Minor Matters

are there any shots of that old stadium?

Jim Caple of ESPN.com did a story on Rickwood Field not too long ago link. Some nice photos there.

[quote comment=”96032″]are there any shots of that old stadium?[/quote]

I wasn’t there, but link are plenty of shots of link.

…cool find Alan Duke!

My Dad was a sign painter (as well as boats, restaurants, trucks, etc.) for almost 30 years until computers basically put him out of business. Other than places like Disney World, or old fashioned boardwalk locations, it’s hard to find a collection of hand painted signs anymore. It really lends a “down home” feeling to see the work and craftsmanship that was put into hand painted sign or mural.

Sure “The Cell” has had some updates but the place still stinks to see a ball game. No I am not a Cubs fan who is saying this I’m actually a Cards fan so I have no underlying motive to bash the Sox.

Sure “The Cell” [ed: Comiskey Park] has had some updates but the place still stinks to see a ball game.

Sure, unless you like great sight lines, comfortable seating, great ameneties and concessions and no poles to block your view. It’s easily one of the better places to watch a game these days, and nice and easy to get to.

There was recent discussion regarding font inconsistancy. Last night i noticed that the font for “Cleveland” in the Cavs logo is different than “Cavaliers”. Howerver, when “Cleveland” is on their unis, as it was last night, the font matches “Cavaliers”.

BTW … LBJ was incredible.

[quote comment=”96058″]There was recent discussion regarding font inconsistancy. Last night i noticed that the font for “Cleveland” in the Cavs logo is different than “Cavaliers”. Howerver, when “Cleveland” is on their unis, as it was last night, the font matches “Cavaliers”.

BTW … LBJ was incredible.[/quote]
President Johnson was in the game?

[quote comment=”96050″]I was thumbing through my copy of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century last night (a great way to kill a few hours) and noticed a few weird things.

1) I was familiar with the Pirates and Cards wearing stovepipe/pillbox caps in 1976 for the NL 100th anniversary, but according to the book (and Dressed to the Nines – same database) The Mets, Reds and Phillies had the same kind of hats as an alt. that season. Does anyone have any actual photos of these being worn? link

2) In 1972, and for that year only, the Cubs wore a road jersey with the number link on the front basketball style. I’d never seen this on a ML baseball uni before. There’s actually a picture of Ron Santo wearing the jersey in the book.[/quote]

I didn’t know about the mets but it does call attention to what they did with the link (AAA Team) a few years later.

[quote comment=”96063″][quote comment=”96050″]I was thumbing through my copy of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century last night (a great way to kill a few hours) and noticed a few weird things.

1) I was familiar with the Pirates and Cards wearing stovepipe/pillbox caps in 1976 for the NL 100th anniversary, but according to the book (and Dressed to the Nines – same database) The Mets, Reds and Phillies had the same kind of hats as an alt. that season. Does anyone have any actual photos of these being worn? link

2) In 1972, and for that year only, the Cubs wore a road jersey with the number link on the front basketball style. I’d never seen this on a ML baseball uni before. There’s actually a picture of Ron Santo wearing the jersey in the book.[/quote]

I didn’t know about the mets but it does call attention to what they did with the link (AAA Team) a few years later.[/quote]

Another pic from the link.

[quote comment=”96056″]Sure “The Cell” [ed: Comiskey Park] has had some updates but the place still stinks to see a ball game.

Sure, unless you like great sight lines, comfortable seating, great ameneties and concessions and no poles to block your view. It’s easily one of the better places to watch a game these days, and nice and easy to get to.[/quote]

The Cell is easy to get to because it’s in the middle of the ghetto. Sure there is plenty of parking becasue it’s nothing but abandon lots surrounding the ball park. The sight lines from the upper deck are so nice that you have a better view of the lake than you do the game.
The Cell could have been a very nice stadium with a few minor adjustments.
1) Reposition the fields orentation so the outfield looks to the city, giving the centerfield a view of the skyline instead of high rise Chicago Housing Authority buildings
2) Cover some of that concrete. When the place opened it was so gray from all the concrete it felt steryl, but then again, with the way Sox fans are, (you know, 1st base coach stalking record blasting, Jimbo’s patrons)it was probably easier to simply hose down after games

The renovations of the 16 year old stadium (it’s sade that a stadium that’s only 16 has gone through I think it’s 3 major renovations) have made the place a little morepleasing, but then again, I last went to the Cell after going to a number of games at the Dome in Minnesota so anything is a step up from that.

Check out link with the big afro/pillbox hat combo.

[quote comment=”96057″]Great article on Rickwood Field, truly a classic. However, it may be the oldest ‘baseball’ stadium but Harvard stadium was built in 1903 making it the most senior stadium in the country. (And it is still in use on a regular basis, unfortunately they abandoned the natural turf a few years ago.)[/quote]

thats king of like the feud that yuengling and molson have… yuengling referring to itself as america’s oldest brewery, while molson is north america’s oldest brewery. molson wanted them to drop it because its misleading to the consumer(country vs continent i guess)…
either way, i grew up here with yuengling at my feet my whole life, and i cant stand lager… plus, just because one would be labeled “oldest” it wouldnt sway me to drink it…

Maybe I’m imagining things but I could swear I once saw a Dodger pillbox cap. It doesn’t show in the uniform database so I probably am imagining it.

[quote comment=”96050″]
2) In 1972, and for that year only, the Cubs wore a road jersey with the number link on the front basketball style. I’d never seen this on a ML baseball uni before. There’s actually a picture of Ron Santo wearing the jersey in the book.[/quote]

Just recently, on this site, someone posted a photo of Willie Stargell in the black-yellow-black layered pinstriped white Pirates jersey. It looked like the number was centered on the front. In the Okkonen book, are there any such Pirates jerseys from the 1970s?

I was looking for the Mets 1976 pillbox cap and found link. Looks like it might be from the Binghampton Mets (AA) but I thought, “why can’t they use this as their alt instead of the black?”.

I’m not trying to start this argument again, but like I said…it just caught my eye.

[quote comment=”96056″]Sure “The Cell” [ed: Comiskey Park] has had some updates but the place still stinks to see a ball game.

Sure, unless you like great sight lines, comfortable seating, great ameneties and concessions and no poles to block your view. It’s easily one of the better places to watch a game these days, and nice and easy to get to.[/quote]

Ah, Comiskey Park…the only stadium that makes one yearn for Three Rivers and Veterans Stadium.

While looking for pics of the Reds wearing pill boxes in ’76, I found link of a pennant featuring Mr. Redlegs in one.

[quote comment=”96050″]I was thumbing through my copy of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century last night (a great way to kill a few hours) and noticed a few weird things.

