Posted on 02/27/2012 2:09:39 PM PST by pkajj
Astros Remove Colt .45 from Colt “Throwback” Jersey
“The Astros are marking their 50th anniversary this season, so they’ll be wearing an assortment of throwback uniforms for Friday home games,” espn.go.com reports. “That includes the uniform of the Houston Colt .45s, which was the team’s name for the first three years of the franchise’s existence.”
With a slight modification. Astros’ authentication manager Mike Acosta told a fan that “During our discussion with Major League Baseball, it was expressed to us that we could wear the uniform as long as the pistol was removed. We realize this changes the original design, but we still want to honor the Colt .45s. We are also under an obligation to follow Major League Baseball’s requests.”
ESPN’s Paul Lukas reckons “It’s nice that MLB doesn’t want kids exposed to handgun imagery, but putting the kibosh on the original Colts jersey feels like a bit much.” Outrage much? Apparently not.
“Amerika: Your Changing Past”
You can blame BS Bud Selig for this. The man is destroying baseball. He forced the new Astros owner to move to the American League before approving the deal. Now this.
Exactly! We can't have that happening again, can we, comrade?
Previous article on this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2847382/posts
“Guns Not Welcome At Minute Maid”
That’s a pretty good representation of an M-1873 single action Army. I’m surprised that Colt FA didn’t have proprietary issues with it - even the script is a little reminiscent of the COLT logo.
They probably considered it good free advertizing though - and it probably was.
The current team could probably put a dildo on their jersey’s and it would be fine... but not a GUN!!
GUNS = B-a-a-a-aa-ddd!!!
Notice in the original the C is shown as smoke from the gun barrel. With the removal of the gun the C is alone and unchanged and makes no sense like the whole affair.
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