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Month: April 2010

There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 11

Every time I think we’ve hit the bottom of the wire service barrel, a new batch of great material appears on eBay. My continued thanks to Mike Hersh and Larry …

‘Now pitching, number 38 — or is it 30?’

Weird scene at Shea the other day, as Dodgers reliever Ramon Troncoso entered the first game of Tuesday’s twin bill with a piece of tape on his uni number — …

New Trends in Office Decor

[Editor’s Note: Greg Allred, shown above, is the guy behind this site, which is devoted to the Birmingham Americans and Birgmingham Vulcans, both of the old WFL. He’s also accumulated …

A New Name Game

I recently got a note from Anil Adyanthaya, who pointed out that Adam Foote’s name is represented twice on his jersey — first on his NOB, and then on the …

Great Moments in Swiss-tory

Got an interesting note the other day from reader Zac Neubauer, as follows: My sister lives in Geneva, Switzerland, which got me thinking about what kinds of sport archives that …

Doing It Right, Chicago Style

By Phil Hecken In a week that has seen several new uniform introductions, as well as the first wearing of another, the Chicago Bears have chosen to save the best …

BFBS PT. II

By Phil Hecken, with James Huening In a wonderful bit of serendipitous timing, the Arizona Cardinals broke some 100+ years of history on Thursday, introducing a black jersey and new …

There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 10

As we delve into yet another round of fantastic wire service photos, let’s take a second to acknowledge all the great photographers who took these shots, along with all the …

Chief Wahoo Has No Comment

There’s an old episode of This American Life in which a guy descended from Native Americans talks about the stories his grandfather used to tell. “He say, ‘All this land …

Uni Watch Profiles: Frank Pupello

I got an e-mail the other day from someone informing me of an error in the the Uni Watch Glossary. He said I needed to change the entry for “Pupello …

Uni Watch Film Library: King of the Hill

Reader Roger Faso recently tipped me off to something really wonderful: a 1974 Canadian documentary called King of the Hill, which follows Ferguson Jenkins and the Chicago Cubs through the …

A Different Vault to Explore

A few weeks ago I featured some David Boss photos from the U.S. Presswire archives, but I didn’t spend much time exploring the rest of the U.S. Presswire database. Fortunately, …

BFBS…PT I

By Phil Hecken, with James Huening “Black For Black’s Sake” — or BFBS — it’s the second entry in the Uni Watch Glossary. It’s defined in there as “a reference …

Did The Uni Make Them Better?

By Phil Hecken Some interesting thoughts popped up in the comments section this week, specifically regarding how we remember our favorite team’s uniforms. Even more specifically, several questions were raised …

Yanks Hold Annual ‘Dress Like Mariano Rivera’ Day

As usual, the best part of Jackie Robinson Day was hearing all the broadcasters going out of their minds because they couldn’t tell the players apart (“The Rockies have a …