Checking in with the NBA

Looks like the new NBA rim would be stiffer, and less friendly to any shots touching the rim. It reminds me of the rims in the parks in NYC. Unless you are hitting net, the ball shoots off the rim about 20 feet…

Portland’s “Rip City” alternates? How did I miss that?

For Mike Sims-Walker his “Sims-Walker” jersey was damaged by the washer before the game so he had to wear a backup jersey from the preseason that just had “Walker” on the back.

Apparently I was wrong about the purple and gold Washington unis. That’s what I get for passing along unverified information — sorry about that!

[quote comment=”353022″][quote comment=”353020″]These are sweet link

I can’t wait to get the Auburn one.[/quote]

I like those. But they don’t use the italicized logo font anymore:

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If they wanted to have the current logo, they’d need the copperplate gothic bold logo that’s currently used by the athletics dept.:

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Agreed.

I never liked the italicized logo font. It worked for Baseball, but that was it.

Did anyone else think the UFL uniforms were hard to differentiate? White vs. Silver…

Here’s your chance to walk through the NJ Devils logo:
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With the emergence/inevitable failure of the UFL, it got me thinking: what if the UFL was attempted only 10 or 15 years ago.

Would we looking it up and comparing it to the WFL or WLAF from a uni perspective.

It seems that the lack of coverage and press from the older leagues (any sport) seems to make UniWatching a treasure hunt of some sort.
With all the video capture, documentation and air time (as little as it may be) and internet, we are quick to conclude what a massive uni fail this league is.

However, said time line above, would we be discussing about the “league that used the same template for all its teams uni’s” or “Why Neon green, Silver, blue and white shouldn’t be used in combo ever! (thus preventing the Great Seahawks Disaster of 09…)

Just thinking…& rendering….& rendering

yeah…this is a good look

Noticed Elvis’ jersey said “E.P”, not “G.P.”.
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[quote comment=”353033″]yeah…link[/quote]

It’s so confusing, two players from the white-helmet team are blocking each other.

Why does every new league have to have just atrocious uniforms that no one in their right mind will even bother buying? Merchandising helps immensely, so why not, and I know this may sound crazy, make nice, classic looking uniforms? The XFL, despite all their faults, at least had some relatively decent unis.

I actually didn’t mind the lounge shirts for the coaches, oddly enough.

he switched to No. 11 and “Sims-Walker” (the hyphenated NOB reflecting a nod to his late father)

Wouldn’t that be “Walker-Sims”?

“I got married a few weeks ago,” says Doug McConnell. “When my fiancé, now wife, couldn’t find any suitable cake toppers, I decided to use these little guys instead.”

Great likeness! :)

Bottom line: Some “designer” sold those poor saps a bill of goods.
And they bought it, hook, line and sinker, apparently.

How can they not be smart enough to know that their games need to look good on TV or they got nuthin’.

—Ricko

anyone see the halftime ‘interview’ (i use that term loosely) with the commish of the UFL

he was announcing something along the lines of 15,000 fans in attendance

i was seriously expecting a joe wilson moment there

[quote comment=”353048″]I wonder if blogs were around in 1960, would the AFL get the exact same abuse we are giving the UFL today…

Another reason for concern about the UFL: the “New York” franchise plays their three home games in three different STATES: Meadowlands, NJ; Citi Field, NY; East Hartford, CT. Guess there’s no season ticket plan.

But if they think they have location trouble, that ain’t nothing compared to the Lingerie Football League. The “New York” team has left the Nassau Coliseum and will play their two home games in… Reading, PA. Their main rival is the “Philadelphia” team which is based in… Trenton, NJ. So the NY team plays in PA and the PA team in NJ. Smart.[/quote]

At least those games have uniforms that are a little more fun to look at

La Russa, Sciosia, Girardi, Torre, Francona.

That’s gotta be a record for Italian-American managers in one post season.

[quote comment=”353051″]La Russa, Sciosia, Girardi, Torre, Francona.

That’s gotta be a record for Italian-American managers in one post season.[/quote]

Early years of AFL, someone picked the All-Italian All-Pro Team.
Kicker was Chargers’ Herb Trevino.
Trouble is, he was black.

[quote comment=”353054″]So….the Washington Stars would have basically been wearing Cardninal Uniforms?[/quote]

No. Expos.

[quote comment=”353054″]So….the Washington Stars would have basically been wearing Cardninal Uniforms?[/quote]

Unless they alternated red sleeves and socks with navy.
On the navy days they’d have looked like the Twins.
Lotta lookalikes, or near lookalikes, with the basic double knit uni of the day.

Those photos always struck me something thrown together with off-the-rack stuff for the sake of a photo shoot. I think the real unis might have been quite different. “Off the rack” was never the Padres’ approach to their unis.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”353056″][quote comment=”353042″]re: UFL.

