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Nate Colbert as a member of the Detroit Tigers:

Nate as an Expo:

Nate on the A’s:

Dave Concepcion - 1989 Spring Training 

5 hours ago, Discogod said:

 

During his 2 1/2 minutes with the Celtics during the '86 preseason:

 

 

 

Wow, I can't believe they let that happen.  I guess it was cheaper than staging a fake game.  

19 hours ago, dont care said:

Chauncey billions as a Celtic, I never remember him playing for them but they just mentioned it on espn and had to look it up

He was Rick Pitino's first pick in that big draft where they had three first round picks but could not net that lottery pick to get Tim Duncan.  A year later Pitino, trying to prove his worth as a GM, started wheeling and dealing players away and he traded Chauncey away.  Pitino was a huge failure as a Celtics coach and worse as the GM.  

8 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Whitson (another guy whose career Billy Martin tried to destroy) wore no. 38 with the Yankees.

 

 

But that's great info about his Padres numbers.

 

You know what, I just assumed but I forgot that Dave Winfield already had 31!  And didn't Billy try to instigate a brawl with Whitson (a country boy from Tennessee) and end up with a broken arm? 

4 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Yes, good observation.  As a kid who was so into the 1970s A's, I was annoyed that Reggie didn't wear no. 9 on his return to Oakland. 

 

It's something how, in three significant cases, New York gave a player a number that superseded his established number and that stayed with him afterwards.

 

In addition to Reggie, there was Rickey Henderson. Rickey had become known for no. 35 with the A's.  When he came to the Yankees, that number was being worn by Phil Neikro, so Rickey took no. 24.  Surprisingly, when he went back to the A's four years later, he, like Reggie, kept his Yankee number rather than taking back his original A's number.  That Yankee number stayed with Rickey for most of his subsequent career.

 

When Keith Hernandez, who had worn no. 37 with the Cardinals, came to the Mets, he couldn't keep that number because it is retired for Casey Stengel; so Hernandez took no. 17.  When he left the Mets and joined Cleveland, he kept no. 17.

 

But this didn't always happen with the Yankees.

 

Ken Griffey had worn no. 30 with the Reds; but that number on the Yankees was Willie Randolph's.  Griffey wore nos. 6 and 33 with the Yankees, but went back to no. 30 upon leaving the team. 

 

Randy Johnson's no. 51 was being used on the Yankees by Bernie Williams, so Johnson took no. 41.  But he resumed wearing no. 51 after he left the Yanks.

 

Jack McDowell had worn no 29 with the White Sox, but changed to no. 19 with the Yankees because of Gerald Williams. (!) He got no. 19 back in his subsequent stop.

 

Other notable players with long-established numbers who had to take temporary detours were Frank Robinson (no. 20, but no. 30 with the Dodgers on account of Don Sutton) and Tommy John (no. 25, but no. 35 with the Angels on account of Don Baylor).  Honourable mention:  Will Ferrell (no. 19, but no. 20 with the Padres on account of the number being retired for Tony Gwynn).

 

 

Ed Whitson was 31 with the Padres, took 31 with the Yankees, but upon his return to the Padres had to take 32 because of Lamar Hoyt.  Once Hoyt left, Whitson reclaimed 31 (which is now retired for Dave Winfield). 

A nice little collage here.

Ken Stabler as an Oiler.

On 12/8/2016 at 3:03 PM, MCM0313 said:

Didn't he actually have some good seasons in Houston, though?

He did but he's a Charger.  I think of him more a Bengal than an Oiler.  

On 12/6/2016 at 3:19 PM, SabresRule7361 said:

Charlie Joiner, best known for his years with the San Diego Chargers, as a Cincinnati Bengal

 

Charlie Joiner as a Houston Oiler

14 hours ago, BrianLion said:

That uniform fits the bland, wordmark helmet IMO. 

 

However, I think the 1981 set is beautiful and much more evocative of a bengal tiger theme. 

