The Nationals, like every other MLB team, participated in the Jackie Robinson 42fest on April 15th. In fact, they were one of the clubs that dressed the entire team in …
Category: Team Colors
Because Some Exhibition Games Are More Exhibitionistic Than Others
The Yankees played an exhibition game up at Virginia Tech yesterday, and there were lots of uni-related oddities. Dig: • Both teams wore their home pinstripes. This reminds me of …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
For most of my life, I feel like color schemes have pretty much made sense. There are color combos I really like, like green/gold/maroon, and ones that I don’t like, …
Red Menace
Many of you have made it abundantly clear in recent months that you don’t like to mix sports with politics. To which I can only say, be glad you don’t …
And Look, There’s a Young Marge Schott in the Front Row
A couple of Sunday nights ago at about 10 p.m., someone posted a comment that read, “Women’s Nazi Hockey Team.” It linked to the photo shown at right (here’s a …
Or as Chad Johnson Would Put It, León Negro
Aside from conference logos and the like, it’s not often that you see two players on different teams wearing the same jersey patch. But that’s the case with Kansas State’s …
Switching to a Completely Predictable Color Scheme Is the New Black
Jerry Glanville has always been such a blowhard. The whole “Man in Black” thing, leaving a ticket for Elvis, driving a replica of James Dean’s car — a shtick as …
Uni Watch Midwestern Road Trip Report
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Uni Watch readers are the best. How great is it that I can show up in a city and get to meet …
And You Thought the Cool-Flo Looked Weird
The e-mails started coming in on Tuesday evening — not a ton of them, but a steady trickle, all from readers who said something like this: “I’m watching the Georgia …
Sweden on the Delaware
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: When NFL teams go the throwback route, the retro uniform usually includes at least some of the colors from the team’s …
Portrait of the Artist as a Young TV Viewer
For last Thursday’s entry about team captains, I put a photo of Captain Kirk at the top of the page. It now occurs to me that the original Star Trek …
Very Tragic
There’s nothing new about a tragedy from the “real world” being commemorated on a sports uniform. Sometimes the gesture is confined to one team, like the Rockies wearing a “CHS” …
Ich Bin Ein 42er
Personally, I loved yesterday’s 42-athon. In a sports world that’s become way too scripted and predictable, it was a kick to see scenes like this, this, and this. And even …
Just Don’t Ask El Duque, ‘How Old Are You Now?’
I like birthdays. I think it’s cool that we each get a day that belongs to us, a day when the rest of the world owes us right of way. …
‘How Are They Gonna Know I’m a Hurricane?!’
As many of you have heard by now, Miami will have new football uniforms next season. Naturally, it’s premature to judge a set simply on the basis of an illustration …