Complete Blasphemy

by Shippee33 on Feb 22, 2008 6:33 PM PST Comment 27 comments

When it comes to baseball merchandise I guess that you could say, that I am somewhat of a purist. Nothing makes me cringe more than seeing a baby blue, an all black, or a (god forbid) red and white Athletics hat (It's part of that whole, I hate the Angels thing...). But what I saw today at a store in the mall, had to take the cake over all of the above listed examples. What I saw was a true to the bone, traditional Athletics hat ( The green hat, with a yellow brim that is worn with the home whites, or the road grays) but upon taking a closer look, I noticed that the hat did not have an A's logo on it, at all, but instead it was replaced with a Giants logo! Even worse, the hat next to it was of the same color, except that it had the logo of the L.A Dodgers!!!!! WTF is this world coming to? Fashion is one thing, and ive heard many a young "gangsta" talk about "representing the bay", fine, that may be their prerogative; but at what point does fashion cross the line of what is sacred??? Its been a huge pet peeve of mine for years to see people wearing Red A's hats, who upon talking to them I find out do not follow the A's at all, and in fact they know nothing about the game of baseball period. But to me, when you take a teams color's and bastardize them for the sake of fashion, then you are going to far.....

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Do you think it is acceptable to market and sell merchandise of a baseball team, in colors other than what the team officially wears?

Yea, its all good, my hat has to match my shoes playa

24 votes

Hell no that's blasphemy

80 votes

Fire Macha now!

30 votes

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I voted for "Fire Macha now!" because I'm sort of in between and it was my way of picking without really picking. I don't care if people wear other colors outside of games. I don't personally do it, but I don't care if others do. It does bother me when people wear them to games... and don't get me started on all the pink apparel for women.

by drmmerchk on Feb 22, 2008 7:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

So...

how DO you feel about all that pink apparel for women? Don't you feel that the feminization of sports-related gear is necessary to attract the female audience? or do you think that it's unfair that none of the mens' apparel is made in pink?

[ a.k.a. mkt a.k.a. whiny douchebag ]

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Feb 23, 2008 12:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

EYETHINKITGAWDDAMMMSTINKS!

I've not talked to one person wearing a pink A's hat that will own up to having consciously purchased it:

"Oh, my boyfriend bought it!"
"It's not mine."
"Did you say, "Pink?" Is there "Pink" on my hat?"

I used to ask people wearing sweatshirts, etc., that said, "Old Navy".., "I've head that "Old Navy" spends lavishly, lots, on advertising. So, how much money are they paying you to be a personal billboard? Hunnert bucks? More?......WHAT!! YOU! PAID! THEM! to advertise their store??!!

...but the novelty wore off....

"I never predict anything, and I never will." Paul Gascoigne, English footballer

by One won lost won on Feb 23, 2008 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I just think it's stupid and ugly and they should make womens clothes in the actual team colors before they do all this pink crap. I have to buy youth size tshirts because they don't make adult sizes small enough. Plus it kind of goes along with how I like it when people wear team colors to games (not the blue, red, or orange A's hat and definitely not a pink jersey or something).

by drmmerchk on Feb 23, 2008 10:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think we can safely say

that I effectively got you started on the pink apparel for women...

[ a.k.a. mkt a.k.a. whiny douchebag ]

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Feb 23, 2008 11:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ugh

Unfortunately.

by drmmerchk on Feb 24, 2008 1:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Pink is ok on apparel ...

for baby girls.

by IM4Oakgal on Feb 23, 2008 11:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I am SOOOOO staying away from this one.

"There's no real reason why a flight in which one flies naked should be more expensive than any other."

by Poppy on Feb 23, 2008 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Bug report

Sarcasm doesn't seem to be working for me on AN 3.0.

BTW, your sig got me in a huge argument at the local flying club...

[ a.k.a. mkt a.k.a. whiny douchebag ]

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Feb 24, 2008 12:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

There are exceptions

there are nuetral colors that you can use: Black and white, for example.

