He Shoots, He Score(board)s!: Uni Watch DIY Project

I have a few WPA posters in my basement, courtesy of my grandmother whose first job was as a secretary for a WPA office in New York. Great stuff and I’ll try to get some shots of them for you, Paul.

Back to sports…in light of that great No Mas “I’m Calling It Shea” t-shirt, I think there should be one for the Yankees’ new park that says “I’m Going Back Across The Street.”

Although I love the AFL throwbacks…I wish they would have made the shoulder stripes go all the way around the shoulder like in the original unis…not just on the top of the shoulder pads. Talking about the Pats uni that Fred Taylor has on.

Interesting that the only helmet shown during the Fred Taylor photo shoot is a Bills Throwback shown in the first photo. Otherwise those uni’s look amazing. Can’t wait to see them on the field again

I could’ve sworn this guy link was wearing one of those rec league jerseys you see (obviously a modern thing) with his number as pi. It takes a second for the brain to make sense of the jersey and see 71.

What do they call that background color on the Seahawk prototype? It was a pukey-green-gold-sparkly catastrophe.
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P.S. How do I put a link like this into my main post so you could get to it by clicking on ‘catastrophe’?

I read that George Will column as well, at a Burger King along I-95 in South Hill, VA, and if you can imagine the setting, you can understand tat I was similarly in complete agreement yet fairly disgusted. What got me was the first graf, the description of the guy and his kid at the airport. I’m kinda of the mind that flying is a privilege, and you oughta at least throw on some shoes and pants rather than jammies and flip-flops when you fly…but I’m taking my almost-two-year-old on her first flight on a couple weeks, and I’m planning on dressing for comfort and convenience (which means jeans, and probably a hooded sweatshirt with big pockets) rather than George Will’s stuffy criteria of appropriateness.

Also, not to get all politicky, but this should be Exhibit A next time some conservative blowhard points to those left-of-center as being the “elitists”.

Did anyone have a chance to check out the Phillies-Nats game last night? The Nats American Flag jerseys looked awful especially when paired with their red helemts.

I too thought it weird to see the innings grouped so bizarrely, and couldn’t help wondering if it was like that so that the scoreboard could be used for other sports too.

I can’t find any good images now (only this link), but I think the small Yankee Stadium fence scoreboard used to cleverly separate out the numbers for the four quarters so as to fit into the existing nine-inning layout. Were you trying for something like that; compatible with soccer, field hockey, etc.?

I’ve always been fascinated with scoreboards, and think that they were more readable in earlier days. Maybe it was the custom, hand-drawn number fonts.

Incidentally, many Japanese baseball scoreboards make use of the native numerals so as to not have to separate things into three-inning blocks for readability. Here’s the link and their old one in use until around last year. Here’s the link (which also differentiates between position numbers and spots in the batting order by making use of both kinds of numerals), and here’s a link.

Amateurs are stuck link.

[quote comment=”323992″]I read that George Will column as well, at a Burger King along I-95 in South Hill, VA, and if you can imagine the setting, you can understand tat I was similarly in complete agreement yet fairly disgusted. What got me was the first graf, the description of the guy and his kid at the airport. I’m kinda of the mind that flying is a privilege, and you oughta at least throw on some shoes and pants rather than jammies and flip-flops when you fly…but I’m taking my almost-two-year-old on her first flight on a couple weeks, and I’m planning on dressing for comfort and convenience (which means jeans, and probably a hooded sweatshirt with big pockets) rather than George Will’s stuffy criteria of appropriateness.

Also, not to get all politicky, but this should be Exhibit A next time some conservative blowhard points to those left-of-center as being the “elitists”.[/quote]

just a few thoughts…

baggy jeans and a baggy hooded sweatshirt is perfectly fine for flying. esp. with a little one!

i don’t care who it is… or what time of day it is… but when i see someone wearing jammies out in public, i think they look like total crap! WAY too far!

for my last statememnt above… sometimes even sweatpants!

ewww… now that i think of it, sweatpants most of the time! lol

i’m 110% confident that i can take a $30-$40 pair of jeans and make them look like MOST $100-$300 jeans! no prob at all (most of the time for the low-low cost of… sandpaper)

some people just CAN’T wear jeans. lol. corporate america, i’m looking in your direction…

i’m typing all of this wearing my penguins jersey and jeans… in a corporate office building…

I’m reading George Will’s column too, and while I like the guy when he’s talking about baseball (he wrote “Met At Work”, after all), and also like conservative dress and hate seeing people in bare feet and shorts and whatnot in the workplace, he’s really coming across as a stuffed shirt this time. And what’s with the gratuitous snipe at video-game players (who are “even allowed to vote”!)?

I have liked scoreboards forever, and deciding I needed a hobby once, I made one myself for baseball.

It’s 7′ by 2′ — I spent about 30 minutes looking for the exact right shade of green (Billiard Room Green won). I used index cards for the numbers and put them inside of those nametag holders turned vertically once I found that cutting holes would be too difficult. The numbers along the top are your typical mailbox numbers.

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and the final result.

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That Seahawks helmet with the red eye is brutal! I guess if they went back to their 1976 helmets without a logo they wouldn’t ever need to worry about the decal bubbling.

Found these on a Marlins message board. Ronnie Paulino sporting some interesting armor.

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The quintessential treatment of blue jeans and their place in American culture is John Fiske’s (one of the founding fathers of American cultural studies) treatment of them in his Reading the Popular (or, for a more theoretical slant, Understanding the Popular). The pertinent chapter, which discuss the commodification and aesthetization of jeans, is “The Jeaning of America.” For all of us that insist on wearing jeans on a daily basis, weddings/funerals excluded, it’s a must read. Will can’t hold a candle to it.

[quote comment=”323988″]Phil, Just wanted to let you know that I am documenting the Nationals uniform and record for you. Dont know if you already have someone doing them, but I am up for it, only take a few seconds each morning.[/quote]

awesome…

especially in light of their only win coming in shall we say, semi patriotic highly comical utter shit their second alts, will they now use this as a ‘slumpbuster’?

