Month: March 2016

During one of our recent discussions of anniversary patches, ordinals, and the like, reader Kurt Crowley posted a comment that caught my eye: Can’t wait until 2019, which will feature …

Click to enlarge MLB hasn’t yet announced its uni-related plans for Memorial Day or Independence Day. There’s nothing unusual about that — those announcements (or leaks) usually don’t come our …

Click to enlarge It was reported several weeks ago that the Reds would be adding a memorial patch for longtime clubhouse manager Bernie Stowe, who passed away in February. Yesterday …

Click to enlarge Interesting move yesterday by the Romanian soccer team, as players warmed up for the friendly against Spain while wearing jerseys and jackets with various mathematical sequences in …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken It’s been a while since I ran uniform concepts (too long in fact — need to start running them again), and so today I have …

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken, with Gary Chanko Follow @PhilHecken As most of you fine readers are familiar, almost every Saturday for the past few years, I’ve run a …

Remember when we recently talked about Kevin Durant’s new signature footwear blurring the line between sneaker and sock? He blurred it a lot more seriously during pregame warm-ups for last …

Click to enlarge Joe Garagiola passed away yesterday at the age of 90. If you had asked me which team he played for, I would have immediately said the Cardinals. …

Meet Chase Johnson-Mullins, a pitching prospect in the Braves’ system. He has a hyphenated surname — something we’ve seen before and will surely be seeing more of as more married …

Got a note the other day from reader James Peterson, as follows: Like many, I haven’t been watching much college basketball until March Madness. When did the uniform number 0 …

So here’s something interesting: When the new spring training caps were announced back in late January, the Indians’ design was shown like so:

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Last weekend, I put forth the proposition that the short-lived Cleveland Indians “caveman” uniforms, worn only from 1973-1977, constituted their “signature” look (loosely, a signature …

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken It’s been a while since I ran a “True Colors” lede — but it’s back today, and it features some of the …

Just the other day we were discussing the difference between an anniversary and an ordinal, and how an Nth-anniversary patch is so much better than an Nth-season patch (at least …

Marcus Smart knows how to read a defense: pic.twitter.com/vQ2uc8jXFc — Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 16, 2016 If you were somehow unaware that today is St. Patrick’s Day, the sports world …