1) I was familiar with the Pirates and Cards wearing stovepipe/pillbox caps in 1976 for the NL 100th anniversary, but according to the book (and Dressed to the Nines – same database) The Mets, Reds and Phillies had the same kind of hats as an alt. that season. Does anyone have any actual photos of these being worn? link

2) In 1972, and for that year only, the Cubs wore a road jersey with the number link on the front basketball style. I’d never seen this on a ML baseball uni before. There’s actually a picture of Ron Santo wearing the jersey in the book.[/quote]

In this pic I see something I still can’t figure out. When the Astros wore the rainbow jerseys, did they wear the same one at home and on the road or were the road kits slightly off white? Been wondering that for 30 years. Still can’t tell in the Dressed to the Nines pic.

[quote comment=”96090″][quote comment=”96068″]
The Cell is easy to get to because it’s in the middle of the ghetto. Sure there is plenty of parking becasue it’s nothing but abandon lots surrounding the ball park. The sight lines from the upper deck are so nice that you have a better view of the lake than you do the game.
The Cell could have been a very nice stadium with a few minor adjustments.
1) Reposition the fields orentation so the outfield looks to the city, giving the centerfield a view of the skyline instead of high rise Chicago Housing Authority buildings
2) Cover some of that concrete. When the place opened it was so gray from all the concrete it felt steryl, but then again, with the way Sox fans are, (you know, 1st base coach stalking record blasting, Jimbo’s patrons)it was probably easier to simply hose down after games

The renovations of the 16 year old stadium (it’s sade that a stadium that’s only 16 has gone through I think it’s 3 major renovations) have made the place a little morepleasing, but then again, I last went to the Cell after going to a number of games at the Dome in Minnesota so anything is a step up from that.[/quote]

The knocks at the south side and at Sox fans in general are really mature. Really. And for the record, the CHA high rises are all gone, the neighborhood is just fine (look at the crime records compared to Wrigleyview), and there haven’t been “3 major renovations” – it was one renovation, done over a number of phases. That’s all from me, since it isn’t even really on topic here. I’ll just say this – myself (and I’d wager the vast vast majority of White Sox fans) love our park and would never in a million years switch with Wrigley Field, despite what any so-called “experts” might say.[/quote]

How fitting that as I am reading this post Journey comes on the radio…and this is from a couple days ago in response to the red on the White Sox jersey’s…anybody know why they were red?

[quote comment=”96096″]The knocks at the south side and at Sox fans in general are really mature. Really. And for the record, the CHA high rises are all gone, the neighborhood is just fine (look at the crime records compared to Wrigleyview), and there haven’t been “3 major renovations” – it was one renovation, done over a number of phases. That’s all from me, since it isn’t even really on topic here. I’ll just say this – myself (and I’d wager the vast vast majority of White Sox fans) love our park and would never in a million years switch with Wrigley Field, despite what any so-called “experts” might say.[/quote]

I agree this isn’t the place for the discussion and felt bad for the post after I sent it. I grew up near Comisky and loved the old place for all it’s charm, but have never liked the new one. Many of my comments were in good humor as much of my family and friends like the Sox.

If Sox fans, or any fans for that matter would take another stadium over their own I would be a bit suspect of them. Even Twins fans like their old Dome (I think that’s because they know something better is being built right now).

It’s Friday and my mind is wandering. I’ll try to keep my rants to a minimum today.[/quote]

The view can’t be any worse than the one beyond the Shea Stadium outfield.

Before the construction of Citifield, all you had was a “view” of some of Queens finest junkyards and chop shops.

Let’s try this again, since my previous post got merged in with someone else’s response:

The view at U.S. Cellular can’t be any worse than the one beyond the Shea Stadium outfield.

Before the construction of Citifield began, all you had was a “view” of some of Queens finest junkyards and chop shops.

Nice stirrups on Tom Brookens, but what’s with the sneakers?

[quote comment=”96094″][quote comment=”96082″][quote comment=”96050″]
2) In 1972, and for that year only, the Cubs wore a road jersey with the number link on the front basketball style. I’d never seen this on a ML baseball uni before. There’s actually a picture of Ron Santo wearing the jersey in the book.[/quote]

Just recently, on this site, someone posted a photo of Willie Stargell in the black-yellow-black layered pinstriped white Pirates jersey. It looked like the number was centered on the front. In the Okkonen book, are there any such Pirates jerseys from the 1970s?[/quote]
Mark, I don’t have the book here at work with me, but the ‘Dressed to the Nines’ database is pretty much the same as the book. It didn’t look like the Pirates ever had a centered front uni-number.

BTW, my book came out around ’93, which is the version available on Amazon. Anyone know whether they have, or will, come out with a newer edition?[/quote]
I think there’s also a hardcover reprint from ’94 available on that book.

I wrote Marc Okkonen a few years back to praise the volume and see if he ever thought of putting an addendum out and he said that wasn’t in his plans. He referred me to the Dressed to the Nines exhibit. I think he was involved in that project but I’m not 100% sure.

The site is great, but I sure would like to have a hardcopy to supplement the original book. I think that book goes to ’93 so they could ’94 to present and then maybe come out with a volume every ten years.

It would be a great example, link

[quote comment=”96115″][quote comment=”96114″]It would be a great example, link[/quote]

They link. Is he supposed to wear cleats?[/quote]
Jim Leyland does.

[quote comment=”96116″][quote comment=”96115″][quote comment=”96114″]It would be a great example, link[/quote]

They link. Is he supposed to wear cleats?[/quote]
Jim Leyland does.[/quote]

Those cleats must have given him some great traction when he had to run out of the dugout and make sure Sheffield didn’t go into a full-blown ‘roid rage and kill the ump last night. Yikes!

And before anyone comments, yes I know that the Mets lead the league in players suspended for steroid use.

Although it was somewhat amusing listening to play-by-play guy Gary Cohen grill Mets GM Omar Minaya last night about why you would re-sign someone (Guillermo Mota) who got busted for cheating. Omar couldn’t sidestep that question fast enough.

[quote comment=”96064″][quote comment=”96059″]The handpainted signs are great, but there is a glaring error.

You don’t put ketchup on a hot dog.[/quote]
You can put ketchup on anything :)[/quote]

Can and should are two totally different things! What you do in the privacy of your own home is one thing–but a ballpark dog should be topped with mustard (if you like), but never ketchup…that’s just the way it is.

Check out the sweet stirrups Arizona’s softball team wears. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stirrup with two colors on the vertical portion before.

link

[quote comment=”96126″][quote comment=”96124″]Can and should are two totally different things! What you do in the privacy of your own home is one thing–but a ballpark dog should be topped with mustard (if you like), but never ketchup…that’s just the way it is.[/quote]

My 4-year old respectfully disagrees with that comment.[/quote]
So does this 28 yr old :p

I used to work for the California League office which is located in San Jose, so we regularly dropped by games at San Jose’s Municipal Stadium. The signage is great and new teams (new names, new locations, etc.) are updated at the start of each season. The murals are awesome and the BBQ down the left field line is one of the minor leagues’ best, too. The BBQ was so good that putting ketchup on it would be blasphemous. But, if Heinz was willing to pay a couple of bucks for a painted sign, they sure as heck would have it in their ballpark.

