Category: Negro Leagues

Embed from Getty Images By Phil Hecken, with Chance Michaels Follow @PhilHecken As you guys probably know, I love throwbacks. I love Negro League throwback/tribute games even more. There are …

Embed from Getty Images The Royals held one of their Negro League throwback promotions yesterday (they do a fair amount of those, because the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is in …

Many of you may be aware of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. But you might not know about the Negro Southern League Museum, which is in Birmingham, …

Here come your 1984 Seattle Mariners! #AnythingCanHappen #Mariners84 pic.twitter.com/ND8QYVGFh3 — Mariners (@Mariners) June 26, 2016 By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Fans of throwback uniforms were in for a triple-treat yesterday, …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Yesterday, the Cleveland Indians hosted the Kansas City Royals, and both teams threwback to the 1970s, with the Tribe wearing their blue “caveman” top and …

By Phil Hecken Last night, the Houston Astros — playing as the “Houston Eagles” — and the Baltimore Orioles (playing as the Baltimore Elite Giants), engaged in the annual Civil …

By Phil Hecken Yesterday we were treated to TWO special throwback games — the Houston Astros and host Seattle Mariners turned the clock back thirty-five years, to that magical year …

Big MLB throwback day yesterday, as four teams turned back the clock. First up was the Cubs/Brewers game at Wrigley, which found the Cubbies wearing their 1937 unis. As you …

By Phil Hecken The “Timelessly Representing” series has proven quite popular. This week we have the NBA, and we’re going to begin with the NBA Eastern Division. The concept of …

By Phil Hecken If there is one thing the Milwaukee Brewers are famous for this season, it’s keeping the fans entertained with a dizzying array of uniforms and jerseys. In …

By Phil Hecken For the past couple weekends, I’d been telling you that one of the fantastic colorizers, Gary Chanko, had sent me a piece that is simply too good …

By Phil Hecken It’s been a big past few days in the uni-verse, so much so that there are really three big stories on the front burner today. They’re all …

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken I had planned on a mellow column for today, it being the holiest of holy days (Masters Sunday, dontcha know), but earlier this week …

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. …

By Phil Hecken I love Negro League throwback games — not only because Majestic apparently doesn’t make the uniforms, thereby ensuring they will likely be done well — and not …