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Uni Watch Exclusive!: Bronx Bombers Bombshell
By Paul Lukas, on March 5th, 2012
Except for a four-year hiccup from 1927-30, the Yankees' road jersey has been largely unchanged since 1917. Now, as then, it features a gently arched "New York" in plain lettering. Yes, the fabric has changed, and white outlining was added to the lettering in 1973, along with striped trim on the sleeve cuffs. But the basic design format of the plain, arched "New York" has remained the same for nearly a century, right?
Wrong (click images to enlarge):
Baseball Hall of Fame curator Tom Shieber recently found those photos, all of which come from the Boston Public Library digital archives. I'll let him describe his thoughts about them:
I was blown away by this. I researched it and have come to the conclusion that these photos were almost assuredly taken during the first Yankees vs. Red Sox series at Fenway in late April of 1943 (April 27-29). I found a photo very similar to this one in the Boston Globe of April 30, so it's likely the Boston Public Library photos were taken before that date. Apparently the Yankees reverted back to the more traditional arched "New York" later in the season, though I haven't been able to pin down exactly when.
Also, note that the Yankees are wearing the 1942 "Health" sleeve patch, but these shots are definitely from 1943 because…
1) Snuffy Stirnweiss, who's shown in this photo, didn't make his big league debut until 1943.
2) Nick Etten, who's in that same photo, wasn't traded from the Phillies to the Yankees until January of 1943.
3) Joe Gordon, who's in several of the other photos, was in the military in 1944 and 1945.
Why were the Yankees wearing such strange road uniforms? I thought perhaps these were "error" jerseys from AG Spalding and the Yankees were forced to wear them until corrected jerseys came in, or until the club could return them once they got back home from their road trip. But then why is the "Health" patch on the sleeve, instead of the correct "Stars and Bars" patch (as seen on Bobby Doerr's sleeve)?
I also thought that perhaps this is what the Yankees wore at the end of 1942. Perhaps their new road uniform shipments were late and they were forced to wear the previous season's road uniforms. That would explain the "HEALTH" patch. But I found images of the Yankees wearing their road uniforms in St. Louis for the 1942 World Series and they are clearly the traditional arched "NEW YORK" versions.
I'm baffled. Meanwhile, I've added these "alternate" 1943 road versions to the "Dressed to the Nines" database.
Amazing, no? One thing I love about Uni Watch is that the rabbit holes are almost always deeper than we think. I mean, seriously, who would have thought there could be something we didn't already know about the Yankees' uniforms — something that would even stump the Hall of Fame's top uniform expert! The more we know, the more we realize we don't know. Ya know?
Also, this needs to be said: Baseball names don't come any better than Snuffy Stirnweiss.
And speaking of heretofore unseen uni variations, the other day Jerry Wolper was doing his favorite thing — looking through old Pirates photos — when he came across two shots of Rick Rhoden and Jim Morrison, both of whom were sporting a very odd-looking cap detail. Take a look (click to enlarge):
Jerry, who's a pretty serious Pirates scholar, has never seen anything like this, and neither have I. Both photos are from 1983, so I looked through every 1983 Buccos shot I could find (from Getty, AP, Corbis, etc.), hoping to find another example — no dice. If anyone knows more, I'm all ears.
Meanwhile, look at that Pirates logo up there at the start of this section. I don't think I've ever mentioned this before, but it has always — always — bugged me that the upper-left corner of the P doesn't have a pointy serif like the ones around the bowl of the letterform. Makes the whole logo feel off-balance and unfinished. Anyone agree?
Jumping from the past to the present, reader Patrick Karraker has spotted something absolutely bizarre, at least by MLB standards. It involves the Giants, whose 40-man roster currently includes Freddy Sanchez and Hector Sanchez. Freddy is injured at the moment, but check out Hector's NOB (click to enlarge):
There are several oddities here, the most obvious of which is the "Surname, Initial" format. We've seen this before in the NFL — the Chargers did it for several years — but I don't recall having seen it in MLB before. Second, note that there's no period after the first initial. And lastly, look closely at the nameplate on Sanchez's helmet — same format! Faaaascinating.
Can you solve this uni mystery? The Mets and White Sox will be playing their first spring training games today (not against each other), and both teams will be debuting a small but interesting uni element that, to my knowledge, has never appeared on a baseball diamond before. The vast, vast majority of fans will never notice it, but it's prime Uni Watch fodder.
I was going to tell you about it today, but then I thought it would be more fun to see if any of you can spot it on your own. Either way, I'll provide full details tomorrow.
There's a new entry on the Permanent Record blog, featuring a photo of the first (and so far only) living link to the project. Look here.
Uni Watch News Ticker: The England rugby team is switching from Nike to Canterbury (from Scott Sidor). … If you're familiar with Portlandia's famous "Put a Bird on It" sketch, you'll love this: LaMarcus Aldridge has given Portlandia co-creator Carrie Brownstein a Blazers jersey with a bird on it (from Jeremy Brahm). … Also from Jeremy: New orange alt jersey for the Yomiuri Giants. … I hadn't realized that D-League players weren't allowed to show any non-Adidas logo creep until Brad Keppler sent me this shot of Sundiata Gaines with tape over his mark of the beast. Some quick photo research indicates that these tape jobs are fairly common. … "Just got my Patriots season ticket packet in the mail," says Anthony DeFilippo. "They list the 2012 home opponents with the teams' helmets, but they're using the outdated Bills and 49ers designs." … There is sooooo much to love in this old NYC stickball photo, I don't even know where to start (big thanks to Tom Mulgrew). … David Long notes that Jim Leyland is wearing a game cap while everyone else in Tigers camp is wearing BP caps. … Interesting NOB for Mets prospect Matt Den Dekker. "It's the first instance I've seen of a non-'van' Dutch name on an American player's uni," says Caldwell Bailey. … The Penguins practiced at Denver University on March 1, and half the team wore DU practice jerseys (from Dane Drutis). … A 20-year-old WHL player has designed a few jerseys for his own team. "The management liked the designs so much they had them made," explains Luke Rosnick. … New alternate kit for the Australian Socceroos (from Larry Adams). … Is MLB switching to Cool Base pants? The reason I ask is this photo of the Rangers' throwbacks that Chris Mycoskie sent me — you can totally see the jock tags through the white pants! Woof. … "The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks have released their uniforms for the Hawks Festival," reports Jeremy Brahm. … Here's another gas station uniform catalog — and this one has fabric swatches. "¦ Female amateur boxers now have the option of wearing either shorts or skirts in the ring. No word on skorts, however (Jeremy Brahm again). … Here's some old video of Wilt Chamberlain playing for Kansas in 1957 (from Casey Common). … Interesting article about the city of Chattanooga designing its own typeface (from Ray Chen). … Good article about the guy who invented the clear plastic basketball facemask (from Rocky Lum). … Very nice stirrups being worn by Florida Gulf Coast University (from William McGillis). "¦ Oregon hoops wore "Fighting Ducks" uniforms on Saturday, complete with the little Donald Duck cartoon on the shorts (from Jackson Nock). "¦ Cool feature on the evolution of the Universal Pictures logo (from Steve Winner, who didn't give his last name). "¦ Peyton Siva of Louisville doubled up on those triple-striped Adidas socks on Saturday (screen shot by Scott Novosel). "¦ Here's Mets infielder Justin Turner talking about his various gloves. "¦ Sam Lam has custom-painted a pair of Manny Ramirez A's bobbleheads. "¦ A budget-minded Canucks fan decided to update an old jersey instead of buying a new one. "Very apropos, since the two teams involved in this NHL trade were playing each other at this game," notes Luke Rosnick. "¦ Hope for the future: Bryce Harper has been wearing stirrups (from William Yurasko). … Tyson Chandler of the Knicks wore a padded glove thingie yesterday (from Zachary Plesent). … Good color-vs.-color game on Saturday, as Duquesne and St. Louis went red-vs.-blue (from Nolan Petote). … New striped socks for Wisconsin. Wish they were higher, natch, but I still dig the stripeage (from Stuart Ciske). … Titanium necklaces, Powerband bracelets, and all the rest of the Tooth Fairy products should all be marketed like this (good one from Chad Todd). … You probably know that the Minneapolis Lakers wore sky blue uniforms. But did they also wear green, or was that just bad lighting? (From Danny Determan.) … In a related item, here's Mpls. Lakers star George Mikan taking a swing in the batter's box (from James Ryan). … The facemask style worn by Justin Tuck and Chris Canty is apparently coming to Notre Dame this fall (from Warren Junium). "¦ "The New Zealand teams got new Super Rugby jerseys this weekend, all based on the same new template," writes Caleb Borchers. "Very odd, as this was Week 2 of a new season, and everyone was wearing last year's jerseys in Week 1. (Someone must have missed a deadline.) Another quirk of the late rollout is that the Hurricanes started the season on tour in South Africa, so they are still wearing the old unis, presumably until they return to Wellington."
History, Jerseys, MLB, Team Logos/Insignia, Typography
190 comments to Uni Watch Exclusive!: Bronx Bombers Bombshell
Jason German | March 5, 2012 at 8:10 am |
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/photos?gameId=320304013&photoId=1898125
Los Lakers vs. El Heat last night in LA
Jeremy Brahm | March 5, 2012 at 8:21 am |
Even NBATV was putting Los Lakers def El Heat 93-83 in their graphics after the game.
Bernard | March 5, 2012 at 10:20 am |
I think the whole thing is really silly, but if they're going to do it, I think they should go all the way and Spanish-ize the players' NOBs, kinda like we had to do in junior high Spanish class.