[quote comment=”96131″][quote comment=”96126″][quote comment=”96124″]Can and should are two totally different things! What you do in the privacy of your own home is one thing–but a ballpark dog should be topped with mustard (if you like), but never ketchup…that’s just the way it is.[/quote]

My 4-year old respectfully disagrees with that comment.[/quote]
So does this 28 yr old :p[/quote]

So did I when I was 4–but unfortunately my father would not allow ketchup at the ballpark, “if you don’t want mustard, you can eat it plain”. He was upset that the ketchup was even offered. Personally, I don’t really care, I prefer mustard (and maybe some sauerkraut if I can find it), but if you want ketchup, so be it.

[quote comment=”96135″][quote comment=”96131″][quote comment=”96126″][quote comment=”96124″]Can and should are two totally different things! What you do in the privacy of your own home is one thing–but a ballpark dog should be topped with mustard (if you like), but never ketchup…that’s just the way it is.[/quote]

My 4-year old respectfully disagrees with that comment.[/quote]
So does this 28 yr old :p[/quote]

So did I when I was 4–but unfortunately my father would not allow ketchup at the ballpark, “if you don’t want mustard, you can eat it plain”. He was upset that the ketchup was even offered. Personally, I don’t really care, I prefer mustard (and maybe some sauerkraut if I can find it), but if you want ketchup, so be it.[/quote]

“Nobody – I mean nobody puts ketchup on a hot dog” — Dirty Harry

All Star Baseball 05 from acclaim (for xbox, ps2) has alot of classic stadiums, and one of them is rickwood stadium :)
Oh and I always put ketchup on my hot dog.

Spicy Banana Ketchup from the Phillipines goes great with hot dogs.

For those wanting more shots of Rickwood Field, here’s a photo gallery from the Birmingham News.

My link skills are flawed.

The gallery above is more from the 2007 game.

Here’s another set from the 2003 game that should have been posted up there.

you know, soon PL will be using using us as his focus group for regional food spots…
…and thats fine by me.

soon we will see him on sportscenter doing his weekend uni wrap up on the sunday morning edition,
followed by him on the food network doing a “best _______ in the us” (fill in the food or drink), or on a trip cross country to find the ultimate “townie” spot for sports/food/drink and entertainment.

On the whole hot-dog issue:

My wife’s family is from a small little corner of Southwestern Virginia (Pound, VA in Wise County). Apparently, in that neck of the woods, if you ask for a HOT DOG, you get what everyone else in the world calls a Chili Dog. The default for Hot Dog there is a dog with chili.

To get what we all call a hot dog, you have to ask for a “weiner bun.” Now, we go down there at Christmas…and this just throws me off. Being a pain-in-the-ass Yankee (they call me a yankee, since I’m from Maryland…which is funny, because my Jersey family thinks I’m a southerner… Maryland: The ‘I Can’t Win’ state) i refuse to conform to their backward terminology.

One of them went to a ballgame with some friends in Cincinnati, and they got 3 hot dogs. He tells me, “none of them had chili on them” and I came back with “That’s because EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, THAT’S a hot dog!”

Had to share, since we’re on the topic.

Ketchup is great on a dog, but not a the ol’ ballyard. I used to love the dogs at Tiger Stadium when they were steamed in beer. Now that was a great dog. Too bad they don’t do it at Comerica, they just don’t taste right nowadays…

Paul, at least you mention the best coney island ever: Lafayette Coney Island in Detroit. I love going down there after big events. The seating is a key to the charm, where else can you go and sit next to complete strangers and have a great conversation?

[quote comment=”96149″][quote comment=”96138″][quote comment=”96132″][quote comment=”96130″][quote comment=”96113″][quote comment=”96067″][quote comment=”96059″]The handpainted digns are great, but there is a glaring error.

You don’t put ketchup on a hot dog.[/quote]

AMEN![/quote]

Darn right.

You put link on it, instead.[/quote]

I’ve always been a fan of the simple French’s Yellow Mustard.

At a ball-park, I’m a bit of a hot-dog snob. I don’t like the ones from the guys in the stands. I want to go to the concession stand and get the ones that are already on the bun, and in the foil wrapper…so that the bun is steamed. That’s heaven right there…an Esskay Orioles dog in the wrapper, with the warmed bun and yellow mustard.[/quote]

Esskay Orioles’ dogs are the best. With mustard and onions. Camden Yards is by far one of the best ballparks in use.[/quote]

Esskay Kosher dog with mustard…then on to Boog’s BBQ off of Eutaw St. for a pit beef sandwich with extra onions, sauce, and horseradish. Mmmm, I think it’s time for lunch![/quote]

For $25.00 you too can have a roast beef sammach! lol. What are they now, $8.75? $9.00? I like them…but not that much![/quote]

Everything is overpriced at the ballpark. I don’t like it, but hey, what can you do? If I’m already paying somewhere between $5.50 to $8 for a draft beer that’s probably worth $0.50, I might as well pay ~$8 for a sandwich–that seems like less of a ripoff to me.

Anyway, back to the topic of athletics aesthics…

Kosher dog with grilled onions at The Cell, hard to beat it…

Is it common for ballparks to have both regular and kosher dogs? I can never understand the people who won’t spring for the extra buck for the vastly better kosher ones…

I love everything about those Jacksonville Suns uniforms. Fantastic! link is how a baseball uniform should look and fit. Outstanding.

Coors Field upgraded this year so that Hebrew National dogs are available throughout the park rather than at just a few stands as had been the case. Big improvement!

Denver-area readers: if everything comes together right (about a 10-15% chance), I may be springing for a top-shelf membership and a Uni-Watch party. How’s about the Bull and Bush as location for the party? If not, what would you suggest?

[quote comment=”96127″]Check out the sweet stirrups Arizona’s softball team wears. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stirrup with two colors on the vertical portion before.

link

They are actually reversible. They wear the red side with their red or white tops.
They’ve been wearing those for years.
I used to be the play by play announcer for the Arizona Softball team on the campus radio station back when I was in school. Jennie Finch was a freshman during my final year announcing when I was a senior.

Can we please cut it with the Ketchup and Hot Dogs talk? This is UniWatch.

