Category: MLB

Click to enlarge Major League Baseball’s annual Memorial Day camouflage-fest got a bit of pushback yesterday in Kansas City, where at least four Tigers players (shown above, clockwise from top …

Click to slightly enlarge By Phil Hecken MLB began the second of four uni-theme weekends yesterday (the other three are Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Independence Day). This one will …

Click to enlarge Funny moment in last night’s Cardinals/Dodgers game, as L.A. catcher Yasmani Grandal stepped into the left-handed batter’s box during the bottom of the first while wearing a …

When the word came down last December that Under Armour would be taking over from Majestic as MLB’s uniform outfitter in 2020, my ESPN colleague Darren Rovell’s coverage of the …

A few weeks ago I did an ESPN column about NBA team captains who’ve worn a “C” on their jerseys. Today I want to turn our attention from the hardcourt …

Click to enlarge For five months now, ever since it was announced that Derek Jeter’s number would be retired on Mother’s Day, I’ve been wondering how the Yankees would handle …

By Phil Hecken MLB’s love affair with special event uniforms continues, and in typical millennial fashion, works under the mantra of “anything worth doing is worth overdoing,” and that’s not …

Bear with me here, because today’s entry is going to take a minute to explain. Here’s the deal: MLB caps these days normally have black underbrims. But when the Mets …

Looks like Chief Wahoo is on the way out — although not right away. Cleveland Jewish News reported yesterday that Indians owner Paul Dolan addressed a Jewish group in Cleveland …

Embed from Getty Images The Royals held one of their Negro League throwback promotions yesterday (they do a fair amount of those, because the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is in …

By Phil Hecken Remember when I announced the redesign the USA baseball jersey contest and I said there’d be no prize for the winner? Yeah, well — due to some …

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-, …

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 …

Photos courtesy of Rawlings; click to enlarge What you see above is a new Braves batting helmet with a hydro dipped carbon fiber pattern, similar to the ones we’ve seen …

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken …Dan Kennedy. Our contest to redesign the USA Baseball jersey has now concluded (if you missed it, last weekend’s entry had the 12 finalists), …