-Bernardo
Vincent | March 5, 2012 at 8:12 am |
For the Mets and White Sox mystery, I'll try the "they'll wear grey pants at home" long shot.
Paul Lukas | March 5, 2012 at 8:17 am |
Don't try to guess what it is (trust me, you won't be able to dream it up). Instead, watch the games and/or look at photos afterward and see if you can spot it.
I would have loved it but will be unable to considering I'm currently a French guy in Paris who hasn't purchased the MLB.TV yet this year. Guessing was my only kind of chance. Poor me.
Arr Scott | March 5, 2012 at 8:45 am |
Squatchee on the seat of each player's pants?
Debut of "A" chest logos for assistant captains?
NFL-style sleeveless stretch jerseys for "freedom of motion"?
Both teams wearing liberty caps to honor the anniversary of the Boston Massacre?
Launch of Nike MLB unis as Majestic surveys the market and gives up because we all know where this is going?
concealed78 | March 5, 2012 at 11:04 am |
Well, today's White Sox game will be online at 2pm Central time, so I'll see what's up.
Noticed that the Sox haven't been wearing BP caps, and Cubs manager Sveum has been but the rest of that team hasn't.
Ray Barrington | March 5, 2012 at 7:16 pm |
Players in sleeved team blankets on the bench.
Chance Michaels | March 5, 2012 at 12:21 pm |
Brewers wore gray pants at home in 1991.
But now I'm looking forward to the Mets game. I love a mystery.
JTH | March 5, 2012 at 1:34 pm |
Why did the Brewers wear gray pants at home in 1991?
Also, in 2008, the Astros wore gray pants "at home" in Milwaukee.
Connie | March 5, 2012 at 8:20 am |
"… There is sooooo much to love in this old NYC stickball photo, I don't even know where to start (big thanks to Tom Mulgrew). … "
Tons to love. What a wonderful image.
PS: I dare anyone to tell me that "Stuffy Stirnweiss" isn't one of the great monikers in human history. Double-dare.
Jet | March 5, 2012 at 9:25 am |
I dare to tell you it's "Snuffy", not "Stuffy"…
-Jet
Connie | March 5, 2012 at 4:17 pm |
Of course it's Snuffy. I wrote Snuffy, not Stuffy. Clear as day.
Mark W | March 5, 2012 at 10:24 am |
Long Shot Question: Does anyone recognize the buildings in the stickball photo? It would be really neat to see a google streetview of the location today.
Ricardo Leonor | March 5, 2012 at 12:05 pm |
The composition of the pic will tell you a lot about the neighborhood it may be in…although figuring out the exact address would be tough. There are black and white players, and a jewish poultry shop and with hebrew lettering at that. If the dates are 1940s-1950s, then this is PROBABLY Bed-Stuy or East New York…but probably not Crown Heights. There are not may Jews left in Bed-Stuy or ENY nowadays, but they were both Jewish neighborhoods until the 1950s. In the 40s Puerto Ricans began moving in to ENY and African Americans into Bed-Stuy. Jews pretty much stayed in Williamsburg and Crown Heights.
I would say it was probably a Sunday. The batter is wearing his "church shoes", which he probably would no be allowed to wear the rest of the week. You know its not Saturday or Friday after school, because the jewish shop is open…. really intrigued now.
So I will not get any work done the rest of the day researching this pic!!!!!
I love the boys holding hands.
interlockingtc | March 5, 2012 at 7:46 pm |
Great deductive reasoning, Ricardo.
And great question, Mark W.
Any luck, anyone, identifying that location?
Continuing a thought from last week, here's a screenshot that shows 29 of the 30 logos MLB is using to represent teams in its At Bat app:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6955522457_d02e71909b_b.jpg
The missing one is San Fransisco, which is represented by its SF logo in orange – in other words, exactly the team's normal cap logo.
The ones that vary from primary cap logo make for some interesting effects. The Cardinals go with the bird-on-bat alt cap logo instead of the STL, so each songbird team is represented by a bird logo. The Mets have an orange drop shadow, but no black. It looks better in the screenshot, but viewed on an actual pad screen, Milwaukee's M-on-Wisconsin logo just looks like a dark smudge. And the use of the block C for Cleveland instead of Chief Wahoo means that three teams are represented by tiny red C's, which at that scale is kind of confusing.
Also, San Diego seems to be using its road cap emblem, which emphasizes the tan that the team is otherwise wearing a lot less. Is this to play up the camo uniform/military thing, since the tan SD is also used there? Or just another case of a team with no clear sense of its identity failing to execute what otherwise seems a clear campaign to recast itself as a blue-and-white team?
Dane | March 5, 2012 at 8:23 am |
That is quite the shade of green on the Softbank Hawks jerseys. Hope everyone in the stands get free sunglasses.
The Jeff | March 5, 2012 at 8:27 am |
Oh come on, that's a great shade of green. It's actually, you know, GREEN. It's not neon, it's not ultra dark… it's just freakin green. We need more of that color.
Kyle Allebach #school | March 5, 2012 at 8:35 am |
teenchy | March 5, 2012 at 8:42 am |
Green and black are a great, underused combo in sports, especially if the green is kelly. Too dark and there's not enough differentiation. It's one of the distinguishing features of the U. of North Dakota's identity (even more so once they're no longer the Fighting Sioux).
Paul, thanks for coming out of the closet on the Pirates cap logo. I really like almost everything about the Pirates look, even if the team manages to do less with more, execution-wise, then most teams. The P in Pirates looks fine to me on the jersey as one letter in a word. But alone on the cap, it's always looked unbalanced to me. A case like the Rangers, where the cap logo really does need to be differently executed than the same letter in the team name.
As to the odd cap logos, my totally uninformed guess would be an embroidery error that used that white backing/stabilizer stuff on the front of the cap instead of or in addition to on the inside of the cap, and only the bits on the outside of the P got removed. It can be kind of a pain to remove "islands" of stabilizer like that.
my totally uninformed guess would be an embroidery error that used that white backing/stabilizer stuff on the front of the cap instead of or in addition to on the inside of the cap, and only the bits on the outside of the P got removed.
A fair assessment. Surprising that these caps actually made it onto the field, however.
Mike V. | March 5, 2012 at 10:01 am |
I am a Buccos fan for better or worse, and I have to say I like the 'P' logo the way it is. I imagined what it would look like with the extra serif and think it may look too busy/cluttered up there. I imagined it looking like a puffer fish. If someone wants to take the time and photoshop what it may actually look like, then I might change my mind. Still though, it may seem off balanced now, but if it was included to the top left, it may make the logo feel top heavy.
BTW, Rick Rhoden = Kurt Russell doppelganger
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2315032832/tt0108358
John Z | March 5, 2012 at 8:36 am |
For that Sanchez picture, does anybody else see the period actually before the initial? To me it looks like "Sanchez. H".
Jeremiah | March 5, 2012 at 9:33 am |
Maybe it's a comma , but I was thinking it was a period when I looked at it too.
Tim E. O'B | March 5, 2012 at 11:08 am |
Looks like a period to me, same with one of the chargers jerseys. Why you go dyslexic on the period, Gigantes? His name no, "rotceH," why you do that?
Hank-SJ | March 5, 2012 at 8:38 am |
Only thing that beats Snuffy Stirnweiss is having Spud Chandler in the same photo. Now that's a twin bill. Too bad we no longer have such unique nicknames in baseball.
Ronnie Poore | March 5, 2012 at 9:54 am |
or Ducky Medwick
I really like Chattanooga's font. Are there any other cities that have their own font?
Wheels | March 5, 2012 at 9:05 am |
Paul, I think there is a typo- you didn't write *who* gave Carrie Brownstein the birded Blazers jersey. Was it the Trailblazers organization or LaMarcus Aldridge himself?
Thanks. It was Aldridge. Now fixed.
Ryan | March 5, 2012 at 9:09 am |
The audio Ford ads are back…
Thanks. Will complain to our ad people.
Firefox + NoScript & Flashblock is your friend. Audio ads? Pfft.
Tom V. | March 5, 2012 at 9:59 am |
Whatever any of that means.
Or you know, you could just mute the volume.
The Jeff | March 5, 2012 at 10:18 am |
Muting the volume shouldn't be required while internetting. What if you're listening to mp3s or watching youtube videos in a different tab?
Advertisements with sound on webpages are pure evil and should be destroyed/outlawed.
Paul Lukas | March 5, 2012 at 11:28 am |
I completely agree. I thought our ad service had nipped this in the bud, but apparently not. Keep letting me know if/when this happens — I'm doing my best to expunge it.
unionjack | March 5, 2012 at 9:20 am |
I didn't notice it in the photo of Rangers new unis last week, but it looks like there's an extra layer of fabric sewn into the knees of the pajama-length pants, I guess to add extra strength for sliding.
Is this a common uni detail? I've never noticed it before.
Commonly referred to as the Clemson cut. I hate it.
Ricko | March 5, 2012 at 9:48 am |
Common to darn near every pair of decent baseball pants that can be found retail, too.
LT | March 5, 2012 at 9:21 am |
It looks like Ian Kinsler is/has switched from Mizuno cleats to Under Armour. I wonder what that means for the rest of his gear, in particular his glove?
Rob S | March 5, 2012 at 9:24 am |
Not that it's sports-related, but I liked the Universal bit.
