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  As just about everyone knows by now, Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale was a bit unhappy with the 1970s leisure suit throwback uniforms that the team was slated to wear on July 23 -- so unhappy that he reportedly used a knife to cut the jerseys to shreds. Joshua Kimmich Trikot Damen .But hey, Chris, if youre reading this, keep in mind that it could have been worse. The Sox could have broken out the shorts.Uni Watch is referring to, of course, the shorts that the White Sox infamously wore on the diamond in 1976. In fact, were fast approaching the 40th anniversary of the shorts on-field debut, which took place on Aug. 8, 1976. That makes this the perfect time for the Sox to trot out the shorts as a throwback, no? Perhaps it could even be timed to coincide with Sales turn in the rotation (as long as the clubhouse staff hid all the knives and scissors).Four decades later, theres a lot of misinformation about the shorts, especially regarding how often they were worn. Broadcasters will often say things like, Remember that season when the White Sox wore the shorts all year long? or Remember that one game when the White Sox wore the shorts?The reality is that the shorts were neither a season-long enterprise nor a one-game experiment. They were unveiled on March 9, 1976, along with the rest of the teams leisure suit uniform set, (team owner Bill Veeck said at the time that the shorts would be ideal for hot weather) but they didnt make their on-field debut until the first game of an Aug. 8 doubleheader against the Royals. They were worn again on Aug. 21 and 22 against the Orioles (the second game of which was the opener of a doubleheader).Those three games comprise the totality of the Sox-in-shorts saga. The team won two of the games, giving the shorts a nifty .667 winning percentage -- not bad, especially for a team that went 62-96, or .392, for the rest of its schedule.Photos from the three games are rare, but you can see some good shots here. Theres also some fantastic home-movie footage from the Aug. 22 game, which shows a bit of pregame and game action. The film, which has been preserved on YouTube, also features priceless shots of fans participating in a bizarre bit of between-games entertainment: a beer case-stacking contest.Many fans mistakenly think the Sox couldnt slide in the shorts for fear of cutting up their knees, but that wasnt the case. The players had little pads tucked under the tops of their socks, just below the kneecap, which apparently provided enough protection to allow for sliding.You might not think those little pads offered much protection, but the numbers dont lie: According to the archived box scores, the Sox stole eight bases without being caught in their three shorts-clad games, so the pads must have been doing the job. (Either that or the opposing catchers were too busy laughing to throw anyone out.). You can see some footage of two shorts-clad slides by skipping ahead to the 1:51 mark of this video:Despite the winning record and the success on the basepaths, the shorts were retired after those three games, so MLB has been shorts-free since then (well, unless you count Hunter Pence). But while the White Sox were the first and still only big league team to wear shorts, several minor league teams wore them in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.And heres an interesting wrinkle: Those red shorts worn by the Austin Braves were a trial run for the teams parent club in Atlanta. Former MLB pitcher Ron Reed, who was on that 1966 Austin squad, provided the details in this 2011 article, in which he said, The shorts were worn in that first game as a trial to see if they would be appropriate for the Atlanta Braves players. Summers in Georgia are hot [and 1966 was the Braves first season in Atlanta after moving there from Milwaukee], so some genius figured shorts might be better for the players rather than the wool uniforms they wore at that time. After a couple of our Austin players came back to the dugout with giant strawberries on their knees and thighs from sliding into second, third and home plate during that first game, the shorts idea was abandoned, thank God.Hmm, maybe the Braves didnt think to use sliding pads like the White Sox did, eh?Although the Chisox never wore their shorts after those three 1976 games, the shorts nonetheless had a bit of an afterlife. Like many MLB teams at that time, the Sox recycled their old uniforms in their minor league system, and the shorts ended up being worn by the Double-A Knoxville White Sox. At one point that resulted in a dream matchup of 1970s uniforms: the Sox shorts versus Houstons tequila sunrise design.Of course, that took place long before Chris Sale was coming up through the White Sox farm system. Luckily for him -- and, maybe, for the shorts.(For more information on the White Sox shorts, look here.)Would you like to nominate a uniform or uni element to be showcased in a future Friday Flashback installment? Send your suggestions here.Paul Lukas wore shorts while writing this column. If you like how it turned out, youll probably like his Uni Watch Blog, plus you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Want to learn about his Uni Watch Membership Program, be added to his mailing list so youll always know when a new column has been posted or just ask him a question? Contact him here. Julian Draxler Trikot Damen . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. Trikot Marvin Plattenhardt . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. http://www.fussballwmtrikotsdeutschland.de/trikot-marco-reus.html ;. Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. NAPLES, Fla. -- When the CME Group Tour Championship concludes on Sunday, ending the 2016 LPGA schedule, Alison Lee wont be able to kick back and settle into the offseason.When Lees work is done at Tiburon Golf Club, where she shot a first-round 73 Thursday to trail leader Shanshan Feng by seven strokes, the second-year pro will continue her work at UCLA as a senior communications major.Exams for the fall quarter come up in early December. Before play started at Tiburon, in fact, Lee had written a rough draft of a three-page paper for Communications 133 and emailed it to a friend in Westwood, California, who printed it out and turned it in for Lee.Lees thesis for the assignment in the digital media course: The greater number of social media platforms a person is on, the more time is spent online.Im saying that if you have multiple accounts -- Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat -- youre going to be more active than if you just have one, Lee said after the first round. And future generations are going to do more and more.Finding time for social media herself is a challenge, though she says she loves Pinterest. Arguably, no other LPGA member has been as busy as Lee the past two years, given that the 21-year-old Californian is going to a top-flight university while playing full-time professional golf, with this weeks tournament her 45th over the past two years. Michelle Wie followed a similar path, graduating with a communications degree from Stanford in 2012 while she competed professionally.But such juggling acts are rare. She admitted the whirlwind of turning pro in December 2014 and being a co-medalist at LPGA Qualifying School during her sophomore year was momentarily hard to handle.The worst was right after Q-school, Lee said. I had to fly back to California and had a week to study for finals. I remember sitting in the computer lab printing out stuff, trying to study and getting phone calls from agencies, sponsors, media. Every five minutes I was getting a phone call. I was so overwhelmed, I just broke down and started crying.Worried about the burden of college and professional golf, Lees parents, John and Sung, who were born in South Korea, tried to talk their daughter out of doing both at the same time. My wife and I talked to her, and told her it would be very difficult, John Lee said in a phone interview from California. She just said, Dad, I can do it. I know its really hard but I want to finish. Look at Michelle [Wie]. She can do it, I can do it. Just trust me. We have fully supported her, and I am so proud.Lee dropped a course this quarter after time away competing kept her from preparing well for a mid-term. But for the most part, since those early, anxious moments, she has successfully dealt with the demands of the twin spheres of her life despite missing up to 35 percent of her classes because of tournaments.For me, its all about balance, figuring out how much you can handle, Lee said. I was on tour for almost a year and I decided to join a sorority [Delta Gamma]. If school is something you really want to do and youre focused and know how to manage your time, you can do it. Ive learnedd a lot about time management, how to use my time efficiently, [whether] its practicing, studying or getting stuff done. Matthias Ginter Trikot. A lot of people think your game will deteriorate if you go to college, and I dont think so. Thats what Im trying to prove.She is doing a good job of that, having won more than $1 million since joining the LPGA. Currently No. 33 on the Rolex Rankings, Lee was a member of the victorious U.S. Solheim Cup team last year, when she won a singles match during the Americans dramatic four-point comeback after being part of a controversial four-ball match. Partnering with Brittany Lincicome, Lee picked up an 18-inch putt she believed had been conceded by European opponents Suzann Pettersen and Charley Hull. The Europeans insisted they had not conceded the putt, and they won the match amid a huge uproar.That was a little bump in the road, Lee said of the Solheim Cup incident. Winning in the end was amazing. For me, even just being there was amazing. To make the team and be a part of it was really cool.Lee has contended several times for a victory, most recently last month at the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship in South Korea, where she closed with a 75 and lost on the first extra hole to Spains Carlota Ciganda.Ive been close a couple of times, which shows me I have what it takes, Lee said. I want to win, not just be in contention. Hopefully, that will come soon. I do need to work harder. Im balancing a lot of things now, so its been tough. This is my last year of college, and I have been hanging out having fun a little more than practicing my golf. But Im really happy Im still in school because Im having a blast.When Lee is able to focus more fully on golf, it wont be a surprise if she is able to move into the top echelon of the womens game. She was a six-time first-team All-American of the American Junior Golf Association, winning nine tournaments. Lee was on three winning U.S. Junior Solheim Cup teams and was awarded the inaugural ANNIKA Award as top collegiate female golfer as a UCLA freshman in 2013-14.I didnt know if I would have a lot of LPGA success early on, but I have thrived at every level, said Lee, who tied for 26th as a 14-year-old in the 2009 U.S. Womens Open.That was a decade after John Lee introduced his daughter to the game that consumed his weekends, to the degree that one hot summer weekend in 1999, when Alison was 4, Sung told her husband that he couldnt be gone dawn to dusk by himself.One Saturday, my wife told me I had to take Alison with me the next day, John said. I stopped at Toys R Us and got a plastic golf club. When I woke her up Sunday morning, Alison didnt want to go at first, but she did. The minute we got to the course, Id never seen her that happy, running around. She loved it. I thought I would teach her, and maybe one day she could be a professional golfer. Thats how we started. It worked out pretty well.Come June 16, his daughter the professional golfer will also be his daughter the college graduate.Pretty well, indeed. Wholesale Jerseys 2019 Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale NFL Womens Jerseys China NFL Jerseys White NFL Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys ' ' '