leopard88 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 This morning's Baltimore Sun says the Pirates will be wearing throwbacks as well. No word on which combination they'll be wearing. We can only tune in tonight and hope for the best.P.S. I hope most of the players wear the pants just below the knee with the stirrups hiked all the way up (i.e., true 1979 style).They gave a small hint:And the teams will wear 1979 throwback uniforms, with the Orioles sporting the cartoon-bird hats and the Pirates in the striped pillbox caps.I'm really hoping for orange uniforms from the O's. I think tonight will be the first throwback game I've seen in person.Very small.I'll look for you on TV. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gueman Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 O's in the white unis of the era, with the white panel smiling Oriole. The Pirates are NOT wearing throwbacks. They are also honoring Jim McKay as well with a pre game video. The O's helmets are weak, the white is kinda a half moon shape, not the traditional triangle shape. That could be because of the style of the batting helmet. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 O's in the white unis of the era, with the white panel smiling Oriole. The Pirates are NOT wearing throwbacks. They are also honoring Jim McKay as well with a pre game video. The O's helmets are weak, the white is kinda a half moon shape, not the traditional triangle shape. That could be because of the style of the batting helmet.Yeah, they really screwed the pooch on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 O's in the white unis of the era, with the white panel smiling Oriole. The Pirates are NOT wearing throwbacks. They are also honoring Jim McKay as well with a pre game video. The O's helmets are weak, the white is kinda a half moon shape, not the traditional triangle shape. That could be because of the style of the batting helmet.The white is some sort of temporary add-on to their current helmets. If you look close you can see it. It's not even close to the original look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Now if they pass out fake beards, cowboy hats, and Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket sized beers for $1.75, (yep a 36oz beer for $1.75!) THAT my friend would be a throwback celebration!Or it could just be the second coming of this. Either way, I'm all for it.From Wikipedia:"American League president Lee McPhail commented, "There was no question that beer played a part in the riot."Good answer! Any game footage floating around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandyDelphia Mike Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 NCAA Baseball Champions | 2014, 2019 facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreFan Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 The O's helmets are weak, the white is kinda a half moon shape, not the traditional triangle shape. That could be because of the style of the batting helmet.Hey its better than nothing. Most teams don't do anything with their helmets on throwback games. I thought it was cool the O's actually tried. Also, disappointed the Pirates didn't do anything. I would have at least like to have seen the old hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 If nothing else, I give 'em points for the elastic waistbands, and the period-appropriate extra-high stirrups. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bterreson Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Giants tonight.. Tumblr. Twitter. Flickr. Facebook. Last.Fm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M59 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Until Paul Lukas can travel to every team and show them the "exact and proper" way to wear stirrups from whatever "exact and proper" time they were enshrined in his mind (apparently the mid-60s), this foolishness should stop! As these "throwback" jerseys are just approximations to begin with (note Giants number font, width of sleeve piping, size of Orioles front numbers, etc) players should just stop screwing around with attempting to wear something they don't (stirrups) and just wear their pants the way they normally do. I don't remember if I got a photo last night, but Adam Jones looked like he was wearing...clamdiggers! Give him a straw hat, and he's Huckleberry Finn! It was awful...truly awful.And I'm still disappointed that the Orioles went white instead of orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no97 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Until Paul Lukas can travel to every team and show them the "exact and proper" way to wear stirrups from whatever "exact and proper" time they were enshrined in his mind (apparently the mid-60s), this foolishness should stop! As these "throwback" jerseys are just approximations to begin with (note Giants number font, width of sleeve piping, size of Orioles front numbers, etc) players should just stop screwing around with attempting to wear something they don't (stirrups) and just wear their pants the way they normally do. I don't remember if I got a photo last night, but Adam Jones looked like he was wearing...clamdiggers! Give him a straw hat, and he's Huckleberry Finn! It was awful...truly awful.And I'm still disappointed that the Orioles went white instead of orange.Here's the problem - these two games (O's and Giants) came just one day after the Cubs and Braves played in a beautiful game! I didn't see one single player for either team with their pants down, or oversized baggy pants in that game. I don't see how it's that difficult to get this done. Even guys who don't typically wear high socks wore them the right way for the Cubs/Braves game.Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyankee Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Until Paul Lukas can travel to every team and show them the "exact and proper" way to wear stirrups from whatever "exact and proper" time they were enshrined in his mind (apparently the mid-60s), this foolishness should stop! As these "throwback" jerseys are just approximations to begin with (note Giants number font, width of sleeve piping, size of Orioles front numbers, etc) players should just stop screwing around with attempting to wear something they don't (stirrups) and just wear their pants the way they normally do. I don't remember if I got a photo last night, but Adam Jones looked like he was wearing...clamdiggers! Give him a straw hat, and he's Huckleberry Finn! It was awful...truly awful.And I'm still disappointed that the Orioles went white instead of orange.I noticed the Orioles numbers as well. These were more of a 1983 variety. IIRC - the O's numbers in '79 - both front and back - were of a smaller size/font than when the made them larger sometime in the early '80s. Sorry - have no pics to back this up. Anyone ouy there have one from '79? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Giants tonight..Would have been nice if the Giants couldda got the digits right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj32 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Giants tonight..Would have been nice if the Giants couldda got the digits right...The M&N jersey is wrong, too. The Giants had a varsity font (similar to the current Yankees or Braves font) on those jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMcD Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Watching tonight's O's win I noticed the O's had an black armband. Then looking at last nights pics they had an extra armband also. Does anybody know who this is for? Russert?, Jones?, McKay?, a combination of them all?EDIT: I just saw that queman said they had a video tribute to McKay, so it was probably honoring him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilliesPhan1325 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Why is every one of the players' hats brim completely straight? "The 0-2 pitch... SWING AND A MISS! STRUCK HIM OUT! THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL!" J M yoU wish you had a Duke Dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter23 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Why is every one of the players' hats brim completely straight?http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2008...ps-catching-on/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadSeed84 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Why is every one of the players' hats brim completely straight?http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2008...ps-catching-on/I loathe flat bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Why is every one of the players' hats brim completely straight?http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2008...ps-catching-on/I loathe flat bills.as do I, but this does show that they got the green underbill correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Why is every one of the players' hats brim completely straight?http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2008...ps-catching-on/I loathe flat bills.as do I, but this does show that they got the green underbill correct.The Cubs had the green underbill as well. I wish that green were back for good. "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity."--Abraham Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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