In today’s Ticker: An excellent World Series infographic, the history of NFL neck rolls, another NBA City leak, and more.
Uni Watch News Ticker for Oct. 27, 2022
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Baseball
MLB
- Here’s an infographic featuring World Series fun facts
- Philadelphia’s oldest bar, McGillin’s, is supporting the Phillies by serving red beer. (Thanks to all who shared)
- With the Phillies traveling to Houston for the start of the World Series, SS Jean Segura boarded the plane to Texas in full uniform.
Minors
- The new Northwoods League team in Minot, N.D., will be called the Minot Hot Tots. That link also shows their fun logo set. (From Scott Kinnischtzke)
Football
NFL
- Sigh: The Bills are going blue over blue this Sunday.
- The Bucs will go red over pewter tonight, while the Ravens will wear white over purple. (From Marcus Hall)
- Archbishop Carroll High School in DC has managed to poach the Bears’ and Lions’ logos simultaneously. (From Bradley Phillips)
- NFL Films has posted a video on the history of neck rolls. (From TR Herzog)
- Following up on yesterday’s post about the Broncos wearing a historically bad uni combo for this Sunday’s game in London: The Jags will go mono-black for that game. (Thanks, Phil)
- Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is questioning the use of artificial turf.
- Really interesting article about how the NFL and college football have jockeyed for TV space over the years. (Thanks again, Phil)
- The Bills have released renderings of their new stadium. (From Mike Chamernik and Andrew Cosentino)
College
- Lots of No. 44-related stuff going on for Syracuse. (From Michael Hochman)
- New navy helmet for Fresno State, who’ll apparently be going mono-navy this weekend. (From Jared Buccola)
- Here’s an article that tracks Tennessee’s alternate uniforms and uni changes from recent years. (Thanks, Phil)
- Here’s a video interview regarding UNC’s “mortarboard patch” for graduates. (From James Gilbert)
- Green/white/green this week for Oregon. (Thanks, Phil)
Hockey
NHL
- Canucks LW/C J.T. Miller isn’t thrilled about fans throwing their jerseys onto the ice to protest the team’s poor play. More here.
- Speaking of the Canucks, they will wear an pregame sweater on Monday to celebrate the Hindu holiday Diwali.
- With the Coyotes playing at Arizona State’s arena this season, the facilities for the visiting team are rather spartan. (From Wade Heidt)
- The NHL’s annual “Hockey Fights Cancer” program doesn’t start until next week, but the Bruins went ahead and wore lavender pregame jerseys last night anyway. (From Al Hood)
- You’ve heard of Rangers fans chanting “Potvin sucks”? Now there are Potvin socks. (Thanks, Jerry)
Minors/Juniors
- The WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders will wear three slightly distinct military-themed designs for Remembrance Day. (Thanks, Phil)
Basketball
NBA
- The Magic have extended their uni-ad deal with Disney. (Thanks, Phil)
- The Nuggets’ new City design has apparently leaked.
- Trail Blazers F Jabari Walker had his shorts on backwards last night. There’s a bit of video here. (From Justin Kaping)
Soccer
International
- France: New third shirt for Bordeaux. (From @DetroitCSC)
- England: Our own Jamie Rathjen says, “There was a Ticker item yesterday that said Manchester City’s women’s team would stop wearing white shorts next season. However, they wore burgundy shorts yesterday and are apparently going to do so for the rest of this season.”
Grab Bag
- Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar is selling his Black Parade uniform on eBay.
- Interesting piece on how designers are trying to de-emphasize logos.
Comments (29)
Those Canucks’ jerseys are not indigenous themed. They are for Diwali, which is an Hindu holiday
Right. Fixed.
Yep. Actually had this item in Sunday’s ticker (complete with a Michael Scott reference).
Farm team in Abbotsford has one too. Not sure if it made the Ticker.
You know, that might have been the one I ticked. Either way it was ID’ed as a Diwali sweater.
That Canucks pre-game sweater doesn’t seem to be indigenous themed, it’s celebrating Diwali
Prince Albert Raiders jerseys are an interesting case. I like the idea of having a similar front logo but with 3 different elements.
Can anyone else think of any other teams and occasions where the front jersey crests/logos were the same theme but slightly different for a game or games?
Thought of doing something similar way back when I was running a beer league hockey team. If we got new jerseys, I was going to suggest changing the team’s name to “Farm Team” and having a different animal on the inside of the crest for every player.
I do remember recently seeing a team wear different jerseys for different periods in a game but cannot recall who it was. May have been ECHL?
The Toledo Walleye seem to do this annually, Wade. I think it’s kinda cool. lol
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Did anybody else begin reading the item on the Canucks fans tossing their sweaters on the ice in protest … and hoped it was because of their recent ad patch announcement?
Sigh. Oh well, a guy can always dream.
-C.
RE: Bills stadium. Between that one and the recently released Titans’ plan they all seem to be pretty generic looking on the inside these days. While I understand there is a certain strategy to how you lay out the seating to maximize ticket revenue, etc, I think with all the money they pay the architecture firms they could create something unique that helps you identify the stadium when you are watching on TV.
Looks aside, they are building it to a capacity 10,000 seats fewer than I-still-Call-It-Rich Stadium. In a football-crazed market with Buffalo, they go increase capacity by 10,000 and still leave people at the gate. You’re not going to price out the people; if anything, they are going to cost themselves revenue by shutting out loyal fans.
Arsenal wearing one off white shorts today with their change kit to avoid a clash w PSV.
That was in yesterday’s Ticker.
Bruins are on the road all next week, so they probably figured they should get ahead of the game with their Hockey Fights Cancer activities instead of waiting so long.
Hey Buffalo Bills. This isn’t college football. Quit with the blue over blue already because you look better with blue over white. WTF?
The very first fact in the “infographic” is incorrect.
Doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence!
Seriously. It’s not the only one that’s wrong either, but what a way to kick things off haha
My favorite was when it said that $100 million is more than $109 million.
Pete Carroll is right. All NFL fields should be grass. It’s safer and the tech exists to grow a grass field anywhere now.
McGillin’s is awesome, lots of good memories there. And now, red beer.
That infographic is funny. Altuve and (more so) Harper are depicted as if they are pitchers based on their respective stances.
It also states Altuve’s “Earnings per Innings Pitched” ???
I’d be more impressed by maroon beer.
Even more impressive: powder blue beer.
The linked article on the Nuggets’ City uniforms is a bit confused.
The Denver Rockets’ team colors were orange and black, and then columbine and bright yellow. They never used red until they were renamed. The Rockets influence is in the block lettering; the colors reference later eras.
I’d be interested to see the Bills introduce their red helmets and then go with red jerseys, blue pants, and white socks.
Love that NFL Video on neck rolls…as someone who wore one in High School.
The ABA Denver Rockets first wore orange and black and later change to purple and yellow (and one season in lavender) so I don’t really see how the leak has any degree of homage to their early years in the ABA. They didn’t wear red until they changed became the Nuggets and that was only as an accent color.