GrayJ12

7 minutes ago, oldschoolvikings said:

I’m here at the Hall of Fame Game waiting out the lightning delay (for some reason).  I saw the new authentic Commanders helmet on display here. It’s actually amazing how nice that helmet is in person. The finish is beautiful and they showed real restraint with the two color scheme and the single stripe. 

 

Makes it all the more unbelievable how badly they bungled literally every other part of the new uniforms. You could base a pretty nice  identity off of that helmet. And I mean pretty much any of us could. Except them, apparently. 

I do believe that the new Washington helmet is the jewel of the identity, however they just fell back on usual design tropes and stereotypes for the other 95% of the jersey. They really should had leaned in more with the military iconography. 

4 hours ago, Germanshepherd said:

Still can’t believe the 108 year curse was broken in these unnecessary duds. 

This is still leagues better than the abomination that is their current road uniforms. The fact that they haven't changed the road unis in almost 25 years still boggles my mind, considering that it is (IMO) the worst road uniform in baseball. Now let's hope the next time they win a WS, it will be with good road uni's like this: 

On 6/17/2022 at 5:34 AM, Old School Fool said:

Someone posted Rookie Allen Iverson and I raise you something even weirder, him wearing the headband and cornrows in his Rookie season. Nobody remembers him having his signature look in his rookie year but he started it in the 2nd half of the season, most notably in the Rookie-Sophmore game.

 

That 90's Sixers set is one of my personal favorite underrated classics.

4 hours ago, Needschat said:

 

They missed Brett Moffit's Wall Crawl as well.

The announce crew were in Charlotte and it was like the C team was in Knoxville, without any spotters! 

So like what they did with COVID, but somehow 10x worse? 

So you're telling me, with how small Knoxville is...Fox's camera crew didn't get any footage of Jessica Freisen's flip?

2 hours ago, Dalcowboyfan92 said:

Daniel Suarez became the 5th foreign born (and first from Mexico) driver to win a Cup race. And he pretty much dominated, this wasn't a fluky (or an "Alex Bowman", as Kyle Busch put it) win, he was the pacemaker for well over half the race. It's the first time since 2014 that the 99 visited Victory Lane, also at Sonoma.

 

All of NASCAR is off this weekend, before all 3 series descend upon Nashville. It's also the last broadcast for FOX, at least for this season. They'll be back for the Great American Race, like they usually do.

I was so excited to see Suarez win...after all of the ups and downs he's been through (winning the Xfinity title then being thrust into a Cup ride before he was ready, dropping down the order to the underfunded Gaunt Bros, to this redemption story with Trackhouse). He showed that magic and potential that was on display during the 2016 Xfinity championship season. I am really hoping with this win, it will get a lot more international eyes on the sport.

The idea of having Detroit be a two team city is very mind boggling, but in its peak in the 1940s-1950s, it could had worked. Very nice integration from the various STL and Detroit teams.

48 minutes ago, Sec19Row53 said:

Where are the photos stored that you are using for your profile? What size and quality are they?

I just move it straight onto the desktop. Would I need to do something else?

Hey all, I've been having an issue trying to change my profile picture.

I am wanting to change it - but each time I do, the quality of the photos gets so bad. For reference, I have a MacBook Pro - I have tried both Safari and Firefox. Would I need to change to Chrome? Is there something I need to change with my settings? Thanks in advance.

11 minutes ago, gosioux76 said:

 

Good lord. The Padres appear to have used 1980s tourist t-shirts as their City Connect inspiration. Approximately one hour after these uniforms are revealed I expect to hear cries of "they should adopt these full time." 

Holy vaporwave Batman. 

On 5/22/2022 at 11:12 PM, JerseyJimmy said:

blaney really went out there and won the same race twice, huh

 

[REDACTED] texas motor speedway, all my homies hate texas motor speedway

At this point, the ASR means nothing. All of the prestige is gone. They need to stop toying with the format and putting it at different tracks - keep it at Charlotte and keep the race at 70 laps (like what happened from 1985 and 1990-2001). But at the same time, NASCAR just might as well end the ASR because no other major motorsports league has something like this, and there is not fun to the magic anymore. 

