorm.

Sorry, guys.

Interesting cycling jersey colors from the Tour of Romandie. It being Switzerland, Michael Albasini slipped his link. (at left in photo). My wife wouldn’t let me out the door in that!

[quote comment=”257496″]KT, I disagree. A “walk off (whatever)” is simply the hit that ends the game. For instance we can use your example of the single that scores a game winning rbi in the bottom of the ninth. It is a walk off single since the game is now over.[/quote]

That’s your opinion and that’s fine.

It just doesn’t fit the etymology of the term.

If the winning run is on second and someone singles to the outfield, chances are there’s going to be a play at the plate. The fielders (likely) won’t just give up and concede the run and the game.

Sid Bream did NOT, in the spirit of the term, score on a “walk-off single” by Francisco Cabrera, even though it was the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth. Because the game wasn’t over as soon as Cabrera hit the ball and it landed fair. There was a play at the plate. A fairly famous play.

Kirk Gibson’s home run – that’s a walk-off home run. Most “walk-off” whatevers are home runs. There are also those singles that go through a drawn-in infield or go deep down the line or over the head of an outfielder and fall in fair and obviously score the game-winning run without a play from the defense.

Sure, you could call any game-winning play (hit, error, sac fly, bases-loaded walk, gork, home run) a “walk-off” whatever, but it wouldn’t go along with either the derivation or the spirit of the term as it was originally intended. Which is why “walk-off single” is a bit dodgy and “walk-off-walk” would be frigging ridiculous.

I deal with words for a living and am fascinated by etymology (sports etymology is a particularly interesting subset). When you look at how the term came to be and what its original intent was, you can’t really equate the “any game-winning event” with “walk-off.”

[quote comment=”257513″]The University of Oregon, is UO, not OU…..We’re not in the Big XII[/quote]
Go play intramurals, brother.

[quote comment=”257523″]Interesting cycling jersey colors from the Tour of Romandie. It being Switzerland, Michael Albasini slipped his link. (at left in photo). My wife wouldn’t let me out the door in that![/quote]

But the lower sleeves are green as well…

[quote comment=”257541″]

Point of order . . .

Robin Ventura was credited with a “walk-off-single” for the Mets in the 2000 NLCS when he hit the ball over the fence with the bases loaded but failed to circle the bases completely after being mobbed by his teammates between first and second base . . .[/quote]

Sorry, should be “Point of information” not “order” (damn Robert’s Rules . . . )

[quote comment=”257543″][quote comment=”257541″]

Point of order . . .

Robin Ventura was credited with a “walk-off-single” for the Mets in the 2000 NLCS when he hit the ball over the fence with the bases loaded but failed to circle the bases completely after being mobbed by his teammates between first and second base . . .[/quote]

Sorry, should be “Point of information” not “order” (damn Robert’s Rules . . . )[/quote]

i thought it was the now-infamous “grand slam single”…

but…hey i could be wrong

[quote comment=”257547″][quote comment=”257536″][quote comment=”257488″][quote comment=”257453″][quote comment=”257435″][quote comment=”257417″]It didn’t originally apply to the batter, but in popular parlance it does now.

It’s discussed in terms of “hitting a walk-off home run” as much as giving one up.[/quote]
And we’ve come full circle. The ‘popular parlance’ is what I originally objected to. And now I know where the term came from, what it should mean, and who started this whole mess. Not that the discussion is a mess, the usage of the term is a mess.[/quote]

The term itself is a mess and should be banned from any parlance, popular or otherwise.[/quote]
Can we make a list and add “Going Yard” to it?[/quote]

That all depends, in exchange, can we bring Keith Olberman back to ESPN to resurrect “he hit the ball real hard” as a permenant fixture to Sportscenter?[/quote]
Or “that ball is deep and not playable”[/quote]
Apologies for piling on to my own post – but I miss these gems from Kenny Mayne:
“That must be a Homer, Simpson, cuz the pitcher just said D’oh!”
“Your puny ballparks are too small to contain my gargantuan blasts! Bring me the finest meats and cheeses for a clubhouse feast!”
“Yahtzee!”
…and now go back to PTI

[quote comment=”257552″][quote comment=”257543″][quote comment=”257541″]

Point of order . . .