[quote comment=”96073″][quote comment=”96057″]Great article on Rickwood Field, truly a classic. However, it may be the oldest ‘baseball’ stadium but Harvard stadium was built in 1903 making it the most senior stadium in the country. (And it is still in use on a regular basis, unfortunately they abandoned the natural turf a few years ago.)[/quote]

thats king of like the feud that yuengling and molson have… yuengling referring to itself as america’s oldest brewery, while molson is north america’s oldest brewery. molson wanted them to drop it because its misleading to the consumer(country vs continent i guess)…
either way, i grew up here with yuengling at my feet my whole life, and i cant stand lager… plus, just because one would be labeled “oldest” it wouldnt sway me to drink it…[/quote]

Similarly, the oldest ballpark in North America is link in London, Ontario. Baseball’s been played there since 1877, although they’ve had to re-build the grandstand a few times.

[quote comment=”96173″][quote comment=”96127″]Check out the sweet stirrups Arizona’s softball team wears. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stirrup with two colors on the vertical portion before.

link

They are actually reversible. They wear the red side with their red or white tops.
They’ve been wearing those for years.
I used to be the play by play announcer for the Arizona Softball team on the campus radio station back when I was in school. Jennie Finch was a freshman during my final year announcing when I was a senior.[/quote]

For those who don’t know: link

You’re welcome.

[quote comment=”96126″][quote comment=”96124″]Can and should are two totally different things! What you do in the privacy of your own home is one thing–but a ballpark dog should be topped with mustard (if you like), but never ketchup…that’s just the way it is.[/quote]

My 4-year old respectfully disagrees with that comment.[/quote]

There you go, letting a 4-year old dictate gastronomic quality. Next thing, you’ll say you’ll eat nothing but chicken nuggets forever. ;-)

ed

[quote comment=”96192″][quote comment=”96126″][quote comment=”96124″]Can and should are two totally different things! What you do in the privacy of your own home is one thing–but a ballpark dog should be topped with mustard (if you like), but never ketchup…that’s just the way it is.[/quote]

My 4-year old respectfully disagrees with that comment.[/quote]

There you go, letting a 4-year old dictate gastronomic quality. Next thing, you’ll say you’ll eat nothing but chicken nuggets forever. ;-)

ed[/quote]

…don’t forget about plain cheese pizza!

[quote comment=”96181″]Very slight membership update: If you go to the link, you’ll see that I’ve added sneak peeks of the artwork from each of the three style guides available at Level Three.[/quote]

Paul, Marc Okkonen and Dressed to the Nines regrettably don’t do this, but if possible you should include the backs of the uniforms. Some teams had really funky “tilted 90 degrees and written to the right of the number” player name lettering on those jerseys.

When I was at Old Comiskey in ’87, it was clear that decades of neglect would require a new park. The problem is that the design for what’s now the Cell was so pedestrian; I believe that the lowest upper deck seats in the new stadium are higher than the highest in the old one were.

When the Orioles were designing their new park, they used New Comiskey as a model of what they didn’t want. They (and HOK) came up with Camden Yards instead, and sparked the move to retro ballpark design that’s been so successful.

[quote comment=”96196″][quote comment=”96192″][quote comment=”96126″][quote comment=”96124″]Can and should are two totally different things! What you do in the privacy of your own home is one thing–but a ballpark dog should be topped with mustard (if you like), but never ketchup…that’s just the way it is.[/quote]

My 4-year old respectfully disagrees with that comment.[/quote]

There you go, letting a 4-year old dictate gastronomic quality. Next thing, you’ll say you’ll eat nothing but chicken nuggets forever. ;-)

ed[/quote]
Don’t forget the Mac n Cheese.[/quote]

Maybe with one of these hot dogs everyone’s been talking about cut up and mixed in

[quote comment=”96154″]On the whole hot-dog issue:

My wife’s family is from a small little corner of Southwestern Virginia (Pound, VA in Wise County). Apparently, in that neck of the woods, if you ask for a HOT DOG, you get what everyone else in the world calls a Chili Dog. The default for Hot Dog there is a dog with chili.

To get what we all call a hot dog, you have to ask for a “weiner bun.” Now, we go down there at Christmas…and this just throws me off. Being a pain-in-the-ass Yankee (they call me a yankee, since I’m from Maryland…which is funny, because my Jersey family thinks I’m a southerner… Maryland: The ‘I Can’t Win’ state) i refuse to conform to their backward terminology.

One of them went to a ballgame with some friends in Cincinnati, and they got 3 hot dogs. He tells me, “none of them had chili on them” and I came back with “That’s because EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, THAT’S a hot dog!”

Had to share, since we’re on the topic.[/quote]

Hilarious!

Ironically enough, in Cincy chili dogs are called coneys. For me nothing better on a dog than chili mustard, and onion. Add a splash of hot sauce, and you’re set.

I checked out the “Turn Ahead the Clock” sample that PL put up on the membership page. It’s good to see that stirrups will be the standard in the future. I guess the pajama pants are just a phase. I hope.

One good note on that topic: I was at my cousin’s tee-ball game yesterday. Probably 85% of the players had bloused pants and stirrups. Even better, most of those with stirrups had the real mccoy, not the fake stirrup look socks. Made me feel good that the coming generations are getting it right.

[quote comment=”96183″]Can we please cut it with the Ketchup and Hot Dogs talk? This is UniWatch.[/quote]

So, does anyone know a good way to get ketchup and mustard stains out of a white jersey? I got it mostly clean with a good soak but you can still see a hint of red and yellow.

That’ll teach me to eat wearing the jersey before the game…

[quote comment=”96213″]Here’s a topic to get us off of all things purple and ketchup, and back onto all things uni-related.

Best Football Uniform in a Movie :
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie :
Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie:
Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie :
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie:

T.V. is a different category.[/quote]
A) M*A*S*H – The red cross helmets
B) NY Knights in ‘The Natural’
C) Gotta go with ‘The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh’ silver unis
D) Nazis vs. POWs in ‘Victory’
E) Slapshot
F) Rollerball

Sorry, schuby, I got to chime in on the hotdog talk for a moment, but I will tie it into unis. I only eat a hot dog when I go to a game. I put on mustard and onions and maybe relish, but no ketchup. I don’t like ketchup, so it’s not an option.

Speaking of mustard (here’s the tie-in), I really don’t like the yellow helmets/practice jersey of the Steelers, but Troy P. makes anything look great. Thanks, Chris H., for posting a picture of my boy.

I really love the old-timey stadiums, unis and signs (though not the Suns’ caps), and I can’t believe how much better the hand-painted signs look. I dig the minor league logos, too. For the most part, they look better than the big league logos.

Now, I have to eat because you all made me hungry with the hot dog talk!

[quote comment=”96182″]
My (admittedly imperfect) memory keeps insisting that everyone had a version of the “pillbox” hats for the Bicentennial Year of 1976… I’ve got a White Sox version (“adjustible” replica), and remember seeing similar replicas for the A’s, Cubs, and Dodgers.
[/quote]

I have the White Sox one as well. There were a bunch of replica ones for sale in Cooperstown in 2005. I only distinctly remember the Giants one, which is a mock-up as well.

