Today is St. Patrick’s Day; a cultural and religious holiday commemorating Saint Patrick, the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland so says Wikipedia.
In the sports world, however, March 17th is a day for teams to have a little fun with their uniforms – teams who don’t wear green suddenly break out the green and usually auction off the jerseys to raise money for charities.
Here’s a sneak peek of some of the teams who have confirmed they will be dressed in green or other commemorative St. Patrick’s Day uniforms this weekend and the uniforms they’ll be sporting….
Major League Baseball
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Baltimore Orioles, caps only
Atlanta Braves, caps only
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates, caps only
Seattle Mariners, caps only
St Louis Cardinals
National Basketball Association
Chicago Bulls
Toronto Raptors
New York Knicks
Boston Celtics
National Hockey League
New Jersey Devils
Boston Bruins (pre-game)
Dallas Stars, pre-game only - complete with Irish player names!
Columbus Blue Jackets, pre-game only (worn March 8th, March 11th)
Minor League Hockey
Saginaw Spirit, Ontario Hockey League
Grand Rapids Griffins, American Hockey League
Erie Otters, Ontario Hockey League - Thanks to commenter Jason for the tip about the Otters craziness shown above... the Otters are also planning on playing on green ice on the 17th
St. John's Ice Caps, American Hockey League (thanks to commenter Ness)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, American Hockey League (thanks to commenter Ness)
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, QMJHL (thanks to commenter Brad Smith)
Chicago Wolves, American Hockey League
Hershey Bears, American Hockey League (thanks to @LTZHersheyBears)
Lake Erie Monsters, American Hockey League
Houston Aeros, American Hockey League
Portland Pirates, American Hockey League
Chicago Express, ECHL
Wichita Thunder, Central Hockey League
Stockton Thunder, ECHL
Las Vegas Wranglers, ECHL (thanks to @the_nange)
College Sports
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Baseball
If you know of any teams that we’ve missed in the list above, please add to the comments below and we’ll get them up here as soon as possible… we’ll recap all the special jerseys worn next week with in-game photos.
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Jason
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 10:21The OHL's Erie Otters are also sporting an atrocity for the holiday, can be seen on their splash page right now: http://ottershockey.com/ Prepare yourself.
Chris Creamer
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 10:25Thanks Jason, just added it... you were right to warn me
Ness
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 11:05St. John's IceCaps and WBS Penguins
LIVEfrom718
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 11:08Always LOVED the Mets St. Paddy's Day unis. It's perfect with the orange. Wonder if the Mets will have that awful Mr. Met dressed up as a leprachaun hat that they wore a few years back, I hope not!
Brad Smith
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 11:34cape breton wearing their annual irish jerseys, dedicated to late founder & proud irishman greg lynch. in support of the cb reg hospital fdn: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=391862024160212&set=a.181032331909850.47927.111488052197612&type=1&theater
kurt
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 11:59that grand rapids griffins jersey is awesome. i loved it when fraser davidson submitted the design to puckdrawn and it looks even cooler in real life.
Tim
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 15:06Those Devil jeresy's look so much better than the ones they wear now, why did they ever get rid of them?
Joey E.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 17:24dodgers wear green http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0322/la_g_billingsley01_576.jpg
Aaron
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 22:08Here are a few teams you might have missed... Chicago White Sox- although just limited to pinstripes, logo and cap Toronto St. Pats- probably should be the only time they wear these Here's an idea, perhaps to honor St. Patrick's day but at the same time the Hartford Whalers, the Carolina Hurricanes should dye their jerseys green. Same goes with the Dallas Stars!
Justin
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 23:27You Spelled Lin Wrong On Jeremy Lin's Jersey.
Fletcher
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 23:38I think the ECHL's Gwinnett Gladiators have a St. Patrick's day jersey..
Joseph
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 12:56lol @ Justin
Momesso
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 16:55I love how the white panels on the Mets jerseys make them look like tapered ladies fashion jerseys at quick first glance.
Whittier S
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Chris Creamer
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JB
Friday, March 16, 2012 at 21:00The Phillies have always worn green in the past including green hats....anyone notice how similar the otters st. patty's number font is to the old TB Bolts mid 90's jersey font.
Matthew Garry
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 00:28The Jazz are wearing green tomorrow too. I love you all.
James
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 10:05I dig the green uni's on the Mets
Cam
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 11:50That Orioles green cap is awful
Johnny
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 14:12How did you miss the Red Sox? The entire city of Boston thinks it's Irish.
Chris Creamer
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 16:40i didnt miss the red sox, they didnt release a photo... cant see into the future - yet
Eddy
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 17:01Buffalo Bandits. Go to their website (www.bandits.com) to see the pic (as of 5 pm, it is the 5th link in the headlines.
Matthew
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 18:02Technically, it's not until next weekend, but the ECHL's Trenton Titans will be wearing a green/plaid jersey for Irish Heritage Night, since the Titans are on the road this weekend. http://www.trentontitanshockey.com/irish-heritage-night/3453/
Mike
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 21:42The Devils jerseys are their retro jerseys, not jerseys made for St.Patrick's day
Chris Creamer
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 21:46yes but being worn for st patricks day... they do it every year on the 17th for a reason
Joey E.
Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 01:50today's dodgers http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/assets/images/6/7/2/27382672/cuts/Nate-Eovaldi_69pb9bat_sknp96xu.jpg
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Jared Johnson
Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 14:04@ Chris Creamer, Knoxville Ice Bears of SPHL (Southern Professional Hockey League) wore these March 16th and March 17th - http://wknox.net/pics/albums/03-16-12-vs-pensacola/jp_img_4582.jpg
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