Taking note of frivolities for sports nerds and geeks. The Lenin Closet shirt shopTumblr (3.0; @thelenincloset)http://blog.thelenincloset.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4puvvLRjW1qzb7vjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.thegrandarchives.com/post/24001723950">thegrandarchives</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">@rickyrubio9 - “I don’t miss the </span>#NBAPlayoffs even if I have to pick up my bro @marcrubiovives and @ainonacohi at the airport..”</p> </blockquote>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/24006806426http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/24006806426Tue, 29 May 2012 11:24:22 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4dys6lgh11rspt4fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bballtats.tumblr.com/post/23677256366/terrence-williams-therealtwill-got-twitter">bballtats</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Terrence Williams ( <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheRealTWill/" title="Terrence Williams">@TheRealTWill</a> ) got Twitter hash tag <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23wordaapp" title="#wordaapp">#wordaapp</a> tattooed on his hand.  The hash tag was popularized on Twitter by Williams’ bro <a href="http://bballtats.tumblr.com/search/nate+robinson" title="Nate Robinson">Nate Robinson</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23677666663http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23677666663Thu, 24 May 2012 10:11:05 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0mvmlL57a1rr8cb1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23550742584http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23550742584Tue, 22 May 2012 10:18:45 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0fqIucr1qggc5jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23302522533http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23302522533Fri, 18 May 2012 12:28:22 -0700slantback<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46b6bov2C1qb0ctno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://flipflopflyball.tumblr.com/post/23231187848/eduardo-najera-steve-nash-and-jason-kidd-on-a">flipflopflyball</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Eduardo Nájera, Steve Nash, and Jason Kidd on a Wonder Bread truck outside my apartment, today, in Mexico City.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23231350751http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/23231350751Thu, 17 May 2012 08:37:24 -0700slantback<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3siokYfTW1qznj8ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.thegrandarchives.com/post/22765510033">thegrandarchives</a>:</p>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/22781573688http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/22781573688Thu, 10 May 2012 08:33:22 -0700slantback<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ryhzMVnX1qay78vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fatshawnkemp.com/post/22735870017/theres-an-awesome-shawn-kemp-photo-gallery-over">fatshawnkemp</a></p>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/22740732674http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/22740732674Wed, 09 May 2012 15:42:15 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m35ih0EaoY1qm9rypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://siphotos.tumblr.com/post/21922685165/adam-morrison-who-drew-comparisons-to-larry-bird">siphotos</a>: Adam Morrison, who drew comparisons to Larry Bird while at Gonzaga, shows off his dorm room during a 2005 SI photo shoot.</p>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21923064055http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21923064055Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:47:18 -0700slantback“If Torre had played the infield at double play depth you lose that stupid game. #GoDBacks”<br/><br/> - <em>Appearing on the Chase Field Jumbotron… <a href="http://www.the700level.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/news/Phillies-Fans-Troll-Arizona-Hard-On-Twit?blockID=696524&feedID=8972">Phillies Fans Troll Arizona Hard On Twitter #GoDBacks</a></em>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21849482456http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21849482456Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:58:32 -0700baseballPhilliesDiamondbacksjkestner<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xw7qpA9U1qin7uco3_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xw7qpA9U1qin7uco2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xw7qpA9U1qin7uco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21679761644http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21679761644Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:56:13 -0700slantback<a href="http://deadspin.com/5903789/mccarved-up-your-weekly-look-at-the-stupidest-things-tim-mccarver-said-during-saturdays-game">McCarver 101</a>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21514568699http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21514568699Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:05:58 -0700lenincloset<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2s9inDBUI1qm9rypo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://siphotos.tumblr.com/post/21436568901/larry-brown-coaches-the-abas-carolina-cougars">siphotos</a></p>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21438833969http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21438833969Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:05:29 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pnziPUU31qzx9sho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>According to John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, it goes back to the earliest days of the game. Back then, the person known as the manager was the business manager, the guy who kept the books in order and the road trips on schedule. Meanwhile, the guy we call the manager today, the one who arranges the roster and decided when to pull a pitcher, was known as the captain. In addition to managing the team on the field, he was usually also on the team as a player. For many years, the “manager” wore a player’s uniform simply because he was a player. There were also a few captains who didn’t play for the team and stuck to making decisions in the dugout, and they usually wore suits.</p> <p>With the passing of time, it became less common for the captain to play, and on most teams they took on strictly managerial roles. Instead of suits proliferating throughout America’s dugouts, though, non-playing captains largely hung on to the tradition of wearing a players’ uniform. By the early to mid 20th century, wearing the uniform was the norm for managers, with a few notable exceptions. The Philadelphia Athletics’ Connie Mack and the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Burt Shotton continued to wear suits and ties to games long after it fell out of favor (though Shotton sometimes liked to layer a team jacket on top of his street clothes). Once those two retired, it’s been uniforms as far as the eye can see.</p> <p>The adherence to the uniform among managers in the second half of the 20th century leads some people to think that MLB mandates it, but a look through the official major league rules doesn’t turn up much on a manager’s dress. (via <a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/118075">Why Do Baseball Managers Wear Uniforms? - Mental Floss</a>)</p>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21369313119http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21369313119Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:16:29 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2llvtGJ0q1qb0ctno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://flipflopflyball.tumblr.com/post/21240590650/steve-swisher-alaska-goldpanners-1972">flipflopflyball</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Steve Swisher, Alaska Goldpanners, 1972.</p> <p><a href="http://www.goldpanners.com/Scrapbook/s/swisher-steve_72.html"><a href="http://www.goldpanners.com/Scrapbook/s/swisher-steve_72.html">http://www.goldpanners.com/Scrapbook/s/swisher-steve_72.html</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21242498323http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/21242498323Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:07:32 -0700slantback<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2a0swYcg81qznj8ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20859313842http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20859313842Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:52:38 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m23fugt3w31qay78vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20754257945http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20754257945Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:12:41 -0700slantback<a href="http://deadspin.com/5899758/0-of-cubs-fans-polled-expect-their-team-to-make-the-playoffs">Looks Like Our Shirts Won't be Outdated any Time Soon.</a>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20656613403http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20656613403Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:30:01 -0700lenincloset<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m23bwq8hmv1qzx9sho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://yfrog.com/5ciep">*Dwight Howard Face*</a>)</p>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20632321963http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20632321963Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:48:25 -0700slantback<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m231txLe3U1qzx9sho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125901/The-worst-baseball-cards-history.html">The worst baseball cards in history.</a> (Why is a British daily doing this?)</p>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20619900089http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20619900089Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:10:45 -0700baseballjkestner<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xz0i4SKP1qe0s2eo1_250.gif"/><br/><br/>http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20473771229http://blog.thelenincloset.com/post/20473771229Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:31:38 -0700slantback