It’s looking like I’ll probably be traveling for at least part of the day on Sunday, when the NFL’s two conference championship games will take place. There’s also a vaaaaague …
Author: Paul Lukas
From Connie Mack to Mr. Oriole: A Conversation with Dick Armstrong
Photo courtesy of Dick Armstrong; click to enlarge The photo shown above was taken during spring training in March of 1950. The gentleman on the right is Philadelphia A’s owner/manager …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
The photo above is from a 2005 Chiefs/Pats game. The two teams’ uniforms have barely changed in the intervening 13 seasons, so this is roughly how this Sunday’s AFC Championship …
Question Time, Vol. 9
Welcome to another installment of Question Time, where you ask me stuff and I do my best to answer. Unlike last time, this installment doesn’t include a 1,000-word digression about …
What’s Black and White and Wet All Over? NHL Unveils All-Star Jerseys
Click to enlarge The NHL unveiled its All-Star jerseys yesterday. The good news is that, for the first time, players will wear jerseys with their regular team crests — much …
Gotta Goetta: Cincinnati Travel Report
For all photos, click to enlarge I’ve already written about our recent Uni Watch party in Cincinnati and my visit to the Green Diamond Gallery. Today I want to tell …
A Close Look at Team-Colored Neckties at Press Conferences
For all photos, click to enlarge In last Friday’s Ticker we had a mention of how newly acquired Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi wore a Mariners-colored necktie to his introductory press …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Interesting development during the NFL’s Wild Card weekend, as all four winners wore white jerseys. In fact, three of them wore mono-white. Would anyone care to research the last time …
Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit to the Green Diamond Gallery
Click to enlarge The world’s biggest collection of baseball memorabilia, as you might expect, is at Cooperstown. But you might not know that the second-biggest collection is just outside of …
A Picture Worth a Few Hundred Words
Click to enlarge Sometimes you come across an old photo that’s so mind-blowing, and is packed with so much uni-related goodness, that it merits its own blog entry all by …
NHL Rings in 2019 With Annual Winter Classic
Click to enlarge Players in eye black, goalies wearing toques, coaches in varsity-style jackets, players wearing retro-style menswear before and after the game — all telltale signs of the NHL’s …
We Interrupt This Blog for Something Completely Awesome
For all images, click to enlarge Happy 2019! I got home from Cincinnati yesterday evening. As midnight approached last night, there were lots of fireworks going off here in New …
Greetings from Cincinnati
For all photos, click to enlarge Great turnout at yesterday’s Uni Watch gathering in Cincinnati, as about 30 people showed up. About two dozen of them are shown above — …
DIY Project: Making a Uni Watch Hockey Jersey
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from DIY genius Wafflebored, who’s going to tell us about the Uni Watch hockey jersey that he made and generously donated for …
Signs of the Times: The Brief Rebirth of Nathan’s Food-o-Rama
For all photos, click to enlarge A weird phenomenon has been unfolding here in NYC, and it recently created a moment of revelation followed by everlasting tragedy in my new …