abc006 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 A while back i came across this photo of Harold Reynolds playing for the Alaska Goldpanners: I thought, "Hey, that's a cool uni," so I decided to make it. The uniform is almost done, except for a few things: Obviously, the "Alaska" logo is missing, because I haven't been able to find a good semi-flat image to tweak and put on the front of the uni. If anybody knows where to find it, I'd be eternally grateful. :cyclops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Does this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Not bad compmaniac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 It was just a simple search on Google Images :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forn03 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Looks like Paul Lukas just posted on these jerseys yesterday. Has a few pics that might help: http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=368 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc006 Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 Does this work? Yeah, I actually saw that one, I think that's the best I've come across. Actually, I had seen some interesting alaskan unis, and then I read uni-watch, and I remembered that it would be cool for an mvp uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Hey, I played for Fairbanks in '85! We wore the same uni as HR then. I think he played around '82. Unfortunately, I had a bad Summer(9ish ERA). My arm gradually wore down after having thrown 17 complete games and 186 innings that Spring in college. But, I made up for it the next year, my first in pro ball in the NY/Penn league with a 1.71 ERA and 10 Saves(short season). FYI, a few of the guys on that team had some meaningful time in the Show, Tim Layana, Mike Benjamin, Billy Bean, Kevin Ritz, Keith Lockhart. Another interesting tidbit, Mark Grace played next door that Summer for North Pole. He had been drafted that June by the Cubs around the 24th round but wasnt happy with that and their offer, so he went up to Alaska and tore it up and got his money and signed at the end of Summer and the rest is history! Oh also, I pitched in the Midnight Sun game in June. Usually the game would start around Midnight, but because of a rain delay, we didnt start until 2AM that night and had to turn the lights on due to the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
five Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 That's really cool sidewinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoCubs720 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Sidewinder, do you throw sidearm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc006 Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 Hey, I played for Fairbanks in '85! We wore the same uni as HR then. I think he played around '82. Unfortunately, I had a bad Summer(9ish ERA). My arm gradually wore down after having thrown 17 complete games and 186 innings that Spring in college. But, I made up for it the next year, my first in pro ball in the NY/Penn league with a 1.71 ERA and 10 Saves(short season). FYI, a few of the guys on that team had some meaningful time in the Show, Tim Layana, Mike Benjamin, Billy Bean, Kevin Ritz, Keith Lockhart. Another interesting tidbit, Mark Grace played next door that Summer for North Pole. He had been drafted that June by the Cubs around the 24th round but wasnt happy with that and their offer, so he went up to Alaska and tore it up and got his money and signed at the end of Summer and the rest is history! Oh also, I pitched in the Midnight Sun game in June. Usually the game would start around Midnight, but because of a rain delay, we didnt start until 2AM that night and had to turn the lights on due to the clouds.Wow, that's pretty amazing. It's really surprising how many players and especially future major leaguers played in Alaska. Anyway, this is my progress: However, I'm not sure about is what team in MVP to assign the uni to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzjob Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Those look pretty sweet, but I think the black pinstripes should have a silver infill. Maybe a very light blue, it's a bit hard to tell from the picture of HR. But it's definitely not white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Wow, that's pretty amazing. It's really surprising how many players and especially future major leaguers played in Alaska. Not really. In the world of college baseball, getting recruited to play in Alaska for the Summer is a big deal. There are a few elite Summer college leagues throughout the US, including the Cape Cod League. The ones that are well known in the culture of college baseball really are an opportunity to test your skills and play against the best college amateurs for the Summer. The cool thing is you have a family sponsor who you stay with and they feed you and in my situation, they let me drive their SUV all Summer. You work varied jobs for pretty good money. Anything from Little League clinics to picking up trash, mowing grass for the city. Usually we would get about 4-5 hours of work and make around $60. That was good money then. When not on the road, we would work during the day and then play games at night. In August, if you qualified for the NBC tournament(we did), you then fly to Wichita, Kansas for the big National tourney. The team and its sponsors cover the cost of the team and travel expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc006 Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Those look pretty sweet, but I think the black pinstripes should have a silver infill. Maybe a very light blue, it's a bit hard to tell from the picture of HR. But it's definitely not white.I didn't see that before, thanks for telling me. I'll update it, and soon should have some game pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc006 Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 I've been working on two unis the last few days, here's some previews: Phillies' 1944-45 "Blue Jay" unifoms: (not sure if anybody else has done this, I looked in the downloads and didn't find any.) Away: Pants home: Left Sleeve patch (right sleeve is the same w/o the logo): hat: Then, I made a random, really weird Dodgers concept using some circus-type text, probably won't release it unless you want me to: pants: Hat: (KC Temps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 http://www.goldpanners.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc006 Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 http://www.goldpanners.com/Ummm... ok. Thanks. They actually have some good pictures, it might help me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thome25 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I've been working on two unis the last few days, here's some previews: Phillies' 1944-45 "Blue Jay" unifoms: (not sure if anybody else has done this, I looked in the downloads and didn't find any.) Away: Pants home: Left Sleeve patch (right sleeve is the same w/o the logo): hat: Then, I made a random, really weird Dodgers concept using some circus-type text, probably won't release it unless you want me to: pants: Hat: (KC Temps) I did something like this awhile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc006 Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 But no "Blue Jays" jerseys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 What's this "blue jays" thing anyway? Like, what's the history on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebjr Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 The Phillies were once known as the Blue Jays back in the 40's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 The Phillies were once known as the Blue Jays back in the 40'sWow, I really didn't know that! Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebjr Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I think it was only for two years, then they went back to the Phillies name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Ok, I'm just suprised that I didn't know that one. Oh well, I do now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thome25 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 But no "Blue Jays" jerseys? fourth jersey from your left, second from your right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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