FiddySicks Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 So I guess that makes the Yankees even cheaper since they don't use names at all. A little slow there Dirty. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoDogg34 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I'm doubting very many major league teams, if any, do recycle their jerseys. Actually many low minor league (A and rookie) use their MLB affiliates' names, and they do, in fact recycle jerseys.They may use older ones, even previous styles, but they do use them.Also, in Spring training, ALL minor league teams wear the MLB unis. They don't wear the individual minor league team unis for spring games. (yes there are minor league spring games...although you won't find anyone that has actually attended one). During these games the minor league camp players most often wear recycled MLB unis.Another place they wear them is the Arizona Fall League. If you're not familiar with this, each MLB team sends 5 or so top prospects to the Phoenix area in October and November. There are 6 teams that play for 2 months with a championship game the week before Thanksgiving.Players in the AFL wear MLB unis, and most often they are recycled. There is an old lady in Scottsdale that does ALL the stitching for the Fall League (In 2003 she spelled Clint Barmes name as Barnes and he wore it all season like that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Since we haven't had NHL training camp in about a year and a half, maybe somebody can answer a question. Do the Red Wings still put names on a straight nameplate with block lettering in the preseason? Read the thread... I read the thread - I wanted to know if it was still the block letters on a straight nameplate or if they at least started making an attempt to come close to the regular season jerseys. Read it again... And the Wings do use a nameplate in the preseason.http://www.detroithockey.net/multimedia/574.php "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj32 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Since we haven't had NHL training camp in about a year and a half, maybe somebody can answer a question. Do the Red Wings still put names on a straight nameplate with block lettering in the preseason? Read the thread... I read the thread - I wanted to know if it was still the block letters on a straight nameplate or if they at least started making an attempt to come close to the regular season jerseys. Read it again... And the Wings do use a nameplate in the preseason.http://www.detroithockey.net/multimedia/574.php Those pesky links - thanks "BringBackTheVet" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 My 4 cents:1. I have a Radke jersey the produced for him, but he never wore (perhaps because the "TC" patch was replaced by the current patch). It is my best jersey by far. Very sharp. But that nameplate is its big flaw. I agree that with no pinstripes, it would not matter, but with pinstripes, it is kinda bush.2. I bought my wife a game worn Jason Zent flyers jersey (Zent was one of her favorite Wisconsin players and since he was an NHL nobody, it was fairly cheap). It was a preseason jersey (so maybe they don't do this with regular season jerseys). Clearly there had been a longer nameplate on the back previously, so at least two players wore that jersey. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 I've heard of NHL and actually MLB (at least in preseason) (and years ago, not recently) actually velcro-ing the name plate to the jersey so that they can be interchangable. I actually remember seeing a little thing on this back in the day (I think on TWIB or something.) "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmackman Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Some MLB teams do, some teams dont. Likewise for the NHL. The Marlins and Florida Panthers switched from having a name plate to not having one. No NBA team does, all NFL teams do. I guess there is no real standard except what the team likes. I think it looks better with. Especially with pinstripes because it makes the name stand out more and it's easier to read from far away. "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." - Unknown | Check out my articles on jerseys at Bacon Sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEd76 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 ... they sew the player's name to a piece of cloth instead of sewing each letter to the uniform itself. It looks so bush league.Since this apparently started out as an attempt to bash the Phillies for being cheap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Those photos posted by BigEd kind of wipe out the ol' "nameplates are used for ease of centering the name" arguments. I don't think it would be easy to center "Lieberthal" without using a nameplate, but the Phillies do it anyway. Personally, I have no problem with nameplates. Those old Dodger pics posted a few pages back look terrible, like an amateur slow-pitch softball league. As far as I know, based on what I've seen in equipment rooms (college and pro), the stitching is done by equipment managers or outsourced. I highly doubt any of it is done by the manufacturer of the jersey. I could be wrong, though. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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