Here's a breakdown of the past logos in the montage:
1927-1936 – "Airplane Passing Globe II"*
1936-1946 – "The Art-Deco Globe"*
1946-1964 – Universal International globe
1964-1990 – "Zooming Globe" or "MCA Globe"*
1990-1997 – 75th Anniversary Globe
1997-2012 – "Glittering Globe"
The starred entries appeared in the montage for the initial rollout of the 75th Anniversary logo (which, oddly enough, marked the anniversary of Universal City, rather than the company itself).
Also, since they added the Universal International period to the montage, I just have to add this:
"Doesn't the fact that it's 'Universal' make it international?" – Mike Nelson, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
"Doesn't the fact that it's 'Universal' make it international?"
Damn! You beat me to it!
Casey Jones | March 5, 2012 at 9:26 am |
The Pirates' Rick Rhoden looks like Kurt Russell.
Nice start to the Uni week with a Yankees mystery! Pirates too, but I'm inclined to agree with what Arr Scott said a few posts above, most likely an embroidery error.
Andy | March 5, 2012 at 9:33 am |
Words can not describe how much I loathe the idea of street signs in all-lowercase. Capitals are essential to identifying words quickly and accurately from great distances. You'd think type designers specifically would be more apt to adhere to the 'form follows function' adage than most graphic designers.
They really should be ashamed of that.
I'm with you on all LC for aesthetic purposes. But studies have shown for decades that LC letterforms are read more accurately, quickly, and at greater distances, than UC letterforms. If the choice is between all-caps and all-lower, function would dictate all-LC every time. Personally, I'd go with mixed case if possible, because initial caps help break a string of letters into words, but the science is decisively clear that all-LC is more functional design for signs than all-caps.
walter | March 5, 2012 at 10:08 am |
I'd agree with you but for the case of distinguishing a proper noun from a garden-variety noun, which aids identification. Surely, you can see the importance of distinguishing *a* main street from *the* Main Street. And yes, I know this is ironic coming from a man who signs his name with a small "w" :)
Rob S | March 5, 2012 at 10:38 am |
I don't like them messing around with standard road signage. Use your custom font on the street nameplates if you want, but it really should be mixed-case (especially if you're using a standard green background instead of a custom design). And the other traffic control signs are just flat-out wrong.
It's the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for a reason.
In a couple thousand years, when archeologists are looking at the ruins of our civilization, they're gonna have a hell of a time translating our language. You think hieroglyphics are confusing, how about "A" and "a" being the same thing? And that doesn't even start to get into all the various fonts we've created.
Teebz | March 5, 2012 at 11:19 am |
Archae-who?
Time machines, Jeff. They are our future… and our past!
I may need to take up writing tag lines for undiscovered industries. LOL
The Jeff | March 5, 2012 at 12:07 pm |
Time travel is too impractical to bother with. Even if you *can* travel back in time, you also need to travel a rather large distance in space for it to do any good. Remember, our planet and the entire solar system is moving around the universe at a rather high velocity. You may travel back in time, but then you die rather quickly in the vacuum of space because the planet is a few billion miles away.
We'd need a vessel capable of traveling through both time and relative dimension in space…
Mitchell | March 5, 2012 at 7:11 pm |
A blue rectangular box might do the trick…
Andy | March 5, 2012 at 1:05 pm |
I meant initial caps, of course, but didn't clarify. They should be mixed case, as that's the easiest to read. Though, if given the choice between all LC and all UC, I'd take UC because it looks more professional and traditional.
Bouj | March 5, 2012 at 9:57 am |
1. Majestic has been selling something that they call COOLBASE pants for a year or so, but I haven't seen them in person, so I have no idea if they are thinner or not.
2. Didn't Hector "Macho" Camacho used to wear skorts to the ring on a couple of occasions?
Camacho wore loincloths late in his career:
http://www.bokser.org/content/2009/04/19/071700/CamachovsLeonard.jpg
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0110/box_g_camacho1_580.jpg
http://www.pochepictures.com/images/hector-camacho.jpg
The Ghost of Ross Gload | March 5, 2012 at 10:01 am |
That footage of Wilt would make Bill Self's head explode. There's way too many guys jacking up bad shots before The Dipper even gets a touch.
Matt Beahan | March 5, 2012 at 10:18 am |
Those Minneapolis Lakers unis are a victim of either bad lighting or innacurate colourization – they never wore green, always powder blue. Of course, the exact shade of blue differed slightly depending on the uniform material.
Love that article on b-ball facemasks, too. Could have used one of those when I broke my nose my last year of high school ball – instead, I had to fashion a horrible-looking padded thing that I fastened to my goggles…
I know I've seen those before, and I could have sworn we discussed them on here before. I thought they were an alternate uni or something.
Another shot of the "green:"
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/lakers.historical.photos/images/ed-kalafat-clyde-lovelette.jpg
That's pretty dark if it was powder blue & a bad colorization.
I don't think bad colorization is out of the picture. I recall a post here not too long ago (a year or so ago) dealing with black & white photography and colorizations where a San Diego Chargers picture in black & white showed the yellow-gold outline being darker than the not-quite-royal-blue numbers due to color filters.
If you take the "green" on those Lakers jerseys in an imaging program and increase the lightness/luminosity, you eventually end up with a color that isn't too far off from what most people would call "powder blue".
Another from Sports Illustrated:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1151862/1/25/index.htm
A few more from Getty Images:
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=1954+Lakers&assetType=image
Ricko | March 5, 2012 at 12:06 pm |
We've never noticed that if we put too much red in the "tint" on our TVs that skin tones look like Double Bubble and blue turns green?
We've never noticed that many, many, many of the photos in the SI Vault have the same problem?
The Minneapolis Lakers did not not wear green.
The Lakers wore, I'm pretty sure, powder and cheddar (Mikan era).
Then powder and white with a bit of navy (Dick Garmaker, Slater Martin days; saw that one in person).
Then royal and white(Elgin Baylor; saw that one).
Then royal and white with a bit of powder (Baylor again, also saw that one).
Then they moved to Los Angeles.
Rob S | March 5, 2012 at 12:16 pm |
I cannot make out any shade of blue anywhere in those pics. The numerals on the Knicks look black.
Could this be some form of two-color film being used?
Ricko | March 5, 2012 at 1:03 pm |
It's raw film of photos that never ran in the magazine.
Hence, they have not been color-corrected.
I can't do this here at work, but all someone has to do is save one of them as a jpeg in Windows Viewer, click "Fix", then "adjust color", then adjust the "tint". The skins tones will look less like baby bird meat, and the unis become powder blue.
Also can accomplish it to some extent, sorta, by adjusting "color temperature".
Harmonizing with The Jeff.
Numerous ways to see what the problem is…and fix it.
Yes. Old color film tended to look warm, and what is 'warm blue' but green?
T.B. | March 5, 2012 at 10:40 am |
FYI… Louisville basketball player with the socks is Peyton Siva, not Payton Silva
Thanks. Will fix.
Matthew Toy | March 5, 2012 at 11:00 am |
My only guess on the 1983 Pirates caps thing is instead of putting it in their back pocket like Tim Raines, they put their "purchases" from the Pirate Parrot in their caps.
I hope the W.Sox/Mets item is a blindfold over the camera lens, who would want to watch that match-up, especially when Hockey is in full swing?
who would want to watch that match-up, especially when Hockey is in full swing?
Anyone who isn't Canadian?
Of course, if this new uniform thing is something most people aren't going to notice, it's probably not really a big deal anyway. It's probably something silly like team logos on the gloves or player numbers on the back of the hats or… whatever.
C'mon, Mr. Too Cool — don't dismiss it before you've even learned what it is. Paying attention to details that don't matter to other people is what we do around here (ahem, most fans don't care about gray facemasks), so stop trying to sound like you're above the fray.
C'mon, it's a Cactus League team vs. a Grapefruit League team! How amazing is that?
Oh, wait.
"The Mets and White Sox will be playing their first spring training games today (not against each other), and both teams will be debuting a small but interesting uni element…"
(Sox vs. Dodgers and Mets vs. Nats.)
Tim E. O'B | March 5, 2012 at 2:24 pm |
Fine: who would want to see EITHER of those match-ups?
Sadly, thanks to Paul's treasure hunt challenge, I do.
Joey Sox | March 5, 2012 at 11:10 am |
Will the White Sox mystery just be a spring training thing or a full season thing?
Should be a full-season thing (for the Mets as well).
Velcro flies?
Paul Lukas | March 5, 2012 at 12:12 pm |
When you're having fun.
RE: Wisco Socks
Those are the same socks many (if not all) Adidas teams have been wearing all season, like my Hoosiers – http://gapcache.lingospot.com/2012/03/01/Indiana_Seniors_Basketball_NY166.large.jpg
The striping isn't that good because it doesn't go all the way around the sock.
The only reason these are 'new' is that /// changed the middle stripe on all these teams socks to a contrast color (see: the gray stripe on the photo above).
IU at the beginning of the season: http://www.vigilantsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Christian-Watford-buzzer-beater.jpg – all stripes red
I bet the NCAA made them do that. Something about only one corporate logo being allowed on a garment.
And why would one stripe of a different color be kosher, but three same-colored stripes not?
DJ | March 5, 2012 at 6:21 pm |
Three stripes of the same color are deemed by the NCAA to be an Adidas logo, in addition to the triangular-shaped logo. That's why you see two colors used in the striping on Adidas's college team apparel.
That rule does not apply to a player's "personal equipment" (shoes, gloves, etc.)
Lee | March 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm |
You know what the Pirates pictures look like to me?
It looks like someone on the editorial staff took some whiteout and blotted something out. I am thinking maybe crosses.
Were those players big Christian guys?
