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Extra Texture (or at least the illusion thereof)

Click to enlarge The Jacksonville Suns — the Marlins’ Double-A affiliate — sent out this photo of their new road jersey yesterday. Looks like Wilson, the manufacturer, used a faux …

The White Shoe Chronicles, Continued

TBig Uni Watch day over on ESPN, as my annual MLB season preview is up, and so is an interview I did with the guy who’s selling that vintage Mets …

Scipio Spinks: The Lone White-Shod Cardinal

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Wally Campbell, who’s written an excellent piece about the one St. Louis Cardinals player to wear white shoes in 1972. Wally …

Charlie Finley Would’ve Been Proud (if he’d been born yet)

Last summer I did a post on Craig Brown’s excellent Threads of Our Game site, which aims to be a Dressed to the Nines-style database for pre-1900 baseball uniforms. Craig …

Right or Left? Right or Wrong?

We all know by now that if an American flag patch or decal applied to the right sleeve or the right side of an object should always have the blue …

Another Day, Another League Apparel Deal

Big news out of the MLB offices yesterday, as word broke that Majestic and MLB have extended their partnership through 2019. Whether you consider this good news or bad news, …

A Look at MLB All-Star Game Ballot Design

So here’s some news that quietly emerged on Tuesday (although I didn’t hear about it until yesterday, when reader Alan Tompas brought it to my attention): MLB has announced that …

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way

By Phil Hecken I’m generally not a big fan of “gimmicks” or “look at me” moves or other attention-getting measures. So when I heard genius comedian Will Ferrell was planning …

A Look at White MLB Helmets

Reader Leo Strawn Jr. recently sent me the photo you see above, which shows Reds greats Davey Concepcion and Johnny Bench wearing white helmets! It was striking to see, but …

A Cornucopia of Uni Goodness in One Photo

Reader Leo Strawn Jr. recently sent me this photo of Pete Rose, which I hadn’t seen before. Pretty sure it’s from 1963. There’s so much going on here! Let’s go …

A ‘Look at Me’ Move — Literally

Photo by Tyler Mason; click to enlarge Which one of these guys is not like the others? The stirrups-clad player at far-right is pitcher J.R. Graham, who’s in Twins camp …

Restoring Baseball … (Magazine)

By Phil Hecken You fine folks are all familiar with Bruce Menard, who has provided literally dozens (if not hundreds) of superb wire service photos which Paul has featured on …

A Glove Affair

There’s a new trend in the NBA: players on the bench wearing gloves to keep their hands warm. Patrick Patterson of the Raptors (above left) did it on Monday night, …

A Token of Appreciation

Photo by Brett Carlsen for The New York Times; click to enlarge So here’s a new one. If a Mets player suffers a major injury — not a sprained ankle …

Kinda Sketchy

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken A few weeks ago, a gentleman with whom I’ve worked on articles for Uni Watch before, Mark Anderson, and who posts on Twitter as …