 

Hard to argue the iconic nature of the 1981 unis, they were cutting edge at the time they were unveiled.  That said, while I think the original uniforms were bland and definitely similar to the Cleveland Browns, I just dig that original helmet with that simple black font outlined in white.  "BENGALS".  I even bought a mini helmet of that version and I'm not even a Bengals fan. 

But there's no turning back, the tiger stripe helmets are awesome and has withstood the test of time.  

Speaking of Jaws..... here he is as a Dolphin.

Here's Jaws in the wrong uniform (his first team) and the wrong number (just like above as a Dolphin).

Speaking of Jaws..... here he is as a Dolphin.

Here's Jaws in the wrong uniform (his first team) and the wrong number (just like above as a Dolphin).

You know, looking at this beautiful uniform, I'm thinking you could post a picture of the current Rams team photo and make an argument that the team is in the "wrong uniform" (meaning they should switch back to these classics full time).

Photo of George Hendrick during his 69 game stint with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1985:

That photo of Hendrick always cracks me up, especially when I see him coaching the Rays on TV. His players are too young or weren't born to remember, but Hendrick basically tanked his only season with the Bucs. He wasn't happy about being traded to Pittsburgh, so Hendrick loafed whenever possible, but still collected his paycheck. The term "Jogging" George Hendrick was coined to describe his lack of effort at the plate and in the field. Talk about letting down your teammates! If you or I had pulled that stunt at a new company we would have been fired quickly. The Pirates had bad teams in the mid 80s before the revival later in the decade, but that was no excuse for the unprofessional conduct by Hendrick that year.

Hendrick loafed in San Diego too, he was generally a malingerer during his career. It's amazing he is now coaching.

The closest thing may have been Joe Rudi, Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue in 1976. Pics of Fingers have to be deep in this thread,but I couldn't find any good authentic pictures of Rudi with the Red Sox or Blue with the Yankees.

Somebody had to.

Actually in the right uniform .

Deacon Jones - Redskins

Especially with that single-bar facemask.

RIP Big Deac.

The Blue Jays will do anything to start "WINNING" again.

So who is it?

I know, I know! It's Joe Carter!

Gary Carter himself said he wanted to be remembered as an Expo. There is a reason he played his last season there.

He fought being inducted as an Expo.

Gary Carter was a Met, and Dave Winfield was a Yankee in my eyes. In both cases they gained their most notoriety when they moved to NY. They both should have went in with an NY on their hats.

Shaq wore many uniforms, but the correct one is the Lakers uniform.

Looks like Manning took Tripucka up on his offer. I agree, the classy thing to do would be to go to 16. Even Joe Montana respected the retired jersey rule in KC (both his pro number 16 and college number 3 were retired in KC).

not a game pic but still.

It will be a little different since the Broncos are going back to orange as the primary and 18 is retired in Denver.

Yup, for Frank Tripucka, who has said he would be willing to unretire it for Manning:

Omar looks weird in any jersey that's not Mariners or Indians

Dang, he's still around playing?

Most of the contributions so far show players in uniforms of teams that we barely remember them playing for. I thought of two occasions in which movies show players in uniforms of teams that they never played for.

There was the movie Amazing Grace and Chuck (called Silent Voice outside North America), in which Alex English stars as a player for the Boston Celtics. Unfortunately, this is the best photo of him that I could find:

Then there was the great Naked Gun, in which Jay Johnstone is shown playing for the Seattle Mariners. Someone by the name of Matthew Glidden made a 1956 baseball card showing this:

And here is the wonderful scene, in which Jay faces a pitcher who looks a lot like Mike Witt, as Frank Drebin attempts to impersonate an umpire:

Great idea!

Pete Vukovich in "Major League" as Yankees slugger Clu Haywood:

John Kruk as a SF Giant in that horrible Robert DeNiro/Wesley Snipes film "The Fan":

Someone tried ordering a custom jersey from China recently...

lol, is that real?