It was 49 degrees in the Bronx on Friday night. Chilly, but not exactly arctic. Jose Molina begs to differ. In fact, Jose Molina — from what I’ve been able to find on the photo wire over the last month — begs to differ pretty much every day. He really likes that stocking cap, but only when catching. He doesn’t wear it while hitting.
Keep in mind, just because Molina played, his picture isn’t always on the wire. Here are the dates I’ve found, with the temperature in parenthesis:
April: 2 (46), 4 (50), 10 (62), 11 (49), 12 (57), 13 (46), 28 (48)
May: 2 (49)
Granted, those 46-degree nights can get chilly. But 62? 57? Not hailing from a tropical climate (I’m from Iowa), does 57 for a Latin American player equal 30 for me? I’m not trying to start any sort of racial discussion here — I’m truly wondering. Is 57 cold enough for a stocking cap? And if so, why doesn’t he wear it while he hits? Ponder away. — Bryan
Bryan’s awesome because i can take a break from all night cramming and at 6 am a post will be up.
By the way, Illinois may have a great football team, but when it comes to final exams we get stuck with 8am Saturday tests which is ridiculous. I hardly blame Mendenhall for leaving early, if i could make a few million I’d be outta here in a second.
Russia, Denmark, and USA wore their throwbacks on the opening day of the World Championships in Halifax and Quebec City.
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DEN-CZE
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RUS-ITA (Russia even went with their controversial CCCP!)
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USA-LAT
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When the weather is under 45 I wear a stocking cap to drive into work. It’s a 45 mjn drive and it keeps the heat in. I don’t see any problem with Molina wanying to be comfortable. I think this one is a non issue. Do we know how windy it was. That could be a factor.
Latest dude with the helmet flip: Pat Burrell, after his home run in the bottom of the 10th meant his team would win the game and the other team had nothing else to really do except mosey their way back to the clubhouse in a downtrodden manner.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Skip Schumaker had a similar type of HR but forgot to flip the helmet. C’mon Skippy, get with the program.
Well, I’m not hispanic, but I am from Florida, and I can tell you that anything under 70 can get nippy. Keep in mind, though, that Floridians are not well prepared for cold. Either way, people under the 27th parallel get colder at higher temperatures.
[quote comment=”261165″]Latest dude with the helmet flip: Pat Burrell, after his home run in the bottom of the 10th meant his team would win the game and the other team had nothing else to really do except mosey their way back to the clubhouse in a downtrodden manner.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Skip Schumaker had a similar type of HR but forgot to flip the helmet. C’mon Skippy, get with the program.[/quote]
If only there was an appropriate term to describe such an ending…
Okay, just kidding with that; let’s not start THAT debate again.
I’d have to venture a guess that Molina wears a cap is because his mask doesn’t fit him correctly or something.. Maybe he had to do it once out of necessity and had a good game so he stuck with it?
I am from Venezuela and live in Florida. Whenever it gets below 60 I am downright freezing cold. I even turned down baseball scholarships in the north because of the HORROR stories of games being played in freezing rain with 25 mph winds. If I’m not sweating, something aint right.
Not uni-related, but a fine show of sportsmanship in link.
[quote comment=”261118″]Russia, Denmark, and USA wore their throwbacks on the opening day of the World Championships in Halifax and Quebec City.
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DEN-CZE
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RUS-ITA (Russia even went with their controversial CCCP!)
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USA-LAT
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Something’s not right with the capitalist logo creep on the CCCP uniform.
[quote comment=”261280″]I’d have to venture a guess that Molina wears a cap is because his mask doesn’t fit him correctly or something.. Maybe he had to do it once out of necessity and had a good game so he stuck with it?[/quote]
My WAG is similar to Dan’s; Jose’s younger brother link always wears his cap underneath his helmet, as does eldest brother link. I suspect Jose finds the stocking cap more comfortable — and his ears are cold!
Molina’s use of the stocking cap reminds me of the skate punks and other kids that I see wearing those things no matter what the temperature. It makes my head itch just looking at them.
