Varitek gets a captain's "C"

[HurricaneDavid]

They should have given him the "C" from the Calgary Flames jersey. Man, that's sweet.

[-kj]

It's taken I believe from ice hockey, where the captain wears a "C" on the left shoulder chest on the front of the jersey, and his assistants (or associates) wear an "A". In soccer, the captain wears an armband on the left arm.

No, really? Thank you for the enlightenment about hockey, since I know nothing at all about it.

Actually, the A technically stands for "alternate."

Considering baseball's rules have no such requirements, the C on the jersey means nothing in terms of the actual game, and it looks downright silly on the jersey, there's no reason to put it on there.

[hormone]

I'm sorry, but I think hockey is the only sport that the "C" or "A" on the jersey works. It looks lame on all other sport jerseys. I (don't kill me if I'm wrong) believe the Georgia Bulldogs do it and Greene has a C and it looks gay. The C on this jersey looks gay too.

Umm..just a word of advice before making any remarks such as these,you never know if your mis-use of terms may offend any of our members here.I know you're not using it to identify anyone's sexual prefence,but still I think there are others here that would agree with me.

My apologies. I didn't mean to offend anyone. That's just the hot slang around my area right now. The C looks stupid then. No offense to dumb people Again, sorry for the use of the wording.

[amare32]

C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

[amare32]

C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

Actually...C is for catcher, that's good enough for me.

[tmorss9]

I think the "C" looks goofy on any baseball jersey. I'm glad they named Varitek the captain of the team, since he pretty much was already, but the "C" is just goofy looking. As far as why do they have both jerseys at the press conference, Thats something the Sox have done for a couple of years. Basically it is so the press can have pictures of the player in the jersey he wears at Fenway, as well as a jersey that has the players name on it. Seems like I remember seeing pics of guys wearing the home jersey, and holding up the road jersey, showing off the name.

[robbman21]

I'm sorry, but I think hockey is the only sport that the "C" or "A" on the jersey works. It looks lame on all other sport jerseys. I (don't kill me if I'm wrong) believe the Georgia Bulldogs do it and Greene has a C and it looks gay. The C on this jersey looks gay too.

Umm..just a word of advice before making any remarks such as these,you never know if your mis-use of terms may offend any of our members here.I know you're not using it to identify anyone's sexual prefence,but still I think there are others here that would agree with me.

My apologies. I didn't mean to offend anyone. That's just the hot slang around my area right now. The C looks stupid then. No offense to dumb people Again, sorry for the use of the wording.

Hey it's cool It actually didnt offend me peronsonally because I knew what you meant when you said it,but still on a message board you never know who's here and who may take it personal.

As far as the "C" goes,I agree that it may look a little funny on a baseball jersey although I really liked the way Barry Larkin had his in Cincy.As far as basketball goes I dont think it looks goofy at all on a b-ball jersey if it's placed right and the font also tied into the rest of the uni scheme.I dont so much mind it on football either although it does look a little odd to me because you have the shoulder pads going on.In the 90's the Chargers used to spell out "CAPTAIN" in white letters in a black rectangle and place it on the jerseys.I have seen pics of Junior Seau and Natrone Means with this on football cards and in S.I.I have put an "A" and a "C" on my AAU b-ball team's jerseys since '99 because in AAU and Boys and Girls Club ball you have to designate captains pregame,and these are the only ones who may speak in any way to the refs during the game.I decided the "A" and "C" on the unis would immediately let out of town officials know that who was speaking to them was recognized by the league rules as our team captain.I did the "A" in case my captain was on the bench at the time.

[Roger Clemente]

C is for...

"Codfish!...so thick, it stayed the progress of our ship. Your fleets will have no further need of Iceland. Fishes enough to feed this kingdom. Oh sire...until the end of time."

--Roger "Cabot!" Clemente.

[ColeJ]

call me crazy, but i love when team's have captain's C's... maybe it's because hockey is my first love...

and the reason it's not the same font as the RED SOX text is probably the same reason why the dallas stars C isn't in gold, italics like the logo... same reason why the bruins' C isn't in the middle of a hub... same reason why iginla only has 1 flaming C on his sweater.

[FiddySicks]

C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

Actually...C is for catcher, that's good enough for me.

i think the bat boys have BB on their jerseys, so it kinda makes sense

[lucky]

-"Geez, why are all you guys so caught up in small details like this? Its just a letter!"

-"You don't get the purpose of this message board, do you?"

End crystal ball.

[IceCap]

a little off topic, a couple of weeks ago when i was playing in a hockey game, i got board when my team had control of the puck for 5 min. or something (im the goalie) and as i was starring off into space i noticed that the goalie on the other end had a "G" where the captian would have a "C"

at the end of the game i went up to him to congradualate him on a good game, and i confrimed it! he actually had a "G" whats the point of this? does anyone need to be reminded who the goalie is?

[lost_limey]

Captain 'C' really don't work outside hockey in my opinion, take McGrady last year

The 'C' looks lost on the sea of white.

[hormone]

a little off topic, a couple of weeks ago when i was playing in a hockey game, i got board when my team had control of the puck for 5 min. or something (im the goalie) and as i was starring off into space i noticed that the goalie on the other end had a "G" where the captian would have a "C"

at the end of the game i went up to him to congradualate him on a good game, and i confrimed it! he actually had a "G" whats the point of this? does anyone need to be reminded who the goalie is?

That is very odd. Maybe Lemieux should put an "O" for owner on his jersey. Well, anyway, at least it's better than soccer where the goalie is in a whole different uniform.

[pcgd]

at least it's better than soccer where the goalie is in a whole different uniform.

actually that makes sense for the refs. When there are a bunch of players and someone touches the ball with their hand, they need to know that its the goalie and not another player.

[FiddySicks]

a little off topic, a couple of weeks ago when i was playing in a hockey game, i got board when my team had control of the puck for 5 min. or something (im the goalie) and as i was starring off into space i noticed that the goalie on the other end had a "G" where the captian would have a "C"

at the end of the game i went up to him to congradualate him on a good game, and i confrimed it! he actually had a "G" whats the point of this? does anyone need to be reminded who the goalie is?

That is very odd. Maybe Lemieux should put an "O" for owner on his jersey. Well, anyway, at least it's better than soccer where the goalie is in a whole different uniform.

and maybee in baseball they should put letters for individual records a player holds like a SSHRRB on the front of bonds jersey that stands for single season home run record breaker or OMW500SBA500HR for only man with 500 stolen bases and 500 home runs. or maybee not

[wheateater]

C is for...

"Codfish!...so thick, it stayed the progress of our ship. Your fleets will have no further need of Iceland. Fishes enough to feed this kingdom. Oh sire...until the end of time."

--Roger "Cabot!" Clemente.

I sure hope you made the sign of the cross with your hand as you said that final sentence. 'Cause if you didn't...