Bobby Bonilla Isn’t the Only One Who Can Show You the Bronx

so i guess Japan is red, white, and blue now too?

Scrolling through Ebay yesterday and saw link I didn’t realize they made them for teams other than the bears. As A clevelander this qas quite a surprise.

Scrolling through Ebay yesterday and saw link I didn’t realize they made them for teams other than the bears. As A clevelander this was quite a surprise.

Fox reports on teams with link.

Regarding the placing of logos on soccer jerseys:

Lotto, for years, were allowed to put their logos on the sleeves of the jersey (so that, if you couldn’t tell from the front, you were seeing a Lotto kit in action). Puma’s shoulder creep is something I think we’re going to see a lot of; it’s just like adidas’ three stripes for Greece, you know?

Also, many kit manufacturers (esp. in England) have put the front logo much higher (above the clavicle instead of at the sternum) this year, presumably to make it unavoidable that the logo be shown when a player’s picture is snapped during an EPL match.

That Yanks dugout photo seems to show they didn’t have consistent numbers amongst the players. The 36 and 25(?) don’t match the 39.

did anyone else find the story (next to last ticker item) on corporate sponsorship, which in no small part bemoaned the passage from shea to citifield, featured an AD smack in the middle of the story of a home show, sponsored by chase?

delicious irony or sardonic reality?

In that Oregon football picture, doesn’t that look an awful lot like Dennis Dixon on the right wearing #55? The only #55 listed on UO’s roster is a linebacker named Casey Matthews, and he, uh…doesn’t look like Dennis Dixon: link

[quote comment=”252601″]That Yanks dugout photo seems to show they didn’t have consistent numbers amongst the players. The 36 and 25(?) don’t match the 39.[/quote]
Exactly. “Check out the different number fonts,” writes Scott.

Paul won’t like this one: check out David Wright’s threads during Monday night’s taping of the Late Show with David Letterman (scroll half way down the page to see pic):

link

The downhill insignia on the Waterloo Hawks’ uniforms is not that unusual. As we know, water flows downhill.

While channel-flipping last night, I was surprised to stumble across the NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts,

What is your definition of skimpy? Before shorts all the sudden had to come down to your knee, shorts like those were normal.

While channel-flipping last night, I was surprised to stumble across the NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts. Can’t they just wear slacks, like the guys?

What I find interesting is if this was a women’s college volleyball game, where all the ladies seem to be in much better shape, I do not think you would be asking them to wear slacks. When women’s volleyball pictures have been posted in the past, where they wear the really short shorts, no one says “why can’t they wear what the men wear”

Paul,

link the photo of the girl from Winter Haven High (vs Tampa King). The link above didn’t work.

All this over a stadium that they tore down in the mid 1970s.

[quote]While channel-flipping last night, I was surprised to stumble across the NCAA women’s bowling championships.[/quote]

dude…you DVR’ed it…don’t try to play coy

[quote comment=”252610″]While channel-flipping last night, I was surprised to stumble across the NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts. Can’t they just wear slacks, like the guys?

What I find interesting is if this was a women’s college volleyball game, where all the ladies seem to be in much better shape, I do not think you would be asking them to wear slacks. When women’s volleyball pictures have been posted in the past, where they wear the really short shorts, no one says “why can’t they wear what the men wear”[/quote]

Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts.

Anybody know whether team bowling shoes exist? All I can make out in the pics are basic blacks. It would be great if the classic (read: garish clown-style) bowling shoe design could be adapted to a school’s particular colors. And what happened to those “old school” style bowling shirts?

Posted this yesterday so it was pretty late. Here is a video about Hawaii’s new Under Armor uniforms.

link

What exactly is the point for those thin bands?

Like, do they serve any purpose, i.e. tendon support?

In that image that is not a nike sweat band. It is a brace worn around the bottom of the knee to prevent swelling around the patella (knee cap) and also helps with those with Meniscus problems.

Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.

Watching the Ohio State-Purdue softball game the other day I noticed that some OSU players had a swoosh on the tips of their belts. No screen grab, (un)fortunately

I don’t know if it applies to bowling, but I may be able to give a little insight into the whole skirt wearing thing. I’ve posted this before, but it’s been awhile.
I know that where field hockey is concerned, when it became an accetable women’s parlor game in the early 1900s, in was still not acceptable for women to wear shorts or pants, so they wore long skirts (check out the link below).
By the time it was OK for women to wear shorts, the skirts had become tradition, so while some teams switched to sports, most just shortened the skirts. I have no clue as to the history of bowling or its unis, but maybe it’s the same thing.

link

Thank you Japan for showing us why softball should be eliminated from the Olympics.

Just correcting my post- instead of “while some teams switched to sports”, it should read “while some teams switched to shorts.”

btw … i too caught the bowling and it was high comedy … they all stand behind the bowler (as seen in the pics) and go nuts after every strike (or spare).

[quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.

Here’s an example of link wearing said bands around his arms at the elbows.

I wouldn’t think that the NFL would permit accessories like this, other than actual sweat bands that go over the wrists or forearms, to the uniform unless they have some kind of specific medical reason for wearing them.

So what’s the consensus? Over-accessorization or what?

[quote comment=”252631″][quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.[/quote]

Ah, I see. Point well taken. Still, the notion of bowlers wearing shorts or skirts (or skorts, as some female pro bowlers have done) seems like an antiquated relic from the days when the sight of a woman in pants was considered threatening or radical.

Hey, I know the Concepcion photo with the “13 bat” is from a legitimate source, but am I the only one that looked at it and thought that might be a classic example of a “Picture That Looks PhotoShopped, but Really Isn’t?”

On the picture of Waterloo, it looks like the guys on the ends don’t have their logo going down but normal, maybe they are the managers. and as for the browns sweatshirt on ebay, isn’t that what Belichick wore when he was coaching in Cleveland?

[quote comment=”252614″][quote comment=”252610″]While channel-flipping last night, I was surprised to stumble across the NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts. Can’t they just wear slacks, like the guys?

What I find interesting is if this was a women’s college volleyball game, where all the ladies seem to be in much better shape, I do not think you would be asking them to wear slacks. When women’s volleyball pictures have been posted in the past, where they wear the really short shorts, no one says “why can’t they wear what the men wear”[/quote]

Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.[/quote]

I understand that, but there is a vast difference between the shorts mens volleyball players wear and women’s volleyball players wear

compare

link

with

link

[quote comment=”252618″]What exactly is the point for those thin bands?

Like, do they serve any purpose, i.e. tendon support?[/quote]
I think they are for link. Although the link is for tennis-related items, they look very similar.

[quote comment=”252633″][quote comment=”252631″][quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.[/quote]

Ah, I see. Point well taken. Still, the notion of bowlers wearing shorts or skirts (or skorts, as some female pro bowlers have done) seems like an antiquated relic from the days when the sight of a woman in pants was considered threatening or radical.[/quote]

And on a related point, I think that woman who play sports may want to still retain their femininity. When I have seen ladies professional bowling in the past, and they wear the slacks, it seems like they may be trying to “look” more like men. Even if slacks may be more comfortable, however, the ladies here may still want to emphasize thier femininity. I would think it is the same reason that a lot of professional women golfers wear skirts, even though slacks would seem more comfortable for golfing, and the college women volleyball players wear what must be really uncomfortable shorts.

[quote comment=”252636″][quote comment=”252614″][quote comment=”252610″]While channel-flipping last night, I was surprised to stumble across the NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts. Can’t they just wear slacks, like the guys?