If anyone was still interested in that whole “MIKE23” vs NIKE thing, then check this out…New Era got their feathers ruff by this dude and is suing the pants off of buddy:
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King of the softies in the EPL is Tottenham’s link, known to wear gloves in August. I know London is anything but tropical but come off it…
[quote comment=”261118″]Russia, Denmark, and USA wore their throwbacks on the opening day of the World Championships in Halifax and Quebec City.
USA-LAT
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One of those “beautiful Latvian girls” looks kinda like a dude.
The MIKE23 case is interesting. i don’t know enough about patent and trademark, but I know we want to protect the investment companies make in their reputation and not let others trade off of it.
The stuff Mike23 does with nike/jordan seems like a derivative work, while this stuff with NE seems like infringement.
[quote comment=”261322″]Not uni-related, but a fine show of sportsmanship in link.[/quote]
There’ll be a rule against it next season, mark my words.
[quote comment=”261110″]Bryan’s awesome because i can take a break from all night cramming and at 6 am a post will be up.
By the way, Illinois may have a great football team, but when it comes to final exams we get stuck with 8am Saturday tests which is ridiculous. I hardly blame Mendenhall for leaving early, if i could make a few million I’d be outta here in a second.[/quote]
No complaining about anything to do with college. I’d give thousands of dollars to be back there.
Do a few keg stands for me tonight
[quote comment=\”261240\”][quote comment=\”261165\”]Latest dude with the helmet flip: Pat Burrell, after his home run in the bottom of the 10th meant his team would win the game and the other team had nothing else to really do except mosey their way back to the clubhouse in a downtrodden manner.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Skip Schumaker had a similar type of HR but forgot to flip the helmet. C\’mon Skippy, get with the program.[/quote]
If only there was an appropriate term to describe such an ending…
Okay, just kidding with that; let\’s not start THAT debate again.[/quote]
You\’re not helping. :)
In that game, though, two Cardinals were rocking the old school stirrups: Brian Barton and Brendan Ryan. Can\’t find any photos of Barton.
In other news:
It was Fro-back night in Atlanta.
Agent Zero was a fashion hero in Washington.
And I\’ll bet you thought Lou Ferrigno\’s career was over. That\’s just wrong.
(Also, not uni-related, but there were some shenannigans going on with the Cubs last night. Not that there\’s anything wrong with that.)
re: cap
I wear hats on stage under lights all the time to keep sweat out of my eyes (I shave my head, so other than eyebrows its a clear run).. I would presume that he has discovered that the cap acts as a sweatband as well as extra cushioning for the goalie-style mask.
Sometimes you try something out of necessity and it just works for you.
62 is not cold… but it might of been windy. I probably wore shorts that day but are those temps. day or night temperatures? It gets chilly and the wind… I can understand… maybe he has low blood pressure and his extremities are always cold?
Great piece here from Rovell on Under Armour’s new campaign/boxes;
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Might just have to get me a pair of these bad boys..
The Nationals are playing the Pirates today and both teams are wearing throwbacks with “Grays” written on the front. Any pictures yet?
[quote comment=”261533″]Great piece here from Rovell on Under Armour’s new campaign/boxes;
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Might just have to get me a pair of these bad boys..[/quote]
Rumor has it that the University of Maryland has severed it’s ties with Nike and par for the school is going with unis made by the UM alums at Under Armour!
I was at the stadium last night, it was beyond cold enough for a cap. I wish I would have brought one.
On my way home from the golf course today, I spotted what must be link favorite link to get some cherry garcia!
[quote comment=”261571″]The Nationals are playing the Pirates today and both teams are wearing throwbacks with “Grays” written on the front. Any pictures yet?[/quote]
No, but link.
Fitting tribute, I think. It’s all in danger of being overdone by this point, but this is a nice way to do it.
Am I the only one who does a double-take, though, when white guys are wearing Negro League uniforms? Just sayin’.
Considering a national championship in basketball and the best football season in a zillion years, I suspect Trajan’s not going anywhere.
Does anyone know offhand if Molina’s head is bald/shaved? He may wear the cap to provide a little additional padding there when he’s wearing the catcher’s helmet. Similar idea to what Dan said, and this might be an additional factor.
