Jordan Reveals Longstanding Dream of Playing Hockey

Has it been discussed that the Braves Jeff Francoeur has been playing lately with his pant’s legs pulled up, showing a lot of navy sock? It was a move to pull himself out of another slump, and it seems to be working. Hopefully he’ll continue the look…not that I like it, but at least it’s something different.

Talk about a paradox….

Was channel surfing this morning and came across a comcast broadcast of the Oregon-Arizona game. There was an Oregon player with green stirrups and yellow sanitaries. All the annoucners could do was talk about the sanitaries, comparing the kid to Rick Monday or Rickey Henederson. Sorry, I wasn’t awake enough to catch either the player’s name or details of the game. There were two distince camera shots of the kid that simply showed him from the knees down, bowing to the good thast the didn’t show the rest of the Oregon uniform.

So Paul – how’s that? Stirrups and sanitaries on an Oregon player. Cats and dogs will now lie down together.

Bob Sullivan

I hate logo creep too, but not for nuthin’, Jordan is still getting paid LOTS of money by Nike. Would you want to see your very expensive endorser wearing another company’s logo? I think not.

[quote comment=”330865″]I’ll be back later with a report from Dodgers/Rockies.[/quote]

I’ll be sure to tune in!

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I wonder what red/black kicks those are he’s sporting?

Make sure you check out today’s NCAA lacrosse championhip. The Syracuse uniforms are, well, unique to say the least. I just noticed on Saturday that they have NOH (names on helmets).

[quote comment=”330875″][quote comment=”330869″]Anyone think that the Blue Jays might break out the link uniforms to go with their leaf-and-stripes cap?

Is the lone Canadian team even obligated to take part in the Memorial Day observance today?[/quote]

Canada celebrates Memorial Day… they even have everyone wear poppies.[/quote]

I’m at work. We don’t celebrate Memorial Day. Nor will we ever.

We celebrate Remembrance Day in November with poppies.

[quote comment=”330877″][quote comment=”330875″][quote comment=”330869″]Anyone think that the Blue Jays might break out the link uniforms to go with their leaf-and-stripes cap?

Is the lone Canadian team even obligated to take part in the Memorial Day observance today?[/quote]

Canada celebrates Memorial Day… they even have everyone wear poppies.[/quote]

Correct, but everything I read says that they do not observe Memorial Day on the same day as the United States. It actually coincides with Canada Day on July 1st. Can any of our Canadian uni-brethren back me up on this?[/quote]

Nope. Canada Day is equivalent to Independence Day. You gained your independence from the British empire on July 4. We did the same on July 1… different years, though.

[quote]Nope. Canada Day is equivalent to Independence Day. You gained your independence from the British empire on July 4. We did the same on July 1… different years, though.[/quote]

I did say Memorial Day coincided with Canada Day (although only in Newfoundland and Labrador)and not the equivalent of your Independence Day. Just wanted to be clear! :)

Keep rockin, Canada!

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My mistake… I saw the NHL guys all poppied out yesterday, Teebz. I knew I should NEVER, under any circumstances, trust Mike Milbury or Pierre McGuire.[/quote]

LOL… those two are idiots, but they had their hearts in the right place. They were poppied out for the Memorial Cup Final. The Memorial Cup normally ends the day before Memorial Day.

The reason the tournament got its name was due to the trophy itself. The Cup was donated in 1919 by the Ontario Hockey Association in honour of the soldiers who died fighting for Canada in World War I. So Milbury and McGuire went with poppies to remember the soldiers despite the poppies having way more meaning in November.

There is a correlation with Memorial Day there thanks to the schedule, but we don’t celebrate a specific day for fallen members of the armed forces outside of Remembrance Day.

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My mistake… I saw the NHL guys all poppied out yesterday, Teebz. I knew I should NEVER, under any circumstances, trust Mike Milbury or Pierre McGuire.[/quote]

LOL… those two are idiots, but they had their hearts in the right place. They were poppied out for the Memorial Cup Final. The Memorial Cup normally ends the day before Memorial Day.

The reason the tournament got its name was due to the trophy itself. The Cup was donated in 1919 by the Ontario Hockey Association in honour of the soldiers who died fighting for Canada in World War I. So Milbury and McGuire went with poppies to remember the soldiers despite the poppies having way more meaning in November.

There is a correlation with Memorial Day there thanks to the schedule, but we don’t celebrate a specific day for fallen members of the armed forces outside of Remembrance Day.[/quote]
Hey, so back to the Don Cherry miniseries thing… you’re an extra, right? That’s the impression I get from your most recent HBIC post, but it isn’t explicitly stated (unless I just missed it).

Watching the Yanks-Rangers on MLB TV. The Yankees look completely bizarre with the red lids. Rangers? Somewhat looks like it belongs, since its as close as you can get to their alts.

Umpires? Bat-shiat crazy.

[quote comment=”330886″]Watching the Yanks-Rangers on MLB TV. The Yankees look completely bizarre with the red lids. Rangers? Somewhat looks like it belongs, since its as close as you can get to their alts.

Umpires? Bat-shiat crazy.[/quote]

Bat-shiat crazy? Yeah, I think that describes it pretty well.

