Baseball 2012

[CountDeMoney]

You need an Expos powder blue shirt. That's the way to go.

LOL, The Hawk, baby.

Poor Expos.  Best World Series team there never was.

[Grey Fox]

[Eddie Teach]

Excluded by default are Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, Cardinals.

Why the Cards hate?

[Syt]

I dunno - just don't like them.

[dps]

The Cardinals, not the Mets, are, in a sense, the closest thing the National League has to the Yankees.

Not that I personally buy into the Yankee hate, but I understand why it exists.

[Syt]

I don't like the Yankees much, but on on top of that 80-90% of gear over here (95% of said gear again will be baseball caps with the occasional jacket or t-shirt in between) will have the Yankees' NY logo on it, so I don't see the point to add to the masses.

[derspiess]

I dunno - just don't like them.

They're one of the top franchises in all of MLB.  But if you don't like 'em, you don't like 'em I guess.  Personally, I'd like to get me an extreme retro 1927-style jersey that had "World Champions" stitched around the logo.  Apparently that pissed some other teams off that year.

I would suggest including something from the mid to late 1970s Reds in your collection.  I'm not a Reds fan myself, but you gotzta respect The Big Red Machine.

[Eddie Teach]

The Cardinals, not the Mets, are, in a sense, the closest thing the National League has to the Yankees.

Not that I personally buy into the Yankee hate, but I understand why it exists.

The Yankees dominate, the Cardinals are first among equals. And of course the city of St. Louis doesn't put on the airs New York does.

[The Minsky Moment]

The Cardinals, not the Mets, are, in a sense, the closest thing the National League has to the Yankees.

Oh yeah, Cards are definitely the Yankees of the National League.  Always been a fan. 

[Syt]

Well, part of it is probably that the Cards are the dominating division rival of the Pirates. Astros, Cubs match-ups can go either way, Brewers have their ups and downs, and so do the Reds. Though with Pujols gone, things have eased up a bit.

[The Minsky Moment]

The Cardinals, not the Mets, are, in a sense, the closest thing the National League has to the Yankees.

Not that I personally buy into the Yankee hate, but I understand why it exists.

The Yankees dominate, the Cardinals are first among equals. And of course the city of St. Louis doesn't put on the airs New York does.

Well the St. Louis air has the stale beer smell of the Bronx, but is missing the full cocktail of smog and fresh urine, so I guess that's right.

[daveracher]

I know - they're expensive, though.

I rock the Hawk. Don't know how legit mine is, it having come from the bowels of the Peoples Republic and for less than 30 bucks. But it came with labels and price tags from Mitchell and Ness and it hasnt fallen to pieces.

[Sophie Scholl]

On a related, but not baseball, note, I've been contemplating trying to find an old Thrashers jersey, which might be fun to wear to a game now and then.

Not sure how hard it'd be to find.

http://www.jerseys3w.com/nhl-jerseys-atlanta-thrashers-c-2991_3032.html

[CountDeMoney]

Today's the anniversary of the most egregious crime in post-war baseball:  on this day in 1957, the Dodgers left Brooklyn.

[katmai]

Today's the anniversary of the most egregious crime in post-war baseball:  on this day in 1957, the Dodgers left Brooklyn.

And let us celebrate by hoping they don't make the playoffs again this year.