Month: June 2007

The Giants are wearing small black patches bearing the phrase “Beck 47” in honor of former Giants pitcher Rod Beck, who passed away last week at the age of 38. …

Wednesday’s comments section featured a really great discussion about a 1981 contest sponsored by the White Sox, who invited fans to submit design proposals for the team’s 1982 uniforms. Some …

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Plus I also have a review of last night’s No Mas event on today’s Page 2 index page. Meanwhile: Great little uniform-related …

New ESPN column today. I’ll add the link when it goes live. tomorrow. Meanwhile: Great time last night, as Uni Watch auction consultant David Brown and I headed up to …

When Gerald Ford died last winter, I wrote a blog entry about U.S. presidents wearing various sports uniforms. But it turns out, unsurprisingly, that there are lots of additional photos …

We have a lot to cover today, boys and girls, beginning with the Capitals’ uniform unveiling, which took place on Friday evening. Although I couldn’t make it down for the …

Apparently this fan, seen getting the new Capitals’ logo tattooed on his neck during a draft party at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex, doesn’t agree with Paul about the pointed p …

The Padres wore their 1982 throwbacks last night in honor of Tony Gwynn’s major league debut. As goofy as they look, I’m a huge fan. Some minor observations: Maddux’s stirrups …

Man, talk about Getting Itâ„¢. The Bruins hit a home run, scored a hat trick, bowled a turkey, [insert next cliché here] with their new uniforms, which were unveiled yesterday. …

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 …

The College World Series is currently taking place in Omaha, which happens to be the home base of reader Bryan Redemske. Bryan’s a longtime Ticker contributor (he works at a …

Several people have contributed good info about the College World Series, but I’m gonna save that until tomorrow or Thursday. Today we’re going to look back a bit further than …

As you can see, the ticket stub shown at right is from 34 years ago, almost to the day. That date happened to be Father’s Day, 1973 — a day …

Either Marcus Giles thought that taking off his pants would help Bud Black win his argument, or he’s taking after his brother. Seriously, I love all the uniform readjustment that …

I just learned about netball yesterday. Apparently “GA” and “GS” and whatever are positions in the game, and players wear their designation on their uniforms. —Vince