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IRVING, Texas -- Jason Garrett knew when reporters started asking five months ago that he would no longer call plays for the Dallas Cowboys. He just couldnt bring himself to say it until Tuesday -- a week after a strong hint from owner Jerry Jones forced Bill Callahan into a sheepish admission that he was the new play-caller. "We made that decision a long time ago," said Garrett, who has called plays since joining the Dallas staff in 2007. "Where I made a mistake as a head coach was making sure the communication publicly happened more cleanly. It didnt happen as cleanly as I wanted it to last week, and I take full responsibility for that." Garrett didnt do his perception any favours when he flatly refused to acknowledge what had become obvious. It gave the pundits one more chance to say Garrett was being stripped of his power by the meddlesome Jones, and therefore wasnt on board with giving up a role he kept even after he was promoted from offensive co-ordinator to head coach in 2010. Garrett said last week he didnt care about perception. He said this week hes always been on board with what he frequently calls collaborative decisions. "Just to say it one more time," Garrett said after the start of a three-day mandatory minicamp at team headquarters. "Mr. Jones, Stephen (Jones) and I, were all on the same page and have been on the same page for months and been acting that way around this building. We just hadnt said it out loud." Garrett offered something of a "trade secrets" defence for why he kept quiet for so long after the decision was made. He said he had been around coaches who never revealed their play-callers, after saying last week he just wasnt sure it was in the teams best interest for him to give up those sorts of details. Jones has long said he insisted on Garrett keeping the play-calling role when he became head coach, just as Wade Phillips did with the defence before he was fired after a 1-7 start in 2010. Then the owner engaged in something of a public debate last year with former coach Jimmy Johnson, who pointed out the virtues of a "walk-around" head coach -- one who doesnt call plays --when Garrett was being criticized for poor game management. The Cowboys won three Super Bowls with Johnson letting others call plays, but New Orleans won the title four years ago with Sean Payton handling that duty. "There are a handful of teams that have had the head coach be the acting offensive co-ordinator and calling plays," Garrett said. "They happened to be some of the best offences, so there was always that argument that we made, Some of the best guys do it this way, and so we had that tug and really have had that tug for the last couple of years. We finally decided this was the best way to do it." During game situations Tuesday, quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson stood next to Callahan radioing plays in to backup Kyle Orton, who is getting all the first-team reps in off-season workouts while Tony Romo sits out after a procedure to remove a cyst on his back. "I dont think there will be a huge change from the quarterback perspective," Romo said. Callahan is entering his second season in Dallas and has actually carried the title of offensive co-ordinator since he was hired. Hes also the offensive line coach. He called plays for Oakland, and was the head coach there as well. "We hired him because we think hes a great football coach and has been for a long time," said Garrett, who still plans on having a role in the offensive game plan. "He can really coach it from A to Z. He knows the details of things. He knows the big picture of things." Notes: Romo was among six starters to miss part of all of the first mandatory workout. 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The annual Home Run Derby will take place Monday, July 11, at Petco Park in San Diego, followed one night later by the All-Star Game.By now, youve probably seen the Home Run Derby caps and jerseys, which are patterned after the Padres old Taco Bell uniform design, and the All-Star Game caps. This years festivities will also feature new All-Star and Derby socks, though its unclear whether well see much of them, as players wont be required to wear their pants high-cuffed. Will there be any other uni-related surprises? Quite possibly because MLBs All-Star history is replete with uni-notable moments, many of which are shown in this selected timeline:1933: The very first All-Star Game finds the two leagues taking different approaches to their uniforms. National Leaguers wear special uniforms for the occasion (which will turn out to be a one-year anomaly), while their American League counterparts wear regular team uniforms.1934: All players wear regular team uniforms, but American Leaguers wear new uni numbers pinned over their normal numbers.1964: With the All-Star Game taking place at the Mets new home, Shea Stadium, Johnny Callison of the Phillies wins the game with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth -- while wearing a Mets batting helmet. This is the earliest documented case of what will develop into a frequent All-Star Game trope: when players forget or misplace their helmets and end up using someone elses.1965: Giants outfielder Willie Mays forgets to bring his batting helmet to the All-Star Game, so he borrows Billy Williams Cubs helmet, then switches to Johnny Edwards Reds helmet (further info here). In addition, Mays teammate Juan Marichal wears a Milwaukee Braves helmet. It is later reported that Mays and Marichal almost didnt get their uniforms in time for the game and might have had to wear inside-out Twins uniforms instead! 1972: Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk makes his All-Star debut -- while wearing a Brewers helmet.1973: Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis hits a pinch-hit home run while wearing a Braves helmet.1974: Its customary for the previous seasons two pennant-winning managers to skipper their respective leagues All-Star squads. But Dick Williams, who guided the As to the 1973 championship, is no longer managing in Oakland. He has moved on to manage the Angels, so he becomes the first manager to win a pennant in one teams uniform and then skipper the following years All-Star Game in another teams uniform. Dusty Baker will pull the same trick in 2003, when he wears his Cubs uniform to manage the National League All-Stars after winning the NL pennant with the Giants the year before.1975: The As have eight representatives at the All-Star Game (seven players plus manager Alvin Dark), and they dress in almost that many uniform combinations.1976: With many National League teams celebrating the leagues centennial season by wearing pillbox caps, NL All-Stars wear pillbox caps for batting practice and pregame warm-ups. They wear their regular team caps for the game itself. 