Red Sox, Blue Caps, White Annotations

BTW, my favorite dunks:

The Newcastles:
link

Heinekens were cool too:
link

Powers, do you watch Run’s House? One of his kids was in a sneaker store last night and I thought of you!!!

That old timey shadowed batter logo is used for the “Cooperstown Collection” of throwback caps and apparel.

link

Fernando Nieve was using an off-white/cream colored glove while he was with the Astros: link

But, he’s used a black glove in the past: link

and a tan glove: link

great site to check for daily updates on new jerseys throughout the soccer world, covers anything from English Premiership to the Dutch League 2 to the Argentine Leagues. Footballshirtculture.com

[quote]Jeff Scott notes that the Cardinals are using different NOB type formats for link, link, and link.[/quote]
And then there’s link.

Airwalk has been making skate shoes since I was a little kid in the mid 80s.

I sported these in Jr. High:

link

The flap is to protect your laces from grip tape.

These classics were one of my favorites in high school:

link

Again, the big rubber toe was to keep your shoe from dying to fast from grip tape wear.

[quote comment=”337327″]That old timey shadowed batter logo is used for the “Cooperstown Collection” of throwback caps and apparel.

link

Interesting… all of the other logos on the arches are team logos (Browns, Cardinals, even the Federal League Terriers) or logos from St. Louis-hosted All-Star Games of the past.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that MLB would sneak an apparel line logo in there, but it seems out of place.

[quote comment=”337333″][quote]Jeff Scott notes that the Cardinals are using different NOB type formats for link, link, and link.[/quote]
And then there’s link.[/quote]

At least there’s a reason for La Russa’s to be different: his last name is two words.

[quote comment=”337333″][quote]Jeff Scott notes that the Cardinals are using different NOB type formats for link, link, and link.[/quote]
And then there’s link.[/quote]

“link. What the hell?!?”

[quote comment=”337342″]Something others may want to do.
Last night, in tribute to Michael Jackson, all the players on my softball team wore only one glove on defense.
It was quite moving.
Until we realized the other team was doing it, too.

—Ricko[/quote]

And you all adjusted your cups and squealed at the same time too? ;o)

I have a Milwaukee Brewers Cooperstown Therma Base Fleece and can verify that the old school batter is used on the tag, and on the back of the neck. It is part of the cooperstown collection:

link

[quote comment=”337343″][quote comment=”337342″]Something others may want to do.
Last night, in tribute to Michael Jackson, all the players on my softball team wore only one glove on defense.
It was quite moving.
Until we realized the other team was doing it, too.

—Ricko[/quote]

And you all adjusted your cups and squealed at the same time too? ;o)[/quote]

Nope. Only did the one-glove thing. Wanted it to be classy and understated. Cuz that’s how Michael was.
(eyeroll)
Well, and also one of ours guys is nicknamed “Monk.” Last night we called him “Bubbles” instead (yes, I know, the real Bubbles is alive and well at 29 and retired in Florida…well, he IS).

—Ricko

[quote comment=”337336″]That old-timey MLB logo has been used for Cooperstown Collection merch since at least 1991. I’ve got a Cooperstown Collection ’65 Twins sweatshirt from that year with the old-timey MLB logo on it. As a vintage baseball player, I’m a huge fan and wish baseball would use it more consistently on Cooperstown Collection stuff.[/quote]

I also like this logo — the regular one is kind of ambiguous, but in this gold-shaded logo, the batter is explicitly left-handed. In almost every other baseball logo that has some kind of handedness in it, it’s for right-handers.

(This is why I dislike the ball-in-glove Brewers logo — very clever, but the glove is on the wrong hand. Call the team the Drinkers, or the Dunkelbiers, and then you could make a great ball-in-glove logo.)

What other left-handed sports logos are there? I’m betting that they’re ina tiny minority.

[quote comment=”337347″]Last night we called him “Bubbles” instead (yes, I know, the real Bubbles is alive and well at 29 and retired in Florida…well, he IS).

—Ricko[/quote]

i thought he lived in the sunnyvale trailer park in nova scotia

[quote comment=”337350″][quote comment=”337348″]”… Brendon Yarian attended the World Junior Football Championships, being held in Canton, and provided a bunch of pics. … ”

Very very interesting. Great to see national “American Football” unis on unlikely suspects, eg, Sweden and Japan. A little distressing (to this old coot) that no country seemed particularly attracted to a classic, old-school look. My favorite is Mexico, I guess.

Anyone else?[/quote]

Is that a feather on New Zealand’s helmets? Kinda cool.
link

—Ricko[/quote]

Or is it a long plant leaf of some sort?

[quote comment=”337353″][quote comment=”337350″][quote comment=”337348″]”… Brendon Yarian attended the World Junior Football Championships, being held in Canton, and provided a bunch of pics. … ”

Very very interesting. Great to see national “American Football” unis on unlikely suspects, eg, Sweden and Japan. A little distressing (to this old coot) that no country seemed particularly attracted to a classic, old-school look. My favorite is Mexico, I guess.

Anyone else?[/quote]

Is that a feather on New Zealand’s helmets? Kinda cool.
link

—Ricko[/quote]

Or is it a long plant leaf of some sort?[/quote]

Fern, dude, fern. I can’t tell you what species – presumably endemic to NZ – but it’s on all their national unis, which are always as black as home-and-away rules allow. The All-Blacks in rugby are probably the best known.

[quote comment=”337344″][quote comment=”337326″]Was catching up with yesterday’s comments and I was excited to see some content dedicated to the CFL this coming weekend.

Obviously in a forum like this, a debate starts about how NFL teams would destroy CFL teams, blah, blah, blah. Sure they would, in most cases.

