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The result is that it is now often difficult to say which uniform is a team's "official" one. For example, from 1999 to 2006 the Cincinnati Reds wore a variety of caps: all red, red crown and black bill, black crown and red bill, and all black, but since 2007, only the all-red (home) and red crown/black bill (away) are used. In contrast from ...
(Okkonen, p. 36, p. 120) [3] In 1929, numbers were first added on the backs of uniforms by the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. By 1932, all major league baseball teams had numbers on their players' uniforms. [3] The Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1952, became the first baseball team to add numbers to the fronts of their uniforms.
The numbers were assigned in alphabetical order and remained this way through 1978, meaning umpires could, and often did, wear a different number from year to year. In 1979, NL umpires chose numbers based upon seniority, and that system remained through 1999, the last season of separate umpiring staffs for the National and American Leagues.
Squad number, as depicted on an association football jersey. In team sports, the number, often referred to as the uniform number, squad number, jersey number, shirt number, sweater number, or similar (with such naming differences varying by sport and region) is the number worn on a player's uniform, to identify and distinguish each player (and sometimes others, such as coaches and officials ...
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In addition, the team will occasionally wear a black armband on the left sleeve, usually in honor of a Yankee great who has died. In some cases, the player's number is displayed instead. The first time was in 1990, when the Yankees wore a #1 patch on their left sleeve in tribute to Billy Martin, who had died in a car crash on December 25, 1989.
June 1, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2, left) and forward LeBron James (6) talk during NBA Finals media day at Oracle Arena.
Elliot Perry – "Socks" [10] (because he always wore his socks to his knees) Chuck Person – "The Rifleman" (whose full name is Chuck Connors Person, because his mom was a fan of The Rifleman). [154] Paul Pierce – "The Truth" [155] Ricky Pierce – "Big Paper Daddy" [153] Jim Pollard – "Kangaroo Kid" [19] Kevin Porter – "Little Drummer ...