Vince here. Last year, Andrew Ranck documented his experience at the Devil Rays game at Disney for the Uni Watch faithful. The other day, I received a missive from Andrew …
Month: April 2008
Carlos Guillen To Climber: Where’d You Get That Suit?
By Bryan Redemske Regular weekend readers know how much I like to pick on Carlos Guillen. It’s not that the huge dip and baggy pants aren’t ridiculous in their own …
Day One Without Paul: All Good
First things first: Paul has a new Page 2 column here. As daunting as it is to be handed the keys to Uni Watch with instructions that include “Don’t screw …
Uni Watch Profiles: Karen Hibbitt
Paul here. Bryan’s busy with a bike race today, so I’m on weekend duty for a change. And while I realize some of you are probably expecting an entry relating …
Trainwreck, or Just a Collision?
At some point in the last six months, weren’t we promised the banishment of those damn red Pirates jerseys? Seriously — wasn’t that a winter fan-fest sort of thing? Well …
Citrusy History Mystery
Last August, I published my “One and Done” column on ESPN.com, which was devoted to uniforms that were worn just a couple of times. My timeline of such uni designs …
Forty-Deuce Redux
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 …
You Say It’s Your Earth Day
MLB’s continuing drive to mark every single game with some sort of uniform tribute ventured into new territory last night, as a few teams trotted out the first-ever Earth Day …
Space Is the Place
Today’s entry isn’t quite uni-related, but it’s too good an inside story not to share. Dig: As you probably heard, the first pitch at last Wednesday’s Yankees/Bosox game was thrown …
Uni Watch Sock Drawer Project
As many of you know, I often play softball on Sunday afternoons, and I practice what I preach by wearing stirrups. For years I’ve been going with basic navy, because …
Punchlines
Calling me merely “not a boxing guy” doesn’t do justice to my lack of knowledge about the Sweet Science. I get why people dig it, but it’s just not for …
Friday. Toronto. Debacle.
There’s a longtime Royals fan in my office. He’s the kind of guy who has a Cooperstown Collection George Brett jersey — powder blue, of course — and hailed the …
L.A., as in Lingering Anderson
When you think of Sparky Anderson, you probably picture him being dressed one of two ways: as a Red or a Tiger. But Sparky wore lots of other uniforms prior …
Uni Watch Profiles: Ryan Muraro
How would you like to be a college undergrad and already have designed something that’ll be appearing in the Olympics? Or two things? That’s the case with Ryan Muraro, who, …
You Know My Name, Look Up The Number
By Bryan Redemske In 1997, marking the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut — and therefore the breaking of the color barrier — teams wore sleeve patches to mark …