What I find interesting is if this was a women’s college volleyball game, where all the ladies seem to be in much better shape, I do not think you would be asking them to wear slacks. When women’s volleyball pictures have been posted in the past, where they wear the really short shorts, no one says “why can’t they wear what the men wear”[/quote]

Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.[/quote]

I understand that, but there is a vast difference between the shorts mens volleyball players wear and women’s volleyball players wear

compare

link

with

link

Hmm, I don’t think I quite understand. Perhaps someone could post more pictures of women in volleyball shorts. :)

The photo of Babe Ruth in the dugout is extraordinary. Look at the exquisite folds and textures in that blanket. The shadows and light. The composition. Ruth’s pensive expression. He looks like Christ contemplating his fate after Judas took his exit from the Last Supper. (Or maybe he’s just really cold, I dunno.)

Yeah what is up with that same font in the early days by the Yanks and Sox?

[quote comment=”252603″]did anyone else find the story (next to last ticker item) on corporate sponsorship, which in no small part bemoaned the passage from shea to citifield, featured an AD smack in the middle of the story of a home show, sponsored by chase?

delicious irony or sardonic reality?[/quote]

Neither, actually. The paper is a private enterprise, and he’s bemoaning placing corporate names on public spaces.

Maybe Citi Field isn’t the best example, since the Mets paid for most of it themselves. But the City of New York still owns it, so comparisons with the Detroit Free Press don’t really hold.

On a semi-related shorts note, is there any reason aside from tradition as to why male golfers don’t/aren’t allowed to wear shorts? The LPGA doesn’t have a problem with this. Would this be another case of the female athletes wanting to be more feminine? I’m sure the tour doesn’t mind some of the better looking LPGA players showing off but female golfers have always worn shorts/skirts right?

So I was watching the Red Wings give up three goals in the last four minutes of the third to blow their win against the Preds last night on hockeywebcasts.com (which I recently discovered since I’m shafted by Versus), and I noticed the captain’s patch on Lidstrom’s jersey is sewn over a seam on his left chest… Now didn’t they have to do the whole switch-sides shpeel for the captain’s patch *because* of it not fitting without going over the seams? I know this is obvious on other team’s jerseys but still… This makes me a sad puppy.

“It looks like they’ve got Justin Timberlake wearing an old fiberglass mask, which would be slightly anachronistic – and bizarre, since they seem to have a lot of other things pegged (down to the Stanley Cup playoff patches).”

But it makes sense for the movie – if they show a bunch of free-flowing hockey action with a stunt double, you would be able to tell easier if he wore a current-style facemask. This way, like in Miracle, they can have a stunt goalie make the saves then close-up of JT’s face after he flips the mask back up.

Of course, Timberlake is so talented, I wonder why they didn’t choreograph the hockey scene minus the puck, then go back in an add the puck digitally. It’s not like you would have been able to tell, and I’m sure they could have pulled it off.

[quote comment=”252643″][quote comment=”252603″]did anyone else find the story (next to last ticker item) on corporate sponsorship, which in no small part bemoaned the passage from shea to citifield, featured an AD smack in the middle of the story of a home show, sponsored by chase?

delicious irony or sardonic reality?[/quote]

Neither, actually. The paper is a private enterprise, and he’s bemoaning placing corporate names on public spaces.

Maybe Citi Field isn’t the best example, since the Mets paid for most of it themselves. But the City of New York still owns it, so comparisons with the Detroit Free Press don’t really hold.[/quote]

actually i was just pointing out they were ripping on citifield in a story with an ad from chase

not so much the difference in a privately held publication versus a (somewhat) publicly owned stadium

ne’ertheless, mea culpa for not being more clear

These are volleyball link, maybe small in size, but still link. :)

[quote comment=”252650″]These are volleyball link, maybe small in size, but still link. :)[/quote]

isn’t the “c” the wrong color? or are those old photos…

i believe we will need someone to post more recent photos to ensure the integrity of the uniform

Chelsea Keeper Petr Cech has added to his link, this was due to 50 stitches on his chin from a training ground accident

[quote comment=”252639″]
And on a related point, I think that woman who play sports may want to still retain their femininity. When I have seen ladies professional bowling in the past, and they wear the slacks, it seems like they may be trying to “look” more like men. Even if slacks may be more comfortable, however, the ladies here may still want to emphasize thier femininity. I would think it is the same reason that a lot of professional women golfers wear skirts, even though slacks would seem more comfortable for golfing, and the college women volleyball players wear what must be really uncomfortable shorts.[/quote]

I guess only if you consider pants are “unfeminine”, or think athletic prowess is necessarily masculine….

[quote comment=”252619″]In that image that is not a nike sweat band. It is a brace worn around the bottom of the knee to prevent swelling around the patella (knee cap) and also helps with those with Meniscus problems.[/quote]

Would the brace be beneficial to someone who has a torn meniscus? Would it be beneficial after his surgery on May 2nd?

[quote comment=”252648″]“It looks like they’ve got Justin Timberlake wearing an old fiberglass mask, which would be slightly anachronistic – and bizarre, since they seem to have a lot of other things pegged (down to the Stanley Cup playoff patches).”

But it makes sense for the movie – if they show a bunch of free-flowing hockey action with a stunt double, you would be able to tell easier if he wore a current-style facemask. This way, like in Miracle, they can have a stunt goalie make the saves then close-up of JT’s face after he flips the mask back up.

Of course, Timberlake is so talented, I wonder why they didn’t choreograph the hockey scene minus the puck, then go back in an add the puck digitally. It’s not like you would have been able to tell, and I’m sure they could have pulled it off.[/quote]

True, but that’s an awful lot of time and money. Balance that against wearing a slightly out-of-date mask, and it’s no contest.

[quote comment=”252633″][quote comment=”252631″][quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.[/quote]

Ah, I see. Point well taken. Still, the notion of bowlers wearing shorts or skirts (or skorts, as some female pro bowlers have done) seems like an antiquated relic from the days when the sight of a woman in pants was considered threatening or radical.[/quote]

I agree that the bowlers look strange in skirts, much like those female basketball teams you linked to at some point.

Just out of curiosity, do people think that female tennis players wearing skirts is antiquated as well? Personally I think it would look strange to see them in regular shorts, but that might just be because I’m so used to the skirts.

[quote comment=”252639″][quote comment=”252633″][quote comment=”252631″][quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.[/quote]

Ah, I see. Point well taken. Still, the notion of bowlers wearing shorts or skirts (or skorts, as some female pro bowlers have done) seems like an antiquated relic from the days when the sight of a woman in pants was considered threatening or radical.[/quote]

And on a related point, I think that woman who play sports may want to still retain their femininity. When I have seen ladies professional bowling in the past, and they wear the slacks, it seems like they may be trying to “look” more like men. Even if slacks may be more comfortable, however, the ladies here may still want to emphasize thier femininity. I would think it is the same reason that a lot of professional women golfers wear skirts, even though slacks would seem more comfortable for golfing, and the college women volleyball players wear what must be really uncomfortable shorts.[/quote]

Man, you could write a whole textbook on fucked-up gender relations based on that post.

[quote comment=”252644″]On a semi-related shorts note, is there any reason aside from tradition as to why male golfers don’t/aren’t allowed to wear shorts? The LPGA doesn’t have a problem with this. Would this be another case of the female athletes wanting to be more feminine? I’m sure the tour doesn’t mind some of the better looking LPGA players showing off but female golfers have always worn shorts/skirts right?[/quote]

Maybe to make it appear as more of a “gentelmen’s” game? If they wore shorts, it’d be more casual. Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.

