The Reds took dugout jackets to new extremes in the 1972 Fall Classic.
Category: Jackets/Ponchos
Uni Watch DIY Project: An Awesome Canadiens Jacket
For most of these photos, click to enlarge The Canadiens jacket shown above is pretty sweet, no? And here’s the beauty part: It’s not a retail item — Uni Watch …
Who Needs a Frankenjersey When You Have a Frankenblazer?
Photo by Derrick Paul, @WestVirgyinzer It was an all-Mountain State affair last night in San Diego, as Marshall and West Virginia faced off in the second round of the NCAA …
Closet Case, Vol. 8: My Favorite Kind of Garment, in My Favorite Colors
For all of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge As most of you know by now, I love varsity jackets and I love the color scheme of green and …
Have I Mentioned Lately How Much I Like Varsity Jackets?
As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve recently been running a rotating series of ads from JacketShop.com at the top of the right sidebar. I’ve been particularly happy to have them on …
The Latest Example of How Life Is More Interesting without the DH
Fascinating little tableau during last night’s Reds/Giants game, one that raises lots of interesting questions. Here’s the deal: In the top of the 3rd, Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto reached first …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Letter Perfect
[Editor’s Note: It’s been a while since we’ve had a DIY entry, so today we have a guest-written piece from Steve Dodell, who wanted to match the dugout jacket NOB …
Closet Case Revisited: Uni Watch Show-and-Tell
Back in October I ran an entry about my jersey collection. Today we’re gonna take a look at one of my other uni-related apparel collections: vintage varsity-style team jackets, along …
Mares eat Oats while Buck fetes Oates
By Phil Hecken As you likely know by now, the new manager of the Baltimore Orioles is Buck Showalter, having been named a few days ago, but not officially taking …
Wearin’ O’ The Green
By Phil Hecken It’s one of the greatest traditions is all of sport, and it’s probably the MOST famous one in which the winner is awarded an article of clothing. …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Jasmine or Earl Gray?
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Joe DeAngelis, who did a DIY project nearly 20 years ago — and who, I’m fairly certain, is the only DIYer …
Putting the Y in DIY
Got a note the other day from Terence Kearns, who wanted to tell me about his latest DIY project. Along the way, he raised an interesting question. Take a look: …
More Uni Design, More Football, and More!
By Phil Hecken Back with round two of the “Design-A-Uniform” contest entries for the Clarksville High School baseball team. If you missed the first batch of entries, you can see …
Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit to the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Pittsburgh was a visit to the Heinz History Center, which includes the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. I took a lot of …
Documenting a Maligned Decade
New ESPN column today — look here. Meanwhile … I recently got a note from reader Steve K., as follows: A friend of mine was moving and his wife made …