New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: For months now people have been telling me to pick up a copy of The Football Book, part of a series …
Category: Pants
FNOB Revisited
A few weeks ago I ran an entry about players who’ve worn their full names on their jerseys (or FNOB, short for “full name on back”). That post prompted so …
Of Uniform Numbers — and Letters
The e-mails started arriving at Uni Watch HQ right after the end of Saturday’s Kentucky/LSU game. While the rest of the country was buzzing about Kentucky’s upset victory, Uni Watch …
Your Tax Dollars at Work
I could probably do an entire entry just on this photo. Where to begin? The upturned collar, the number on the sleeve, the vertical placket insignia, the amazing crest, the …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
I didn’t intend to use the same headline for the third consecutive Monday, but it’s not often that a simple mid-season NFL gameday offers as many uni-related observations as yesterday …
Uni Watch to NHL: Please Just Drop the Puck Already
Even as the NHL’s popularity and media profile have done their death spiral into the crapper, I’ve continued to treat hockey as the fourth major sport. But it’s getting harder …
Be Careful What You Wish For
Scott Turner and I took an upstate road trip last Thursday, capped off by a double-A ballgame between the Binghamton Mets and the New Britain Rock Cats. And therein lies …
Boy Wonder
Major developments in the batboy realm lately, as several readers have noted that Mets batboy Matt has recently started wearing stirrups. But Matt, whose full name is Matthew Harris, isn’t …
Uni Watch Profiles: Neil Jenney
The question of who does and doesn’t Get Itâ„¢ rarely comes up in my social circle. That’s because for better or worse (probably a bit of both), very few of …
Back to the Future
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: We all know about the futuristic uniforms that most MLB teams wore in 1999. You may also recall that about six …
Because It’s Never Too Early to Learn How to Do Things Right
Several people have contributed good info about the College World Series, but I’m gonna save that until tomorrow or Thursday. Today we’re going to look back a bit further than …
Paternity Case
As you can see, the ticket stub shown at right is from 34 years ago, almost to the day. That date happened to be Father’s Day, 1973 — a day …
Hiding in Plain Sight
By now we’re all familiar with the Padres occasionally breaking out the camouflage uniforms. No matter what you think of them (I know plenty of you feel pretty passionately on …
So This Zebra Walks into a Bar onto a Lacrosse Field
Got two interesting notes over the weekend, both of which call for reader input. The first came from Ryan Burns, as follows: I’m going to be president of my local …
Clothing Swap
I had a houseguest over the weekend and barely touched my computer, so I’m a day late in covering the details of the weekend’s big uni-related story. With apologies to …