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By John Ekdahl A lot has been made of the under-30 group of golfers at this year’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. You’ll find them all over the top of the leaderboard, but they’re also leading a quiet revolution of the traditional golf slacks and standard polo shirt attire that we’ve all become . . . → Read More: Roaring Twenties By John Ekdahl Showalter’s new team broke out an old set of unis against the Tampa Bay Rays last night. The Orioles were in an all-orange uniform, which was only worn twice during the 1971 season. Buck Showalter didn’t seem all too pleased by having to wear the throwback, saying “I’ll break out . . . → Read More: Bucking The Trend By Phil Hecken, with Mark Emge [Quick note: please make sure to scroll down to vote in our Best Home Uniform In Major League Baseball Poll immediately following the EPL post--PH] ~~~ The EPL (that’s the English Premier (soccer) League), is a pretty big deal across the pond, and even here in the States. . . . → Read More: Kicking Off The EPL Paul here. Yes, I’m supposed to be on blogcation, but I’m making a cameo appearance to let you know that I have an ESPN feature running today. It’s about a very cool cornhole tournament organized in Chicago a few weeks ago by our own Robert Marshall. As you can see in the animation . . . → Read More: It’s in the Bag(s) By Phil Hecken with Rob Caplette Back before Paul began his month-long R&R away from Uni Watch, I asked of the readers if they were interested in having any topics covered during Paul’s absence which might not otherwise get much “face time” at UW. Almost immediately, I was approached by Rob Caplette, who . . . → Read More: BFBS in Auto Racing? By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson & Scott Rogers There has been some recent discussion in the comments about throwbacks, and more specifically, teams who throwback to the uniform of a franchise that bears no lineage to their own. Some examples of this include organizations who throw back to Negro League teams who . . . → Read More: Throwbacks: Just Who Should Wear Them? By Phil Hecken With all the recent activity surrounding the Pittsburgh Pirates and their “Bumblebee” period (1977 through 1984), from the recent mention of Jerry Reuss’ blog, to Paul’s upcoming interview with Mr. Reuss, to the major research project by Jerry Wolper (who is seeking to document every combination those Pirates wore during . . . → Read More: Bumblebee Mania By John Ekdahl There’s something particularly authentic about Carl Pavano’s throwback look during the Indians-Twins game yesterday. The two teams were honoring the Negro Leagues, with the Indians sporting the 1946 Cleveland Buckeyes unis and the Twins wearing the 1909 St. Paul Gophers uniform. Ron Gardenhire was a little worried that the pullover-style . . . → Read More: Throwbacks and Moustaches |
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