Each year on this date I try to find an image that captures America in a nutshell (here are the ones from 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, …
Author: Paul Lukas
Bobby Bonilla Day Becomes Entertaining Spectacle
Last November, a few weeks after hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen completed his purchase of the Mets, he spent some time engaging with fans on social media. During one such …
Some Thoughts About ‘Real,’ ‘Fake,’ and Value
Click to enlarge Good morning! Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian readers, and happy Bobby Bonilla Day to all my fellow Mets fans. The photo shown above was taken …
Which MLB Managers Still Wear a Full Uniform?
In a comment recently posted to the site, reader Robert Brashear said to me, “You might look into whether any [MLB] managers wear a jersey anymore. When’s the last time …
Mystery Solved: The Jed Lowrie/Aaron Nola Connection
Click to enlarge Notice anything unusual about this photo of A’s infielders (from left) Matt Chapman, Jed Lowrie, and Elvis Andrus celebrating their victory over the Rockies on April 10? …
Uni-Unusual: Phils Pitcher Bucks Trend with Uni Quirk
For all images click to enlarge Good morning! Hope everyone had a good weekend, as I did. Now then: Phillies pitcher Matt Moore has been in the big leagues since …
Bombshell Day: New MLB All-Star Unis, NFL Helmet Rule Scrapped
It was quite a day in the uni-verse yesterday, as MLB and the NFL both made bombshell uni-related announcements. We’ll begin with the news about the MLB All-Star Game. The …
Ewwww: MLB Umps to Start Wearing Ad Patches in July
For all images, click to enlarge Welcome back to Ump Watch, where we continue to cover the wide world of umpiring attire. Sadly, the latest news on that front is …
Pitchers Turn New Rule into Absurdist Uni-Related Theater
I knew that MLB’s new crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances had the potential to open up a whole new branch of Uni Watch content, because the rule focuses on …
Early Astros Design Sketches Show What Might Have Been
Click to enlarge Judge Roy Hofheinz, the original owner of the Houston Astros, died in 1982. Nearly four decades later, a huge stash of items from his estate has come …
Lost in Space: Mets Broadcasters Have Bizarre Uni Chat
Hello, and happy summer solstice! Hope everyone had a good Juneteenth and Father’s Day. Since yesterday’s post was Phil’s annual “Fathers in Uniform” installment, I want to catch up today …
Tracking the Uniforms of MLB’s 1998 Season
Nowadays, Twitter is full of “tracker” accounts that keep track of which uniforms are worn in which games by specific teams, plus the NBA provides all that info on LockerVision …
MLB and MiLB Teams Plan Throwbacks for Juneteenth
Click to enlarge The Giants yesterday announced that they will celebrate Juneteenth this Saturday by wearing San Francisco Sea Lions throwbacks. The Sea Lions played for one season — 1946 …
Aaron Nola’s Cap Odyssey Gets Even Odder
The strange saga of Aaron Nola’s red cap has just gotten even stranger. In case you missed it when I first wrote about it three weeks ago (or just need …
Auction Action
For all photos, click to enlarge As you may have noticed in the left-hand sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions have another catalog auction in progress, so today we’re …