Punch

I'm not sure I get the argument here. Are we supposed to say that it's okay that the Rays have crap attendance even though they have a winning team? Or that they shouldn't shouldn't be a candidate for relocation because, eh, Florida?

Florida has sports fans -- lord knows they show up to football games. Why not baseball?

Agreed. I don't understand how that argument could possibly be used to defend the Rays. If anything, that should be a justification for relocating the team to somewhere other than Florida. If fans aren't coming because there are better things to do, why not ship the team to a city who shows interest in baseball?

I love the Rays' plaid billed hats and the Philadelphia Flyers current jerseys WITH the nameplate.

I hate the Flyers off colour nameplates that everyone seems to love.

If yauger72 loves the Flyers jerseys WITH the off-color nameplate -- apparently believing that it is unpopular -- then why does nash61 think everyone seems to love them?

TCU makes the Big East a 17 team basketball conference. Oh god. So see you later, Depaul?

Did I mention 17 freakin' teams in basketball?

I'm curious about this. How is the Big East Basketball Tourney going to work out, now? Top 3 teams get byes to the semifinals, other 14 teams play 13 round-robin games each to decide the #4 seed in the semis?

Bonus points to anyone who can name all 17 Big East teams. I'm convinced at least 5 of those teams are just in the conference for the sake of having a large conference.

Picture of the Day.

This is just a random question I thought of, but I think it could be answered easily here:

Do people outside of this forum really pay attention to detail in uniforms? For example - Do they really care if the stripes on the helmet don't match the stripes on the pants? Or do they really care if the Seahawks look like uni-tards?

The reason I ask this is because whenever I talk about uniforms around other people outside of CCSLC, they usually can talk to me about jersey-color and helmet logos, but they get kind of peeved at me when I mention the sock stripes.

It is very hard to explain over the internet.

I Like Oregon's football jerseys. Yes.. ALL OF THEM. Including those Carbon helmets!

That's not an unpopular opinion. Everybody loves Oregon uniforms, especially the more recent 100,000,000,000,000-Combo Set.

I dislike -- nay, detest -- all-gray baseball unis.

I hate all-white football uniforms.

Are those opinions unpopular enough?

Very.

Although, hating all-white football unis may not be as big of a stretch as all-grey road unis. I disagree with your opinion, but they are unpopular.

EDIT - Didn't see your edit. I think fining teams for not wearing NOBs is going a bit far, but every team except the Yankees should wear NOBs.

Okay, how about we go back to the old two division system in each league? 8 teams a division for the NL, 7 for the AL. Top 2 teams in each division make the postseason. Division winners get home field advantage. The first round moves to a best of 7 (this is personal preference). The teams all play a balanced schedule, the same number of teams make the playoffs as before, but unlike the wildcard, two teams aren't competing for one spot with two drastically different schedules.

AL East: Yankees - Orioles - Blue Jays - Red Sox - Indians - Rays - Tigers

AL West: A's - Mariners - Angels - Rangers - White Sox - Twins - Royals

NL East: Mets - Brewers - Nationals - Marlins - Phillies - Pirates - Reds - Braves

NL West: Padres - Giants - Dodgers - Astros - Diamondbacks - Rockies - Cardinals - Cubs

In the old setup the Reds and Braves were in the NL West while the Cards and Cubs were in the NL East. It was dumb then, it's dumb now, so I reversed the two.

The postseason could be handled two ways. Either you have a division championship series where the top team in the division plays the number two team in the division, or you play division winner #1 against the number 2 team from the opposite division and vice versa.

This is one of the changes that would actually benefit the league. It would balance the schedule, eliminating the AL West/Central team's complaints that they dont play Boston or New York enough times. It also allows for more equality within the standings, so teams like the Angels or Twins (as examples) don't make the playoffs because they are in weak division.

I'd sign onto this if I were Bud Selig. Unfortunately, I don't think there will be any drastic changes within the MLB any time soon.

Punch9

Here is a possible realignment that would benefit all 30 MLB teams, and improve traveling for many teams.

MLB East

Boston Red Sox

New York Yankees

MLB West

Atlanta Braves

Arizona Diamondbacks

Baltimore Orioles

Chicago Cubs

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Cleveland Indians

Colorado Rockies

Detroit Tigers

Florida Marlins

Houston Astros

Kansas City Royals

Los Angeles Angels

Los Angeles Dodgers

Milwaukee Brewers

Minnesota Twins

New York Mets

Oakland Athletics

Philadelphia Phillies

Pittsburgh Pirates

St. Louis Cardinals

San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants

Seattle Mariners

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers

Toronto Blue Jays

Washington Nationals

IMO, it would be fair to all 30 teams, and eliminate the need for a wild card, because the top two from each division make the playoffs each year. Either the Red Sox or Yankees win the Wild Card every year anyway.

Ok, honestly.. at this point, I think a lot of these posts are hyperbole. Or just who can come up with the most absurd/ugly uni they can find and then claim they "loved" it just for the sake of being (in their mind) funny.

What's wrong with that?

Would anyone know what font the Cavaliers use on their jerseys??

Do you mean the Cavaliers script or the nameplate/number font?

No, THIS was the best (Mighty) Ducks uniform.

Agreed. And it's MIGHTY DUCKS, not ducks

My unpopular opinion:

The Red Sox, Tigers, and Yankees uniforms are all awful.

I just haven't liked their identity since I was old enough to formulate valid opinions. I like uniforms with color and modern-ish feels. The Red Sox are close to a modern feel with their alternate unis, but the Yankees and Tigers will never be that way, I fear.

Just my honest opinion.

Punch9

I loved all of the 2009 UFL uniforms. I think the 2010 UFL uniforms are meh.