But not another team's colors. I hate the A's hats that look like Braves hats, for example.

But I do own a White and Royal Blue A's hat. Though in my defense, its the 1920-30's hat the A's used then, and I got it to go with the throwback philly-A's jersey I got.

by Zonis on Feb 22, 2008 8:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yea throwback colors are cool

in my opinion, because it represents an era in that teams history, and that shows knowledge as a fan and celebrates tradition. I don't personally care for "neutral" colors myself, but whatever floats your boat. Although I guess black is our throwback color this year, im still not ecstatic about it. Those black uni's kind of remind me of Pittsburgh Pirate jerseys.

"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!

by Shippee33 on Feb 22, 2008 9:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My son-in-law

likes the match his clothes gear. I think it looks ridiculous. We are taking all of our children on a trip to New York and have tics for a Saturday A's Yankees game. I am buying my son-in-law all new A's stuff for the trip so he doesn't annoy me with his blue A's stuff .

by IM4Oakgal on Feb 22, 2008 10:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm planning the same trip

you already have tix?

I guess I better got on that...

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 22, 2008 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh it will be fun to compare notes.

As for tics we bought group tics.

by IM4Oakgal on Feb 24, 2008 12:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I like the different colors.

Green and yellow looks good when a game's on, but that's about it.

by gdubb925 on Feb 23, 2008 10:13 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I think green and gold

Look a hell of a lot better than red and white, anytime of the year.

"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!

by Shippee33 on Feb 23, 2008 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well

I agree with that...

But I do like the all-white A's hat.

by gdubb925 on Feb 23, 2008 7:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Fire Macha Now!

Bring Back Billy Martin!

"Doesn't play well with the other children." Ms. Darias, principal, Broad Ave School

by since72 on Feb 23, 2008 5:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

this...

this isn't right...

Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.2 WARP3: Priceless

by Travis Buck Nuckin on Feb 25, 2008 3:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

you know...

All this time I was thinking how those other colors really didn't bother me. Not my preference, but no bother. In addition, I thought the pink colors were kicked off by the Breast Cancer victims, so I certainly had no problem with that. But "SF" in green and gold? Come on now.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 25, 2008 4:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thats what I was talking about

except it was in the real Green and Gold colors, like the official traditional ballcap. Even WORSE than that picture.

"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!

by Shippee33 on Feb 25, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i guess i had to see it

to know how much i hated it

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 25, 2008 7:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh I'm so buying one of these

for my friend who is a die-hard Giants fan and hates the A's even more than any of us hate the Giants...

Ellis for President

by tosk on Feb 25, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It used to bother me...

but now I don't mind it so much any more.

And if you're a beautiful person like I am, you should be allowed to wear whatever colors you like, because you can make anything look good. It's only the ugly people that shouldn't be allowed to wear other colors. In fact, black is the only color they should be allowed to wear, and only at night. They shouldn't be seen at all during the day.

"He's a misfit. He gets along with everyone." - Reggie Jackson, describing Joe Rudi

by McFood on Feb 25, 2008 9:32 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

{puts A's logo black bag over head}

"There's no real reason why a flight in which one flies naked should be more expensive than any other."

by Poppy on Feb 25, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh hell no

I will never ever buy the girly (pink, lavender) team stuff nor this bastardized stuff that you just brought to our attention.

I own a pink cap that was given to me for my birthday a couple of years ago. I never wear it. It was kind of a joke from the gift-giver because she wrote all over the bill, and it's autographed by Nick Swisher. Now that he's gone to another team, the hat is even special-er! Special in both good and bad ways.

by cagrrrl on Feb 25, 2008 10:46 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm against it..

but living here in Oslo I have to deal with a lot of Yankee hats ( and every time I see one I think of A-Rod's salary and it make me cringe ) and I gotta say that I prefer seeing that ugly NY in sissy pink than the traditional colors.

Ellis for President

by tosk on Feb 25, 2008 12:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs