Click to enlarge On May 20, 1964, a Cardinals fan named Keith Eickenhorst attended this ballgame — a complete-game shutout by Bob Gibson — and apparently caught a ball in …
Category: MLB
Think Pink: Nats, Wiz Unveil Cherry Blossom–Themed Alternates
Click to enlarge In an unusual cross-sport move, two of Washington’s pro sports teams — the Nationals and the Wizards — took advantage of the city’s annual cherry blossom season, …
Can’t Make It Up: MLB Exec Compares Fans Wearing Team Colors to a Cat Pooping
Click to enlarge If you live in Kansas City, or if you’ve ever been there during football season, you know that people routinely wear red on Fridays to support the …
Report: No MLB Uni Ads in 2022 Regular Season After All!
Ever since the new MLB labor deal was reached two weeks ago, I’ve been trying to get info on the new uni ad program that’s part of the collective bargaining …
Are Some Uni Ads ‘Better’ Than Others?
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Sunday morning, Uni Watch readers! Spring starts today (at 11:33 EDT in fact), which means our founder’s birthday is tomorrow (more on that below). …
Have You Ever Been ‘Uni-Surprised’?
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Sunday Morning, Uni Watchers — I hope everyone had a good Saturday. Today is technically the shortest day of the year for most of …
10 Ways the New Labor Deal Will Affect MLB Uniforms
As I’m sure you know by now, the MLB lockout is over. Teams are now free to sign free agents, players will be at their respective spring training camps by …
Leaked Socks (!) Hint at New MLB City Connect Unis
Good morning! Today I want to expand upon an item that Phil had in yesterday’s Ticker: the apparent leak of the Rockies’ and Padres’ City Connect socks. A quick refresher …
Beauty of a Sleuth: IDing the Ebbets Field Souvenirs
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Greetings fellow Uni Watchers, and a good Saturday morning to all. I hope everyone has had a good week and you’re all staying safe and …
What Does the Collapse of Labor Talks Mean for MLB Uni Ads?
As I’m sure you all know by now, the MLB season will not start on time, as the ongoing labor impasse yesterday led MLB commish Rob Manfred to cancel each …
1970s-80s Orioles Had a Weird Uni Inconsistency
For all photos, click to enlarge Good morning, and happy last day of February! Hope you all had a good weekend. Now then: People often forget that Reggie Jackson played …
As MLB Owners and Union Behave Like Spoiled Children, Uni Ads Become Bargaining Chip
As the negotiations between MLB owners and players have progressed recently, one thing that’s been taken pretty much as a given is that the new collective bargaining agreement, whenever it …
A Treasure Trove of 1950s Milwaukee Braves Images
I recently stumbled upon something really fun on Amazon Prime: two hours of Milwaukee Braves promotional footage from 1953, ’54, and ’55 — the team’s first three seasons after moving …
Astros Unveil 60th-Anniversary — er, ‘60 Years’ — Patch
For all images, click to enlarge The lockout has put a serious damper on MLB uni news, but the Astros got things cooking yesterday by unveiling a 60th-anniversary logo. As …
Reading the Tea Leaves: Angels Planning Throwbacks?
Click to enlarge MLB uni news has mostly been on pause due to the lockout, but GQ magazine may have given us a hint with its current cover photo of …