Seeking a Custom Fit in an Off-the-Rack World

I hate Schilling. I think he is a total asshole. But I dig the Bird jersey.

Goose Gossage pitched for the Cubs in home pinstripes. He probably did not bat much but I am guessing he batted at home.

[quote comment=”274873″]I hate Schilling. I think he is a total asshole. But I dig the Bird jersey.[/quote]

And what reason do you have for hating him? Did he steal your girlfriend?

Is it just me or does Tim Stoops’ dad have a tiny little head? (check out the pic of Tim holding the hat in his fingers)

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Love how the team describes the Ed Nottle bobblehead as having “snappy stirrups”:

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Forgot to edit out the word “probably” in that last post…

[quote comment=”274884″][quote comment=”274879″]Is it just me or does Tim Stoops’ dad have a tiny little head? (check out the pic of Tim holding the hat in his fingers)

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link is a direct link to the pic that Chris is referring to.[/quote]

That hat is an optional add on to a U.S. Open teddy bear in the merchandise tent. Much like the giant New Era hats in front of Angel Stadium, this little guy even had a size, which was 4 1/4″so it’s a shrunken 5950. Had it been $5 or less, I would have bought it.

[quote comment=”274886″]Today’s entry reminded me of just how much better the Broncos’ link uniforms looked than their link unis…

The tighter the jersey, the harder it is for an opponent to grab it![/quote]

I couldn’t agree more about their old uni’s looking way better that the NFL Europe dud’s they switched too. But every Broncos fan I meet seems to love them, it defies logic.

[quote comment=”274877″][quote comment=”274873″]I hate Schilling. I think he is a total asshole. But I dig the Bird jersey.[/quote]

And what reason do you have for hating him? Did he steal your girlfriend?[/quote]

As a matter of fact, he did. How did you know?

Re: 49ers uniform change

“When I’ve spoken with Jed York on the matter in the past, he’s said that previous focus groups have been split 50-50 between the old duds and the current ones.”

So if there’s no statistical difference between change and no change, then leave everything alone. Maybe for once have a uniform, be, uniform.

[quote comment=”274891″][quote comment=”274888″][quote comment=”274887″][quote comment=”274886″]Today’s entry reminded me of just how much better the Broncos’ link uniforms looked than their link unis…

The tighter the jersey, the harder it is for an opponent to grab it![/quote]

I couldn’t agree more about their old uni’s looking way better that the NFL Europe dud’s they switched too. But every Broncos fan I meet seems to love them, it defies logic.[/quote]
Probably has something to do with the 2 Super Bowls won in the new unis, as opposed to the 4 SBs lost in the old ones.[/quote]

or…it could just be that bronco’s fans don’t Get It (TM)[/quote]
Yeah, that’s probably it. All in all, Denver has to be the crappiest city for sports unis.

[quote comment=”274894″][quote comment=”274891″][quote comment=”274888″][quote comment=”274887″][quote comment=”274886″]Today’s entry reminded me of just how much better the Broncos’ link uniforms looked than their link unis…

The tighter the jersey, the harder it is for an opponent to grab it![/quote]

I couldn’t agree more about their old uni’s looking way better that the NFL Europe dud’s they switched too. But every Broncos fan I meet seems to love them, it defies logic.[/quote]
Probably has something to do with the 2 Super Bowls won in the new unis, as opposed to the 4 SBs lost in the old ones.[/quote]

or…it could just be that bronco’s fans don’t Get It (TM)[/quote]
Yeah, that’s probably it. All in all, Denver has to be the crappiest city for sports unis.[/quote]

Agreed…

Avalanche = bad from day one, worse with the Bettman Stripes.

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Rockies = Man do I hate vests as baseball unis…
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Nuggets = So bright it hurts my eyes
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Broncos = Why does the whole team have orange pit stains? What the hell do they drink before games?!?
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[quote comment=”274885″][quote comment=”274884″][quote comment=”274879″]Is it just me or does Tim Stoops’ dad have a tiny little head? (check out the pic of Tim holding the hat in his fingers)

link

link is a direct link to the pic that Chris is referring to.[/quote]

That hat is an optional add on to a U.S. Open teddy bear in the merchandise tent. Much like the giant New Era hats in front of Angel Stadium, this little guy even had a size, which was 4 1/4″so it’s a shrunken 5950. Had it been $5 or less, I would have bought it.[/quote]

Okay, I got you now. I figured either it was a tiny hat or you had the biggest hands I’ve ever seen.

Caught this in a pic from the CWS:

One of the Stanford infielders had a trubute on his wrist/forearm band: R.I.P. PQ

Any info?

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[quote comment=”274900″][quote comment=”274899″]I don’t know if anyone has posted this here, yet, but there is a great website of Sport Magazine archives …

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Oooh, nice. I subscribed to Sport from about 1972 thru, oh, 1982ish. In 1977, I wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed — the first writing of mine that was ever published. Still have a soft spot in my heart for the mag. Wish I’d saved all my old copies….[/quote]

Can someone explain how long, or why, Staubach’s helmet had the red stripe?

[quote comment=”274900″][quote comment=”274899″]I don’t know if anyone has posted this here, yet, but there is a great website of Sport Magazine archives …

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Oooh, nice. I subscribed to Sport from about 1972 thru, oh, 1982ish. In 1977, I wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed — the first writing of mine that was ever published. Still have a soft spot in my heart for the mag. Wish I’d saved all my old copies….[/quote]

I share the sentiment. As a youth, I could not afford Sports Illustrated, but both Sport and Baseball (which was not so long-lived) graced my mailbox each month. Great magazines for the time.