No one should be arguing that. I’ve always been a fan of the CFL, from the ’82 strike when games were telvised and I’ve followed it afar, despite sketchy US TV coverage. Before Fox Sports changed the Atlantic, Central and Pacific digital channels to the college sports format (bad move if you ask me because I liked watching other markets’ sports reports and other FSN programming) you could catch some of the TSN games on the Atlantic and Pacific channels.

Sure the superior athletes play for the big bucks in the states but from a fun/excitement factor, the CFL wins hands down. Oh, and it’s only going to get better this year because they’ve changed the rules to allow the wildcat formation (prior to this year the QB had to be the player under center or directly behind him in a shotgun, therefore, the stuff the dolphins did all season would have been illegal).[/quote]

kek,

No shame at all in loving the CFL. I do, and it helps bridge the gap tremendously until the NFL gets in gear. I have followed it since 1971 and I am trying to trace the Canadian TV history of the CFL going back to the early 50’s.

I thought it was so cool when CBC and CTV shared the coverage in the 70’s and 80’s, with as an example CTV guys Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen and Frank Rigney from CTV working the first half, then Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster (PA native) and Leo Cahill of the CBC calling the second half.

I also loved the Argos’ huge “A” on the helmet and the late Ottawa Rough Riders monster “R” on the helmets!

The TiCats striped sleeves were awesome as well.

Saw a couple of game at Ivor Wynne in the day and had a blast.

Don’t forget, the Grey Cup champs coach, the Stamps John Hufnagel was a PSU All-American QB in the early 1970’s![/quote]

Within my top ten favorite football jerseys are thelink, and the link

[quote comment=”337356″]… the first one that came to mind was the link logo.
And if you’re like most people who believe link, then take pride in the fact that West is dribbling with his left hand at this very moment.[/quote]

The fact that the HOF logo is shooting left-handed means that the player is right-handed 90% of the time.

Man, I gotta agree with Broadway Connie on this one.

No classics. Guess it’s the day and age we live in, no?

Although, the New Zealand All Blacks inspired look really grows on you

[quote comment=”337349″][quote comment=”337336″]What other left-handed sports logos are there? I’m betting that they’re ina tiny minority.[/quote]

Portland’s Lucky Beaver is left-handed

link

[quote comment=”337360″][quote comment=”337339″][quote comment=”337333″][quote]Jeff Scott notes that the Cardinals are using different NOB type formats for link, link, and link.[/quote]
And then there’s link.[/quote]

At least there’s a reason for La Russa’s to be different: his last name is two words.[/quote]
There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for the Cards’ current (non-) use of lower-case caps: link also gets the “space” treatment of LA RUSSA and MC KAY… Mark McGwire also got the “MC GWIRE” treatment, but I couldn’t find a good picture showing his nameplate.[/quote]
link is probably about as good as it gets.
And for what it’s worth, McGwire got the link in Oakland.

[quote comment=”337343″][quote comment=”337342″]Something others may want to do.
Last night, in tribute to Michael Jackson, all the players on my softball team wore only one glove on defense.
It was quite moving.
Until we realized the other team was doing it, too.

—Ricko[/quote]

And you all adjusted your cups and squealed at the same time too? ;o)[/quote]

you should have picked a lucky family in attendance and kid-napped them just for the game. lol

[quote comment=”337361″]Man, I gotta agree with Broadway Connie on this one.

No classics. Guess it’s the day and age we live in, no?

Although, the New Zealand All Blacks inspired look really grows on you[/quote]
Yeah, I’m not a fan of the monochrome football look, but for NZ, link.

Other than that, I give passing grades to both link. The jerseys/helmets link was sporting are probably the closest to what you might call a “classic” look. The pants… not so much.

[quote comment=”337366″]Found a few more lefties…

The Fort Wayne Piston: link

The old Denver Nugget prospector (circa 1950): link

The Philadelphia Warrior (1952-62): link
Or how about this rare bit of trivia? Chief Wahoo was a switch hitter.
link or link.

[quote comment=”337371″] Chief Wahoo was a switch hitter.[/quote]Not that there’s anything WRONG with that….

[quote comment=”337364″]
Speaking of the early ’80s CFL…
You’ll live a long time before you find a better sports name than joe Paopao (pronounced “Pow-pow” for those of you who’ve not heard of the former BC Lions QB and CFL coach).
Well, maybe Sonny Sixkiller.

—Ricko[/quote]

There have been a few awesome names since.

Tom Canada, a California-born d-lineman, played for the Bombers, and joked about playing for the country on his back. He was cut recently due to his lofty salary.

The Bombers did go out and sign Siddeeq Shabazz, though.

Angus Reid is no longer doing polling. He’s an offensive lineman for the BC Lions.

Ken-Yon Rambo of the Calgary Stampeders always has to be mentioned.

Lin-J Shell will lineup for the Argonauts this season. What kind of name is Lin-J?

[quote comment=”337344″][quote comment=”337326″]Was catching up with yesterday’s comments and I was excited to see some content dedicated to the CFL this coming weekend.

Obviously in a forum like this, a debate starts about how NFL teams would destroy CFL teams, blah, blah, blah. Sure they would, in most cases.

No one should be arguing that. I’ve always been a fan of the CFL, from the ’82 strike when games were telvised and I’ve followed it afar, despite sketchy US TV coverage. Before Fox Sports changed the Atlantic, Central and Pacific digital channels to the college sports format (bad move if you ask me because I liked watching other markets’ sports reports and other FSN programming) you could catch some of the TSN games on the Atlantic and Pacific channels.

