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in Introduce Yourself As A Pony! Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:09 pmby dasg234 • 815 Posts
If the reports currently circulating are true, Chris Sale might have issued the most emphatically negative review of a uniform that any athlete has ever issued.But its certainly not the first negative review.First, some quick background: The Chicago White Sox were slated to wear a throwback version of their infamous 1976 leisure suit uniform on Saturday night, complete with the untucked jerseys and the disco collars.But when the Sox took the field tonight against the Detroit Tigers, they werent wearing the 1970s throwbacks. Instead, they wore their 1980s beach blanket throwbacks, which they normally wear on Sundays. And instead of Sale, who had been scheduled to be on the mound, the starting pitcher was Matt Albers -- a relief pitcher.The Sox soon issued a statement indicating that Sale had been scratched due to a clubhouse incident.That prompted a flurry of reports from multiple sources indicating that Sale had been so upset about the prospect of wearing the throwback uniform that he cut his jersey to shreds, along with those of some of his teammates.The White Sox have declined to confirm or deny these reports, at least for now.It wouldnt be the first thumbs-down assessment this uniform has received. The leisure suit design, which was conceived of by White Sox then-owner Bill Veeck, was the object of constant ridicule when it was originally worn from 1976 through 1981. Forty years after its introduction, it remains the only uniform in MLB history to include a jersey that was designed to be worn untucked.But the Sox nonetheless stuck with the design for six seasons. And they revived it as a throwback last year, for an Aug. 27 game against the Seattle Mariners, without any player having a tantrum like the one Sale reportedly threw Saturday night.There is nothing in the historical record to compare with an athlete disliking a uniform so much that he went all Edward Scissorhands on it. But there is at least one other instance of a player essentially vetoing his teams scheduled uniform for a given game.That was in 1995, when Sam Wyche was set to coach his final game for the NFLs Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs were still wearing their original orange-based uniform set at the time, and the plan was for the team to wear solid-orange -- orange jerseys paired with orange pants, something that had never been worn before -- for Wyches finale.Longtime Bucs equipment manager Frank Pupello explained how that played out in an exclusive 2010 Uni Watch interview:The fans had voted on it. The team had a food drive -- you were supposed to bring in a canned food item, and they had two barrels set up to receive the food. One barrel had a picture of a uniform with an orange jersey and orange pants, and one had and orange jersey with white pants. So the fans voted by where they deposited the food. And the orange-on-orange won in a landslide. ... I had the orange pants all laid out in the lockers and everything. And some of the players were all excited about it. But [linebacker] Hardy Nickerson said, I aint gonna play this game if I gotta wear orange pants with my orange jersey. I dont like it. And Coach gave in. So one guy vetoed the whole thing.Nickerson disputes several of the details in Pupellos account, including the claim that the uniform choice was tied to a fan food drive.We were battling to try to go .500 that year, Nickerson told ESPN Bucs reporter Jenna Laine on Sunday. To have something like that going on in the locker room before [a game] ... somebody had to say, Lets go win this football game.?If I was upset, it was because we were in the locker room worried about uniforms and not trying to go .500 that year.Of course, there are lots of additional examples of players saying they dont care for a particular uniform (when the Red Sox introduced their bright-red alternate jerseys in 2003, one unnamed player reportedly quipped, Well be visible from space!), but they usually wear whatevers put in their lockers, whether they like it or not. In recent years, however, players have had more and more say regarding their uniforms. MLB starting pitchers often get to decide what the team will wear each day, NFL players routinely lobby for certain uniform combinations, and LeBron James personally decided that the Cleveland Cavaliers would wear their sleeved alternate jerseys in Games 5 and 7 of last months NBA Finals.If Sale really did take scissors to his teams uniforms on Saturday night, he may have set a new standard for uniform pushback, but hes just the latest in a long line of players to have strong feelings about what they wear.Paul Lukas writes about uniforms for ESPN.com. If you liked this column, youll probably like his Uni Watch Blog, plus you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Want to learn about his Uni Watch Membership Program, be added to his mailing list so youll always know when a new column has been posted or just ask him a question? 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Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season.Netball Australia has ended its longstanding sponsorship partnership with the ANZ Bank.ANZ had been the sports major sponsor in the country for the past nine years, having held naming rights to the trans-Tasman netball championship since its inception.However with the competition coming to an end, Netball Australia is expected to announce a new sponsor within the next month as it aims to move towards a new image and business portfolio with the launch of the Australian League in 2017.There were many decisions that the board debated and not just around commercial elements, Netball Australias deputy chief executive Marne Fechner said.Netball has grown in the past nine years to become a semi-professional league with free-to-air broadcast rights with the Nine Network.However that success may have been to ANZs detriment as it introduced new key stakeholders and an Australian-centric vision for the sport.Its really important to acknowledge what ANZ have done to get the sport to where we are now, Fechner said.Because if they werent involved and this parrtnership didnt exist I dare say we wouldnt be making this move to a brand new world.ddddddddddddThe bank is believed to have been surprised by Netball Australias decision to reject its offer.The organisation has provided more than $650,000 in support and equipment to local clubs throughout their nine-year tenure, while staff volunteered at every trans-Tasman match, totally 7750 hours.Their backing of the competition was also the largest womens sports sponsorship across Australasia.While were disappointed that after nine years our partnership with Netball Australia has come to an end, were very proud of the role weve played in lifting the profile and participation of netball in Australia and wish the players all the very best for upcoming 2017 season, said ANZs head of marketing in Australia, Carolyn Bendall.The sponsorship deal will expire at the end of this years Constellation Cup between Australia and New Zealand. 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