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Month: June 2011

Until the Uni Watch Museum Opens, This Will Do

Yesterday I attended the opening reception for a new museum devoted to elevators (yes, really). The work uniform you see above — which was being worn by a mannequin, not …

There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 31

Almost all of today’s photos all come from the Sporting News archives. With one exception, which I’ve noted, all were contributed by the increasingly indispensable Mike Hersh. Some really good …

Uni Watch Profiles: Will Johnson

The superb Texas band Centro-matic will be playing this Thursday at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan. I’ll be there, because I’ve been a fan of the band for about a …

Auction Action, Hockey Edition

Latest contribution from the increasingly indispensable Mike Hersh: a bunch of listings from the latest Classic Auctions sale, most of them hockey-oriented. Let’s take a look: • I really like …

Back to Baseball…

By Phil Hecken As most of you are aware, one of, if not the most important uniform histories was compiled by Marcus Okkonen, in his epic book, Baseball Uniforms of …

Bills Bring Back Beautiful

By Phil Hecken So, this is what happens when you let the players and the fans design the unis, not some “professional” with a powerful computer and a *vision.* Ladies …

Loop de Loop Revisited

Last week I wrote about Stanford pitcher Mark Appel and his unique flaps-out stirrup stylings. As you may recall, I had hoped to interview Appel for that piece but it …

The South That Roared

The Predators are rolling out new road jerseys this weekend and new home jerseys in mid-July, but their new logo set began circulating yesterday (some people say it was a …

Buckle Up

[Editor’s Note: A few days ago I asked webmaster John Ekdahl, who’s much more golf-knowledgeable than I am, if he wanted to write something about the U.S. Open. I also …

Mining Diamonds in the Sky

Several years ago — I’m not sure exactly when, but I think 2003-ish — I had the window seat on an airplane. We were flying over a part of the …

A New Ballgame in Omaha

[Editor’s note: Today Omaha native Bryan Redemske serves up his annual College World Series uni preview. Enjoy. ”” PL] By Bryan Redemske Each year, ESPN focuses its cameras on Omaha …

Show Me State Shows Everyone within Three-Mile Radius

Paul here, giving Phil the day off. Remember that patch that the Cards and Royals were gonna wear during their interleague series to support relief efforts for twister-ravaged Joplin, Missouri? …

Bored already?

By Phil Hecken There were two “throwback” (Turn Back The Clock) games played this week in MLB — last Saturday, the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals hooked up …

A Stack of Pack Memorabilia

The Packers received their Super Bowl rings yesterday. By coincidence, reader Ray Barrington was recently looking at the Wisconsin Historical Society’s web site and found a bunch of really wonderful …

Somehow ‘Flashing the Microfiber’ Doesn’t Have Quite the Same Ring

What’s so special about the gloves shown above? They’re made of synthetic materials — microfiber, specifically. No leather whatsoever. They’re made by a Cooperstown company called Carpenter. Some minor leaguers …