Robin Ventura was credited with a “walk-off-single” for the Mets in the 2000 NLCS when he hit the ball over the fence with the bases loaded but failed to circle the bases completely after being mobbed by his teammates between first and second base . . .[/quote]

Sorry, should be “Point of information” not “order” (damn Robert’s Rules . . . )[/quote]

i thought it was the now-infamous “grand slam single”…

but…hey i could be wrong[/quote]

oh…and it was link

i knew something was fishy about that 2000 thing…since he did it against the bravos

[quote comment=”257555″][quote comment=”257547″][quote comment=”257536″][quote comment=”257488″][quote comment=”257453″][quote comment=”257435″][quote comment=”257417″]It didn’t originally apply to the batter, but in popular parlance it does now.

It’s discussed in terms of “hitting a walk-off home run” as much as giving one up.[/quote]
And we’ve come full circle. The ‘popular parlance’ is what I originally objected to. And now I know where the term came from, what it should mean, and who started this whole mess. Not that the discussion is a mess, the usage of the term is a mess.[/quote]

The term itself is a mess and should be banned from any parlance, popular or otherwise.[/quote]
Can we make a list and add “Going Yard” to it?[/quote]

That all depends, in exchange, can we bring Keith Olberman back to ESPN to resurrect “he hit the ball real hard” as a permenant fixture to Sportscenter?[/quote]
Or “that ball is deep and not playable”[/quote]

Not to mention “that would be a 4-3-2 double play if you’re scoring at home, and even if you’re alone.”[/quote]

4-3-2? When did that happen?

I have a uni-related question and I doubt anyone will be able to help me, but here it goes…

Remember the MLB “Turn Ahead the Clock” Uniforms from 1999? Well, from what I have heard the Red Sox were supposed to wear their own “Turn Ahead the Clock” uniforms but never did since the game they were supposed to wear them for got rained out or something. Has anyone ever seen a picture of these uniforms and does a photo exist online?

All I have ever been able to find is the video Paul posted a while back and that one crappy Angelfire site that has pictures of most of those uniforms. I thought I was getting close when I found a site that was archived mlb.com with links to see all the uniforms but unfortunately the links were dead.

[quote comment=”257582″]I have a uni-related question and I doubt anyone will be able to help me, but here it goes…

Remember the MLB “Turn Ahead the Clock” Uniforms from 1999? Well, from what I have heard the Red Sox were supposed to wear their own “Turn Ahead the Clock” uniforms but never did since the game they were supposed to wear them for got rained out or something. Has anyone ever seen a picture of these uniforms and does a photo exist online?

All I have ever been able to find is the video Paul posted a while back and that one crappy Angelfire site that has pictures of most of those uniforms. I thought I was getting close when I found a site that was archived mlb.com with links to see all the uniforms but unfortunately the links were dead.[/quote]
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Thanks Jets/Mets Fan in Chicagoland, I don’t know how I missed that.

[quote comment=”257528″][quote comment=”257496″]KT, I disagree. A “walk off (whatever)” is simply the hit that ends the game. For instance we can use your example of the single that scores a game winning rbi in the bottom of the ninth. It is a walk off single since the game is now over.[/quote]

That’s your opinion and that’s fine.

It just doesn’t fit the etymology of the term.

If the winning run is on second and someone singles to the outfield, chances are there’s going to be a play at the plate. The fielders (likely) won’t just give up and concede the run and the game.

Sid Bream did NOT, in the spirit of the term, score on a “walk-off single” by Francisco Cabrera, even though it was the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth. Because the game wasn’t over as soon as Cabrera hit the ball and it landed fair. There was a play at the plate. A fairly famous play.

Kirk Gibson’s home run – that’s a walk-off home run. Most “walk-off” whatevers are home runs. There are also those singles that go through a drawn-in infield or go deep down the line or over the head of an outfielder and fall in fair and obviously score the game-winning run without a play from the defense.

Sure, you could call any game-winning play (hit, error, sac fly, bases-loaded walk, gork, home run) a “walk-off” whatever, but it wouldn’t go along with either the derivation or the spirit of the term as it was originally intended. Which is why “walk-off single” is a bit dodgy and “walk-off-walk” would be frigging ridiculous.

I deal with words for a living and am fascinated by etymology (sports etymology is a particularly interesting subset). When you look at how the term came to be and what its original intent was, you can’t really equate the “any game-winning event” with “walk-off.”[/quote]
Can’t you just take it as after the specific play (game winning hit of any kind) the teams walk off the field? That’s how I’ve always thought of it, and it makes perfect sense. The walk-off refers to AFTER the play, not the play itself.