/god help us all

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on another note…did anyone watch the MLB TV “news” with vasgersian (sp), larkin & migrane? they busted all over the nats unis and then went on a semi-diatribe about unis, particularly old unis — how the pirates in their “bumblebees” and “layercake hats” (migrane’s words) had multiple combos, as well as other teams from the 70’s — and bragged “we’ll have to do a show on all the uni combos” from the past

[quote comment=”323992″]I read that George Will column as well, at a Burger King along I-95 in South Hill, VA, and if you can imagine the setting, you can understand tat I was similarly in complete agreement yet fairly disgusted. What got me was the first graf, the description of the guy and his kid at the airport. I’m kinda of the mind that flying is a privilege, and you oughta at least throw on some shoes and pants rather than jammies and flip-flops when you fly…but I’m taking my almost-two-year-old on her first flight on a couple weeks, and I’m planning on dressing for comfort and convenience (which means jeans, and probably a hooded sweatshirt with big pockets) rather than George Will’s stuffy criteria of appropriateness.

Also, not to get all politicky, but this should be Exhibit A next time some conservative blowhard points to those left-of-center as being the “elitists”.[/quote]
Rob, I’m in agreement re Airport/travel wear. Jeans/sweatshirt are fine. Shorts/sandals, no. Sweatpants, no. (remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry told George that people who wear sweats in public is saying “I give up”)

[quote comment=”324015″]Paul- you just can’t leave the political crap alone can you? How big of a stretch is it to include a George Will article about jeans into a uniform blog!? Why don’t you just get a new web site number (thanks Joe Biden) for your political blog and leave this to unis!?[/quote]

Rush Limbaugh lumbers onto the airwaves in 75 minutes, so you won’t have very long to wait before you can be safely ensconced in your own little echo chamber where other people’s opinions aren’t tolerated.

[quote comment=”323990″]What do they call that background color on the Seahawk prototype? It was a pukey-green-gold-sparkly catastrophe.
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P.S. How do I put a link like this into my main post so you could get to it by clicking on ‘catastrophe’?[/quote]

I like the color of the helmet, actually. Obviously, it’s all wrong with the rest of the Seahawks color scheme, but that color itself, maybe accented with red (or something), is a good look.

I’m not sure about this, but I’m hoping the Nats unis yesterday were because it was “Military Opening Night.” Hopefully they don’t use those ugly stars-and-stripes logos too often.

(Even though I live in DC, I think last night was only the third game I’ve been to in Nationals Park, so I could be completely off on what their normal uniforms are.)

[quote comment=”324015″]Paul- you just can’t leave the political crap alone can you? How big of a stretch is it to include a George Will article about jeans into a uniform blog!? Why don’t you just get a new web site number (thanks Joe Biden) for your political blog and leave this to unis!?[/quote]

It’s his blog. Suck it up.

I’m sure if he put up a post about what a great American Sean Hannity is, you’d be tickled pink…

[quote comment=”323985″]I know that I’m an old fogey, but when players are wearing throwbacks can we have them erase the tattoos?[/quote]

Amen to that brother.

[quote comment=”324021″][quote comment=”324015″]Paul- you just can’t leave the political crap alone can you? How big of a stretch is it to include a George Will article about jeans into a uniform blog!? Why don’t you just get a new web site number (thanks Joe Biden) for your political blog and leave this to unis!?[/quote]

You’re out of your fucking mind. I would have linked to that blue jeans story no matter who had written it — it’s about clothing as a signifier, which is what Uni Watch is all about. And I didn’t say anything about Will’s politics. A little touchy, eh?

I will continue to make fun of the tea parties, though, because they’re so completely hilarious, whee!

I think it goes without saying that this yobbo would have no problem with any political references on the site if said references happened to agree with his own positions.[/quote]

Fair enough, if you can honestly say that you would have posted that article regardless I can accept it. I agree with you on the tea parties..pretty fucking stupid. Too much like all the stupid whiny liberal protests! Look, I’m not here to start political debates..thats what I was trying to avoid. Just seems like you are always on that political edge, but it’s your site and if that’s how you feel– it’s your show–go for it. I just don’t agree with it..or obviously your (and apparently everyone else on this site’s) politics. And no, I don’t listen to Limbuagh, Hannity etc., but I sure can feel the love and open minded acceptance from your liberal audience!!

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I’m sure if he put up a post about what a great American Sean Hannity is, you’d be tickled pink…[/quote]

I think that would have been a cataclysmic event, and the interwebs would had self destructed were that to ever happen. Sean Hannity being described as a great American that is.[/quote]

Sean Hannity IS a great American. And he can instantly recognize other great Americans, too. It’s anyone who agrees with him.

See how simple that is.

Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Coulter and the others …they all understand that basic truth, and are, of course, baffled that the rest of us can’t seem to grasp it.

Which makes us lousy Americans.

Again, see how simple it is to tell a patriot from a subversive.

Also, the subversives are the ones wearing jeans to work. Dead giveaway.

(giggle. Let’s see what THIS stirs up.)

The Nats alts? Not so bad, except for the red helmet and red socks. That looked…not so so good.

So then…Memo to Nats: When you wear that “ensemble”, go ahead and wear your pants ankle length. Covers the socks.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”324032″]link or link?[/quote]

Neither one is very good, but I’d have to go for the 2009 version. The 1996 logo looks like something out of a Marvel comic.

By the way, meant to mention before all the political winds got stirred up…loved the scoreboard! Great old school feel. Much better than most of the typical generic, electric counterparts!

Frank – I think it was a project well done. I did something similar for a family member and I can understand what it took to do it. Great job.

OK, I’ll try to answer the questions as best I can:

Spacing: Basically it was a product of having to fit as many innings as possible onto the boards, remembering that I couldn’t get too close to the edges of the wood, otherwise I couldn’t secure them to the posts, and they would risk breaking if the cuts were too close to the edge. 2/4/4 seemed like the natural way to do it.

TILES:
26 blank/0
12 1/2
10 3/4
8 5/6
8 7/8
6 9/10
6 11/12
4 13/14
4 15/16
3 17/18
2 19/20
2 21/22

I can’t imagine ever running out with those combinations (I looked at all of ISU’s final boxes for the last three years, and never came close to the amount of tiles I ended up using. I also have about 16 blanks to replace tiles if needed.