Gotta get one of these….
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My all-time favorite Sport Magazine cover:

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I actually held on to this one over the years, meaning to get it framed.

I love those uniforms, despite their non-traditional appearance, and Dave Parker was the man. I commit to both of these declarations, despite not being a Pirates fan at all.

For anyone interested, I did a little NPB (Japanese baseball league) throwback uni wrap. The throwback craze has hit NPB over the last few seasons.
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[quote comment=”274909″][quote comment=”274903″][quote comment=”274888″][quote comment=”274887″][quote comment=”274886″]Today’s entry reminded me of just how much better the Broncos’ link uniforms looked than their link unis…

The tighter the jersey, the harder it is for an opponent to grab it![/quote]

I couldn’t agree more about their old uni’s looking way better that the NFL Europe dud’s they switched too. But every Broncos fan I meet seems to love them, it defies logic.[/quote]
Probably has something to do with the 2 Super Bowls won in the new unis, as opposed to the 4 SBs lost in the old ones.[/quote]

Though I did get a new-style jersey to celebrate winning SB XXXII, I don’t like the new look excepting the helmet and the typefaces for names & numbers. I’d agree that the popularity of the new duds has to do with the now-distant successes of their first couple of years.

Among metro areas with all major sports, Denver unis overall aren’t as good as Chicago’s, but aren’t nearly as bad those for Miami or Phoenix.[/quote]

Huh???

Coyotes’ sweaters are head and shoulders above the Avalanche. (although I hate both teams, they shouldn’t have been allowed to leave Canada)

Cardinals’ uniforms are way better than the Broncos’ uniforms

Suns’ uniforms suck but the Nuggets’ really really suck.

and baseball wise they both are dog vomit.[/quote]

The Cardinels uni’s are worse than the Broncos, IMO. Plus the Carinals had one of the best uni’s in the NFL before they ruined it, I like the Bronco’s old ones better, but they were’t great. And I kinda like the Nuggets jerseys, the sparkly satin blue just looks darling on them, really sets off teh tattoos.

[quote comment=”274889″][quote comment=”274877″][quote comment=”274873″]I hate Schilling. I think he is a total asshole. But I dig the Bird jersey.[/quote]

And what reason do you have for hating him? Did he steal your girlfriend?[/quote]

As a matter of fact, he did. How did you know?[/quote]

Cause that’s one of the few reasons for truly hating a person. Especially a professional athlete who you have probably never met.

Found this pic (link) on straightcashhomey.net Doesn’t the 8 on the spreewell jersey look upside down. Was this just the way they were?

[quote comment=”274910″]My all-time favorite Sport Magazine cover:

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I actually held on to this one over the years, meaning to get it framed.

I love those uniforms, despite their non-traditional appearance, and Dave Parker was the man. I commit to both of these declarations, despite not being a Pirates fan at all.[/quote]
Amen, brother – Parker was The Man back in the day (mostly at the expense of my beloved Mets). I vaguely recall seeing a quote from one of the Mets catchers (Duffy Dyer, maybe?) describing Parker as “a building” – heckuva ballplayer.
And he looked good in yellow, too ;-)

I hate Schilling. I think he is a total asshole. But I dig the Bird jersey.

And what reason do you have for hating him? Did he steal your girlfriend?

I gave Schilling a lot of slack because he was on the ’93 Phils and once, when on the DL, led the charge from the dugout in a bean ball war w/ the Braves.

But the guy who called out Kobe for being a bad teammate is the same jerkoff who put a towel over his head when he left games in the ’93 post season because he was afraid to look. Just go paint some more blood on a sock and shut up. Really

[quote comment=”274924″][quote comment=”274918″][quote comment=”274913″]Phil – Apologies if it appeared that I was “throwing you under the bus” yestiddy – just wanted to “break in” the new handle with a time-honored comment – meant it in jest.
Now, back to uni’s[/quote]

jd(fj/mfic)

yeah…j-dub’s much better…i knew ya was just havin’ fun ;)

and indeed, the new “handle” (did you happen to have a CB radio or something back in the day???-am i that old???) will be much easier for minna h and others to type (or abbreviate)[/quote]
K….pitcher on my softball team christened me with the “J-Dub” moniker, so I’ll go with that.
Had CB back in HS (Bethpage)….and yes, you are that old. So how is that YOU get a mention in the ticker, and my contribution about the 49er’s new duds is referenced anonymoulsy? Hmmmm?

;-)[/quote]

i can spell

[quote comment=”274925″][quote comment=”274924″][quote comment=”274918″][quote comment=”274913″]Phil – Apologies if it appeared that I was “throwing you under the bus” yestiddy – just wanted to “break in” the new handle with a time-honored comment – meant it in jest.
Now, back to uni’s[/quote]

jd(fj/mfic)

yeah…j-dub’s much better…i knew ya was just havin’ fun ;)

and indeed, the new “handle” (did you happen to have a CB radio or something back in the day???-am i that old???) will be much easier for minna h and others to type (or abbreviate)[/quote]
K….pitcher on my softball team christened me with the “J-Dub” moniker, so I’ll go with that.
Had CB back in HS (Bethpage)….and yes, you are that old. So how is that YOU get a mention in the ticker, and my contribution about the 49er’s new duds is referenced anonymoulsy? Hmmmm?

