Cleveland Indians’ nameplates

Sorry I’ve been out of commission lately; last week was a crazy, crazy week. It’s over now, and I can get back into the groove of posting daily.

Back to the subject of this post. Last night I was watching the Yankees play the Indians and I noticed something I’ve never noticed before: The Indians fill in the holes in their name plates.

A little explanation. Baseball jerseys have two ways of putting names on the back of their jerseys. Directly sewing them on, or sewing them on to a nameplate and then sewing the nameplate onto the back of the jerseys. Examples:

Directly Sewn

Nameplate

Either way, here’s the picture of what I was talking about. Notice how in between the red lettering there is blue filling instead of the white, like the nameplate. I couldn’t imagine that this is easier OR cheaper.

I am very curious, but it’s doubtful I’ll get an answer. I’m not really on the “inside” of the Cleveland Indians’ organization.

As a side note, a grammar question. My roommate and I have been trying to figure out whether the correct pronunciation is “AN hero” or “A hero”. Mary, I’m looking in your direction.

All images courtesy of Uni Watch.