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  1. BBTV
    This board should be the place to discuss the team colors, nickname, uniform design, etc - and nothing more. The political threads were the worst thing about the forums. I don’t want to post about how much I love their new shade of burgundy, just to have to go through 3 pages of “PC police!” and “ignorant redneck!” just to follow up on it. There’s members here that I legit don’t like or respect because their views on certain topics have been exposed, and there was no need for it had we just been talking about uniforms. I think it’s possible as Long as the rules for the thread are spelled out in big boldface type. We’re talking about potential new names, what their new logo may be, if they’re playing in the current unis but with plain helmets, etc, and anything that references politics or debate around the name is instantly removed and the person reprimanded. my only fear with that is that I can see a lot of “innocent” people being suspended for posts that they didn’t mean to be political in nature but were maybe interpreted as such, and the current system doesn’t allow for an explanation - it’s just straight to “suspended for belligerence towards the moderation team”.
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    This is an unprecedented situation, considering we're (not) talking about the real possibility that a team might do an entire rebrand (a real rebrand) less than two months before the season starts. Just the logistics involved alone might be worth discussing. Also considering there's articles everywhere about how the coach is saying that he's involved and that they're down to two choices (or maybe just that there's two that he likes), it's getting real close to when a thread is needed. Eventually, closing threads and responding to questions about starting threads might become more work than just policing one. Totally understand and the reasons behind disallowing the discussion and support that decision, but it may be time to rip off the band-aid and just hope not too much blood leaks out.
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    Actually, I never thought about it but you're right - the back would look a little better with white outline around the numbers. I don't think it matters that the front doesn't have them. I like the Dodgers script without outline on the front, and outlined numbers on the back. No Los Angeles script, no outlines on the NOB. One thing is for sure - whoever thought that blue buttons was a good idea should have his or her life terminated in a very uncomfortable way.
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    "When you have a cool logo to go along with Nike on the other side, it’s going to help us in recruiting" Pathetic.
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    My undergrad degree comes from.... Which is affiliated with neither Indiana University nor University of Pennsylvania, but is part of the "of Pennsylvania" state system of higher education and located in Indiana PA (the christmas tree capital of the world... and kinda sorta home of Jimmy Stewart.)
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    It came back in '87 when they returned to button fronts and radial NOB. I'm fairly certain they darkened the red too, and at least at home, most true red was gone (the pinstripes were still red, and some of the catchers used red gear, not maroon.) I'm pretty sure (but can't confirm) that it was the "baseball not allowed on jersey" rule that made them change. Maybe that was relaxed and they didn't bother to change until they moved to the button template in the late '80s. '86 Home: Note the zipper, open P, and the bright red pinstripes: P) '87 Home - note the buttons, swirl P, and darker pinstripes Couldn't find an '87, but here's an '88 road (same thing - buttons, swirl P, darker red)
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    Here's a lot of 3 game-worn jerseys. The alighment of the number seems pretty consistent: Here's my guess of the versions of these uniforms: v1: Flannel. Gray road. Button down. NNOB. Full Swirl. v2: Flannel. Blue road. Button down. NNOB. Full swirl. v3. Double-knit. Blue road. Zipper front. Partial swirl. (longest version) v4. Double-knit. Blue road. Button front. Full swirl. Darker pinstripes at home ('87-'88) v5. Double-knit. Gray road. Button front. Full swirl. ('89-'91)
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    My gods the flannel era for those uniforms was horrible. I'm still shocked that there even was a flannel version of them - let alone several. Seems like a design that was made specifically for the "new age" poly uniforms.
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    Been looking more into those old Phillies uniforms since there's so much I never knew about their early years. According to this auction, they switched to blue with chain stitching and NNOB for only one season before switching to the blue with twill and NOB the next year. "This one-of-a-kind apparel was a departure from the previous year's gray flannel road jerseys and also represents the lone year with an oversize embroidered back number (in a cost-cutting measure, the Phils went to tackle twill identifiers and names on the back of the following year's road jerseys)." Honestly, those look terrible with the chainstitching. Regular twill is so much better with that style. The whole thing looks amazingly amateur - like they had a child cutting out the numbers with scissors. I'm not certain, but I'm assuming the next year is when they dropped the swirl from the P.