Actually the game itself wasn’t all that bad.
What I don’t get about the philosophy behind the unis is…who did they think would find them attractive?
I mean, do they think this league is about attracting people who aren’t fans of football?
Seriously, if you’re starting a new league wouldn’t you want to attract football fans first?
And what we saw last night looked like “gimmick football”. But, as I said, it wasn’t. I was a pretty fair game, all things considered. Was it NFL? Of course not. But who in their right mind would expect it to be?

—Ricko[/quote]

I agree. The uniforms are a big turn-off. God I’m so rooting for one of these leagues to be decent. I’m still pulling for the UFL and USFL (could they merge?) next year. I love the NFL but I would like to see another league.[/quote]

Contrast helps us sort out what we’re seeing. Darks move to background, brights to the fore.

That UFL game was, literally, difficult to watch. On a light-to-dark scale from1 to 10, everything on screen (except the officials) was in the 3 to 5 range somewhere, including the field itself. The players seemed to disappear into it.

I actually got a little eye-weary form constantly having to sort out who-was-who. Had LV flip-flopped the blue and silver would have been a little easier….but still not good.

From an “art direction” point of view, bad TV. Very bad.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”353048″]Another reason for concern about the UFL: the “New York” franchise plays their three home games in three different STATES: Meadowlands, NJ; Citi Field, NY; East Hartford, CT. Guess there’s no season ticket plan.[/quote]

and obviously, citi field new shea will be a GREAT location for a football field

/are they TRYING to fail???

[quote comment=”353062″]This was our wedding topper:
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My husband does custom McFarlane’s and I totally should have had him make our topper, because the hats on our little people look kind of ridiculous. They also held a little Reds pennant, but I think it broke on the way to the wedding or we couldn’t get it jammed in their hands. Not sure where it went.[/quote]

oh that’s cool! and the cake looks good too. i could imagine how awesome it would be if he “mcfarlaned” you two!!! i’m thinking this:

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[quote comment=”353064″][quote comment=”353056″][quote comment=”353042″]re: UFL.

Actually the game itself wasn’t all that bad.
What I don’t get about the philosophy behind the unis is…who did they think would find them attractive?
I mean, do they think this league is about attracting people who aren’t fans of football?
Seriously, if you’re starting a new league wouldn’t you want to attract football fans first?
And what we saw last night looked like “gimmick football”. But, as I said, it wasn’t. I was a pretty fair game, all things considered. Was it NFL? Of course not. But who in their right mind would expect it to be?

—Ricko[/quote]

I agree. The uniforms are a big turn-off. God I’m so rooting for one of these leagues to be decent. I’m still pulling for the UFL and USFL (could they merge?) next year. I love the NFL but I would like to see another league.[/quote]

I think the only way a new league is going to have a chance is if they use the original USFL concept and play during the spring. The UFL as it stands is a joke. The bad colors, the bad template, the 4 teams… it’s just pathetic.

I wouldn’t mind the uniform and colors they’re using for ONE team. But doing it for the whole league is just dumb. Four teams just isn’t enough for anything meaningful either.

I think you need at least 8 teams, and if you’re going to play during the NFL season, you don’t want teams in NFL cities. If you play in spring, then you can get away with sharing a city.

Hopefully something good will come out of this New USFL thing.

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Agree. USFL had a pretty decent thing going until Donald Trump convinced a few other owners they should go head-to-head with NFL in the fall. Both ABC and ESPN were happy with the spring ratings. The sponsors were happy, too.

While not often noted as such, that truly was one of the all-time bonehead moves in pro sports. Had the USFL been content to remain the best show in town at their time of year, I think it might still be around. Either that or it would have disappeared, but with four to six of its teams long ago having been absorbed into the NFL.

Trump tried to sue for equality. Not likely in what is, truly, the entertainment industry.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”353055″][quote comment=”353054″]So….the Washington Stars would have basically been wearing Cardninal Uniforms?[/quote]

No. Expos.[/quote]

thanks for the correction…

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i don’t know, i think to be a successful league you start small and build enthusiasm. 4 good solid teams for a few seasons, then expand. 8 teams in a start-up may be a bit watered down. so i think they got that part right. the jerseys and uniforms are BAD! they should have consulted uniwatch![/quote]

The more I think about this, they really shot themselves in the foot with the uniforms. Brand new league – you’re probably going to follow your local team if you have one. If you don’t have a local team… who do you root for? My choice would be dictated by the team colors. Oh… hrm. Yeah. Stamp a FAIL on ’em, they’re done.

Anyone else notice that the Yanks were wearing some new undershirts Wednesday night. Probably something new from Nike. They were gray in the torso, with navy sleeves, but there was no navy on the neckline (i.e., like the current Nike Pro undershirts most players wear).