B/S/O: Yes Al, they are just flip-overs on the door hinge. I have a 6-9 basketball player getting practicum hours flipping those constantly. And no, you aren’t an $$$ for thinking the spacing of the innings is goofy. the two middle boards are actually perfectly symetrical as far as the placement of the windows from the center of the board.

Also, the team has dubbed the board “Big Black”. It hasn’t come into play through four games, but we play today at 4 and have a DH tomorrow at 12, so maybe soon. Also one addition is that there is now a screw on each side of the window on the back, and after the number is placed in the window, we hook a rubber band on the back of the two new screws to keep the tile from flapping around. Very hi-tech.

Thanks everyone for the great comments and glad you enjoyed seeing it, and thanks to Paul for posting it, and for the blog….it’s great stuff!

Frank

Many thoughts about the George Will piece whose sentiment I largely sympathize with, so I suppose I have elitist tendencies. It seems right to label this trend as the “infantilization” of society, so Paul, I’d be very interested to hear you expound on your idea of the “fetishization of the primitive.”

In the old days there were other options for cheap, casual mens’ pants. Simple light cottons. Later on, poly-cotton blends. You don’t see that stuff much anymore. Watching the movie West Side Story I notice you have all these guys – gang members! – jumping around in close-fitting cotton pants – maybe some denim, or brushed cotton – but in all different colors. It’s kind of a cool look compared to the blue jeany sameness of today.

I also think that fit makes a big difference in how the jean look comes off. The pervasive blobbiness of contemporary American jean cuts is dismaying. It’s a toddler’s look – Will is right about that. In the latest issue of Harper’s magazine (oh no, elitism!) there’s a little piece by a French writer (oh no…) named Charles Dantzig who identifies “the bad cut of their jeans” as one of the marks of an American. In other words, Europeans wear jeans too, but wear them better.

That said, I think the horror of modern air travel encourages everyone to dress down & that makes perfect sense. Why would you waste your good clothes in that situation – there’s a good chance you might be sleeping in them at the airport.

[quote comment=”324040″]Does anyone else find it funny that Burger King is forced to redo their Mexican ads, in this climate? I mean, imagine the waste that went into the comercials and the print ads, all the consumer panels okayed it and got paid to sit and watch 30 seconds, all the consultants and outside art firms that we used… and shortly after it airs they get complaints and have to pull and revise the whole thing:

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I know it is a couple days old now, and I am sure it has been talked about, for that I appologize.[/quote]

What I find so amazing—as a 30-year ad guy—is that their ad agency even suggested it. You’d have to have the perceptiveness of a basement-living Trekkie with a sponge collection to think there wouldn’t be some kind of backlash.

Can’t believe SOMEONE a long time back didn’t ask when presented with the concept, “Are you NUTS?”

I guess maybe it’s some lame-minded attempt to do something that looks “viral.” But it reality it’s just stupid.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”324044″][quote comment=”324038″]I read the jeans article and thought that maybe Will should pull the stick out. Styles change; what is considered acceptable dress changes. Exactly who am I disrespecting by wearing jeans? I should dress like Grace Kelly? You have got to be kidding me.[/quote]

Better to dress like Grace Kelly than Rosanne Barr.[/quote]

I would argue that there is a point in between…

I don’t understand why someone should “dress-up” to fly in an airplane. I agree that you should always look “presentable” in public, but how you dress in an airplane shouldn’t need to be any different than how you dress at the market, a ballgame, or a movie theater.

George Will is kind of a douche bag. Don’t like what I wear? Don’t look.

Also, I find the humor in that he describes jeans as a symbol of American sloppiness, considering that every European visitor I have met makes it a high priority to go to the mall and buy jeans while they are in the states.

I really enjoyed the bits about BengalBoard.tmp Frank, you did a great job.

I’m quite sick of the rancor that so many here are dumping on those with whom they disagree. If the issue isn’t up to the level of genocide or destroying what’s left of our civilization, chances are your opponent is simply well-intentioned and misguided rather than an soulless minion of some dark power. One aspect of a society where people are free to do a variety of things is that some people will disapprove of some of your choices just as you disapprove of some other folks’ choices. Get over it already.

I liked the game action shots – that looks awesome in play.

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One thing about softball, if you’re used to watching baseball you forget how small the field is and how close in everything is. Third base is 60 feet away and the third baseman is playing in with a righty up. Better have quick reflexes.

[quote comment=”324047″]I don’t understand why someone should “dress-up” to fly in an airplane. I agree that you should always look “presentable” in public, but how you dress in an airplane shouldn’t need to be any different than how you dress at the market, a ballgame, or a movie theater.[/quote]

A quote I used to live by in my single days…
“Always look your best because you never know when you’re going to meet your future wife.”

[quote comment=”324049″]George Will is kind of a douche bag. Don’t like what I wear? Don’t look.

Also, I find the humor in that he describes jeans as a symbol of American sloppiness, considering that every European visitor I have met makes it a high priority to go to the mall and buy jeans while they are in the states.[/quote]

Sorry to quote myself, but…

I just wanted to compliment Frank on his outstanding DIY project. I really hope that the dumb George Will article doesn’t overshadow your work. Sewing a shirt is one thing, but creating a large scale project that is outside your area of expertise is amazing. I would be nervous to not only have my creation on display for all to see, but post pictures on a sight that is nitpicky about the finest details. Kudos to you, sir.

Also, this may be the first DIY that has been endorsed or at least acknowledged by the NCAA (or any other league)

[quote comment=”324057″][quote comment=”324047″]I don’t understand why someone should “dress-up” to fly in an airplane. I agree that you should always look “presentable” in public, but how you dress in an airplane shouldn’t need to be any different than how you dress at the market, a ballgame, or a movie theater.[/quote]

A quote I used to live by in my single days…
“Always look your best because you never know when you’re going to meet your future wife.”[/quote]

Or your next one.

Somebody give Julia Stiles an honorary membership card.

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[quote comment=”324060″]The really frightening Burger King ad is the Spongebob/Sir Mix-a-lot link for a kids meal. Who thought that was a good idea?

