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Rams fans can vote on when team wears throwback unis

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Rams launched a vote Monday that allows fans to select which two games the team wears the throwback, yellow-and-blue uniforms that quickly became a local favorite.

Fans can vote through the team's Facebook and Twitter pages and also on TheRams.com/ThrowbackVote.

The vote will take place in two installments. From Monday to Tuesday at 6 p.m. PT, Rams fans can vote on one of four home games: Sept. 10 against the Colts, Oct. 8 against the Seahawks, Nov. 26 against the Saints and Dec. 31 against the 49ers. From 9 a.m. on Wednesday to 6 p.m. on Thursday, fans will vote on another set of four games, which will be revealed by the team early Wednesday morning.

Eric Dickerson, previously in a public feud with the Rams after a contentious phone conversation with former head coach Jeff Fisher, urged fans to vote through his Twitter page.

The Rams are allowed to wear their throwback uniforms twice this season. For the rest of their games, they have eliminated the gold from their helmets and pants, going with a retro look of navy blue and white. Fans were able to vote on whether the Rams would wear one or two blue stripes on their home pants (fans voted for one) and whether the facemasks would be blue or white (white was the choice).

The Rams are planning a redesign of their uniforms for the 2019 season, which will mark their first in the new stadium, and the NFL did not allow them to remove the gold from their jerseys until then. The Rams wore their blue-and-yellow uniforms from 1973 to 1999, a stretch that included 22 years in L.A. and culminated in a Super Bowl championship in St. Louis.