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Pittsburgh Pirates wearing glorious 1979 throwbacks
Posted on 4/17/16 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 4/17/16 at 12:58 pm
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Posted on 4/17/16 at 12:59 pm to hendersonshands
Are there stars on the caps?
Posted on 4/17/16 at 12:59 pm to hendersonshands
Thats awesome.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 1:00 pm to High C
No apparently MLB wouldn't let them.
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Buster Olney ?@Buster_ESPN 3h3 hours ago
It's worth mentioning again: It'd be great if MLB could loosen its rules and allow the Pirates to dole out Stargell stars for the retros.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 2:01 pm to kilo
Posted on 4/17/16 at 2:16 pm to hendersonshands
I'm not that big of a baseball guy. What is the rule against the stars?
Posted on 4/17/16 at 2:22 pm to kilo
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Thats awesome.
but as a kid fan of the Cards in the 70s it brings back painful flashbacks - they beat our arse in those things and variations like them for that whole decade
Posted on 4/17/16 at 2:36 pm to LittleRockHog501
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I'm not that big of a baseball guy. What is the rule against the stars?
rule 23-A.1.2 - MLB must be managed by a bunch of old, stodgy nitwits who do not want to bring baseball into anything that resembles the 21st century.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 2:38 pm to tiderider
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MLB must be managed by a bunch of old, stodgy nitwits who do not want to bring baseball into anything that resembles the 21st century.
But aren't the Pirates wearing uniforms from the 20th century?
Posted on 4/17/16 at 2:42 pm to hendersonshands
Is Riff Raff playing 2B?
Posted on 4/17/16 at 2:45 pm to Maximus
1st
Posted on 4/17/16 at 3:03 pm to hendersonshands
Long live the Lumber Company!
Posted on 4/17/16 at 3:54 pm to hendersonshands
Some of the coolest unis ever
Posted on 4/17/16 at 4:11 pm to hendersonshands
frick yeah
Posted on 4/17/16 at 4:14 pm to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 4/17/16 at 5:35 pm to lsufball19
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But aren't the Pirates wearing uniforms from the 20th century?
Actually, those caps are from the 19th century.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 5:43 pm to hendersonshands
That's my good mate Joe Block (former NO Hornets post game host) - we both moved from NOLA to Milwaukee at around the same time and he got a Wheaten terrier like Sir Winston after his wife fell in love with my little guy. And my dog.
This post was edited on 4/17/16 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 4/17/16 at 7:37 pm to SirWinston
I like him as part of the broadcast team.
The city is pretty excited about the '79 uniforms w/ a lot of pieces on stuff from that era. People love that team, and there's still a lot of stuff from it that's part of the modern Pirate era (like the "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" banner that gets trotted out at big games down the stretch).
They said during the broadcast today that they were still pursuing the "Stargell Stars" thing w/ MLB and hadn't given up.
Interesting note -- the Pirates wore that uniform in Game 7 of the '79 series @ Baltimore. They had a variety of uniform combinations that year (some featuring the yellow hat), but as Kent Tekulve told it on the broadcast today, they were adamant w/ MLB that they be allowed to wear the gold top black hat black pants combo for the final game -- sort of a home team uniform for a road game in Game 7. I can imagine MLB stepping in today in a way they didn't care back then.
The city is pretty excited about the '79 uniforms w/ a lot of pieces on stuff from that era. People love that team, and there's still a lot of stuff from it that's part of the modern Pirate era (like the "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" banner that gets trotted out at big games down the stretch).
They said during the broadcast today that they were still pursuing the "Stargell Stars" thing w/ MLB and hadn't given up.
Interesting note -- the Pirates wore that uniform in Game 7 of the '79 series @ Baltimore. They had a variety of uniform combinations that year (some featuring the yellow hat), but as Kent Tekulve told it on the broadcast today, they were adamant w/ MLB that they be allowed to wear the gold top black hat black pants combo for the final game -- sort of a home team uniform for a road game in Game 7. I can imagine MLB stepping in today in a way they didn't care back then.
Posted on 4/17/16 at 7:56 pm to oilfieldtiger
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They said during the broadcast today that they were still pursuing the "Stargell Stars" thing w/ MLB and hadn't given up.
Ok so
For those who still don't know, can someone explain?
It must not be a MLB trademark or something?
Posted on 4/17/16 at 7:56 pm to oilfieldtiger
I really like Pirates broadcast team. I liked it before Block was hired too, though
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