It all started a few days ago when I got a note from reader Josh Wagner, who describes himself as “a recent Iowa State graduate who currently dabbles in a …
Month: June 2006
Turn That Frown Upside-Down
When it comes to ineptitude, you might say the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are experts. But they really outdid themselves last night. The unlucky victim was Jae Seo, who was …
Just Let Mike Nolan Wear the Suit Already
Wondering what NFL coaches will be wearing this fall? Okay, so you probably aren’t, and neither was I, until I got this note from Rachel Bicicchi a few days ago: …
Uni Watch Book Club
A week or two ago I mentioned a very promising book that I’d just become aware of, Now Batting, Number…: The Mystique, Superstition, and Lore of Baseball’s Uniform Numbers, by …
A Good Eye for Small Details
Uni Watch is pretty good when it comes to noticing the little things. But Uni Watch readers are often even better, and several of them contributed some doozies over the …
If It Quacks Like a Duck…
Hockey season just ended, but the NHL is still in the news, because the Anaheim Ducks (no longer “Mighty,” because they’re no longer owned by Disney) unveiled their new uniforms …
Is That a Hot Dog in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Glad to See Uni Watch?
New Uni Watch column on ESPN.com today, and it’s all about baseball pants pockets. While researching the article, I queried the membership of the Society for American Baseball Research to …
Sleeping with the Enemy
Oregon’s new Nike-designed football uniforms are being unveiled today. No, they’re not quite as extreme as the illustration shown at right, but they’re predictably silly nonetheless, featuring four different jerseys, …
Big in Japan
Two Uni Watch readers recently took trips to Japan, and both of them made stops at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, where they took lots of photos and made …
Something Up His Sleeve
Uni-driven pandemonium at Shea Stadium yesterday, as Baltimore outfielder Ed Rogers’s jersey figured prominently in a key play. The follies began when David Wright hit a line drive to left, …
Great Wright Hope Has a Lot to Learn
Mets third baseman David Wright keeps a blog. Now, everyone knows that you don’t want to read a player’s writing — especially a player on your favorite team — because …
There’s Gotta Be a Better Way to Hide the Pit Stains
Uni Watch has written several times about the annoying stretch gussets in MLB’s new Cool Base jerseys. But that’s nothing compared to the black underarm gussets being showcased by Georgia …
And Have You Noticed They’re Actually Mittens?
Time was when you could pretty much assume that both combatants in a big boxing match would be wearing Everlast gloves, which you could easily discern by the Everlast logo …
An American Designing the Attire for Wimbledon? You Can NOT Be Serious!
With the French Open finished and Wimbledon now just a few weeks away, the big news is that the tourney’s ballboys and ballgirls — who’ve previously worn green with unfortunate …
And They’d Have Added a “No Moustaches” Rule If Morrison Hadn’t Declared for the Draft
Like Moses coming down from the mountaintop with the Ten Commandments, the NCAA periodically issues new rules and regulations, and they just came out with the latest set of pronouncements …