As the Onion put it, “That’s it! No one gets to use Sir Mix-a-lot. Ever.”[/quote]

Not to mention suggesting that your lunch is waiting in a box in a pair of short shorts (don’t blame me; watch the commercial).

Looks like Burger King’s sitting with an 0-2 count these days. Can’t wait to for the next pitch (pun intended).

—Ricko

[quote comment=”324060″]The really frightening Burger King ad is the Spongebob/Sir Mix-a-lot link for a kids meal. Who thought that was a good idea?

As the Onion put it, “That’s it! No one gets to use Sir Mix-a-lot. Ever.”[/quote]

My wife was in shock when she saw this ad.. I just told her, hey a mans gotta get paid.

[quote comment=”324059″]Also, this may be the first DIY that has been endorsed or at least acknowledged by the NCAA (or any other league)[/quote]

I want to ask if there’s any injury/insurance risk with the various edges, hinges, etc.

I assume that at some point the University will send some legal-type out to view it (if not the NCAA as they mandated a scoreboard).

[quote comment=”324067″]My wife was in shock when she saw this ad.. I just told her, hey a mans gotta get paid.[/quote]
That ad was/is stupid; plain and simple stupid.

You have to wonder what they’re selling and to who. Seems to flunk a number of basic marketing tests: only passes the Col. Tom “don’t care what they say about me, just spell the name right” motto.

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You have to wonder what they’re selling and to who. Seems to flunk a number of basic marketing tests: only passes the Col. Tom “don’t care what they say about me, just spell the name right” motto.[/quote]

This ad also violates the #1 rule of food/beverage ads, “Show The Product.” I can see, though, why BK might be embarrassed to do so. Frankenfood.

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I don’t get it. What is so special/comical about the tea party protests? Its certainly no less stupid and no more funny than any other protest.
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I think it’s the widespread (and apparently clueless) use of the term “teabagging” that makes this one so amusing.[/quote]

Um, no. That’s just for bonus points.

The hilarious part is a bunch of middle-class white people who are so terrified that their lifestyle might not be an entitlement after all that they’ve posited themselves as aggrieved victims.

Now THAT’S funny.[/quote]

You think it’s funny that middle class white people get jobs and earn money and then think they should be entitled to keep the money (or even just most of the money) they earn?
Silly middle class white people… When will they ever learn that the government owns them and is being nice by even letting them have a portion of the money they earn!
Teabaggers!

So…back to the Nats’ alt blue jerseys. They are a great example of an uni idea that might’ve sounded good in the concept stage, but the reality is horrible. As bad as they look in photos, they somehow look even worse in action on HDTV. While some unis offend me more (e.g., the A’s black jerseys), the Nats’ alts take the cake as the worst MLB jersey ever.

I never thought of George Will as a square….until today. What a thinkpiece, George!
Obviously I’m being sarcastic when I say that anyone who gets a boner over baseball – a childish game played by the uneducated – is inevitably and irrifutably a cultureless drain upon our society. Do you like baseball George?

Big words and haughtiness don’t by themselves make a point, unless your audience is looking for nothing more than big words and haughtiness. Now go back to sipping sherry and reading Ayn Rand, you nerd.

P.S. I’m at work today in blue jeans, I’m unshaven and I wore my Nuggets hat. And I’m a lawyer…so take that!

I’ve definitely seen that Seahawk prototype helmet before, on an ebay auction about three years ago, for that very same helmet. I remember not buyin’ the story of it being a prototype, yet, resolved to the fact that if it were then I want no part of it because it was so fugly. I am pretty sure that the NFL Properties Design Group(revised Seahawks logo/colors/branding 2002) had nothing to do with this, however, the front office could have come up with this mess of ideas, then, the NFL design team cleaned it up to what they have now?

[quote comment=”324033″][quote comment=”324032″]link or link?[/quote]

Neither one is very good, but I’d have to go for the 2009 version. The 1996 logo looks like something out of a Marvel comic.[/quote]
I was thinking more Nickelodeon. link

[quote comment=”324060″]The really frightening Burger King ad is the Spongebob/Sir Mix-a-lot link for a kids meal. Who thought that was a good idea?

As the Onion put it, “That’s it! No one gets to use Sir Mix-a-lot. Ever.”[/quote]

There is a fine line between clever and stupid and I think this falls squarely(!) on the clever side. C’mon “phonebook implants?” That’s funny. I don’t care what you’re selling.

Jays first home Friday game tonight – we\’ll see for sure if powder blue Fridays continues this year (please please please)

For what its worth, Sunday is Lyle Overbay Bobblehead day and they’ve got him in the powder blue

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(apologies if the link doesn’t work, linking deep into mlb.com is spotty)

[quote comment=”324087″]Re: George Will:

With the exceptions of weddings, proms, formals and certain jobs (high-end waiters, Uncle Floyd), men who wear bowties often send a clear, unequivocal statement.

And that statement is:

I am a twit.[/quote]

Evidentiary Proof:

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Bill Bidwill

[quote comment=\”324093\”]RE: Also, as for George Will’s childish rant – I assume this doesn’t apply to those of us who actually perform manual labor for a living?

As long as when you get home, you put on your suit, have a martini, yell at your wife for not having dinner ready and instructing your son not be gay.[/quote]

So it\’s ok to complain about the uniforms of athletes but it isn\’t alright to complain about the uniform of a regular guy? That\’s nonsense. Why should any of us be above the same sort of derision that we happily cast upon our sports stars when they fail to meet our standards?

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Both! But also the casual streetwear he wore that fits between those two looks. He knew how to dress for the moment. I credit him for perfecting the clean & sporty tie-less look that says modern to me.[/quote]

So then link?

OK, it would help to look a little more like Steve McQueen, but I get your point.

There’s no denying that link. Helped that the link was the nicest looking car ever.

[quote comment=”324079″]Ask yourself why the tea party movement included virtually NO blacks, NO Hispanics, NO Asians, NO poor people. When you come up with a good answer, write it on your 1040 form in crayon and send it to the IRS. The person with the best submission gets a free IRS audit and a complimentary NAACP membership, whoop-whoop![/quote]
Because, historically speaking, they’re the ones that are always looking for the handout. They’re so used to playing the victim card that they don’t need to protest to have the media already take their side into account.

