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Another great batch, mostly courtesy of Mike Hersh, who by this point deserves a silver-plated teletype machine for his efforts. Here we go: • Here’s Mr. May, as the Boss liked to call him, in his college days. Note the basketball-style centered uni number. I also like how the caption lists him as . . . → Read More: There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 14 By Phil Hecken, with Comrade Robert Marshall This post has been a long time in the making, and it almost didn’t make it to the board today, but it’s a good one: “Design A Stirrup: The Contest.” As most of you know, the head of the Stirrvp Revolution Party, our own Comrade . . . → Read More: And for our next contest… By Phil Hecken, with UW Pollster, James Huening A couple weekends ago, James T. Huening and I suggested a number of worst uniform combinations in the history of sport, and asked you for your suggestions for those we may have missed. You came through with flying colors, no pun intended. Today, we’re back . . . → Read More: Worst Uni Combo…Time To Vote Time for another batch of awesome football photos from Robert Harvell’s archives. Last time around we focused on helmets and facemasks, but this bunch is all over the the lot. Enjoy. • Never would’ve guessed that the ushers in Tiger Stadium would wear so much green. • That’s Paul Brown. Not sure of . . . → Read More: The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 3 Perhaps you have noticed, as I have, that the Tickers have been really short since I got back from vacation. Maybe you thought I was being a lot pickier about which items made the cut. Maybe you thought I had just gotten too lazy to bother with the Ticker. Maybe you thought all . . . → Read More: You Know What’s Really Stupid? Me. While I was in Scotland a few weeks ago, this article ran in the New York Times. It included the following quote from Derek Jeter, recalling his early days in the Yankees’ minor league system: “There were always a lot of rules. No facial hair. We had to have our pants bloused.” That . . . → Read More: A Star Is Born Two years ago I showcased Mark Penxa and his beautiful series of “Stealing Signs” baseball watercolors. Now he’s created a hockey version of “Stealing Signs,” and as you can see above, he hasn’t lost his touch. I was going to write about Mark’s new project, but it occurred to me that it . . . → Read More: Stolen Signs, Recovered Memories Several Pirates players have been growing moustaches lately, but Ronny Cedeno cheated yesterday, giving himself an eye-black ’stache. It’s not clear if this was an early indication of Bryce Harper‘s influence on the diamond, or if Cedeno was simply trying to channel Bobby V. Either way, I don’t think Goose Gossage’s place atop . . . → Read More: Stiff Upper Lip,  172 comments - (Comments are closed)  Eye Black, Nail Polish, Etc., Facial Hair, Tattoos, Etc., General, MLB |
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