We have an old stadium in St. Paul and one of things that make it nice is the painted murals around the ballpark.

link

[quote comment=”96213″]Here’s a topic to get us off of all things purple and ketchup, and back onto all things uni-related.

Best Football Uniform in a Movie :
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie :
Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie:
Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie :
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie:

T.V. is a different category.[/quote]

Football in a movie- I worked on The Replacements, so I’m somewhat partial to the Washington Sentinels unis. But I love the old-school stuff in School Ties (Brendan Frasier, Matt Damon…)

Baseball in a movie- NY Knights in the Natural…and most of the 61* uniforms.

Hockey in a movie (had to move hockey up in the order here!)- I’m guessing there’ll be a lot of the Chiefs here from Slapshot…but I’m not a huge fan of those unis. I have to go with the Team USA Blues in Miracle.

Basketball in a movie- um…I don’t know. Anything but Space Jam?

Soccer uniform in a movie- Whatever Kiera Knightly wore in Bend it Like Beckham? (The Allied Prisioners in “Victory” a FAR runner-up).

Fictional uniform- Probably those Washington Sentinels uniforms.

[quote comment=”96222″][quote comment=”96073″][quote comment=”96057″]Great article on Rickwood Field, truly a classic. However, it may be the oldest ‘baseball’ stadium but Harvard stadium was built in 1903 making it the most senior stadium in the country. (And it is still in use on a regular basis, unfortunately they abandoned the natural turf a few years ago.)[/quote]

thats king of like the feud that yuengling and molson have… yuengling referring to itself as america’s oldest brewery, while molson is north america’s oldest brewery. molson wanted them to drop it because its misleading to the consumer(country vs continent i guess)…
either way, i grew up here with yuengling at my feet my whole life, and i cant stand lager… plus, just because one would be labeled “oldest” it wouldnt sway me to drink it…[/quote]

Yuengling is one of the finest alcoholic products the United States produces. I am however, dissapointed with tier yuengling light.[/quote]

I’m a big Yeungling fan…but lately have been big on Fordham (out of Annapolis). I really like their Fordham Light. (The Ram’s Head Taverns brew Fordham…available in most stores around the Baltimore area)…and it’s on tap at the Ram’s Head…good stuff!

[quote comment=”96121″]And before anyone comments, yes I know that the Mets lead the league in players suspended for steroid use.

Although it was somewhat amusing listening to play-by-play guy Gary Cohen grill Mets GM Omar Minaya last night about why you would re-sign someone (Guillermo Mota) who got busted for cheating. Omar couldn’t sidestep that question fast enough.[/quote]

Actaully, the Mariners are #1 in the league, the mets i believe are tied for second.

[quote comment=”96218″][quote comment=”96215″]Best Announcer – link
Ballpark – link
Hot Dogs – link.[/quote]

I’m dying to visit Camden Yards…. *sigh* some day, some day…[/quote]

It is a great ballpark. i go to bout half a dozen games every year. the only good thing bout the orioles sucking is you can walk up to stadium at game time and still get great seats for fairly cheap. Plus $6 student night on fridays is always the best

Baltimore = great city, great ballpark, great food, great team (historically), but HORRIBLE owner

Quick follow up here about Moss possibly taking back #84. I say stay with 6. This rule really needs to change.

Man…reading about all that food before i ate was a bad idea…

I loved the thing about Rickwood and San Jose Municipal. Ballparks are easily my favorite places in the world to be, and to see the über-classic and the quaint hand-painted one was really cool. Of the MLB parks that I’ve been to, I would say that Camden Yards is the best, though the experience of Wrigley Field was up there as well.

If y’all want a good ballpark experience, try to find your way to Indianapolis and visit link for an Indy Indians game. Pretty much everyone who visits The Vic says they absolutely love it. It’s only 11 years old, but it’s got that downtown, PNC Park-like feel to it that makes it great. Plus, old link (ca. 1931) is still standing up on 16th St, but it’s falling into disrepair and is probably going to meet the wrecking ball at some point…poor shame there.

[quote comment=”96226″][quote comment=”96213″]Here’s a topic to get us off of all things purple and ketchup, and back onto all things uni-related.

Best Football Uniform in a Movie :
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie :
Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie:
Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie :
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie:

T.V. is a different category.[/quote]

Football in a movie- I worked on The Replacements, so I’m somewhat partial to the Washington Sentinels unis. But I love the old-school stuff in School Ties (Brendan Frasier, Matt Damon…)

Baseball in a movie- NY Knights in the Natural…and most of the 61* uniforms.

Hockey in a movie (had to move hockey up in the order here!)- I’m guessing there’ll be a lot of the Chiefs here from Slapshot…but I’m not a huge fan of those unis. I have to go with the Team USA Blues in Miracle.

Basketball in a movie- um…I don’t know. Anything but Space Jam?

Soccer uniform in a movie- Whatever Kiera Knightly wore in Bend it Like Beckham? (The Allied Prisioners in “Victory” a FAR runner-up).

Fictional uniform- Probably those Washington Sentinels uniforms.[/quote]

I like your noms. However, I should clarify … these need to be fictional unis … so, the unis in 61 are no good. Unless, the directors cut has the yanks playing the bad news bears.

[quote comment=”96238″]Did the NL players wear pill box hats in the 76 All Star game? I seem to recall a team photo with the players dressed like that. Does anyone remember that?[/quote]
Check out link pic of the Bird and Randy Jones from the ’76 All-Star game. Jones is clearly wearing a pillbox w/ his Padre uni

[quote comment=”96236″][quote comment=”96218″][quote comment=”96215″]Best Announcer – link
Ballpark – link
Hot Dogs – link.[/quote]

I’m dying to visit Camden Yards…. *sigh* some day, some day…[/quote]
The only way you’ll see the Mets at Camden is through interleague..uh oh..[/quote]

Well I do believe the Orioles had an interlegaue series here at Shea a couple of years ago, so it’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility……

[quote comment=”96241″][quote comment=”96226″][quote comment=”96213″]Here’s a topic to get us off of all things purple and ketchup, and back onto all things uni-related.

Best Football Uniform in a Movie :
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie :
Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie:
Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie :
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie:

T.V. is a different category.[/quote]

Football in a movie- I worked on The Replacements, so I’m somewhat partial to the Washington Sentinels unis. But I love the old-school stuff in School Ties (Brendan Frasier, Matt Damon…)

Baseball in a movie- NY Knights in the Natural…and most of the 61* uniforms.

Hockey in a movie (had to move hockey up in the order here!)- I’m guessing there’ll be a lot of the Chiefs here from Slapshot…but I’m not a huge fan of those unis. I have to go with the Team USA Blues in Miracle.

Basketball in a movie- um…I don’t know. Anything but Space Jam?

