The Last Frontier

The Six Mile insignia is the U.S. Army’s branch insignia for the link. According to this link, The use of the “shell and flame” by the Ordnance Corps dates back to 1832; it is considered to be the oldest branch insignia of the Army.

WHAT?!?! Arsenal wearing a WHITE shirt?!?! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO and NO!

I think that is just a concept that was posted in the main article but this is the second rumor I have read about the Gunners going to a white shirt next season. Most Gooners will not buy this shirt, I know I will not, so I hope this concept dies a quick and painful death.

Actually, the cards of Giambi and Seaver show them in their days in the Alaska collegiate summer leagues, as opposed to the minors.

As far as the Six Mile wearing football jerseys, it’s possible those are the undershirts covered by the vests. I remember that at my junior high, the undershirt had numbers (which didn’t match the jersey number) imprinted on them.

More on Biggio’s pin. link.
The guys been wearing that pin during spring training for 20 years and MLB pciks now to complain. I don’t get it.

In previous posts there has been some mention of the Unibet.com cycling team’s uniform problems. The team is sponsored by an on-line betting company. France has a law which prohibits advertising gambling, aside from the state sponsored programs.

Earlier in the season the team wore a link in Franch races.

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The team announced yesterday that they will race wearing different uniforms when in France. They will also be known by a different name (Team Canyon) for those races. Everywhere else they will remain Unibet.com.

Photos of the official uniform, and the new France only alternate can be found on the link

I grew up in AK, so the “Midnight Sun” games were something that happened every year. The Goldpanners (Fairbanks’ team) would play the Anchorage team every year in June and the first pitch would be thrown out at midnight. I think they still do it. There’s also a 10k run that happens every year on that day in Fairbanks.

The grandstand picture looks like it’s from Valdez, a town on the southeastern coast of Alaska. It’s never been a huge town, so I imagine the grandstands might have been a bit bigger in Anchorage, say.

As far as major leaguers who played in Alaska, Dave Winfield and Mark Grace are two who immediately come to mind.

Thanks for digging up those photos. They are always cool to see.

Josh

The Colorado Caribou have to be the worst soccer jerseys ever made.

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I mean fringe and that team logo on the right shoulder? What the hell were they thinking? It looks like they were at a rodeo.

Paul, my understanding is that “indoor baseball” was the original name given to softball. A guy named George Hancock invented indoor baseball in a Chicago boathouse in the 1880s.

A bunch of Yale and Harvard men were in the boathouse listening to a Yale/Harvard boat race on the radio. After the race, one alum threw an old boxing glove at another guy and that other guy hit it back to him with a stick.

Hancock taped that glove into a ball, and everyone started playing “indoor baseball”. The name changed to kitten ball and then softball, and the balls were eventually standardized in sizes from 8″ or 12″…except in Chicago, where they still play softball with a larger (16″) ball and without mitts.

So, I’m guessing indoor baseball means some form of softball. Especially when looking at the thinness the bat in that photo.

I can’t link properly to save my life, but this site has the detailed story: link

Thanks-
Drew

[quote comment=”62445″]WHAT?!?! Arsenal wearing a WHITE shirt?!?! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO and NO!

I think that is just a concept that was posted in the main article but this is the second rumor I have read about the Gunners going to a white shirt next season. Most Gooners will not buy this shirt, I know I will not, so I hope this concept dies a quick and painful death.[/quote]

I don’t quite understand the aversion to this. It’d be the reverse of the home jersey (white sleeves, red chest). Quite clever, if it were to happen.

Teebz – you seem to be the hockey uniform expert around here and I was wondering if you could clear something up for me. I’ve been watching the Red Wings and they have recently switched to wearing their white sweaters for home games. I think it started when they got beat by Boston a couple of weeks ago. That was an original six game, so that was understandable, but then they played at Nashville, wore white (an away game) and won, then played at home the next night and wore white again. They wore white at home last night against Columbus. Sorry for the long post, but this has been bugging me for a while. Thanks a lot!

[quote comment=”62461″]I don’t quite understand the aversion to this. It’d be the reverse of the home jersey (white sleeves, red chest). Quite clever, if it were to happen.[/quote]

Arsenal traditionally wear a red shirt with white sleeves and white shorts at home. The away kit traditionally is a yellow shirt with blue shorts, some years a blue shirt has been adopted.

