Month: May 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m happy to announce that the Uni Watch membership program is officially open for business. Thanks for your patience, your suggestions, and your enthusiasm for the membership …

I know some of you are sick of all Mets chatter on this site, but there are reasons why they keep coming up for discussion. Among them: No other team …

For years — long before I came up with the idea for Uni Watch — my favorite spot at the Baseball Hall of Fame was the third floor, where they …

Between his own outfit, his wife’s outfit, and the victory wreath, Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti was a study in colors yesterday. Happy Decoration Day, folks. I’ll be spending mine …

Paul might think soccer is silly because of photos like this, but we all know that the sport is worthy of in-depth coverage (or at least a weekend open thread). …

Do coaches really need to be presented with a jersey when they’re announced at team press conferences? On a side note, Michael Jordan seems to have the same taste in …

Before we get started with today’s entry: I ended up making an important addition to yesterday’s ESPN column at about noon eastern. If you read it prior to then and …

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: I love ripple effects. Case in point: Two or three weeks ago I got an e-mail from Ronnie Poore, telling me …

Coupla things I’ve been meaning to get to, all of them slightly bigger than typical Ticker fare but not quite weighty enough to merit full-scale blog entries of their own. …

Last Tuesday I had a small Ticker item about how the old Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA used to put first intials. in addition to last names, on the back …

You probably know that the Devil Rays played a few “home” games in Orlando last week at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex, which, despite having only 9000 seats, …

I’m just going to say, I love the Brewers’ throwbacks. It just reminds me of Robin Yount and good baseball. Yeah, I know a ton of other stuff was going …

If you think I was a Scrooge for giving the thumbs-down to MLB’s pink Mother’s Day wristbands, that’s nothing compared to what umpire Bill Welke did in Houston on Wednesday …

Exactly one year ago today, I uploaded this entry, thereby launching the site you’re now reading. At the time, I had two primary concerns: (1) Would anyone notice? (2) What …

We all know that weird things can happen during All-Star Games. The problem is, not many of them have been properly documented for posterity. But a reader who prefers to …