[quote comment=”252632″]Here’s an example of link wearing said bands around his arms at the elbows.

I wouldn’t think that the NFL would permit accessories like this, other than actual sweat bands that go over the wrists or forearms, to the uniform unless they have some kind of specific medical reason for wearing them.

So what’s the consensus? Over-accessorization or what?[/quote]

I actually really like the thin bands right around the elbow areas. It looks less bulky than the guys wearing wristbands, and I think it can accentuate the muscles just a bit, and I can understand why guys would want that. I know it’s turned into an extra swoosh or three stripes at the college level, but I just think it looks kinda tough, but sleek and I think it works as an accessory.

When I start a new season of NCAA football, I go in and take white wristbands off of every player on my Michigan squad, either using black for black players (because the black wristbands look a little more like tape) or generally nothing on the wrists for white guys. I also add the thin elbow bands to many of the players, and use the gloves under tape combo for offensive linemen…oh, and I remove all sleeves from offensive linemen and defensive tackles. My nasty guys in the trenches are too tough for sleeves.

Speaking from personal experience, as someone who played a sport where the women wear skirts, it doesn’t really have to do with femininity. In high school hockey, my team changed to shorts the year before my freshman year after deciding they didn’t want to wear skirts anymore. But after two years, we switched back to the skirts. In shorts, alot of us felt like we weren’t being field hockey players- we looked and felt like soccer players. So, we got new unis again and picked skirts- it didn’t feel antiquated,it’s a tradition of the sport and we were proud of our sport.
By the way, it wasn’t just my school- alot of teams around us did the exact same thing at pretty much the same time.

[quote comment=”252604″]In that Oregon football picture, doesn’t that look an awful lot like Dennis Dixon on the right wearing #55? The only #55 listed on UO’s roster is a linebacker named Casey Matthews, and he, uh…doesn’t look like Dennis Dixon: link[/quote]

That pic is almost four years old now! We should check the roster a few years back. It’s definitely not Dixon.

[quote comment=”252599″]Fox reports on teams with link.[/quote]

Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…

[quote comment=”252654″][quote comment=”252619″]In that image that is not a nike sweat band. It is a brace worn around the bottom of the knee to prevent swelling around the patella (knee cap) and also helps with those with Meniscus problems.[/quote]

Would the brace be beneficial to someone who has a torn meniscus? Would it be beneficial after his surgery on May 2nd?[/quote]

I am not sure, I have a torn meniscus but have yet had a procedure done. IT was suggested that I use it or some sort of brace for support. My guess something more then the regular piece of rubber, something with metal on each side or hard plastic. For now probably icing it or moist heat, like a hot towel would work for swelling.

[quote comment=”252639″][quote comment=”252633″][quote comment=”252631″][quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.[/quote]

Ah, I see. Point well taken. Still, the notion of bowlers wearing shorts or skirts (or skorts, as some female pro bowlers have done) seems like an antiquated relic from the days when the sight of a woman in pants was considered threatening or radical.[/quote]

And on a related point, I think that woman who play sports may want to still retain their femininity. When I have seen ladies professional bowling in the past, and they wear the slacks, it seems like they may be trying to “look” more like men. Even if slacks may be more comfortable, however, the ladies here may still want to emphasize thier femininity. I would think it is the same reason that a lot of professional women golfers wear skirts, even though slacks would seem more comfortable for golfing, and the college women volleyball players wear what must be really uncomfortable shorts.[/quote]

So do we think that female beach volleyball players wear bikinis as their uniforms for performance or aesthetic reasons? (Most teams do coordinate their swimwear, so they fall fairly close to uniforms.)

Last year at the Brooklyn AVP, I was shocked to see Logan Tom wearing a jogging top and full-length spandex pants on Friday. She joined rank on Saturday and switched over to the bikini.

(and remember, ladies and gentlemen, keep the comments on a mature level – we should all be familiar with the edict regarding this type of discussion)

[quote comment=”252659″]
Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
As if wearing a green jacket isn’t silly in and of itself.

Are there any other sports that award an article of clothing as a trophy? I know that cycling awards snazzy colored jerseys to season champions, stage champions, etc (as Bryan has given us in great link) but is that really a trophy? When you go to the Masters website, it actualy link as part of the trophy and award package presented to the winner.

Can anyone come up with any other ones?

Thank you Japan for showing us why softball should be eliminated from the Olympics.[quote comment=”252671″][quote comment=”252659″]
Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
As if wearing a green jacket isn’t silly in and of itself.

Are there any other sports that award an article of clothing as a trophy? I know that cycling awards snazzy colored jerseys to season champions, stage champions, etc (as Bryan has given us in great link) but is that really a trophy? When you go to the Masters website, it actualy link as part of the trophy and award package presented to the winner.

Can anyone come up with any other ones?[/quote]

Well, boxing has all those belts….

or would you consider that an accessory instead of an article of clothing?

[quote comment=”252667″][quote comment=”252599″]Fox reports on teams with link.[/quote]

Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

And The Simpsons.

[quote comment=”252615″]NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts.

Anybody know whether team bowling shoes exist? All I can make out in the pics are basic blacks. It would be great if the classic (read: garish clown-style) bowling shoe design could be adapted to a school’s particular colors. And what happened to those “old school” style bowling shirts?[/quote]

As a former collegiate bowler, lemme address this.

As far as I know, team bowling shoes do not exist. As in other sports, shoes are frequently customized and personalized. There’s also plenty of shoes to choose from, not just “basic black”.

link

The “classic” shoes you are referring to are rental shoes, more commonly known as house shoes. Bowling centers are known as “houses” and the shoes they rent…..house shoes. If someone bowls on a regular basis, one of the first things they get are their own shoes. More comfortable, better performing and more cost-effective.

“Old-school” bowling shirts have been hijacked by the non-bowling hipsters and thrift store devotees for the most part. You see them every now and again, especially more recently, but for the most part, bowlers don’t wear them.

For me, women bowling in skirts, short or “skorts” just look right to me. I’ve seen plenty of women bowl in pants and it just looks odd. From what I’ve heard from the ladies I’ve bowled with, they prefer the skirt-short-skort option over pants.

Sorry, my browser kept an artifact from my previous comment.

[quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks

[quote]The “classic” shoes you are referring to are rental shoes, more commonly known as house shoes. Bowling centers are known as “houses” and the shoes they rent…..house shoes.[/quote]

and to paraphrase diane chambers, something that “only 7,000 people have worn before you”

[quote comment=”252672″]Thank you Japan for showing us why softball should be eliminated from the Olympics.[quote comment=”252671″][quote comment=”252659″]
Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
As if wearing a green jacket isn’t silly in and of itself.

Are there any other sports that award an article of clothing as a trophy? I know that cycling awards snazzy colored jerseys to season champions, stage champions, etc (as Bryan has given us in great link) but is that really a trophy? When you go to the Masters website, it actualy link as part of the trophy and award package presented to the winner.