Arsenal cannot wear a white shirt as it would look too much like the shirt of our fiercest rivals, T*tt*nh*m H*tsp*r, they wear white shirts, not Arsenal.

[quote comment=”62467″][quote comment=”62461″]I don’t quite understand the aversion to this. It’d be the reverse of the home jersey (white sleeves, red chest). Quite clever, if it were to happen.[/quote]

Arsenal traditionally wear a red shirt with white sleeves and white shorts at home. The away kit traditionally is a yellow shirt with blue shorts, some years a blue shirt has been adopted.

Arsenal cannot wear a white shirt as it would look too much like the shirt of our fiercest rivals, T*tt*nh*m H*tsp*r, they wear white shirts, not Arsenal.[/quote]

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Paul,

Not sure if this has anything to do with the shoes Arenas was wearing, but these linkare pretty odd.

Happy belated b-day Paul.

I bought one of the new game hats…wash nats home one
the sizing is more consistant…all the 7 1/8 fit (i thought) and all the 7 1/4 were to big.

The material feels a little smoother I would say,

But,,,this hat costs 30 dollars. I like a bend in the brim. After breaking it in (the brim is a bit stiffer than the old ones) and wearing it for a afternoon,..I can’t even wear it anymore…complete waste of money.
The brim digs in at ths side of my head..Kind of where the brim joins the crown. It left 2 huge red welts and it actually still hurts a bit 2 days later.

Morning all….weird question but I think that you guys (and gals) might have an answer for me. I have about 40 cool logo’d t-shirts that I’ve saved over the years and want to frame them and do a large wall art project in my loft apt dislaying them. Do any of you know of places that sell t-shirt frames (not like jersey frames)? Thanks in advance.

the picture of the south korea womens league features 2 of the worlds best players…
at the line, washington’s alana beard of the us. and on the low box, perhaps the best player in the world, seattle’s lauren jackson of australia.

Boy the MLB thing with Biggio makes perfect sense. Let’s not have any standards on stirrups, pants, etc, and let’s let players completely deface their batting helmets with pine tar, but Biggio wearing a pin on his cap during spring training and BATTING PRACTICE? That must be punished immediately.

[quote comment=”62476″]Speaking of the new MLB hats, when I was a Reds Spring Training game in Sarasota, I planned to purchase one of the new hats. To my surprise, they did not have them at any of the souvenir stands.

Instead, they had only the old wool model. Figuring that the opportunity to get a wool model would soon be lost forever, and that the synthetics will be available for a long time, I went ahead and blew $33 on the wool cap.[/quote]

Anything over $20 for a hat is just ridiculous to me. If I ever spent $30 on a hat it better fit my head better than my hair! What bugs me about the 5950 is they don’t scale the brim and crown down with the smaller hat sizes. They are the same size on a size 7 hat as they are a size 8 hat, which makes them ginormous when I wear a 5950….I have a small dome.

And they way the reviews are coming in, the new 5950’s will not be any better.

I caught a bit of an Astros preseason game a couple days ago and was wondering what Biggio had on his cap. Are they also going to go tell all those pin wearing managers to remove them. No. It’s not what you do, it’s who sees you do it.

most interesting to me is the ‘labor camp’ alaska photo – am i the only one that thinks the guy on the far left wouldn’t have been allowed to play in the american pro baseball system back in 1915??? way to be racially progressive, alaskans of old!

Gilbert Arenas was wearing some bizarro footwear on Wednesday night, plus he took off his jersey and placed it on the court as officials reviewed the status of his buzzer beater

I found it odd that link what looks like a link under his jersey. For those unfamiliar, link is a pricey brand of men’s undergarments available at places like Nordstrom, Neimans, etc. Wouldn’t Reebok-Adidas have an alternative for Arenas to wear, and one that he doesn’t have to pay for? Granted, a $20 undershirt is a drop in the bucket for him, but why bother seeking something non-Reebok for game wear if you’re an NBA star?

Paul, you had posted the Bobby Valentine incognito picture in your Page 2 sunglasses column a few days ago.

Any idea what hat Bobby is wearing? You might have to do your Bill Bucker batting glove-esque research….

