Among the many annoying things in American politics these days, one of the most irksome is the lazy shorthand of “red states” vs. “blue states.” It’s a false dichotomy, since …
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Just Give Him a Gold Watch Already
Yesterday I noted that Paul Pierce had worn a “2” on his headband on Wednesday night, because that’s the number the Celtics have retired for Red Auerbach. (I mistakenly thought …
Division Series Roundup
There was some weird stuff going on in the various Division Series, and I’m not just talking about the Yankees going down so meekly. The biggest problem involved sleeves. For …
That Was the Year That Was
With MLB’s regular season now over, I think we can say with some degree of certainty that this has been the best year in baseball history — at least from …
Tag Play
If you go to Old Navy, or to J. Crew, or virtually anyplace that sells T-shirts, you’ll find that shirt manufacturers are switching to screened-on tags, instead of sewn-on. Hanes …
Humankind Not Doomed After All
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a new hosiery hero in our midst. That would be Brian Tallet of the Blue Jays, who …
Uni Watch Profiles: Joe Hilseberg
Back on April 10th, 2005, Miguel Tejada slid head-first into home plate at Yankee Stadium and emerged with the “1” on his jersey peeling off. He then ended up playing …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
We have a lot to cover this week, boys and girls, so let’s get started, beginning with some observations from Week 1 in the NFL: • Ronnie Brown and Chris …
Sugar, Sugar
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: I love historical uni oddities that we all missed the first time around but are now rediscovering, and reader Chris Ford …
Minor-ity Report
Spent yesterday up in Binghamton (accompanied by the estimable Mr. Bill Scanga, Vice President of Collections for the thoroughly wonderful City Reliquary), where I gorged on spiedies (see photo at …
One Flap Down
We have a lot of ground to cover today, kids, beginning with something you almost never see: the same uniform mistake made by two different players on consecutive days. The …
Punctuation Lesson (or: O Say Can You See That Apostrophe?)
First and foremost: Yes, I am aware that today’s post looks a little different. Not sure why, but we’re working on it and hope to have it fixed soon. New …
Garden State (Or: Seven the Hard Way)
Weird happenings involving Cubs second baseman Todd Walker during Friday’s Cubs/Cardinals game. He was wearing his usual No. 7 when he doubled in the bottom of the 4th, and he …
Cap Gun Gone
Royals closer Mike MacDougal had an interesting problem on Saturday night: His cap kept falling off, again and again — on six of the nine pitches he threw in his …
Dear Pedro: The Check Is in the Mail
With the Mets finally back home, it’s time to revisit our Pedro Martinez Relief Fund project. As you’ll recall, Pedro was recently fined $5000 for stretching his pant cuffs down …