Can anyone come up with any other ones?[/quote]

Well, boxing has all those belts….

or would you consider that an accessory instead of an article of clothing?[/quote]
Don’t even get Mr. Redemske started, or he’ll go Lorenzo Mata-Real on you.
(/stupid hats)

[quote comment=”252669″][quote comment=”252639″][quote comment=”252633″][quote comment=”252631″][quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.[/quote]

Ah, I see. Point well taken. Still, the notion of bowlers wearing shorts or skirts (or skorts, as some female pro bowlers have done) seems like an antiquated relic from the days when the sight of a woman in pants was considered threatening or radical.[/quote]

And on a related point, I think that woman who play sports may want to still retain their femininity. When I have seen ladies professional bowling in the past, and they wear the slacks, it seems like they may be trying to “look” more like men. Even if slacks may be more comfortable, however, the ladies here may still want to emphasize thier femininity. I would think it is the same reason that a lot of professional women golfers wear skirts, even though slacks would seem more comfortable for golfing, and the college women volleyball players wear what must be really uncomfortable shorts.[/quote]

So do we think that female beach volleyball players wear bikinis as their uniforms for performance or aesthetic reasons? (Most teams do coordinate their swimwear, so they fall fairly close to uniforms.)

Last year at the Brooklyn AVP, I was shocked to see Logan Tom wearing a jogging top and full-length spandex pants on Friday. She joined rank on Saturday and switched over to the bikini.

(and remember, ladies and gentlemen, keep the comments on a mature level – we should all be familiar with the edict regarding this type of discussion)[/quote]
I think it’s sorta both. Obviously tight clothes like spandex are good for athletics because they’re usually less constricting, but could they be a little longer…yeah of course. And theres quite a few sports where men wear spandex too– cycling, running, crew, etc. In fact, if it wasn’t such a social faux pas I wouldn’t be surprised to see men in sports like volleyball or tennis wear much tighter stuff then they do now.

[quote comment=”252675″][quote comment=”252615″]NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts.

Anybody know whether team bowling shoes exist? All I can make out in the pics are basic blacks. It would be great if the classic (read: garish clown-style) bowling shoe design could be adapted to a school’s particular colors. And what happened to those “old school” style bowling shirts?[/quote]

As a former collegiate bowler, lemme address this.

As far as I know, team bowling shoes do not exist. As in other sports, shoes are frequently customized and personalized. There’s also plenty of shoes to choose from, not just “basic black”.

link

The “classic” shoes you are referring to are rental shoes, more commonly known as house shoes. Bowling centers are known as “houses” and the shoes they rent…..house shoes. If someone bowls on a regular basis, one of the first things they get are their own shoes. More comfortable, better performing and more cost-effective.

“Old-school” bowling shirts have been hijacked by the non-bowling hipsters and thrift store devotees for the most part. You see them every now and again, especially more recently, but for the most part, bowlers don’t wear them.

For me, women bowling in skirts, short or “skorts” just look right to me. I’ve seen plenty of women bowl in pants and it just looks odd. From what I’ve heard from the ladies I’ve bowled with, they prefer the skirt-short-skort option over pants.[/quote]
Righty- and lefty-specific shoes? What on Earth?

[quote comment=”252678″][quote]The “classic” shoes you are referring to are rental shoes, more commonly known as house shoes. Bowling centers are known as “houses” and the shoes they rent…..house shoes.[/quote]

and to paraphrase diane chambers, something that “only 7,000 people have worn before you”[/quote]

LOL!! Yup!

[quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?

[quote comment=”252682″][quote comment=”252675″][quote comment=”252615″]NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts.

Anybody know whether team bowling shoes exist? All I can make out in the pics are basic blacks. It would be great if the classic (read: garish clown-style) bowling shoe design could be adapted to a school’s particular colors. And what happened to those “old school” style bowling shirts?[/quote]

As a former collegiate bowler, lemme address this.

As far as I know, team bowling shoes do not exist. As in other sports, shoes are frequently customized and personalized. There’s also plenty of shoes to choose from, not just “basic black”.

link

The “classic” shoes you are referring to are rental shoes, more commonly known as house shoes. Bowling centers are known as “houses” and the shoes they rent…..house shoes. If someone bowls on a regular basis, one of the first things they get are their own shoes. More comfortable, better performing and more cost-effective.

“Old-school” bowling shirts have been hijacked by the non-bowling hipsters and thrift store devotees for the most part. You see them every now and again, especially more recently, but for the most part, bowlers don’t wear them.

For me, women bowling in skirts, short or “skorts” just look right to me. I’ve seen plenty of women bowl in pants and it just looks odd. From what I’ve heard from the ladies I’ve bowled with, they prefer the skirt-short-skort option over pants.[/quote]
Righty- and lefty-specific shoes? What on Earth?[/quote]

Been that way for a looooong time, Mike.

I’m a lefty and slide on my right foot. When I’m making a shot, I don’t want a slide sole on my right foot. In the step before the slide, that step provides balance and power and you don’t wanna be slippin around getting into your slide.

[quote comment=”252693″][quote comment=”252682″][quote comment=”252675″][quote comment=”252615″]NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts.

Anybody know whether team bowling shoes exist? All I can make out in the pics are basic blacks. It would be great if the classic (read: garish clown-style) bowling shoe design could be adapted to a school’s particular colors. And what happened to those “old school” style bowling shirts?[/quote]

As a former collegiate bowler, lemme address this.

As far as I know, team bowling shoes do not exist. As in other sports, shoes are frequently customized and personalized. There’s also plenty of shoes to choose from, not just “basic black”.

link

The “classic” shoes you are referring to are rental shoes, more commonly known as house shoes. Bowling centers are known as “houses” and the shoes they rent…..house shoes. If someone bowls on a regular basis, one of the first things they get are their own shoes. More comfortable, better performing and more cost-effective.

“Old-school” bowling shirts have been hijacked by the non-bowling hipsters and thrift store devotees for the most part. You see them every now and again, especially more recently, but for the most part, bowlers don’t wear them.

For me, women bowling in skirts, short or “skorts” just look right to me. I’ve seen plenty of women bowl in pants and it just looks odd. From what I’ve heard from the ladies I’ve bowled with, they prefer the skirt-short-skort option over pants.[/quote]
Righty- and lefty-specific shoes? What on Earth?[/quote]

Been that way for a looooong time, Mike.

I’m a lefty and slide on my right foot. When I’m making a shot, I don’t want a slide sole on my right foot. In the step before the slide, that step provides balance and power and you don’t wanna be slippin around getting into your slide.[/quote]

Correction…don’t want a slide sole on my left foot.

[quote comment=”252632″]Here’s an example of link wearing said bands around his arms at the elbows.

I wouldn’t think that the NFL would permit accessories like this, other than actual sweat bands that go over the wrists or forearms, to the uniform unless they have some kind of specific medical reason for wearing them.

So what’s the consensus? Over-accessorization or what?[/quote]

Every time I see guys wearing something like this, I think of the Ultimate Warrior:

link

[quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.

[quote comment=”252693″][quote comment=”252682″][quote comment=”252675″][quote comment=”252615″]NCAA women’s bowling championships. Even more surprising: Arkansas State wore these skimpy shorts, while Maryland Eastern Shore wore short skirts.

Anybody know whether team bowling shoes exist? All I can make out in the pics are basic blacks. It would be great if the classic (read: garish clown-style) bowling shoe design could be adapted to a school’s particular colors. And what happened to those “old school” style bowling shirts?[/quote]

As a former collegiate bowler, lemme address this.

As far as I know, team bowling shoes do not exist. As in other sports, shoes are frequently customized and personalized. There’s also plenty of shoes to choose from, not just “basic black”.

link

The “classic” shoes you are referring to are rental shoes, more commonly known as house shoes. Bowling centers are known as “houses” and the shoes they rent…..house shoes. If someone bowls on a regular basis, one of the first things they get are their own shoes. More comfortable, better performing and more cost-effective.

