Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken About a month ago, for a “Sunday Request” segment, I was interviewed by Paul Francis “Sully” Sullivan, who produces the “Sully Baseball” podcast — …
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It’s As Bad As We Thought It Would Be
By Phil Hecken Whenever a new uniform is introduced, we go through a couple of stages before we can truly rate it: first, we get the slick computer graphics and …
Yoenis Cespedes: A Man of Many Appetites
Click to enlarge We already knew Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes liked shellfish. (That’s him above, after devouring a slew of crabs following a game in Baltimore last year.) Now it …
Good News, Bad News Regarding Indians’ New Striped Socks
Shaw, Carrasco, Otero, Soto and Thatcher working through mound sessions this morning: pic.twitter.com/QEJGvfWZoe — Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) February 23, 2016 Yesterday’s Ticker had a shot of Indians pitcher Corey Kluber …
Pirates Pitchers Test-Drive New Protective Headgear
For all photos, click to enlarge Pirates pitchers Jared Hughes and Mark Melancon, shown above, became the first MLBers — at least that I’m aware of — to try out …
For ‘How To Get To Second Base’ Ask Your Older Brother
By Phil Hecken, with Jimmer Vilk A couple weeks ago, Jim Vilk DM’ed me a couple pictures which really piqued my interest, and mentioned they came from a book he’d …
Blood Coming Out of Their Whatever
When the Diamondbacks revealed their new uniforms in December, my basic take was, “All signs point to disaster, but first let’s see how it looks on the field.” With pitchers …
A Deep Dive on an Obscure MLB Memorial Patch
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and longtime Uni Watch contributor/pal BSmile marked the occasion by tweeting some old baseball cards of players named Valentine, including the 1975 Bobby Valentine card shown …
New Boombang Won’t Look So isoBLOXy
By Phil Hecken In a story you may have seen yesterday on ESPN, William Weinbaum reported that MLB and the MLB Players Association have come together with a plan to …
World Championship Patches: Yea or Nay?
Click to enlarge What was that on the Royals’ sleeves at a recent fanfest event? It’s their championship patch, which they’ll be wearing this season. This type of patch is …
Jim Vilk: Would You (or anyone) Wear This?
Happy Groundhog Day! The MLB news just keeps-a-comin’. Okay, one thing at a time: 1. I mentioned last week that Majestic appeared to be adding a mesh panel on the …
A Big Day for MLB Uniforms
Busy day yesterday in MLB, with all sorts of stuff coming down the chute. One thing at a time: 1. A new set of spring training caps and jerseys was …
A Little Hot-Stove Uni Action
With spring training just around the corner, I want to take a break from Supe50 coverage and address a bunch of MLB developments that have been brewing. One thing at …
It’s Another Tequila Sunrise
By Phil Hecken Yesterday afternoon, at their 2016 FanFest, the Houston Astros unveiled a new batting practice jersey and cap, which will be worn for Sunday home games (or at …
A Hall of Fame Cap Debate, Solved
Mike Piazza will likely become a Hall of Famer this evening, which almost certainly means we’ll see a revival of the debate that ensued when he retired: Should his Hall …