We all know that one of the problems with button-front jerseys is that sometimes a letter ends up being cut in half as it sits astride the placket, and sometimes …
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You Must Wear the Ribbon (and the wristband, and the undershirt, and the batting gloves, and the compression sleeve, and the shoes, and the socks…)
For many of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge We knew MLB players would be wearing a lot of pink yesterday, including pink-lettered and -numbered jerseys (first time those …
How Uniform Should a Uniform Be?
It’s a common complaint: Can’t everyone on the team wear their uniforms more uniformly? A Pirates fan recently expressed that sentiment in the weekly mailbag column written by one of …
Not the End of the World After All
Ageless Mets pitcher Bartolo Colón tossed eight scoreless frames last night. Toward the end of the game, Phil emailed me the photo shown above, with the subject line, “Now THAT …
A (Relatively) Modest Proposal – A Blue Marlin
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Earlier this week, I noticed the Miami Marlins tweeted out an image that intrigued me — a graphic that had the Marlins wordmark and the …
Twins Provide One Last Prince Memorial
Last night’s Twins/Indians game was Minnesota’s first home date since Prince’s death, and the team’s management declared that it was “Prince Tribute Night,” so most players on the field — …
MLB Merch Train Drives The Show
[If you can’t see the slideshow, view the set here or click here for the show] By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken As an avid uni watcher, I have “Google Alerts” …
How a Uni Watch Reader Was Almost in a Bill Lee Movie
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Michael Clary, who’s going to tell us about a near-brush with stardom involving former Bosox/Expos pitcher Bill Lee. ”” PL] By …
Pirates Debut Bumblebee Throwbacks
The Pirates debuted their new bumblebee Sunday throwbacks yesterday, and it was a lot of fun. Naturally, there were plenty of things to nitpick about, so let’s get those out …
What’s Your Sign(ature) – New York Mets
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Thus far, in the “What’s Your Sign(ature)” series, we’ve looked at the Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Houston Astros. Today we’ll take a look …
MLB Releases Special Holiday Merch — er, Uniforms
MLB unveiled all of its holiday and special event uniforms in one fell swoop yesterday. That’s a departure from past years, when the various promotions were rolled out one at …
The Dodgers Go 3-D
If you can’t see the slideshow above, click here The Dodgers unveiled new batting helmets for their home opener yesterday. The matte finish is nothing new, of course (the entire …
Mets Debut New 1986 Throwbacks
The Mets debuted their 1986 Sunday throwbacks yesterday. By happy coincidence, Matt Fratboy was pitching. He usually prefers to wear the blue softball tops, and the team usually obliges him, …
Cookie-cutter Cookies
By Phil Hecken, with Jimmer Vilk Follow @PhilHecken Got a fun one for you guys today. What would happen if you combined the ugly, septic, vapid and yet endearingly utilitarian …
What’s Your Sign(ature) – Houston Astros
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken As we continue with the “What’s Your Sig(nature)” series (you can see the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates here), today we take …