The Patriots are setting all sorts of offensive records this season, but they may also be leading the league in unusual regulatory sanctions. First there was the video-spying incident. And …
Category: Caps
Man Of Many, Many Hats
By Vince Grzegorek As a fan, you might wear a ballcap when you go out to watch your favorite team. But for reasons of logic and convenience, you only bring …
Flag Day
First and foremost: The site is finally back in business. Full archives, full comment functionality, full everything. For further details, look here. Many thanks for your patience during the hassles …
Iowa: the Hawkeye Museum State
Ten years ago, in the middle of a month-long cross-country road trip, I stopped in Shelby, Montana, where I checked out the Marias Museum — a tiny facility devoted to …
Uni Watch Exclusive!: C Section
Listen up, boys and girls, for today I bring you a bona fide scoop. It begins with a note I recieved yesterday from a source who checked in with the …
Preseason Ponderings
Now that the first slate of NFL preseason games has been played, a few new developments have come to light (aside from those green dots on QBs’ helmets, which we’ve …
…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 …
Back to the Future
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: We all know about the futuristic uniforms that most MLB teams wore in 1999. You may also recall that about six …
It Balances on Your Head Just Like a Mattress Balances on a Bottle of Wine
Remember how several National League teams wore those striped pillbox caps during the 1976 season? In addition to the Cardinals (who even had striped helmets), other teams wearing this style …
Houston, We Have No Problem Whatsoever
For years, if I’ve needed an old Astros photo, the first place I’ve looked has been Astros Daily, an excellent blog with loads of great images. What I hadn’t realized, …
On-Site All-Star Report from San Francisco
By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to St. Louis. Hope to meet all you Gateway City readers tonight at McGurks. Meanwhile: The All-Star Game is …
Steve McQueen, Meet Brian Roberts
Classic moment in Arlington on Saturday, as Brian Roberts’s cap briefly became the summer residence for a winged creature of some sort, occasioning mucho banter between Rangers broadasters Josh Lewin …
Stars and Stripes Forever for Nine Innings for, uh, as Long as It Sticks There
New ESPN column today, and it’s a doozy — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Does fabric adhesive not stick as well to polyester as it does to wool? That’s the obvious …
Presidential Primaries
When Gerald Ford died last winter, I wrote a blog entry about U.S. presidents wearing various sports uniforms. But it turns out, unsurprisingly, that there are lots of additional photos …
Cap Day
We have a lot to cover today, boys and girls, beginning with the Capitals’ uniform unveiling, which took place on Friday evening. Although I couldn’t make it down for the …