Here are some pics:

Molina:
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Damon, Tex, A-Rod:
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A-Rod:
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Girardi:
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Most players wear the Nike Pro undershirts with a colored neckline:

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[quote comment=”353072″][quote comment=”353070″]Just got this in my email.
New from Ebbets Field Flannels…
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—Ricko[/quote]
Mine arrived yesterday – they’re beautiful. :D[/quote]

LOL…one of the people I was thinking of. You and Frosty, among others.

Was it ever confirmed that they were to be the “Washington Stars”? Or is that just speculation based on the cap logo?

[quote comment=”353074″][quote comment=”353071″][quote comment=”353068″]
i don’t know, i think to be a successful league you start small and build enthusiasm. 4 good solid teams for a few seasons, then expand. 8 teams in a start-up may be a bit watered down. so i think they got that part right. the jerseys and uniforms are BAD! they should have consulted uniwatch![/quote]

The more I think about this, they really shot themselves in the foot with the uniforms. Brand new league – you’re probably going to follow your local team if you have one. If you don’t have a local team… who do you root for? My choice would be dictated by the team colors. Oh… hrm. Yeah. Stamp a FAIL on ’em, they’re done.[/quote]

Well from what i read is that these are just “Premiere” season uniforms. Next year, if there is a next year, they will have their own designs. These were all about promoting the UFL, hence the UFL colors in each uniform.[/quote]

Well they’re gonna have a hard time getting support for a next year if no one cares about the teams this year. No other league that I’m aware of has ever started out by wearing league uniforms instead of having distinct teams. Really bad idea, IMO.

[quote comment=”353077″]Was it ever confirmed that they were to be the “Washington Stars”? Or is that just speculation based on the cap logo?[/quote]

I remember at the time being somewhat watchful for what the nickname would be, and never read or heard anything concrete. The name I recall being most bandied about was “Nationals”. But never anything official.

Not that I’m the absolute source, not at all. Just throwing in my two cents.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”353035″]Noticed Elvis’ jersey said “E.P”, not “G.P.”.[/quote]Nor TCB either.

You wonder if they had Porta-Potties at that game…

Why doesn’t one of the new football league develop an affiliation with the NFL. The NHL has the AHL which in turn has the ECHL. This forms the basis of a fairly good minor league system. MLB has an even larger minor system. Even the NBA is developing a system.

I know that football is different because of the shorter season and intensity of the sport. But, seems to me that some players might develop better in a minor league type system that just being on the practice squad.

Just think. Calling up a player that has seen actual game play in the last two years will probably do better that someone that has been on the practice squad for that long.

Ok, the early word is that the Ducks will be wearing, link I will update the link
accordingly.

[quote comment=”353086″][quote comment=”353082″]I don’t know why you are asking why they needed Astroboy.
If you have Astroboy at your disposal, YOU USE ASTROBOY![/quote]

The Sankei Atoms in Japan did have Astroboy as a mascot, even on their uniform, but it did not help them on the field. They finished no higher than 4th in the Central League from 1966-1968 with him.

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Thanks for that picture!
Two words: AWE SOME

good morning everybody.
I was at the caps/rangers game yesterday and I wanted to make a few comments about it.
1) helments in pre-game: (a few weeks ago this topic was taked about here) Last night 8 or 9 of the 18 skaters had “lids” while the entire ranger team was covered. As to the caps it was a mix of older and younger, russian and no russian (so it went across group lines)
2) the rbk jerseys — the flaps on the caps jersey didn’t look as noticable as the rangers.
3) I like the extra orange on the ref’s sleaves but I don’t like the arm #
4) redesign of the caps playoff and retire number banners… (ticker item on monday) I like them much better then what we had.

just my 2 cents. have a great rest of the day.

[quote comment=”353087″]Ok, the early word is that the Ducks will be wearing, link I will update the link
accordingly.[/quote]
That’s one of their better looks. They should contrast relatively nicely with the Bruins.

[quote comment=”353053″]
Early years of AFL, someone picked the All-Italian All-Pro Team.
Kicker was Chargers’ Herb Trevino.
Trouble is, he was black.[/quote]
Mr. Richard Feder of Fort Lee, New Jersey writes: and this year, if the Cubs would have gotten in, we would have had Lou PINELLA too!!

Oh wait… uh, never mind.

:-)

[quote comment=”353084″]When was Cdefg traded to the Pistons?
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Now Leon, of all people you should know the answer here.

He’s the Player to be Named Later.

[quote comment=”353093″][quote comment=”353087″]Ok, the early word is that the Ducks will be wearing, link I will update the link
accordingly.[/quote]
That’s one of their better looks. They should contrast relatively nicely with the Bruins.[/quote]

Yep, I agree. Updated the Ducktracker with this new set. Might have to hit your F5 key to clear cache.

I still am a big fan of the week three combo they wore, with the gray pants. I know, it’s weird. I even have a little project coming up pertaining to them.