;-)[/quote]

i can spell[/quote]
touche

Phil – More to the point, I CAN spell, I just can’t type
…and in Uni news: link

[quote comment=”274911″][quote comment=”274906″][quote comment=”274900″][quote comment=”274899″]I don’t know if anyone has posted this here, yet, but there is a great website of Sport Magazine archives …

link

Oooh, nice. I subscribed to Sport from about 1972 thru, oh, 1982ish. In 1977, I wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed — the first writing of mine that was ever published. Still have a soft spot in my heart for the mag. Wish I’d saved all my old copies….[/quote]

I share the sentiment. As a youth, I could not afford Sports Illustrated, but both Sport and Baseball (which was not so long-lived) graced my mailbox each month. Great magazines for the time.[/quote]
Funny this is brought up today because I was thinking of magazines yesterday. I got SI, Sport and Inside Sports back in the day and I liked Sport a lot.

The reason I was thinking of mags was I was recalling being fond of the Digests. I was a subscriber to Football Digest and I frequently purchased Hockey Digest. Before the Internet these were great resource tools because they had rosters in the back. I also loved the TV Guide (well, OLD TV Guide) size which made it easy to read, carry, etc. My junior high library had back issues of the baseball and basketball and I used to love checking out the old articles and photos.

I’m guessing these aren’t around anymore because I don’t recall seeing them lately. I know they were around as late as ’99 or ’00 because I remember receiving copies in the mail at my first apartment in Pittsburgh.[/quote]

Baseball Digest still exists… and in the same size, too.

[quote comment=”274928″][quote comment=”274907″][quote comment=”274904″][quote comment=”274900″][quote comment=”274899″]I don’t know if anyone has posted this here, yet, but there is a great website of Sport Magazine archives …

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Oooh, nice. I subscribed to Sport from about 1972 thru, oh, 1982ish. In 1977, I wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed — the first writing of mine that was ever published. Still have a soft spot in my heart for the mag. Wish I’d saved all my old copies….[/quote]

Can someone explain how long, or why, Staubach’s helmet had the red stripe?[/quote]

bicentennial

paul did a column for the mothership on this back in…im guessing october…awesome article on the ‘boys quirks and shit…required reading[/quote]

That’s right…I totally forgot…Thanks, Phil!

Check out this Sport cover of Rod Carew wearing the two-tone Twins helmet as well as that great supplemental logo that someone commented on yesterday:

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…got mad hits like I was Rod Carew

[quote comment=”274900″][quote comment=”274899″]I don’t know if anyone has posted this here, yet, but there is a great website of Sport Magazine archives …

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Oooh, nice. I subscribed to Sport from about 1972 thru, oh, 1982ish. In 1977, I wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed — the first writing of mine that was ever published. Still have a soft spot in my heart for the mag. Wish I’d saved all my old copies….[/quote]

Oh, yeah, I remember that Jan Stephenson cover from May 1977.

I also have a Sport cover with Reggie Jackson of the A’s dressed as Gen. George Patton (then the hit film).

Watching the Portugal vs Czch game, does Cristiano Ronaldo have some kind of trashy euro mullet?

[quote comment=”274935″][quote comment=”274900″][quote comment=”274899″]I don’t know if anyone has posted this here, yet, but there is a great website of Sport Magazine archives …

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Oooh, nice. I subscribed to Sport from about 1972 thru, oh, 1982ish. In 1977, I wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed — the first writing of mine that was ever published. Still have a soft spot in my heart for the mag. Wish I’d saved all my old copies….[/quote]

Oh, yeah, I remember that Jan Stephenson cover from May 1977.

I also have a Sport cover with Reggie Jackson of the A’s dressed as Gen. George Patton (then the hit film).[/quote]
Ah, the 70’s – good times, bad hairdos
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[quote comment=”274936″][quote comment=”274930″]Most bad uniform cities have at least one saving grace – Phoenix has the Coyotes, Minneapolis/St.P has the Wild (and sort of Twins), Philadelphia used to have the Flyers before RBK (and sort of Phillies), Atlanta has the Braves.

And some good uniform cities have a turd in the punch bowl – Los Angeles has the Kings, Boston has the Patriots, New York has the Mets in black, Bay Area has the Warriors…

Denver has no saving grace in their 4 teams, all of whom look pretty bad to me. And of cities with only a couple of teams, the two worst would be Nashville and San Diego. IMHO, of course.[/quote]
Adding to the discussion:
Detroit should rank up there in the “good” category now that Los Leones have ditched the black. Add Washington to the “turd in the punch bowl” category for the Wizards gold/black disaster.
Re: cities with only a couple of teams – put Kansas City at the top of the “good” category.[/quote]

Yeah but these are beauties…….

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[quote comment=”274936″][quote comment=”274930″]Most bad uniform cities have at least one saving grace – Phoenix has the Coyotes, Minneapolis/St.P has the Wild (and sort of Twins), Philadelphia used to have the Flyers before RBK (and sort of Phillies), Atlanta has the Braves.

And some good uniform cities have a turd in the punch bowl – Los Angeles has the Kings, Boston has the Patriots, New York has the Mets in black, Bay Area has the Warriors…

Denver has no saving grace in their 4 teams, all of whom look pretty bad to me. And of cities with only a couple of teams, the two worst would be Nashville and San Diego. IMHO, of course.[/quote]
Adding to the discussion:
Detroit should rank up there in the “good” category now that Los Leones have ditched the black. Add Washington to the “turd in the punch bowl” category for the Wizards gold/black disaster.
Re: cities with only a couple of teams – put Kansas City at the top of the “good” category.[/quote]
And Buffalo would be at the bottom for cities that have only have a few teams.

I don’t know if anyone is following Euro 2008, but I noticed Czech Republic’s unis had an interesting little thing on them. On the front, just beneath the collar, they have two small flag patches- their own and their opponent.