I’m sorry, but this whole bailout thing is a load of shit. You bought a mortgage you can’t afford? Well, tough shit, you fucked up, now deal with it. Your company backed those mortgages? Tough shit, you fucked up, now enjoy declaring bankruptcy for your idiocy.

Those who made smart decisions, those who didn’t fuck up, those who did the right thing should not have to foot the bill for the stupid. This bailout is the government forcing that upon us.

[quote comment=”324098″]Because, historically speaking, they’re the ones that are always looking for the handout. They’re so used to playing the victim card that they don’t need to protest to have the media already take their side into account.[/quote]

time to play the powers card?

When I fly, I wear dress casual for the most part, a polo shirt and khakis or jeans. But I might offend some people with my choice of shoes, if appearance is a hang-up. I go with what is (a) easy to slip on and off at the dang security checkpoint and (b) comfortable enough to run in. I had an experience with a connector flight where I landed late and had to run completely across Denver Intl Airport in roughly 10 minutes. After that experience, no more dress shoes on flights. If you’re offended, then know that it’s not my intent to slight the pleasant aesthetics of airport ambiance for you. =D

[quote comment=”324104″][quote comment=”324098″]Because, historically speaking, they’re the ones that are always looking for the handout.[/quote]

Just for you, Beardface, this site will now be password-protected and you’ll have to pay for access to it. No more free-handout socialized blog content for you, buddy!

Yes, I know I started it. And now I’m ending it: As of right now, no more teabagging talk (unless it’s actually about deviant sex acts, which of course we all enjoy hearing about).

Chatter about blue jeans is still OK, since that’s at least tangentially uni-related.[/quote]

Thank-you for stepping in from on high and ending this.

Did anyone get an official pinstipe total for CC yesterday?

[quote comment=”324091″]there is a culture of frat “jackassity” that permeates the dudes in college. More worried about the evening’s beer special than learning something. [b]Whereas, the women are ALL business in college, because they know they have to prove themselves in the professional workplace.[/b][/quote]
Buuuuuuuuulllllllllshiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

Girls in college are all about what frat party they can get into as an under, what sorority they want to join, what sorority function is coming up and who they are taking and what they’re wearing, drama within their sorority, and what guys around campus are cute enough to sleep with.

I know I’m an alum, but I highly doubt college has drasically changed in the 2 years since I’ve graduated

[quote comment=”324109″]Did anyone get an official pinstipe total for CC yesterday?[/quote]

one less than the number of runs the indians scored in the seventh?

I just started keeping track of the Brewers uniforms for the season.

So far:
Road Gray Top on Gray Pants 0-1
Road Blue Top on Gray Pants 1-1
Home White Top on White Pants 2-2
Home Blue Top on White Pants 0-2

Like Ricko said, no games yet in the throwback pinstripes.

[quote comment=”324116″][quote comment=”324112″]It’d be cool if Uni Watch had a daily poll. Today’s poll could have been, “Are you wearing blue jeans?” Surely over 50% would be yes.

Also, instead of calling it the “Daily Poll”, it could be called the “Daily Paul”. Get it? (jk, that’s a stupid idea…but a poll would be sweet!)[/quote]

Wearing Jeans. Friday is Jean day at work. Every other day is Slacks or khakis.[/quote]

Wearing sweatpants, on my couch while I study. Oh, and when I dress for class, I wear jeans, cuz I like to look nice for class.

[quote comment=”324114″]I think I missed the first post about jeans where did it start?

Also – in re: to Paul’s column yesterday is it good, bad, or somewhere in between for Detroit to only have had two patches honoring people?[/quote]

I think it is a good thing. The memorial patch routine can get stale after awhile. The Tigers usually fly a flag with the initials of who is being remembered.

No sense messing up a classic uni.

George Will… but I won’t (Can we talk about unis now?)

[quote comment=”324109″]Did anyone get an official pinstipe total for CC yesterday?[/quote]
quick estimate: 60
link

[quote comment=”324104″][quote comment=”324098″]Because, historically speaking, they’re the ones that are always looking for the handout.[/quote]

Just for you, Beardface, this site will now be password-protected and you’ll have to pay for access to it. No more free-handout socialized blog content for you, buddy!

Yes, I know I started it. And now I’m ending it: As of right now, no more teabagging talk (unless it’s actually about deviant sex acts, which of course we all enjoy hearing about).

Chatter about blue jeans is still OK, since that’s at least tangentially uni-related.[/quote]

Well, I guess today’s as good a day as any to get everyone’s opinion on these:

link

LOL

I liked that he brought back the swinging beerman patch for the sleeve, but I think he could have kept the Wisconsin state outline one too. Beerman for home, state outline for the road. Let ’em know where we’re from.

[quote comment=”324128″][quote comment=”324111″][quote comment=”324091″]there is a culture of frat “jackassity” that permeates the dudes in college. More worried about the evening’s beer special than learning something. [b]Whereas, the women are ALL business in college, because they know they have to prove themselves in the professional workplace.[/b][/quote]
Buuuuuuuuulllllllllshiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

Girls in college are all about what frat party they can get into as an under, what sorority they want to join, what sorority function is coming up and who they are taking and what they’re wearing, drama within their sorority, and what guys around campus are cute enough to sleep with.

I know I’m an alum, but I highly doubt college has drasically changed in the 2 years since I’ve graduated[/quote]

Beardface I still live in Blacksburg so the answer is: Nope. Not one bit. Girls are still at Sharky’s, TOTS, and Champs trying to sucker drinks out of the guys who are 21, just like the “old days”[/quote]
Sounds like your average Tuesday Karaoke night at TOTs.

Oh, and let us not forget the weekly ElRods dinner that these sorostitues hit up where any 19 year old with boobs is allowed to drink as much as they possibly want.

