With all these crazy cold-weather games that have been going on, I’ve found myself wondering, “Who the hell would go to a ballgame under these conditions?” I mean, I can …
Category: Broadcasters’ Uni Banter
If Ron Hodges Could Do It, How Hard Could It Be?
The term we all hear tossed around this time of year is “pitchers and catchers,” but let’s be honest: The catchers are mostly incidental. The only reason they’re there is …
Nike to ‘Honor’ Seminole Tribe (Sort of Like Andrew Jackson ‘Honored’ the Cherokees)
By now most of you know that Florida State will be wearing a special solid-black uniform against Boston College on October 21st. The new design, supposedly a tribute to the …
‘Ditch the Black’ Campaign Heats Up, Somehow Manages Not to Pull Calf Muscle
Quite the whirlwind day yesterday. Got a call in the morning from… Update, 11:50 a.m.: Well, you’ll never know who I got a call from, because I’ve been asked to …
That Was the Year That Was
With MLB’s regular season now over, I think we can say with some degree of certainty that this has been the best year in baseball history — at least from …
Tag Play
If you go to Old Navy, or to J. Crew, or virtually anyplace that sells T-shirts, you’ll find that shirt manufacturers are switching to screened-on tags, instead of sewn-on. Hanes …
White Glove Treatment
Lots of good uni-related action last night in Major League Baseball, beginning in St. Louis, where Brewers pitcher Chris Spurling took the mound in the bottom of the 7th wearing …
Sock Exchange
Got a communiqué on Tuesday evening from Uni Watch Wisconsin bureau chief the Rev. Nørb, who was listening to the Cubs/Brewers game on the radio at work. Nørb reported that …
Humankind Not Doomed After All
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a new hosiery hero in our midst. That would be Brian Tallet of the Blue Jays, who …
Tag Team
Lots of random weekend musings today, beginning with the news that Kyle Snyder has now been officially certified as MLB’s undisputed king of the wayward shirt tag. Back in July, …
One Flap Down
We have a lot of ground to cover today, kids, beginning with something you almost never see: the same uniform mistake made by two different players on consecutive days. The …
Saturday Kind of Glove
I don’t usually post on the weekend, but I’m gonna make an exception today, because last night there were two separate instances of broadcasters discussing a topic that we just …
Glove Is a Many-Splendored Thing
As of this writing, there have been a whopping 170 comments in response to yesterday’s post (and only a few of them were people double-commenting to apologize for their typos), …
Garden State (Or: Seven the Hard Way)
Weird happenings involving Cubs second baseman Todd Walker during Friday’s Cubs/Cardinals game. He was wearing his usual No. 7 when he doubled in the bottom of the 4th, and he …
Broadcasters Ignore Game, Finally Focus on Unis
The spirit of Uni Watch was alive and well in Major League Baseball broadcast booths two nights ago, as several announcers turned their attention away from the play-by-play and toward …