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[quote comment=”62490″]Gilbert Arenas was wearing some bizarro footwear on Wednesday night, plus he took off his jersey and placed it on the court as officials reviewed the status of his buzzer beater

I found it odd that link what looks like a link under his jersey. For those unfamiliar, link is a pricey brand of men’s undergarments available at places like Nordstrom, Neimans, etc. Wouldn’t Reebok-Adidas have an alternative for Arenas to wear, and one that he doesn’t have to pay for? Granted, a $20 undershirt is a drop in the bucket for him, but why bother seeking something non-Reebok for game wear if you’re an NBA star?[/quote]
Just guessing – I think that some guys just don’t like how the high tech fibers feel against their skin. Cotton just feels good. Would you wear a MLB uni (read: 100% poly) without at least a t-shirt underneath? Again, just a guess.

that arsenal away kit is just a mock-up a fan made up to see what a white kit would look like. it’s from the bigsoccer forum. they will be probably be playing in blue next season.

[quote comment=”62453″]I grew up in AK, so the “Midnight Sun” games were something that happened every year. The Goldpanners (Fairbanks’ team) would play the Anchorage team every year in June and the first pitch would be thrown out at midnight. I think they still do it. There’s also a 10k run that happens every year on that day in Fairbanks.

The grandstand picture looks like it’s from Valdez, a town on the southeastern coast of Alaska. It’s never been a huge town, so I imagine the grandstands might have been a bit bigger in Anchorage, say.

As far as major leaguers who played in Alaska, Dave Winfield and Mark Grace are two who immediately come to mind.

Thanks for digging up those photos. They are always cool to see.

Josh[/quote]

There was an article about this midnight game in the New York Times three years ago. You might have to register to read the article, but it’s free and worth the time.

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On deadspin’s Milwaukee Brewers preview, they point of that the Brewers will not make this year’s playoffs because they are lacking the link that the 1982 team sported. Sweet, sweet pics of said mustaches accompany the article. Good times!

[quote comment=”62499″][quote comment=”62495″]I have to side with MLB on the Biggio pin-wearing issue. If he is permitted to wear it, then the next day some other guys are wearing one, and the next thing you know, Manny Ramirez will show up with a cap covered in pins.

Pretty soon, MLB would have to set up a pin-review committee, having Congressional hearings, and so forth. Nope, just nip the pin-wearing in the bud. There are plenty of other ways to support a cause.[/quote]

Robert I disagree. It’s not as though he’s wearing Nike or Majestic pin. He’s wearing a pin from an organization that helps children and families with cancer, free of charge (link).

Let’s assume all baseball players started wearing pins showing support to charitable organizations during BP and spring training…would that really be such a bad thing? These players make millions of dollars to play a game and they receive exposure in the media on the national level every night on Sportscenter, among other places. Would it be so bad for them to visibly support a charitable organization?[/quote]

I can’t side with MLB on this for one simple reason. If they have had problems with this pin being on Biggio’s hat, then they have had the last 20 years to tell him to remove it. Why wait til now to say something? That’s ridiculous. They need to retract this statement, and allow him to put the pin back on his hat and wear it this season. Does it distract players so much?

Not exactly a uniform issue, but seeing all the logos (dasani water) and “corporate sponsors” for the NCAA tourney, that CBS paid $$$$$ to cover, is this the same NCAA that rules that athletes cannot even get a stipend, except for room and board, AND prohibits the athletes from having a job? WOW.

Speaking of pins and caps, when I attend games and they give away souvenir pins, I always stick them to whatever cap I’m wearing to the game. When I went to college, I usually wore my Caps cap with a Stanley Cup 100 Year pin. For some reason, all of my hockey-loving friends wanted that pin. It wasn’t even much of a pin, just generic guy holding up the Cup.

Great pictures of Sabres goalie Ty Conklin’s new mask, but what’s up with the double logo creep? are Bauer and Nike working together now?

Sorry, i’m having link issues…

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[quote comment=”62505″][quote comment=”62499″][quote comment=”62495″]I have to side with MLB on the Biggio pin-wearing issue. If he is permitted to wear it, then the next day some other guys are wearing one, and the next thing you know, Manny Ramirez will show up with a cap covered in pins.

Pretty soon, MLB would have to set up a pin-review committee, having Congressional hearings, and so forth. Nope, just nip the pin-wearing in the bud. There are plenty of other ways to support a cause.[/quote]

Robert I disagree. It’s not as though he’s wearing Nike or Majestic pin. He’s wearing a pin from an organization that helps children and families with cancer, free of charge (link).

