. One of my recent ESPN columns, which was about RNOBs and nickNOBs, included a table that listed a selection of nickNOBs from the past 45 years or so. One …
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Uni Watch Library: Memories and Dreams, Summer 2004
If you become a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (not an inductee, but a paying supporter), one of your perks is a subscription to the Hall’s magazine, Memories …
Grading The Throwbacks, Part I
By Phil Hecken I love throwbacks. Well, I love uniforms, but I especially love throwbacks. Over the past couple of years, however, watching “Turn Back The Clock” or throwback games …
Why Is This Man Smiling?
The player you see above is David DeJesus, shown during last night’s Cubs/Tigers game. Notice anything unusual about his jersey?
First the GUD, then a DUD…and now a BUD
By Phil Hecken One of the things I’m very grateful for as the Weekend Editor is the chance to bring you a look at projects being undertaken by Uni Watch …
And They Can Be Used Again for Mexican Night
It’s been common knowledge for several months now that the Brewers would be wearing “Birrai” jerseys for Italian Day on July 1. What wasn’t known until yesterday was that the …
All Gummed Up
Bit of a sticky situation last night in Arizona, as Jordan Pacheco of the Rockies came up to the plate with a big wad of bubble gum stuck on his …
What’s Wrong with This Picture?
. What you see above is the scrum on the mound a few moments after Johan Santana put the finishing touches on Friday night’s no-hitter. I assume you’ve all spotted …
Leaving Your Heart in Their Kind of Town
By Phil Hecken, with keen observations by Tim E. O’Brien Yesterday the San Francisco New York Giants and Chicago Cubs played a good old-fashioned 100 Years Ago Throwback game in …
I’m Expecting a Lot of Orange
. Whatever else you can say about the Astros, they’ve certainly had some of the game’s most notable uniforms over the past century. And as most of you know, they’ll …
What Can Brown Do for You? A Lot!
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Tim Newcomb, who has written an ode to what he feels is an underappreciated color. ”” PL] By Tim Newcomb Brown …
A Story to Warm Even the Coldest of Hearts
When Jake Hurley first told me about his campaign to get the Rockies to wear stirrups, I didn’t think much of it. Most fans don’t like stirrups as much as …
Like Father, Like Son
On Friday I noted that Robert Griffin III is wearing the Roman numeral as part of his NOB and asked if any NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL players had ever …
Long-Neglected Accessory Finally Comes Out of Mothballs
About a month ago I mentioned that I had to go see a podiatrist, and that he turned out to be uni-aware, which was nice. I had to see him …
He Shoots, He Score(board)s!
Click to enlarge Nowadays every stadium has a high-def color jumbotron. Back in the 1970s and ’80s, though, most ballparks had conventional one-color scoreboards that displayed dot-matrix images. An artist …