pete said…
It has been reported, with somewhat certainty, that utility infielder Enzo Hernandez was actually the inspiration for the “Hamburgler.”

Numerous physical comparisons as well an in depth character analysis apparently bear this theorem out.

8:45 PM

pete said…
We know about the Dolphins in all-orange. We know about Ralph Garr patrolling right field in Comiskey Park wearing short pants. We know all about the early-80s Vancouver (shudder) Canucks…

I would only add to the illustrious list compiled by the hacks at FoxSports:

The mid-70′s Caesar Cedeno/Jose Cruz-era Houston Astros, with their dayglo rainbow mid-section prism of gorgeous technicolor.

The too-brief period in the early ’80s when the formerly ferocious Philadelphia Flyers, and, later, the pathetic Hartford Whalers, skated about NHL arenas in long pants,

The spandex unitards donned by the Little River Band while they toured Australia in 1978 following their post-’Help is on the Way ‘- pre-’Reminiscing’ sabbatical (see Sedaka, Neil – “70′s comeback”)

…and perhaps most egregiously of all, the hideous mustard-yellow/burnt-orange/shit-brown jerseys that clad the 6th place physiques of the Ray Kroc-owned San Diego Padres for the better part of the entire decade that was the 1970s.

Apparently, the McDonald’s CEO was oblivious to any negative effects this sartorial crime-against-humanity might have had on shaping younger fans’ attitudes when his haberdashers trussed up his athletes in these doozies, in effect recreating no less than a spectral facsimile of Jim Crow along the balmy shores of La Jolla.

The image of a lauded, dignified gentleman and future Hall-of-Famer like Willie McCovey staring out at an eight-year-old from a freshly opened pack of cards, wearing a Padres uniform and offering up a gaze that basically said “You want fries with that, Mister?”
could only have helped foster the cultural insensitivity that continues to plague our society as a whole to this very day.

12:06 PM