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    And I never realized the first versions weren't double-knit! I assume the chainstitching (and gray) only lasted until the switch.
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    Note the placement of the front number. It was moved up to the chest by the time these were worn on the field. Also, the road was a true gray for a few years before becoming blue.
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    Here's the Super Bowl LII Champion Philadelphia Eagles radio booth during Super Bowl LII, where they destroyed the New England Patriots to become the Super Bowl Champions. It's super interesting... and pretty chaotic. At one point, Merrill Reese is watching the game with his binoculars. Both broadcasters seem totally dependent on the spotters around them pretty often.
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    I get why wrestling announcers would do it - the viewers are shown certain shots for a specific reason so it wouldn't make sense for the viewer to see a shot of someone on the outside who's getting ready to cheat while the announcers are focusing on something totally different. I do find it funny that they're ringside, but watching TV (other than when there's replays.) I assumed that sports broadcasters did it mostly based on the action on the field, with the help of spotters and other aids either putting things on a prompter or communicating via earpiece. There's stuff they could see that a viewer wouldn't, like the positioning of the fielders. I know they're always handed papers with certain info on them. They'd need the actual viewer feed available, and often refer to it, but I'm not sure if it's their primary input.
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    Read something today that if there's MLB this year, and if they play at home stadiums, the announcers won't travel with the team and will call road games from studios in their home location. I wonder if they'll be calling it based on the same feed the viewers see, or if they'll have their own CC feed that shows more of what's going on.
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    When I could pee in a 32oz souvenir cup in the concourse in the Vet because the lines were either too long or the pipes were frozen. That kind of behavior seems to be frowned upon now.
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    Huh. I assumed that since two machines, and only this site open, that the site was the culprit so I didn't pursue it further. My bad. Some not-basic googling pointed me to the Youtube for TV extension, which I have just deleted, so we'll see. All the other removal procedures I've found seem very painful and invasive. I'd imagine that it's not as simple as removing an extension, but fingers crossed. There was nothing unexpected in running processes, regedit, add/remove programs, or any system directories.
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    Now it's spawning multiple tabs. I'll be on this site (with only this tab open), go away, come back, and multiple of those "dudepages" tabs will be open, all with stupid crap. Again, multiple machines.
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    Bears HOFer Richard Dent also finished up with the Eagles
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    Greg Townsend was a good DL for the Raiders for 11 seasons... and finished up with one for the Eagles:
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    Now whenever I go to this site, a new tab opens up for this site: https://dudepages.com/totally-awesome-randomness-35-photos/ It's been happening for a few days now, on both my laptop and desktop. What the hell is wrong with this site? It's literally the only site that I have technical issues with, whether it's log in, ads that take over my mobile screen, weird popups, and now these "dude pages" tabs that pop open. Since these things happen on three separate devices, I feel it needs to be something with the ad devils that are being used, or something else goofy with this site.
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    ...never mind... for now....
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    How is Pier 1 associated with failure, when it had a good long run as a reputable company? No reasonable person looks at that logo and is like "lol, that didn't work", unlike with New Coke, Circuit City, the WCW Starship, Pat Patriot, and K-Mart. Granted, K-Mart also had a good run, but wasn't ever looked at highly, and spent its final decade or more just hanging on for life in a very undignified manner, to the point where everyone just assumed it was already dead (I remember driving by one and passing it by because I thought it was closed down, only to realize it was open, just with zero customers. Scored a lifetime supply of dishwasher capsules on super clearance.) Is this thread now simply "logos of companies that have recently filed for bankruptcy?"
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    This needs a thread.
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    I remember the Penguins announcer that would say stupid-irrelevant phrases after every goal, and then he got on Sports Center, so lots of hack announcers tried to come up with catch phrases or silly things that would get them on Sports Center. I'm sure there's announcers that sit around coming up with sayings, many of which aren't even sports related, or Chris Berman-esque nicknames just to get attention. "You had barbecue? And didn't invite me?" WTF. Tota hack.
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    Fact: nobody spread coronavirus in 3/4-empty Veteran's stadium, Cleveland stadium, Riverfront, Three Rivers, etc. Let's let that sink in for a minute.
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