Royals v Tigers – Tigers don’t look terrible in the red caps, on TV at least it almost looks like they match the outline on the script/numbers. The Royals, however, in their powder blue alt tops look absolutely wretched with the caps.

[quote comment=”330891″]only game i can get is yanks (who don’t look horrible, but rather, like they lost their caps in transit) vs. texases (who don’t look any different than when they wear their red caps anyway) … nice to actually see the yanks without that stupid giant NYS patch on the back of their heads, however…the question still remains…

why is this necessary again?[/quote]

Bud Selig is financing another round of Interplague with the profits they make off selling caps to me and you while donating the smallest amount possible to people who need it: charitable organizations.

Me? Jaded? No way. LOL

Blue Jays in red caps.

Dem O`s dont look too bad (relatively speaking – I mean come on, any team that doesn’t have red in their jersey’s don’t really look good)

Royals are wearing white pants, powder blue tops, and red hats.

Ri-god-damn-diculous

I also found some pics on Flickr of the 1977 Rangers:

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My parents actually have some very similar-looking pictures from 1978 when we got to go onto the warning track and take pics with the players. I’ll have to try and dig those up sometime.

[quote comment=”330902″]What in the world would Jordan do nowadays if he were in the NBA and had to wear the Adidas warmups? Come to think of it, what did he do when Reebok made the warmups and he was still playing?[/quote]

Bought the equipment manager a stitch-ripper.

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Unfortunately the T is horribly off-center in the pic they display. I have seen hats like this that have a big (and wrong era/later 80s) Rangers logo on the back (which I didn’t like), and you can’t tell if this one has that or not.

They also sell this one at mlb.com, but it doesn’t look accurate at all, and it’s a “wool blend” and made by American Needle.

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also says it’s backordered.

I take that back, it’s backordered in most sizes, but 7 5/8 is available if you have a larger gourd.

[quote comment=”330906″] But I’ve got a purty big head and I’d have to find one in person so I could try it on. You wouldn’t believe how long it took to find just the right 49ers cap![/quote]

I’m with ya. Plus hat sizing can be very flakey. I can wear a fitted hat in anything from a 7 1/2 to a 7 3/4. That’s why I headed to the fan shop to try them on. This Rangers hat is just a smidge large and it’s a 7 5/8.

I was also a Reds fan during their white/red pinstripe hat days, and it took me forever to find a hat to buy because the pinstripes were NEVER lined up correctly! It drove my mom crazy.

[quote comment=”330891″]only game i can get is yanks (who don’t look horrible, but rather, like they lost their caps in transit) vs. texases (who don’t look any different than when they wear their red caps anyway) … nice to actually see the yanks without that stupid giant NYS patch on the back of their heads, however…the question still remains…

why is this necessary again?[/quote]
This may sound sacrilegious, but I actually think the red cap is an improvement over the mismatched shade of blue the Yanks wore last year. To make the uniform complete though, they need to match the caps with red stirrups.

[quote comment=”330911″][quote comment=”330891″]only game i can get is yanks (who don’t look horrible, but rather, like they lost their caps in transit) vs. texases (who don’t look any different than when they wear their red caps anyway) … nice to actually see the yanks without that stupid giant NYS patch on the back of their heads, however…the question still remains…

why is this necessary again?[/quote]
This may sound sacrilegious, but I actually think the red cap is an improvement over the mismatched shade of blue the Yanks wore last year. To make the uniform complete though, they need to match the caps with red stirrups.[/quote]

How about solid red pants while they are at it? (kidding, folks)

Military Recognition/Memorial Day done right.

Just got back from taking my daughters (7 and 5) to a Huntsville Stars game vs. the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx. Every Monday game in Huntsville is Military Recognition Day, where everyone with an ID gets in for a buck. The lady at the ticket window asked if I was military and I said “I used to be” to which she replied “That’s good enough for me”. 3 tickets, $3.

For the 7th inning stretch they bypassed the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, instead observing a moment of silence followed by the playing of “Taps”. I was a blubbering mess after Taps and had to explain to my girls why they wouldn’t be hearing one of their favorite songs. I made sure they understood.

Made me think of the money grab that MLB performs in the name of recognizing the troops.

Uni-wise, it was softball vs. softball but at least the local nine went high-cuffed. They appeared to be tailored that way. No special hats in the minors, I guess.

[quote comment=”330864″]I hate logo creep too, but not for nuthin’, Jordan is still getting paid LOTS of money by Nike. Would you want to see your very expensive endorser wearing another company’s logo? I think not.[/quote]

And MJ isn’t just any endorser…he essentially made the brand. It would be like the Marlboro Man shilling for Camel.

I actually think they should have taken it a step further with jerseys like this so the hats would for sure match every teams’ unis

and btw the Rays are going with the navy hat

yeah sorry forgot the link and my computer keeps slowing down whenever i try to but the pic is on mlb shop in the stars and stripes collection

I’m almost surprised they didn’t make the Reds wear the blue caps just to make a point of being different.

I’m sure a runner on 1st base couldn’t even tell the Reds’ 1B hat was any different.

