I've never been a fan of owning "player jerseys"

[sandberg23]

cant miss with a Sandberg jersey

 

This is true - I have a home and bp. My home is autographed. I cherish it.

[JC]

I never understood why you're a douchebag (in some circles) for putting your own name on a jersey, yet it is somehow macho to honor another man by putting his name on your own back. Such a public display of man love always seemed more emasculating to me.

 

That isn't to say I really give a crap whichever one someone chooses.

 

You mean besides the fact that you don't play for the Cubs?

 

So, jerseys are supposed to advertise fact? If that is the case, I guess I'm supposed to believe there are 14,000 Zambrano's walking around Wrigley when I go to a game?

 

If someone chooses to put their own name on a jersey, I don't take offense that they never played for the team. I can make the mental adjustment that some guy named Finkleman in a Cub jersey two rows in front of me probably isn't avoiding his responsibilities in the dugout.

[crowes74]

thats one steep price to advertise for your team/players.

 

i'm all for advertising w/ $15 t shirts myself.

 

of the jerseys i do have i've only worn the z once.

 

i would like to have more, but there is alot of better ways to spend 100 bucks.

[Andy]

I buy the T-shirts (Ramirez, Lee, Zambrano, Barrett, and Nomar)

[Derwood]

I never understood why you're a douchebag (in some circles) for putting your own name on a jersey, yet it is somehow macho to honor another man by putting his name on your own back. Such a public display of man love always seemed more emasculating to me.

 

That isn't to say I really give a crap whichever one someone chooses.

 

You mean besides the fact that you don't play for the Cubs?

 

So, jerseys are supposed to advertise fact? If that is the case, I guess I'm supposed to believe there are 14,000 Zambrano's walking around Wrigley when I go to a game?

 

If someone chooses to put their own name on a jersey, I don't take offense that they never played for the team. I can make the mental adjustment that some guy named Finkleman in a Cub jersey two rows in front of me probably isn't avoiding his responsibilities in the dugout.

 

No worries, I have weird pet peeves, that's all. I also hate going to rock concerts and seeing people wearing a t-shirt of the band they're watching.

[AramisRamirez]

i guess its time to retire my macias jersey. :D

 

no seriously i dont have any jerseys. but id definitely wear a cubbie jersey. id go for Aramis Ramirez, who is my favorite cubbie. my other favorite player is the Horse, Carlos Zambrano, who'd i also consider.

 

everytime i go to a bears game i see this guy who has a bears jersey with MARINO on the back.

 

my co-worker is a Sox fan and we argue everyday about cubs/sox. id like to get him a sox jersey with NEIFI PEREZ on the back. he'd burn it though.

[Yeti]

i guess its time to retire my macias jersey. :D

is this you?

 

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/yetiman1210/dump.jpg

[Flames24Rulz]

I buy the T-shirts (Ramirez, Lee, Zambrano, Barrett, and Nomar)

 

Same here with the T-shirts. I'll definitely be getting a Soriano shirt as well as a Schmidt one

[MustangMike]

No worries, I have weird pet peeves, that's all. I also hate going to rock concerts and seeing people wearing a t-shirt of the band they're watching.

 

Don't be that guy Derwood...wasn't that in a movie? I have to confess, I've worn the band t-shirt...mainly back in highschool when i'd buy the shirt there. Now the closest I get is I wore a pink floyd hat to see Roger Waters this summer....that's ok right? :)

[Derwood]

No worries, I have weird pet peeves, that's all. I also hate going to rock concerts and seeing people wearing a t-shirt of the band they're watching.

 

Don't be that guy Derwood...wasn't that in a movie? I have to confess, I've worn the band t-shirt...mainly back in highschool when i'd buy the shirt there. Now the closest I get is I wore a pink floyd hat to see Roger Waters this summer....that's ok right? :)

 

that quote is from "PCU"

 

I get annoyed because it seems redundant to wear a Rolling Stones t-shirt to a Rolling Stones concert. Really, you like the Stones? I never would have guessed! A Stones fan at a Stones concert? WOW.

