Derek Lowe is scheduled to pitch tonight for the Dodgers. I’d been looking forward to this, because several readers reported over the weekend that Lowe was spotted in the dugout …
Category: Patches
Ties That Bind
Twenty-odd years ago, before he reinvented himself as the indie-rock act called Smog, Bill Callahan published a cool little fanzine called Disaster. In 1986, while reviewing an LP by the …
Tough Day for the Ice Cream Vendor
With all these crazy cold-weather games that have been going on, I’ve found myself wondering, “Who the hell would go to a ballgame under these conditions?” I mean, I can …
And Life Once Again Has Meaning
Man, is there anything better than an entire day and night filled with nothing but baseball? It’s like a gift from the gods, I tells ya. And look what we …
One Down, 161 to Go
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: There’s something fucked up about Opening “Day” taking place on Sunday night. ESPN’s Sunday-evening season opener isn’t a new phenomenon, natch, …
Gimme Fives
We all know about the Negro Leagues. But what you might not know about — or at least I didn’t until reader Jordan Woodson recently brought it to my attention, …
Patchwork
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Got an interesting note the other day from reader Steve Shanabruch: “Check out these football and baseball patches that my digital …
Patch Job
As most of you know, I don’t collect jerseys, caps, or anything like that. If I were going to go down that road, I’d probably focus on jersey patches — …
I Have a Dream … Of a Really Boring Uniform
Unless you were paying very close attention to the fine print, you may have missed a small news item that came out of the baseball GMs’ winter meetings last December: …
Insert Huge Sigh of Relief Here
As we look forward to what should be a very aesthetically pleasing Super Bowl, let’s all chip in and send a muffin basket or something to the Bears, as a …
And He Always Flew Coach, Too
New ESPN column today. I’ll add the link when it goes live. [Update: No ESPN column today after all. It’ll run next week.] Meanwhile: As I noted at the end …
Uni Watch Book Club
As I recently mentioned in another post, a lot of our knowledge, if you can call it that, of early uniforms is based more on templates and illustrations than on …
Finally, Something That Passes the ‘Is It Good or Is It Stupid?’ Test
We’ve had a lot of chatter in the Comments section lately about the use of Native American imagery on uniforms and logos. So it felt like a nice coincidence the …
Why Didn’t Bill Veeck Think of This?
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Tired of looking at the scoreboard? Think Oregon’s football uniforms are too sedate? Easily and happily distracted by shiny objects? Have …
Flock Market
Two weeks ago, while writing about the amazing Vintage Card Traders site, I mentioned the old flocked helmets that the Pirates used to wear. That prompted a note from reader …