johnnysama Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 This is a thread about some of the minor things, those odd quirks that you don't see at stadiums or are extremely rare.----Prior to the 1970s, Canadian football fields listed yard markers every FIVE yards. It may look convoluted, but that is a strange quirk.The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.Ballparks listing outfield distances in metric units. This is only seen @ Rogers Centre today, and for good reason there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a thread about some of the minor things, those odd quirks that you don't see at stadiums or are extremely rare.----Prior to the 1970s, Canadian football fields listed yard markers every FIVE yards. It may look convoluted, but that is a strange quirk.The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.Ballparks listing outfield distances in metric units. This is only seen @ Rogers Centre today.If the REDBLACKS are to be the model, i will miss the centre C line in th CFL, being replaced by the 55 Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRicSlick Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 LSU still does the markers every five yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 "the gap" at the polo grounds where Willie Mays made "the catch" I wish i could have seen that ball park and watch a game with such a great quirk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The open bench at Maple Leaf Gardens PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Bernie Brewer's beer stein at County Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 "No pepper games" signs. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw11333 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The old scoreboards for sure! I don't mean the fireworks, I mean how the lights used to form images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDixonDesign Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.I've always liked how Georgia used it's logo at the goal line: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Not sure if it really counts towards this, but the league logos on the outfield walls at major league stadiums. I know it's next to impossible to do in this age of stadium advertising, but that was a staple of watching baseball in my childhood. Twitter: @RyanMcD29 // College Crosse: Where I write, chat, and infograph lacrosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoGamecocks29 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a thread about some of the minor things, those odd quirks that you don't see at stadiums or are extremely rare.----Prior to the 1970s, Canadian football fields listed yard markers every FIVE yards. It may look convoluted, but that is a strange quirk.The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.Ballparks listing outfield distances in metric units. This is only seen @ Rogers Centre today.Why the h_ll would any team other than Toronto use metric distance on their walls? It'd make no sense at all (looking at you, Marlins.) PHI ALPHA! SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON. CAROLINA GAMECOCKS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS. ST. LOUIS BLUES. ORLANDO CITY SC. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smzimbabwe Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a thread about some of the minor things, those odd quirks that you don't see at stadiums or are extremely rare.----Prior to the 1970s, Canadian football fields listed yard markers every FIVE yards. It may look convoluted, but that is a strange quirk.The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.Ballparks listing outfield distances in metric units. This is only seen @ Rogers Centre today.Why the h_ll would any team other than Toronto use metric distance on their walls? It'd make no sense at all (looking at you, Marlins.)The Mariners used to have distances in fathoms out on their outfield walls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I suppose for immigrants from countries using metric. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Especially considering that the Miami is a majority Spanish, and I would guess a lot of them being immigrants/refugees as noted above. Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxmc89 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a thread about some of the minor things, those odd quirks that you don't see at stadiums or are extremely rare.----Prior to the 1970s, Canadian football fields listed yard markers every FIVE yards. It may look convoluted, but that is a strange quirk.The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.Ballparks listing outfield distances in metric units. This is only seen @ Rogers Centre today.Why the h_ll would any team other than Toronto use metric distance on their walls? It'd make no sense at all (looking at you, Marlins.) The Mariners used to have distances in fathoms out on their outfield walls...That's pretty clever, they should bring that back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Not sure if it really counts towards this, but the league logos on the outfield walls at major league stadiums. I know it's next to impossible to do in this age of stadium advertising, but that was a staple of watching baseball in my childhood.That's a good one. Sorted as the standings. A lot of teams still do it with flags but you have to look for 'em.I don't know that I miss this one, but a great quirk in football was both teams' bench areas on the same side. I think that ended when the Packers quit playing at County Stadium, but I think some other teams in multi-purpose stadiums used them. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnysama Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a thread about some of the minor things, those odd quirks that you don't see at stadiums or are extremely rare.----Prior to the 1970s, Canadian football fields listed yard markers every FIVE yards. It may look convoluted, but that is a strange quirk.The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.Ballparks listing outfield distances in metric units. This is only seen @ Rogers Centre today.If the REDBLACKS are to be the model, i will miss the centre C line in th CFL, being replaced by the 55Agreed. The 'C' instead of '55' became standard in the late 1970s. The 'C' looks better, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZapRowsdower8 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I think the only thing I miss about 70s cookie cutters is the way that the retractable sections had those metal floors that would bounce when the crowd really started getting into it. This was at least true about Three Rivers, I assume all of them had this quirk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieboy82 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I think the only thing I miss about 70s cookie cutters is the way that the retractable sections had those metal floors that would bounce when the crowd really started getting into it. This was at least true about Three Rivers, I assume all of them had this quirk.i think RFK Stadium still has that. so long and thanks for all the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankCostanza Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a thread about some of the minor things, those odd quirks that you don't see at stadiums or are extremely rare.----Prior to the 1970s, Canadian football fields listed yard markers every FIVE yards. It may look convoluted, but that is a strange quirk.The letter 'G' appearing next to the end zone on NFL fields. As far as I know, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the last to drop this upon their move to Heinz Field in 2001.Ballparks listing outfield distances in metric units. This is only seen @ Rogers Centre today.Why the h_ll would any team other than Toronto use metric distance on their walls? It'd make no sense at all (looking at you, Marlins.)The Red Sox used to use metric at Fenway from 1976-2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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