Graphic designer Bryan Molloy first got in touch with me toward the end of 2014, when he was working for Teespring. Since then we’ve partnered on a bunch of projects, …
Category: MLB
Rites of Spring: Time for the Annual MLB Preview
Click to enlarge It’s that time of year again: The 21st annual Uni Watch MLB Season Preview will be available this morning, featuring all of the new uni designs that …
What’s Your Sign(ature) — New York Mets Redux
[Editor’s Note: Phil is feeling seriously under the weather this weekend. So with Opening Day right around the corner, we’re reviving one of his favorite posts from the “What’s Your …
It’s A Beauty (of a Game): Neil Leifer’s ‘Ballet In The Dirt’
By Phil Hecken, with Jimmy Parker Follow @PhilHecken Hey guys. This has been a brutal week, health-wise, for me, as I’ve been laid up with the flu for about a …
A’s, Mariners Open 2019 MLB Season in Japan
At this very moment, the A’s and Mariners are playing their season-opening game in Tokyo (I woke up and started writing this in the top of the fifth, and pressed …
Every Team’s Greatest Uniform – American League Edition
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken In case you missed it, last weekend I created a list of the greatest uniform worn by every National League team. Today, it’s time to …
Cause for Celebration: A’s to Retain White Shoes
As some of you may be aware, MLB is relaxing its shoe-color rules this season, and the net effect is that teams will no longer have a primary shoe hue. …
Every Team’s Greatest Uniform – National League Edition
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken I was recently asked on a podcast what I thought was the “greatest” baseball uniform of all-time. I hesitated a bit, but gave my answer …
Andy Brown Returns: Diamonds on Canvas – The Art of Baseball
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Uni Watch readers may recall I’ve featured today’s artist, Andy Brown, a few times last year, including his Winter Olympics art, some of his baseball …
Talking Jersey Names with Mariners Prospect Dom Thompson-Williams
Lots of people have noticed Mariners prospect Dom Thompson-Williams, who’s been wearing “T-Williams” on his back this spring. We’ve mentioned him in the Ticker, but today we’re going to take …
MLB Continues Tradition of Uni Ads for Games in Japan
Click to enlarge MLB announced yesterday that the A’s will wear an MGM Resorts advertising patch on their right sleeve for the season-opening series against the Mariners on March 20 …
Cincy One Five-O: Reds Buck Trend on MLB Patch
When the MLB 150 patch was recently unveiled, several people asked whether the Reds — who had already unveiled their own 150th-anniversary patch several months earlier — would wear both …
End of an Era: MLB to Be Nameplate-Free in 2019
Back in October, I wrote a Ticker item that said, “Chief Wahoo isn’t the only thing the Indians are leaving behind next season. A little birdie tells me they’re going …
Exclusive! 1956 Reds Prototype Uni Discovered
As you know, they Reds are celebrating their sesquicentennial with 15 throwbacks this season. But longtime reader/contributor Bruce “BSmile” Menard has come up with an old Reds uni that wasn’t …
A Uni Watch Look at Frank Robinson
Click to enlarge Frank Robinson died yesterday. You probably know that he was MLB’s first black manager, that he’s still the only player to have been named the MVP of …