[quote comment=”274937″]Watching the Portugal vs Czch game, does Cristiano Ronaldo have some kind of trashy euro mullet?[/quote]
Yup, seems like a growing mullet, he’ll do Barry Melrose proud!
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[quote comment=”274945″]New York has that UGLY Yankees home pinstripe uniform. Worst logo in sports put on a B-O-R-I-N-G uniform.[/quote]

marty…you don’t like the yankees’ unis?

whoever would have known?

“Romo also had darts added to his shoulders. And note the adjustable crotch piece – ouch!”

When you balls are the size of peas, you don’t much have to worry about an uncomfortable crotch piece.

[quote comment=”274953″]Hey all, since the discussion regarding best and worst uniforms by city has many participants, what if we did a quantifiable analysis for each city? Send in your comments, listing each team in each city (major league baseball, football, basketball, hockey only – please) and your own personal ranking for each team (10 point scale, 10 = best, 0 = Islanders), and calculate the average. Who’s in?[/quote]

Every city that has a sports team? That’s a lot. Someone make a list…

Interesting that in the Euro 2008 video – Holland had the Italian flag and date on both jerseys, even though they wore the orange and not the baby blue…

[quote comment=”274953″]Hey all, since the discussion regarding best and worst uniforms by city has many participants, what if we did a quantifiable analysis for each city? Send in your comments, listing each team in each city (major league baseball, football, basketball, hockey only – please) and your own personal ranking for each team (10 point scale, 10 = best, 0 = Islanders), and calculate the average. Who’s in?[/quote]

we should only include the major sports…so islanders don’t count

jets=0 btw

[quote comment=”274955″][quote comment=”274953″]Hey all, since the discussion regarding best and worst uniforms by city has many participants, what if we did a quantifiable analysis for each city? Send in your comments, listing each team in each city (major league baseball, football, basketball, hockey only – please) and your own personal ranking for each team (10 point scale, 10 = best, 0 = Islanders), and calculate the average. Who’s in?[/quote]

Paul actually did this for an ESPN column awhile back[/quote]
Dang!
Here’s the list, just for giggles:
Anaheim
Atlanta
Baltimore
Buffalo
Calgary
Charlotte / Raleigh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas / Ft.Worth
Denver
Detroit
Edmonton
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee / Green Bay
Minneapolis / St.Paul
Montreal
Nashville
Newark
New Orleans
New York
Oakland
Orlando
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco / San Jose
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington

[quote comment=”274945″][quote comment=”274930″]Most bad uniform cities have at least one saving grace – Phoenix has the Coyotes, Minneapolis/St.P has the Wild (and sort of Twins), Philadelphia used to have the Flyers before RBK (and sort of Phillies), Atlanta has the Braves.

And some good uniform cities have a turd in the punch bowl – Los Angeles has the Kings, Boston has the Patriots, New York has the Mets in black, Bay Area has the Warriors…

Denver has no saving grace in their 4 teams, all of whom look pretty bad to me. And of cities with only a couple of teams, the two worst would be Nashville and San Diego. IMHO, of course.[/quote]

New York has that UGLY Yankees home pinstripe uniform. Worst logo in sports put on a B-O-R-I-N-G uniform.[/quote]

Wow, even I know this act is played out and I only read the comments once in a while.

[quote comment=”274926″]Just a beautiful football uniform…

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Clean, striking, and evocative of an era of greatness (and I am no fan of the Niners, either).

Seems like a pretty logical move to go back to these and undo the misguided 90’s tweaking.[/quote]

Everything is great about that uniform except for the pants. The overly thick stripes on the pants ruin everything. Those ugly stripes make me crazy. Why couldn’t the 49ers stick with the thin stripes such as they wore in the early-to-mid ’70s?

Trevor Linden of the Vancouver Canucks might retire, probably get his number retired as well. Wonder what the banner will look like seeing he’s worn like 50 different versions of their uni.

Probably based off this seeing it’s the last one he wore:

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It’d be sweet if it was this, my favorite.

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PL / Tom Jacobsen,

Are you sure that link jersey is game worn? The number font is wrong!

[quote comment=”274960″][quote comment=”274955″][quote comment=”274953″]Hey all, since the discussion regarding best and worst uniforms by city has many participants, what if we did a quantifiable analysis for each city? Send in your comments, listing each team in each city (major league baseball, football, basketball, hockey only – please) and your own personal ranking for each team (10 point scale, 10 = best, 0 = Islanders), and calculate the average. Who’s in?[/quote]

Paul actually did this for an ESPN column awhile back[/quote]
Dang!
Here’s the list, just for giggles:
Anaheim
Atlanta
Baltimore
Buffalo
Calgary
Charlotte / Raleigh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas / Ft.Worth
Denver
Detroit
Edmonton
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee / Green Bay
Minneapolis / St.Paul
Montreal
Nashville
Newark
New Orleans
New York
Oakland
Orlando
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco / San Jose
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington[/quote]

Prediction: Chicago wins! Not a “turd” in the bunch. Of course that’s only because we’re not counting alt’s, I’m looking at you Zambrono!

