Joe West says change that glove.

[jwwashburn]

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I had a guy in a HS game a few years ago that had a very shiny reflective emblem on the outside of it and it almost blinded me. A little black tape and we were ok.

I do not think I have ever seen this in the MLB before.

[RKBUmp]

Couple of years ago Randy Jonson was pitching for the Diamondbacks and had a black padded band on the back strap of his glove. He had been pitching with it all season and had it on the whole first half of the game against I believe it was the Dodgers. All of a sudden it became an issue with the Dodgers manager and they made him remove the padded strap.

[ozzy6900]

Sounds to me like Joe did his job.

OBR 1.15
(a) The pitcher’s glove may not, exclusive of piping, be white, gray, nor, in the judgment of an umpire, distracting in any manner.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Unit's had the sweatband on the glove since the early days. Here are three shots from that era:






Here's one from 1992:

[Kevin Finnerty]

In NONE of those cases could it possibly be considered a distraction [for LDUB's sake: by any reasonable person]. It's bush league gamesmanship to get an umpire to have that tossed.

[MrUmpire]

A.

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

All of a sudden it became an issue with the Dodgers manager and they made him remove the padded strap.

B.

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

It's bush league gamesmanship to get an umpire to have that tossed.

I would say B follows A.

[SanDiegoSteve]

It must have been before Torre took over. I think he has a bit more class than that.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

In NONE of those cases could it possibly be considered a distraction [for LDUB's sake: by any reasonable person]. It's bush league gamesmanship to get an umpire to have that tossed.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Unit's had the sweatband on the glove since the early days. Here are three shots from that era:






Here's one from 1992:

Forget the glove...make this guy get a haircut!

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Forget the glove...make this guy get a haircut!

Ahh, the turquoise jersey. I thought it was...interesting...even back then. Now that Griffey has come back it's a "throwback" and is being sold in the Mariners team stores again.

[Kevin Finnerty]

I have that Griffey turquoise one with the gold MLB 125th anniversary logo patch. You remember that glorious anniversary. It was the year that Bud Selig and Donald Fehr came together to cancel the World Series for the first time since John McGraw refused to let the Giants play what would have been the second World Series in 1904.

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

I have that Griffey turquoise one with the gold MLB 125th anniversary logo patch. You remember that glorious anniversary. It was the year that Bud Selig and Donald Fehr came together to cancel the World Series for the first time since John McGraw refused to let the Giants play what would have been the second World Series in 1904.

Yes, I do. The Mariners were actually in a pennant race when that season ended.

[Kevin Finnerty]

And when Sosa and McGwire were juicing their way to a record in 1998, an account should have read, "... chasing Griffey's four-year-old record of 64 [or so], and Matt Williams' N.L. record of 61 [or so]."

This Bud's for you:

[Kevin Finnerty]

I like this shot, too:


You know how important it is to have camera presence.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

And when Sosa and McGwire were juicing their way to a record in 1998, an account should have read, "... chasing Griffey's four-year-old record of 64 [or so], and Matt Williams' N.L. record of 61 [or so]."

This Bud's for you:

Yeah, you're right! Bud Selig should have given the crybaby Union what they wanted even though he had no authority to do so.