“Old-school” bowling shirts have been hijacked by the non-bowling hipsters and thrift store devotees for the most part. You see them every now and again, especially more recently, but for the most part, bowlers don’t wear them.

For me, women bowling in skirts, short or “skorts” just look right to me. I’ve seen plenty of women bowl in pants and it just looks odd. From what I’ve heard from the ladies I’ve bowled with, they prefer the skirt-short-skort option over pants.[/quote]
Righty- and lefty-specific shoes? What on Earth?[/quote]

Been that way for a looooong time, Mike.

I’m a lefty and slide on my right foot. When I’m making a shot, I don’t want a slide sole on my right foot. In the step before the slide, that step provides balance and power and you don’t wanna be slippin around getting into your slide.[/quote]
Makes sense.
The only bowling I’ve done the past year was Wii Bowling, for which I wear my good old cross-trainers.

In bowling competitions, aren’t there dugouts or benches like at a normal bowling alley? These pictures look awkward because the teammates that aren’t bowling are just link

[quote comment=”252702″]In bowling competitions, aren’t there dugouts or benches like at a normal bowling alley? These pictures look awkward because the teammates that aren’t bowling are just link[/quote]
That could be the team showing unity or wearing the imaginary rally cap, standing on the top stair of the dugout.

[quote comment=”252680″]Obviously tight clothes like spandex are good for athletics because they’re usually less constricting, [/quote]

anyone else see the irony in this?

[quote comment=”252651″][quote comment=”252650″]These are volleyball link, maybe small in size, but still link. :)[/quote]

isn’t the “c” the wrong color? or are those old photos…

i believe we will need someone to post more recent photos to ensure the integrity of the uniform[/quote]

i don;t think they broke out the “gold C” until after basketball did it. but here are link with the link a different link

“Maybe Citi Field isn’t the best example, since the Mets paid for most of it themselves.”

Barely. The Mets are paying very little of their own money to build their new ballpark. Taxpayers are putting up $468 million, and the bank that bought naming rights is ponying up another $400 million.

Once construction costs top $868 million, then the Mets will start paying for the park.

Once construction costs top $1.736 billion dollars, then the Mets will have paid for most of the ballpark themselves.

Number font? I didn’t see any number font! I just saw my great aunt Claire showing way too much skin to a bunch of horny ballplayers.

The Kane County Cougars (Oakland A’s Class A team) will be wearing special patches to pay tribute to the shooting victims at Norther Illinios University. The patch looks like it is a black ribbon with a NIU logo in the middle. Patch also looks to very large. Linky: link

Oh snap! Can’t edit posts! Sorry about the spelling!

[quote comment=”252710″][quote comment=”252680″]Obviously tight clothes like spandex are good for athletics because they’re usually less constricting, [/quote]

anyone else see the irony in this?[/quote]

irony? no

paradox…definitely

[quote comment=”252661″]Speaking from personal experience, as someone who played a sport where the women wear skirts, it doesn’t really have to do with femininity. In high school hockey, my team changed to shorts the year before my freshman year after deciding they didn’t want to wear skirts anymore. But after two years, we switched back to the skirts. In shorts, alot of us felt like we weren’t being field hockey players- we looked and felt like soccer players. So, we got new unis again and picked skirts- it didn’t feel antiquated,it’s a tradition of the sport and we were proud of our sport.
By the way, it wasn’t just my school- alot of teams around us did the exact same thing at pretty much the same time.[/quote]

Emmaus, Lower Dauphin, or Northern Burlington?

I haven’t read all the posts over the past few weeks, but i don’t think i have seen a boston mashup. i would love to see one. i am not what you would call “computer inclined” so i would never be able to do it.

[quote comment=”252696″][quote comment=”252693″][quote comment=”252682″]Righty- and lefty-specific shoes? What on Earth?[/quote]

Been that way for a looooong time, Mike.

I’m a lefty and slide on my right foot. When I’m making a shot, I don’t want a slide sole on my right foot. In the step before the slide, that step provides balance and power and you don’t wanna be slippin around getting into your slide.[/quote]

Correction…don’t want a slide sole on my left foot.[/quote]

I’ve bowled thousands of games, been in leagues, and owned my own shoes and ball for half my life… and I’ve never heard of righty and lefty shoes! As a righty, on my fourth and fifth steps, I just push off the right heel (ie, rubber part of the sole) and slide with the left toe (ie, leather part of the sole).

Maybe this is why I’m not a very good bowler. It’s not for lack of practice.

[quote comment=”252698″][quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.[/quote]

The Link provided in the original post is about uniforms wasnt it sh*thead? And my opinion of the piece (and FOX) is that they suck.

Let me ask you something “Chris is Nashville” are all people in Tennessee as close minded and stupid as you? OH RIGHT you are a SOUTHERNER…YOU ARE CLOSE MINDED….Think only as I think not the way you want to…Sorry, forgot, freedom of expression and thought are outlawed in the south…

It looks more like a link on those Waterloo Unis. Does’t really look like a downhill skier to me…

[quote comment=”252724″][quote comment=”252661″]Speaking from personal experience, as someone who played a sport where the women wear skirts, it doesn’t really have to do with femininity. In high school hockey, my team changed to shorts the year before my freshman year after deciding they didn’t want to wear skirts anymore. But after two years, we switched back to the skirts. In shorts, alot of us felt like we weren’t being field hockey players- we looked and felt like soccer players. So, we got new unis again and picked skirts- it didn’t feel antiquated,it’s a tradition of the sport and we were proud of our sport.
By the way, it wasn’t just my school- alot of teams around us did the exact same thing at pretty much the same time.[/quote]

Emmaus, Lower Dauphin, or Northern Burlington?[/quote]

Carlisle.

[quote comment=”252702″]In bowling competitions, aren’t there dugouts or benches like at a normal bowling alley? These pictures look awkward because the teammates that aren’t bowling are just link[/quote]

The reason they’re standing behind the lanes like that is because they’re bowling in the Baker format. Instead of each person bowling an individual game and adding them together, the Baker format uses all 5 players in one collective game. The leadoff bowler bowls frame 1, the second bowler bowls frame 2, so on & so on. At the 6th frame, the lineup recycles (leadoff bowler bowls the 6th, etc.)

It’s very fast paced and exciting. You get pretty caught up in the whole thing, because 1 shot either way can make a big difference.

[quote comment=”252728″][quote comment=”252698″][quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.[/quote]

The Link provided in the original post is about uniforms wasnt it sh*thead? And my opinion of the piece (and FOX) is that they suck.

Let me ask you something “Chris is Nashville” are all people in Tennessee as close minded and stupid as you? OH RIGHT you are a SOUTHERNER…YOU ARE CLOSE MINDED….Think only as I think not the way you want to…Sorry, forgot, freedom of expression and thought are outlawed in the south…[/quote]

I hope you realize that by calling all southerners close-minded, you just proved yourself to be close-minded.

This isn’t a political blog. That’s all they were saying. Please leave politics and personal insults out of it.

[quote comment=”252734″][quote comment=”252728″][quote comment=”252698″][quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.[/quote]

The Link provided in the original post is about uniforms wasnt it sh*thead? And my opinion of the piece (and FOX) is that they suck.