[quote comment=”261679″]Does anyone know offhand if Molina’s head is bald/shaved? He may wear the cap to provide a little additional padding there when he’s wearing the catcher’s helmet. Similar idea to what Dan said, and this might be an additional factor.[/quote]
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[quote comment=”261593″]On my way home from the golf course today, I spotted what must be link favorite link to get some cherry garcia![/quote]
Just out of curiosity, where is that? Cause there is a place called Wally’s not far from where I grew up. Can’t remember if that’s the typography, but it looks familiar.
I’m from Nicaragua and now live in AZ, so definitely anything in the low 60’s is nippy for me. Whenever the temp drops ( In Nicaragua ) to the low 70’s and 60’s people break out the Jackets and knit caps. He played for LAA so that sure didn’t help much with climate adjustment.
I was supposed to be at this game, tickets are still on my fridge, but work needed me more…..jackasses.
Washington is wearing the Grays “home” jersey with the W on the sleeve.
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Dig the Nats socks….sweet!
[quote comment=”261571″]The Nationals are playing the Pirates today and both teams are wearing throwbacks with “Grays” written on the front. Any pictures yet?[/quote]
Several up link.
Caps looks sweet — but the modern batting helmets always take down the throwback look, imho.
[quote comment=”261453″][quote comment=\”261240\”][quote comment=\”261165\”]Latest dude with the helmet flip: Pat Burrell, after his home run in the bottom of the 10th meant his team would win the game and the other team had nothing else to really do except mosey their way back to the clubhouse in a downtrodden manner.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Skip Schumaker had a similar type of HR but forgot to flip the helmet. C\’mon Skippy, get with the program.[/quote]
If only there was an appropriate term to describe such an ending…
Okay, just kidding with that; let\’s not start THAT debate again.[/quote]
You\’re not helping. :)
In that game, though, two Cardinals were rocking the old school stirrups: Brian Barton and Brendan Ryan. Can\’t find any photos of Barton.
In other news:
It was Fro-back night in Atlanta.
Agent Zero was a fashion hero in Washington.
And I\’ll bet you thought Lou Ferrigno\’s career was over. That\’s just wrong.
(Also, not uni-related, but there were some shenannigans going on with the Cubs last night. Not that there\’s anything wrong with that.)[/quote]
Everything else on Barton is an absolute (uni) mess.
[quote comment=”261165″]Latest dude with the helmet flip: Pat Burrell, after his home run in the bottom of the 10th meant his team would win the game and the other team had nothing else to really do except mosey their way back to the clubhouse in a downtrodden manner.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Skip Schumaker had a similar type of HR but forgot to flip the helmet. C’mon Skippy, get with the program.[/quote]
FOX’s Jeannie Zalasko (sp.?) said Shumacher took advantage of the Cubs outfield playing in. They really should pay more attention to the scouting reports “POSITION RF IN BLEACHERS VS. SCHUMACHER”.
The German throwbacks look much better in person, simple but powerful, than in print. FIN 0 – 0 GER after the 1st.
The WHC is a weird example of that “out-of-country board advertisements” thing talked about a while ago – except, it’s all European ads and placements (EG, Skoda’s the major sponsor). Including what looked like a SEGA ad, which is almost amusingly anachronistic.
Yeah, Skoda’s the main sponsor of IIHF events, so they even had that centre circle ad at Sapporo, Japan for the Division I (1 tier below elite) competition, looked kinda surreal when I went to see the games. Most of IHWC viewers are European, so it makes sense. Damn, those Germany unis look sweet tho.
Here’s the picture from the CRO-UKR faceoff in Sapporo, Japan. Looks like Europe, doesn’t it with the Skoda faceoff circle?
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[quote comment=”261722″][quote comment=”261593″]On my way home from the golf course today, I spotted what must be linkrel=”nofollow”>this guy’s favorite link to get some cherry garcia![/quote]
Just out of curiosity, where is that? Cause there is a place called Wally’s not far from where I grew up. Can’t remember if that’s the typography, but it looks familiar.[/quote]
New City, New York
Which is where all of the kids end up going and some playing sports at link link link.