[quote comment=”274968″]PL / Tom Jacobsen,

Are you sure that link jersey is game worn? The number font is wrong![/quote]

it is? this link to my untrained eyes…although, obviously, it’s NOT the same jersey (since the one in the article/link has shorter sleeves)

[quote comment=”274960″][quote comment=”274955″][quote comment=”274953″]Hey all, since the discussion regarding best and worst uniforms by city has many participants, what if we did a quantifiable analysis for each city? Send in your comments, listing each team in each city (major league baseball, football, basketball, hockey only – please) and your own personal ranking for each team (10 point scale, 10 = best, 0 = Islanders), and calculate the average. Who’s in?[/quote]

Paul actually did this for an ESPN column awhile back[/quote]
Dang!
Here’s the list, just for giggles:
Anaheim
Atlanta
Baltimore
Buffalo
Calgary
Charlotte / Raleigh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas / Ft.Worth
Denver
Detroit
Edmonton
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee / Green Bay
Minneapolis / St.Paul
Montreal
Nashville
Newark
New Orleans
New York
Oakland
Orlando
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco / San Jose
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington[/quote]
Charlotte and Raleigh aren’t even close to each other. Ft. Worth doesn’t have any teams. Oakland can probably be included in with SF and San Jose. Sorry, just picking nits.

[quote comment=”274974″][quote comment=”274960″][quote comment=”274955″][quote comment=”274953″]Hey all, since the discussion regarding best and worst uniforms by city has many participants, what if we did a quantifiable analysis for each city? Send in your comments, listing each team in each city (major league baseball, football, basketball, hockey only – please) and your own personal ranking for each team (10 point scale, 10 = best, 0 = Islanders), and calculate the average. Who’s in?[/quote]

Paul actually did this for an ESPN column awhile back[/quote]
Dang!
Here’s the list, just for giggles:
Anaheim
Atlanta
Baltimore
Buffalo
Calgary
Charlotte / Raleigh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas / Ft.Worth
Denver
Detroit
Edmonton
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee / Green Bay
Minneapolis / St.Paul
Montreal
Nashville
Newark
New Orleans
New York
Oakland
Orlando
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco / San Jose
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington[/quote]
Charlotte and Raleigh aren’t even close to each other. Ft. Worth doesn’t have any teams. Oakland can probably be included in with SF and San Jose. Sorry, just picking nits.[/quote]
I packaged Dallas and Ft. Worth (“metroplex”) together to include Arlington.
Theoretically, Anaheim could be lumped in with LA, and Newark added to the NYC total, but I was going for some way of balancing it all out. Hell, Columbus is closer to Cincy than Green Bay is to Milwaukee, but gave them their own category. Points to Ricko for the “one-man band” comment.
“Picking nits”? Never heard that one before in here
[sarcasm]

My own personal “Top 25”:
Montreal 10.00
Kansas City 9.00
Detroit 8.50
Oakland 8.50
Chicago 8.20
Cleveland 8.00
Indianapolis 8.00
Milwaukee / Green Bay 8.00
San Diego 8.00
San Francisco / San Jose 7.75
Los Angeles 7.67
Minneapolis / St.Paul 7.67
Pittsburgh 7.67
Washington 7.50
Tampa 7.33
Columbus 7.00
Dallas / Ft.Worth 7.00
New Orleans 7.00
New York 7.00
San Antonio 7.00
Seattle 7.00
Jacksonville 6.00
Newark 6.00
Orlando 6.00
Ottawa 6.00

maybe if more women golfers were, uh, nevermind, but Jan Stephenson…hello

This type of thing would never make a cover today…sad really, not just what is showing, but the fact that this world is too PC now

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[quote comment=”274980″]maybe if more women golfers were, uh, nevermind, but Jan Stephenson…hello

This type of thing would never make a cover today…sad really, not just what is showing, but the fact that this world is too PC now

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That’s odd, I’m never cold on teh golf course.

[quote comment=”274981″][quote comment=”274980″]maybe if more women golfers were, uh, nevermind, but Jan Stephenson…hello

This type of thing would never make a cover today…sad really, not just what is showing, but the fact that this world is too PC now

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Unless it was truly sports-related:
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[sarcasm][/quote]

Ya beat me to it J-Dub.

[quote comment=”274963″][quote comment=”274933″][quote comment=”274928″][quote comment=”274907″][quote comment=”274904″][quote comment=”274900″][quote comment=”274899″]I don’t know if anyone has posted this here, yet, but there is a great website of Sport Magazine archives …

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Oooh, nice. I subscribed to Sport from about 1972 thru, oh, 1982ish. In 1977, I wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed — the first writing of mine that was ever published. Still have a soft spot in my heart for the mag. Wish I’d saved all my old copies….[/quote]

Can someone explain how long, or why, Staubach’s helmet had the red stripe?[/quote]

bicentennial

paul did a column for the mothership on this back in…im guessing october…awesome article on the ‘boys quirks and shit…required reading[/quote]

That’s right…I totally forgot…Thanks, Phil!

Check out this Sport cover of Rod Carew wearing the two-tone Twins helmet as well as that great supplemental logo that someone commented on yesterday:

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…got mad hits like I was Rod Carew[/quote]

Two Beastie quotes in one day…
My favorite was from Paul’s Boutique and had something to do with:
a party and some mashed potatoes…
or
“I gets eleven points for the word quagmire”

On a uni note: I don’t ever remember seeing Green as the base color for Portugal kits before.

Nike usually utilizes the maroon or even Black in WC06.[/quote]
Actually my “Hey Ladies” reference was yesterday but thanks for noticing!

The quagmire line (“I’m the king of Boggle, there is none higher”) is from a track on Hello Nasty. The mashed potatoes line (which was used a lot at parties I frequented in the 90s) was from a track on Ill Communication.

Yeah, I guess you could say I’m a fan of the group!!! Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty and Five Boroughs have NEVER DELETE status on my iPod. Also got 45s and LPs in the collection too.

[quote comment=”274987″][quote comment=”274985″]Rick – Seriously, there are important sports stories to be told without resorting to cheeky covers, right?
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Oh, wait…[/quote]

jenny daigle is still sofa-king hot an excellent spokesperson for her sport[/quote]

There is certainly and absolutely an important place for women in sports. Every effort should be taken to learn all we can about their physical attributes them.

