Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Reader Ignacio Salazar (that’s his ring-bejeweled finger shown above) attended the recent Domecoming event in Houston and put together a first-hand report. Enjoy. — PL] …
Category: Stadiums and Arenas
Meet David Resnik – Building Fields of Dreams
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken “If you build it…” I have a very special post today for you all. As you’re all probably aware, I spend a fair amount of …
Naming Wrongs 2.0 Officially Up and Running
About two weeks ago I announced that I’d soon be reactivating the long-dormant Naming Wrongs T-shirt project, which is devoted to pushing back against the corporate renaming of stadiums and …
The Return of Naming Wrongs
Click to enlarge As longtime readers may recall, back in 2009 I partnered with the apparel brand No Mas and the Brooklyn musician the Rev. Vince Anderson to create a …
A Visit to the National Ballpark Museum
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from longtime Uni Watch pal Rob Ullman — that’s him at right — who’s going to fill us in on a baseball …
A New Solution to an Old Problem
Click to enlarge When the Red Wings recently announced that their new arena would be named after a “pizza” chain, lots of people asked me if I’d be coming out …
Classic Stadium Scoreboards — By The Book
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken, with Gary Chanko Follow @PhilHecken As most of you fine readers are familiar, almost every Saturday for the past few years, I’ve run a …
A Look at the Rickwood Classic
The Rickwood Classic took place two days ago. For the uninitiated, the Classic is a Double-A baseball game that takes place each year at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field, which opened in …
A Tour of a Minor League Ballpark
[Editor’s Note: Phil and I are both indisposed, so today we have a guest entry from Joe Reimers, who has some interesting behind-the-scenes observations from a minor league ballpark. I’m …
Geezer British Oldies Act Pretends to Know Something About American Sports Uniforms
Interesting mix of sports design and music design yesterday, as the Rolling Stones announced a 15-city North American tour and promoted it by adapting their familiar lips-and-tongue logo to include …
Uni Watch Profiles: Jordi Kodrinsky, NBA Court Artist
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a piece from intern Mike Chamernik, who recently interviewed an NBA fan with a great online project. ”” PL] By Mike Chamernik About a year …
Field of Jeans®
By Phil Hecken I have a very special guest post today from Mr. Collector’s Corner — Brinke Guthrie — who received a very special tour while attending the official “Grand …
In the Strangest of Places, If You Look at it Right
Click to Enlarge – Photo by Kelly Gavin By Phil Hecken As we prepare to begin the MLB Season begin the portion of the National Pastime that begins in the …
Baseball Cathedrals, Volume II
By Phil Hecken And now, for Volume II of “Baseball Cathedrals,” which details the wonderful twitter account (@MLBCathedrals) maintained by Mark Anderson. If you missed the first part, please click …
Baseball Cathedrals, Vol. I
By Phil Hecken Several months ago, in the comments, a reader whom I can’t remember mentioned that @MLBCathedrals would be a great Twitter account to follow. I think, at the …