Sure the superior athletes play for the big bucks in the states but from a fun/excitement factor, the CFL wins hands down. Oh, and it’s only going to get better this year because they’ve changed the rules to allow the wildcat formation (prior to this year the QB had to be the player under center or directly behind him in a shotgun, therefore, the stuff the dolphins did all season would have been illegal).[/quote]

kek,

No shame at all in loving the CFL. I do, and it helps bridge the gap tremendously until the NFL gets in gear. I have followed it since 1971 and I am trying to trace the Canadian TV history of the CFL going back to the early 50’s.

I thought it was so cool when CBC and CTV shared the coverage in the 70’s and 80’s, with as an example CTV guys Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen and Frank Rigney from CTV working the first half, then Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster (PA native) and Leo Cahill of the CBC calling the second half.

I also loved the Argos’ huge “A” on the helmet and the late Ottawa Rough Riders monster “R” on the helmets!

The TiCats striped sleeves were awesome as well.

Saw a couple of game at Ivor Wynne in the day and had a blast.

Don’t forget, the Grey Cup champs coach, the Stamps John Hufnagel was a PSU All-American QB in the early 1970’s![/quote]
Also, Bishop McCort and Penn State alum Steve Smear played in Montreal for a Grey Cup winner.

My high school teammate Geroy Simon has made a nice career north of the border with Winnipeg and BC.

[quote comment=”337376″]A good article about team logos from the Philly Daily News. link
Cool read, but I always thought the Albuquerque team (known as the Dukes for generations) jumped on a Simpsons bandwagon. From what I heard and remember, a Simpsons episode once had the Springfield Isotopes (a reference to Monty Burns’ nuclear empire) moving or pondering a move to Albuquerque, therefore giving life to the Albuquerque Isotopes.

[quote comment=”337325″]Powers, do you watch Run’s House? One of his kids was in a sneaker store last night and I thought of you!!![/quote]
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Run was wearing a David Wright Mets’ jersey at one point of the episode….too bad it was a black one!

[quote comment=”337382″]And Joe Paopao had perhaps the greatest football nickname of all time, The Throwin’ Samoan.[/quote]
There was a QB out of the Pac 10 (from one of the schools in either Washington or Oregon) who had that nickname too. I don’t know who was before whom though.

[quote comment=”337383″][quote comment=”337382″]And Joe Paopao had perhaps the greatest football nickname of all time, The Throwin’ Samoan.[/quote]
There was a QB out of the Pac 10 (from one of the schools in either Washington or Oregon) who had that nickname too. I don’t know who was before whom though.[/quote]

Jack Thompson, Washington State, drafted #1 by the Bengals. Sort of a pre-Akili Smith maneuver.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”337383]Nebraska will wear throwbacks on September 26th, to mark the team’s 300th consecutive sellout.[/quote]Both Nebraska players who can actually count to 300 will be recognized at halftime.

Should have done this to accompany my earlier post re: Jack Thompson.
link

[quote comment=”337388″]You’re probably thinking of link (and later link).[/quote]
Well, between the help provided by you and Ricko I’d have to say it was Thompson. He fits the era I recall first hearing the nickname much better than Manu’s son; and that link calls him the “Throwin’ Samoan” too.

Another great name out of the past in that ESPN link: Mosi Tatupu. :-)

[quote comment=”337392″][quote comment=”337390″]His name is almost as bad as Tshimanga “Tim” Biakabutuka.[/quote]
Yes, another one of those exotic foreigners who traveled far from his place of birth to play American football in a place where they didn’t understand the culture…

:-)[/quote]

Ladies and gentlemen…Ricky Rubio (“My mother doesn’t like Minnesota, it’s cold there.”).

re: JackThomspon…
link

[quote comment=”337377″]

My high school teammate Geroy Simon has made a nice career north of the border with Winnipeg and BC.[/quote]

Geroy’s probably the best receiver the BC Lions ever had – certainly up there with “Swervin'” Mervyn Fernandez and “Dirty 30” Jim Young. Growing up in Canada the CFL has always been the football of choice for me – and in general the uniforms have been good too (except for the American expansion in the mid-90’s).

[quote comment=”337399″][quote comment=”337377″]

My high school teammate Geroy Simon has made a nice career north of the border with Winnipeg and BC.[/quote]

Geroy’s probably the best receiver the BC Lions ever had – certainly up there with “Swervin'” Mervyn Fernandez and “Dirty 30” Jim Young. Growing up in Canada the CFL has always been the football of choice for me – and in general the uniforms have been good too (except for the American expansion in the mid-90’s).[/quote]
Of course I have a bit of a biased opinion but he might go down as not only BC’s greatest but one of the league’s all-time greats. He had a great ’07 and even with some injuries last year he was near the top of the stat sheets for the league.

Geroy wore a Jim Young throwback in warmups last year prior to a game in which he broke one of Young’s team records.

It looks like the Comcast Network (formerly CN8) will be broadcasting some CFL games this year. Friday night is BC/Saskatchewan. I’ll be excited to not have to watch a game on my PC monitor but an actually TV!

Paul – Thanks for calling out the Warriors uni’s, they would be number one on my list.
Their mascot used to be named THUNDER, and he is that stupid blue man you see holding the lightning in some of the logos. I thought for sure we would get a new Uni-Set after another team actually used the name Thunder, but here we are in year three.

The whole team is in a stagnant go-ing nowhere feel, no foundation for a championship and no uniform set to make them look good while loosing…

Great article as always Paul, although you kinda cheated giving the White Sox 20 for Karma!

I’m a huge Sox fan, and I’m torn. I love the current unis, I love the fact that they’re aging gracefully and are a “tradition” so to speak now.

