Reader Bruce Menard recently clued me in regarding a chapter from fairly recent MLB history that I hadn’t been aware of. It involves a guy named Jay Mazzone, who worked …
Category: History
Hat Trick
Way back in 2005, I wrote an ESPN column that included this note from reader Jim Holt: In the 1960s, when the Washington Huskies wore plain gold helmets, players who …
Logo A-Go-Go, Volume I
By Phil Hecken You fine readers are really in for a special treat today. You will remember back on December 9th, I posted the contents of an E-mail containing an …
Hadn’t They Ever Heard of Eye Black?
. Last Wednesday I Ticker-linked to the photo shown above, which appears to show an Auburn player wearing a visor of some sort on his helmet. As it turns out, …
Some Serious Bucco Banter
A detailed look at an overlooked element of the Pirates’ jersey: #url#
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh…kinda
By Phil Hecken With the NBA tipping off a short while ago, and the college basketball season kicking off last evening, (and if you missed Paul’s ESPN College Hoops Preview, …
This May Be a First: WNOB
Did the A’s ever have a coach whose last name was Laurie? Nope — that’s Rene Lachemann, who coached for Oakland in the 1980s. He was known as a practical …
Gorgeous Blast from the Distant Past
Yes, I’m still fine (see details at bottom of this post), so it’s business as usual here. The photos you see above show the home and road uniforms of the …
Remember the Don Almo
By Phil Hecken For the past couple weekends, I’d been telling you that one of the fantastic colorizers, Gary Chanko, had sent me a piece that is simply too good …
Is That a Tomahawk in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Glad to See Me?
[Editor’s Note: I recently received an e-mail from a reader who provided some fascinating information on the history of Marquette’s mascot ”” a history I knew nothing about. I asked …
There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 40
It’s been a long time — over five months! — since our last roundup of wire photos. These are all baseball-related and all but one are from Bruce Menard, who’s …
What if The Browns Called Baltimore Home?
By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson and Jerry Wolper Day Two of Paul’s “Uni Watch Power Rankings” is now up and running. Meanwhile: We’re going to go a bit “off-uni” …
The Immaculate Stirrup Conception
By Phil Hecken Now that we’ve finally bid adieu to the XXXieth Games of the Summer Olympiad, Uni Watch will turn its thoughts to more pressing matters. I’ve got a …
Views from the Elysian Fields: The Hubertushirschen of NBA Jersey Sponsorship
By Morris Levin “The Hubertushirschen of NBA Jersey Sponsorship” The photograph above is of Bundesliga Eintracht Braunschweig players in 1973. (The team has since been relegated, and plays in the …
White Shoes Near the White House
Click photos to enlarge It’s funny how a random comment can lead you down a rabbit hole. Case in point: Phil and I were recently attending a Mets game, and …