(My anti-spam word was “fine”)

[quote comment=”274978″]My own personal “Top 25”:
Montreal 10.00
…[/quote]

When I first looked at the list I immediately thought Montreal as #1. Helps that they have only 1 team and their uniforms are classics.

The only deduction would be for the RBK Edge Hem. If they would have modified them like the Rangers, my dial would have gone up to 11.

[quote comment=”274990″][quote comment=”274978″]My own personal “Top 25”:
Montreal 10.00
…[/quote]

When I first looked at the list I immediately thought Montreal as #1. Helps that they have only 1 team and their uniforms are classics.

The only deduction would be for the RBK Edge Hem. If they would have modified them like the Rangers, my dial would have gone up to 11.[/quote]
Ditto – wonder how Montreal would fare if we had to factor in the departed Expos (not exactly everyone’s cup of tea, uni-wise) or – shudder – the Alouettes: link
AACK!

[quote comment=”274993″][quote comment=”274989″]Speaking of SI covers, this is one of my all-time favorites, mostly because these were new and radically different uniforms, and this cover was the first good look we had at them in color.

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That older vest cut was so much nicer than what they use now. I hate the baggy shirts, and the new cut makes guys look like their wearing shoulder pads. Man, Klu had some pipes![/quote]

I did like those original vest unis the Reds had. I also liked the early 1970 unis … before the polyester “t-shirts”.

I’m pretty sure this is first MLB player who played for more than two teams to appear on the cover of SI every stop along the way. In fact, he may be the only one. Was gonna say Reggie Jackson, but he was never on cover during his second stint with the A’s, so technically…

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link
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If someone knows another, great. I just can’t think of you.

Self-correcting.
Forgot about this one.

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[quote comment=”274995″][quote comment=”274961″][quote comment=”274960″][quote comment=”274955″][quote comment=”274953″]Hey all, since the discussion regarding best and worst uniforms by city has many participants, what if we did a quantifiable analysis for each city? Send in your comments, listing each team in each city (major league baseball, football, basketball, hockey only – please) and your own personal ranking for each team (10 point scale, 10 = best, 0 = Islanders), and calculate the average. Who’s in?[/quote]

Paul actually did this for an ESPN column awhile back[/quote]
Dang!
Here’s the list, just for giggles:
Anaheim
Atlanta
Baltimore
Buffalo
Calgary
Charlotte / Raleigh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas / Ft.Worth
Denver
Detroit
Edmonton
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee / Green Bay
Minneapolis / St.Paul
Montreal
Nashville
Newark
New Orleans
New York
Oakland
Orlando
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco / San Jose
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington[/quote]

might want to double check your list… missing Portland, so who knows what other city your missing[/quote]

Also missing the city that has had a participant in three of the last four major championship events [World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Finals] – Boston!![/quote]
My bad! Can’t see how I missed Boston – since I started my list with baseball.
I can see how I missed Portland, though [shrug].
My votes for Boston:
Red Sox – 10
Patriots – 3
Celtics – 10
Bruins – 10
Average score: 8.25
Get those Pats back in red with Pat Patriot on the helmet and then we’re almost on par with Montreal

[quote comment=”274996″]I’m pretty sure this is first MLB player who played for more than two teams to appear on the cover of SI every stop along the way. In fact, he may be the only one. Was gonna say Reggie Jackson, but he was never on cover during his second stint with the A’s, so technically…

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If someone knows another, great. I just can’t think of you.[/quote]
Tom Terrific, maybe?
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[quote comment=”275002″][quote comment=”274996″]I’m pretty sure this is first MLB player who played for more than two teams to appear on the cover of SI every stop along the way. In fact, he may be the only one. Was gonna say Reggie Jackson, but he was never on cover during his second stint with the A’s, so technically…

link
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link

If someone knows another, great. I just can’t think of you.[/quote]
Tom Terrific, maybe?
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Doh! Forgot those stops with the Red and White Sox

[quote comment=”275001″][quote comment=”274999″]Ah, the Hawk in a nehru.

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Mercy[/quote]

That’s a hang wif ’em rigth there.

I keep misplacing H’s, there, I’ve pin pointed it. Step two is washing it off.

[quote comment=”274996″]I’m pretty sure this is first MLB player who played for more than two teams to appear on the cover of SI every stop along the way. In fact, he may be the only one. Was gonna say Reggie Jackson, but he was never on cover during his second stint with the A’s, so technically…

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If someone knows another, great. I just can’t think of you.[/quote]
Not MLB, but Charles Barkley appears as a member of the Sixers, Suns, Rockets (caricature) and the Dream Team.

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is it too early to ask #53 to say to #12…

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/it’s time you know

[quote comment=”275007″]Stumbled across this shot of Joe Torre with a collared shirt under his jersey:

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One of best lines ever. In college on spring break, my buddy turns to me and says, “Howcum every time we walk up to two girls from behind, when they turn around yours is gorgeous and mine looks like Joe Torre with t*ts.”

[quote comment=”275006″][quote comment=”275001″][quote comment=”274999″]Ah, the Hawk in a nehru.

link
Mercy[/quote]

That’s a hang wif ’em rigth there.[/quote]
Stretch! Stretch!
OK, enough Hawk-isms? Where’s the love for DJ? [giggle, snort]

[quote comment=”275017″][quote comment=”275015″][quote comment=”275011″][quote comment=”274942″]A little foreshadowing here on the kid sitting in front?
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Wow. That Theismann hair. Wow.