[quote comment=”324126″][quote comment=”324122″]I just found this site from another Brewers fan. He put together two well-explained possibilities for new Brewers uniforms, drawing from the two main earlier incarnations of Milwaukee Baseball – The ’53-65 Braves and the ’70-93 Brewers before the jump from the AL to the NL.

link

nice find…that’s UW stalwart chance michaels’ site…

somewhere between his and pretty boy paulie’s ideas for the brewers, they (the crew) could come up with something better than their current uni-iterations[/quote]

Those are great concepts, but I disagree with one statement he made. He states that the Braves have failed to capitalize on the popularity of their Cooperstown Collection merch by incorporating elements of that design into the everyday uniforms.

I don’t think anyone really wants to see a return of the Braves’ 70s look on a regular basis. It’s a dated look that has no place in the 21st century as an everyday uniform.

I think the Braves have “returned to their roots.” They did it in 1988. They ditched the royal blue of the 70s and 80s, and returned to a uniform design inspired by their look from the 40’s and 50s in Boston and Milwaukee. They have continued to use that as their uniform baseline every since.

[quote comment=”324135″]Can anyone photoshop the Nats’ “Stars and Stripes” uni to show what it would look like with navy socks (or even with their solid navy road cap)? I know some people had demonstrated what the Red Sox blue alt would look like with red socks and red undershirts. Thanks. I’d be curious to see if that improved the look.[/quote]

i suck at this stuff…but nats w/blue socks

[quote comment=”324138″][quote comment=”324135″]Can anyone photoshop the Nats’ “Stars and Stripes” uni to show what it would look like with navy socks (or even with their solid navy road cap)? I know some people had demonstrated what the Red Sox blue alt would look like with red socks and red undershirts. Thanks. I’d be curious to see if that improved the look.[/quote]

i suck at this stuff…but link[/quote]

Thanks, Phil

Oh those Nats unis last nite. I agree with you Paul. It was brutal to watch them on the tube last nite and I hope I don’t have to encounter them at the ballpark.

George Will on style? He needs to stick to his expertise.

And I think it’s all about how you wear the clothes. You can dress 2 persons in the exact same clothes and come up with 2 different impressions in most cases.

[quote comment=”324003″]link. I really do think this is a nice touch–really adds color.

I remember Shea used to have flags like this but a few years ago they chose to ring the stadium with American flags (and one Canadian flag) instead. Citi Field is the same as Shea was, with American flags circling the top of the stadium. I wished they could’ve brought the team flags back.[/quote]

I thought I was the only person who really remembered those standings flags that ringed Shea Stadium.

A couple of years ago, I did a “Google” photo search for “Mets flags” and came up with this photo.

link

I believe these were in fact the same flags that were in use at Shea, pre Sept.11, 2001. After the attacks in New York, the Mets decided to fly only the small US flags at Shea Stadium.

This is the website where the standings flags picture came from:

link

I wonder what George Will thinks of the Nats alts? :-)

[quote comment=”324145″][quote comment=”324142″]Speaking of scoreboard photos, how about link of the back of Old Yankee Stadium’s?[/quote]

That’s awesome! What’s the date on that?
[/quote]

Wish I could tell you. I first saw it on the link.

[quote comment=”324139″][quote comment=”324132″]I liked that he brought back the swinging beerman patch for the sleeve, but I think he could have kept the Wisconsin state outline one too. Beerman for home, state outline for the road. Let ’em know where we’re from.[/quote]

i’m not ripping, and i’m not trying to be mean at all… but am i the only UWer that doesn’t like the “swingin’ barrell man” or whatever he’s called? i understand if you all grew up with that logo… but i just think he’s kind of awkward and a tad-bit creepy.

in fairness, i hate the pirates current logo, and i’m a die-hard bucco fan.

just sayin’ though. seems everyone loves that beerman design…

thoughts please?[/quote]

I’m not much for him, personally, but I do like the concept. I’m one of those people who enjoy mascots and other non-human representations of teams. It’s probably the sci-fi / alien fan in me that enjoys them.

Egad those Nads (as in, “Go Nads”…get it…oh, never mind) link are terrible! The interlocking DC is a cool idea (love it in SF, St.L, NY, etc…not in LA, but that’s just ‘cuz it’s on a Dodgers cap), but, with the placket piping, it’s about 50% too big for the space available.

Of course they can’t make it any smaller because of the stars and stripes inside the lettering.

Maybe that should be the rule of thumb: If you’re designing a logo and it’s too busy to make small enough to fit, maybe you should simplify the design.

The links I posted didn’t show up! :o

A couple of years ago, I did a “Google” photo search for “Mets flags” and came up with this photo.
link

link

Ok,here is the perfect solution to start the weekend for everyone-some humor and the merging of two topics! Jeans…and….link.

[quote comment=”324152″][quote comment=”324137″]Howsabout something like link?
[/quote]
How about incorporating the barrel into the actual uniform.. so that the whole trunk of the jersey looks like a barrel, with stitching to outline the planks. That would be awesome.[/quote]

Chance, I like the bottlecap cap logo and the road script is nice, but what’s that weird little tail on the last E?

speaking of flags flying on stadia…

check this shit out

/make sure you enlarge it…wonderful detail!

[quote comment=”324142″]Speaking of scoreboard photos, how about link of the back of Old Yankee Stadium’s?[/quote]

Interesting that these two guys, doing manual labor, are rocking dress pants (along with “wife-beaters” white socks and maybe even wingtips.)

Good times

[quote comment=”324137″][quote comment=”324126″][quote comment=”324122″]I just found this site from another Brewers fan. He put together two well-explained possibilities for new Brewers uniforms, drawing from the two main earlier incarnations of Milwaukee Baseball – The ’53-65 Braves and the ’70-93 Brewers before the jump from the AL to the NL.

link

nice find…that’s UW stalwart chance michaels’ site…

somewhere between his and pretty boy paulie’s ideas for the brewers, they (the crew) could come up with something better than their current uni-iterations[/quote]
Howsabout something like link?

And I’m a stalwart? Yay![/quote]
That last uni is absolutely outstanding. Incredible cap logo, simple, understated, the right colors for the team. Perfect!

Thanks again for the comments…it was really fun to do. I thought about the rock thing right after the first couple of tiles, but then I thought that the little extra spray around the edges sort of added to the whole “Homemade” quality of it, and from the stands, you couldn’t see it anyways.

