Click to enlarge Meet Jeremy Scheuch, a lifelong Royals fan who lives in Chicago but still gets back to KC to see important games — like Sunday’s Opening Night game …
Author: Paul Lukas
MLB Starts Season With Entertaining Cap Mix-Up
Click to enlarge Funny development in last night’s Mets/Royals season opener, as Royals starter Edinson Volquez began the game wearing the wrong cap! As you can see above, everyone else …
Seeing Double
Click to enlarge A moment for the ages during yesterday’s Yanks/Cards Grapefruit League game, as Yankees catcher Eddy Rodriguez stepped in the box against Cardinals pitcher Tyler Lyons, creating a …
2019 Shaping Up as Potentially Epic Year for Patches
During one of our recent discussions of anniversary patches, ordinals, and the like, reader Kurt Crowley posted a comment that caught my eye: Can’t wait until 2019, which will feature …
Giants (accidentally?) Reveal MLB Holiday Uniforms
Click to enlarge MLB hasn’t yet announced its uni-related plans for Memorial Day or Independence Day. There’s nothing unusual about that — those announcements (or leaks) usually don’t come our …
When a Memorial Patch Overlaps With a Presidential Campaign
Click to enlarge It was reported several weeks ago that the Reds would be adding a memorial patch for longtime clubhouse manager Bernie Stowe, who passed away in February. Yesterday …
Romanian Soccer Team Provides Math Lesson
Click to enlarge Interesting move yesterday by the Romanian soccer team, as players warmed up for the friendly against Spain while wearing jerseys and jackets with various mathematical sequences in …
Something Up His Sleeve
Remember when we recently talked about Kevin Durant’s new signature footwear blurring the line between sneaker and sock? He blurred it a lot more seriously during pregame warm-ups for last …
Joe Garagiola: 1926–2016
Click to enlarge Joe Garagiola passed away yesterday at the age of 90. If you had asked me which team he played for, I would have immediately said the Cardinals. …
Did They Run Out of Letters, or Just Run Out of Space?
Meet Chase Johnson-Mullins, a pitching prospect in the Braves’ system. He has a hyphenated surname — something we’ve seen before and will surely be seeing more of as more married …
Today’s College Hoops Players: Heroes of Zero
Got a note the other day from reader James Peterson, as follows: Like many, I haven’t been watching much college basketball until March Madness. When did the uniform number 0 …
Eagle-Eyed Reader Spots Cleveland Cap Discrepancy
So here’s something interesting: When the new spring training caps were announced back in late January, the Indians’ design was shown like so:
Saints Unveil 50th-Season Patch
Just the other day we were discussing the difference between an anniversary and an ordinal, and how an Nth-anniversary patch is so much better than an Nth-season patch (at least …
The Wearin’ of the Green … and Orange!
Marcus Smart knows how to read a defense: pic.twitter.com/vQ2uc8jXFc — Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 16, 2016 If you were somehow unaware that today is St. Patrick’s Day, the sports world …
What Should We Do About Really Stupid Uni Rankings?
Remember when Bleacher Report was known primarily for really stupid rankings-based slideshows, usually posted by kids who didn’t even know what the hell they were talking about? I was reminded …