[quote comment=”261322″]Not uni-related, but a fine show of sportsmanship in link.[/quote]
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[quote comment=”261612″][quote comment=”261571″]The Nationals are playing the Pirates today and both teams are wearing throwbacks with “Grays” written on the front. Any pictures yet?[/quote]
No, but link.
Fitting tribute, I think. It’s all in danger of being overdone by this point, but this is a nice way to do it.
Am I the only one who does a double-take, though, when white guys are wearing Negro League uniforms? Just sayin’.[/quote]
I want to see the Reds wear Negro League throwbacks of the Cincinnati Clowns.
Dusty Baker would fit is well.
Those IIHF jerseys do look amazing, but Denmark and Germany seriously misaligned the numbers on the backs. Were they planning to add names to the backs and then decided not to? They left a big blank space above the numbers.
Even with that, though, they look great. USA too.
The exorcisim begins….Tennessee Titans Coach linkAt least for a few minutes Friday, it appeared the Titans might have found their next
No. 32.
Undrafted rookie running back Rafael Little from Kentucky walked onto the field wearing the number previously worn by Pacman Jones – but removed it after a chat with Coach Jeff Fisher.
“He’s not going to be wearing that,” Fisher said. “We had discussed it this morning and for some reason someone told him to get dressed and come out. But that won’t be his number. … He’d prefer to wear a different number than 32 and you can read into it all you want.”
No Titan wore the number last season. Jones, who is still on suspension, was traded to the Cowboys last week. Asked if the Titans were retiring the number or exorcising it, Fisher said: “I’m sending it to Dallas.”
im guessin the hat is a comfort thing with the catchers mask
And in some semi-unrelated news to uniforms, Julio Franco has retired. In honor, MLB will retire the age of 49.
Julio didn’t make it to 50!? That’s a shame..
All IIHF retro jerseys seem to be going with no NOB, Switzerland is playing in throwbacks right now with no NOB.
From the UnderConstruction link about the portland beavers…….
This Atlanta Journal-Constitution article indicates that Georgia Tech will return to its traditional home uniform combo of white jersey / gold pants.
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[quote comment=”262015″]From the UnderConstruction link about the portland beavers…….[/quote]
of course I mean the underconsideration site…
Some logo creep in the Kentucky Derby where winner Big Brown had UPS corporate logos on the jockey’s pants and race sponsor Yum! Brands logo on the saddle cloth…
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Homestead Grays shots:
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Boy what a great tribute. Uniforms looked great, looked REALLY throwback for some reason, and honestly, I didn’t see any crazy logos. Very nicely done. Too bad noone watched it.
One thing you won’t see in here: a screen grab from a Pirates game. HAHA
Man, the D-Backs’ black jerseys are seriously ugly.
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And in Montreal, where those classic unis are done for the season, they’re thinking in Les Habs locker room:
“Je ne peux pas croire que j’ai secoue la main frigging de ce type.”
Wow, those are some seriously fantastic throwback Grays tributes. And it’s neat that both teams wore them with team colours. Did the actual Grays really use both black/gray and red? Either way great.
More IIHF throwbacks and they look great, Swiss and Germany used them on day 2.
SUI – FRA
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GER – FIN
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I grew up in the tropics (New Guniea) and I can definitely see how someone from a climate in a similarly placed region would find high 50’s low 60’s as relatively cool.
my readership has been kind of spotty lately so i don’t know if this has been covered but athletixnation.com is running a contest to outfit a high school basketball team with all new gear.
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i’ll keep an eye on this and see what the winning team comes up with.
As for Post #56: See “Ciccarelli, Dino”.
[quote comment=”262145″]And in Montreal, where those classic unis are done for the season, they’re thinking in Les Habs locker room:
“Je ne peux pas croire que j’ai secoue la main frigging de ce type.”[/quote]
I can’t believe I shook his frigging hand!
Living in a valley in California where one month last year we had 17 straight days of 100 degree heat I can say that anything under 75 is freezing for me
I don’t mind cold weather, but I like being warm so I am always the first one to put on a hat and gloves in the fall and take them off in the spring. Am I going to suffer if is a bit chilly? Not really, but I have the hat and it will keep me warm so it’s not an issue–even if I am the only one on the block with a hat on.