However, all of my life I also loved the fact that the Sox always pushed the boundries (often stubmling over them) on uni design. The 77-81 uni’s with the collar are my favorite of all time.

Unfortunatlely they can’t do both- be classic, and re-invent themselves every 5 years.

[quote comment=”337404″]Paul, I understand the reasons why you put the White Sox on your suckiest uniform list in today’s column, but when you step back and look at all of the other uniforms on this list, there is no comparison. That is by far the best looking uniform on your list of 10, and I would think it has to be in the the top half, if not top 10 of current baseball uniforms. Where the heck are the Rockies on your list?[/quote]

I’m 1/2 in agreement with you, but I think the list is not a “worst unis of all time” list. Its a list of teams that need a makeover- for different reasons.

The White Sox used to be (near) the ultimate in uniform lore, if you will. Because they changed so much.

Paul’s sort-of saying they owe us that again, which I can see. Sort-of.

[quote comment=”337397″][quote comment=”337394″]re: Today’s lead photo. Y’know, I’m really trying to like those new Red Sox road jerseys.
The Night Before Christmas socks ad a bit of color, yes, but I just can’t get into the navy fancy block “BOSTON”.

No explanation, just doesn’t work for me. Want it to, but no such luck.

—Ricko[/quote]

I feel the same way. The one-color treatment seems so plain, esp. on the back of the jersey. Feels a bit minor league-ish to me.[/quote]

have not posted in a while, so let’s see if i remember how…you two crackheads smoke crack. it is boston, so i despise it, loooooooooathe the site of it. but as a uni, it is top notch, they just need the classic stirrup, not that this is intended to be timely. cornmother damn bahsten and their wicked awesome uni.

july 4th mixed doubles bags tourney:
*i be smokin a beef brisket. the rub is mine, the sauce my pineapple is bringing back from kansas city today. i will also be making my horseradish slaw. the frankfurter to person ratio will be 5:1, and the mustard will be 4xpolish, no catsup allowed.
*schlitz beer
*corn eating contest
*at the end of the night we cut the lock off my warehouse building’s roof for the 360 panoramic shot of chicago’s southside firework splendor. and if you have never seen the ‘works in pilsen, you nary seen a ‘work.
*schlitz beer
…you know how to get in touch, this is the last time i mention this event.

I am not a White Sox fan, but I think they have some of the most “classic” uniforms in baseball. Perhaps they are slightly stale, but I can’t believe those unis are even on the list with the rest of the “worst in sports.”

In my opinion the Bengals and Bills are hands down the worst, no one comes close. (But man, those Sabres unis are bad too…).

[quote comment=”337409″][quote comment=”337397″][quote comment=”337394″]re: Today’s lead photo. Y’know, I’m really trying to like those new Red Sox road jerseys.
The Night Before Christmas socks ad a bit of color, yes, but I just can’t get into the navy fancy block “BOSTON”.

No explanation, just doesn’t work for me. Want it to, but no such luck.

—Ricko[/quote]

I feel the same way. The one-color treatment seems so plain, esp. on the back of the jersey. Feels a bit minor league-ish to me.[/quote]

have not posted in a while, so let’s see if i remember how…you two crackheads smoke crack. it is boston, so i despise it, loooooooooathe the site of it. but as a uni, it is top notch, they just need the classic stirrup, not that this is intended to be timely. cornmother damn bahsten and their wicked awesome uni.

july 4th mixed doubles bags tourney:
*i be smokin a beef brisket. the rub is mine, the sauce my pineapple is bringing back from kansas city today. i will also be making my horseradish slaw. the frankfurter to person ratio will be 5:1, and the mustard will be 4xpolish, no catsup allowed.
*schlitz beer
*corn eating contest
*at the end of the night we cut the lock off my warehouse building’s roof for the 360 panoramic shot of chicago’s southside firework splendor. and if you have never seen the ‘works in pilsen, you nary seen a ‘work.
*schlitz beer
…you know how to get in touch, this is the last time i mention this event.[/quote]

Probably the only time I have ever wished I lived somewhere that snow existed..

That sauce better be from Jack’s Stack or Oklahoma Joe’s.
On another note- got my stirrups today with a big thanks to Robert Marshall for the legwork.

[quote comment=”337415″]That sauce better be from Jack’s Stack or Oklahoma Joe’s.
On another note- got my stirrups today with a big thanks to Robert Marshall for the legwork.[/quote]

we have a winner!!!! it is jack’s, pineapple’s favourite.

Jack’s Stack’s lamb ribs and burnt ends combo is easily at the top of the list for the last meal. Their sauce is nectar from the gods.

[quote comment=”337404″]Paul, I understand the reasons why you put the White Sox on your suckiest uniform list in today’s column, but when you step back and look at all of the other uniforms on this list, there is no comparison. That is by far the best looking uniform on your list of 10, and I would think it has to be in the the top half, if not top 10 of current baseball uniforms. Where the heck are the Rockies on your list?[/quote]
Right on both points. The old CWS used to be like today’s Oregon football. Radical — sometimes good, sometimes bad. But you can’t penalize them now for finally finding something that stands the test of time.
As for the Rockies, I give them credit for basically sticking with their link all these years. But the lettering is horrible and weak-looking, especially when it is silver letters on a white jersey. And the colors are used the wrong way. I wish they would take advantage of their purple team color, instead of hiding it behind the black.

Kansas City has great road uniforms, the old-time script is fantastic. LA Dodgers for the same reason.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer:

“All MLB teams playing on July 4th will be wearing BLUE “Stars & Stripes” caps.”