1977: Pirates slugger Dave Parker wears two mismatched helmets in the same game. First, he dons a Padres helmet for an early at-bat, then he switches to a Reds helmet later in the game. Not to be outdone, Mariners outfielder Rupert Jones bats while wearing a Blue Jays helmet, which gives him a dual distinction: He becomes the first Mariner to appear in an All-Star Game?and?the first player to wear a Jays uniform component in an All-Star Game. 1979: Yankees outfielder Reggie Jacksons uniform doesnt arrive in time for the American Leagues team portrait. The game is being held in Seattle, so Jackson dons a Mariners uniform. Fortunately, his Yankees uni arrives in time for the game. Meanwhile, Phillies first baseman Pete Rose plays the game in his maroon batting practice jersey. With BP jerseys still a fairly new and uncommon phenomenon at the time, Roses move draws a lot of fan interest, which results in many teams introducing their own solid-colored BP jerseys and alternate game jerseys over the next few seasons. 1980: Reds outfielder Ken Griffey is named the games MVP and is awarded a Stargell Star from National League teammate Willie Stargell.1981: Two more helmet mix-ups, as Royals infielder Frank White pinch runs in a Brewers helmet and Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb (who, as an American League pitcher, never expected to hit) steps up to the plate in a Mariners helmet.1982: The American Leagues starting pitcher, Dennis Eckersley of the Red Sox (still several years from redefining the game as an elite closer), comes to bat in an Indians helmet. Tigers catcher Lance Parrish later does the same.1984: With Royals third baseman George Bretts helmet missing, Brett uses American League teammate Alvin Davis Mariners helmet with thhe Seattle logo peeled off -- but with Davis telltale 21 still on the brim.dddddddddddd1985: You cant make this up: With the All-Star Game about to start in Minnesota, Tigers infielder Lou Whitakers uniform is missing, so he buys a replica Tigers jersey from a Metrodome gift shop and has his uniform number added in Magic Marker. Meanwhile, theres yet another helmet switcheroo, as Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hits while wearing a Padres lid. 1987: With the game stretching into the 13th inning and the National League out of bench players, Cubs closer Lee Smith is forced to bat. He doesnt have a helmet on hand, so he goes with an Expos lid.1992: Phillies first baseman John Kruks jersey doesnt arrive in time for pregame workouts, so he wear Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzones jersey. Meanwhile, Cleveland pitcher Charles Nagy, who hits left-handed, wears a Rangers helmet while batting in the top of the eighth inning. He singles and then trades the helmet for a right-handed Rangers model, which he wears while running the bases and scoring a run. 1997: Cleveland catcher Sandy Alomar Jr., who is named the games MVP, wears a camera-equipped mask and a stars-and-stripes chest protector.1998: Reds pitcher Jeff Shaw is named to the National League All-Star team but is traded to the Dodgers three days before the game. He becomes the first MLB player to appear in an All-Star Game while wearing his teams uniform for the first time.1998-2000: In an attempt to make the game more visually interesting (or maybe just to sell more caps), MLB decides to have the players uniform numbers and signatures sewn into their All-Star Game caps. The program is scaled back in 2001, when the personalized details are replaced by the All-Star Game logo.2005: MLB and its official batting helmet supplier, Rawlings, decide to use the All-Star Game to showcase a new helmet model, called the Coolflo. With its side vents and reptilian-looking crown, the new lid is a major departure from previous baseball helmets. Its worn by most of the All-Star players and becomes MLBs standard headgear the following season.2009: With base coaches required to wear helmets and the All-Star Game taking place in St. Louis, Dodgers manager Joe Torre -- a former star with the Cardinals in his playing days -- wears a Cardinals helmet while coaching first base. He becomes the first All-Star coach to wear another teams helmet. In addition, Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay wears American League teammate Evan Longorias Rays helmet with the front logo decal removed. 2011: Players selected to the All-Star Game have little gold stars added to the backs of their jerseys and caps. The stars are worn for regular season games in the week leading up to the All-Star break and in the All-Star Game itself.2014: For the first time, a new cap template is used for the All-Star Game. With the game taking place in Minnesota, players wear white-front-paneled caps that recall the Twins 1970s batting helmets.2014 also features one of the stranger All-Star storylines, as Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija is selected to the National League squad and then traded to the As -- an American League team -- a few days before the game. This lands Samardzija in an odd form of statelessness, as MLB rules that he is ineligible to play for either league. He nonetheless appears at the game and is introduced with the National League team while wearing an NL batting practice jersey and a generic All-Star cap.2015: Another new cap format, this time sort of a hybrid, pillbox-esque concept, which is supposed to evoke baseballs old-time mustachioed era but ultimately looks like, well, a cap with some stripes.That brings us up to date.One last thing to remember about this years All-Star Game: Although the game is being played in San Diego, the American League is the designated home team, so National Leaguers will be wearing road uniforms. That includes Padres pitcher Drew Pomeranz, wholl have the unusual experience of wearing a road uni in his home ballpark. But it wont be the Padres regular road uni; the team created a special All-Star design that is basically a gray version of its white home uniform.OK, got all that? Good! Just dont try to keep score during an All-Star Game -- its hopeless.Would you like to nominate a uniform, uni element or event to be showcased in a future Friday Flashback installment? Send your suggestions here.Paul Lukas made his Little League All-Star Team (and wore the right helmet when he batted). If you liked this column, youll probably like his Uni Watch Blog, plus you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Want to learn about his Uni Watch Membership Program, be added to his mailing list so youll always know when a new column has been posted or just ask him a question? Contact him here. ' ' '