I’m at the field (30 minutes before first pitch) and the umps went out to inspect it and all three said it was the coolest thing they had ever seen on a softball field. I smiled a little more than normal!

Frank

George Will used his forum to give an opinion about how he thinks certain people should dress in certain situation.

It’s just too bad he didn’t scold people for, I don’t know:

Wearing their pants long.
Stretching the pants over their heels.
Wearing socks instead of stirrups.
Untucking their shirts as soon as a game is over.
Wearing hats off-center.
Wearing too much link.
Or any of the other things we mock athletes for on a daily basis. I don’t understand what is the difference between his “elitism” and Getting It(TM).

[quote comment=”324117″]I just started keeping track of the Brewers uniforms for the season.

So far:
Road Gray Top on Gray Pants 0-1
Road Blue Top on Gray Pants 1-1
Home White Top on White Pants 2-2
Home Blue Top on White Pants 0-2

Like Ricko said, no games yet in the throwback pinstripes.[/quote]

Brewers will only wear the pinstripes once this year, I think it’s in September.

That scoreboard = righteous.

one more

Oakland’s pitcher Outman is wearing the green and yellow stirrups on the mound today, and the Jays announcers have been talking about them, I think the strangest line has to been from Rance Mullinicks… “It looks like he is riding a chicken”

I’ll be wearing jeans to work for the entire month of May because I donated to the Fallen Heroes Fund at work (benefit for the Pittburgh Police officers tragically killed in the line of duty).

George Will can suck my ass.

Remember, the people running around, calling the shots, making subprime loans to people that couldnt afford the homes they were buying. They all more than likely wore suits.

No pictures yet, but in tonight’s Nats/Marlins game, Adam Dunn and another player were missing the “o” in the Nationals on the front of their jerseys. A couple of innings later they were fixed.

[quote comment=”324063″]Somebody give Julia Stiles an honorary membership card.

Full story here: link

Ok, I’m coming to the party really late, but Julia has always been my Hollywood crush because she’s brilliant, she’s opinionated, she’s talented in many ways, and she’s very pretty. I’d literally be agog if I ever got to meet her – speechless and saucer-eyed.

On to more pressing needs, jeans are entirely acceptable in casual settings. An airplane isn’t a place of business, so they would be entirely acceptable.

The only time they wouldn’t be? If you’re meeting business contacts or VIPs at the airport on the other end. Why? First impressions say a lot.

If I’m meeting my brother or my parents, I’m not going suit-and-tie for them as I step off the airplane. That would be beyond idiotic.

Also, still no NYR-Caps game on Hulu. Screen-grabs of Ovechkin using Bradley’s helmet might be a lost cause.

[quote comment=”324185″]No pictures yet, but in tonight’s Nats/Marlins game, Adam Dunn and another player were missing the “o” in the Nationals on the front of their jerseys. A couple of innings later they were fixed.[/quote]

[quote comment=”324165″]The Texas Rangers are having a “Red Out” weekend this weekend against Kansas City.

All three games

Red Alernates and Red Caps and Red Undershirts and Red socks.

I hope they even bust out the Red Fleece pullovers![/quote]
The only way to fix this terrible Texases situation is for them to wear red pants for the redout game. It would instantly become a terrible horrible classic so bad it’s good combo!

[quote comment=”324192″][quote comment=”324053″][quote comment=”324046″][quote]
I don’t get it. What is so special/comical about the tea party protests? Its certainly no less stupid and no more funny than any other protest.
[/quote]

I think it’s the widespread (and apparently clueless) use of the term “teabagging” that makes this one so amusing.[/quote]

Um, no. That’s just for bonus points.

The hilarious part is a bunch of middle-class white people who are so terrified that their lifestyle might not be an entitlement after all that they’ve posited themselves as aggrieved victims.

Now THAT’S funny.[/quote]

No, it is not funny at all that you people that voted for Obama are the ones that are uneducated and uninformed about the “real world”.

You people would have voted for a grilled cheese sandwich with a picture of Herbert Hoover on it, so long as you voted against anybody on the Republican Party. And as a consequence, there never in the history of the United States has there been such a polarizing administration as the Obama administration.

You wanted “Hope & Change” and you have no opinions on what it is and consequently, it has opened the door for socialism to march through the front door to this country.

Maybe it hasn’t happened to you yet, but the policies of the current administration will cause your lifestyle to chane for the worse, then who are you going to blame?

You will have no one to blame for yourself.

I am sure that Paul won’t have the guts to leave this post up, and delete it as he usually does when someone doesn’t agree with him.

BTW…the Red Sox should wear red socks, not blue.[/quote]

Ever notice how the people who claim everyone else is ignorant or uninformed are the ones who make so many demonstrably untrue statements of fact?

[quote comment=”324173″][quote comment=”324146″][quote]Thanks, Phil[/quote]

welcome, jon

i just wish i had skillz like paulie or many others on here to do that sort of thing…what i’d like to see (and i agree with your idea) would be for an action shot to be p-shopped so as to truly capture the essence of the blue socks (as was done with the sawks)

/anyone out there in UW land wanna give it a real shot (with a live action photo)
//link to the nats photo gallery[/quote]

How many Nats even have socks visible? Only Nick Johnson in the photo from the ticker.

Anyway, this pic of the Phillies’ uni is excellent. I must not be paying attention, because I didn’t even realize the Phillies’ script it chain-stitched. You can also really see the texture of the cool base jersey in this shot.

link

I didn’t know that they did that either. So torn – love the texture of the chain-stitching, hate the texture of the Cool Base jersey.

So that’s the Phillies and the Cards as chain-stitchers. Any others?

[quote comment=”324192″][quote comment=”324053″][quote comment=”324046″][quote]
I don’t get it. What is so special/comical about the tea party protests? Its certainly no less stupid and no more funny than any other protest.
[/quote]

I think it’s the widespread (and apparently clueless) use of the term “teabagging” that makes this one so amusing.[/quote]

Um, no. That’s just for bonus points.

The hilarious part is a bunch of middle-class white people who are so terrified that their lifestyle might not be an entitlement after all that they’ve posited themselves as aggrieved victims.

