By Phil Hecken Today, we’ll begin looking at the first set of entries for the “Design-A-Baseball-Jersey Contest.” To refresh your memory, we began the official MLB jersey contest just over …
Category: Jerseys
The Team That Can Never Play a Color-vs.-Color Game
As you probably know, Georgia Tech always wears white at home. And since almost everyone else wears color at home, that basically means Tech wears white for every game. They …
It’s Time For A Baseball Contest
By Phil Hecken I’m pleased to announce the next Uni Watch contest, and once again, we’ll be having an awesome prize for the winner. As before, I’ll be teaming up …
Harpooned! Another White Whale
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 …
In Which I Totally Geek Out Over a Tiny Thing Nobody Else Will Care About
Last Thursday I wondered if the uniform shown in this ad might be the 2011 NBA All-Star uni. And now it turns out that it is. I don’t generally get …
Monday Morning Uni Watch, Summer Edition
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were an unusually busy time in the uni-verse. Here’s a rundown: ITEM! More Warriors-osity: We had previously seen a mock-up of what the new jersey would …
Seeing Red
By Phil Hecken` Quick — how many teams in the major leagues wear a red alternate jersey? Not sure? Give a guess… If you look quickly at the graphic above, …
Form Follows Dysfunction
Reader Sean Robbins just alerted me to some weird stuff that went down two nights ago in San Diego, and it relates to something that came up in my ESPN …
Wheat Kings and Pretty Things
By Phil Hecken, with Mike Styczen Back today with one of our friends from north of the border, Mike Styczen, who, amongst many other talents, serves at the de facto …
Fifty Since Sixty
By Phil Hecken As you are all aware, or should be by now, last week the Philadelphia Eagles became the third team to unveil a “throwback alternate.” Paul already covered …
Consistently Inconsistent
As we all know, MLB teams aren’t very good when it comes to logo consistency. Among the problems: The Tigers use two very distinct “D” letterforms on their cap and …
‘Now pitching, number 38 — or is it 30?’
Weird scene at Shea the other day, as Dodgers reliever Ramon Troncoso entered the first game of Tuesday’s twin bill with a piece of tape on his uni number — …
Doing It Right, Chicago Style
By Phil Hecken In a week that has seen several new uniform introductions, as well as the first wearing of another, the Chicago Bears have chosen to save the best …
But Will They Close The Roof?
By Phil Hecken Forty-five years ago, in 1965 to be precise, the newly-named Houston Astros played host to the Philadelphia Phillies in the first ever regular season game in the …
Letter Imperfect
Three games into the baseball season and we already have our first jersey typo. It happened yesterday afternoon in Houston, where Giants reserve outfielder Eugenio Velez had his city name …