Best/worst uniforms in NFL

[Candler Cat]

3 hours ago, MHS831 said:

I used to go to Charlotte O's games--Cal Jr and Eddie were there for a brief stint--I recall seeing Eddie hit a grand slam in the first game of a double header, then get ejected arguing balls and strikes in the first inning of the second game.  I was just a kid, and I thought that was the big leagues--turns out I was nearly right.  I played college ball with K Dean Biasucci at Western--at one time he was the Colt's all time leading scorer.  In fact, I dropped out for a year to make $$ and returned in the Spring of 87, and Dean was there-finishing his degree.  We didn't really know anyone else, so we'd hang out a lot that semester.  He told me that his first contract with the Colts was this (I don't think the NFL Players' Union allows this kind of contract any longer):  He made a base salary of $65,000 and then they added $500 per extra point and $3000 per field goal.  His second contract was much better....Bert Jones was my favorite Colt ever, but I really liked Mike Curtis in my earliest memories--probably because he leveled a fan who ran across the field during a game--but I loved his fire.  Super Bowl V was my first memory, and that year, I got a Colt helmet for Christmas.  I remained a Colt fan a year or two after the Panthers came to Carolina--but I have to be loyal to the local team.  I think it is silly to root for Pittsburgh or Dallas when you live in Charlotte.

that CLT club was in Asheville previously. When Cal Sr was their manager, Jr played in little league on a team sponsored by a Ford dealership, I still remember him playing games in the ironically named Weaver Park, and yes he stood out even back then, clearly the best on the field and had solid fundamentals even back then, so when he got called up into the majors i thought it was really cool since I had seen him play as a kid, just knew he was going to make a name for himself

Mike Curtis was a heck of a LB'er, and I was watching that game on TV when he trucked that fan, pretty funny

[MHS831]

3 minutes ago, Candler Cat said:

that CLT club was in Asheville previously. When Cal Sr was their manager, Jr played in little league on a team sponsored by a Ford dealership, I still remember him playing games in the ironically named Weaver Park, and yes he stood out even back then, clearly the best on the field and had solid fundamentals even back then, so when he got called up into the majors i thought it was really cool since I had seen him play as a kid, just knew he was going to make a name for himself

Mike Curtis was a heck of a LB'er, and I was watching that game on TV when he trucked that fan, pretty funny

I lived in Baltimore (Annapolis, actually) for about 2 as a newspaper reporter.  Even when I was not covering the games (and I only covered 1 as a fill in) I used my press pass to get in.  I would sit in the press box at first, but it was too business like and I had to pretend to be working (free drinks and sandwiches though) but I found a counter culture of fans who used to sit in the right field bleachers behind the visiting bullpen.  Eddie and Cal were playing--I think Billy too for a bit.  The reason we sat there was the visiting players in the bullpen would nearly always engage with us--they would hand us $$ or an autographed ball and have us buy them beer or hotdogs--sometimes we'd just pay.  We had to be very discrete, so we'd wrap the beer in towels they'd hand us. They would stand on a chair and reach up and grab it quickly.  Mostly these were the pitchers who were not likely to play.  We were usually engaged in small talk with them throughout the game--this was at the old Memorial Stadium---not the newer place.  There was also a catcher with them and a coach who did not seem to ever mind (going from memory).  Seattle and Chicago (Sox) were the best bullpens--the Yankees ignored us.  But I can tell you that Cal was a LIVING LEGEND up there--everyone loved him.  I think he grew up about 20 minutes North of Baltimore.