Hello there! Welcome to the 2019 edition of Uni Watch’s Purple Amnesty Day — or as I now like to call it, the Purp Walk. Today is the 13th anniversary …
Author: Paul Lukas
I’ve Been Everywhere, Man: The Many Caps of Edwin Jackson
Click to enlarge Pitcher Edwin Jackson, the player who puts the “journey” in “journeyman,” made his Blue Jays debut last night, starting and going five innings. In so doing, he …
Exclusive: The Story Behind the New York Pigeons
Last month I wrote about the new New York Lottery commercial that managed to pack a ton of uni-related details about a fictitious baseball team called the New York Pigeons …
Whole Lotta Nothin’: NBA Teams with Zero and Double-Zero
With the Trail Blazers doing well in this season’s NBA playoffs (they open the Western Conference Finals against Golden State tonight), many fans are noticing, apparently for the first time, …
Portland Pickles Design Contest Results
I recently announced a design contest to create a “futuristic” uniform for the Portland Pickles. Today I’m happy to report that the Pickles have chosen a winner, and they’ll be …
Uni Watch and Bay Area School Team Up for Design Contest
Last month we partnered with the Portland Pickles for a design contest with a cash prize (we’ll be announcing the winner of that contest shortly). And now, thanks to Uni …
The Untold Story of the NFL Game Face
Click to enlarge Back in January I retweeted a photo of a ski mask designed to look like an NFL helmet. Those ski masks, called Game Faces, were sold back …
Reds Rookie Goes 5-for-5, Sets Probable Uni Record
Click to enlarge The Cincinnati Reds have worn five different uniforms over the past five days (as shown above, left to right, top to bottom): home whites, 1902 throwbacks, 1911 …
Dodgers Star Justin Turner Has Unusual Jersey Modification
There’s nothing new about MLB players who prefer to leave their jerseys partially unbuttoned. But reader Marc Gilbert has noticed that Dodgers third baseman, leprechaun lookalike, and Met-who-got-away Justin Turner …
Reds’ Throwback Program Moves from 1902 to 1911
For all photos, click to enlarge The Reds kicked off their epic 15-installment sesquicentennial throwback program over the weekend. They wore their 1902 throwbacks on Saturday (in case you missed …
A Uni Watch Alum, His Son, and a Box of Baseball Caps
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from long-lost Uni Watch alum Bryan Redemske, who was this website’s weekend editor back in 2008, in the pre-Phil days. Enjoy. — …
Vendi Vidi Vici: An Interview with A’s Vendor Hal the Hot Dog Guy
Click to enlarge As you may recall, the Uni Watch Classic Cap got some TV exposure last week when a hot dog vendor was shown wearing it during an A’s …
Lawyer’s Tweet Sparks False NFL Throwback Speculation
An odd little drama played out in the uni-verse yesterday. It was nominally about the NFL, the Vikings, and the 1920s franchise the Duluth Eskimos (whose old jersey design is …
Ramones Dozen
Photo taken on Tuesday morning; click to enlarge You’ve heard of a baker’s dozen? The rock critic Ira Robbins once referred to the number 14 as a “Ramones dozen,” because …
Is The C-Flap About to Become More the Rule Than the Exception?
Last year, just as the MLB season was getting started, I wrote an ESPN piece in which I said that the C-Flap faceguard extension was “poised for a breakout season,” …