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Month: August 2009
Uni Watch Profiles: Derrick Dumont
In late July I got a note from longtime reader Richard Craig, who’d stumbled upon an interesting uni-related attraction in an unlikely place: Last weekend I was cruising through the …
The Power of Forbidden Fruit, or Just a Coinkydink?
Reader Michael Kotler has noticed something really interesting going on in Japanese baseball. I’ll let him explain: As we all know, MLB players can’t wear the number 42 (besides Mariano). …
Monday Morning Uni Watch, Hall of Fame Game Edition
I only caught the last few minutes of the Hall of Fame Game last night. Fortunately, thanks to the magic of internet photo galleries, I can bring you the uni-related …
Tracking The Unis, Round 2, Part II
Whole bunch of stuff today, including NFL news, new Benchies & two “Guess The Game” quizzes, uniform news and more below. Make sure you check out the whole post (if …
Tracking The Unis, Round 2, Part I
By Phil Hecken Ok, in this final weekend before UW’s Vacation, we have round 2 of our MLB Uniform Tracking. If you missed the first batch, they can be found …
Thus Spake Henderson
In the beginning, there was Okkonen, and it was Good. Because up until then there had been no record of base ball raiment. And so began the Period of Great …
The Steve K. Files, Vol. 3
Time for another bunch of vintage NFL screen shots from reader Steve K., who continues to document unusual uni-related items from the 1970s (if you’ve missed the previous entries featuring …
One Inconsistency Down, a Few Million to Go
Remember this entry about how the A’s used one logo on their caps and a slightly different one on their helmets? Several readers have noticed that the cap version of …
Ian Hunter Was Right: Cleveland Road Trip Report
In case you missed it during Phil’s weekend coverage, reader Bill Walsh has provided living-color proof that the Cleveland Indians completely lost their minds for at least one game in …
Because If There’s One Thing the NFL Needs, It’s More Money
Had a great time in Cleveland, but I’ll get to that tomorrow or the day after. For now, let’s talk football, because NFL training camp season has begun. And thanks …
Sunday Potpourri
By Phil Hecken Got a whole mess of stuff today, and a couple of announcements. Nothing really to constitute a “main article” but rather a bunch of smaller bits. So …
“What If …” City Flag Colors Edition, Senior Circuit
By Phil Hecken Last weekend, I treated you to you humored me with my attempt to bring you a look at how the American League teams would look if their …