2006-07-09 05:04:11 · 9 answers · asked by bengont 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Back in the old days, no teams wore names. The numbers represented the pitching order, and you scorecard gave you the names of the hitters. Pre-TV & radio, when the only time you saw a game, it was at the stadium. When they started requiring it back in the 50's, teams who currently wore no names were grandfathered in, and not required to wear them. This was before Steinbrenners time. Some of the other teams only wear names sometimes. The Red Sox have a no-name version of their uniform, which you will see reasonably often, and the Dodgers generally never wear names, either. Over the years, I have seen both Pirates & Giants uniforms without names.
No-name uniforms are a not so subtle reminder "We've been here a LONG time".
2006-07-09 05:52:46 · answer #1 · answered by Bartmooby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some sports people believe that putting names on the uniform promotes players going for individual goals rather than team play.
2006-07-09 12:08:37 · answer #2 · answered by joker45693 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steinbrenner's decision. He wanted the team to look classic., Originally, teams had no names on thier backs
2006-07-09 12:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by Apple Walnut Salad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been tradition with all yankee teams to have no names on their jersey.
2006-07-09 12:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by roadrunner316 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree it's strange and i don't like it, but i suppose it's partly tradition and partly to promote team unity rather than idiviualistic glorification.
2006-07-09 13:52:32 · answer #5 · answered by Chasco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are stupid-
or
because they spend all their money on players and then they cannot afford names on the back
2006-07-11 16:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by texasgirl5454312 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they don't want you staring at their as*es
2006-07-09 12:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they forget how to spell them
2006-07-09 20:17:04 · answer #8 · answered by CubsFan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz they r doodles
2006-07-09 12:08:49 · answer #9 · answered by pratham_not_edna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