Unless this is a misprint, I guess teams like the Reds and Astros will look bad this time around, like the Yankees and Brewers on Memorial Day, with the red caps.

If they are going to produce both hats in the same season, why not let teams choose?

[quote comment=”337401″][quote comment=”337399″][quote comment=”337377″]

My high school teammate Geroy Simon has made a nice career north of the border with Winnipeg and BC.[/quote]

Geroy’s probably the best receiver the BC Lions ever had – certainly up there with “Swervin'” Mervyn Fernandez and “Dirty 30” Jim Young. Growing up in Canada the CFL has always been the football of choice for me – and in general the uniforms have been good too (except for the American expansion in the mid-90’s).[/quote]
Of course I have a bit of a biased opinion but he might go down as not only BC’s greatest but one of the league’s all-time greats. He had a great ’07 and even with some injuries last year he was near the top of the stat sheets for the league.

Geroy wore a Jim Young throwback in warmups last year prior to a game in which he broke one of Young’s team records.

It looks like the Comcast Network (formerly CN8) will be broadcasting some CFL games this year. Friday night is BC/Saskatchewan. I’ll be excited to not have to watch a game on my PC monitor but an actually TV![/quote]

Comcast has had a deal to broadcast CFL games for the last couple of years. Every now and then, whenever there has been a blackout, I usually resort to flipping around on my DirecTv to watch the game – albeit it won’t be in HD…

[quote comment=”337426″][quote comment=”337422″]define “interesting”[/quote]
I’m not sure if I can really put my finger on it. It’s just something that I know when you I see it. For starters, a gray version of the home uni automatically relegates you to “boring” status.

For example, the Cardinals’ road uni is good, but extremely boring. It’s just a gray version of the home uni with a blue cap instead of a red one.

The Tigers’ road uni isn’t necessarily good, but it’s definitely interesting that it’s got orange in it whereas the home uni is just blue and white.

White Sox roads? Even though they’re completely different from the homes, they also qualify as “boring but good” in my book.[/quote]

so it can’t be a home uni in gray (which would be good but boring), it could have a color not found in the home uni (tigers), and it must be different (possibly significantly different) from the home uni (cubs, chisox)

where do you rank the pods? yanks? sawks? mets? they’re all significanly different…boring? shitty?

just trying to establish the groundrules ;)

[quote comment=”337430″]For Teebz and kek (and other interested parties),

To follow up on last week’s report on the Pittsburgh Penguins yellow or white home sweater issues from 1981-82 thru 1984-85.

I did take another pilgrimmage to the PA state library to see what exactly was worn at the Igloo by the Pens in 1982-83, when they were the worst team in the NHL.

Courtesy of the Press and Post-Gazette, this is what I found:

Six games (11/13 Calgary, 1/22 Quebec, 1/26 Washington, 1/29 Rangers, 2/26 New Jersey, 3/10 Islanders) are not accounted for.

The first 5 home games, the Pens wore yellow. A two game stretch in January, they also wore yellow. All other games that I found (26) a photo for, they wore white sweaters at home.

The breakdown:
27 games in white
7 games in gold
6 games ?

Hope to monitor the 1983-84 season very soon.[/quote]

I meant 27 in white and 6 unaccounted. Sorry.

No.6 New York Yankees. NOT Kidding.
Their look is mind-numbingly stale(10 points), Way beyond ugly(10), Extremely dated(10), karma wise I give them a 2 because they haven’t done squat this century(2). Add it up it’s a 32.

More CFL talk here.

We went to the CFL Hall of Fame a few weeks ago. As we headed to Niagara Falls I wanted to stop at a Walmart to get a Tiger Cats tshirt. But we missed it. So when I got home I made myself a Hamilton Tiger Cats shirt for myself.

Went out for a few beers the other night and the bartender says “Hamilton Tiger Cats. Where did you get that shirt?” He wanted one and started talking about the CFL

Apparently the Natinals are interested in Pirate Nyger Morgan…..I wonder if his stirrups would make the trip too.

Read the PBA article, then clicked at the bottom to see all the available jerseys. Man, they’re hideous. It’s as if the 1990s met the 1960s in a dark alley, then they dropped some acid and went on a wild designing binge. Whatever happened to this? link
or even this? link
Heck, anymore I just wear a Hawaiian shirt to bowl. Do I really need the latest moisture-wicking fabric in an array of frightening designs?

[quote comment=”337351″][quote comment=”337347″]Last night we called him “Bubbles” instead (yes, I know, the real Bubbles is alive and well at 29 and retired in Florida…well, he IS).

—Ricko[/quote]

i thought he lived in the link in nova scotia[/quote]

Bubbles lives in Baltimore, yo.

link

[quote comment=”337326″]Was catching up with yesterday’s comments and I was excited to see some content dedicated to the CFL this coming weekend.

Obviously in a forum like this, a debate starts about how NFL teams would destroy CFL teams, blah, blah, blah. Sure they would, in most cases.

No one should be arguing that. I’ve always been a fan of the CFL, from the ’82 strike when games were telvised and I’ve followed it afar, despite sketchy US TV coverage. Before Fox Sports changed the Atlantic, Central and Pacific digital channels to the college sports format (bad move if you ask me because I liked watching other markets’ sports reports and other FSN programming) you could catch some of the TSN games on the Atlantic and Pacific channels.

Sure the superior athletes play for the big bucks in the states but from a fun/excitement factor, the CFL wins hands down. Oh, and it’s only going to get better this year because they’ve changed the rules to allow the wildcat formation (prior to this year the QB had to be the player under center or directly behind him in a shotgun, therefore, the stuff the dolphins did all season would have been illegal).[/quote]

I agree. I’ll watch the Steelers first, but otherwise I’ll watch a CFL game over most NFL matchups. Football’s supposed to be fun as well as hard-hitting. The CFL “Gets It.”