Why would you put a cross inside the hole of the P? And if that was the case, wouldn't it be just as easy to take black marker and cover it, leaving a normal looking P rather than using whiteout and leaving a "what-the-hell-is-that" filled P?
Lee | March 5, 2012 at 1:50 pm |
Billy Martin used to wear a cross on his Yankees hat while he managed them (A's too, I think). You;d have to ask him "why?".
As to the second part of your question, again, I don't know, your idea does make more sense.
I was merely speculating, with only looking at the pics Paul posted. Just a guess, they look doctored to me.
Billy Martin with a cross on his Yankees cap:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/162626554_b2f830eaff.jpg
Arr Scott | March 5, 2012 at 2:25 pm |
In answer to The, yes, it would be just as easy – easier, in my limited personal experience with photo reproduction and layout tools of the era – to have blacked out the inside of the P as to have whited it out.
Lee, what I don't understand about your theory is the cross thing. I mean, look at that press photo of Billy Martin you link to: the cross is visible, and not incongruously whited out. Are you aware of examples of crosses being obscured in press photos of ballplayes 30 years ago? On the one hand, editors back then tended to feel freer to alter photographs. On the other hand, I just can't imagine it occurring to any of the old-timers I knew that there was any reason to remove a cross from view. That particular explanation doesn't pass the sniff test for me, but if you have evidence of it happening in other instances, I'd reconsider.
I do find the editorial white-out hypothesis about as convincing as my own embroidery hypothesis, though. It's just that I'd expect it to result from, say, an obscenity rather than a symbol of the religion shared by 80% of the population.
No evidence, 100% guess, to both the doctoring, and (if it was doctoring) the reason for the doctoring.
The spot on the caps look doctored to me, thats all, so I wondered why they may have, and crosses would make (at least a little) sense. If you have a better idea, no problem.
A big huge (relative) chunk of 'mistaken' embroidery doesn't do it for me.
BurghFan | March 5, 2012 at 5:56 pm |
The Rhoden print is from the Sporting news archive, and is by a photographer who shot a lot at Three Rivers. So anyone who doctored the print would know that black made more sense than white.
I can understand Jim Morrison picking up a cheap cap to wear for his publicity photo shoot. It's harder to imagine such a crappy cap in a regular season game.
Jim Vilk | March 5, 2012 at 9:08 pm |
The photographer's name is on the back of the photo – George Gojkovich.
And apparently he still works in the biz. Google his name and in the pictures section you see lots of photos attributed to him. There's a lead for you, Paul.
I just wrote a short ESPN piece about the NBA's Noche Latina promotion. Covers ground that we've pretty much covered before here on the blog, but here's the link, just in case you're curious:
http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=7647708
"So maybe the NBA should consider going with Los Toros and El Calor after all. These terms may not be part of the fan base's vernacular, but they probably do the job better in terms of Hispanic outreach, plus they're just a lot more fun."
Ugh. No.
Toros and Calor? OK, but the jerseys don't say THE BULLS and THE HEAT now, so if they ever do make the switch, I hope they do so sans definite article. (Or should I say sin definite article? tee hee)
That "Birraioli" thing is hilarious.
David | March 5, 2012 at 12:50 pm |
Paul, tremendous COD link today. If I hget any work done this afternoon, it will be a minor miracle.
Paul Lukas | March 5, 2012 at 2:13 pm |
Thanks, David — glad you like.
Wonderful. I was particularly fixated on the "Pretzel Logic" locale for that 1974 Steely Dan album. Never noticed that the cart guy spelled it "pretzle." Stupendous album.
Yeah, that's a cool site.
And, yes, Connie, Pretzel Logic is a great one. Particularly the title track and, of course, Rikki.
Wheels | March 5, 2012 at 8:22 pm |
Any Major Dude is a good chill one.
Phil Hecken | March 5, 2012 at 8:27 pm |
bad sneakers…and a pina colada my amigo
timmy b | March 5, 2012 at 1:42 pm |
Paul, thanks for bringing the top story to light.
Tom Shieber deserves much credit for his discovery of the '43 Yanks away lettering. Tom deserves even more credit for keeping the DTTN database up to date as possible. I've always said that the most important part of a visual uniform database is the accuracy of the graphics. Timeliness is part of that equation.
Speaking of accuracy, one of my partners in the Gridiron Uniform Database, Bill S., has been making MAJOR discoveries on the 1960 AFL uniforms and the aegis of each team's NOB's during that inaugural season.
We'll keep you posted.
Sometimes, it's good to be stuck in bed with the flu.
Thanks, Tim — glad you like.
Sam D. | March 5, 2012 at 1:56 pm |
David Robertson is wearing stirrups for the Yankees! Has he done this before?
I just made a screen shot of that:
http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7062/6956592373_0ebacc3090_o.png
He's always gone high-cuffed, but I don't think he's ever worn stirrups before.
Wow. So is Robertson the first Yankee to wear actual stirrups in the 21st century?
No. See Brosius, Scott.
Teebz | March 5, 2012 at 3:49 pm |
David Cone wore stirrups in 2000.
So no.
Ryan B | March 5, 2012 at 4:03 pm |
Still doesn't count – the 21st Century started January 1, 2001.
Is he wearing stirrups over 2-in-1 socks?
Carolingian Steamroller | March 5, 2012 at 4:04 pm |
Am I daft, or is Cone wearing stirrups over faux-stirrup socks?
Both of you are right: he is wearing stirrups over faux-stirrups.
As for "21st century" bull, do you assume time started when this "Hey-Zeus" guy was born? If you do, December 25 is one week before Year Two started. Therefore, your 21st century for baseball didn't actually start until 2002.
Unless of course, he was born on December 25, 0. And then 2001 would be right. You can't just assume the first 51 weeks of the year exist of the guy was born during the last week of the year. If it was January 1 anytime before that guy's birth, is is BC? Because, by your definition, it would be January 1, 1 despite Him not being born until December 25.
That's the epitome of stupid. Why don't we start counting birthdays as the moment of conception then? At least that would be closer to the start of your proverbial Year One.
Y2K was not the end of the 1990s. It was the start of a new millenium. And a new century.
What the hell are you talking about, Teebz? Who is saying that Y2K was the end of the 1990s? That makes no sense.
When Jesus was actually born is completely irrelevant to the discussion. The first century was AD 1-100 (or 1-100 CE, if you prefer), not AD 0-99. There is no "year zero"
There was 1 BC (BCE) and then there was AD 1 (CE). But, of course, nobody knew that at the time. The calendars were constructed centuries later.
Anyway, nobody's really sure when Jesus was born. Biblical scholars have provided evidence for everything from about 18 BC to about AD 7.
Just because we're accustomed to thinking about decades in nice, round numbers that start with a zero doesn't mean that the 21st century started with a zero. The 2000s were a wraparound decade. Their first year was the final year of the 20th century and the other nine were in the 21st century. So the 2010s are the first "full decade" of the 21st century.
Geno Clayton | March 5, 2012 at 2:10 pm |
St. Eds hockey honoring the Ohio High School shooting victims
http://photos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2012/03/st_edward_beats_st_ignatius_3-_6.html
I dont know what STP stands for on the St. Eds skates.
Dane | March 5, 2012 at 2:39 pm |
While investigating the 1983 Pirates cap conundrum, I came across something I never knew before: Willie Stargell wrote his number 8 in Roman numerals on his cap and bat.
http://catalog.greyflannelauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=22843
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2004/621.html#photos
Mad John | March 5, 2012 at 2:49 pm |
Erstwhile Dolphin Vern Den Herder had the "Dutch" prefix when I was a lad.
TheSmokingPun | March 5, 2012 at 3:26 pm |
http://pic.twitter.com/sWB6IIgg
Chiefs just posted a little Nike teaser. Looks like the shirt says Chiefs Just Do It.
Is that a Raiders jacket with a Chiefs logo slapped on it?
Re: White Sox
Gordon Beckham has a white sticker on his helmet, is that it? It looks like one of those NFL radio helmet notification stickers, only white. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Timmacane/ScreenShot2012-03-05at23941PM.png
Plus it seems to be near where a squatchee would be but the White Sox don't have a white squatchee on their hats… http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Timmacane/?action=view&current=ScreenShot2012-03-05at23941PM.png#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fsmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv232%2FTimmacane%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DScreenShot2012-03-05at23808PM.png
Can't confirm it on any other player's helmet as I just started watching and after Gordon cam De Aza and he ended the inning but I couldn't see if he had a sticker, though I thought I saw one quickly.
Are they concussion sensors (or accelerometers or whatever…)?
After writing that, I feel that sounds stupid…
I meant does it signify some sort of sensor?
The White Sox have a white sticker there all the time anyway. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a sensor in there somewhere with all the focus on concussions lately.
Dude, I thought you were a Sox fan.
The white faux-squatchee on the helmet is nothing new.
(But if it is a sensor, then that is new.)
I have been thinking the Easter egg was cool-base pants although I was quietly hoping it was cool-base (BP fabric), game caps.
I've never noticed that… (while my baseball team is the White Sox, I don't much care for baseball on TV = paint drying)
That's what I get for trying to find anything new.
"I don't much care for baseball on TV"
first you wear stirrups sans sanis…and now this?
what the hell is wrong with you?
TV broadcasts of baseball are outdated, slow and a bore. Live, baseball is actually quite fun to watch, but the interplay between the dugouts, the interaction between the batter at the plate and the opposing infielders and outfielders and the atmosphere…
All of that is lost when all broadcast show you is a 1 shot of a pitcher with the batter over his shoulder interspersed with a 2 shot of the patter knocking off dirt from his cleats and adjusting his junk.