Let me ask you something “Chris is Nashville” are all people in Tennessee as close minded and stupid as you? OH RIGHT you are a SOUTHERNER…YOU ARE CLOSE MINDED….Think only as I think not the way you want to…Sorry, forgot, freedom of expression and thought are outlawed in the south…[/quote]

I hope you realize that by calling all southerners close-minded, you just proved yourself to be close-minded.

This isn’t a political blog. That’s all they were saying. Please leave politics and personal insults out of it.[/quote]

NO, NO NO…MY OPINION was that FOX (SPORTS) Piece on the uniforms was weak and crappy, as are they….see another opinion…which I believe is what Paul wants here…yet a 3rd opinion And now a 4th opinion, I dont car what you think, say or care about me; freedom of expression, it is called the 1st amendment…

[quote comment=”252645″]So I was watching the Red Wings give up three goals in the last four minutes of the third to blow their win against the Preds last night on hockeywebcasts.com (which I recently discovered since I’m shafted by Versus), and I noticed the captain’s patch on Lidstrom’s jersey is sewn over a seam on his left chest… Now didn’t they have to do the whole switch-sides shpeel for the captain’s patch *because* of it not fitting without going over the seams? I know this is obvious on other team’s jerseys but still… This makes me a sad puppy.[/quote]

This link the first time the Red Wings have worn the link or the link on the link.

[quote comment=”252735″][quote comment=”252734″][quote comment=”252728″][quote comment=”252698″][quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.[/quote]

The Link provided in the original post is about uniforms wasnt it sh*thead? And my opinion of the piece (and FOX) is that they suck.

Let me ask you something “Chris is Nashville” are all people in Tennessee as close minded and stupid as you? OH RIGHT you are a SOUTHERNER…YOU ARE CLOSE MINDED….Think only as I think not the way you want to…Sorry, forgot, freedom of expression and thought are outlawed in the south…[/quote]

I hope you realize that by calling all southerners close-minded, you just proved yourself to be close-minded.

This isn’t a political blog. That’s all they were saying. Please leave politics and personal insults out of it.[/quote]

NO, NO NO…MY OPINION was that FOX (SPORTS) Piece on the uniforms was weak and crappy, as are they….see another opinion…which I believe is what Paul wants here…yet a 3rd opinion And now a 4th opinion, I dont car what you think, say or care about me; freedom of expression, it is called the 1st amendment…[/quote]

Ok, one more response because I hate ignorance of the First Amendment, then hopefully Paul will take care of it and remove you from the comments section.

Requesting that you not post political comments or personal insults on a blog comment board is not restricting your First Amendment rights. I am not arresting you, I am not suing you. You are not in legal trouble for your comments, I am not making a law against your comments. I am simply requesting that you let us get back to the uni talk we all enjoy.

[quote comment=”252659″][quote comment=”252644″]On a semi-related shorts note, is there any reason aside from tradition as to why male golfers don’t/aren’t allowed to wear shorts? The LPGA doesn’t have a problem with this. Would this be another case of the female athletes wanting to be more feminine? I’m sure the tour doesn’t mind some of the better looking LPGA players showing off but female golfers have always worn shorts/skirts right?[/quote]

Maybe to make it appear as more of a “gentelmen’s” game? If they wore shorts, it’d be more casual. Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
True, but it’s a little early in the season for shorts anyway. I’m thinking more of playing a tourney in the dog days of august in shorts might be alright. If you want to keep things formal for the majors, that’s fine. I don’t know, I just can’t believe I’m actually posting about golf because I hate it. Basketball players hit free throws, hockey players and goalies participate in shootous, kickers kick FGs with thousands of fans screaming, but Tiger can’t swing with a camera going off?!?! Whatever.

Those Yankee capes sure add to the “Evil Empire” persona…

[quote comment=”252739″][quote comment=”252659″][quote comment=”252644″]On a semi-related shorts note, is there any reason aside from tradition as to why male golfers don’t/aren’t allowed to wear shorts? The LPGA doesn’t have a problem with this. Would this be another case of the female athletes wanting to be more feminine? I’m sure the tour doesn’t mind some of the better looking LPGA players showing off but female golfers have always worn shorts/skirts right?[/quote]

Maybe to make it appear as more of a “gentelmen’s” game? If they wore shorts, it’d be more casual. Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
True, but it’s a little early in the season for shorts anyway. I’m thinking more of playing a tourney in the dog days of august in shorts might be alright. If you want to keep things formal for the majors, that’s fine. I don’t know, I just can’t believe I’m actually posting about golf because I hate it. Basketball players hit free throws, hockey players and goalies participate in shootous, kickers kick FGs with thousands of fans screaming, but Tiger can’t swing with a camera going off?!?! Whatever.[/quote]

i don’t have the time to search for it now, but there was a fairly famous incident when one golfer (name escapes me) wore SHORTSHORTS during either a US open or a PGA…to protest either the USGA or PGA prohibition against shorts…because the conditions were stifling that week (like 95 degrees with 99% humidity)…every once in a while the golf channel runs a segment featuring it

maybe johnny okray or =bg= or one of UW’s golf affectionados can help me out here

[quote comment=”252738″][quote comment=”252735″][quote comment=”252734″][quote comment=”252728″][quote comment=”252698″][quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.[/quote]

The Link provided in the original post is about uniforms wasnt it sh*thead? And my opinion of the piece (and FOX) is that they suck.

Let me ask you something “Chris is Nashville” are all people in Tennessee as close minded and stupid as you? OH RIGHT you are a SOUTHERNER…YOU ARE CLOSE MINDED….Think only as I think not the way you want to…Sorry, forgot, freedom of expression and thought are outlawed in the south…[/quote]

I hope you realize that by calling all southerners close-minded, you just proved yourself to be close-minded.

This isn’t a political blog. That’s all they were saying. Please leave politics and personal insults out of it.[/quote]

NO, NO NO…MY OPINION was that FOX (SPORTS) Piece on the uniforms was weak and crappy, as are they….see another opinion…which I believe is what Paul wants here…yet a 3rd opinion And now a 4th opinion, I dont car what you think, say or care about me; freedom of expression, it is called the 1st amendment…[/quote]

Ok, one more response because I hate ignorance of the First Amendment, then hopefully Paul will take care of it and remove you from the comments section.

Requesting that you not post political comments or personal insults on a blog comment board is not restricting your First Amendment rights. I am not arresting you, I am not suing you. You are not in legal trouble for your comments, I am not making a law against your comments. I am simply requesting that you let us get back to the uni talk we all enjoy.[/quote]

If you kids don’t stop fighting, I will turn this car around and we will go home right now!

[quote comment=”252729″]It looks more like a link on those Waterloo Unis. Does’t really look like a downhill skier to me…[/quote]
Pretty sure that ‘downhill’ refers to the upper left to lower right angle of the wordmark. Althought, yes, the hawk on the bat does look like a ski jumper!

[quote comment=”252728″][quote comment=”252698″][quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.[/quote]

The Link provided in the original post is about uniforms wasnt it sh*thead? And my opinion of the piece (and FOX) is that they suck.

Let me ask you something “Chris is Nashville” are all people in Tennessee as close minded and stupid as you? OH RIGHT you are a SOUTHERNER…YOU ARE CLOSE MINDED….Think only as I think not the way you want to…Sorry, forgot, freedom of expression and thought are outlawed in the south…[/quote]

We have a troll on aisle four — security!

[quote comment=”252744″][quote comment=”252729″]It looks more like a link on those Waterloo Unis. Does’t really look like a downhill skier to me…[/quote]
Pretty sure that ‘downhill’ refers to the upper left to lower right angle of the wordmark. Althought, yes, the hawk on the bat does look like a ski jumper![/quote]

Hahaha…I am SUCH AN IDIOT!