Now THAT’S funny.[/quote]

No, it is not funny at all that you people that voted for Obama are the ones that are uneducated and uninformed about the “real world”.

You people would have voted for a grilled cheese sandwich with a picture of Herbert Hoover on it, so long as you voted against anybody on the Republican Party. And as a consequence, there never in the history of the United States has there been such a polarizing administration as the Obama administration.

You wanted “Hope & Change” and you have no opinions on what it is and consequently, it has opened the door for socialism to march through the front door to this country.

Maybe it hasn’t happened to you yet, but the policies of the current administration will cause your lifestyle to chane for the worse, then who are you going to blame?

You will have no one to blame for yourself.

I am sure that Paul won’t have the guts to leave this post up, and delete it as he usually does when someone doesn’t agree with him.

BTW…the Red Sox should wear red socks, not blue.[/quote]
Coming from a fellow conservative, after a full day of political bickering, I have to say this kind of talk is a serious BUZZKILL!!!!

[quote comment=”324191″]The only way to fix this terrible Texases situation is for them to wear red pants for the redout game. It would instantly become a terrible horrible classic so bad it’s good combo![/quote]

be careful what you wish for

[quote]I am sure that Paul won’t have the guts to leave this post up, and delete it as he usually does when someone doesn’t agree with him.[/quote]

the only posts paul deletes are the ones where people are being complete asshats, completely out of line, or are attacking other posters

you haven’t crossed those lines…yet

/quit while you’re ahead, k?

link

Wanna buy an Adenhart jersey? Not on MLB.com.

[quote comment=”324187″][quote comment=”324063″]Somebody give Julia Stiles an honorary membership card.

Full story here: link

Ok, I’m coming to the party really late, but Julia has always been my Hollywood crush because she’s brilliant, she’s opinionated, she’s talented in many ways, and she’s very pretty. I’d literally be agog if I ever got to meet her – speechless and saucer-eyed.

On to more pressing needs, jeans are entirely acceptable in casual settings. An airplane isn’t a place of business, so they would be entirely acceptable.

The only time they wouldn’t be? If you’re meeting business contacts or VIPs at the airport on the other end. Why? First impressions say a lot.

If I’m meeting my brother or my parents, I’m not going suit-and-tie for them as I step off the airplane. That would be beyond idiotic.

Also, still no NYR-Caps game on Hulu. Screen-grabs of Ovechkin using Bradley’s helmet might be a lost cause.[/quote]

Man, that girl knows her stuff. I don’t know of ANY female that could use the name “Ebbets Field” in a sentence.

[quote comment=”324196″]Don’t the Houston Astros still have chain stiching? On all their Game Jerseys.[/quote]

link Good catch.

[quote comment=”324199″][quote comment=”324191″]The only way to fix this terrible Texases situation is for them to wear red pants for the redout game. It would instantly become a terrible horrible classic so bad it’s good combo![/quote]

link[/quote]
Awwww, now that’s just perfect! Kind of a 21st Century version of the 70’s Indians pink, Orioles orange, Phillies maroon, A’s yellow…..

I absolutely LOVE unis that are so bad they are good. They have to be real attempts though, true honest failures. The Washington DC’s are just bad, not classic bad. Somehow that makes them even worse.

Here’s something uni-inspired from Vintagraph…link

Color on color nonsense tonight in Boston and Toronto. And at least the Rangers look better in red than the Red Sox do.

[quote comment=”324213″]Color on color nonsense tonight in Boston and Toronto. And at least the Rangers look better in red than the Red Sox do.[/quote]
Hey, Gray Jays fans got to watch their team on color TV tonight.

[quote comment=”324134″][quote comment=”324128″][quote comment=”324111″][quote comment=”324091″]there is a culture of frat “jackassity” that permeates the dudes in college. More worried about the evening’s beer special than learning something. [b]Whereas, the women are ALL business in college, because they know they have to prove themselves in the professional workplace.[/b][/quote]
Buuuuuuuuulllllllllshiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

Girls in college are all about what frat party they can get into as an under, what sorority they want to join, what sorority function is coming up and who they are taking and what they’re wearing, drama within their sorority, and what guys around campus are cute enough to sleep with.

I know I’m an alum, but I highly doubt college has drasically changed in the 2 years since I’ve graduated[/quote]

As a current college student I’ll agree on that BS call. Not much has changed since most colleges/universities are the same. The girls at my school want just as much, if not more since its a 7-1 ratio of girls to guys, get smashed each weekend and hook up with the athletes or well-to-do children. If there’s free jell-o shots or free drinks for girls they arrive tenfold and just mob the bar.

And in response to George Will’s rant I have to agree with him in response to my generation’s attitude towards professional attire. My generation does not know how to dress for certain situations. I cannot count the number of times our professors, after a presentation where we have to dress professional, we have to have a seminar on what is professional attire. Girls are more guilty than guys when it comes to this. Sorry but being more orange than the fruit, Ugg boots, and tight fitting “dress” pants are not appropriate. Guys aren’t innocent of this either. By my age, 21, all guys should know how to use the basic double winsdor knot for dress ties, know that collared shirts must be tucked in, and dress pants should be worn around the waist and the bottoms should be slightly above the heel of your foot. There’s been several moments where I’ve been late for events because I had to tie many other guys ties. I try to look my best unless I am on my way to the gym.

Maybe its just my school that’s like this but nobody seldom dresses appropriate for a classroom environment and I go to a private Catholic University where it should be expected to dress appropriately. Any thoughts on that?

What were the last names of the Brewers who were in the “SOB Squad” in 1988?

I love watching Paul unleash the firestorm. A little bit more banhammer action, and I would live on this site.

Paul-
I love reading Uni Watch. It’s one of the best sites on these here interwebs. Most of the time, this site is a wonderful refuge from the political rancor found everywhere else. Judging by the comments today, there are plenty of readers from both sides of the political divide. They’re here because you’ve provided a common ground where they can talk about what really matters – the evils of purple. Please don’t ruin it by adding politics.

I can’t believe there hasn’t been any mention of the Jaguars releasing their new unis. I came here to read some opinions on them. (I don’t care for them at all FWIW)