Click to enlarge My Scottish friend Lindsay Hutton (the man behind the awesome Next Big Thing, don’tcha know) is in town, and yesterday morning he wanted me to come out …
Category: Jerseys
The Shirt Off His Back
The photo you see above (which, like all the photos in today’s entry, you can click to access a larger version) is what was left of David Freese’s jersey after …
A Ghost from the Past
. Reader Mark Haarmann recently visited the Rangers Hall of Fame at the Ballpark in Arlington, where he took the photo you see above. “It’s from the team’s first season …
The Inside Story on the Dodgers’ Logo Tweaks
A few weeks ago, while covering for me during one of my many recent absences, Phil Ticker-linked to an item about the Dodgers having made some very subtle alterations to …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
By Phil Hecken Paul’s still recovering from his weekend in the boonies, so he’s left me in charge of the ship. It’s the first MMUW of 2011, so let’s get …
Fixing Maryland (and Winnipeg, while we’re at it)
By Phil Hecken By now, you are all surely sick of hearing about the Maryland Terrapin football uniforms, in particular the bizarre flag costume they broke out last Monday evening …
An Earthquake, a Hurricane, and Now This
So Phil and I are at yesterday’s Mets/Fish doubleheader at Shea, and we decide to take a stroll around the ballpark after the first game ends. In the midst of …
Meet The (Mercury) Mets
By Phil Hecken Twelve years ago tonight, I watched a baseball game with my dad (and as it would turn out, it would be the last Mets game we ever …
Turning Back the Clock in Pittsburgh
By John Ekdahl The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals wore Negro League uniforms last night for Heritage Week. The Cardinals were outfitted in the uniforms of the St. Louis …
Fridays With Morris
[Editor’s Note: Morris Levin will be contributing an article each Friday while Paul takes his break. Enjoy! ”” Phil Hecken] “No, I just meant Miami….. what did you just say?” …
¿Cinco de Mayo…en el 20 de julio?
By Phil Hecken What if your opponents canceled a “Latin Heritage” night and no one told you? Well, you might feel a little like Kyle McClellan, starting pitcher for the …
Meet Mr. Baseball (Backs)
By Phil Hecken As those of you who read on the weekends are likely aware, back on June 26, I featured a website called Baseball Backs (here’s the link), which …
Didn’t Willie Stargell Already Think of This 30 Years Ago?
Those little gold All-Star stars began appearing on MLB jerseys on Monday, and last night we got our first look at the stars on the caps (they didn’t use the …
Auction Action, Hockey Edition
Latest contribution from the increasingly indispensable Mike Hersh: a bunch of listings from the latest Classic Auctions sale, most of them hockey-oriented. Let’s take a look: • I really like …
Back to Baseball…
By Phil Hecken As most of you are aware, one of, if not the most important uniform histories was compiled by Marcus Okkonen, in his epic book, Baseball Uniforms of …