By Phil Hecken Last year, I took a decidedly cynical view of the “alternate cap” gimmick employed by MLB. My feelings on the matter haven’t changed over the past year, …
Month: May 2010
If you build it…
By Phil Hecken, with Jim Vilk Here on Uni Watch, we often kid Jim Vilk on his lack of fashion sense and general and unwavering ability to make bad jerseys …
Worst Uniform Combo Ever?
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening Worst Uni Ever? Been there done that. But, recently Jimbo and I were trading E-mails and we came upon one of those “worst uni” …
For those who “Get It”TM
By Phil Hecken As I wind down a week filling in for Paul, I wanted to take a moment to express my thanks to all the great Uni Watch readers …
Monochrome In Baseball, Part I
By Phil Hecken When we discuss baseball uniform history, occasionally the subject comes around to “monochrome” which, for lack of a better term, is a non-white or gray-based uniform, in …
Oh Danny…World Cup Edition
By Phil Hecken, featuring the Design Genius of Danny Finocchio I’m back with a very special treat for you all today. You guys will recall a post from a few …
And If You Get a Flat in the Parking Lot, They Can Change It for You Really Fast
Paul’s obviously still in Scotland, but he wanted me to run the following column this week. I’ll be back with a very special Benchies and the ticker below. Cheers. — …
Fields of (not-quite) Dreams, North of the Border
By Phil Hecken, with Mike Styczen A few months back, I ran a weekend column on old-time ball parks, all of which are long gone now, and the reaction to …
Seeing Red
By Phil Hecken` Quick — how many teams in the major leagues wear a red alternate jersey? Not sure? Give a guess… If you look quickly at the graphic above, …
BFBS IV: Your Thoughts
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening We’re just about done beating the Black For Black’s Sake horse, but not without one last column. If by some slim chance you missed …
Label Me This
Is that a magnificent clothing label or what? The typography, the little horse racing vignette, the composition. It’s all the more impressive when you take a closer look and see …
A Blog That’s a True Work of Art
Pretty funny illustration, right? It was done by a guy named Joe Petruccio, and it’s from a new blog he started producing last month. The concept is simple: After each …
Form Follows Dysfunction
Reader Sean Robbins just alerted me to some weird stuff that went down two nights ago in San Diego, and it relates to something that came up in my ESPN …
Cue the ‘Chariots of Fire’ Theme
The Kansas Relays were held a few weeks ago Lawrence, maintaining a track and field tradition that began in 1923. The program cover design that first year was nothing special, …
The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 2
Back with another great set of football photos from Robert Harvell’s collection (if you missed the first installment, look here). Most of the ones in this batch are facemask- and …