It's boring, simplified and a SDTV way of shooting a beautiful and complex game. Take advantage of HDTV broadcasts and show more of the game.
Until that happens, paint drying.
or…perhaps you're just easily bored
White sticker atop a batting helmet isn't new pretty much anywhere. Been around a long time.
I'll just say this: You're close.
Oh well shit, I just gave up and turned the game off, now I have to go back, haha.
If that is a concussion sensor it is the most discrete one I've ever seen or not seen.
Is it maybe some sensor for the development of a baseball video game?
concealed78 | March 5, 2012 at 5:18 pm |
New batting helmets?
SO nice not to hear Hawk Harrelson or Darrin Jackson calling a Sox game, even if Bill Melton sounds like Hank Hill. Feels like 23 years ago.
umplou | March 5, 2012 at 6:46 pm |
Mets have their logo on the back of their caps???
Tampa Bay rays players are wearing USF shirts that say "madness" today at spring training.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/maddon-ness-rays-showing-support-usf#comments
Hope this isn't a re-tread
Shaftman | March 5, 2012 at 4:07 pm |
NBA teams could vote on jersey sponsorships in April
The NBA would thus be the first of the 4 major North American sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) to include sponsorships on game jerseys. That just sounds awful. And the way they say it just seems so corporate and sleazy.
The NBA would thus be the first of the 4 major North American sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) to include sponsorships on game jerseys.
Except for MLB's several season-opening series in Japan, all of which have featured advertising sleeve patches and helmet decals.
True, though this would be on a permanent basis. Even printed on replica jerseys.
Speaking of advertising patches, whatever happened to that idea of funding a Uni Watch patch on the women's tennis circuit?
Made some inquiries with the company but never heard back.
and there's only three major NA sports leagues
Old farts like you still like baseball, don't knock it, it only has a few more years left in the tank.
Yes, because soccer is going to take its place.
(eyeroll)
Been hearing that for thirty years.
Or hockey?
Median average attendance last season in MLB was approx. 30,000…
http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2011
Hockey was 18,000…
http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance/_/year/2011
First: As long as the MLS is what the US has to offer as 'soccer' that ain't happenin'
Second: I think Phil was making fun of the NHL, a league I am quite fond of, so I made fun of the MLB, a league he is quite fond of.
Third: I don't believe what I wrote.
The point is, they're ALL still popular.
Really Ricko? REALLY? Baseball stadiums are bigger and outdoors. The biggest nba/nhl stadium is smaller than the smallest mlb stadium by like 12-13 thousand seats and this is exacerbated by point #2…
BASEBALL IS PLAYED OUTDOORS. Next year an NHL game will attract 100,000+ for the only outdoor game, you know why? (Other than spectacle) Because the stadium can be bigger.
A rink is 200ft by long, home plate to center field in almost all stadiums is twice that there fore a bigger stadium still has decent sight lines, playing hockey in that sized building (outside or inside) would be ludicrous from a fan's perspective.
plus…hockey really sucks now
Rob S | March 5, 2012 at 7:02 pm |
plus…Islanders hockey really sucks now
Fixed. :P
that is so not true
islander hockey has sucked for a looooooonnnngggg time
They also have a median of 30,000 twice as many times.
And baseball's TV ratings blow hockey's away.
Again, wasn't starting a "one is better" debate. Was just saying they're ALL important. But the fact is, hockey is far more a "pockets of interest" sport. Has been for decades. And nobody, not even hockey people, deny that.
Graf Zeppelin | March 5, 2012 at 6:22 pm |
OK, I'm watching on Slingbox, so I can't really see much detail. I notice the Mets are wearing their regular game caps (blue!!!!) instead of the BP caps but it looks like the Nats are too. Will have to wait until I get home to watch in HD.
Not thrilled about seeing the BFBS "NY" logo (blue/white/orange over black) in the SNY chyron, but one thing at a time…
I have to admit, the detail in question is v-e-r-y hard to see — harder than I expected. If I didn't know about it in advance, there's no way I would have spotted it (well, at least not after one inning).
All will be revealed tomorrow.
Team logos on the back of their caps??
Meanwhile, the new BP jerseys look really good. If they wear these jerseys for a regular season game this year (as they've pretty much telegraphed that they will), I won't complain too much. And when they use this design as the basis of an alt jersey next season, I'll barely complain at all.
yes…but they're still BP jerseys
unless they're willing to replace these for the black (now) roadie…i hope they never see the light of day (or lights of night)
do they look nice? yes, but so does a really sharp black suit…i wouldn't want to see that on the diamond either
do they look about 5000x better than the shit the warshington team is wearing? absolutely?
is royal a beautiful color? fuck yes
but do i want to see this, instead of the pins or snow white on a diamond? only if they wear royal blue pants…and i really don't think i want to see that either
"only if they wear royal blue pants"
Oh, ick. With today's trousers that'd look like "DeLuxe Dry Cleaners" softball circa 1952.
dammit…the sarcasm tag is broken again
Amen. I like that the jersey itself is monochromatic; no inserts. And of course the orange/white script looks great on it.
It might look good just like this as an alt, or just add orange or white placket piping.
as much as i hate to say it…it's just TOO royal…if they added the headspoon like last year…it would look better
Another slight distinction from that Los Mets jersey: The Los Mets design had orange piping about an inch above the sleeve cuff, but the BP jersey has orange piping right on the edge of the cuff itself. I like it!
Steve D | March 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm |
I believe MLB designs the basic BP jersey and all teams use the design…many add contrasting side panels…a few are even adding shoulder panels…but no team uses headspoons…many have that same little cuff trim as the Mets. You can see all the different BPs using this link. So I don't think headspoons are an option on the BP…the alt jersey is another matter. They can likely do what they want on that.
http://shop.mlb.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=1733204&cp=1485905
Yea, I like that. Do you think a white headspoon would look as good/better than the orange?
I just checked every team's BP…only 3 don't have contrasting side panels…Mets, Padres Home and Angels. I assume MLB at least lets each team decide on side panels.
Kevin Poss | March 5, 2012 at 6:40 pm |
Ahh, this Nats/Mets game is refreshing.. no BP caps!
Kyle Lamers | March 5, 2012 at 8:21 pm |
Kinda gets ruined when the Nats wear those jerseys still.
Jeff | March 5, 2012 at 6:57 pm |
It looks like the squatchee on the Mets' helmet is raised a little bit? Like it's glued on?
btw…what the hell happened to bryce harper wearing rups?
he's got clown pants on tonight
Brian K | March 5, 2012 at 8:24 pm |
Looks like the Mets helmets (besides the raised squatchee) is also a solid blue all around instead of the 2 tone fade from one blue to another blue they used last year. Below is a pic where you can see the difference in blues on Daniel Murphy's helmet. (Mets last year)http://photos.nj.com/star-ledger/2011/04/astros_at_mets_4-20-11_4.html
I can't tell from Tom O' B's pics if the White Sox helmets were solid black or 2 tone black. But I do believe they were 2 tone last year.
More than likely its the squatchee.
Here's a shot of Mark Kotsay's helmet from last year with the 2 tone black look. Of course this only effects players that wear the cool flow helmets. But you can see what I mean from this pic and the Murphy pic above.
http://newshopper.sulekha.com/mark-kotsay-alex-rios_photo_1261172.htm
Yea, good riddance to the stupid metallic paint flake on the front of the helmets; it looked terrible on the 2-tones and the 1-tones. But we knew that already.
I heard the Mets 2-tone referred to somewhere as "The Blue Heat", ha.
Keith | March 5, 2012 at 8:33 pm |
I see the Orioles are wearing helmets without the front white panel. Anyone know if that's just a spring training thing, or if that will carry over into the season?
Found my own answer:
http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/fan_forum/2012_logos.jsp
For White Sox/Mets:
I can't really tell on any photos I've seen of the White Sox today, but I have the Mets game on right now, and I see some white writing on the Met's batting helmets on the tip of the brim. I can't read what it says, but the Nats don't have it and I couldn't see it on any other photos of other teams I looked through.
Could this be it?
Nope. Sorry Kyle. Thats just the players name.
Rydell | March 5, 2012 at 9:06 pm |
NFL Network showed 1975 NFC divisional playoffs Cowboys vs Vikings (The hail mary) today (outdoors in Minnesota), cold messy dirty uniform football,. Vikings looked good IMO
OK. Watched a couple of innings in HD. I saw the MLB logo on the back of the Mets batting helmets just above the neck, and it looked like there was something in white underneath it but I couldn't make out what it was.
nope jay…not it…
tune in tomorrow — im sure paul will have all the gory details
John | March 5, 2012 at 11:30 pm |
It kind of looks like the Mets have screen printed their logos and numbers on the jersey.
Jake H | March 6, 2012 at 1:56 am |
probably too late for anyone to see this but this is a very nice photo of the d-bags new bat knob decals
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/photos?gameId=320305127&photoId=1899763#photo_1899846
TOMtiger | March 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm |
i always tear the "squatchees" or whatever they're called off my hats- force of habit


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Impromptu burger date with Cooper.
Making a birthday card and having snack dinner.
Little boy feets at a birthday party.
I made a leek & bacon hash with a fried egg on top. YUM.
I made these pancakes three times this week. I used sweet potato instead of pumpkin and topped with almond butter. YUM.
Hard boiled eggs, a yummy salad, killer granola, kiwis & mangos, roasted carrots & cauliflower, roasted sweet potatoes, chopped vegetables, and Curry Zucchini soup that was a combo of this soup and this one.