Soccer uniform in a movie- Whatever Kiera Knightly wore in Bend it Like Beckham? (The Allied Prisioners in “Victory” a FAR runner-up).

Fictional uniform- Probably those Washington Sentinels uniforms.[/quote]

I like your noms. However, I should clarify … these need to be fictional unis … so, the unis in 61 are no good. Unless, the directors cut has the yanks playing the bad news bears.[/quote]

Gotcha…so the Knights are still my nom there.

Best Football Uniform in a Movie: The Dallas Knights from Any Given Sunday
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie: The Bad News Bears
Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie: The Tune Squad from Space Jam
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie: The Mighty Ducks (uz that’s the only hockey movie I can think of)
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie: The Average Joes from Dodgeball (after the right ones arrived)

Dang, I didn’t know people were gonna hate on Space Jam!
How about for basketball uniforms: your link – complete with 80’s-era logo creep.

[quote comment=”96252″]Best Football Uniform in a Movie: The Dallas Knights from Any Given Sunday
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie: The Bad News Bears
Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie: The Tune Squad from Space Jam
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie: The Mighty Ducks (uz that’s the only hockey movie I can think of)
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie: The Average Joes from Dodgeball (after the right ones arrived)[/quote]

Since the Mighty Ducks was your default because you didn’t know of another hockey movie, allow me to nominate in their stead the Chiefs uniforms from “Slap Shot”. One of the best and most underrated sports movies ever.

link

Here’s an even better shot from Slap Shot: link

[quote comment=”96235″][quote comment=”96218″][quote comment=”96215″]Best Announcer – link
Ballpark – link
Hot Dogs – link.[/quote]

I’m dying to visit Camden Yards…. *sigh* some day, some day…[/quote]

It is a great ballpark. i go to bout half a dozen games every year. the only good thing bout the orioles sucking is you can walk up to stadium at game time and still get great seats for fairly cheap. Plus $6 student night on fridays is always the best

[/quote]

I can only count myself for a 1/2 visit to Camden Yards (didn’t see a game, took the $7 tour), but wow, is it worth it! Going through the dugout, luxury boxes, press box was a real treat.

[quote comment=”96200″]We can’t, Todd? Are you SURE we can’t? 0=)[/quote]

ok anthony, you are allowed 1 “wiz wit”…

i’ll try all fictional teams
Best Football Uniform in a Movie :
a. taft high- the best of times
b. ampipe high- all the right moves
c. eastern state university- the program

Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie :
a. the bears- bad news bears

Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie:
a. hickory high (home 2 tones)- hoosiers

Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :
a. prisoners team- victory

Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie :
a. charleston chiefs- slapshot
b. mystery- mystery, alaska
c. hamilton mustangs- youngblood

Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie:
toughy… could list about 2 dozen more…

The beef (no pun intended) about ketchup on a hot dog is bogus. Ketchup on hot dogs goes back to the creation of sausage sandwiches, when tomato sauce was a popular condiment along with your mustards etc.

I like ketchup on hot dogs, people have been doing it as long as people have been putting anything on hot dogs, and the taboo is a myth.

With regards to ballparks, Safeco Field in Seattle is gorgeous especially on a (rare) sunny day. But nothing beats old Dodger Stadium on a warm summers night when the smog of LA turns the sky in Chavez ravine a nice shade of pink. Pretty exclusive…

The Angels took “Anaheim” off the road jerseys a few years ago (I think they last wore it the year they won the Series, 2002). Must have been a preemptive strike for the whole “LA” thing.

The Cardinals have used “St. Louis” in the past, but it’s been a long time.

The Phillies are the Phillies (i.e., they suck)

Baltimore was trying to be a regional team after the Senators left.

“Milwaukee” hasn’t appeared on the Brewers jersey since the last uni change around 99 or 2000.

Best Football Uniform in a Movie : West Canaan Coyotes in Varsity Blues.
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie : The real team the kids play in The Sandlot.
Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :link in Mean Machine. Love the socks.
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie : Mystery in Mystery, Alaska. Love the black/brown combo.
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie: The Beers road blues in Baseketball.

I am in charge of getting All Star jerseys for my town’s Little League. Town name is Riverside and the leagues colors are red and white. Anybody got some good ideas for a home & away styles?

[quote comment=”96238″]Did the NL players wear pill box hats in the 76 All Star game? I seem to recall a team photo with the players dressed like that. Does anyone remember that?[/quote]

I have the game at home…Ill check when I get in.

[quote comment=”96283″][quote comment=”96025″]Pittsburgh Steelers new punter, link, sporting a pair of Nike Zoom T90’s. Also from that paper, another picture of the gold helmets, this time by link. Note that he is also playing with a soccer ball.[/quote]

Sorry to ignore the hotdog talk (just ask the expert, Dick Portillo – Mustard, Relish, Onion, Pickle, Cucumber, Tomato, Sport Pepper, and Celery Salt, and NOTHING else [as if there’s room for ketchup]) … but is that a full-size soccer ball? It looks awefully small.[/quote]

1) it appears to be a kids or girls ball(use smaller than the men do in pro/college/HS.
2) It doesnt appear to be fully inflated

Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie: Tampico Stogies in Long Gone Lonesome Blues

oriole park at camden yards is a great park yes, but what makes it so incredible is its location.
there is so much to do in 10 minute walk around the park.

inner harbor,
the shops,
fells point,
power plant area,

for those who have never been, get saturday tickets and make a weekend out of it…

not too many stadiums offer the gamut of things to do in a spot so close to the park…

its really an amazing trip

Camden is great; it’s newer, yet still nostalgic in feel. True nostalgia can only come from places like Wrigley, Fenway, Yankee Stadium, or Dodger Stadium. As for the modern parks, don’t discount PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The Pirates play AAAA baseball, but it’s a fantastic experience to watch a game there. I’ve been to some shitholes, too: Fulton County Stadium, Olympic Stadium in Montreal, and RFK in DC. I’d also recommend Jacobs Field as a solid place to catch a game.

Great discovery for those who love stripes:

link versus link in the Canadian Rugby Superleague. Wow!

[quote comment=”96110″]Anybody know if there is a searchable database of Topps baseball cards online?[/quote]

How does link grab you? It’s not complete, and the pictures aren’t particularly high-quality, but…

i was flipping through channels and saw the ohio state versus la lafeyette and noticed some strange logo creep. the nike swoosh is above the ass pocket on osu. lafeyette has some pretty good looking pinstripes though.

I’d definately drive down from Philly for Uniwatch gathering in Baltimore. A warm day at Camden Yards, a crabcake sandwich, and a cold beer. Life doesn’t get much better.

Regarding the best movie jersey. Not the best jersey, but an interesting one. I always thought the lacing on the Nazis jersey was pretty interest despite the fact that it was on the Nazi uni and the facts that they sported red socks. Please, by no means do I support or condone any action taken by this group of people. Just found it as an interesting uni design which was politically/ideologically motivated. Can anyone think of any other examples.
Here is a link to the stills from the movie.