[quote comment=”353057″][quote comment=”353054″]So….the Washington Stars would have basically been wearing Cardninal Uniforms?[/quote]

Unless they alternated red sleeves and socks with navy.
On the navy days they’d have looked like the Twins.
Lotta lookalikes, or near lookalikes, with the basic double knit uni of the day.

Those photos always struck me something thrown together with off-the-rack stuff for the sake of a photo shoot. I think the real unis might have been quite different. “Off the rack” was never the Padres’ approach to their unis.

—Ricko[/quote]
True, but that comes from the top down. This would have been a new owner, so all bets are off.

The uniform seems legit to me, especially considering that was the style in baseball at the time.

Denver’s alternating diamond endzone design would look awesome with orange to go along with the white

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually like that wine & gold Cavs version of the 80s jersey. I think a few teams could benefit from bringing back retro colors to current looks: A’s, Padres, Angels (especially the cap), Astros, Brewers, Phillies, Mets, Seahawks, Rams, Saints, Eagles, Avalanche, Oilers, Stars, Devils, Penguins, Sabres, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Hawks, Warriors, Magic, Kings, Jazz & Wizards. Tho if I only had to pick one, it’d be the Padres to brown & Old Athletic Gold & I’d keep the sand roads, too.

[quote comment=”353105″]I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually like that wine & gold Cavs version of the 80s jersey. I think a few teams could benefit from bringing back retro colors to current looks: A’s, Padres, Angels (especially the cap), Astros, Brewers, Phillies, Mets, Seahawks, Rams, Saints, Eagles, Avalanche, Oilers, Stars, Devils, Penguins, Sabres, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Hawks, Warriors, Magic, Kings, Jazz & Wizards. Tho if I only had to pick one, it’d be the Padres to brown & Old Athletic Gold & I’d keep the sand roads, too.[/quote]

My choice would be the Angles caps. Still don’t think of them as a “red” team, not predominantly red, anyway. Not that their current set is bad, just that after 40+ years being a “navy” team (with red), takes some adjusting.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”353106″][quote comment=”353092″]Why doesn’t one of the new football league develop an affiliation with the NFL.

The NCAA already fills that role.[/quote]

Not really – you can’t send players back and forth between the NFL and NCAA the same way as between MLB and AAA.

I’ve wondered the same thing myself – what is it about baseball that having a multi-level minor league system works, but there’s not a similar system of minor league football.[/quote]

For starters, NFL would have to want it.
And pay for a good share of it.
Someday they might.

But as someone noted, for the time being the NCAA already provides an excellent feeder system, at no cost to the NFL.

I got it through Rob Neyer’s blog, but the video down and to left of this article has some rare baseball video footage, notably some babe ruth footage but interestingly for UWers some footage of the famous “Worlds Champions” jerseys.

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Can someone tell me why Missouri wears a old gold logo on their helemts and jerseys and a very yellow gold color pants? Anyone, Bueller? This has to be on purpose right?

[quote comment=”353114″]Can someone tell me why Missouri wears a old gold logo on their helemts and jerseys and a very yellow gold color pants? Anyone, Bueller? This has to be on purpose right?[/quote]

I thought last night looked like three different golds. One on helmet logo, another on numbers, a third for the pants.

Although maybe the numbers were just wet. Was raining like crazy,

[quote comment=”353116″][quote comment=”353114″]Can someone tell me why Missouri wears a old gold logo on their helemts and jerseys and a very yellow gold color pants? Anyone, Bueller? This has to be on purpose right?[/quote]

I thought last night looked like three different golds. One on helmet logo, another on numbers, a third for the pants.

Although maybe the numbers were just wet. Was raining like crazy,[/quote]

Even worse!!

It’s 2009, not 1961. You would think they could get the fabrics and stickers to match, or at least get them really close!

[quote comment=”353118″][quote comment=”353116″][quote comment=”353114″]Can someone tell me why Missouri wears a old gold logo on their helemts and jerseys and a very yellow gold color pants? Anyone, Bueller? This has to be on purpose right?[/quote]

I thought last night looked like three different golds. One on helmet logo, another on numbers, a third for the pants.

Although maybe the numbers were just wet. Was raining like crazy,[/quote]

Even worse!!

It’s 2009, not 1961. You would think they could get the fabrics and stickers to match, or at least get them really close![/quote]

You’d think so, but it’s actually very difficult.

Helmet and pants and tackle-twill numbers will react to lighting conditions differently. You can match different materials under certain conditions, but it’s tough to make them match under every single possible set of conditions.

If they match under sunlight, they might not match under artificial light. If they match to the naked eye, they might not match on a television screen. Too many variables.

The most obvious example is with white helmets, pants and jerseys in the NFL. Some games, they all match perfectly. Some games, one looks more ivory than the other.

