The 2014 MLB season had its second soft opening of the year last night in San Diego (the first one, of course, was eight days earlier in Australia), where the …
Month: March 2014
In the Strangest of Places, If You Look at it Right
Click to Enlarge – Photo by Kelly Gavin By Phil Hecken As we prepare to begin the MLB Season begin the portion of the National Pastime that begins in the …
Lookin’ Out For Number One
By Phil Hecken Today we’ll be taking a look at the fifth set of uniform submissions for the
Can’t Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
If you can’t see this slideshow, click here [Editor’s Note: Today’s main entry is from intern Mike Chamernik, who has something very appropriate for the onset of the baseball season.] …
What Does the Northwestern/NLRB Ruling Mean for Uniforms?
By now you’ve no doubt heard about yesterday’s regional NLRB ruling that Northwestern football players can form a union. There’s a big uni-related component to this story because the ruling, …
’Tis the Season to Shift Your Brain Into MLB Mode
This photo of Jason Heyward was taken a few days ago. As you can see, he’s still using the facemask that he began wearing last season after being beaned by …
A Death Knell for NBA Sleeves?
When the King talks, the peasants listen. That’s the takeaway from yesterday’s news, first reported by Bleacher Report, that newly minted NBA Commish Adam Silver plans to meet with LeBron …
Walking the Plank
Last week’s issue of The New Yorker had a big article about Under Armour (which, unfortunately, is behind a paywall, so I can’t link to it — sorry). It was …
Take Me Out To The … Cricket Ground?
By Phil Hecken While a good percentage of the western world was sleeping (or watching the NCAA Tourney), the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles and Arizona Diamondbacks opened the …
‘Ello Gov’nah
By Phil Hecken Today we’ll be taking a look at the fourth set of uniform submissions for the
[Insert Joke About Mets’ Projected Win Total Here]
I’m turning 50 years old today. It’s a big, round number, and I know I’m supposed to feel all midlife crisis-y about it or some such, but I don’t. For …
Everyone’s a Critic (but some critics are more critical than others)
Last August I did a live web chat on ESPN, much of which centered on the 2013 Uni Watch Power Rankings, which had just come out. One of the chat …
To Tuck or Not to Tuck: That Is the Question
Click to enlarge Last week I mentioned the excellent new “30 for 30” documentary, Untucked, which is about Marquette’s untucked jerseys back in the late 1970s. As a companion piece …
The Luck of the Irish: Saint Patrick’s Day Roundup
[Editor’s Note: Today’s lead entry and Ticker were both written by intern Garrett McGrath. Please join me in congratulating him on his first proper Uni Watch byline. ”” PL] By …
The Greatest Sleeve Patch in the History of Ever
If you know anything about how the poultry industry works (and/or if you’ve seen the amazing Dirty Jobs segment that’s embedded above — if you haven’t seen it before, it’s …