Also, I really liked the link link Slapshot. Sorry these are the best link I could find. Scroll down a bit for the last link.

Found this review of San Jose’s Municipal Stadium with a couple of mural shots. Scroll down to the bottom to see the painting in the men’s restroom. Cool that they have baseball painting above the urinals, but doesn’t it look like the players are relieving themselves on the outfield wall?

[quote comment=”96317″]So depressed. I’ve snickered every time I’ve seen the Sabre’s new logo … then I got an e-mail from my high school … I’m going to go cry now.

link

This may lack of taste but am I the only who thinks the Bison is molesting the word banner?

[quote comment=”96309″][quote comment=”96306″][quote comment=”96304″][quote comment=”96290″]oriole park at camden yards is a great park yes, but what makes it so incredible is its location.
there is so much to do in 10 minute walk around the park.

inner harbor,
the shops,
fells point,
power plant area,

for those who have never been, get saturday tickets and make a weekend out of it…

not too many stadiums offer the gamut of things to do in a spot so close to the park…

its really an amazing trip[/quote]

Now THAT is an idea for the area UniWatch gathering! Catch a game at the Yard and tour the link.

[/quote]

Hell YEAH! Pickels or Sliders before the game…Federal Hill or Fells (Canton?) after the game. Good times![/quote]

But…we’d have to get Paul down here before it gets too far into August…and the purple Ravens lamppost banners replace all the O’s banners around town![/quote]

Don’t forget the Babe Ruth museum just a block or two away. It’s very small, but there are definately some uni gems there. I was just in there last year and was pissed I forgot my camera.

[quote comment=”96317″]So depressed. I’ve snickered every time I’ve seen the Sabre’s new logo … then I got an e-mail from my high school … I’m going to go cry now.

link

Ha, I used to live right across the street from there (I went to Stevenson, though, which has been mentioned here before for having pretty horrible green-and-gold football uniforms and using various New England Patriots logos)

sportsnet new york is showing a game from the 1969 mets world series on monday night. it features the orioles road uniforms with “baltimore” on the front. i have seen one of the other games and the unis look awesome

[quote comment=”96227″]
Bull and Bush is a great location to hold it–great on-site brews, oodles of parking–but as an alternative suggestion for the more downtown-inclined, the Wynkoop Brewery is a decent choice. Of course, it might help Mr. Lukas if we got him away from Coors Field and the purple Rockies jerseys.[/quote]

Wow. I don’t think B&B has that much parking. They sure were short last night.

Wynkoop could work. I was thinking of lots of places, but then it hit me: link!

Loved the NY Mammoths in Bang The Drum Slowly
Hated the unis in Any Given Sunday (which sucked)
Mystery Alaska unis were awesome

[quote comment=”96184″]RE: the pillbox caps. From Wikipedia:

In 1976 to celebrate the National League’s 100th season, along with several other N.L. clubs–including the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the New York Mets–the Reds adopted an old-fashioned pillbox-style cap for use during nostalgia events. Unlike the Pirates and the Cardinals, the Reds did not make regular use of this cap, which featured a white crown with two encircling red stripes, a red bill, and a red wishbone C insignia. For regular wear, the Reds stuck to their all-red caps.[/quote]

I was living in St. Louis in 1976 and went to lots of games, and I don’t remember them wearing those caps at all. Could be my faulty memory, but I think they probably only wore them occasionally.

excellent topic

football (usa) : miami sharx (they play every game in black)any given sunday
baseball : link(hardball) gray/green pinsrtipes

hockey : youngblood white/scarlet

football (world) : prisoneers white/blue and red stripe (usa lookalike, what a coincidence) in victory
overall : average joes (shiny yellow) or link in captain tsubasa, yellow with blue/red sleeve insert, just for childhood memories

I live in San Jose (and attend San Jose State University…only a few blocks away from Municipal), and I used to go to SJ Giants games quite often. They play third fiddle around here to the SF Giants and Oakland A’s, so the stadium is hardly a big deal to most people around here. It’s definitely a nice place to watch a game and see baseball at its purest. I’m quite partial to attending SJSU games there, however.

[quote comment=”96334″]When the Orioles were designing their new park, they used New Comiskey as a model of what they didn’t want. They (and HOK) came up with Camden Yards instead, and sparked the move to retro ballpark design that’s been so successful.

New Comiskey and Camden (both HOK projects) opened only one year apart; it is very unlikely that HOK was influenced by what was preceived as “bad” about Comiskey in designing Camden.

In fact, the key moment was when the main Camden architect was inspired to not work around the B&O Warehouse, but to incorporate it in the design. It led to the asymmetrical dimensions, the red brick, the dark green iron and steel, etc.[/quote]

are there any pics online which show overhead/sky views of the b&o warehouse at all stages,
during operation, prior to construction, during construction, after construction?

Wahtching OK State and Creighton in college baseball action. Gotta love the Creighton in the home whites and OK State in the traditional away greys.

[quote comment=”96355″][quote comment=”96350″]I like the unis of the Tampico Stogies from my fave baseball movie, Long Gone. This is small, but if you click on it you get a bigger one.

link

GRISSOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

god, did i have a thing for virginia madsen growing up…[/quote]

I still do, man, I still do. Loved her in Sideways. Paul Giamatti SO did not deserve her.

[quote comment=”96362″][quote comment=”96360″][quote comment=”96355″][quote comment=”96350″]I like the unis of the Tampico Stogies from my fave baseball movie, Long Gone. This is small, but if you click on it you get a bigger one.

link

GRISSOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

god, did i have a thing for virginia madsen growing up…[/quote]

I still do, man, I still do. Loved her in Sideways. Paul Giamatti SO did not deserve her.[/quote]

ahh. pig vomit…[/quote]

?????

To whom or what are you referring, sir?

[quote comment=”96364″][quote comment=”96362″][quote comment=”96360″][quote comment=”96355″][quote comment=”96350″]I like the unis of the Tampico Stogies from my fave baseball movie, Long Gone. This is small, but if you click on it you get a bigger one.

link

GRISSOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

god, did i have a thing for virginia madsen growing up…[/quote]

I still do, man, I still do. Loved her in Sideways. Paul Giamatti SO did not deserve her.[/quote]

ahh. pig vomit…[/quote]

?????

To whom or what are you referring, sir?[/quote]

link = link in link.

[quote comment=”96303″][quote comment=”96110″]Anybody know if there is a searchable database of Topps baseball cards online?[/quote]

How does link grab you? It’s not complete, and the pictures aren’t particularly high-quality, but…[/quote]
Thanks, Eriq. link is the card I was looking for.

This is small, but if you click on it you get a bigger one.

That’s what she said.