 

Strangely, I don't have the same pet peeve with sporting events

[cl smooth]

I also hate going to rock concerts and seeing people wearing a t-shirt of the band they're watching.

 

i don't get why people hate on this, either. bands think it's cool that you wear their merchandise to shows...hell, it's a great way for them to get revenue, for one.

[Derwood]

I also hate going to rock concerts and seeing people wearing a t-shirt of the band they're watching.

 

i don't get why people hate on this, either. bands think it's cool that you wear their merchandise to shows...hell, it's a great way for them to get revenue, for one.

 

it's just a personal thing. I usually got to concerts alone, and like to chat with other people before the show, in between sets, etc. If someone is wearing a t-shirt of a different band than we're seeing, it's a conversation starter. Obviously we both like the band we're there to see.

[thedaymen]

it's just a personal thing. I usually got to concerts alone, and like to chat with other people before the show, in between sets, etc. If someone is wearing a t-shirt of a different band than we're seeing, it's a conversation starter. Obviously we both like the band we're there to see.

 

If you're wearing a shirt from years ago, its sort of a "cred" thing. A couple years back I was going to the "Harley Davidson Hundredth Anniversary Road Show" and wore a Bob Dylan T-shirt from a concert I went to in 1994. While 10 years certainly isn't a ton in the Dylan career it separated me from the wanna-bee twenty-somethings that were there to smoke pot and try and get love from some hippy chicks.

 

On the player jersey subject, I vowed never to get a current player after Karl Malone started a fight in the first game I wore his jersey to. I broke that promise when I got two gag jersies super cheap that I wear to Mets (Trachsel) and Giants (Collins) games my wife takes me to when they aren't playing the Bears or Cubs. I also broke it to get a Matt Harpring jersey when it became apparent I could get it signed.

 

So for the Bears I have a "Perry 72" (so you ny'ers, if you saw someone with long brown hair and a beard in that jersey at the Meadowlands it was probably me) jersey I wear and for the Cubs its "Sandberg 23" or "Dawson 8" that go to the games with me. I think I'll replace the Trachsel jersey with a Cubs' Alou t-shirt.

[Derwood]

it's just a personal thing. I usually got to concerts alone, and like to chat with other people before the show, in between sets, etc. If someone is wearing a t-shirt of a different band than we're seeing, it's a conversation starter. Obviously we both like the band we're there to see.

 

If you're wearing a shirt from years ago, its sort of a "cred" thing. A couple years back I was going to the "Harley Davidson Hundredth Anniversary Road Show" and wore a Bob Dylan T-shirt from a concert I went to in 1994. While 10 years certainly isn't a ton in the Dylan career it separated me from the wanna-bee twenty-somethings that were there to smoke pot and try and get love from some hippy chicks.

 

yep, that's not as bad. Seeing people at the 1994 Pink Floyd show wearing concert t-shirts from the 70's was cool. It's the clown wearing the shirt they just bought outside over their polo shirt that irk me.

[SeldomSeen]

I never understood why you're a douchebag (in some circles) for putting your own name on a jersey, yet it is somehow macho to honor another man by putting his name on your own back. Such a public display of man love always seemed more emasculating to me.

 

That isn't to say I really give a crap whichever one someone chooses.

 

You mean besides the fact that you don't play for the Cubs?

 

So, jerseys are supposed to advertise fact? If that is the case, I guess I'm supposed to believe there are 14,000 Zambrano's walking around Wrigley when I go to a game?

 

If someone chooses to put their own name on a jersey, I don't take offense that they never played for the team. I can make the mental adjustment that some guy named Finkleman in a Cub jersey two rows in front of me probably isn't avoiding his responsibilities in the dugout.

 

This is my new favorite post ever.

[Uber]

I have a Nomar and Ramirez. I'm 1/2 so far, but I still wear my Garciaparra regularly.