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In that case, I still disagree. While of course Ozzie's first and foremost uniform is of course the Cardinals, he doesn't look "wrong", so to speak, in Garvey-era Padres garb. At least in my view. You would be in the minority - and I'm old enough to know him as a Padre.

It may be the right uniform, but certainly not the right number!

Yeah he jokes openly about how bush league the atmosphere was down there and how it sucks to play there once you've played in a decent football market before, and how crappy the coaching was and they basically just handed him a ton of money to do nothing. That's besides the point - goddam that's a great jersey. Look at the gold. Look at it. Look, goddammit, look. Not suprised for 2 reasons. 1.) Jack Del Rio IS bush league. He was a bozo. 2.) Hugh Douglas is a lazy bum and got his ass beat by T.O. On 2 you're dead wrong. Dude worked his ass off and was a huge contributor for the Eagles, helping them get to the SB once he came back from Jacksonville. As for the TO thing, well, he didn't get his ass beat, but even if he got tagged a few times, it was T freaking O. Dude could take out most of the league if he wanted to back in those days, and Hugh was retired (and by then had become a lazy bum.)

Yeah he jokes openly about how bush league the atmosphere was down there and how it sucks to play there once you've played in a decent football market before, and how crappy the coaching was and they basically just handed him a ton of money to do nothing. That's besides the point - goddam that's a great jersey. Look at the gold. Look at it. Look, goddammit, look.

I'm not a mod, but you need to change that signature immediately. Many of us view this site at work and can't have porn up there. Seriously, what the hell goes through your head when you put that picture there?

Ron Hextall wearing #72 for the Islanders for a hot minute.... Hextall with the Nordiques... ...and one of him in no uniform, after one of his dozens of fights. I believe this one was after he beat up Lyle Odelein. EDIT: That could've been after he attacked Chelios in the '89 playoffs for Chelios' cheap shot on Brian Propp, but I'm not sure.

Villanova initially rebuffed them for football, and the league has since refused to extend another offer. However, 'Nova still has a great deal of power in the conference and has blocked Temple at every opportunity, both in a football-only and all-sports capacity. Despite their claims to the contrary, it's almost similar to how they essentially broke up the Philadelphia Big 5 back in the day, which has lead to decades of resentment and hatred from fans of the other Philadelphia Big 5 (St. Joes, Temple, LaSalle, and Penn (and, even to an extent Drexel)) schools.

It is bigger. It's 151px tall.

While "American" can mean "North American", I doubt that the Nordiques, Canucks, and Jets would endorse that conference name.

It's not just you. I totally understand the need to restrict huge quote strings, especially when there's lots of images, but it's pretty annoying when it's just short text blocks and each is relevant to the point you're making.

Not $300, but gamers definitely cost more than authentics to produce. One big reason is that there's more overall material used, ever seen the length of football jerseys? I have a 42 (M) that runs almost to my knees. The differences in striping or how the numeral/nameplate is affixed is also of a higher quality in gamers. This doesn't even get into the new designs of Pro Combat or TechFit where the on-field jerseys have 'advanced' material. I know most of that is marketing BS, but not all. But if I ever dropped $300 on a jersey I'd want the on field product. I don't see the reason to pay more than $100 for an "authentic". If replicas are $75 and use the same materials/cut then they are seriously jacking up the price of the tackle twill items, which is ridiculous. Agreed that "authentic" doesn't mean "on-field", but you'd look pretty ridiculous walking around in an "on-field" jersey, especially in the modern cuts. It'd be all bunched up at the shoulders to accommodate shoulder pads, and have cap sleeves like a "girly-tee". EDIT: what's with the new restriction on number of quote blocks you can have? I had to delete a perfectly relevant block of text in order to post this.

MLB Ratings If this isn't telling, then I don't know what is A 37% decrease with a contending team? Also surprising (to me anyway) is the household numbers. I know Phila is a bigger market than Boston but I wouldn't have expected that dramatic of a difference.

You just don't understand how things work, do you?

When viewed like that, with the jersey and pants aligned perfectly, that uniform looks pretty decent IMO. Sure the facemask still looks out of place, and I don't care for the black collar outline (just make the whole thing black or red or white, and the pants strip doesn't need to taper into piping the way that it does, but it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

I can tell you one thing. The Big XII is gonna talk with all the teams, and they're going to say "Whatever the cost, T A&M cannot win the conference." That would just be the ultimate insult to injury. Montreal screw job?

Michigan. Just like IMO Reggie Bush still looks odd in anything other than a USC uniform. I don't think that the "right" uniform for someone necessarily has to be a pro one (though I guess USC is a pro one.)

the fielder there needs to wake up. Nearly every pitch Sid threw ended up deep into the outfield or seats, so the infielders had little to pay attention to.

Fernando Valenzuela

Sid Fernandez

Definitely. Sports teams in major cities should base themselves on the city, and not the mascot (possible exception made for the Eagles, because they've had those helmet wings for so long.) Leave the gimmicks for the SLCs of the world. If you want a goofy looking plush mascot for the kids that's fine, but keep it off the uniforms. The current Islanders crest works very well for them IMO. There have been a few concepts here that use the same basic crest but make the NY bigger and have some other mods that also look great. Same with the Jets. I'd support the simple oval NY for them long before any logo that's based around a jet. The Boston Bruins don't need cuddly bears on their sweaters, the Flyers don't need air planes or pilots or whatever, if we extend to Detroit, the Tigers are just fine with their Ds and don't need Tony the Tiger plastered everywhere, etc.

My god that script looks horrible against those pinstripes with all those outlines. They really need to ditch this whole faux wild-west railroad thing.

1. It says RBK and not Reebok 2. Look at how wavy or "bacony" the crest is.

The Big East would likely re-extend its invitation to Villanova in that case ('Nova dragged their feet, then finally had decided to accept but the Big East rescinded the invitation partially due to the delay) and possibly try to re-acquire Temple for football.

No they don't. Please stop posting. Forever.

I was never an Akers fan, but I did start to really feel for him when I heard about his daughter's problems and the fact that he got hoodwinked out of all of his money. I recently saw one of the billboards that he bought along I-95 thanking the fans for their support over the past 12 years. Guess he's a good dude. Wish him well in SF.