Click to enlarge Interesting cross-sport move on tap tomorrow night, as NASCAR driver Brandon Jones will be driving a car featuring Texas Rangers logos at the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, …
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Phils, Braves Make Subtle Jersey Adjustments for 2016
Most uniform changes are, for lack of a better term, official. They’re announced via press releases (or at least via social media), listed in the league style guide, and so …
The Story Behind the Story of the Guy Who Ended Up With Edinson Volquez’s Cap
Click to enlarge Meet Jeremy Scheuch, a lifelong Royals fan who lives in Chicago but still gets back to KC to see important games — like Sunday’s Opening Night game …
MLB Starts Season With Entertaining Cap Mix-Up
Click to enlarge Funny development in last night’s Mets/Royals season opener, as Royals starter Edinson Volquez began the game wearing the wrong cap! As you can see above, everyone else …
Oh Danny! Boy Is He Back – Combining Music & Uni Concepts
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Several years ago, I featured the talented Danny Finocchio in two columns for Uni Watch: a set of baseball concepts (which included …
Seeing Double
Click to enlarge A moment for the ages during yesterday’s Yanks/Cards Grapefruit League game, as Yankees catcher Eddy Rodriguez stepped in the box against Cardinals pitcher Tyler Lyons, creating a …
2019 Shaping Up as Potentially Epic Year for Patches
During one of our recent discussions of anniversary patches, ordinals, and the like, reader Kurt Crowley posted a comment that caught my eye: Can’t wait until 2019, which will feature …
Giants (accidentally?) Reveal MLB Holiday Uniforms
Click to enlarge MLB hasn’t yet announced its uni-related plans for Memorial Day or Independence Day. There’s nothing unusual about that — those announcements (or leaks) usually don’t come our …
When a Memorial Patch Overlaps With a Presidential Campaign
Click to enlarge It was reported several weeks ago that the Reds would be adding a memorial patch for longtime clubhouse manager Bernie Stowe, who passed away in February. Yesterday …
Some Uni Concepts…For Easter Sunday
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken It’s been a while since I ran uniform concepts (too long in fact — need to start running them again), and so today I have …
Classic Stadium Scoreboards — By The Book
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken, with Gary Chanko Follow @PhilHecken As most of you fine readers are familiar, almost every Saturday for the past few years, I’ve run a …
Joe Garagiola: 1926–2016
Click to enlarge Joe Garagiola passed away yesterday at the age of 90. If you had asked me which team he played for, I would have immediately said the Cardinals. …
Did They Run Out of Letters, or Just Run Out of Space?
Meet Chase Johnson-Mullins, a pitching prospect in the Braves’ system. He has a hyphenated surname — something we’ve seen before and will surely be seeing more of as more married …
Eagle-Eyed Reader Spots Cleveland Cap Discrepancy
So here’s something interesting: When the new spring training caps were announced back in late January, the Indians’ design was shown like so:
What’s Your Sign(ature)? – Pittsburgh Pirates
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Last weekend, I put forth the proposition that the short-lived Cleveland Indians “caveman” uniforms, worn only from 1973-1977, constituted their “signature” look (loosely, a signature …