Practicing calm at my chiropractor. They need to clean their windows. I'd be calmer if they did.
Strawberries, gin & grapefruit soda at Caley's house.
Post gym selfie. I got a new neon sports bra this week. Cooper couldn't stop talking about it.
Stripes in the parking lot.
Recipe for Monday has all these yummy ingredients up in.
We got a new dishwasher. I'm so thankful I have a husband who is handy.
I made egg salad sandwiches (with Greek yogurt!). This batch had curry in it. It was good.
Always cleaning up…but I love the shadows this time of year.
New kitty. Thank you, husband!!!
Lighting incense in my kitchen cuz I'm a hippie.
Those rare moments when I sit on the couch and drink my coffee and am all alone.
I downloaded an app to help remind me to drink water. It's not working.
We are excited for Spring.
A sandwich I'm making you.
Our side of the bridge.
We saw it! We loved it! I want one of those cakes!
Date night with my boo. Note to self: Don't order drinks that have egg whites in them.
You hate the smell of egg whites, Tracy.
This week we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! We have a fun weekend planned.
looks like a solid week! and again, Happy Anniversary!! I love that hand-holding picture. It's the sentimentalist in me.
PS, I find a cute, straw tumbler makes me drink more water.
YES! Totes forgot about my tumbler!
YES! You're right. I have one of those and I need to bust it out. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER!
Happy anniversary tracey! Luv the pics as always.
I LOVE the picture of you and Casey! Happy Anniversary! P.S. are you one-upping Casey with the surprise burger date with Cooper?! haha!
Ha! Casey really doesn't like In & Out Burger. Isn't that crazy?? So when he's not joining us for dinner…we go!
Happy Anniversary! You have a beautiful family!!
Your wedding dress is beautiful, and that is such a great picture! I love your Everyday Life posts, they inspire me to take my camera out with me more.
Such a great collection of everything photos. Love the leprechaun hat the best!
Love this post … so much!
Halley anniversary! I love the wedding photo- I think this is the first time you've posted a picture of Casey? You two are adorable!
Too funny that cooper is obsessed with you neon sports bra lol!!!
right??! He's always been bra obsessed. So silly.
I always look forward to your posts and lovely pictures. Happy Anniversary to you and your boo!
Happy Anniversary!! Your meal prep has me so jealous. One that you did it. Two it looks delicious.
I too thought I hated cocktails with egg whites, but it turns out if the bartender spritzes it with something aromatic — bitters or orange oil or something — right on top, the egg smell doesn't bother me!
Happy anniversary! The pictures of you and your son together are so sweet <3 I always look forward to your posts not just because they are always delicious (like those sandwiches), but also because I LOVE your food photography.
I'm jealous at how great you look after your workout! I look like a red, sweaty mess!!!
Wow, you have not changed at all in the past eight years! So beautiful.
I love the idea of meal prep and have been talking about your previous post non-stop with my friends. I do have a question if you have the time–when u make roasted veggies/cooked sweet potatoes how long do they keep and how do u keep any condensation from building up? I allllwaaaays have water in containers. Soggy=thrown away. Thank you for your posts. They make smile so much.
They last about 4-5 days? When I make the sweet potatoes, it's always with the intention of using them to make a mash or the flourless pancakes–so I usually take them out of their skin. It makes it really easy to do so when they're cool. I also let them sit on the tray and cool off before they go into containers. You don't want them to steam anymore in the containers. I hope this helps!
Thank you so much for the food prep advice!! It totally helped. You're the tops.
Oh, I hate the smell of egg whites, too. bleah. Bothersome, because I really love meringues, but have to bypass the smell part.
Yes! You know what I am talking about. Ugh.
Thanks! I think that photography has always been my gateway to being happy. That's probably why I've kept my blog up for the past 7 years. I would feel lost if I wasn't using a camera.
Thanks, as always, for sharing. Love the photos. Love your take on life and the way you navigate its waters.
Love your wedding dress, so chic! I regretted mine like the day after my wedding so I'm jealous of those who have timeless, gorgeous dresses!
Dave's Killer Bread. I LOVE IT. Casey always goes the sourdough route. I go the hippie route.
Yummus =) You always make my Monday a little bit brighter with these Everyday Life's. Keep 'em coming! I look forward to and always enjoy reading. Plus your eye for creative subjects and compositions is really inspiring, too!
Happy Anniversary! I love your wedding dress!
Can't wait for the sandwich, and I'm having a neon sports bra moment too!
The black-and-white's of you and Cooper, first of all, and THEN your wedding day photo, are so gorgeous. I feel like I remember hearing (from a JTB podcast) that your anniversary was the 18th? AKA your birth date in August? If so, 8th anniversary on the 18th? Must be lucky. To many, many, more happy years!


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The resurrection of Al Capone? Tax charges make an effective weapon in combatting modern day crime
Stephanie Courter
Brad Williams
Murder, bootlegging, bribery, intimidation. All of these are crimes notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone committed. Yet, in the end, what brought him down was a much simpler, much less violent crime -- tax evasion.
Federal law makes it a felony to willfully attempt "in any manner" to evade or defeat any tax. 26 U.S.C. § 7201. One count of tax evasion is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000. Id. It's a crime that's proven not by inflammatory exhibits (e.g., guns, drugs, DNA) or damning recordings but by use of good, old-fashioned paper. It is not a "sexy" crime as crimes go. However, tax evasion in particular and financial charges more generally have long been and continue to be incredibly effective in bringing down criminals who might otherwise have eluded law enforcement.
As a result of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, financial charges like tax evasion, filing false tax returns, failing to disclose offshore bank accounts, and bank fraud have gained renewed prominence in recent months. They have formed the basis of indictments and convictions against a host of high profile defendants, including Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
On August 21, 2018, a jury sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia convicted Paul Manafort of five counts of filing a false tax return, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); one count of failure to file reports disclosing foreign bank and financial accounts, in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5314; and two counts of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. Like tax evasion, all of Manafort's convictions are federal felonies punishable by multiple years in prison. The evidence presented by prosecutors at trial included extensive bank and financial records, as well as evidence of Manafort's lavish lifestyle -- evidence that is often the only "sexy" evidence in a financial trial.
In September 2018, less than a month after being convicted in Virginia, Manafort pleaded guilty to two additional crimes in the District of Columbia -- conspiracy to commit multiple felonies, including money laundering, filing false tax returns, failing to report foreign bank accounts, and lying to the Department of Justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice by tampering with a witness while he was on pretrial release in the underlying case. Manafort's plea agreement calculates his advisory range under the Sentencing Guidelines to be between 210 and 262 months (or 17.5 to nearly 22 years) in prison -- all based on his commission of white collar, nonviolent felonies.
Finally, at virtually the same time Manafort was being convicted in a Virginia courtroom, Michael Cohen was pleading guilty in Manhattan to perpetrating a five-year scheme to evade taxes on more than $4 million income, a scheme the government alleged resulted in more than $1.4 million in lost tax revenue. The charges against Cohen also included making false statements to a bank and various campaign finance violations. In a separate guilty plea in November of this year, Cohen also admitted to another federal felony -- lying to Congress about President Trump's business dealings with Russia. Cohen recently received a sentence of three years in prison.
One thing that makes the use of tax charges so interesting is that, to prove them, prosecutors must establish that a defendant committed the crime willfully. In other words, the defendant knew about his or her obligations under the tax laws and intentionally violated that known legal duty. See Cheek v. United States, 498 U.S. 192 (1991). Ultimately, to prove willfulness, prosecutors must establish that 1) the law imposed a duty on a defendant; 2) the defendant knew of the duty; and 3) the defendant voluntarily and intentionally violated that duty. See Cheek, 498 U.S. at 201. Willfulness is one of the most difficult mental states to establish, and in a criminal case, it must be established beyond a reasonable doubt. To make matters worse, rarely is there direct evidence of a defendant's willfulness. In most cases, proof of willfulness can only be established through circumstantial evidence -- deciphering a defendant's cryptic statements; examining what he or she reported (or didn't report) on other, non-charged tax returns; investigating what efforts might have been made to hide or conceal income; and examining his or her lavish spending habits.
What tax charges may lack in sexiness or may demand in proof, however, they more than make up for in reliability. Perhaps Jerry McGuire said it best -- in tax cases, "show me the money!" Convictions in financial cases are often obtained after painstaking review and analysis of bank records, credit card receipts, loan applications, and even a defendant's own filings with the IRS. The benefits of this kind of proof are obvious; the documents speak for themselves, and they are difficult to effectively challenge. There are often no cooperating witnesses in tax cases whose credibility can be questioned, and it is hard to cross examine something the jury can see for itself in black and white. The reliability of tax and other financial charges may be particularly attractive in cases involving high profile defendants whose prosecutions are likely to garner media attention. It is difficult to levy a charge of tax evasion as being "politically motivated." And they are hard for defendants to effectively defend against. Even defendants who might otherwise be motivated to fight a fraud case may see tax charges as indefensible, because the evidence is often staring them in the face.
Today's financial indictments have expanded to include not only the old stalwart -- tax evasion -- but also other, more modern financial crimes like failure to report having a foreign bank account. In recent high profile cases, these charges have been paired with other white collar crimes -- e.g., failure to register as a foreign agent. Even lying to the FBI, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, has become more popular in recent years, though historically this charge was one that was often threatened but rarely charged. The reasons for this shift are simple. Financial charges stick; they are hard to defend against, and they come with prison sentences that can be just as onerous as those imposed in more violent criminal cases. They took down one of the most notorious gangsters in American history -- Al Capone -- and they are continuing to be an effective tool today.
