Category: Throwbacks

By Phil Hecken, with fond recollections by Rick Pearson Welcome to 2011 everyone. Let’s hope it’s a great year for all. New Year’s Day is traditionally one of the greatest …

Last month I did an entry about old-timey baseball sweaters, in which I wrote, “I love these old sweaters and wish they’d make a comeback (or at least get a …

The Packers’ 1929 throwbacks — first announced way back in March — finally saw their first game action yesterday. Has there ever been a longer gap between unveiling and on-field …

By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson & Scott Rogers There has been some recent discussion in the comments about throwbacks, and more specifically, teams who throwback to the uniform of …

By Phil Hecken With all the recent activity surrounding the Pittsburgh Pirates and their “Bumblebee” period (1977 through 1984), from the recent mention of Jerry Reuss’ blog, to Paul’s upcoming …

By Phil Hecken Yesterday, the Baltimore Indianapolis Colts announced they will be wearing a throwback for 2010. This in and of itself is not notable — lots of teams throwback. …

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were an unusually busy time in the uni-verse. Here’s a rundown: ITEM! More Warriors-osity: We had previously seen a mock-up of what the new jersey would …

By Phil Hecken, with Jim Vilk Here on Uni Watch, we often kid Jim Vilk on his lack of fashion sense and general and unwavering ability to make bad jerseys …

By Phil Hecken When we discuss baseball uniform history, occasionally the subject comes around to “monochrome” which, for lack of a better term, is a non-white or gray-based uniform, in …

By Phil Hecken, with Mike Styczen Back today with one of our friends from north of the border, Mike Styczen, who, amongst many other talents, serves at the de facto …

By Phil Hecken As you are all aware, or should be by now, last week the Philadelphia Eagles became the third team to unveil a “throwback alternate.” Paul already covered …

The Eagles made it official yesterday: They’ll be wearing kelly green 1960 throwbacks for their season opener against the Packers. Not much to dislike here — the helmet looks good, …

By Phil Hecken In a week that has seen several new uniform introductions, as well as the first wearing of another, the Chicago Bears have chosen to save the best …

As usual, the best part of Jackie Robinson Day was hearing all the broadcasters going out of their minds because they couldn’t tell the players apart (“The Rockies have a …