. I told you it’d be a doozy. It’s not exactly a secret that I love stripes, so it’s probably no surprise to most of you that I totally dig …
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Monday Morning Uni Watch
Yesterday was the day we honored the centennial of the Titanic’s sinking by wearing Ron Hodges’s uniform number, which turned out to be such a stirring tribute that the IRS …
Simply the Best (Dressed)
By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson After a few weeks of contentiousness (in a good way, I think) in the comments section, due to such topics as the renaming of …
Magic Number Now Down to 162
. As you can see above, the Mets looked resplendent yesterday in their new black-free attire. I couldn’t have been happier. Here are some other uni-notable observations from yesterday’s MLB …
My Team’s Tied for First, How About Yours?
Today is Opening Day — the real Opening Day, not that Japanese thing from last week or that post-sundown thing from last night. And in honor of this national holiday …
TimE to Get Away
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken It’s been about a month since we last heard from Tim E. O’Brien sorry it couldn’t have been longer but you know, you just …
Play Ball … and Pass the Cinnamon Roll
. Don’t look now, but it’s Opening Day. Not the real Opening Day — that’s next week. This morning is Opening Day in Japan. The real Opening Day is all …
What Might Have Been
Click to enlarge Here’s an unusual sight: Dick Williams in a Yankees uniform! How did that happen? Wikipedia’s entry on Williams provides the answer: Williams had a surprise for [A’s …
The Re-Name Game: Let’s Go
By Phil Hecken It’s time for the next Uni Watch design-a-uni (and logo) contest. We’ll get to the rules in a second, but if you happened to miss the beginning, …
Would You Wear It on Your Hat? Would You Wear It While Up at Bat?
Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day, otherwise known as the one uni-notable day of spring training. Here’s what MLB teams wore, in roughly descending order of how much effort they expended …
The Re-Name Game
By Phil Hecken We’re ready for the next Uni Watch design contest, and this one is a little different than all the past contests — we’ll be doing more than …
Uni Watch DIY Project: The Star(s) Treatment
Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Tom Qualls (that’s him above; no relation to Jimmy, I hope), who recently DIY’d himself an excellent St. …
I Need to Be Shoveling Off Now
Every so often somebody will send me a link to one of those places that sell MLB-themed burial caskets and/or urns. I never run them, because it’s old news — …
Rites of Spring
By Phil Hecken Now that Spring Training is in full bloom, we can take a quick look at the Cactus & Grapefruit leagues and see what’s new and what is …
Does Jerry Dior Know About This?
I’m generally fine with tattoos — I have two of them myself, and I’m pondering another one — but for some reason I prefer not to see them on the …