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One of the gentlemen pictured above was credited with the save in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. The other gentleman was named the game’s MVP (which apparently stands for “Massively Vexatious Pajamas”). Both looked like they were ready for a bedtime story, not a ballgame. Such is the current state of MLB pants. I . . . → Read More: How Could Anyone Possibly Think This Looks Good? The big news at last night’s MLB All-Star Game was that many of the players — more than half, I’d say — were test-driving Rawlings’ latest version of the S100 helmet. Francisco Cervelli’s been wearing this slightly slimmer edition of the Gazoo for a few weeks now, but this was its coming-out party, . . . → Read More: Coming Next Year: Fuschia Footwear Yanks just issued the following press release: To commemorate the lives and recognize the passings of former Principal Owner / Chairperson George M. Steinbrenner III and longtime Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard, the Yankees will don uniform patches for the remainder of the season, beginning with Friday’s game vs. Tampa Bay at . . . → Read More: Well, That Didn’t Take Long Been a little while since we checked in with Robert Harvell and his amazing archive of football imagery. Some real doozies this time, too. One thing I’ve noticed when preparing these entries is that I keep writing, “Here’s something I’ve never seen before,” which should give you an idea of how limited my . . . → Read More: The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 5 One morning during the summer of 1991 — eight years before Uni Watch existed — I was taking the subway to work and reading the Newsday sports section. The Twins were coming to town for their first visit of the year, and there was a big article on this kid on their pitching . . . → Read More: The Man in Black By Phil Hecken A little over a month ago, I brought you a look at Monochrome In Baseball, which looked at the use of solid color uniforms (jerseys and pants) throughout baseball history. Today I bring you Part II — which will look at the use of monochrome in the game today…and it’s . . . → Read More: Monochrome In Baseball, Part II By Phil Hecken I’m pleased to announce the next Uni Watch contest, and once again, we’ll be having an awesome prize for the winner. As before, I’ll be teaming up with UW reader Alain Nana-Sinkam who is the proprietor of Classic Old School (more on that below), and who has generously offered to . . . → Read More: It’s Time For A Baseball Contest Way back in April, I asked readers who wear pajama-style baseball pants to tell me why they go low-cuffed. The responses were extremely informative, and I’ll finally be making use of them next week, when I’ll have an ESPN column about the evolution of baseball pants. But here’s a question I have: . . . → Read More: In Which I Stare Way Too Hard at Lots of Men’s Legs |
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