Another interesting find in the Sport cover gallery. After all of the controversy surrounding Golfweek earlier this year…
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…it was not the first time on a sports magazine:
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…and could they make the TV numbers on Plunkett’s jersey any bigger?
I also wonder if Rex Kern is thinking “Hmm, what pro team will I be playing for? Or, should I take that job as ‘Ralph Malph’ on that new TV show?”[/quote]

f donnie most rex…theismann looked like a douchebag even back then and archie DID win the role of richie cunningham[/quote]

Theismann: Billy Crystal’s studly (so to speak)long lost brother, perhaps?

[quote comment=”275018″][quote comment=”275017″][quote comment=”275015″][quote comment=”275011″][quote comment=”274942″]A little foreshadowing here on the kid sitting in front?
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Wow. That Theismann hair. Wow. quote]

Uni-related: Love Archie’s shoes. An earlier version of those Riddell’s were the first sort of “flashy” cleats in football, showing up widespread in ’61 on guys like R.C. Owens, Tommy McDonald, Buddy Dial, Paul Lowe and Terry Baker. Wish I still had mine from high school.

[quote comment=”275020″][quote comment=”275018″][quote comment=”275017″][quote comment=”275015″][quote comment=”275011″][quote comment=”274942″]A little foreshadowing here on the kid sitting in front?
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Wow. That Theismann hair. Wow. quote]

Uni-related: Love Archie’s shoes. An earlier version of those Riddell’s were the first sort of “flashy” cleats in football, showing up widespread in ’61 on guys like R.C. Owens, Tommy McDonald, Buddy Dial, Paul Lowe and Terry Baker. Wish I still had mine from high school.[/quote]
And Joe T is sporting the Spot-bilts made so famous by some murderer who’s name escapes me…..

That model SpotBilt…with white padding around ankle and heel…showed up in about ’63 or ’64, I believe. Del Shofner was among first to wear THEM, too.

[quote comment=”275016″][quote comment=”275006″][quote comment=”275001″][quote comment=”274999″]Ah, the Hawk in a nehru.

link
Mercy[/quote]

That’s a hang wif ’em rigth there.[/quote]
Stretch! Stretch!
OK, enough Hawk-isms? Where’s the love for DJ? [giggle, snort][/quote]

Well, hopefully…..he gone!

[quote comment=”275026″][quote comment=”275016″][quote comment=”275006″][quote comment=”275001″][quote comment=”274999″]Ah, the Hawk in a nehru.

link
Mercy[/quote]

That’s a hang wif ’em rigth there.[/quote]
Stretch! Stretch!
OK, enough Hawk-isms? Where’s the love for DJ? [giggle, snort][/quote]

Well, hopefully…..he gone![/quote]
…and….he….grab(s) some bench

This has been the latest edition of the “Hawk Fan Club” segment here on UniWatch. Tune in again next week, and don’t be a hiney-bird
(“Inside” enough for ya, Ducks?)

[quote comment=”275027″][quote comment=”274891″][quote comment=”274888″][quote comment=”274887″][quote comment=”274886″]Today’s entry reminded me of just how much better the Broncos’ link uniforms looked than their link unis…

The tighter the jersey, the harder it is for an opponent to grab it![/quote]

I couldn’t agree more about their old uni’s looking way better that the NFL Europe dud’s they switched too. But every Broncos fan I meet seems to love them, it defies logic.[/quote]
Probably has something to do with the 2 Super Bowls won in the new unis, as opposed to the 4 SBs lost in the old ones.[/quote]

or…it could just be that bronco’s fans don’t Get It (TM)[/quote]
Actually I’m a Broncos fan and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the old orange crush jersey and can’t stand the current ones. I was thrilled when they finally won some SBs, but I hated that they couldn’t have done it in the old unis. I have been praying for a decade that they’d switch back to the old school orange unis.[/quote]
How about going really old school: link

did link get the ‘randy moss’ treatment?

[quote comment=”275028″][quote comment=”275026″][quote comment=”275016″][quote comment=”275006″][quote comment=”275001″][quote comment=”274999″]Ah, the Hawk in a nehru.

link
Mercy[/quote]

That’s a hang wif ’em rigth there.[/quote]
Stretch! Stretch!
OK, enough Hawk-isms? Where’s the love for DJ? [giggle, snort][/quote]

Well, hopefully…..he gone![/quote]
…and….he….grab(s) some bench

This has been the latest edition of the “Hawk Fan Club” segment here on UniWatch. Tune in again next week, and don’t be a hiney-bird
(“Inside” enough for ya, Ducks?)[/quote]

Your what hurts?

[quote comment=”275035″][quote comment=”274999″]“Ah, the Hawk in a Nehru.”

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YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARRRRRRRRRRD…YYYYYYYYYYYESSSSSSSSS!

Come on, you knew someone was going to say that now, didn’t you?[/quote]

Get foul! It won’t.

Some pics from the visually excruciating India v. Pakistan cricket match. Note the sponsorship on the cricket bats…

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Comments in an ESPN US Open preview column on Angel Cabrera smoking:

Last year, Cabrera huffed and puffed his way to the U.S. Open title. This time? No puffing needed. Though San Diego’s no-smoking policy will be waived for competitors, USGA officials said, Cabrera won’t be among those lighting up. “I felt like I didn’t want to smoke anymore, so I quit,” he said recently. “I couldn’t tell, really, if it has helped or anything for my golf game. I don’t feel any difference.”

[quote comment=”275036″][quote comment=”275035″][quote comment=”274999″]“Ah, the Hawk in a Nehru.”

link

YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARRRRRRRRRRD…YYYYYYYYYYYESSSSSSSSS!

