Click to enlarge After weeks of teases and rumors, the Marlins finally made it official yesterday, unveiling their new primary and secondary logos. Naturally, they came with an annoying slogan, …
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Reds Drop the Bomb: 15 Throwbacks on Tap for 2019!
Click to enlarge The Reds — baseball’s oldest franchise — will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Cincinnati Red Stockings next year, and yesterday they announced a major initiative …
Pens and Isles Wear Star of David for Massacre Victims
Click to enlarge On Monday I speculated about the various ways that the Steelers might memorialize the Tree of Life massacre victims. But the Penguins beat them to it. For …
Why Do Throwbacks Always Look So Good?
Click to enlarge Last week I tweeted a photo of the Hawks’ 1968 throwback uni (shown above), which the team will wear for select games this season. That prompted one …
A Uni Watch Look at Game One of the World Series
Click to enlarge There was a uni-related anomaly in last night’s World Series opener even before the game started, as Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts (above left) had a cap …
Time for the Fall Classic
Uniform designer/historian and longtime Uni Watch pal/ally Todd Radom is a Red Sox fan. The cap shown above is the first Sox cap he ever got, back when he was …
The Day the Dodgers Went Rogue
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by longtime reader/contributor Jerry Wolper, who’s going to fill us in on a previously untold story about the Dodgers. Enjoy. — PL] …
It’s A Nice Day For A … White Webbing
It's a nice day for a… white webbing pic.twitter.com/KemsJvz2dF — Phil Hecken (@PhilHecken) July 29, 2017 By Phil Hecken, with Chance Michaels Follow @PhilHecken You might say today’s post is …
Wahoo’s Last Stand: The Chief Has Played His Final Game
The Indians, facing elimination in yesterday’s ALDS game against the Astros, wore Chief Wahoo one last time before going down in defeat. With Wahoo being retired next season, yesterday’s season-ending …
Wild Card Report Card
I think we can all agree that this year’s MLB Postseason patch looks like shite. (For that matter, I hope most of us can also agree that the very idea …
Painting Baseball, One Ballpark At A Time
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken If the style of art above looks familiar to you, it should. It’s done by artist Andy Brown, whom I’ve featured on here a few …
Another Oakland A’s Stadium Design
Follow @PhilHecken If you read Uni Watch during Paul’s August sabbatical (and I know you did), I was fortunate to feature my friend Mark Anderson’s concepts for a proposed Oakland …
Book: Garish A’s Uniform Led to All-Star Snub
I’ve written a lot this year about the 1963 Kansas City A’s — the team that introduced the franchise’s now-familiar green/gold color scheme. (To see the posts I’m referring to, …
An Indians Prototype and a Very Uni-Minded GM
I recently received a communique from longtime reader Marc Viquez, who sent along the photo shown above (which he said was from this book). As you can see, it appears …
Indians Remove Wahoo From Uniforms for Toronto Series
Notice anything different about this photo of Cleveland shortstop Francisco Lindor (shown above), which was taken during last night’s Indians/Jays game in Toronto? If you’re an adept uni-watcher, you probably …