Click to enlarge There are two primary ways for MLB teams to mark St. Paddy’s Day. The first, as exemplified by both teams in yesterday’s Tigers/Phillies game (see above), is …
Category: Green for St. Paddy’s Day
A Uni Watch Look at St. Patrick’s Day
Sports teams throughout the uni-verse wore green for St. Paddy’s Day yesterday. We’ll begin with the Cincinnati Reds, shown above, who not only wore a green jersey and cap but …
Wearin’ O’ The Green
Are You Wearing Green Today? By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken The wearing of green in professional sports (whether as a uniform, part of a uniform, as a warm-up, etc.) for …
Reds Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Wearing Green for St. Paddy’s Day
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken On St. Patrick’s Day of 1978, in a (very) surprise move, especially by the standards of the day, and with no advanced warning, the Cincinnati …
Green Day (not the band)
Embed from Getty Images St. Paddy’s Day came a bit early last night in New Jersey, as the Devils held to their annual tradition of wearing their green-trimmed throwbacks for …
The Wearin’ of the Green … and Orange!
Marcus Smart knows how to read a defense: pic.twitter.com/vQ2uc8jXFc — Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 16, 2016 If you were somehow unaware that today is St. Patrick’s Day, the sports world …
A Look at Who Wore Green for St. Paddy’s Day
Click to enlarge Lots of green for St. Patrick’s Day yesterday, but by far the best development was at Padres camp, where everyone wore green caps — except for pitcher …
The Luck of the Irish: Saint Patrick’s Day Roundup
[Editor’s Note: Today’s lead entry and Ticker were both written by intern Garrett McGrath. Please join me in congratulating him on his first proper Uni Watch byline. ”” PL] By …
A Major St. Paddy’s Day Historical Find
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up on Monday, which means teams from around the sports world will be wearing green. Many of you probably know that this gimmick-turned-tradition was pioneered …
Green Scene
As Phil noted in yesterday’s lead entry, yesterday marked the 35th anniversary of the Reds coming up with the idea of wearing green for St. Paddy’s Day. So how did …
Wearin’ o’ the Green
By Phil McHecken It isn’t often that a Uni Watch post is almost exactly one year in the making. It’s also not often that Paul pumps out an ESPN Playbook …
Would You Wear It on Your Hat? Would You Wear It While Up at Bat?
Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day, otherwise known as the one uni-notable day of spring training. Here’s what MLB teams wore, in roughly descending order of how much effort they expended …