Embed from Getty Images We’ve known since early September that yesterday would be the one day of the year that the Falcons wore their dreadful gradient uniforms. What we didn’t …
Author: Paul Lukas
The Uni Watch Big Ten Uniform Preview and Rankings
Don’t look now, but the Big Ten football season, which was originally postponed back in August due to the pandemic (a decision that was later reversed), is about to get …
Uni Notes from Game Two of the 2020 World Series
Embed from Getty Images Last night’s World Series game had lots of uni-notable details, beginning with the fact that the Rays wore their road greys for the first time in …
A Close Look at World Series Patch Position Protocol
For all photos, click to enlarge In yesterday’s Uni Watch World Series Preview, I mentioned how joyless and brutalist this year’s World Series sleeve patch is. There’s nothing the Rays …
The Uni Watch 2020 World Series Preview
The World Series begins tonight, as the Dodgers and Rays will face off in the neutral site of Arlington, Texas. This will mark the first time that the entire Series …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
For most photos, click to enlarge Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be safe (although one inhabitant had to go to the vet …
A Coach Who Removed Native Imagery from His Uniforms
Click to enlarge In yesterday’s ’Skins Watch report, I mentioned the new inflatable tunnel that the football team at South Grand Prairie High School in Texas had recently unveiled (see …
MLB History Bombshell: Reds Wore Red Shoes in 1971!
In Tuesday’s blog post about Joe Morgan’s uniform history, I mentioned that Morgan, along with some of his Reds teammates, occasionally dabbled with alternate shoe colors in All-Star Games. As …
How Uni Watch Readers First Got It™, Vol. 4
Welcome to the latest installment of Uni Watch readers telling us how they first got bitten by the uniform bug (or, as I like to say, how they first Got …
A Uni Watch Look at Joe Morgan
Click to enlarge Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time National League MVP Joe Morgan died yesterday at the age of 77. I was lucky enough to grow up watching him …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
For this and most other photos, click to enlarge Good morning, and happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be safe and …
New Details Emerge on Astros’ Pioneering Two-in-Ones
Last Friday I wrote about how the Astros apparently pioneered the use of two-in-ones — in other words, socks with with a faux stirrup pattern knit into them — in …
Some Thoughts About Virtue Signaling on Uniforms
Back on June 19, I wrote a blog entry about how it looked like MLB was moving toward approving ad patches on uniforms for this season. (Thankfully, the winds soon …
NHL Draft Brings Bonanza of Hockey Uni Developments
For most of today’s photos, click to enlarge Hockey is the one major North American sport that doesn’t have an active game schedule at the moment, but the NHL continues …
Flames Go Retro, Blue Jackets Unveil Anniversary Patch
For all photos, click to enlarge Good news out of Calgary yesterday, as the Flames unveiled their new uniform set, which is basically a throwback to their original 1980 Calgary …