By Phil Hecken OK. On to day two of the Uni Tracking Extravaganza. If you missed part one — it’s here. Lots to get to today, so we’ll start right …
Month: May 2009
Tracking The Unis, Part I
By Phil Hecken Welcome to the first part of the first edition of “Tracking The Unis,” an undertaking of many Uni Watching baseball fans. What began as a “suggestion” in …
A Catalog of Catalogs
Been a while since I played show-and-tell with my library of vintage uniform and equipment catalogs, and I’ve acquired some interesting new additions to the collection since then. Here’s a …
Daniel Murphy, All Is Forgiven
There were at least five people at last night’s Mets/Nats game wearing “I’m Calling It Shea” T-shirts, and two of them are shown above. And there may soon be many …
A League of Their Own
Got a note the other day from reader Patrick Ryan. “I know you like the old Milwaukee Bucks logo,” he wrote. “But have you ever seen this?” I most certainly …
Save the Gifts Until We Hit the Precious Metals
Ten years ago today, the very first Uni Watch column was published in The Village Voice (if you want to read it, here’s a larger version). It was essentially the …
In Case You’re Wondering…
Some of you have been e-mailing me to say that you’re getting “malware warning” messages when you visit the site today. The first and most important thing to know is …
Jordan Reveals Longstanding Dream of Playing Hockey
Tired of those unsightly Reebok logos on NHL jerseys? So is Michael Jordan! In fact, we could probably eliminate the Reebok mark from the NHL altogether if we just cloned …
Le Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkey French Open
By Phil Hecken, with doubles partner Brinke Guthrie Last week I threatened promised you I’d be back with my doubles partner, UW West Coast Correspondent Brinke Guthrie, who’ll be joining …
MLB Honors The Fallen With Nifty Red Caps
By Phil Hecken, Rick Pearson & Mike Engle [Please note: A majority of this post was composed before Paul posted a ticker link to the red caps this past Wednesday, …
Build Your Own League; Hell, Build Your Own World
I know a few of you aren’t in love with these homemade logos and uni designs from various readers’ adolescence, but I totally dig them and plan to keep running …
The Sport of King(pin)s
Back in 1998 I began writing a travel column for Money magazine, called “Lost in America,” and one of the first columns I wrote was about regional bowling subcultures scattered …
Tickets … Tickets, Please …
As you may recall, back in late March I wrote about this 1954 catalog of grocery signage. Around that same time I met Angela Riechers, a designer and art director …
Uni Watch DIY Project: The Steelers Go Albino
[Editor’s Note: DIYer Ryan Connelly returns today with a pair of excellent Pittsburgh-themed projects. Enjoy. — PL] By Ryan Connelly This is the pride and joy of all of my …
Patriot Games
Last month I posted this entry about the origins of the Patriots’ first uni design. That entry featured the text of a letter from Pats owner Billy Sullivan to fan/designer …