Let’s assume all baseball players started wearing pins showing support to charitable organizations during BP and spring training…would that really be such a bad thing? These players make millions of dollars to play a game and they receive exposure in the media on the national level every night on Sportscenter, among other places. Would it be so bad for them to visibly support a charitable organization?[/quote]

Pretty sure that first post was sarcastic.

I don’t get why Biggio can’t wear his pin. MLB let link wear a flag pin on his cap in 2003 to support the troops–apparently that was OK. Heck, I even remember Brian McRae with a happy-face sticker on his batting helmet during his Royals days (can’t find a pic, unfortunately). If I were Biggio I’d wear the pin anyway and just eat the fine.[/quote]

You know I kinda got that feeling after I had already responded to it. So Robert, if you were beign sarcastic and I missed it, sorry. But if you were being genuine, that’s fine too, I’d be interested to see why you think that way.

[quote comment=”62453″]I grew up in AK, so the “Midnight Sun” games were something that happened every year. The Goldpanners (Fairbanks’ team) would play the Anchorage team every year in June and the first pitch would be thrown out at midnight. I think they still do it. There’s also a 10k run that happens every year on that day in Fairbanks.

The grandstand picture looks like it’s from Valdez, a town on the southeastern coast of Alaska. It’s never been a huge town, so I imagine the grandstands might have been a bit bigger in Anchorage, say.

As far as major leaguers who played in Alaska, Dave Winfield and Mark Grace are two who immediately come to mind.

Thanks for digging up those photos. They are always cool to see.

Josh[/quote]

How about Barry Bonds?

You know, it’s kind of ironic but Biggio probably has now gotten more exposure for that organization now that the MLB has told him to stop wearing the pin then he has gotten in the last 20 years he has worn it.

[quote comment=”62512″][quote comment=”62453″]I grew up in AK, so the “Midnight Sun” games were something that happened every year. The Goldpanners (Fairbanks’ team) would play the Anchorage team every year in June and the first pitch would be thrown out at midnight. I think they still do it. There’s also a 10k run that happens every year on that day in Fairbanks.

The grandstand picture looks like it’s from Valdez, a town on the southeastern coast of Alaska. It’s never been a huge town, so I imagine the grandstands might have been a bit bigger in Anchorage, say.

As far as major leaguers who played in Alaska, Dave Winfield and Mark Grace are two who immediately come to mind.

Thanks for digging up those photos. They are always cool to see.

Josh[/quote]

How about Barry Bonds?[/quote]

Yes Barry Bonds played in link, as well as Randy Johnson, Jeff Kent, Doug Mientkiewicz, Jeff Francis, Jered Weaver to name a few.

Not really a uniform issue, but didn’t know where else to go. Sorry…

Last night, I came across this picture. For a moment, I felt bad for Brutus, I mean the poor guy’s head is just sitting there in front of everyone! I eventually realized that they had all the Brutuses (how do you pluralize Brutus? Brutusi?) were in the back row, showing their normal human heads.

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[quote comment=”62470″]I don’t mind the concept of NCAA produced courts for regionals, they generally do a good job with the Final Four court (early 2000s excluded). But yeah, the design they picked for the regionals this year blows chunks. I really don’t like filling in the half free-throw circle and leaving the lane blank. If the lane were blue instead of the circle, it would be better. The font on the baselines is pretty boxy and ugly too, probably 100 better fonts that would still be plenty readable to everyone in the stands and on TV.

Hopefully a better design is produced for the Final Four.[/quote]

I agree, at least the courts do not have the decals they sometime put on the floor.

It’s also cool seeing the host school’s logo on the court, i.e. San Jose State and Univ. Texas-San Antonio.

For the East regional we have Rutgers University and the Missouri Valley Conference will host the Midwest regional.

You can scroll down on this link.

I know the basketball court at Northern Illinois is the same court that was used for the Final Four the last time it was in Atlanta.

The Biggio this is so stupid. Like most of you guys have said, why did it take 20 years to tell him to remove it? It’s a freaking non-profit charity. I really doubt any other major leaguers have complained about it. So stupid.

