Baseball Miscellany

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Uhā€¦

They look pretty good for a special occasion uniform. Those socks arenā€™t what I would call a rainbow pattern but I guess one could say a rainbow of colors in a gradient pattern. I wonder if there is a Pantone color match or name for that particular blend.

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I think I like them also.

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The caps look sweet

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Holy fuck those are hideous.

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More of an ombre.

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I like the cap logo and the nasa font. I do wish they were white instead of blue. The grid sleeves are unnecessary, makes them look too busy.

Iā€™m not much of a fan of the pants above the knees. Though, Iā€™m sure pants length is a players choice.

Sidd Finch level insanity in the NPBā€¦

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Ha! Could have been better. I scouted a HS game (upcoming opponent) when I was coaching at Brenham. The pitcher threw a perfect game and struck out all 21 in the seven inning HS game. Let that sink in; the team facing him did not hit a fair ball.

Iā€™m with you HH. Other than the hats, which I like well enough to probably buy, the rest is horrendous.

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Not gonna lie, Iā€™m a fan.

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My dad did that once in an industrial league. It was a tournament and turns out the other team were basically a softball team who just wanted to try their luck in the tournament. How good could these guys be, right? They grossly underestimated the level of talent theyā€™d be facing.

Learned last night that longtime Astros radio engineer Mike ā€œthe looseā€ Cannon passed away. R.I.P.

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I knew Mike from my days of assisting Bob Green on game days during spring training back in the 90ā€™s. A super nice gentleman. As I recall, he was a flight enthusiast and had his pilot license for many years. R.I.P

Hereā€™s the hoodie and t shirt that go with the citywhatever uniforms.

If the hoodie didnā€™t have those full cuffs on the sleeves Iā€™d already have ordered one.

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Oh man I love those socks. Theyā€™re rocket boosters! itā€™s cheesy as shit but I love it. I think the yellow-orange gradient is a nice update to the old rainbow stripes.

I donā€™t like the font for the lettering though. The numbers are ok but the letters are hard to read.

The font is from the '75 redesign of the NASA logo, ā€œthe wormā€

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Funny NASA story: They retired that old NASA logo with those letters (they call it the worm) because of the readability issues. Guess what was the #1 employee request in their annual EVS survey year-over-year? The return to that logo. They were overjoyed last year when it was allowed back as an ā€œofficialā€ NASA branding element.

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