[quote comment=”96369″][quote comment=”96364″][quote comment=”96362″][quote comment=”96360″][quote comment=”96355″][quote comment=”96350″]I like the unis of the Tampico Stogies from my fave baseball movie, Long Gone. This is small, but if you click on it you get a bigger one.

link

GRISSOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

god, did i have a thing for virginia madsen growing up…[/quote]

I still do, man, I still do. Loved her in Sideways. Paul Giamatti SO did not deserve her.[/quote]

ahh. pig vomit…[/quote]

?????

To whom or what are you referring, sir?[/quote]

link = link in link.[/quote]

link

[quote comment=”96384″]
link = link in link.[/quote]

The guy you’ve labelled as Kevin Michaels is not a Michaels at all. His name is Kevin Metheney.

Best Football Uniform in a Movie :
Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie :
Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie:
Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :
Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie :
Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie:

I’m going to go with the any-uniform-in-a-movie-that-involved-Air Bud for all of my answers. I mean, there are some athletes in the world today, but that damn dog can flat out play.

speaking of great baseball stadiums, the new Toledo Mud Hens home is great. in downtown and just looks great. plus, they used to be as good as the tigers

[quote comment=”96321″]http://www.small-parks.com/Municipal.htm

This is the URL for the Muni Stadium review.[/quote]
Beyond the right field fence and the parking lot is Logitech Ice. The training ice rink for the San Jose Sharks.

There are four full size NHL rinks at Logitech. Diagonally across from there is Spartan Stadium home of San Jose State football.

Is anybody watching the Yankees game? I think Chien-Ming Wang got a hair cut. Being the Yankees, I think short hair can be considered a part of the uniform.

I am watching the Marlins/Brewers game and noticed that Jeff Suppan has no “1982 Anniversary Patch” on his right sleeve like all the other players. If I had to assume I would think because he is right handed, he doesn’t like the feel of that big patch on his throwing arm. I have the jersey on right now and it does make the sleeve a little stiff I guess but shouldn’t cause that many problems. But pitchers can get fussy I suppose. And I would have to go back and check, but I don’t think Suppan has pitched on a Retro Friday yet. If he has I wonder if he had the patch missing then too.

link

link

[quote comment=”96286″][quote comment=”96283″][quote comment=”96025″]Pittsburgh Steelers new punter, link, sporting a pair of Nike Zoom T90’s. Also from that paper, another picture of the gold helmets, this time by link. Note that he is also playing with a soccer ball.[/quote]

Sorry to ignore the hotdog talk (just ask the expert, Dick Portillo – Mustard, Relish, Onion, Pickle, Cucumber, Tomato, Sport Pepper, and Celery Salt, and NOTHING else [as if there’s room for ketchup]) … but is that a full-size soccer ball? It looks awefully small.[/quote]

1) it appears to be a kids or girls ball(use smaller than the men do in pro/college/HS.
2) It doesnt appear to be fully inflated[/quote]
No such thing as a girls soccer ball. Size 3 is for tiny kids, Size 4 runs through U11, and size 5 is for everyone of both genders, U12 through the big leagues.

[quote comment=”96421″][quote comment=”96415″]I can to longer post a comment with a link, but go to si.com’s photo album of the worst teams money can buy, and look at the Mets one. I’ve never seen those unis.[/quote]
link[/quote]

Yeah, he must mean that. That looks like spring training jerseys. Anyone? See how Bonilla is wearing a helmet with no flaps, and his hat under it?

Oops the link didn’t work.
link.

[quote comment=”96452″][quote comment=”96421″][quote comment=”96415″]I can to longer post a comment with a link, but go to si.com’s photo album of the worst teams money can buy, and look at the Mets one. I’ve never seen those unis.[/quote]
link[/quote]

Yeah, he must mean that.

That looks like spring training jerseys.

Anyone?

See how Bonilla is wearing a helmet with no flaps, and his hat under it?[/quote]

According to link An Illustrated Guide to MLB Jersey Styles and Lettering, The Double Knit Era Collectors’ Reference (1970-2005), this is a home batting practice jersey that was used from 1988 to 1992.

For those who haven’t seen it, Henderson’s work is an invaluable reference for uni fans and collectors.

[quote comment=”96061″]Hey Stuby,

Here is a pin with link in said pillbox cap.[/quote]

The image is reversed in the pic on the pin!

[quote comment=”96242″]Hey, every baseball park is different, and people like different things.

If you want to rag on the Twins’ baggie-dome, I don’t think anyone will disagree with you. That was a horrible mistake (and, to boot, it actually affects the game on the field in a very frustrating way).

I love US Cellular, but I’m a Sox fan. So take it for what you will. However, it is no where near universally bad. It looks good now with the green and trimmed-down upper deck. It is tremendously comfortable (sitting, seeing, getting around). It is very easy to get to and park (oh, and tailgating! Can’t do that at Wrigley or Fenway, right?)

I admire Wrigley and Fenway for their “quaintness”… but come on, without the “history” attached, both stadiums are dirty and uncomfortable.[/quote]

Tailgating is for football, noot baseball.

Can’t find a picture/screen cap, but in the Cubs brawl today, you can see that the Cubs C is peeling off the helmet of Michael Barrett as him and Zambrano go at it.

[quote comment=”96488″]Tailgating is for football, noot baseball.[/quote]

Tell that to the bastards who tailgate at Shea Stadium, which makes the parking even more impossible to find now that they’ve lost about 2000 spots to the Citifield construction.

I think tailgating is fun and all, but when there is a huge shortage of spots and you and your buddies decide to take up 3 spots so you can stuff your fat faces before the game, that’s just plain stupid and inconsiderate.

[quote comment=”96268″][quote comment=”96200″]We can’t, Todd? Are you SURE we can’t? 0=)[/quote]

ok anthony, you are allowed 1 “wiz wit”…

i’ll try all fictional teams
Best Football Uniform in a Movie :
a. taft high- the best of times
b. ampipe high- all the right moves
c. eastern state university- the program

Best Baseball Uniform in a Movie :
a. the bears- bad news bears

Best Basketball Uniform in a Movie:
a. hickory high (home 2 tones)- hoosiers

Best “Soccer” Uniform in a Movie :
a. prisoners team- victory

Best Hockey Uniform in a Movie :
a. charleston chiefs- slapshot
b. mystery- mystery, alaska
c. hamilton mustangs- youngblood

Best Fictional Sport Uniform in a Movie:
toughy… could list about 2 dozen more…[/quote]

Eastern State University was my alma mater! Sort of. I was part of the South Carolina Band for that movie. The uniforms were good, but I’m not a big fan of maroon.

I agree with most of your picks. However, I think the NY Knights from The Natural are better than the Bears. I like the color scheme better.

For those of you too busy on your Friday night to torture yourselves with a purple on purple matchup at the WCWS, check out the photo gallery link.

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