My recent entry about Masahiro Tanaka’s Mizuno belt buckle (which, as we’ve now seen, is also worn by a handful of other MLBers) prompted a comment from reader Buck Fontana, …
Category: Equipment/Accessories
Chinny-Chin-Chin
It’s not often that a Uni Watch reader designs something that makes it onto an NFL gridiron, but that’s the case with the chinstraps you see above, which were designed …
The Best Argument Ever Against (or Maybe For) Pajama Pants
The top photo shows the cleats that Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino wore for last night’s World Series game. The screen shot below that shows how those cleats looked during …
Birds on a Bat – An Interview with Gary Kodner, St. Louis Cardinals Designer
By Phil Hecken Today I have another really special article for you fine readers. Like many guests whose stories I feature on here, the story of this began with a …
Just in Case You Forgot Which Day It Was
Click to enlarge Those flag-desecration caps weren’t enough for some MLB players yesterday. Case in point: Mets catcher John Buck, who wore a flag-desecration necklace (lots of players wore those) …
Father’s Day Recap
Yesterday, of course, was Father’s Day. In case you missed it, Phil used the occasion to post something very, very special, which I strongly recommend to one and all. I’m …
Channeling Their Inner Astros
Click to enlarge Arizona unveiled new football uniforms yesterday. As you can see above, the most interesting thing about them (not to be confused with the best thing about them) …
Armed and Beautiful
Last Thursday night I received a note from reader Don Gale, who wanted to let me know that Astros first baseman Carlos Peña was wearing a pair of armbands that …
Peel-and-Stick News Items
Click bottom photo to enlarge Yesterday I Ticker-linked to a screen shot indicating that the Mets had added uni numbers to the back of their batting helmets this year. As …
Kickin’ It at the NBA ASG — A Sneakerhead’s Delight
By Phil Hecken Taking a break from the past week’s rather in-depth discussions of Native Peoples’ iconography/logos/naming, Klan uniforms, and other more “esoteric” subject matter, today we break out the …
Please Mr. Postman — Send More Stuff Like This
Click to enlarge Most of you probably know that Benito Santiago wore No. 09 during parts of his career. Reader Joe Owen was apparently curious about this back in 1991, …
A Close Look at Ball Sacks (no, not that kind)
I’m a member of SABR — the Society for American Baseball Research — which means I subscribe to SABR-L, the organization’s listserv. Much of the info on SABR-L involves statistical …
NFL’s Next Stop: Pad-dington Station
Interesting news yesterday from the NFL, where knee and thigh pads will be mandatory starting in 2013. As most of you know, those pads are mandatory in college football but …