Wearing Jersey's/Shirts of Athletes

[m0nkey]

This has been discussed before, but I forget what the consensus was on this subject.

 

I used to have a rule it being ok as long as you (me) were younger than the person, but as I get older, there's obviously more and more athletes that are younger than me.  The only player whose shirt I own who is younger than I am is OBJ, but only by a couple weeks so I give myself a pass

[arch stanton]

I've never worn a shirt with someone else's name on it but that's just me. Whatever you want to wear is your business

[bloodbrother]

Never really been a big fan of wearing jerseys or sporting shirts with some other dudes name on the back but I'm not gonna be one to tell somebody how to be a fan. I just stick with team logo memorabilia

[Tank]

i like wearing jerseys of favorite players.

[Adam]

Let me know if you find a Marte jersey

[yk9001]

Jersey's

[Blarg]

I was given a Pujols jersey for Christmas the year he signed. I wore it for opening day and it was the first time I owned a baseball jersey, let alone one with a name on it. It still hangs in the closet but I wear Red Angels polo shirts to games instead. My wife has owned a Figgins jersey since his second year and still wears it when we go to a game or a team shirt day at school. 

[Brandon]

yeah, that jersey thread here many years ago made me not even consider getting one after reading it and I don't think I have. plain ones are cool and I think old ass throwbacks should be allowed, but yeah, I'm on the train of not wearing some other dudes name on my back.

[nando714]

i own a few Arizona cardinals and la Kings jerseys 

[yk9001]

I bought an LA Rams jersey last year, first time ever.

I went with Rosie Grier.  #1, I like the white/blue retro jersey, and #2, he can't screw up anything now, like a current player could.

[Blarg]

Well, he could make a loop error making doilies and get kicked out of the Kneedlepoint hall of fame.

Interesting tidbit people forget about Rosie Grier was him being a body guard attached to Robert Kennedy. He was the one that subdued Sirhan Sirhan and disarmed him while also preventing a mob from tearing the assassin limb from limb.

Edited November 30, 2017 by Blarg

[Tank]

7 hours ago, yk9001 said:

I bought an LA Rams jersey last year, first time ever.

I went with Rosie Grier.  #1, I like the white/blue retro jersey, and #2, he can't screw up anything now, like a current player could.

i've been trying to find a blue & white jersey for deacon jones. he's one of my all-time favorites. so far the only jerseys of his i can find are autographed - that's more than i want to pay, and there's no way i'm wearing an autographed jersey anywhere. may i ask where you found yours?

[Taylor]

I think it's worse when someone puts their own last name on the back of a team's jersey.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

I think it's worse when someone puts their own last name on the back of a team's jersey.

agreed.

there's a sight (i think it's on yahoo) called 'jersey fouls', and it shows some of the most bastardized jersey things possible that hockey fans have done. some hilarious stuff.

[yk9001]

18 hours ago, Tank said:

i've been trying to find a blue & white jersey for deacon jones. he's one of my all-time favorites. so far the only jerseys of his i can find are autographed - that's more than i want to pay, and there's no way i'm wearing an autographed jersey anywhere. may i ask where you found yours?

I found it online a year ago. I will have to look around.  It was not expensive.

[yk9001]

and I certainly wouldn't get a current jersey because they don't know what the hell they have and are.

Is it white, with the gold piping, that doesn't make sense?

Is it dark blue, that goes hideously with the blue/what helmet?

Is it the lighter blue with the yellow, of which I am really not of fan.

 

The 1960's Classic Blue/White is the only way in my opinion.

[yk9001]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rams-Roman-Gabriel-custom-unsigned-jersey-/152765001448

 

This one seems like your best bet

http://www.bestjerseyswholesale.com/c281-custom-rbk-throwback-jerseys/10702-Deacon-Jones-1969-Los-Angeles-Rams-%2375-Throwback-White-Customized-Jersey.html

 

 

[Brandon]

On 11/30/2017 at 5:24 PM, Taylor said:

I think it's worse when someone puts their own last name on the back of a team's jersey.

oh man.

when the raiders played the Bucs in the super bowl in 2002 or so, we had a huge super bowl party. a raiders fan actually wore a #12 jersey (rich Gannon?), but put just his first name on the back. I've never seen one so clowned in my entire life. I wish we had camera phones and social media back then. 

[Brandon]

the worst one I've ever seen at angels stadium was some dude with an angels jersey. he had #69 and the name on the back was a nickname like "big dawg"

you could tell he was the dude who has the ball sack trailer hitch on the back of his truck.

[Stradling]

On 11/30/2017 at 9:20 AM, yk9001 said:

I bought an LA Rams jersey last year, first time ever.

I went with Rosie Grier.  #1, I like the white/blue retro jersey, and #2, he can't screw up anything now, like a current player could.

We’re you sure you were in a proper financial position prior to buying this jersey?  

[Lou]

I spent $300 on a Trout jersey. 

Everybody loved it. 

[yk9001]

8 hours ago, Stradling said:

We’re you sure you were in a proper financial position prior to buying this jersey?  

You'll know if I do a follow-up thread about how times are tough and I need to find a buyer for my Grier jersey..

[NJHalo]

I only have jerseys of the guys I know who are legends, and will transcend age groups.

Angels: Trout, Downing

NY Giants: Eli, Bavaro

NY Rangers: Messier, Graves, Lundqvist

[ten ocho recon scout]

13 hours ago, Brandon said:

the worst one I've ever seen at angels stadium was some dude with an angels jersey. he had #69 and the name on the back was a nickname like "big dawg"

you could tell he was the dude who has the ball sack trailer hitch on the back of his truck.

Shows how much you know. I have a honda.

 

 

 

It does have a shocker sticker on the back window, though.

[ten ocho recon scout]

32 minutes ago, calscuf said:

I always imagined Mexicans as having small scrotums.  Do your Honda balls reflect this?

Our hondas dont tow.

They get towed