•For more information, contact Stephanie Courter, Brad Williams, or another member of the Firm's White Collar Defense & Investigations or Tax Litigation Groups.
This publication is intended for general information purposes only and does not and is not intended to constitute legal advice. The reader should consult with legal counsel to determine how laws or decisions discussed herein apply to the reader's specific circumstances.


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A prime example of how all this excess talent is being put to good use is Haltian, a Finnish product design services startup that's made up of ex-Nokia employees. The company designs and builds connected hardware for others but is now in the process of producing its own connected device that's aimed at IOT startups.
Their device, called the Thingsee, is ruggedized and waterproofed so can be used outdoors. It features a 1,900 mAh battery and a monochrome display as well as 2G GPRS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, a pressure sensor, accelerometer, magnetometer, light sensor, and gyroscope. The Thingsee can, therefore sense movement, light, temperature and moisture.
Developers will be able to configure the device via Haltian's mobile app (Android or iOS) so that it can be used to test business ideas and business processes before dedicated hardware and software is needed. The Thingsee is expected to cost around $150, available April 2015.


This is part two of a two-part series about teaching your children sound financial habits that will last a lifetime.
In my last post, I wrote about instilling great habits in your children, encouraging the value of hard work and saving money.
Today I want to focus on that age where they're about to take their first real steps into adulthood. As a father of four boys, there is no shortage of things that occupy my mind when it comes to where they are and what they might be doing, and I know I'll worry about them no matter how old they (and I) become.
I'm always looking for ways to prepare them for life beyond the protective 'nest' at home. And as they grow more independent, my wife and I – just like any parent – want to make certain our kids are financially independent as well. On the surface that is simple: spend less than you make. Beyond that truth, however, are layers of additional complexity: How do you not only save but make sure the money you work hard to earn also works hard for you over time?
No matter what socio-economic bracket you fit into, I think most parents wonder what messages they are truly sending their children. One of my biggest concerns has been whether they really understand the value of money. I suspect many parents just let their kids figure it out and hope they will get it right when they start working and start paying real bills.
I have been in the financial services industry my entire career. While there is the slight possibility that some of my investing knowledge was picked up around the house through some sort of informal osmosis, my kids were never given the opportunity to learn about, or participate in investing on their own. I had a growing fear of sending them out into the world without an understanding of how to manage and invest their money.
A few years back, we gave each of our four boys an equal amount of money in a checking account and instructed them not to spend it, but to invest it. No other instructions were given.
To my chagrin, not one of the boys took the initiative to invest the money. Their checking accounts paid little or no interest and given the cost of inflation they effectively were losing money every day.
After a year had passed, I called the brood to a family meeting. I was slightly relieved to hear that they had reached out to a family friend who was a broker at a large Wall Street firm for help, but his response was clear and simple: It was just too little money for him to help.
They informed me that they had also spent some time online and they had happened upon some established online brokerage firms. My youngest, who was still in high school, commented that each place they reached out to was 'too noisy.' Interpretation: Each place they had contacted, knowing full well they were searching for guidance, seemed to be adding confusion for confusion's sake. "We need a place to invest, but we are not professionals," my youngest son confessed.
My kids have never known an environment where you put money into a bank account and you could expect interest compounding. With the lowest rates of return in decades, you have to be middle aged to remember those times. In the 1970s, if you put your money into CDs or a savings account, you could expect a 10% annualized return. Back then, it was easy to understand why saving made sense and you could quickly see impressive results. Those days are gone.
Statistical data indicates my kids should live a heck of a lot longer than me. They work out, eat better and presumably will continue to have better healthcare. So, how do you help anyone plan for retirement when they realistically could live to be 100? It would have to start with the basic principles of saving and investing.
• There are no quick fixes. Yes, sometimes lighting does strike. Try and catch it in your career, but don't count on it in your portfolio.
• Work hard. It's the only acceptable approach.
• Invest. Make money, live below your means and invest the rest.
We've all heard the saying: Hindsight is always 20/20. And, yes, people have made money investing in Apple, Amazon, and other high-performing stocks. Personally, I think Jeff Bezos is a genius, but what average investor has the stomach to invest most of their net worth with any company for 20 years? People work hard for their money and shouldn't bet the farm. Spread it out a bit. While diversification will not always make you rich, or guarantee positive results, it will help protect you if the market drops.
The day I introduced my boys to M1, it was amazing to see how immediately they connected to it. They loved the graphic interface, the prepopulated pies concept and the ability to completely customize their portfolios. They were amazed how easy it was to connect to their bank account and transfer funds to their M1 Finance brokerage account.
At the time, my boys were in their late teens and early 20s. The three younger boys were very aggressive and risk tolerant. My oldest son, the only one who was actually in the workforce, not surprisingly, was far more cautious. I stood back and let them explore the M1 website. Each one of them reviewed the library of pies and made decisions on risk tolerance, while easily adding stocks and sectors in just a few minutes.
Maybe most impressive of all was the job they did diversifying and giving their portfolio a little spice without 'ruining the taste.' They had just enough confidence to take the leap because there was enough information to make intelligent decisions – but they were never overwhelmed.
My boys are very competitive with each other at virtually everything they do together. Our whole family is that way. And when it came to their M1 accounts, of course, they openly shared their allocations and returns.
Maybe the most shocking thing of all is they even got their mom into the M1 competition. Unlike them, she is highly conservative and she has a very real fear of the markets. She isn't making as much return on her M1 account, but her portfolio is not as volatile either. She made a few hundred dollars and was disappointed. The boys were quick to point out she had an impressive annualized return in excess of 5% and she didn't put much at risk. Sure, bigger bets paid off bigger, but not all picks were winners. Good lessons all around.
It never ceases to amaze me what kinds of things bring our family together. M1 certainly managed to do that. Try it. Dinner conversations will change. On occasion, you may even be able to watch CNBC with your kids. I do not envy their situation, they are building for a long, uncertain future. One thing is for certain, they now understand that they can be in control of saving and investing.
By starting their financial education at a relatively early age, they got to witness their periodic investments growing wealth in small increments. You need time in the market to take advantage of compounding. The best thing of all is they are young, have the required time and can stomach the volatility of stock portfolios — even if their mother cannot.


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The Faces
First Time in Trade Paperback & Ebook
Beneath the Mask of Nice, a Face of Horror
In this "masterful novella"* of horror and suspense from bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg, a costume party opens the door to a terrifying world.
"Hypnotic, haunting, and compulsively readable, THE FACES is high-test nightmare fuel. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."—Richard Chizmar, author of Chasing the Boogeyman, and Gwendy's Button Box(with Stephen King).
Are They Watching You?
Nothing goes right for Harold until he finds the famous mask based on his father's favorite old-time comic strip. Joe Face and his family all had a nice smile and an easy-going attitude to the worst life could throw their way — in the funny pages.
But soon enough, his life turns inside out, revealing…
The Faces of Nightmare
A novella. Genres: Psychological Horror, Horror fiction, Weird Fiction.
"Exceeds expectations…A suspenseful tale of mounting terror…"—Rue Morgue Magazine.*
"Superior horror fiction…powerful, succinct, and deep. Highly recommended."—Scream Magazine.
"THE FACES seems whimsical at first…until the story turns nasty and profoundly disturbing. The social satire is the real horror here, making us dread what lurks behind the faces of our closest friends and loved ones. Another masterful novella from Douglas Clegg."–Norman Prentiss, author of Odd Adventures with Your Other Father.


"Like the way you (Edom) drank on my holy hill, so also all the nations will continue to drink--drinking and drinking like they've never been drinking. However, on Mount Zion it will be different--there will be deliverance. Aside from the mount being holy, Jacob's house will possess its inheritance there," [verses 16 and 17].
The Edomites desecrated God's holy hill--they drank there and got drunk in their wickedness. God promised that their deeds would return upon their own heads. And as other nations saw Edom being thus drunk in its foolishness, so would they keep drinking, following after Edom. Hence, "The Lord's day is near for all nations."
You see, how the world behaves before God is according to how it sees God's prospering people behaving towards their poor brethren. The world cannot get ideas about God except what they get from God's people, especially how they live and behave.
Remember that Edom was related to the house of Jacob--Esau and Jacob were brothers. They came from Isaac, their father, who was a man of God. That made both Esau and Jacob believers. Edom, which came from Esau, later became prosperous by allying itself with Israel's enemies. And in Israel's down moments and destitution, Edom attacked Israel.
Now, as the world saw Edom's attitude towards Israel, so it likewise did to Israel.
As long as there are rich and poor people in the church, the world will never turn turtle as it did in Acts. In the Acts church, no one individual was richer than the other. God eliminated that financial classification by having the rich donate their wealth to the church through the apostles.
The church was rich, but not individual disciples. The apostles distributed to all according to their needs. Wealth was centralized and distributed equally to all according to their needs. In the Passover, the Passover lamb was distributed to each family according to their needs. The Manna in the desert was likewise distributed thus. God wants equality. Hence, he commands that all disciples totally give up (or sell) everything and give to the poor, and come follow Him. This is a requirement (not optional) in a genuine Jesus discipleship, and in fact, in a true church.
When there is the rich and poor in church there will always be differences and discrimination. The rich often ignore the needs of the poor brethren and just promise them their prayers. The rich and educated are honored and given positions. The poor are "welcomed" as audience and followers. Giving them alms is good and praised by men, but it is NOT God's will. God's will is for all of us (rich and poor) to give up everything, surrender all to the church, and let apostles (genuine men of God without greed) distribute the wealth properly according to God's wisdom.