Re: Italian=American sports

I’m not sure if it still exists, but I remember an Italian-American club used to select an Italian heritage All-American NCAA football team. My alma mater had a nondescript punt returned named Don DeLeo who was selected to the team,

I’ve been a loyal reader of this site since the start, but I knew Paul and his lieutenants would slam any new league that comes along. Face it, you just want all sports to just be exactly the way they was when you were little boys forever. There was no way the UFL teams could dress that would make you happy, because their crime was to merely try to change the status quo. You wanted them to fail no matter what.

People here will insult me for saying that I like both old and new styles, that I like the color purple, that I love the ’79 Astros. How about the hatred you white suburban middle-aged boys have for any uniform fashions preferred by, to put it bluntly, black urban teens? As if you own the sport, even though they actually have the skills to play it? I could explain why the UFL made the mistakes that it did, but what’s the point? Like all fake jocks, you’re bullies. You’re into sports because you like winning, and you love ridiculing “losers”. So you find as many kinds of losers as you can bloviate about for pleasure.

And I think the routine denigration of women’s sports leagues, both here and in the mass media, speaks for itself.

Personally I would have loved it if the UFL teams had all dressed in replicas of the All-American Football Conference uniforms of 1946, but it’s really damn trivial compared to having an inexpensive game to watch while your beloved Establishment leagues have become whores to the corporations that have driven this country into a ditch for quick profits. We now have two Americas, a plutocracy that gets luxury boxes at Cowboys Stadium by dint of the near-hereditary titles bestowed by Exxon, Halliburton, etc., and a peasantry that laps up the televised crumbs and promotional drippings as their taxes are used to build the stadiums. You love it. You heap profanities on any attempt to offer an alternative. And yes, the NCAA is even worse than the pros because of its limitless hypocrisy.

I would never, ever insult a fellow sports fan because of the way his team dresses, or because of the poverty of its circumstances.

[quote comment=”353125″][quote comment=”353124″]I’ve been a loyal reader of this site since the start, but I knew Paul and his lieutenants would slam any new league that comes along. Face it, you just want all sports to just be exactly the way they was when you were little boys forever. There was no way the UFL teams could dress that would make you happy, because their crime was to merely try to change the status quo. You wanted them to fail no matter what.

People here will insult me for saying that I like both old and new styles, that I like the color purple, that I love the ’79 Astros. How about the hatred you white suburban middle-aged boys have for any uniform fashions preferred by, to put it bluntly, black urban teens? As if you own the sport, even though they actually have the skills to play it? I could explain why the UFL made the mistakes that it did, but what’s the point? Like all fake jocks, you’re bullies. You’re into sports because you like winning, and you love ridiculing “losers”. So you find as many kinds of losers as you can bloviate about for pleasure.

And I think the routine denigration of women’s sports leagues, both here and in the mass media, speaks for itself.

Personally I would have loved it if the UFL teams had all dressed in replicas of the All-American Football Conference uniforms of 1946, but it’s really damn trivial compared to having an inexpensive game to watch while your beloved Establishment leagues have become whores to the corporations that have driven this country into a ditch for quick profits. We now have two Americas, a plutocracy that gets luxury boxes at Cowboys Stadium by dint of the near-hereditary titles bestowed by Exxon, Halliburton, etc., and a peasantry that laps up the televised crumbs and promotional drippings as their taxes are used to build the stadiums. You love it. You heap profanities on any attempt to offer an alternative. And yes, the NCAA is even worse than the pros because of its limitless hypocrisy.

I would never, ever insult a fellow sports fan because of the way his team dresses, or because of the poverty of its circumstances.[/quote]
Holy broad brush batman! All I happened to say, which some comments already eluded to, was that the uniforms looked too much alike and that it was hard to tell them apart.

Who said they wished it would fail?[/quote]
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Man, if they were really going to name them the Washington Stars, then I’m glad the Padres didn’t move. “Washington Stars” is the name the Washington Generals rejected because they were afraid it would make them sound too much like losers.

But that hat is awesome. It’s like the pinnacle of 1970s MLB cap design. You’ve got your contrast bill, you’ve got your white front panel, you’ve got your slapped-together cap logo that in no way relates to any other element of the uniform, you’ve got your highly saturated colors touching with no outlines or intermediating lighter colors. It’s so bad that it’s perfect, and I desperately wants me one of those. Paging New Era and the Cooperstown Collection!

Bonus double-extra uni regret: If the relocation had happened, Washington would have had an NL team during the 1976 Bicentennial, and so they would have made three-stripe pillbox caps with that logo. That is now my new ultimate holy grail ballcap.

(Is a uni design from the past that didn’t exist but plausibly could have a hypoback?)

