Do the NY Yankees have names on the back of their home jerseys or only on the away jerseys?
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Neither\n\nIt is not required in the MLB, although it is in the NFL, NBA, and NHL.  Only the Giants and the Yankees do *not* put names on, just numbers.
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Hey Larry, Flyers fan here. The best Bruins jerseys were the ones that came out in the mid-to-late 70's that didn't have the oval and stripes across the shoulders. I never liked those on any jersey. I agree that some teams should leave well enough alone. Case in point: the Flyers third jersey.
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Some of them, the most devoted, do keep jerseys, trophies, and other important stuff from games. I've heard they all have a space at home where to have all that at safe. That game is their lives, why would they trash or give away a jersey previously exchanged with another player? What is the point of exchanging, after all? It's not mandatory; it's become a tradition, so far.\n\nBut I guess you are going to have to ask the captains, not us the fans.
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I heard this explanation during a telecast:\n \nMost teams have 3 sweaters; one white, one dark, and a third alternative sweater for special occaisions (e.g. national televised games, holiday games, etc).  The third sweaters are also dark, with special graphics.  If dark jerseys are for away games, the teams would have to pack both the standard away and the alternative jerseys.  If white is the away color, it makes it easier; simply pack only the white jerseys for road trips.
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I believe you are talking about the white facade that runs around the top of the stadium.  There is no significance, several old ball parks have a facade.  Actually, some of the newer parks, that are trying for that "old time" look have facades too.  Yankee Stadium is just a classic old time ball park.  The facade is just another feature that people think of when they think of Yankee stadium.
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Apparently Johnny Grabowski was the first player to wear that number for the Yankees.  The number is retired for Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra, and has been since '72.
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Well I'm a huge redsex fanand Johnny was like a hero to all of us and then going to another team, and of all, THE YANKEES!  because of money. tisk. now all of boston will be wearing their "Johnny is no longer my homeboy" shirts. Im going to the first Redsox yankees game may 1 and i will def. be booing. And be cheering for coco( if hes not injured)
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Now the Away kit is RED.  But since the war it has been different shades of Green.  As far as I know this was to honour the Irish who were the Germans first post-war international opponents.
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Charlotte seems the logical choice there.  Jersey's too close to the Yanks and Mets, they won't be able to make a fan base there.  Same with Norfolk and the Nationals and Orioles.\n\nThe other's just arent viable places, in my opinion.
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No your friend was wrong. The NY Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers left NY after the 1957 season. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and the Giants moved to San Francisco.\n\nThe NY Metropolitans (one of the coolest names in baseball) were created out of a threat by Branch Rickey to create a third major league: The Continental league.\nThe threat of a new league was backed by New Yorkers who wanted a national league team to support as opposed to the Yankees in the AL (and the other side of the city from the polo grounds and ebbets field).\n\nThe Mets were created as an expansion team (along with the astros) in 1962. \n\nFUN FACT: They wear blue to represent the dodgers and orange, along with the NY Giants old logo, to honor the giants.\nThe team is named after an old team 100 years ago named the New York Metropolitans.\n\nAlso, the Mets were bad at first becuase they took former ny giants, brooklynn dodgers, and yankee players instead of young talent becuase they wanted to get the sentimental fans.\nThey played at the Giants old field in Manahatan, The Polo Grounds for 2 years before moving into Shea Staduim (which is decorated in blue and orange) and their new staduim in 2009 will be designed to look like Ebbets Field.
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Talking about "home" and "away" uniforms is kind of misleading nowadays, because the teams don't wear different uniforms when they play home and away; they have a main one, which is worn almost always, and then one or two others that can be used when the opposing team wears the same colors. So yours is a very interesting question, because Italy's main uniform is, like you said, the blue one, and it has become so important in the identity of italian sport that the italian athletes are called "azzurri" and the national teams are called "squadra azzurra" (blue team).\n\nIn fact, the answer is very simple: like in the Netherlands, the blue was chosen because it was the colour of the royal house. It happened in 1911, when Italy used to play in white. There was a football match against Hungary, who also played in white, and so the italians thought that it was their duty as hosts to wear a different uniform so that the teams wouldn't play in the same colours. They chose the blue colour because it was the colour of the royal house who was ruling at the time - the house of Savoia.
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The change in uniform was years earlier, 1953 or 1954.  The new style emulated the uniforms Hungary sported when they trounced England twice in friendly matches, 6-3 at Wembley and 7-1 in Budapest.\n\nEngland was still in the process of rebuilding their team when the Yanks lucked into the 1960 win.
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http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=nyy\n\nCheck this out for updates. Email someone there for specific details.
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Yes, the term "METS" is short for metropolitans, which New Yorkers tend to call themselves.  And since you weren't aware of why they are called the Mets, did you know that the Mets got their colors from 2 other teams?  After the Brooklyn Dodgers left for L.A. and the New York Giants left for S.F. the Mets, once they were formed, took the blue color from the Dodgers, and the orange color from the Giants.  Hence, the Blue/Orange team colors of the New York Metropolitans!
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Depends on the jersey you are looking for.  The only one I could find was autographed here is the link though.
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what about them? like tustin, SoCal baseball uniforms?
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SOX:ARE Red & Grey.\n\nNY: Blue - White