I recently came across two interesting items about semi-recent MLB hosiery history that were new to me. First, longtime Uni Watch reader Trevor Williams alerted me to an interesting passage …
Category: History
Auction Catalog Reveals Rare MLB Uni Gems
For all photos, click to enlarge The photo shown above is of Yankees shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh. We can tell it’s from 1918 because he’s wearing the red, white, and blue …
1967 Grey Cup Film Is Filled with CFL Uni Goodness
Reader Jeff Ingalls recently came across a 10-minute film called Oskee Wee Wee, which is about the local frenzy surrounding the 1967 Grey Cup game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and …
Revealed: MLB Rejected Nike/Reebok Uni Deal in 1990s
As we’re all aware, Nike became MLB’s uniform outfitter in 2020. But here’s something you might not know or remember: Nike almost struck an MLB deal, in conjunction with Reebok, …
Supe LV: TB Buccaneers Uniform History
By Phil Hecken, with Timmy Brulia Follow @PhilHecken It Super Sunday, Uni Watchers! I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. Today is the day of the big game, …
Supe LV: KC Chiefs Uniform History
By Phil Hecken, with Timmy Brulia Follow @PhilHecken Good Saturday morning, Uni Watchers! I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. It’s the day before the big game, and …
A Shea Stadium Usher’s 15 Minutes of Fame
Good morning, and happy February! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be safe and healthy (and, in one inhabitant’s case, insufferably cute). Hope things are …
Talking Uniforms with 95-Year-Old Designer Elaine Goldsmith
For all photos, click to enlarge Today we have something very special. Give me a minute to set it up and provide some context. So: Three years ago, I ran …
New Twitter Account Reveals High School Hoops Treasures
Click to enlarge Derek Perras, who tweets as @retro_70s, has been posting some great high school basketball photos lately, including this fantastic photo of the 1967-68 Sacred Heart team from …
EXCLUSIVE: The Untold Story Behind the Cavs’ 1990s Uniforms
For all photos, click to enlarge I was recently tagged in a Twitter thread in which a guy named Spencer Heffernan claimed that his father, Mark Heffernan, had designed the …
A Uni Watch Look at the 1972 Liberty Bowl
Longtime reader/pal Jim Vilk was recently watching the 1972 Liberty Bowl on YouTube and noticed that the game featured an unusually large number of uni-notable details (plus it was a …
An Early Christmas Gift: Late-’80s NFL diet Coke Ads
For all images, click to enlarge Ticker-submission maven Kary Klismet recently pointed me toward a tweet that featured the late-1980s two-page Diet Coke ad shown above. “It opened up a …
A Uni Watch Look at Dick Allen
For most of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge Former MLB great Dick Allen (shown above at a Phillies game in 2017) died yesterday at the age of 78. …
Uni Watch History Lesson: The Mormon Yankees
For all photos, click to enlarge Reader Benji King recently told me something I hadn’t been aware of: From 1937 through 1961, missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of …
None More Black: Oregon Had ‘Soul Brother’ Mascot in ’71
Click to enlarge I forgot to say this yesterday, so I’ll say it today: Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be safe and well. Now …