By Phil Hecken Little bit of a different entry today. While I don’t normally have readers contact me with requests for my graphical talents, mainly because I don’t have any, …
Category: College Baseball
Back Home In Omaha
[Editor’s Note: With the College World Series upon us, Omaha resident Bryan Redemske checks in with his annual CWS survey. I’ll see you down in the Ticker. — PL] By …
Hey, We’ve Made a Joke Out of One Sport, So Why Not Shoot for Another?
After a nearly three-decade gap, Oregon will be returning to the college baseball fray next spring, and yesterday Nike unveiled the team’s new baseball togs. At first glance, a few …
Yeah, But Did You Go To The Zoo?
By Bryan Redemske Florida State was eliminated from the College World Series on Monday night, robbing a national television audience of the chance to see an all-yellow uniform. Of course, …
On Beavers, And Their Place In Uni History
By Bryan Redemske FYI: Paul’s got a non-uni piece up Page 2 today. Meanwhile: Back in the good ol’ days — say, 1603 or so — the beaver played a …
Because Some Exhibition Games Are More Exhibitionistic Than Others
The Yankees played an exhibition game up at Virginia Tech yesterday, and there were lots of uni-related oddities. Dig: • Both teams wore their home pinstripes. This reminds me of …
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 …
The Cleat Beat
[Editor’s Note: Long before this site existed, reader Mark Mihalik had already earned the title of Uni Watch Lifetime Achievement Scholar, primarily for his observations regarding footwear. He doesn’t contribute …
Blame Canada MLB
Yesterday was July 1st, which is traditionally celebrated as Canada Day up north. I’m told that from a strict statutory standpoint, this year’s version of the holiday is today, because …
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 …
It’s Academic
The College World Series is currently taking place in Omaha, which happens to be the home base of reader Bryan Redemske. Bryan’s a longtime Ticker contributor (he works at a …
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By Vince Grzegorek Most of you know that I live in Cleveland, and that I tend to mention Cleveland sports every once in a great while. And at the risk …
Hiding in Plain Sight
By now we’re all familiar with the Padres occasionally breaking out the camouflage uniforms. No matter what you think of them (I know plenty of you feel pretty passionately on …
So This Zebra Walks into a Bar onto a Lacrosse Field
Got two interesting notes over the weekend, both of which call for reader input. The first came from Ryan Burns, as follows: I’m going to be president of my local …