Just like the NFL when they didn’t allow Jake Plummer to wear Pat Tillman’s number on his helmet. What was the big deal with that either??? They were pretty much best friends and college teammates…..

link has a NikeBauer mask too (look close enough); you can see that he is outfitted in NikeBauer equipment as well. Conversely, Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo (among others) also have Rbk logos plastered around them.

Nike and Bauer collaborated a couple of years ago, and such collaborations have caught on; I hear they will be combining Reebok and CCM in the same vein.

One more note about Peter Budaj; if you watch him on a regular basis (like I do), you will see Ned Flanders on the back of his mask. (I’ll show you if I can find the link.)

Post #78 was in response to post #60. Sorry.

[quote comment=”62528″]link has a NikeBauer mask too (look close enough); you can see that he is outfitted in NikeBauer equipment as well. Conversely, Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo (among others) also have Rbk logos plastered around them.

Nike and Bauer collaborated a couple of years ago, and such collaborations have caught on; I hear they will be combining Reebok and CCM in the same vein.

One more note about Peter Budaj; if you watch him on a regular basis (like I do), you will see Ned Flanders on the back of his mask. (I’ll show you if I can find the link.)[/quote]

Ask and ye shall receive:

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newcastle has officially released their kit for next year.
its nice to see michael earning his money for this year.

[quote comment=”62534″]http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4658/10el8.jpg

newcastle has officially released their kit for next year.
its nice to see michael earning his money for this year.[/quote]

That actually looks. . . a-ok. I’m. . . surprised. It’s not. . .ridiculous. . .

[quote comment=”62528″]link has a NikeBauer mask too (look close enough); you can see that he is outfitted in NikeBauer equipment as well. Conversely, Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo (among others) also have Rbk logos plastered around them.

Nike and Bauer collaborated a couple of years ago, and such collaborations have caught on; I hear they will be combining Reebok and CCM in the same vein.

One more note about Peter Budaj; if you watch him on a regular basis (like I do), you will see Ned Flanders on the back of his mask. (I’ll show you if I can find the link.)[/quote]

If I’m not mistaken it was in 2005 , but Reebok bought CCM and all their subsidiary companies, like Koho and Jofa. If you see their gear, like shin pads and shoulder pads most of them “Jofa by RBK” or something similar. And I dont know how it is in the states but in Canada they market their higher quality equipment as RBK not Reebok. They leave Reebok for the cheap stuff you can pick up at WalMart.

Peter Budaj has a NikeBauer mask too (look close enough); you can see that he is outfitted in NikeBauer equipment as well. Conversely, Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo (among others) also have Rbk logos plastered around them.

If I’m not mistaken it was in 2005 , but Reebok bought CCM and all their subsidiary companies, like Koho and Jofa. If you see their gear, like shin pads and shoulder pads most of them “Jofa by RBK” or something similar. And I dont know how it is in the states but in Canada they market their higher quality equipment as RBK not Reebok. They leave Reebok for the cheap stuff you can pick up at WalMart.

Yes, you’re right; Reebok bought The Hockey Company (CCM/Jofa/Koho) a while back (2004?). I read in a recent press release (probably from a couple of weeks ago) that they will start branding equipment as ReebokCCM, like NikeBauer did a couple years ago.

Regarding the indoor baseball photo, if you look closely the woman in the center of the second row, she appears to be holding the “small-sized medicine ball” referenced in one of the linked softball history pages.

I was first reminded of a winter game we played in the school gym in Washington State. We referred to it as “fleeceball”. We used regular softball bats and rubber bases on the gym floor, but the ball was a softball cover stuffed with wool. You could hit it as hard as you wanted, and it would only travel distances proportionate to the confines of the gym. No gloves were needed.

I think the North London Derby (Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal) is probably the fiercest rivalry in all of professional sports

I’m sorry, but I tend to disagree wholeheatedly on that one. I’m not even thinking about stuff like the Old Firm or Germany/Holland or Barca/Real. But if you go either to the Balkans (esp. into Belgrade) or to Argentina, the passion (and the unfortunately) the violence are much higher than in any of the “sterile” environments such as top European football leagues.

As for the two jerseys, I can sort of confirm (although only third or fourth hand) that these are legit photographs of the real deal. Usually the jerseys are decided upon a year in advance (at least with adidas) and versions without the sponsors are given to the teams very early in the process.

Surprised no one has mentioned this, two examples of uniform link from last night.
Beauty Eh?

