I give the Sixers a 10!

The 76'ers are going back to their old logo. Two words: Love....it!!!

For comparison's sake, here is the old logo:

I was never a fan of these uniforms.

Although I kinda liked the blue ones...

The team will unveil new uniforms later in the summer.

I would imagine they will look like these:

Now, if we could only get those guys in uniform in their prime....

Cup Champs!

Forget the Penguins and Lord Stanley, I'm celebrating this year's Calder Cup Champs: the Hershey Bears!!

Hershey won the cup on the road at Manitoba, and I love the fact that the AHL hasn't followed the NHL's lead and gone to dark uniforms at home and white on the road.

I remember, back in high school, specifically going to HersheyPark Arena on "reverse sweater" night just to see "the chocolate browns." Keep in mind, back then there were no AHL TV highlights from road games and the newspaper was in black-and-white. So the only way to see the road uniforms was to actually go to a road game (the closest back then being Baltimore) or "reverse sweater night."

I would actually buy one of those jerseys, if they sold them. (An Internet search came up empty.)

However, I think I like the old Bears uniforms better, which features a skating bear on the front of the jersey. (They now wear that logo on the sleeve.) Also, notice the logo of Blue Cross on the front of the jersey. Advertising. Hmmm....

I don't know if this was created by fan of Manitoba (the Bear's cup opponent) or what, but I found this and it made me laugh....

Speaking of Cups, did you see that Sidney Crosby and some Penguins took the Stanley Cup to the Pirates game on Sunday. What are the odds that the Pirates would be playing.....Detroit?

Oh Canada

It's Friday night, which means the Blue Jays broke out their throw back baby blues....

Although I generally don't like this color uniform (unless the uniform says North Carolina on the front), I don't necessarily dislike these.  My problem with these Toronto uniforms is that they were the road uni's, and they wear them at home.

By the way, Friday night means Boston breaks out the alternate hat.  I also don't necessarily dislike this hat - I've definitely seen worse, but the traditionalist in me hates it.

Red-faced over red hats

I was appalled, APPALLED I say, when I flipped on the Yankee game this afternoon and saw this....


WTF? Are you kidding me with this?



Turns out, in honor of Memorial Day, every team in MLB wore red hats today.

The Rockies...

The A's...

The Dodgers....

The Orioles....

Even the Blue Jays.

I'm sorry. Is it Memorial Day in Canada too?

(Answer: No. Memorial Day in Canada is July 1st.)

With some teams, like the Reds or Phillies, you couldn't tell anything was different unless you looked closely.

Even the umpires wore red hats.

(Although, note the umpire in the Dodgers picture. Apparently someone didn't get the memo and/or the package from New Era.)

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for honoring those Veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for this country. But, c'mon. This isn't about honoring them. It's about this:

http://shop.mlb.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2325112&cp=2325112

Granted, a portion of the proceeds benefit the Welcome Back Veterans Foundation.

A PORTION?? C'mon MLB. If you really want to make this stunt about the veterans, let's go with ALL the proceeds. Otherwise, this isn't about red hats, it's about green.

Cubs vs. ????

The Chicago Cubs apparently played nobody on Sunday, and lost 7-2. Oh, wait, they played San Diego, who were wearing their camouflage uniforms. I didn't realize it was the Padres. They blended into the field.....

All kidding aside, I like these uniforms -- for San Diego. #1: San Diego is a military town. #2: It's the Padres. Not a lot of history there, so tinkering with the uniform doesn't offend me.

The backwards American flag on the sleeve is a nice touch.

Get the red out

What's with all the red uniform tops?

The Angels.....

The Nationals.....

The Diamondbacks.....

And, of course, the Reds....

Check out Mr. Red on the sleeve.  I love that.

You might even count the Astros.

All those uniforms take some getting used to.  But don't get me wrong.  I like red.  It's the color of my alma mater.  I love seeing them wear......

Nevermind.

Can Do Vancouver

 I didn't have a chance to post this before they were eliminated, but I really like what the Vancouver Canucks have done with their uniforms.

I'm not sold on having 'Vancouver' on the front, but the color scheme is great.  Reminds me of the old Hartford Whalers.  (Ironically, they added a whale to their logo.)

Obviously, it's much better than this....


I mean, what were they thinking?  

Here is a historical look at the Canucks' uniforms over the years - http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=MediaGalleryPlayer&galleryId=10496.  They're like the Chicago White Sox of the NHL when it comes to uniforms.  By that I mean their uniforms have dramatically changed have some horrendous variations.

Also, I didn't realize the word 'canuck' comes from a cartoon character.  Here is some history - http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=12896