Posted on 03/29/2005 11:31:24 AM PST by utahguy
What do Pittsburgh's pro baseball, football and hockey teams have in common that no other city's teams do?
They make it easy for their fans to wear their team colors, that's what. The Pirates, Steelers and Penguins all sport the same combination - gold, black and white. No other city in the United States has this degree of unity in team colors.
Even though they share colors, the teams seem to do what they can to make their uniforms distinctive. In the 1970s and 80s, the Pirates revived the old 19th century style pillbox caps. The Steelers are unique in that their logo only appears on one side of the players' helmets (the right side, as they're worn). And in 2002, after a few years of a "modernized" design, the Penguins formally re-adopted their old-style skating penguin logo for both their home and away jerseys.
Sure, we love Mr. Met and the Rams' horn - but Pittsburgh is undoubtedly the home of pro sporting style.
They make it easy for their fans to wear their team colors, that's what. The Pirates, Steelers and Penguins all sport the same combination - gold, black and white. No other city in the United States has this degree of unity in team colors.Actually, the Saints and 49ers wear "gold". The Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins (when they play at all) wear yellow.
-Eric
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