Click to enlarge I spent most of yesterday on a boat (more on that later), so I didn’t catch much MLB action, although I did my best to catch up …
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Braves & Marlins Will Love America Twice As Much
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken As you brace yourselves wait with bated breath for Major League Baseball to break out their annual America Fuck Yeah! “Stars & Stripes” jerseys and …
Whoa Canada!
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken If you were expecting to see a new red and white uniform today, you came to the right place. Unfortunately … that is NOT going …
A Look at a 1965 Mets Program
Reader Brian Sullwold’s mother was recently going through her attic and found something cool: a 1965 Mets program, apparently purchased and saved by Brian’s grandfather half a century ago. His …
Back, Back, Back – (Throw)back, (Throw)back, (Throw)back
Here come your 1984 Seattle Mariners! #AnythingCanHappen #Mariners84 pic.twitter.com/ND8QYVGFh3 — Mariners (@Mariners) June 26, 2016 By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Fans of throwback uniforms were in for a triple-treat yesterday, …
Uni Watch Show and Tell: An Early-’80s MLB Style Guide
@UniWatch nice find at work. 1980 Uniform Specification book for every team pic.twitter.com/EtPmZcvVYe — Andrew Weatherly (@arwfsu) June 2, 2016 I have a bunch of MLB style guides from the …
Mood Indigo
Click to enlarge Yesterday was Father’s Day, so MLB teams wore blue-themed uniforms and accessories, along with dark-grey caps — basically the same as Mother’s Day, but with the pink …
EXCLUSIVE: American League Had Stirrup Rule in 1967
Click to enlarge When I was 12 years old, in 1976, I read Jim Bouton’s seminal best-seller, Ball Four. I was already obsessed with stirrups by that point, so I …
A Pair of Dodgers Who Modify Their Jerseys
Click to enlarge Back in April we ran a Ticker item about Dodgers first baseman Adrian González appearing to have a horizontal seam sewn into his jersey placket, a bit …
Tribe & Royals Throw Back; ChiSox & Tigers Throw WAY Back
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Yesterday, the Cleveland Indians hosted the Kansas City Royals, and both teams threwback to the 1970s, with the Tribe wearing their blue “caveman” top and …
A Good Solution to the Camouflage Problem
Click to enlarge Good morning! Yesterday was Memorial Day. Amidst all the camouflage (which as you know I consider to be a toxic mix of bad design and bad civics, …
Jon Jay Honors Tony Gywnn with His Socks
Click to enlarge It’s a little hard to see in the photo shown above, but Padres centerfielder Jon Jay has been wearing socks featuring the image of former San Diego …
More on MLB’s New Sock Deal with Stance
Click to enlarge As you may have heard yesterday, MLB now has an official sock provider: Stance, the same company that supplies socks for the NBA. My ESPN colleague Darren …
What’s Your Sign(ature) – San Diego Padres
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken We continue today with the “What’s Your Sign(ature)” series, this time taking a look at the San Diego Padres. If you missed …
Let’s Get a Count of MLB High-Cuffers
Got a tweet the other night from reader Ross Wallace, who asked me — and also Phil — for an estimate of how many MLB players go high-cuffed. As you …