Archive for April, 2010
Duke Pulls Off Championship
The Butler Bulldogs, who had won 25 straight games coming into the Championship, had tremendous momentum going into the NCAA National Championship game and put up a very exciting fight with the lead never expanding more than six points. They came close to winning this one too. With seven seconds left to play and a one point deficit Butler’s six foot nine inch sophomore Gordon Hayward missed a fifteen foot baseline shot Duke rebounded and was fouled with 3.6 seconds left. Brian Zoubek made his first foul shot expanding their lead to 2 points, and then purposely missed the second to force an attempted half-court shot by Butler.
When the ball hit the backboard and rim then fell away, the crowd of 70,930 fans seemed to gasp at once. To remember Duke’s championship victory I will be donning my NCAA basketball jerseys for my support going into next year.
The History of the Baseball Uniform
The first team to wear baseball uniforms was the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club in 1849. This early ensemble included wool pants, a white shirt, and a straw hat. Modern baseball uniforms have changed a great deal since then; they now have the names and uniform numbers of the players on them in different colors and logos and include a cap that also bears the team insignia.
Today, baseball is the only professional sport where the coach—or in baseball’s case the manager—dons the same uniform as the players. Every once in awhile, teams will harken back to the old days and wear throwback MLB jerseys. These uniforms are easy to identify by their baggy design and muted color schemes. They were first made popular in major league baseball in the 1980s, but have occasionally appeared in college football, NBA and NHL games.
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