Got a note the other day from Robert Harvell, the auction director at GUU Auctions. “Over the years I’ve collected vintage football photos, circa 1950-1970, from every corner of the net (and from mags, DVDs, newspaper clippings, etc.),” he wrote. “All told, these photos currently total around 80,000-100,000 and reside on my hard . . . → Read More: The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 1
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As we all know, MLB teams aren’t very good when it comes to logo consistency. Among the problems: The Tigers use two very distinct “D” letterforms on their cap and their jersey; until recently the A’s used different logos on their caps and helmets (a practice that stopped as a direct result of . . . → Read More: Consistently Inconsistent Yes, the baserunner is wearing one black sock and one gold. And it’s not just him — the school in question is the Carver School of Engineering and Science in Philadelphia, and their whole team dresses that way (lots of additional photos here and here, all courtesy of reader Zane Tuck). I think . . . → Read More: High-Cuffery: Not Always Such a Great Idea After All The Eagles made it official yesterday: They’ll be wearing kelly green 1960 throwbacks for their season opener against the Packers. Not much to dislike here — the helmet looks good, they’re going with striped socks, and even the Reebok logo looks better when rendered in kelly green. Well done. A few notes: • . . . → Read More: Such a Nice Design, Even Joe Skiba Likes It A few weeks ago I asked baseball players who wear their pants low-cuffed to tell me why they do so. I got a ton of interesting responses, but none more surprising than the one that came from our own resident scholar and sock stripe stickler, Rick “Ricko” Pearson, who I never would’ve figured . . . → Read More: The Devil in My Own Back Yard By Phil Hecken One of my great pleasures in serving at Paul’s Bench Coach is getting to meet (either in person or through the magic of the Interwebs) many of UW’s fantastic contributors, many of whom either assist me with my weekend duties, or who provide either a “graphic” or a tweak or . . . → Read More: Going Green xo Blue  111 comments - (Comments are closed)  Collectibles/Memorabilia, Equipment/Accessories, Facemasks/Visors, Helmets, History, NFL, Patches, Uni Watch Profiles interview series By Phil Hecken, with Giancarlo A couple weeks ago, in the comments section, reader Giancarlo raised an extremely germane comment/suggestion/question; to wit: What teams got their uniform exactly right from their inception, so much so that every subesquent uniform iteration that followed has failed to replicate the superior first effort for that team. . . . → Read More: Getting It Right The First Time |
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