Perfect Zero

Speaking of wildcard banners, did the Rangers and Braves put up flags denoting that they were "wild card champions" that lost their one playoff game last year? Did the Orioles put up a Wild Card pennant from last year too?

Ugh... yes. They put it in the same style as the Division Championships from the 90's too. I think it says "American League Playoffs" though.

Then there's the strange case of the Rangers, who came out of the Ameriquest fiasco going from the oddly specific yet unspecific "The Ballpark In Arlington" to the more contrived "Rangers Ballpark In Arlington," as if there were other ballparks in Arlington to challenge the Rangers' fallacious employment of the definite article. Couldn't have just gone all the way back, huh.

From what I've always been told, "Rangers Ballpark in Arlington" was a holder for a company so they could re-sell the naming rights. As soon as they had the ink dry, it would change to "[iNSERT COMPANY NAME HERE] Ballpark in Arlington." The markets didn't work in their favor though, and so it remains.

Right, but it's still stupid that a fan wouldn't be able to get a jersey with his name on it just because he has the same name as a player who used to play for that team.

You can get a jersey with that name, just not with that exact number that the retired player wore.

New Ohio State Big Ten ring

Lots of things you could say about it, but I'll take the high road and say it looks really good. The rings with color look better than the ones with diamonds all over it.

new texas rangers AL Championship ring

I think Texas got the better deal out of these.

If Nike Pro Combat was to die today, I would do somersaults.

White at home for football is okay.

White and Grey are the only colors acceptable for baseball uniforms.