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Category: Uniforms in Movies/Advertising/Etc.

…But I Know What I Like

If you’re a regular reader of this site, I’d say there’s a pretty good chance that you used to doodle uniforms or at least logos in the margins of your …

Pete, Julie, and Linc

[Editor’s Note: Eriq Jaffe is one of several Uni Watch readers who specialize in modifying (or simply “modding”) the uniforms on their video games. I’m not a gamer myself, but …

55 Sullivan Place

HBO’s Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts Of Flatbush debuted last Wednesday, but I was in St. Louis at the time and didn’t get around to seeing it until Saturday. Aside from …

Gateway City Report

Tuesday was a very good day. I arrived in St. Louis at about 9:40 a.m. and headed straight for Liebe Athletic Lettering. This was just a “getting acquainted” visit, so …

Matches, Lighter Fluid, Uniform, Marshmallows? Check, Check, Check, and Check.

By Vince Grzegorek By now most of you have probably heard about Scott Proctor’s equipment bonfire after Saturday night’s game at Yankee Stadium. (In a world of cell phone cameras, …

Dwarf Stars

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: In Monday’s Ticker I mentioned the Florida State League All-Star Game, where players wore generic all-star unis instead of their regular …

Couldn’t They Have Given the Players Some Sleeves?

I don’t tend to think much about football in June, but that changed the other day when I got a great note from reader J.R. Gain, who checked in with …

Clothing Swap

I had a houseguest over the weekend and barely touched my computer, so I’m a day late in covering the details of the weekend’s big uni-related story. With apologies to …

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Uniforms

For years — long before I came up with the idea for Uni Watch — my favorite spot at the Baseball Hall of Fame was the third floor, where they …

Uni Watch Grab Bag

Coupla things I’ve been meaning to get to, all of them slightly bigger than typical Ticker fare but not quite weighty enough to merit full-scale blog entries of their own. …

Initialize This

Last Tuesday I had a small Ticker item about how the old Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA used to put first intials. in addition to last names, on the back …

A Little Squirrelly

As most of you are aware, the big news in the uni world is that the Braves finally called up Jarrod Saltalamacchia yesterday, which means the MLB record for most …

Curling Irony

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: One of the highlights of my recent trip to San Francisco was seeing my good friends and Uni Watch ukulele masters …

Leadership

A few disclaimers to start off the year: First, I watched exactly zero football over the holiday weekend, so you’ll have to forgive me if I missed a few things. …

Dead Presidents (Or, NYC to Ford: Drop Dead Nice Uni!)

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Recognize that kid with the golf clubs and the letter sweater? It’s 13-year-old Gerald Ford, in front of his childhood home …