Turning Lemons Into Lemonade

I'm taking junior to check out Packers Training Camp tomorrow, some quality father-son time. As I dig into the closet to pick out a jersey, I realize the wife and I have the worst collection of Packers jerseys in the state. No doubt about it. Here's the lineup:

Robert Brooks #87

Dorsey Levens #25

Bubba Franks #88

Aaron Kampman #74

WTF garbage collection is that?? To makes matters worse, the AK74 is almost brand new. Bought it last off season about two weeks before GB switched to the 3-4, making Kampy very mediocre. Damnit all! And anybody notice a trend? Brooks, Levens, and Kampman all blew out their knees right after purchasing said jerseys. As for Franks, he turned into a glorified Tackle.

So what to do? For the sake of shredding more ACL's, buying a new jersey is out of the question. I'm desperate. Desperate, but also a genius! Duct tape and a sharpie can fix anything, right?

Before:

After:

OH, YEAH!!! It's the white-trash #88 Finley edition! You can't buy this sucker at the Rice Lake Wal-Mart if you tried! Does it look cheap, white trash, generic, and stupid? Yep, and that's the point! As for Finley's knee...technically it's still a Bubba shirt, so we're good.

Apparently some Twins fans still think Johan Santana is on the roster...

...despite the fact that he hasn't been on their roster since early 2008 and has played two seasons for the New York Mets. Strange, huh?

Yet there I was, sitting about 15 rows up from the 3rd base line, cheering on my ice cold Tigers in the Metrodump, this Friday night and staring at least 8 to 10 people in my section still donning #57 jerseys. What is up with this? Can we get a moratorium on how long you are allowed to wear traded/cut/released player jerseys that are still active in the league? I'm thinking it should be 1 year. I'm not saying never wear them, just keep them in the closet on game day. Seems fair to me, you get one season to pool your money and buy some apparel that is relavant to your team in the here and now. If this catches on (unlikely), that means all you Brewers fans will have to hang up the Sabathia jerseys at the end of the season.

Should this bother me? Probably not, but right now I'm just annoyed for being treated like an a-hole for showing up to a road game in a Verlander jersey. Hey, at least he PLAYS on my team, right? Anyways, this is just a cathartic way for me to release my frustration for the Tigers getting shut out tonight. More fun Metrodome musings and pics later this weekend...