Category: History

Last Friday I wrote about a 1950s gadget designed to more accurately measure first downs. It turns out that reader Mako Mameli is interested in such devices, so he shared …

Two weeks ago I linked to two images of the Buffalo Braves’ inaugural road uniform. That prompted reader Johnny Woods to send me this action shot. He said it was …

Back with another round of sensational wire service photos. Almost all of these were submitted by Mike Hersh. Dig: • So many noteworthy little details in this 1940 photo of …

By Phil Hecken About a month and half ago I took a look at monochrome in baseball as teams had undertaken that particular fashion statement, and followed that up last …

Mike Hersh recently sent me a bunch of new wire photo submissions. I’ll be cobbling them into the latest installment of our wire service series soon, but today I want …

Been a little while since we checked in with Robert Harvell and his amazing archive of football imagery. Some real doozies this time, too. One thing I’ve noticed when preparing …

We’ve all seen MLBers wearing windbreakers under their jersey during spring training, usually with those telltale collar points peeking out over the jersey collar. But there’s another kind of windbreaker …

Well, this one didn’t take long. As you may recall, last week Ricko mentioned that he’d seen the Texas Rangers wearing their powder blue road jerseys with their white home …

By Phil Hecken, with Chris Geis On Uni Watch, there are “white whales” and then there are “white whales,” — the quest to find uniforms we’re sure existed, but yet …

Our ongoing series of wire service photos has gotten me interested in the history of teletype machines. One thing I’ve learned is that the Teletype Corporation used to have a …

Can’t get enough of these tremendous football photos from Robert Harvell’s library of images. Here’s the latest batch: • I seem to recall that there’s a story behind Bob Lilly’s …

I was recently interviewed by the folks at NFL Films, who were shooting a feature about football uniforms. At one point I asked the producer who else they were interviewing, …

Unless you’re a fairly serious student of 1930s and ’40s baseball, you probably haven’t heard of George Case. A banjo-hitting outfielder who spent most of his 11-year career with the …

Another great batch, mostly courtesy of Mike Hersh, who by this point deserves a silver-plated teletype machine for his efforts. Here we go: • Here’s Mr. May, as the Boss …

Time for another batch of awesome football photos from Robert Harvell’s archives. Last time around we focused on helmets and facemasks, but this bunch is all over the the lot. …