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By John Ekdahl So, today’s the day. Players can still be traded in August by passing through waivers, but 4 PM EDT today is officially the Major League Baseball trading deadline. As a long time Yankees fan, July 31st has become something of a grown up Christmas Day morning in recent years (although . . . → Read More: Same Faces, New Uniforms As you’ve probably noticed via the ad just to the left of this text, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running their annual Basketball Hall of Fame induction auction. I always look forward to this sale because, as I’ve been pointing out lately, basketball is by far the worst-documented of the major . . . → Read More: Auction Action Got a package in the mail yesterday from A’s equipment manager Steve Vucinich. Inside was the nameplate you see above, which clocks in at 16 letters — that’s two letters longer than Salty (and, as you can see, a few inches longer than Tucker). The player in question was Eric Stuckenschneider, a Dodgers . . . → Read More: Sweet 16 When it comes to invasive species, things like kudzu and the Asian carp have nothing on the baseball cap, which has expanded far, far beyond its natural habitat. I could riff on all the ways in which the baseball cap has been culturally ubiquitous around the globe, but I already did that in . . . → Read More: In Which the Casual Friday-ization of the Entire Freakin’ World Reaches Its Logical Conclusion Robert Harvell’s photo archive continues to be a bottomless source of gridiron goodness. Here’s the latest batch from his collection: • A wordmark on the sleeve is never a good idea. • Ah, but how about a wordmark on the shoulders? Not sure I’ve ever seen that before. • Something else I don’t . . . → Read More: The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 6 Bigtime jersey snafu at the start of the final Tour de France stage yesterday, as Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team planned to wear black jerseys, all with the number 28, as a tribute to the 28 million people living with cancer. But Tour officials were not amused and insisted that the cyclists wear their . . . → Read More: Lance Gets Lanced By Phil Hecken, with Comrade Robert Marshall You have been asking about this one for a while, and now it’s here. Time to hear from Comrade Robert Marshall who, amongst all his other Revolutionary Stirrup Party duties, is here to bring us the results from the “Design A Stirrup” contest. To refresh, the . . . → Read More: It’s A Rup-a-licous Day at Uni Watch By Phil Hecken A short while ago, we looked at the first seven American League teams were they to try “monochrome”. A couple of them, maybe, might be worth pursuing, should teams wish to pursue such a sartorial statement. Shortly after that article appeared, reader Chris Powers sent me a few of . . . → Read More: Monochrome in Baseball, Part IV |
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