On 4/13/2022 at 8:32 PM, mcj882000 said:

So EA decided to promote that paint scheme to be Bowyer's primary only car in the video games, removing the remaining Jack Daniel's imagery from the car in the process - including, just to be totally safe, the distinctively-Jack's number, replacing it with a more generic looking "07":

This continued for NASCAR 09, EA's last (non-Wii arcade) NASCAR game and which incidentally covered the final season of the Jack's sponsorship deal.

I remember this in NASCAR 08 and being really baffled by it...another thing that happened in NASCAR video games was that in NASCAR The Game 2011, they would put other cars from the lower series (Nationwide and trucks) and put them on the Cup Series body. And whenever two cars had the same number, they would put a letter next to it like a car from your local short track.

Then again, the game as a whole was baffling.

The KTech color scheme reminds me a lot of Fiesta-era San Antonio Spurs vibes, which I am not complaining about - a very unique concept, and the diamond motif makes it stand out a lot too. 

Miami Heat? More like Miami Chill with those colors...

On 5/16/2022 at 3:25 AM, Old School Fool said:

I'm starting to think that Nike wants to do away with gray jerseys on the road. I don't hate the idea but I also don't like it either.  It's conflicting.

If they do that for the Cubs, I will have no complaints, considering that the Cubs probably have the worst grey getup in the majors...their blue alts are infinitely many times better.

2 hours ago, Silent Wind of Doom said:

 

@GrayJ12, the Rams just won and they're gone?   Hehehe.   Your fandom continues to be as hard to pin down as your screen name.

Thank you for the sig, as well as the subtle burn. 

The Dodgers x PCL Angels concept actually meshes really good, reminds me of their road jersey from the early aughts (by the way, one of the most underrated jerseys of all time IMO). This could had fit in well with the aesthetic look from this area. Great work!

All three of these are great, but I am leaning towards #2. I think #3 is good too, but the TB logo looks unnatural. #2 is what I think of when I see Tampa Bay, beautiful beaches. Awesome stuff!

42 minutes ago, cajunaggie08 said:

One of the co-owners of Trackhouse will have his face on the hood and side of the car this weekend

 

 

Nowhere near as magical as the Ricky Bobby "ME" car.

GA&M ives me some strong Syracuse/Cleveland Brows vibes, I like it. I do feel like the actual logo of the Thrasher looks odd without an actual eyeball, but otherwise amazing work!

The colors on those leaked Jazz jerseys scream more of an energy drink brand than a NBA team. 

My high school gym could fit more than 3 times the amount of people that went to the A's game last night. 

Not a uniform per se, but the King Richard Petty failing to qualify in his famous 43 car at the 1986 Coca-Cola 600 (one of NASCAR's crown jewel races) and having to buy a car to get him into the show has always been very interesting to look back on.

18 minutes ago, QCS said:

I'd love to see NASCAR give an attempt at a real dirt track - Eldora or Knoxville are some I've seen thrown around. Bristol isn't meant for dirt, the track isn't built to maintain it, and while the races have been exciting there have been some stupid, stupid things happening that wouldn't happen at a real dirt track like the mud from last year or the grilles from this year. But I'm over Bristol Dirt, and I'm thinking it may be time for Bristol to lose the spring race.

 

Speaking of, many people have thrown around the idea that no track with a couple exceptions get more than one date, those exceptions being Daytona, Talladega, Charlotte, Darlington, and Martinsville. I don't mind it, especially because the one cookie-cutter track would be in different configurations for both events. I'd love to see more schedule diversity and it would mean NASCAR could try new things like Montreal or going back to Chicagoland or something.

I agree. It just seems like downgrading the spring Bristol race into more of a gimmick race than anything, and NASCAR shouldn't have any more gimmick races. It should start and stop at the All Star Race.

I do believe they should give a crack at Eldora or Knoxville - personally I prefer Eldora (a little biased since I live a few hours from the track). I feel like if Knoxville gets a renovation to accommodate more fans (even though they downsized in 2018), that could put them in position to hold a Cup race.

I feel like the lower series (definitely the trucks, iffy about the Xfinity peeps) should head back to Lucas Oil Raceway in Indy. It was a fun track that got pushed aside a decade ago for lackluster races at the Brickyard oval. At this point, I would ax the Bristol spring race entirely. 

Hey! Hopefully my signature can be updated, please:

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