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jwwashburn Sun Sep 06, 2009 04:02pm

Joe West says change that glove.
 
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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 Sun Sep 06, 2009 05:28pm

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 Mon Sep 07, 2009 04:13pm

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 Mon Sep 07, 2009 04:21pm

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


http://www.nofenders.net/uploaded_im...ers-710173.jpg

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2009...riners_400.jpg

Here's one from 1992:
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2009...iners1_600.jpg

Kevin Finnerty Mon Sep 07, 2009 04:30pm

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 Mon Sep 07, 2009 04:51pm

A.
Quote:

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.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty (Post 624298)
It's bush league gamesmanship to get an umpire to have that tossed.

I would say B follows A.

SanDiegoSteve Mon Sep 07, 2009 05:02pm

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

LDUB Mon Sep 07, 2009 08:08pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty (Post 624298)
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.

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused:

jwwashburn Mon Sep 07, 2009 08:11pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty (Post 624296)
Unit's had the sweatband on the glove since the early days. Here are three shots from that era:


http://www.nofenders.net/uploaded_im...ers-710173.jpg

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2009...riners_400.jpg

Here's one from 1992:
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2009...iners1_600.jpg

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

SethPDX Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:13pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwwashburn (Post 624320)
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 Tue Sep 08, 2009 03:40pm

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 Tue Sep 08, 2009 03:48pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty (Post 624478)
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 Tue Sep 08, 2009 04:00pm

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:
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...uttSelig-1.jpg

Kevin Finnerty Tue Sep 08, 2009 04:04pm

I like this shot, too:
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...Budpicksit.jpg

You know how important it is to have camera presence.

jwwashburn Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:40am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty (Post 624487)
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:
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...uttSelig-1.jpg

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


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