Comments on: The Rays to wear 1979 throwback uniforms. Wait, what?

By: seahawksbmx

seahawksbmx — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:50:01 +0000

I find it very easy to like that team.

By: Jason @ IIATMS

Jason @ IIATMS — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:22:58 +0000

I have been trying for ages to find (AND WILLINGLY BUY, hear me, MLB?) the Rays striped stirrups. Except I can’t. Because they are not for sale.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:28:09 +0000

Let’s not forget Don Zimmer, who still works for the team and fought in the Crimean War.

By: Jeremy Fox

Jeremy Fox — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:17:58 +0000

Heck, why not pretend they were called “New York Yankees”?

By: addictedzone

addictedzone — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:14:07 +0000

I preferred the Colorado unis in the 60's when they were known as the Colorado Rocky Mountain Highs with the perfect cap logo

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:35:53 +0000

yeah. what better way to make money to sell throwback jerseys that never existed to unsuspecting fans.

Frankly, I’m not sure what’s worse: that they’re doing it, or that it’ll actually work.

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:34:20 +0000

will anyone even notice if it IS on TV?

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:27:00 +0000

Oh man, I remember the great faux-dynasty of the D’Backs in the early 1970′s. Specifically, that 1972 team. Don Morris, Kevin Barken, Sal “Thorn” Thompson and my favorite base-stealer, Andy Jarvis.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:24:27 +0000

Maddon had great focus on this uniform decision, thanks to his Men’s One-a-Day 50+.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:20:13 +0000

Are they any better than the Rockies’ original uniforms of 1944?

By: mybrunoblog

mybrunoblog — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:15:16 +0000

If the players don’t wear stirrups and go pajama pants then it will be an exercise in baseball uniform futility.
I need two thing in life.
1. More cowbell
2. More players wearing stirrups

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:04:35 +0000

I think I know who might be behind it- the almighty dollar.

By: addictedzone

addictedzone — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:02:13 +0000

There is little doubt that these were concocted with the help of Dr. Emmett Brown and his DeLorean time machine.

By: southpaw2k

southpaw2k — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:47:00 +0000

It’s too bad they won’t be wearing them in interleague play against the Diamondbacks this year, otherwise the D-backs could wear 1970s-style uniforms as well in an equally nonsensical idea.

By: targhee159

targhee159 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:36:01 +0000

Given that only a few dozen people show up for Rays games, will anyone notice if it’s not on TV?

By: runyetirun

runyetirun — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:23:21 +0000

I mean, as long as they’re making stuff up why not really go for it? Pretend they were called the Manta Rays and their colors were magenta and orange. Or perhaps they were the St. Petersburg Sunshine, sporting a powder blue and yellow scheme.

_The sky’s the limit_

By: 18thstreet

18thstreet — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:07:51 +0000

They were called the St. Petersburg Devil Rays back then. The PA guy played a lot of Jimmy Buffett.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:56:23 +0000

Maddon is the only guy near that club alive in the 70s. He must be behind it.

By: shaggylocks

shaggylocks — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:48:51 +0000

The jerseys better say Devil Rays, or I’m calling foul.

By: Innocent Bystander

Innocent Bystander — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:43:38 +0000

I wonder if they were the “Rays” or “Devil Rays” back then.

By: Jeremiah Graves

Jeremiah Graves — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:39:05 +0000

Go ahead and put me down for a jersey and hat now. I don’t even car what they look like, they’ve already won me over.

I assume Maddon was behind this!