[quote] bloviate [/quote]

i just learned a new word

all this time i thought that’s what you did when you had one too many bloodys

[quote comment=”353124″]I’ve been a loyal reader of this site since the start, but I knew Paul and his lieutenants would slam any new league that comes along. Face it, you just want all sports to just be exactly the way they was when you were little boys forever. There was no way the UFL teams could dress that would make you happy, because their crime was to merely try to change the status quo. You wanted them to fail no matter what.

People here will insult me for saying that I like both old and new styles, that I like the color purple, that I love the ’79 Astros. How about the hatred you white suburban middle-aged boys have for any uniform fashions preferred by, to put it bluntly, black urban teens? As if you own the sport, even though they actually have the skills to play it? I could explain why the UFL made the mistakes that it did, but what’s the point? Like all fake jocks, you’re bullies. You’re into sports because you like winning, and you love ridiculing “losers”. So you find as many kinds of losers as you can bloviate about for pleasure.

And I think the routine denigration of women’s sports leagues, both here and in the mass media, speaks for itself.

Personally I would have loved it if the UFL teams had all dressed in replicas of the All-American Football Conference uniforms of 1946, but it’s really damn trivial compared to having an inexpensive game to watch while your beloved Establishment leagues have become whores to the corporations that have driven this country into a ditch for quick profits. We now have two Americas, a plutocracy that gets luxury boxes at Cowboys Stadium by dint of the near-hereditary titles bestowed by Exxon, Halliburton, etc., and a peasantry that laps up the televised crumbs and promotional drippings as their taxes are used to build the stadiums. You love it. You heap profanities on any attempt to offer an alternative. And yes, the NCAA is even worse than the pros because of its limitless hypocrisy.

I would never, ever insult a fellow sports fan because of the way his team dresses, or because of the poverty of its circumstances.[/quote]

Calm down sparky. Have you noticed all the love for stuff like the USFL on here?

Nobody is insulting the UFL for anything except having ugly, ugly uniforms and having a braindead marketing scheme.

The UFL’s uniforms are ugly. Doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, traditional or modern. They are a disaster. Not everything looks good, and this site exists to discuss if uniforms and sports related things look good or not. If you’re expecting us to say “It’s okay, they’re just different, but nothing looks bad”, you have another think coming.

Ugly is ugly, new league or not. This site slams a lot of uniforms in established leagues too.

Because some of us (most of us?) think designing all the unis off the UFL logo is a mistake…(that’s opinion, in some cases professional opinion)…
and the result—last night anyway—was a telecast that was at times actually hard on the eyes and tiring to watch because of the similar colors and lack of contrast..(that’s fact)…

…we’re a bunch of racists?

(Come back when you’ve taken the chip off your shoulder, okay.)

—Ricko

[quote comment=”353131″]How about the hatred you white suburban middle-aged boys have for any uniform fashions preferred by, to put it bluntly, black urban teens?[/quote]

Um, us suburban white guys loved hockey far before it was “cool” and/or “hip” to sport a Los Angeles Kings or Anaheim Ducks or Edmonton Oilers or Montreal Canadiens jersey in a rap video.

And I happen to love hockey. In some ways, I love the women’s game more than the men’s game.

Let’s not be using ridiculous, asinine generalizations to paint us all, ok?

[quote comment=”353130″][quote] bloviate [/quote]

i just learned a new word

all this time i thought that’s what you did when you had one too many bloodys[/quote]

really,really f-in’ bad!
i love it

(thought i was the only person who didn’t use tomato juice)

[quote comment=”353139″]Photo from today’s Broncos practice: LOOK AT ME!
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That’s one way to deal with the striped socks! LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!!![/quote]

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[quote comment=”353124″]I’ve been a loyal reader of this site since the start, but I knew Paul and his lieutenants would slam any new league that comes along. Face it, you just want all sports to just be exactly the way they was when you were little boys forever. There was no way the UFL teams could dress that would make you happy, because their crime was to merely try to change the status quo. You wanted them to fail no matter what.

People here will insult me for saying that I like both old and new styles, that I like the color purple, that I love the ’79 Astros. How about the hatred you white suburban middle-aged boys have for any uniform fashions preferred by, to put it bluntly, black urban teens? As if you own the sport, even though they actually have the skills to play it? I could explain why the UFL made the mistakes that it did, but what’s the point? Like all fake jocks, you’re bullies. You’re into sports because you like winning, and you love ridiculing “losers”. So you find as many kinds of losers as you can bloviate about for pleasure.

And I think the routine denigration of women’s sports leagues, both here and in the mass media, speaks for itself.

Personally I would have loved it if the UFL teams had all dressed in replicas of the All-American Football Conference uniforms of 1946, but it’s really damn trivial compared to having an inexpensive game to watch while your beloved Establishment leagues have become whores to the corporations that have driven this country into a ditch for quick profits. We now have two Americas, a plutocracy that gets luxury boxes at Cowboys Stadium by dint of the near-hereditary titles bestowed by Exxon, Halliburton, etc., and a peasantry that laps up the televised crumbs and promotional drippings as their taxes are used to build the stadiums. You love it. You heap profanities on any attempt to offer an alternative. And yes, the NCAA is even worse than the pros because of its limitless hypocrisy.

