In today’s Ticker, we’ve got Lucha Libre masks for MLB’s Mexico Series, a helmet cart that just goes round and round and much more!
Uni Watch News Ticker for April 30, 2023
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Baseball
MLB
- To support their same-city brethren, the Seattle Mariners outfitted statues of Baseball Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez with Kraken jerseys outside T-Mobile Park on Friday.
- Some cool “Jimmy Eat World” jerseys in the style of the original uniforms of the Arizona D-backs here. (From CarCzar)
- Here’s a story of how the St. Louis Browns (supposedly) became the St. Louis Cardinals.
- The San Diego Padres were gifted lucha libre masks in CC colors for their Mexico series against the San Francisco Giants. (From Lee Wilds)
- Looks like the Miami Marlins are finally fixing the orientation on their sleeve patch on their Friday throwbacks. (From Ethan Eibe)
- The Washington Nationals have a helmet cart(!), but it doesn’t ferry pitchers from the bullpen to the mound. (From Joel Layman)
- Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings was spotted sporting the Seattle Mariners City Connect jersey. (From Michael MPH)
- Funny/cool photo of a Phillies/Astros scorebug that spells out “POOH”. (From Andreas Papadopoulos)
- ICYMI, mlb.com seems to have left some fans’ signs out of a highlight until they were called out. (From Jerry Wolper)
- The Philadelphia Phillies’ Yunior Marte had been sporting blue sleeves (and a blue glove) in his previous appearance, but now he’s back to wearing red sleeves; still has his blue glove. (From Tim Kelly)
Minors
- Paul has featured the DDNOB (Double-Decker NOB) of Cubs prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong before, but another look at him in his Tennessee Smokies uni can’t hurt. (From MC Fish)
- From August 8-13, the Altoona Curve become the Altoona Pizzas. (From Jerry Wolper)
- The Springfield Cardinals will play a home series in May under a new food-based alternate identity — the Cashew Chickens. (From Kary Klismet)
More
- Check out the glorious stirrup-fest at this game between CS Bakersfield and UC Irvine. (From Ted Taylor)
- Here are the 2023 summer uniforms the Saitama Seibu Lions will be wearing for all August home games and selected away games as well. (From Cole Greenhouse)
Football
NFL
- Antonio Brown has tweeted a photoshop of himself in a Baltimore Ravens uniform, in the belief that doing so will be his ticket back to the NFL.
- Interesting spot from the NFL Draft — is Kansas City ditching the gold outline on their NOBs, or was this just a one-off for the Draft? (From Mind Rhino)
- As you’re all aware, the Carolina Panthers are returning to the “Process Blue” they originally wore, and now the replica jerseys are showing the new color. (From Kary Klismet)
- The Philadelphia Eagles posted this image on their Facebook page to celebrate their draft picks from UGA. (From Jorge Cruz)
- The New York Post‘s Mike Vaccaro thinks Aaron Rodgers made the right choice in selecting #8, instead of possibly wearing Namath’s retired #12. Maybe he read my thoughts on the matter.
- Two men were accused of stealing Nike jerseys to be used for the NFL Draft: one each from the San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys.
College
- A landmark water tower adjacent to the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium, emblazoned with the school’s Tiger Hawk logo, is scheduled to be torn down. (From Kary Klismet)
- Florida State has presented its team with rings for winning the Cheez-It Bowl that also declare them “state champions” for beating Miami and Florida. (Also from Kary)
- When Oregon “Green” plays Oregon “Yellow,” shouldn’t the scorebug’s denotations be in green and yellow too? (From Sam)
More
- The football teams for the John Cooper School in The Woodlands, Tex., Bloomfield (N. Mex.) High School, and Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington, Ky., have received rings for winning state championships last fall. (From Kary Klismet)
Basketball
NBA
- Someone has chosen to rank the Utah Jazz’s new unis, one year after their redesign.
Soccer
International
- Argentina: New third kits for River Plate. (From Kary Klismet)
- The United Kingdom is considering legislation that would allow soccer players to refuse to wear gambling ads on their teams’ uniforms. (Also from Kary)
- AS Roma’s crypto sponsor missed their payment so Roma played (fittingly) with SPQR on their shirts yesterday. (From LFGMaije)
Auto Racing
- NASCAR driver Dawson Cram’s car has a new paint job. It is in honor of the New Jersey State Police.
- Driver Daniel Suarez of NASCAR’s Trackhouse Racing team will use a paint scheme honoring retired driver Ricky Rudd for the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on May 14th. (From Kary Klismet)
- I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t want to wear an advertiser’s hat that looks like it was splattered with paint, but yet, here we are. (from Anthony Emerson)
Grab Bag
- Alaska Airlines has been “forced to remove gendered uniforms.”
- One Boston fan has made a Frankenjersey that can be worn to any Boston sporting event.
- Coastal Alabama Community College has a new team name across all its campuses (Coyotes), athletics logos, and costumed mascot. More details here. Also, the school is asking for public input on naming the new mascot. (From Kary Klismet)
- New uniforms for the softball and girls’ golf teams for Emery High School in Castle Dale, Utah. (Also from Kary)
- Here’s one writer’s ranking of the ten worst mascots in the NCAA. (From Kary)
- Parents of students at Concord (Calif.) High School are protesting the administration’s plans to drop “Minutemen” as a team name. (Kary, again)
- One last one from Kary: The University of Nebraska Medical Center now has a clever “team name” and mascot along with a new logo.
Comments (14)
The Nationals Bullpen Cart does serve a purpose, it’s a bullpen cart.
It’s just that only Sean Doolittle (and one other pitcher, can’t remember who but I know I was there when it happened) uses it it. Doolittle uses it wherever it’s available (DC and Arizona come to mind).
Proofreading/technical correction: the link for the championship ring for Frederick Douglass High is pointing to the URL for Bloomfield High. Here’s the correct link:
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Sorry Kary. Should be fixed now.
No worries, Phil! Thanks for the quick fix!
That’s lucha libre…
Fixed
Nacho Libre was also acceptable. :)
Emery High School is in Castle Dale, UT. Huntington is where the sponsor of the new unis is from.
Fixed
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs were called the Bacons over the last few years.
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The Rooster is HOF material and absolutely deserves to be honored (and has been through the Darlington throwback program before IIRC), but I’d rather see Aric Almirola’s #10 riff his famous Tide Ride than watching a wrong-looking Rudd tribute car go round and round. Have Suarez pay homage to a great #99 driver – Carl Edwards.
Damn shame how moving the door numbers up makes for terrible tribute schemes-do better, NASCAR!
the phils bucs scorebug would be more fun
Late to the party but it is worth noting that the Lucha Libre masks were gifted to the team by the legendary Rey Mysterio Jr. and were in the design of his mask. One day I shall fully nerd out and submit an article detailing the history of masks in pro wrestling. The evolution from what they were and how they look now is neat.
Interestingly Jimmy Eat World existed 5 years before the Diamondbacks