Ski Jumpers!

Does anybody know of any examples of a product changing it’s logo/colors/font etc to celebrate a pro team. I know Heinz did some Steelers packaging after their Super Bowl victory. And it’s a bit of stretch, but Gatorade using their lightning bolt to create a new product called Tiger is kind of an example. And I guess those Obama MLB shirts is sort of another example (but that wasn’t authorized).
If answers are out there, the people on this blog would know. Thanks.

Watching the Red Sox game last night I noticed Jacoby Ellsbury was wearing link. The left looks like his normal link, where the right looks like the Nike Dry-Fit undershirt that link usually wears. Is there that big of a difference between the feel of the sleeve and the full shirt sleeve?

speaking of the link photo…

how come the dudes on the far left and far right of the top row have vertically (or is it radially) arched nameplates, while the rest of them are in “ny ranger” cascade (downhill) fashion?

they coaches? special?

It’s too bad you can’t have this link exactly as it is pictured on the page.

[quote comment=”252755″]It’s too bad you can’t have this link exactly as it is pictured on the page.[/quote]

You can – order a link.

[quote comment=”252671″][quote comment=”252659″]
Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
As if wearing a green jacket isn’t silly in and of itself.

Are there any other sports that award an article of clothing as a trophy? I know that cycling awards snazzy colored jerseys to season champions, stage champions, etc (as Bryan has given us in great link) but is that really a trophy? When you go to the Masters website, it actualy link as part of the trophy and award package presented to the winner.

Can anyone come up with any other ones?[/quote]

Although it’s still golf, it’s even sillier:

link

Not positive that they are the same, but the knee straps remind me of link

Not sure Nike’s are as functional, but FWIW…

[quote comment=”252758″][quote comment=”252671″][quote comment=”252659″]
Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
As if wearing a green jacket isn’t silly in and of itself.

Are there any other sports that award an article of clothing as a trophy? I know that cycling awards snazzy colored jerseys to season champions, stage champions, etc (as Bryan has given us in great link) but is that really a trophy? When you go to the Masters website, it actualy link as part of the trophy and award package presented to the winner.

Can anyone come up with any other ones?[/quote]

Although it’s still golf, it’s even sillier:

link

What about the link?

[quote comment=”252758″]Although it’s still golf, it’s even sillier:

link

that’s the worst jacket i ever saw…must come with a free bowl of soup

link

[quote comment=”252751″]Watching the Red Sox game last night I noticed Jacoby Ellsbury was wearing link. The left looks like his normal link, where the right looks like the Nike Dry-Fit undershirt that link usually wears. Is there that big of a difference between the feel of the sleeve and the full shirt sleeve?[/quote]
It looks like he wears the compression sleeve over the top of the Nike long sleeve. He did this during the ’07 WS as well. I read that he wore the one compression sleeve at college in Oregon and just carried the practice/superstition over to the majors.

[quote comment=”252697″][quote comment=”252632″]Here’s an example of link wearing said bands around his arms at the elbows.

I wouldn’t think that the NFL would permit accessories like this, other than actual sweat bands that go over the wrists or forearms, to the uniform unless they have some kind of specific medical reason for wearing them.

So what’s the consensus? Over-accessorization or what?[/quote]

Every time I see guys wearing something like this, I think of the Ultimate Warrior:

link

Awesome.

[quote comment=”252760″]Not positive that they are the same, but the knee straps remind me of link

Not sure Nike’s are as functional, but FWIW…[/quote]

Those are to prevent a malady known as “Jumpers’ Knee”.

[quote comment=”252663″][quote comment=”252604″]In that Oregon football picture, doesn’t that look an awful lot like Dennis Dixon on the right wearing #55? The only #55 listed on UO’s roster is a linebacker named Casey Matthews, and he, uh…doesn’t look like Dennis Dixon: link[/quote]

That pic is almost four years old now! We should check the roster a few years back. It’s definitely not Dixon.[/quote]

Well, according to the Ducks’ official rosters on their website going back to ’03, nobody matches that picture. There’s no #55 listed in 2003, and ’04-’06 #55 belonged to Enoka Lucas. Plus, in an article Paul wrote in ’06, that picture appears as the Ducks’ latest update. I remembered it was more recent than four years ago because it’s the “video game” font that didn’t appear until a couple of years back. Not that I’m saying it’s Dixon, because I’m not positive, but it looks a lot like him and obviously isn’t Lucas or Matthews. Odd.

just saw link on espn. at first glance i thought it was cool, but after i went back and looked at it again i was shocked to see the black face. i never knew link was such a randy moss fan.

[quote comment=”252739″][quote comment=”252659″][quote comment=”252644″]On a semi-related shorts note, is there any reason aside from tradition as to why male golfers don’t/aren’t allowed to wear shorts? The LPGA doesn’t have a problem with this. Would this be another case of the female athletes wanting to be more feminine? I’m sure the tour doesn’t mind some of the better looking LPGA players showing off but female golfers have always worn shorts/skirts right?[/quote]

Maybe to make it appear as more of a “gentelmen’s” game? If they wore shorts, it’d be more casual. Also, it would look silly putting a green jacket on a guy wearing shorts.[/quote]
True, but it’s a little early in the season for shorts anyway. I’m thinking more of playing a tourney in the dog days of august in shorts might be alright. If you want to keep things formal for the majors, that’s fine. I don’t know, I just can’t believe I’m actually posting about golf because I hate it. Basketball players hit free throws, hockey players and goalies participate in shootous, kickers kick FGs with thousands of fans screaming, but Tiger can’t swing with a camera going off?!?! Whatever.[/quote]

Tiger can’t swing when people make noise, becasue well, noone really can. I think it’s pretty easy to say that hitting a golf ball straight is the hardest thing to do in sports. A quarter of an inch to the left on your swing and your ball is going 90 yards to the left. Not to mention that when it’s super quiet, and someone hits that camera shutter it scares you. Not like a punk, but it startles you a bit, and then there goes your ball into the drink. When your out with your buddies and one of them won’t shut up during every swing you get used to it and block it out. But one sudden noise when everything else is quiet, that’s tough. But please don’t think I ever feel sorry for Tiger, he’s doing just fine, with everything.

Btw, I know I’m late to the party here, but I remember those same, wrist band like things being all the rage woth WNBA players when the league started and noone knew what they were for. But I seem to remember seeing one of the original players doing an interview and saying they heped with circulation or something. I dunno, I assumed it was BS then, and I still do, much like the titanium necklaces and the old (insert random metal here) magnetic braclets everyone had like 5-10 years ago.

“Remember,” Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said recently. “Our blue and orange is from the Dodgers and the Giants. We understand our place in National League history.”

Okay. I plead complete uni history ignorance…but after being a baseball and uniform fan for over 40 years…i never knew that’s how the Mets picked their blue and orange colors…I thought they stole it from the Knicks, and then the Islanders stole that unique color combination from the Mets and Knicks?

You unilearn something new every day…

[quote comment=”252774″]just saw link on espn. at first glance i thought it was cool, but after i went back and looked at it again i was shocked to see the black face. i never knew link was such a randy moss fan.[/quote]

Pretty sure those are masks, not black face makeup.

Good catch by Jere Smith, who was watching a replay of Mike Witt’s perfect game (September 30th, 1984) and noticed that all of the Angels had vertically arched NOB lettering – link, whose lettering was radially arched. I couldn’t find any other 1984 rear-view pics of Reggie, so I’m not sure if this was a one-game aberration or something more extensive. Anyone know more?