I would never, ever insult a fellow sports fan because of the way his team dresses, or because of the poverty of its circumstances.[/quote]

Dude, loosen up those cranky pants, eh?

My silly day job was getting in the way of my ultra-important golf apparel updates today.

There was a whole raft of things to cover from Thursday at the Presidents Cup!

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Paul – hope it’s ok to post this link as a comment – let me know if that’s not cool.

[quote comment=”353136″][quote comment=”353131″]How about the hatred you white suburban middle-aged boys have for any uniform fashions preferred by, to put it bluntly, black urban teens?[/quote]

Um, us suburban white guys loved hockey far before it was “cool” and/or “hip” to sport a Los Angeles Kings or Anaheim Ducks or Edmonton Oilers or Montreal Canadiens jersey in a rap video.

And I happen to love hockey. In some ways, I love the women’s game more than the men’s game.

Let’s not be using ridiculous, asinine generalizations to paint us all, ok?[/quote]

Come to think of it, I’m going to be watching a Women’s Hockey game tonight. Clarkson v. Providence.

Speaking of which, there’s good news on the Uni front for them- they got rid of the black accents, it’s all yellow and green now.

I need a little help and I figured this would be the place to go for it.

I’m dressing up at Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn for Halloween. I found a replica jersey online that will work perfect. My buddy wants to go as Jake Taylor but we’re struggling to find the jersey. Anyone know a site where I can get a custom replica of those Tribe jerseys? Much appreciation to anyone that can help!

[quote comment=”353125″][quote comment=”353124″]but I knew Paul and his lieutenants [/quote]

YAY!! I GOT A PROMOTION!! NO MORE DETAILING PAUL’S HOME!! NOW I GET TO MAKE HIS BREAKFAST!!

[quote comment=”353106″]I’ve wondered the same thing myself – what is it about baseball that having a multi-level minor league system works, but there’s not a similar system of minor league football.[/quote]In addition to the advanced college system, the relatively short career of an NFL player tends to argue against a large number of collisions in a lower-that-the-top league.

(IOW, who wants to get their brains beat in for little pay?)

[quote comment=”353113″]That’s the news. Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow.[/quote]Our top story tonight, presented for the hard of hearing…

[quote comment=”353157″]Off the subject a bit, but check out this article on retired baseball uniform numbers: link
Now here’s a textbook example super390: On a less warm and fuzzy site, this poster would probably catch a lot of shit for posting the same thing 2 days in a row.

[quote comment=\”353142\”][quote comment=\”353124\”]I\’ve been a loyal reader of this site since the start, but I knew Paul and his lieutenants would slam any new league that comes along. Face it, you just want all sports to just be exactly the way they was when you were little boys forever. There was no way the UFL teams could dress that would make you happy, because their crime was to merely try to change the status quo. You wanted them to fail no matter what.

People here will insult me for saying that I like both old and new styles, that I like the color purple, that I love the \’79 Astros. How about the hatred you white suburban middle-aged boys have for any uniform fashions preferred by, to put it bluntly, black urban teens? As if you own the sport, even though they actually have the skills to play it? I could explain why the UFL made the mistakes that it did, but what\’s the point? Like all fake jocks, you\’re bullies. You\’re into sports because you like winning, and you love ridiculing \”losers\”. So you find as many kinds of losers as you can bloviate about for pleasure.

And I think the routine denigration of women\’s sports leagues, both here and in the mass media, speaks for itself.

Personally I would have loved it if the UFL teams had all dressed in replicas of the All-American Football Conference uniforms of 1946, but it\’s really damn trivial compared to having an inexpensive game to watch while your beloved Establishment leagues have become whores to the corporations that have driven this country into a ditch for quick profits. We now have two Americas, a plutocracy that gets luxury boxes at Cowboys Stadium by dint of the near-hereditary titles bestowed by Exxon, Halliburton, etc., and a peasantry that laps up the televised crumbs and promotional drippings as their taxes are used to build the stadiums. You love it. You heap profanities on any attempt to offer an alternative. And yes, the NCAA is even worse than the pros because of its limitless hypocrisy.

I would never, ever insult a fellow sports fan because of the way his team dresses, or because of the poverty of its circumstances.[/quote]

Dude, loosen up those cranky pants, eh?[/quote]

I guess this angry dude enjoyed those uniforms \’futuristic football\’ uniforms from Starship Troopers cause that\’s where we\’re headed if the ugliness continues.