Liked the Page 2 article, but I’d rank both Kings franchises as most needing an update. Not because they have purple…just really dislike both looks. Neither franchise appears as regal as they previously did.

Agreed on the Bengals, though, except for the helmets. Leave them and change everything else.

[quote comment=”337448″]link

I kinda like those 70s link.[/quote]

Be an interesting DIY, huh.
Except, of course, for it being purple.
;)

—Ricko

Great article, however I’m suprised the flames weren’t on there

[quote comment=”337446″]Actor Jason Lee, probably most famous now for playing the main character on the tv show My Name Is Earl, was a pro skateboarder in the late 80’s and early 90’s. According to Wikipedia: “Lee and Tony Hawk were the first two skateboarders to receive a signature shoe with Airwalk.” Airwalk was one of the first brands of sneakers designed for skateboarding.

Also, about Nieve’s white glove: obviously it’s against the rules since section 1.15(a) of the rulebook says that “[t]he pitcher’s glove may not be white or gray.” But what boggles my mind is, MLB has a rule against white/gray gloves because I’m assuming they’re concerned the ball, on it’s way to the plate, would blend in visually with the glove or confuse a batter who sees 2 white spots instead of one. If this is the actual reason for this rule, um, HELLO, what about the all-white and all-gray uniforms?!?! Wouldn’t a pitcher’s all-white uniform blend in visually with the ball when it’s pitched???? Time for MLB to make the ball a super-high-visibility neon green or orange. Or if they want to keep the ball white, make the pitcher wear a dark color from head to toe, kinda like how soccer goalies have to wear an odd-colored jersey.

Just look at this, and you’d agree with me that a ball coming at you at 100 mph would be hard to make out against that pitcher’s all-white uni:

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I saw Jason Lee skate in a demo (at Shady Skates in Pittsburgh) and got his autograph. It said, “Jason Lee – I suck”. He was a really cool guy, and a great skater!

Former Tennessee and Bronco LB Al Wilson on meeting with Lane and Monte Kiffin including his thoughts on the black jersey rumours.

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Black adidas jerseys are showing up in stores in Knoxville and Nashville. Some pretty reliable sources have debunked the rumours saying that the black jerseys are fashion only and will not be worn on the field. But when Al Wilson, one of the biggest icons in recent Vol history, gives the okay…who knows.

If it happens, I’m claiming it is a true throwback. UT wore black jerseys with orange piping in the early 1900’s. As late as the 1930’s, the spring game was known as the Orange and Black Game.

Nationals better lay in a supply of stirrups. They just acquired Nyjer Morgan.

To chime in on the White Sox defense: I agree with you that they could use an update (a tweak, not a full overhaul), but how in God’s name can you give them a karma rating of 20? The franchise has a grand total of 3 World Series championships and one of them came while they were wearing this uni set.

Put a wing on the secondary sock logo (so as to resemble the logo from the 50s), actually wear white socks, and we’re all set.

The biggest problem with the Bengals’ current uniforms (and, yes, I realize there are many) are that all those stripes everywhere else detract from the delicious awesomeness of the helmets. Look at the old uniforms and see how comparatively thin the bands of stripes on the shoulders and pants are. So, sure, tone down the uniforms, but leave the helmets alone- they’re the best in the NFL in my book and they beat decal-stripe-decal any day.

[quote comment=”337463″]you will be missing out on the bbe my friend, that’s best briscuit ever. ha ha ha.[/quote]
The extra ‘B’ is for ‘BYOBB’

Today the newest D-League team, the Springfield Armor, unveiled their logo, colors, and NBA affiliates (NJ, NY, PHI). Even for D-League standards (Mobile Revelers, Charleston LowGators, anyone?) this has to be the worst logo/team name I’ve seen in recent years. Anyways, see for yourself:

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[quote comment=”337387″][quote comment=”337383]Nebraska will wear throwbacks on September 26th, to mark the team’s 300th consecutive sellout.[/quote]Both Nebraska players who can actually count to 300 will be recognized at halftime.[/quote]
Just a point of fact, Nebraska has produced more Academic All Americans than any other D1 program, ever.

Now back to the important stuff, the uniforms. I have to say as a life long Husker fan I am excited to see this. I know they aren’t super exciting but this is the first throw back anything for Big Red and only the 3rd different uniform that we’ve seen in 40 years. We all want to forget about the ill advised experiment of 2002.

[quote comment=”337458″]Nationals better lay in a supply of stirrups. They just acquired Nyjer Morgan.[/quote]

Okay, let’s start an Andrew McCutchen watch. How long before the Bucs trade him? Heck, let’s trade the parrot and the racing pierogis too. I’d almost welcome back those dreaded pillbox hats in return for a winning season.

[quote comment=”337469″]Funny. The title of today’s post reminded me of the lyrics to Rancid’s “Time Bomb”

So guess what song came on the radio as I was pulling out of the parking lot after work today…

Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac
Yeah, the boy’s a time bomb[/quote]

a’ight, a’ight, i can go one more. in answer to your question “will it be too blue for a kid?” i offer it will be like link ronnie james dio song where the wheels fall off the apple cart at the end. shouldn’t someone be telling me to stick to the unis? i agree, this was the last one. sorry, just having a little fun before work

Arsenal launched their new 3rd kit today: link

[quote comment=”337476″]Arsenal launched their new 3rd kit today: link
Looks nice.

Other then the ad and the swoosh, that is.

