New Threads for Miami

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Tyler Kepner is at the MLB winter meetings, where he spotted something very interesting: a Marlins batting helmet with a raised/embroidered logo, just like the one used by the Cubs. I’m trying to confirm whether this was just for display purposes or if the Marlins will . . . → Read More: New Threads for Miami

Your Face Here

Phil briefly mentioned something on Saturday that I want to explore in greater detail today. Here’s the deal: Sevilla — that’s a Spanish soccer team — is letting fans pay to have a tiny photo of themselves printed within a player’s uni number or NOB. Photo size: two millimeters square. Price: about $33, . . . → Read More: Your Face Here

Monday Morning Uni Watch

I was walking around my neighborhood yesterday when I passed a guy wearing a very nice burgundy cardigan with the Redskins’ script “R” logo on the chest. I’d never seen that product before, so I asked the guy where he got it. “It’s just a plain sweater, and my girlfriend sewed the logo . . . → Read More: Monday Morning Uni Watch

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken, with Terry Duroncelet

As the college “regular” season winds down, and the Conference Championships and other smaller games kick in, we get a much smaller pool of uni watching games. But there were still a bunch of good ones for week 14 of the NCAA schedule. I’m sure Terry will . . . → Read More: Sunday Morning Uni Watch

For the Isles, At Last, a Much Better Third

By Phil Hecken

In my capacity as the weekend guy at Uni Watch, and a lover of not just uniforms, but uniform concepts — I get a lot of them sent my way. I try to post every single one, no matter how good, bad, amateurish, professional, etc. Most of them are found . . . → Read More: For the Isles, At Last, a Much Better Third

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Flyer

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In 1972 — the first year that I collected baseball cards — Topps produced a small series of cards called “Boyhood Photos of the Stars,” which was exactly what it sounds like. I immediately thought of those cards when I saw the photo you see . . . → Read More: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Flyer

Christmas Comes Early to Uni Watch HQ

. That NFL style guide that I wrote about last week is just one of several excellent items I’ve recently scored on eBay. Another is the wool jersey you see above, which I believe is from the 1960s (you can click on it, and on all the other images in today’s entry, to . . . → Read More: Christmas Comes Early to Uni Watch HQ