In case you didn’t know — and let’s face it, you probably didn’t — the International Softball Federation‘s 11th annual Women’s World Championship tournament is currently taking place in Beijing. …
Category: Customization/Modification
Mug Shot
Two significant Uni Watch developments today, starting with the annual college football roundup over on ESPN — here’s the link. Thanks to everyone who let me know about this year’s …
Who Wears Short Shorts?
Everyone knows about the White Sox’s one-game experiment wearing shorts in 1976. But you might not know that the Chisox weren’t the only professional baseball team to wear shorts, nor …
Cream City Recap
Wouldn’t it be great if you could just show up in a city far from home, announce your presence, and have a bunch of cool strangers come out of the …
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 …
Punctuation Lesson (or: O Say Can You See That Apostrophe?)
First and foremost: Yes, I am aware that today’s post looks a little different. Not sure why, but we’re working on it and hope to have it fixed soon. New …
Uni Watch Road Show
Heads up, Midwesterners: I’ll be in Milwaukee on August 24th and will be pretty free from about 5pm on. I know there are at least a few Uni Watch readers …
Alas, Poor Yorick Admirals Fans
New ESPN column today. Here‘s the link. Meanwhile: Minor league baseball and hockey teams revise their unis all the time, and for the most part nobody cares. But I received …
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 …
Cap Gun Gone
Royals closer Mike MacDougal had an interesting problem on Saturday night: His cap kept falling off, again and again — on six of the nine pitches he threw in his …
Dear Pedro: The Check Is in the Mail
With the Mets finally back home, it’s time to revisit our Pedro Martinez Relief Fund project. As you’ll recall, Pedro was recently fined $5000 for stretching his pant cuffs down …
Pain in the Button
Major League Baseball needs to impose some serious quality control on the uniform front, because it looks like some second-rate gear is ending up on the field. First, as we …
And They Lost Their Seeing Eye Dogs, Too
Football games take place once a week; hockey and basketball games, once every few days. Only baseball games take place every single day, which means there’s no time to find …
Lightening Belt
I generally don’t read sports magazines, in part because there’s plenty of sports info available on the web, and in part because I already think enough about sports as it …