[quote comment=”337325″]Powers, do you watch Run’s House? One of his kids was in a sneaker store last night and I thought of you!!![/quote]

I have seen bits of it…as for last night, I was umping the bases!

watching mets vs. crew now…jason kendall at bat…not only does he choke up, but he doesn’t wear batting gloves

besides vlad, what other mlbers still go completely gloveless? any?

Phil, Posada doesn’t wear gloves either.

[quote comment=”337440″][quote comment=”337323″]BTW, my favorite dunks:

The Newcastles:
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Heinekens were cool too:
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Love the Newcastles! Do they make Guinnesses? how about an Iron City shoe?[/quote]

Nike had to stop making the Heinekens because of a dispute with the beer maker over Nike’s use of the red star.

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This guy would have looked fast even if he was wearing 52. Billy White Shoes Johnson wearing 24 for the Alouettes: link

And IMHO, the Argos and Als never looked better than in this photo.

Anyone recall the post a few months ago about the guy who made up the ficticious Canadian baseball league complete with the stadium drawings (I recall one with a train track going thru the field). Damned if I can remember his name or I’d search for it myself. Also, I have recollection of a minor baseball league having the foul lines flared out behind first and third bases so as to give the batters less foul territory and more field of play. This would have been in the early to late 1980’s. Ring a bell with anyone?

P.S: I love the term “old-timey”

[quote comment=”337490″]Anyone recall the post a few months ago about the guy who made up the ficticious Canadian baseball league complete with the stadium drawings (I recall one with a train track going thru the field). Damned if I can remember his name or I’d search for it myself. Also, I have recollection of a minor baseball league having the foul lines flared out behind first and third bases so as to give the batters less foul territory and more field of play. This would have been in the early to late 1980’s. Ring a bell with anyone?

P.S: I love the term “old-timey”[/quote]

Here ya go…
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Surprising that Fernando Nieve gets away with wearing this glove (which he’s been wearing for a while), especially since, as Phil points out, section 1.15(a) of the rulebook stipulates that “[t]he pitcher’s glove may not be white or gray.”

Scott Feldman is wearing the same-colored glove tonight.

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I guess if it’s considered sand, it’s not white or gray?

grr, just click

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[quote comment=”337496″]grr, just click

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Ya gotta use HTML, can’t use BB code, and you cna’t embed images.

My problem with the White Sox uniform is exactly like my problem with the Yankees. There is too much of a difference between the home and roads. Put “Sox” and “NY” on the roads, and get rid of the ridiculous piping.

[quote comment=”337387″][quote comment=”337383]Nebraska will wear throwbacks on September 26th, to mark the team’s 300th consecutive sellout.[/quote]Both Nebraska players who can actually count to 300 will be recognized at halftime.[/quote]

The most accomplished football program in the nation at producing CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, Nebraska has captured a nation-leading 93 CoSIDA Academic All-America awards. Before CoSIDA started recognizing the nation’s finest student-athletes for their work in the classroom in 1952, three other Husker football players earned academic All-America honors from other sources.

anotherguy is obviously anotheridiotcoloradofan

[quote comment=”337502″][quote comment=”337501″]Is link new to anyone? I thought of Uni Watch immediately when I saw it.[/quote]

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T_T

[quote comment=”337448″]link

I kinda like those 70s link.[/quote]

Sixkiller was also one of the players on The Mean Machine football team from the 70’s movie “The Longest Yard”.

Here it is, Ram-Man from the old He-Man cartoon. (Way to go Springfield, if you were going to pick a cartoon to rip off, why not the Simpsons?)
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[quote comment=”337461″]Time for MLB to make the ball a super-high-visibility neon green or orange.

Charlie Finley suggested this back in the day.[/quote]

I’d never heard of Charlie Finley until just now, and I googled him, and he seems like one interesting character! He had a lot of innovative ideas for baseball! I really like how he’d pay players to grow mustaches (that’s how Rollie Fingers’ trademark handlebars got started). Also, he once decided not to sign a player just because he didn’t have a catchy nickname! Charlie definitely had an eye for talent; he hired a teenage Stanley Burrell as Bat Boy and Executive Vice President of the Oakland A’s after seeing him dance outside the stadium. We all know Burrell now as M.C. Hammer!

[quote comment=”337382″][quote comment=”337375″][quote comment=”337364″]
Speaking of the early ’80s CFL…
You’ll live a long time before you find a better sports name than joe Paopao (pronounced “Pow-pow” for those of you who’ve not heard of the former BC Lions QB and CFL coach).
Well, maybe Sonny Sixkiller.

—Ricko[/quote]

There have been a few awesome names since.

Tom Canada, a California-born d-lineman, played for the Bombers, and joked about playing for the country on his back. He was cut recently due to his lofty salary.

The Bombers did go out and sign Siddeeq Shabazz, though.

Angus Reid is no longer doing polling. He’s an offensive lineman for the BC Lions.

Ken-Yon Rambo of the Calgary Stampeders always has to be mentioned.

Lin-J Shell will lineup for the Argonauts this season. What kind of name is Lin-J?[/quote]

For great names, I was always a fan of Junior Ah You (played for the Alouettes in the 1970s)

And Joe Paopao had perhaps the greatest football nickname of all time, The Throwin’ Samoan.[/quote]

“The Throwin’ Samoan” is a great nickname, but the greatest football REAL name of all time has got to be Chuck Long, NFL quarterback and Heisman runner-up. “Chuck” as in throw, and “Long” as in far distance. The guy was destined to be a quarterback! (Either that, or a javelin thrower.) According to Wikipedia, he “was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to Bo Jackson of Auburn in the closest race in the award’s history, losing by just 45 points.”