Went to see Dodgers/Rockies. Got halfprice club level seats, which was good. Forty minute rain delay at Coors today, so we visited the bar where a kid I remember from grade school was pouring. That was the highlight of the day.

LI Phil linked the pic of Helton before the game receiving recognition for his 2000th hit. He didn’t look as bad as some others. The starting pitcher and left fielder each went high-cuffed. The red, white and black made me think of the San Diego State Aztecs, who could have outplayed the Rox today. We left during the eight run top of the seventh (after a seven run top of the fourth), an inning that included two of the worst defensive plays I’ve seen in professional ball — even counting AAA.

Poor Juan Pierre, with the oversized red hat and the blue stirrups looked like he belonged on the link. This was Selig’s lowest trick yet, which says a lot.

What about the blue caps for NL…and red for the AL?

[quote comment=”330921″]and btw the Rays are going with the navy hat[/quote]
Which Rays game are you watching?

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[quote comment=”330938″][quote comment=”330935″][quote comment=”330921″]and btw the Rays are going with the navy hat[/quote]
Which Rays game are you watching?

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oh sorry the pic on mlb.com must have been from last year because it showed david price wearing a navy one[/quote]

because he made his debut last year wearing the blue S&S cap…that’s gotta be a record

This isn’t uni-related, but the WNBA is apparently using “Expect great” as their marketing slogan this season, along with many other grammatically-incorrect slogans beginning with “Expect.”

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[quote comment=”330942″]This isn’t uni-related, but the WNBA is apparently using “Expect great” as their marketing slogan this season, along with many other grammatically-incorrect slogans beginning with “Expect.”

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what’s grammatically incorrect about “expect bankruptcy”?

[quote comment=”330945″][quote comment=”330942″]This isn’t uni-related, but the WNBA is apparently using “Expect great” as their marketing slogan this season, along with many other grammatically-incorrect slogans beginning with “Expect.”

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what’s grammatically incorrect about “expect bankruptcy”?[/quote]
Nothing, but I believe it’s “Expect Fold”.

[quote comment=”330934″]I don’t know who did it or why (just flipped over to WGN from the NBA game for a moment), but somebody on the Cubs apparently took it upon himself to express his displeasure at whatever by destroying the casing of the Gatorade “fountain drink” machine in the dugout. Whats-his-name and Brenly spent a few moments talking about it in the 3rd inning and the cameras got a few good shots. Zambrano started clowning around with it too. I was entertained.

Not really a uni-related happening, but I figured dugout equipment was pretty close…[/quote]
I was wondering about that Gatorade Big Gulp machine when I noticed Ryan Theriot getting a drink earlier tonight. Is it new? I don’t recall seeing it before (in any dugout, not just at Bud Light Bleachers Stadium).

BTW, Len Kasper is the play-by-play guy’s name and he just pointed out that Carlos Zambrano is wearing a single batting glove on his top hand. He was batting left-handed, so the glove was on his left hand. (Maybe he was expecting the Pirates to bring in a lefty? A pitching change was made, but a righty was brought in.)

Oh, and earlier tonight, they showed a side-by-side photo of Nyjer Morgan (back in stirrups tonight after going jammystyle yesterday) and Juan Pierre. No specific mention of the stirrups, but there were comments like “old school” thrown around.

[quote comment=”330949″][quote comment=”330934″]I don’t know who did it or why (just flipped over to WGN from the NBA game for a moment), but somebody on the Cubs apparently took it upon himself to express his displeasure at whatever by destroying the casing of the Gatorade “fountain drink” machine in the dugout. Whats-his-name and Brenly spent a few moments talking about it in the 3rd inning and the cameras got a few good shots. Zambrano started clowning around with it too. I was entertained.

Not really a uni-related happening, but I figured dugout equipment was pretty close…[/quote]
I was wondering about that Gatorade Big Gulp machine when I noticed Ryan Theriot getting a drink earlier tonight. Is it new? I don’t recall seeing it before (in any dugout, not just at Bud Light Bleachers Stadium).

BTW, Len Kasper is the play-by-play guy’s name and he just pointed out that Carlos Zambrano is wearing a single batting glove on his top hand. He was batting left-handed, so the glove was on his left hand. (Maybe he was expecting the Pirates to bring in a lefty? A pitching change was made, but a righty was brought in.)

Oh, and earlier tonight, they showed a side-by-side photo of Nyjer Morgan (back in stirrups tonight after going jammystyle yesterday) and Juan Pierre. No specific mention of the stirrups, but there were comments like “old school” thrown around.[/quote]

I think the Gatorade fountains are new this year. I remember seeing them during Cubs games much earlier this year and thinking that it was a tremendous excess that didn’t need to be there.

Also, thanks on Kasper’s name. If I didn’t despise the Cubbies so (Brewer fan) I might care to remember that. ;)

The red caps or the blue caps still don’t look as bad as the baseball bell-bottomed trousers they are wearing.

Since Memorial Day is a day to remember those who died in military service, this would seem to be the one occasion for which black would be the appropriate tribute. Not necessarily monkeying about with the caps, but a uniform black armband worn over a white or gray jersey. Thoughts?