Ruppert Jones

[Shooty]

Couple of interesting vid caps of Ruppert Jones

Jones wearing a Blue Jays helmet in the 1977 All Star game:


Jones wearing a jersey with "RUPE" on the back.

[Gantry]

Was the "Rupe" a one-off thing?

[Shooty]

Not sure. There wa was a season or two where players were allowed to have a nickname on the back of their jerseys.

Dick Allen had WAMPUM on his A's jersey.
Johnny Lemaster had BOO on his Giants Jersey.
I think Andy Messersmith had CHANNEL on his Braves jersey to advertise Channel 17 for ted Turner.

Trying to think of others

[BeefMaster]

I think Hawk Harrelson had HAWK.

[Gantry]

Dick Allen had FUCKYOUWHITEPEOPLEBECAUSEYOUARELEGITIMATELYTERRIBLE on his, my personal fav

[Shooty]

Found an article.  Looks like Hawk was the first:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/sports/baseball/14bats.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0

Would love a Niekro "Knucksie" jersey

[fknmclane]

Dick Allen had FUCKYOUWHITEPEOPLEBECAUSEYOUARELEGITIMATELYTERRIBLE on his, my personal fav

Actually, he had WAMPUM.

I know it didn't exist but a COBRA Dave Parker jersey would be the bee's tits.

[fathedX]

Motherfuckin' Cobra was a bad, bad man

[Shooty]

[fightonusc]

A black and gold Jason mask with an old Pirates uni would be an amazing Halloween costume.

[fknmclane]

The cig photo is an all-time great sports photo.

[fightonusc]

[Brookensrules!]

Motherfuckin' Cobra was a bad, bad man

Love the Cobra.