I noticed this happening during the “VA” era whenever a jersey was hastily replaced. Since Reggie was nearing some milestones at the time, it may have been requested by Cooperstown or something and the replacement did not have the access to that type of lettering at the moment. Reggie did hit his 500th that season, but he was wearing whites at the time.

This almost always happened when a mid-season acquisition joined the club.

[quote comment=”252780″][quote comment=”252774″]just saw link on espn. at first glance i thought it was cool, but after i went back and looked at it again i was shocked to see the black face. i never knew link was such a randy moss fan.[/quote]

Pretty sure those are masks, not black face makeup.[/quote]

i think you’re right

[quote comment=”252777″]please don’t think I ever feel sorry for Tiger, he’s doing just fine, with everything.[/quote]

you and link eh?

;)

Nate McLouth was missing the top half of his link last night against the Dodgers.

[quote comment=”252767″][quote comment=”252751″]Watching the Red Sox game last night I noticed Jacoby Ellsbury was wearing link. The left looks like his normal link, where the right looks like the Nike Dry-Fit undershirt that link usually wears. Is there that big of a difference between the feel of the sleeve and the full shirt sleeve?[/quote]
It looks like he wears the compression sleeve over the top of the Nike long sleeve. He did this during the ’07 WS as well. I read that he wore the one compression sleeve at college in Oregon and just carried the practice/superstition over to the majors.[/quote]
Ellsbury won’t wear a long left sleeve because he finds it restricting (he throws with his left). The arm warmer is his cold weather solution that gives him a freer range of motion.
[quote comment=”252750″]Does anybody know of any examples of a product changing it’s logo/colors/font etc to celebrate a pro team. I know Heinz did some Steelers packaging after their Super Bowl victory. And it’s a bit of stretch, but Gatorade using their lightning bolt to create a new product called Tiger is kind of an example. And I guess those Obama MLB shirts is sort of another example (but that wasn’t authorized).
If answers are out there, the people on this blog would know. Thanks.[/quote]
How about the Pittsburgh Penguins? They ditched the blue scheme in 1980 in order to ride the mojo of the Pirates and Steelers, the area’s black and gold teams with recent success.

Follow-up to myself: I forgot to add that Ellsbury went to Oregon State. Not the Greens of Eugene. (Big difference!)

link i never knew there would ever be a market for such a thing. except in philly where there would be a huge demand for a link mask

[quote comment=”252783″][quote comment=”252777″]please don’t think I ever feel sorry for Tiger, he’s doing just fine, with everything.[/quote]

you and link eh?

;)[/quote]

“He’s a suitor! He’s bona fide.”

[quote comment=”252778″]Btw, I know I’m late to the party here, but I remember those same, wrist band like things being all the rage woth WNBA players when the league started and noone knew what they were for. But I seem to remember seeing one of the original players doing an interview and saying they heped with circulation or something. I dunno, I assumed it was BS then, and I still do, much like the titanium necklaces and the old (insert random metal here) magnetic braclets everyone had like 5-10 years ago.[/quote]

I used to work at a store that sold them.. those and the foot insoles w/the magnets. We couldn’t keep them in stock!

People love their placebos!

[quote comment=”252657″][quote comment=”252639″][quote comment=”252633″][quote comment=”252631″][quote comment=”252621″]Uh, male volleyball players wear shorts too.

Paul, your comment is correct, as far as it goes. But I think Carl G. was referring to the tight, body hugging, spandex almost bikini-bottom shorts that elite women’s volleyball players wear. Real men wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) go near those.[/quote]

Exhibits A and B, your honors:
link
link.[/quote]

Ah, I see. Point well taken. Still, the notion of bowlers wearing shorts or skirts (or skorts, as some female pro bowlers have done) seems like an antiquated relic from the days when the sight of a woman in pants was considered threatening or radical.[/quote]

And on a related point, I think that woman who play sports may want to still retain their femininity. When I have seen ladies professional bowling in the past, and they wear the slacks, it seems like they may be trying to “look” more like men. Even if slacks may be more comfortable, however, the ladies here may still want to emphasize thier femininity. I would think it is the same reason that a lot of professional women golfers wear skirts, even though slacks would seem more comfortable for golfing, and the college women volleyball players wear what must be really uncomfortable shorts.[/quote]

Man, you could write a whole textbook on fucked-up gender relations based on that post.[/quote]

I’m well aware, that’s my major here at college!

The A’s finally end their streak of wearing alternates, which was up to 7 games, and almost a whole road trip (they go home this afternoon).

Has any other team worn the same alternate for a longer streak?

[quote comment=”252728″][quote comment=”252698″][quote comment=”252692″][quote comment=”252677″][quote comment=”252674″]Fox needs to walk away from things it has no right covering, (see there MLB, NASCAR, NFL, BCS Packages) and stick to what made it the network it is today, making up news…[/quote]

lets nip this one in the bud and return this to uni talk, k?

thanks[/quote]

it was in reference to UNI’s.. K?[/quote]

No, it wasn’t. I’m with Phil. This is the second day in a row you have chosen this forum to share your feelings above and beyond uni’s. No one really cares.[/quote]

The Link provided in the original post is about uniforms wasnt it sh*thead? And my opinion of the piece (and FOX) is that they suck.

Let me ask you something “Chris is Nashville” are all people in Tennessee as close minded and stupid as you? OH RIGHT you are a SOUTHERNER…YOU ARE CLOSE MINDED….Think only as I think not the way you want to…Sorry, forgot, freedom of expression and thought are outlawed in the south…[/quote]

Anyone notice it just got a little awkward in here?

[quote comment=”252794″]The A’s finally end their streak of wearing alternates, which was up to 7 games, and almost a whole road trip (they go home this afternoon).

Has any other team worn the same alternate for a longer streak?[/quote]

A possible explanation: Because every player on the Athletics is wearing number 42, they couldn’t wear the grays earlier during this road trip.

[quote comment=”252794″]The A’s finally end their streak of wearing alternates, which was up to 7 games, and almost a whole road trip (they go home this afternoon).

Has any other team worn the same alternate for a longer streak?[/quote]

Someone should keep track of how much teams wear their alternates. It’d be funny if they wore them more than their road or home uniform. Which it seems like some times.

link

[quote comment=”252612″]All this over a stadium that they tore down in the mid 1970s.[/quote]

Anyone interested, I found link, with some photos and diagrams, of the reconstruction and reconfiguration of Yankee Stadium.

[quote comment=”252797″][quote comment=”252794″]The A’s finally end their streak of wearing alternates, which was up to 7 games, and almost a whole road trip (they go home this afternoon).

Has any other team worn the same alternate for a longer streak?[/quote]

Someone should keep track of how much teams wear their alternates. It’d be funny if they wore them more than their road or home uniform. Which it seems like some times.[/quote]

I can think of one team that does that…

Looks like Mitchell and Ness used this image:

link

for their Reggie Jackson name font as well.

link

RE: Ellsbury
Nike does make a compression shirt that has sleeves that are different based upon which arm you throw with. It provides special support to that arm, or something. I couldn’t find the pic for it, but I Eastbay used to carry it. He might be wearing that.

RE: Reggie Jackson
Mitchell & Ness sells the Reggie Angels throwbacks (1985 & 1986) with regular radial arch, not the VA. It may be laziness by M&N, but it’s worth noting, at least.