Come on, you knew someone was going to say that now, didn’t you?[/quote]

Get foul! It won’t.[/quote]

His use of non-clichéd phrases has.

[quote comment=”275039″][quote comment=”275038″]Some pics from the visually excruciating India v. Pakistan cricket match. Note the sponsorship on the cricket bats…

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AHH

link be the single most horrible uni in teh history of all sport

:O[/quote]

Not if you’re sponsored by a salad bar.

[quote comment=”275044″][quote comment=”275039″][quote comment=”275038″]Some pics from the visually excruciating India v. Pakistan cricket match. Note the sponsorship on the cricket bats…

link

AHH

link be the single most horrible uni in teh history of all sport

:O[/quote]

Not if you’re sponsored by a salad bar.[/quote]
Looks more like Speed Racer’s pit crew uniforms if he had Mountain Dew as a sponsor

[quote]“He’s got ‘The Finals’ and the championship trophy depicted on the inner,”[/quote]

The inner is where you put your foot. The graphics shown are on the medial side of the upper. The “Game 1, 2, 3, etc.” graphics are on the lateral side of the upper, not the outer (which is simply a synonym with the upper).

[quote comment=”274880″]1) Tomorrow (Thursday June 12th),the Cubs and Braves will be wearing 1948 throwback uniforms
to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Cubs baseball
on WGN TV.

2)All of teams in Euro 2008 are wearing narrow
black patches with RESPECT in white lettering
on the left sleeves on their jerseys.[/quote]

What about the green dots on the back of the helmets, though?

It is tough to tell from my internet feed, but it looks like at least Pelfrey and Delgado are wearing the black belts with the blue hats.

[quote comment=”275053″]Brian Schnieder’s catching helmet is different than the one he normaly uses when the mets wear the blue caps.

this is the normal one:
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Not a great shot, but this is him today:
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Not sure if this is just something that i never noticed and is obvious to the entire planet, but the interlocking SD on the San Diego Padre cap creates a P at the bottom left of the interlocked letters. Is this intentional? I noticed it over the past weekend watching the mets embarrass themeselves. Now its in my head its like the Fedex arrow, i can’t not notice it.

[quote comment=”275056″]Not sure if this is just something that i never noticed and is obvious to the entire planet, but the interlocking SD on the San Diego Padre cap creates a P at the bottom left of the interlocked letters. Is this intentional? I noticed it over the past weekend watching the mets embarrass themeselves. Now its in my head its like the Fedex arrow, i can’t not notice it.[/quote]
If you must ask yourself, “I found a logo element, is it intentional?” it is. No such thing as a designing accident.

watching Giants @ Rocks- Rocks wearing the home vest. Now, weren’t the #’s on the left side way down towards the waist, with the CR more up near the chest? Now they appear more even:

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about the elway jersey…..did the broncos ever use the curved 7? i remember the jets and bengals using them but not the broncos.

[quote comment=”275060″]watching Giants @ Rocks- Rocks wearing the home vest. Now, weren’t the #’s on the left side way down towards the waist, with the CR more up near the chest? Now they appear more even:

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i don’t think so…

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link
link
link

you may be thinking of every other uni, however:

link, link
link
link
link
link
link link

and of course…

link

link

[quote comment=”275066″]link[/quote]

Especially after last September making the 1964 Phillies insignificant as far as blowing a lead that big.

[quote comment=”275058″][quote comment=”275056″]Not sure if this is just something that i never noticed and is obvious to the entire planet, but the interlocking SD on the San Diego Padre cap creates a P at the bottom left of the interlocked letters. Is this intentional? I noticed it over the past weekend watching the mets embarrass themeselves. Now its in my head its like the Fedex arrow, i can’t not notice it.[/quote]
If you must ask yourself, “I found a logo element, is it intentional?” it is. No such thing as a designing accident.[/quote]

I totally disagree, there are definitely design accidents especially when new unis are introduced. If there werent, you wouldnt see as many modifications as there are the second year after a team changes its look.
Not to get too crazy with this but if you look at the mets NY, there is an M that is created with how the ends of the Y loop. This certainly wasnt “intentional” as its the same ny the Giants used.

[quote comment=”275057″][quote comment=”275055″][quote comment=”275051″][quote comment=”275050]“What about the green dots on the back of the helmets, though?”

“They’re to indicate 100 championships or summat.”[/quote][/quote]

Do we have a picture of someone beating a dead horse around here?[/quote]
link[/quote]

Is that Eight Belles?……… Too Soon?

[quote comment=”275071″][quote comment=”275070″][quote comment=”275058″][quote comment=”275056″]Not sure if this is just something that i never noticed and is obvious to the entire planet, but the interlocking SD on the San Diego Padre cap creates a P at the bottom left of the interlocked letters. Is this intentional? I noticed it over the past weekend watching the mets embarrass themeselves. Now its in my head its like the Fedex arrow, i can’t not notice it.[/quote]
If you must ask yourself, “I found a logo element, is it intentional?” it is. No such thing as a designing accident.[/quote]

I totally disagree, there are definitely design accidents especially when new unis are introduced. If there werent, you wouldnt see as many modifications as there are the second year after a team changes its look.
Not to get too crazy with this but if you look at the mets NY, there is an M that is created with how the ends of the Y loop. This certainly wasnt “intentional” as its the same ny the Giants used.[/quote]

im not sure im buying that “P” in the SD

link is the logo…

link is the cap insignia

the second is even more specious than the first

the link?

i don’t see that at all[/quote]

try to ignore the diagonal in the N. The “M” I’m seeing is the vertical lines of the N and the branching diagonals of the Y.