Other funny/ironic/appropriate athlete names:

Grant Balfour: last name pronounced “ball four,” aka the ball you throw that walks the batter. Not exactly the best name to have as a pitcher! That’s like a qb having the last name Incompletion, or Interception.

Chris Moneymaker: professional poker player. Not an athlete, but has made several appearances on ESPN during poker tournaments. Can you get a more appropriate last name than that? The only possible thing that would be better is if his last name was Royalflush, but then he could’ve also grown up to become a plumber.

Swift family: a whole clan of really good distance runners, all with the last name Swift.

Johnny Bench: a very good catcher, his name is ironic because he was hardly ever on the bench.

Rusty Kuntz: KC Royals 1st base coach. Funny for obvious reasons.

Milton Bradley: baseball player. He plays games!

Flo Hyman: olympic volleyball player (died during a game). Has one of the more unfortunate names of anybody in history.

Coco Crisp: he’s a baseball player, AND a breakfast cereal!

Scott Player: NFL punter, probably the most generic last name for an athlete ever.

Mike Hunt: (Don’t say this one fast!) PCL star, he outlined Dennis Snelling’s “The Pacific Coast League.”

“Ugly” Johnny Dickshot: outfielder, no comment

Bong Jung-Keun: Bong is actually the last name (I guess in Korean names the family name goes first), so he had “Bong” on the back of his jersey.

JJ Putz: baseball player, no comment

Tim Spooneybarger: MLB pitcher, I heard a spooneybarger is some kind of sexual position that takes spooning to a whole new level

John Madden: NHL, I guess Madden got sick of eating turducken and getting rich from his video game and decided to try something else!

Jordin Tootoo: NHL, as graceful as a ballerina

Jonathan Cheechoo: NHL, checks people like a freight train

Dennis Wideman: NHL, let’s hope he’s not overweight

Thiago Thiago: MLS, did I stutter?

Rusty Pierce: MLS, better get your tetanus shot!

Ambiorix Burgos: MLB, he must be an ambidextrous switch hitter…?

Randy Johnson: MLB, “randy” is british slang for horny, johnson obviously slang for penis

Huston Street: MLB, isn’t that a street in NYC?

Angel Pagan: MLB, I didn’t think pagans believed in angels

Prince Fielder / Cecil Fielder: MLB, ironic because they are both 1st basemen, not outfielders

Takeo Spikes: NFL, has the name of a piece of equipment

Curome Cox: NFL, sounds like a brand of silver dildos

Alvis Whitted: NFL, let’s hope he doesn’t have an acne problem

Atari Bigby and Pacman Jones: NFL, not surprising two guys born in the early 80’s would have video-game names. They should be on the same team!

Lousaka Polite: NFL, as in, every time I hit someone, I try to do it politely

Jeff Feagles: was funny when he played for the Eagles, since his name rhymed

Guy Whimper: NFL, now THAT’S a tough name!

Dick Butkus: aka Dick Butt-kiss

Arnaz Battle, T.J. Slaughter, Webster Slaughter: not as tough-sounding as “Whimper,” but close!

Richie Incognito: NFL, the only player in the league to not have a jersey number

Kerry Cash: NFL, this is like the opposite of those signs people put in their cars that say “Driver Carries No Cash”

Carlos Boozer: NBA, I heard he’s staightedge

Jack Glasscock: MLB, what’s worse than a glassjaw? Bingo!

Bob Cluck and Jimmy Gobble: MLB, birds of a feather

Clyde Kluttz, Mickey Klutts: MLB, obviously very graceful players

Wonderful Terrific Monds III: MLB, I heard Chad OchoCinco will soon change his name again, to Wonderful Terrific OchoCinco

Mike Sweeney: MLB, say it fast and it sounds like “Mike’s weenie”

Cannonball Titcomb: MLB, no comment

Charlie Spikes: Baseball, like Takeo, the name of equipment

James Cockman: MLB, no comment

Urban Shocker: minor league baseball, sounds like the name of a direct-to-DVD Jean Claude Van-Damme movie

Albert Pujols: MLB, I never noticed this but apparently his last name is pronounced the same as “poo holes.” There is a dirty joke related to this coincidence. Google it if you dare!

Also, I think it would be cool to start a list of athletes with colors for names, so you could have an all-time roster covering the whole spectrum. Here are a few to start the list:

Reggie White
Red Grange
Darrell Green
Kevin Greene
Robert Blackmon
There is a baseball player with the last name of Orange. I think he played in the World Baseball Classic (or something). His strange last name was talked about on SportsCenter once, while they showed a highlight of his. I think he plays second base.

[quote comment=”337479″][quote comment=”337475″][quote comment=”337435″]More CFL talk here.

We went to the CFL Hall of Fame a few weeks ago. As we headed to Niagara Falls I wanted to stop at a Walmart to get a Tiger Cats tshirt. But we missed it. So when I got home I made myself a Hamilton Tiger Cats shirt for myself.

Went out for a few beers the other night and the bartender says “Hamilton Tiger Cats. Where did you get that shirt?” He wanted one and started talking about the CFL[/quote]

Love the Ti-Cats and the Stamps. Used to like seeing receivers wear numbers in the 70s. Anyone still do that up there? I think one Hamilton receiver wore 77 a couple of years ago.[/quote]

That was undoubtedly Tony Gabriel, one of the best ever, who wore 77 for the TiCats and the Ottawa Rough Riders.[/quote]
Those of you who are a bit older might remember the great Brian Kelly, who wore 70 for Edmonton. Also, don’t forget kicker Troy Westwood, who wore 74.