Staying in the 1970's...
The city of Cleveland has been known to some as the "Mistake By The Lake". The 70's weren't good to Cleveland, and nowhere is that more evident than in uniforms worn by two of their teams: the Indians and the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers have one of the worst uniform histories of any franchise in the NBA. But, that is another story for another day.
The Indians wore these all-red uniforms on occasion from 1973 to 1976. They wore a blue hat, with a funky-shaped "C", and these pajama-looking red uniforms. These are some of the worst uniforms in the history of baseball. They look like tomatoes. Maybe these tomatoes went on the Padres' cheeseburgers. Nah, because there was no interleague play in those days, and both teams were horrible. The only way they saw the World Series was on TV.
Eye gouge rating: 2
I could not find a picture of Oscar Gamble in the red uniform. That's too bad. It would have been classic.
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That uni is bad, but I love the font on the white uni. I think it's great and they should go back to it.
Here's some Oscars I found laying around the web:
Oscar the Yankee
Oscar the Padre
Oscar of the Phillies
Oscar the Indian
Here's a great page for funny cards (there is a cussword on there for the faint of heart).
That same font is also used on the red uni. It's not bad, but those red tomato pajamas are better off left in the closet. They can wear them on Cici's Pizza Throwback Night, but that's it. That is, if Cici's has made it to Cleveland.
I saw those cards floating around when I was looking for Oscar in a red Indians uniform. When Oscar was traded to the Yankees, George Steinbrenner made him cut his Afro.
That card page was pretty funny. :-)
Ya gotta look out for CLE.
It's too bad that George made him cut his Afro. That was classic.
In those days, when a player was traded, Topps would airbrush the hat and/or uniform to change to that of the player's new team. Thus, Oscar with the Yankee cap and the Afro.
Great hair..
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