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 …
Category: MLB
Ladies and Gentlemen: Presenting the Atlanta Hammers
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Sunday morning, Uni Watch readership. Hope everyone had a good Saturday! As weekend readers know, I often feature reader concepts on here, but usually …
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 …
Memorial Mystery: The Case of the Curious ‘44’
Click to enlarge Strange doings yesterday in Atlanta, as a memorial service for Henry Aaron was held at the Braves’ ballpark. As you can see, they emblazoned a huge “44” …
A Uni Watch Look at Hammerin’ Hank
For most photos in this section, you can click to enlarge Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where are three inhabitants continue to be safe and healthy. Hope things …
Where Cap Collectors Can Let Their Geek Flags Fly
Photo by Johanna Miller; click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from reader Noah Sidel (that’s him above), who’s going to tell us about a cap-collecting …
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. …
When a One-Year Thing Becomes a Long-Term Thing
Click to enlarge Membership card designer Scott M.X. Turner recently gave me an idea for a really fun topic: uniforms or uni elements that were originally intended to appear for …
Eternal MLB Pant-Length Debate Apparently Began With King Carl
Embed from Getty Images The photo above is from 1937. The gent on the left is New York Giants screwballer Carl Hubbell (most famous for striking out five consecutive future …
Uni Quirks Bring Down Curtain on 2020 MLB Season
Click to enlarge It happened! Blake Snell started Game Six of the World Series last night for the Rays, and then the Dodgers brought in Julio Urías to pitch in …
Uni Notes from Game Two of the 2020 World Series
Embed from Getty Images Last night’s World Series game had lots of uni-notable details, beginning with the fact that the Rays wore their road greys for the first time in …
A Close Look at World Series Patch Position Protocol
For all photos, click to enlarge In yesterday’s Uni Watch World Series Preview, I mentioned how joyless and brutalist this year’s World Series sleeve patch is. There’s nothing the Rays …
The Uni Watch 2020 World Series Preview
The World Series begins tonight, as the Dodgers and Rays will face off in the neutral site of Arlington, Texas. This will mark the first time that the entire Series …
MLB History Bombshell: Reds Wore Red Shoes in 1971!
In Tuesday’s blog post about Joe Morgan’s uniform history, I mentioned that Morgan, along with some of his Reds teammates, occasionally dabbled with alternate shoe colors in All-Star Games. As …
A Uni Watch Look at Joe Morgan
Click to enlarge Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time National League MVP Joe Morgan died yesterday at the age of 77. I was lucky enough to grow up watching him …