[quote comment=”62548″]…For example, you see lots of bright, vibrant colors in the Spanish and Brazilian leagues.[/quote]

Whereas, in MLS, red, white, and blue are the three most common colors used in the kits, which keeps with the tradition of most major professional athletic clubs here.

[quote comment=”62523″][quote comment=”62513″][quote comment=”62500″]On deadspin’s Milwaukee Brewers preview, they point of that the Brewers will not make this year’s playoffs because they are lacking the link that the 1982 team sported. Sweet, sweet pics of said mustaches accompany the article. Good times![/quote]

SO if the Brew-crew really wanted a throwback logo they should use link![/quote]

Thank you Joe! As you said about the Indians patch, you’re “good for one graphic a day” and today’s does not disappoint![/quote]
Yes, I’ve already emailed that to just about everyone I know. Great work!

A link more link of the cabbage ball in action. This game is very popular in the New Orleans area at family reunions and other outdoor gatherings.

The 1986 Dallas Final Four floor was bought by the University of South Dakota and placed in the Dakota Dome. I played there in 91 or 92 (more accurately I warmed up there and then sat the bench).

I was telling that story to Dave Hart, one of the top floor guys in the Midwest and he pointed out that those floors are not great basketball floors. Everyone thinks of them being top quality, but really any floor that comes apart in pieces will never be top quality. Those are used out of necessity in multipurpose areanas, not because of quality. The irony being that the best players and the biggest games are played on surfaces inferior to that of many junior varsity high school games.

[quote comment=”62526″]The Biggio this is so stupid.

Like most of you guys have said, why did it take 20 years to tell him to remove it?

It’s a freaking non-profit charity.

I really doubt any other major leaguers have complained about it.

So stupid.

Just like the NFL when they didn’t allow Jake Plummer to wear Pat Tillman’s number on his helmet. What was the big deal with that either???

They were pretty much best friends and college teammates…..[/quote]
There’s a difference though: The NFL has a rule in place, and they have ALWAYS enforced it.

On the other hand, say the NFL had allowed Plummer to wear it year-in and year-out, and then one day decided that they didn’t want him to wear it anymore and actually started enforcing the rule. Well, that is what the Biggio situation is. I don’t have the MLB rules and regs, but I’m sure there is something in there about not having anything that is not officially part of the team uniform showing on your person. Had MLB enforced this since day one, we wouldn’t even be talking about this.

Unfortunately, as Paul pointed out, MLB comes out looking petty on this because they have been spineless when it comes to dealing with major issues that affect the integrity of the game (steroids, amphetamines, Barry Bonds), and have instead decided to pick their fights and limit them to ones in which they cn flex their muscles like a bully (a steroid-infested superstar, be that as it may).

Notice how this issue has generated some very strong opinions on Biggio, but when Plummer went through his problem, it was talked about and then quickly forgotten. That’s what happens when you have people who KNOW how to run a league and those who don’t.

NHL general managers agreed to a policy change last month at the GM meetings in Florida and this week a memo has been distributed league-wide, outlining the new initiative to enforce teams be more forthcoming.

Teams are now being told to identify the approximate location, nature and severity of the injury.

A charley horse in the arm is no longer an “upper body injury”. A bruised shin is no longer a “lower body injury”. The team has to report the problem as it happens, and not be as vague as they currently are.

It’s this grey area that may provide the traditionalists in this group a loophole to resume business as usual.

As one NHL manager puts it, “exception swallows the rule.” With the playoffs on the way, no GM or coach likes to show his hand regarding an injured star.

The league warns any false or misleading information won’t be tolerated, going as far as to threaten discipline for the clubs who violate or abuse this newly implemented policy.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Fair. Maybe I should have said among the commonly accepted “top flight” leagues and sports.

Maybe. Being from the continent I tend to think there are some that rival but that is thouroughly subjective. If you’re interested about these sort of things I’d recommend a book called “Us vs. Them: Journeys to the World’s Greatest Football Derbies” by Giles Goodhead. Very good, very readable.

Upon reviewing some of the football kits worn by clubs in the various professional leagues around the world (EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, MLS, etc.) it’s interesting to compare the commonly accepted colors and designs for the various clubs to the commonly accepted fashions, styles, and standards of their countries.

Would be even more visible, if the companies didn’t put their stranglehold onto the designs by using templates.

