Gumball unis
Posted by keithosaunders on May 5, 2011
The other day I was watching a game between the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers. It was a Monday afternoon game which the A’s eventually one in 10 innings on a walk off home run by Hideki Matsui. What struck me about the game — aside from the great ending — was the alternate uniforms worn by each team. The A’s have these retro ’70s bright yellow jerseys that they wear occasionally at home. The Rangers wore a bright, royal blue top, as opposed to their travelling grays.
For some reason these colors — the yellow and blue — looked great together. Maybe it is because they are primary colors, and bright ones at that. They looked like gum balls.
I was searching for a photo that showed both uniform in the same shot, but could not find one. Instead, in keeping with the retro theme, I’ll give you a photo of Coco Crisp with his Oscar Gamble style ‘fro.
Rangers starter Matt Harrison
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pioneersinsport said
Yeah, those retro uniforms of the A’s are really nice. I bet they are making lots of money with them. I was at that game and it was great to see Coco rocking the fro again. I may do a short piece on my blog about hairdos in baseball.
Doug
keithosaunders said
Sounds like a great idea for a post. You can do an entire chapter on mullets 🙂
jb said
K–
Check my recent ‘Say Hey!” post and the links.
Willie didn’t need a mullet or a ‘fro.
He just knew how to play better than most, if not all.
jb
keithosaunders said
Will do, jb, but who couldn’t use a mullet or a ‘fro?
zapple100 said
Here’s the classic picture of Oscar Gamble with the Yankees:
I like the old Oakland A’s uniforms with the white shoes. What made unique was that they were the only ones to have the colorful uniform at the time. That Charlie O ahead of the game.