Embed from Getty Images [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Dan Tarrant, who has explored the history of how sports uniforms became familiar sights at the White …
Category: Jerseys
Reading the NHL Tea Leaves
The NHL and Adidas continue to release teasers in advance of next Tuesday night’s uniform unveiling. Lots of rear-view photos were released yesterday, and they appear to show lots of …
NFL Jerseys with New Tailoring Template Begin to Surface
During and prior to the NFL draft last month, we talked about how most teams are transitioning to Nike’s new tailoring template. Now that NFL teams are conducting rookie photo …
Niners Change Their Jersey Stripe Pattern
The one bit of significant uni-related news that emerged from last night’s NFL draft came when the 49ers selected defensive lineman Solomon Thomas with the third overall pick. As you …
Our Long National Nightmare Is Over (except maybe in Cleveland)
For all photos, click to enlarge As the NFL prepares for tonight’s draft, assorted teaser photos are showing various teams’ jerseys rendered in Nike’s latest tailoring template (the one with …
Happy Holidays From Major League Baseball!
Click to enlarge Hectic afternoon yesterday, as MLB unveiled all of its holiday and All-Star uniforms. Here’s the short version: • The holiday unis will be worn for the full two-, …
Cubs Celebrate Title With Subtle Gold-Trimmed Unis
Embed from Getty Images After a rain delay, the Cubs finally had their home opener last night. As you can see above, the gold trim on their championship uniforms was …
Salty Brings His Road Show to Toronto
Click to enlarge Jarrod Saltalamacchia and his MLB-record 14-letter surname are in Blue Jays camp this spring. As you can see, the Jays are taking the around-the-world approach to his …
Baseball Hall of Fame Jersey-Redesign Results
I recently challenged Uni Watch readers to redesign those crummy jerseys that the Baseball Hall of Fame gives to its new inductees. A handful of readers responded, and today we’re …
Let’s Redesign the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Jersey Already
By now we know the routine: Each January there’s a new class of Baseball Hall of Fame inductees. And that means each January, like clockwork, we have to see the …
Under Armour Logo to Appear on MLB Chests in 2020
MLB made it official yesterday: They confirmed that Under Armour will be taking over from Majestic as the game’s official uniform outfitter in 2020 — a development that had first …
A Pair of Dodgers Who Modify Their Jerseys
Click to enlarge Back in April we ran a Ticker item about Dodgers first baseman Adrian González appearing to have a horizontal seam sewn into his jersey placket, a bit …
A Look at Jersey Designs That Lean to One Side
We all know that one of the problems with button-front jerseys is that sometimes a letter ends up being cut in half as it sits astride the placket, and sometimes …
Not the End of the World After All
Ageless Mets pitcher Bartolo Colón tossed eight scoreless frames last night. Toward the end of the game, Phil emailed me the photo shown above, with the subject line, “Now THAT …
MLB Merch Train Drives The Show
[If you can’t see the slideshow, view the set here or click here for the show] By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken As an avid uni watcher, I have “Google Alerts” …