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Uni Watch Profiles: Jay Kaplan

For most of the baseball world, Dock Ellis is “that guy who threw a no-hitter on acid.” Here at Uni Watch, he’s “that guy who wore curlers” (more on that …

LT, as in ‘Lookee There’

LaDainian Tomlinson doesn’t play in preseason games. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t doing anything uni-notable — it just means most of us can’t see what he’s up to. Fortunately, …

Switching to a Completely Predictable Color Scheme Is the New Black

Jerry Glanville has always been such a blowhard. The whole “Man in Black” thing, leaving a ticket for Elvis, driving a replica of James Dean’s car — a shtick as …

…But I Know What I Like

If you’re a regular reader of this site, I’d say there’s a pretty good chance that you used to doodle uniforms or at least logos in the margins of your …

Just My ’Type

Wednesday’s comments section featured a really great discussion about a 1981 contest sponsored by the White Sox, who invited fans to submit design proposals for the team’s 1982 uniforms. Some …

Paternity Case

As you can see, the ticket stub shown at right is from 34 years ago, almost to the day. That date happened to be Father’s Day, 1973 — a day …

Uni Watch Book Club: The Brooklyn Dodgers

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Last night I worked a volunteer shift at the very wonderful City Reliquary, where the gift shop featured a book I …

Very Tragic

There’s nothing new about a tragedy from the “real world” being commemorated on a sports uniform. Sometimes the gesture is confined to one team, like the Rockies wearing a “CHS” …

Don’t Eat Any Yellow Snow Green Ice

Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, which means MLB teams will be wearing green uniforms. Some minor league hockey and basketball teams will probably get into the act too, along with …

POTUS Sure Has a Sweet Jersey Collection

By Vince Grzegorek The Colts may have gone to Disney World after winning the Super Bowl, but a much more important trip waits for them around the corner: a trip …