Reader Bob Gassel recently found some 1963 home movie footage on YouTube. It shows a few games shot at Kansas City Athletics games that season, and although it’s only five …
Category: MLB
A Look at the MLBPA ‘Camp Jobless’ Uniforms
Click to enlarge There were several articles yesterday about “Camp Jobless,” the spring training camp for unsigned free agents that’s been set up by the Major League Baseball Players Association. …
An MLB History Mystery Involving an American Flag Pin
A few weeks ago I wrote about Lou Gehrig wearing a Eugene the Jeep pin on his Yankees jersey. Along the way, I mentioned the other MLBers who’ve worn pins …
True Colors Volume V – Meet Matt Olbert
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken As longtime (and possibly relatively new) readers of this blog know, I love colorizations of old black and white photographs — and have featured many …
D-backs Announce Anniversary Patch, Throwbacks
Click to enlarge The Diamondbacks officially unveiled their 20th-anniversary logo yesterday. It will be worn as a sleeve patch throughout the 2018 season and as a cap patch during the …
A New (to me) Form of NOB Arching
Click to enlarge When it comes to arched NOBs, there’s radial arching and vertical arching — and then there’s the style shown above. It’s sort of like vertical arching, because …
History Mystery: Why Did the Iron Horse Wear a Metal Pin?
Click to enlarge A fascinating little MLB mystery unfolded yesterday on Twitter. It began when Matt Dahlgren (author of the baseball memoir Rumor in Town) posted the Lou Gehrig photo …
Hot Stove Uni Scene Heats Up as Rays Unveil Anniversary Plans
For all photos, click to enlarge Another day, another Florida-based MLB team announcing its anniversary plans. On Tuesday it was the Marlins, and yesterday it was the Rays, who are …
Real Teal Deal: Marlins Add Anniversary Patch, Throwbacks for 2018
Click to enlarge Interesting development yesterday in Miami, as the Marlins announced two moves related to their upcoming 25th-anniversary season. First, they unveiled a teal-centric anniversary logo (shown above), which …
Finally: Indians to Scrap Chief Wahoo in 2019
As you’ve probably heard by now, Chief Wahoo’s days are numbered. The Indians will stop wearing the cartoon logo in 2019. The news was first reported yesterday afternoon by The …
It’s So Easy Being Green
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken In a bit of a nod to their roots, yesterday the Oakland A’s — celebrating their 50th Anniversary of their relocation to Oakland — unveiled …
D-troit: Tigers Finally Achieve Uniformity on Their Uniforms
Click to enlarge Big news yesterday out of Detroit, where the Tigers announced that they will no longer have separate versions of the old English “D” on their caps and …
Major Historical Find: A 1965 Stadium Uniform Brochure
For all of today’s images, you can click to enlarge Today we have something very, very special — a 1965 promotional brochure from a company that made uniforms for stadium …
Meet David Resnik – Building Fields of Dreams
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken “If you build it…” I have a very special post today for you all. As you’re all probably aware, I spend a fair amount of …
More Minnesota Musings
During the reporting for my follow-up piece on the origins of the Vikings’ uniforms, I interviewed the two surviving sons of Bert Rose, the Vikes’ original general manager (that’s him …