Yet any jersey sporting a sponsor’s name is, by definition, an atrocity.

I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, the view on this might very well be divided among a European-American-line. A growing up with it thing. Then again, I’d also more than cringe if I saw an American pro team sport with sponsoring or for that matter I more than cringe when I see sponsoring anywhere else than front/center. But again I guess it’s a matter of socialisation.

[quote comment=”62562″]NHL general managers agreed to a policy change last month at the GM meetings in Florida and this week a memo has been distributed league-wide, outlining the new initiative to enforce teams be more forthcoming.

Teams are now being told to identify the approximate location, nature and severity of the injury.

A charley horse in the arm is no longer an “upper body injury”. A bruised shin is no longer a “lower body injury”. The team has to report the problem as it happens, and not be as vague as they currently are.

It’s this grey area that may provide the traditionalists in this group a loophole to resume business as usual.

As one NHL manager puts it, “exception swallows the rule.” With the playoffs on the way, no GM or coach likes to show his hand regarding an injured star.

The league warns any false or misleading information won’t be tolerated, going as far as to threaten discipline for the clubs who violate or abuse this newly implemented policy.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.[/quote]
It would REALLY be interesting to see the NFL adopt something like this so we could see how Bill Belichick would react.

I wonder if it would curtail his practice of placing half his team on the injury report every week.

[quote comment=”62455″]The Colorado Caribou have to be the worst soccer jerseys ever made.

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I mean fringe and that team logo on the right shoulder? What the hell were they thinking? It looks like they were at a rodeo.[/quote]

…..oh. my. god.
FRINGE!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
hold me, its so scary.

[quote comment=”62547″]Surprised no one has mentioned this, two examples of uniform link from last night.
Beauty Eh?[/quote]Oh, take off hoser! I’m not a fan of hockey, but those uniforms are back bacon to my eyes.

Anyway, someone linked an article where the reason the Brewers won’t make the playoffs is because nobody has a mustache. The reason the Yankees haven’t won a world series for so long? They didn’t have the memorial stripe on their left sleeve:
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[quote comment=”62569″]Florida has “retired” the gator print jerseys according to this article. Under the “Basketball future” section about halfway through.

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I never liked Florida, but I’m glad they have common sense.

Paul,
I just saw something that combines TWO of your pet peeves, super-baggy shorts and guys using their collars to wipe their brow…

Jo Noah, just before half, was taken out to avoid cheap fouls. He sits down on the bench, and wipes his forehead with the leg of his SHORTS. And I don’t think they were the extralong System of Dress shorts. Just the regular uni.

I don’t have DVR, but I’m sure someone on here does, and kind find a pic.

Anyone know why the Rutgers logo (and not the Seton Hall logo – since they play there) is on the court at the Continental Airlines site? I believe Seton Hall hosted it the last time the regionals were in NJ, but that’s a guess….

Those Alaska photos are what I imagined some of the games played in Michael Chabon’s Summerland would have looked like.

[quote comment=”62509″]I think the floor at the Breslin Center is the same one Michigan State won the ncaa championship on in 2000. I wonder if any other schools have done the same thing.[/quote]

It could be argued that they won the national championship in the Palace of Auburn Hills that season, in the regional final. *Sigh* I think that’s the last time I saw a block and a charge called on the same play. (No, I’m not bitter).

Someone asked about Memphis’ Joey Dorsey taking his jersey off at the end of the game after he fouled out. He’s quoted in the paper as saying he had a cut lip and blood got on his jersey. They were trying to clean it and he had to take it off for the trainers.

[quote comment=”62632″][quote comment=”62554″]A link more link of the cabbage ball in action. This game is very popular in the New Orleans area at family reunions and other outdoor gatherings.[/quote]
Aw man, I remember growing up in Jefferson Parish…playing cabbage ball in middle school. Good times. I remember that sometimes if the bat was in really bad condition, the ball was so big it would break the bat.
Back in the day….[/quote]
Jefferson Parish? I’m from St. Charles Parish! Where do you call home now?

Most on-line stores are having close-outs on the old wool style MLB hats.

Take eastbay.com and thepittsburghfan.com as two examples – 19.99 and 14.99 for prices. They are running out on sizes now though

No discussion of minor league baseball uniforms in Alaska can be called complete without a mention of the North Pole Nicks. As bad as uniforms can get: link.