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 …
Category: Patches
The All-Time Weirdest Place to Put an Anniversary Patch
Click to enlarge The Northern Michigan University men’s hockey team (which has my favorite color scheme, don’tcha know) won the NCAA national championship in 1991. That means the 30th anniversary …
A Deep Dive on Blue Jackets Prototypes and Oddities
For all photos, click to enlarge Longtime Uni Watch reader/pal Teebz recently pointed me toward a website devoted to game-worn Blue Jackets jerseys. It’s run by a collector named Charles …
Kings, Knights Make Late-Breaking NHL Uni News
Click to enlarge The Kings yesterday confirmed a long-running series of reports, rumors, and leaks by officially unveiling their new alternate uniform. It’s basically a 1990s throwback, but with metallic …
A Look at MLB’s 2021 Roberto Clemente Day Uniforms
For all photos, click to enlarge Yesterday was Roberto Clemente Day across Major League Baseball. As you can see above, all Pirates players wore No. 21 — nothing new about …
A Uni Watch Look at the 2021 NFL Season Opener
For all photos, click to enlarge The most interesting thing about last night’s NFL season opener is that the Buccaneers chose not to wear a Super Bowl championship patch. That …
Urban Meyer Puts Stamp on Jags Uni with Silly Slogan
Click to enlarge Good morning! Are you ready for a big football day? Let’s start with this: The Jags yesterday announced that center Brandon Linder is the first player in …
Ewwww: MLB Umps to Start Wearing Ad Patches in July
For all images, click to enlarge Welcome back to Ump Watch, where we continue to cover the wide world of umpiring attire. Sadly, the latest news on that front is …
A Close Look at MLB’s First-Ever Lou Gehrig Day
For all photos, click to enlarge Yesterday was Lou Gehrig Day across Major League Baseball. We’d known for a while that all teams would be wearing a jersey patch to …
C’mon, Blue: Umps Perplex Again with New Patch Mystery
For all images, click to enlarge Good morning and welcome back to Ump Patch Watch, the website where we cover the exciting and wide-ranging world of Major League Baseball umpires’ …
EXCLUSIVE: MLB Umps Make Unprecedented Uni Adjustment
For all image, click to enlarge Sometimes I’ll spot something while watching a game — something small, something seemingly inconsequential — that sends me down a deep, deep rabbit hole …
49ers Release 75th-Anniversary Patch
NFL teams usually make uni-related announcements during the run-up to the draft. We saw the start of that with last week’s Bengals uniform unveiling, and we have a bit more …
A Uni Watch Look at 2021’s Jackie Robinson Day
Click to enlarge Mild hilarity yesterday in Chicago, as the White Sox and Cleveland emptied their benches and bullpens for some on-field pushing and shoving, resulting in the very entertaining …
Late-Breaking MLB Uni News, Just in Time for Opening Day
This season, we tip our caps #For44 and #ForKnucksie 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/CIAqoqh3jH — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) March 31, 2021 Good morning! Today is April 1, so I want to begin by …
Play Ball! Spring Training Games Provide Lots of Uni Observations
Click to enlarge Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be safe and well. MLB spring training games got under way yesterday, and we …