Yesterday was Opening Day — the real Opening Day — which among other things meant that longtime Uni Watch reader/baker Elena Elms upheld her annual tradition of making baseball-themed cookies …
Category: MLB
And Away We Go
The 2014 MLB season had its second soft opening of the year last night in San Diego (the first one, of course, was eight days earlier in Australia), where the …
In the Strangest of Places, If You Look at it Right
Click to Enlarge – Photo by Kelly Gavin By Phil Hecken As we prepare to begin the MLB Season begin the portion of the National Pastime that begins in the …
Can’t Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
If you can’t see this slideshow, click here [Editor’s Note: Today’s main entry is from intern Mike Chamernik, who has something very appropriate for the onset of the baseball season.] …
’Tis the Season to Shift Your Brain Into MLB Mode
This photo of Jason Heyward was taken a few days ago. As you can see, he’s still using the facemask that he began wearing last season after being beaned by …
Take Me Out To The … Cricket Ground?
By Phil Hecken While a good percentage of the western world was sleeping (or watching the NCAA Tourney), the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles and Arizona Diamondbacks opened the …
The Luck of the Irish: Saint Patrick’s Day Roundup
[Editor’s Note: Today’s lead entry and Ticker were both written by intern Garrett McGrath. Please join me in congratulating him on his first proper Uni Watch byline. ”” PL] By …
Change Is Inevitable — But Is It Inevitably Permanent?
In the wake of the Bucs’ uniform unveiling last week, lots of observers — some of whom liked the design, others of whom didn’t — have issued a series of …
Giving New Meaning to the Term ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’
Bizarre scene last night in San Antonio, as Spurs guard Manu Ginóbili’s left sneaker gave out (or, in the somewhat hyperbolic parlance of the broadcasters in the video shown above, …
Possibly the Greatest Example of Uni-Watching Ever
You probably don’t realize this — I didn’t realize it myself until a few days ago — but today is a very special day in the annals of uni-watching. For …
A Patch for Hammerin’ Hank
As you can see at right, the Braves unveiled a sleeve patch yesterday to mark the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th home run (click on the photo to …
How Many Days Until Pitchers and Catchers?
If you can’t see the slideshow above, click here Just in case it wasn’t enough for MLB teams to have home caps, road caps alternate caps, BP caps, GI Joe …
MLB in 3D
[Editor’s Note: Today we have an excellent guest entry by David Firestone, who’s provided a close look at a unique element from MLB uniform history. ”” PL] By David G. …
Baseball Cathedrals, Volume II
By Phil Hecken And now, for Volume II of “Baseball Cathedrals,” which details the wonderful twitter account (@MLBCathedrals) maintained by Mark Anderson. If you missed the first part, please click …
Cubs Unveil NINE Throwbacks…and One New Alt
Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken Yesterday, the Chicago Cubs held their annual Fan Convention, and with the 100th Anniversary of Wrigley Field this season, they took the opportunity to …