[quote comment=”353162″]While you folks south of the 49th, had to endure the UFL last night, (mercifully not shown here)

we – up in the GWN, look forward to BC at Edmonton tonight – with the temperature forecasted to be in the 20’s (F) and snow predicted, now if they can go retro with their uni’s, I don’t think there could be a sharper contrast in terms of esthetics among the fringe football leagues.[/quote]

We might get that on Comcast Sports Net here. I’ll be sure to check it out.

//Baltimore here- Grey Cup 1995.

For those tracking the Pads uni discussion: if you have a copy of the Papucci book (A Complete History) there’s a shot of Preston Gomez on pg. 29 with what looks like the cap in question. Probably not in the Zimmer yearbook since Zim replaced Gomez 11 games into the 72 season, so maybe from a media guide or a scorecard or who knows. I’m checking some senior fans to find out more or at least to gets ome more pics….

[quote comment=”353166″][quote comment=”353164″]I’m hispanic and i get no sense of any type of bigotry going on the site.

=BG=, you sir….just don’t get it.[/quote]
Wait. What?

Do you mean super390 rather than =bg=?[/quote]

exactly

=bg=s all good

Informal poll of Commandant Lukas and his Leftenants and other stodgy denisens of the Uni Watch blog (like me?). Could you warm up to a “panel insert” or color block cap for an MLB team in 2010 ala the Padres, O’s, Brewers et al. of the 70’s and 80’s. Or do we deem this as an unfortunate trend from a sartorially challenged era and totally not a component of a good uni?

La Tech’s loops don’t go all the way around, but that is a real nice look they are rockin’ on ESPN. Nevada is wearing a manufaturer’s template, which I think is a shame since they used to sport a pretty good uni in past years.

[quote comment=”353162″]While you folks south of the 49th, had to endure the UFL last night, (mercifully not shown here)

we – up in the GWN, look forward to BC at Edmonton tonight – with the temperature forecasted to be in the 20’s (F) and snow predicted, now if they can go retro with their uni’s, I don’t think there could be a sharper contrast in terms of esthetics among the fringe football leagues.[/quote]

Sadly, no retro jerseys tonight. Even worse, the Eskimos are wearing monochrome green. Not a good looking game, uni-wise.

[quote comment=”353169″]Informal poll of Commandant Lukas and his Leftenants and other stodgy denisens of the Uni Watch blog (like me?). Could you warm up to a “panel insert” or color block cap for an MLB team in 2010 ala the Padres, O’s, Brewers et al. of the 70’s and 80’s. Or do we deem this as an unfortunate trend from a sartorially challenged era and totally not a component of a good uni?[/quote]

I think they’re great looking – I’ve got an old Jays hat and an Expos pinwheel – but as far as seeing them on the field, I think that era is over, along with pullovers, elastic waistbands and powder blue.

[quote comment=”353174″]FUCK[/quote]

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[quote comment=”353175″][quote comment=”353169″]Informal poll of Commandant Lukas and his Leftenants and other stodgy denisens of the Uni Watch blog (like me?). Could you warm up to a “panel insert” or color block cap for an MLB team in 2010 ala the Padres, O’s, Brewers et al. of the 70’s and 80’s. Or do we deem this as an unfortunate trend from a sartorially challenged era and totally not a component of a good uni?[/quote]

I think they’re great looking – I’ve got an old Jays hat and an Expos pinwheel – but as far as seeing them on the field, I think that era is over, along with pullovers, elastic waistbands and powder blue.[/quote]
I think I’m with you. I would wear one, but I don’t think I would want to see a team go that way again other than throwback nights.

do you believe this shit?

[quote comment=”353182″][quote comment=”353174″]FUCK[/quote]

You can that again.[/quote]
Well, that depends on how old he is. I mean, when I was a younger man; hey sure, yeah, baby let’s GO.

But in the fullness of my years… well it’s a different story.

I would never, ever insult a fellow sports fan because of the way his team dresses, or because of the poverty of its circumstances.[/quote]

If any one of my friends showed up at my house with a home Las Vegas Locomotives jersey, I wouldn’t make fun of him either. I would politely ask him to leave

[quote comment=”353124″]I’ve been a loyal reader of this site since the start[/quote]

Why is it that all comments that trash the site start like this? These people must have such sad lives. The reason I read Uni Watch every day instead of Perez Hilton is because I find one interesting and enjoyable, while the other fills me with rage. You should try patterning your internet use on that maxim sometime, your world would be a happier place.

[quote comment=”353124″]
We now have two Americas, a plutocracy that gets luxury boxes at Cowboys Stadium by dint of the near-hereditary titles bestowed by Exxon, Halliburton, etc., and a peasantry that laps up the televised crumbs and promotional drippings as their taxes are used to build the stadiums. You love it.[/quote]

WHAT?! I had just gotten used to the idea that Paul was a Liberty-hating Commie! Fuck the heck!