The rich and privileged in church get "drunk" in the importance given them in God's "holy hill," and as long as this is the standard in church, the world will remain comfortable with the same. The world will keep, "drinking and drinking like they've never been drinking."
But soon, God's going to change all that. God is now raising up people who hunger for God and His ways and presence like it was in bible times. They want nothing less than what God shows them in the bible. They're tired of good human programs and activities in church, but no real spiritual meat and power. They realize that the Kingdom of God is not just mere talk but real, awesome power.
This rare breed (without greed) God is now raising up will totally give up everything and want nothing but to give their submission and obedience. They will trust genuine men of God, men whose hearts God has purified, genuine apostles, to handle donated money and distribute it as God wants it distributed.
Then God will make them possess all things. "However, in Mount Zion, it will be different." God's Mount Zion today, in the Spirit--His awesome manifest presence--will bring total deliverance from worldly standards and usher in God's ways, will, and Word alone. God will bring holiness and possession of His inheritance--which is genuine prosperity--when His people have learned to eliminate the rich and poor in church.
Then "Edomites" will be gone from the church, the sons of Esau from God's people today. "The house of Esau will be made stubble...no survivors from his house."
Then the church, the true church--the glorious church of Jesus Christ, without spot or wrinkle or any other blemish--will start turning the world upside down. "The Lord's day is near,"--the Lord's day for all nations.
Of course, Obadiah's prophecy happened to geographical Israel in its past history. Edom was deleted from the map. But there is a deeper meaning to this, in the Spirit. It concerns the church in general today, and this will give way to the glorious church of my Jesus, soon.


Dona is an industry veteran in the Triangle market. During her career, she has seen and experienced all the market fluctuations and built up an impressive resume of achievements. But that is not important to you. What is important is that, like anyone who dedicates themselves to their discipline, Dona has spent a lot of time sharpening her skills and has earned just about every industry designation available. She is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), a graduate of the Realtors Institute (GRI), and a specialist in short sales and foreclosures (SFR). Her passion is serving people, and her mission is to guide clients towards making the best financial decision.
A Durham native, Dona enjoys yoga, spinning in her spare time, and loves spending time with her family. She holds a B.A. from Elon University, and a MSSW from the University of Texas at Austin. HOOK'EM HORNS!
Besides his seven years of military service, Joaquin is a veteran of several other industries, all of which play an important role with his work at 919 Realty. Joaquin began his career in the trade show and meetings industry, where he gained insight to the inner workings of the marketing world as an Account Manager. Joaquin has also been Director of Events for a national nonprofit organization and, most recently, served as the Marketing Manager for a homebuilding company.
Aside from an unhealthy devotion to the Washington Redskins, Joaquin loves to spend time with his family and enjoys playing music. He can even struggle through some classic rock on his guitar, keyboards and drums. He's also huge sports fan and lover of all Oklahoma Sooner sports. Boomer Sooner!
Joaquin holds a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma, and is also a licensed Real Estate Agent.
Kristi is a northern transplant to the Triangle via Charlotte. Originally from northeast of Pittsburgh, she now calls Cary her home, which includes her husband and two kids. They have been in North Carolina for 16 years and couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
Kristi always strives to do the best job she possibly can, while helping others fulfill their dreams and goals. She has worked with Garman Homes and Go Realty for the past 8 years helping the leader team and agents. Before choosing a career in real estate she enjoyed 7.5 years as a teacher. Helping people has always been a part of who she is and for her real estate is about helping people. She loves the feeling of excitement that comes from looking for, and eventually finding that perfect place to call home.
Kristi is committed to exceeding your expectations and making this a worry-free ride!
Matt is an original here in the Triangle area. He was born in Northern Durham, went to high school in Cary and now lives in Fuquay Varina with his wife and 2 sons. He has been living in the southern part of Wake County for the past 7 years.
Matt feels that with his extensive history of living in the Triangle for his entire life allows him to help others find the best home that will fit their needs. Along with his knowledge of the area, Matt brings over 10 years of customer service experience. Before becoming a real estate agent, Matt worked for a luxury apparel line where he dealt with both the daily operations of the business and customers.
Matt's intentions with his real estate career are to help others find the best home and make their dream a reality. He strives to make the home buying experience as stress free as possible. He also loves the opportunity to build new relationships with buyers or sellers that will last a lifetime.
During his down time, Matt loves spending time with his family and friends. He also loves playing golf at any of the local courses or watching his favorite sports teams go for the win! Go Heels, Go Irish!!!


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Ole Red Nashville To Celebrate Grand Opening During CMA Fest
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Blake Shelton's resturant
(Nashville, TN) -- Blake Shelton's Ole Red Nashville is opening for business during the CMA Fest next month.
The restaurant, bar and music venue will host several events during the festival, which runs from June 6th through the 10th.
The first Ole Red opened up in Shelton's hometown of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and a third one is planned for Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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New single out Thursday


Think fast: what's the first thought that comes to mind when I say the word "Congress?" I'm willing to bet that whatever popped into your head probably wasn't something positive.
According to national pollster Gallup, Congress's approval rating in 2014 stood at just 15%, down significantly from the 56% approval rating logged in 2001. An amusing poll from Public Policy Polling in 2013 also came to a similar conclusion, deeming Congress less popular than traffic jams, root canals, Donald Trump (before his presidential campaign), used-car salesmen, and, yes... even the rock group Nickelback.
Yet in spite of the unpopularity of lawmakers in Washington, D.C., keeping a close eye on what issues they're tackling can be important as an investor. Congressional interests, and the laws that might come about from those interests, could meaningfully affect certain industries. Plus it never hurts to know where members of Congress are putting their own money. Having a keen understanding of what stocks members of Congress own may offer unique insight on businesses that are expected by lawmakers to outperform over the long run.
The 25 most commonly held stocks by members of Congress in 2013 With this in mind, and with the assistance of data aggregated by MapLight, which itself used personal disclosures from members of Congress from 2013, we'll take a brief look at the 25 stocks that are most commonly held by members of Congress as of 2013, as well as point out a few interesting observations from MapLight's findings.
Please note, this list isn't based on the total value of stock held by members of Congress, but is instead a ranking based on how many members of Congress actually hold shares in these companies. Additionally, this is based on data compiled in 2013 -- it's quite possible the holdings of members of Congress have since changed. Thus you should consider this as an intriguing starting point for your research rather than a concrete buy or sell recommendation.
Table by author. Data source: MapLight via personal Congressional disclosures as published by Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives and Office of the Secretary of the Senate, U.S. Senate.
Mind the trendsA number of trends stand out.
For starters, members of Congress, who are predominantly individuals near or at the age when they'd qualify for Social Security, are more about income preservation than seeking out aggressive growth as evidenced by their holdings. Don't get me wrong, you will find some higher growth tech mixed in here and there, but big brand-name companies with products that essentially sell themselves tend to dominate in Congressional portfolios.
At No. 3, for example, we have Procter & Gamble, which has demonstrated a sluggish growth rate in recent years, but has household brands like Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste in its back pocket. Procter & Gamble relies on the fact that many of its products are inelastic (meaning people buy them regardless of how well or poorly the U.S. economy is performing), and can rely on price increases for its goods to ensure it stays ahead of the inflation curve.
With the exception of Alphabet (the entity that owns Google and other subsidiaries), members of Congress are also very much attracted to dividend paying stocks. Following six years of record-low lending rates, finding a somewhat steady investment that could outpace inflation has proven difficult. Bank CDs, money market accounts, and savings accounts are all yielding around 1% or less. The answer for investors, and member of Congress, is to turn to dividend stocks.
You'll see that telecom and content staples AT&T and Verizon are both top-eight holdings. The reason behind the popularity of these two telecom giants more than likely has to do with their superior dividends. AT&T's 5.6% yield and Verizon's 4.8% payout obliterates the average yield of the S&P 500, which is closer to 2%. Similar to P&G, the need to stay "connected" via Internet, voice, or TV puts the products AT&T and Verizon offer in the borderline "basic-needs" category. This gives both companies exceptional pricing power and a bright long-term outlook.
You'll also note (not surprisingly) that industrial sector names and energy are well-represented. Keep in mind that the defense budget of the United States is considerably higher than that of any other country in the world, thus industrial and energy-based names are likely to be beneficiaries of the United States' robust spending. I suspect this is why we see General Electric topping the list of the most widely held stocks. Aside from General Electric's diverse business model, it's a prime beneficiary of the Defense Department's awarded contracts. Boasting a ridiculous backlog of $270 billion in orders, GE looks to be as strong as ever.
Lastly, take note of some of the names that didn't crack the top 25 and what that might imply (key word here being "might").
For example, tobacco giant Altriaslides in at No. 40, perhaps because U.S. tobacco laws have grown ever stricter over the years. Ford only ranks 35th, possibly implying that Congress doesn't have as much faith in Detroit automakers as it once did. Also, Facebookclocks in at No. 63, implying that the social media kingpin may still not be delivering a steady enough long-term outlook to satiate the buy-and-hold investor.
As a reminder, these holdings from 2013 aren't meant to be used as a sole determinant to buy or sell a stock. However, understanding how lawmakers view their own investments could potentially provide you an edge that you can use to move ever closer to hitting your retirement number.
The article The 25 Most Commonly Held Stocks by Members of Congress originally appeared on Fool.com.
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