[quote comment=”257591″][quote comment=”257573″]

Not to mention “that would be a 4-3-2 double play if you’re scoring at home, and even if you’re alone.”[/quote]

4-3-2? When did that happen?[/quote]

My bad … trying to paraphrase quickly without losing my job. No doubt that in 130+ years it’s happened (though a Google search, even with my fingers crossed, offered no such example).[/quote]

No problem! Forgot the wink & smile when I posted.

[quote comment=”257376″]
Get rid of the DH then. Even the playing field.[/quote]
you- preaching
me- choir

Not entirely uni related… but still a good story about sportsmanship over on ESPN.

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Sorry if this was brought up over the weekend but does anyone know the deal with link?

Sponsor-driven or just a fashion statement?

No pix, but Adolph, er, Woodrow Wil, uh, Dictator Fat George XLIII got a white Giants jersey with #43 on it.

[quote comment=”257594″]Can’t you just take it as after the specific play (game winning hit of any kind) the teams walk off the field? That’s how I’ve always thought of it, and it makes perfect sense. The walk-off refers to AFTER the play, not the play itself.[/quote]

You can feel free to call it whatever you like. You can call it a Throatwobbler Mangrove if you like.

The walk-off refers to after the play, yes. But “walk-off” has become an adjective that has as its derivation the act of the opponents trudging off the field, beaten and dejected. That’s where it came from.

Plus, as mentioned, the winning team in that situation rarely walks off the field (at least immediately) after such an exciting play. If it was all about what both teams did right after the play, you could call a fly ball that ends up in the center fielder’s glove for out #27 a walkoff play because everybody (eventually) walks off the field.

There’s slightly more nuance to it than you’re making it out to be.

[quote comment=”257622″][quote comment=”257602″][quote comment=”257591″][quote comment=”257573″][quote]

Not to mention “that would be a 4-3-2 double play if you’re scoring at home, and even if you’re alone.”[/quote]

4-3-2? When did that happen?[/quote]

My bad … trying to paraphrase quickly without losing my job. No doubt that in 130+ years it’s happened (though a Google search, even with my fingers crossed, offered no such example).[/quote]

No problem! Forgot the wink & smile when I posted.[/quote]

you’re forgiven…mr. or ms. lwiedy ;)[/quote]

Phil, you crack me up. How do you remember all the gems? I posted earlier and was waiting for “and how do you know that?”

[quote comment=”257675″][quote comment=”257557″]
K.T. … great points! How can you have a walk-off single? One can’t be credited with a single if he (or she) doesn’t touch first.
[/quote]

Argh.

You’re. Killing. Me.

It’s not about whether or not the batter walks off the field, okay? Of course they’re going to touch first base (and hopefully the player on first isn’t Fred Merkle).

It’s about the opponents trudging off the field. If it was called a trudge-off home run/single, that would be more adequately descriptive and less ambiguous.

But the term should go, along with the You Think It’s Clever “If you’re scoring at home” b.s. and my all-time least favorite “link” which was only clever for about 35 seconds.

Anyone who uses either of those should be hit in the head with a snow shovel.[/quote]

Can we please keep boners out of the discussion?

everyone be sure to watch sportscenter tonight

buddy carlysle hit one over the braves’ outfielder’s head to win the nats-bravos game today in the bottom of the ninth…and was mobbed by teammates…the braves pitcher, downtrodden, exited the mound in a parambulatory fashion

i wonder how they’ll describe it

The Giants presented an away Giants jersey to the Prez today:

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Who wears a Vikings jersey to a Cavaliers Wizards playoff game? link

[quote comment=”257691″]“Hey all you Trop haters, get ready for the ‘St. Petersburg Bowl’ in December 2008. Big East vs. CUSA. Nice game, if it were basketball.”[/quote]

Until they sell the name to some company and it’s renamed “The XYZ Stuff Bowl”

[quote comment=”257770″][quote comment=”257476″]Green Caps: Symbolizing their commitment, the entire Phillies team will wear green baseball caps as they take on the San Diego Padres tonight (April 30) at 7:05 p.m.

link[/quote]

Commitment to what? The nuthouse?[/quote]

you tell me

link…and making brand new hats demonstrates their commitment to the environment