Deep down — okay, maybe right at the surface — everyone knows there are always better things to do than watch the Pittsburgh Pirates, am I right? So I think I can be forgiven for being several weeks behind the curve regarding today’s topic. Maaaaybe I can even forgive all of you for . . . → Read More: Too Much of a Good Thing
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We’ve all seen MLBers wearing windbreakers under their jersey during spring training, usually with those telltale collar points peeking out over the jersey collar. But there’s another kind of windbreaker that I’ve occasionally seen in photos. No collar points for this version — just an elasticized neckline. I’ve noticed a few instances of . . . → Read More: Hot Enough for Ya? Well, this one didn’t take long. As you may recall, last week Ricko mentioned that he’d seen the Texas Rangers wearing their powder blue road jerseys with their white home pants during a game at Tiger Stadium in 1975-ish. That case was officially cracked over the weekend by reader Bruce Genther — behold! . . . → Read More: Harpooned! Another White Whale I’m still recovering from yesterday’s foodtivities, which were highlighted by the patriotic dessert you see above (prepared and brought to my back yard by a Canadian, ironically enough). It was one of many fine sweetstuffs we had on hand, including homemade ice cream, cherry pie, peach cobbler, and millionaire’s bars. I made a . . . → Read More: Mmmmm, Tastes Like America Every year on this date I try to find a photo that captures America in a nuthsell. Last year it was this one; the year before, this one. But they both pale in comparison to this year’s photo (which, to give credit where it’s due, I first saw last month on another site). . . . → Read More: And the Home of the Brave By Phil Hecken, with Chris Geis On Uni Watch, there are “white whales” and then there are “white whales,” — the quest to find uniforms we’re sure existed, but yet we have no photographic proof — the reference of course being to Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab chasing Moby Dick; perhaps it’s not the . . . → Read More: Call Me Ishmael Our ongoing series of wire service photos has gotten me interested in the history of teletype machines. One thing I’ve learned is that the Teletype Corporation used to have a super-cool logo, which just makes me like these old photos all the more. Here’s our latest batch: • Here’s Jimmy Foxx wearing that . . . → Read More: There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 15 … or are you just glad to see me? That image, surprisingly enough, is not from a tranny festival or a she-male convention. It’s from an old uniform catalog, one of several that were recently sent my way by sporting goods maven Terry Proctor (here’s the full page it appeared on). Unlike the . . . → Read More: Is That a Pack of Tube Socks Down Your Shorts … |
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