The St. Louis Browns existed for half a century. During much of that time, they were a punchline. Now they’re even less than that — barely a footnote in MLB …
Month: January 2019
Spitting Image: Michigan Team Gets Cherry-Centric Design
Click to enlarge The area around Traverse City, Mich., is known as the Cherry Capital of America (the local airport is even called Cherry Capital Airport), which explains yesterday’s announcement …
Will It Go Round in Circles: Atlanta’s Super Attraction
NFL helmets — is there anything they can’t do? Over the years we’ve seen helmet phones, helmet snack bowls, helmet pencil toppers, helmet chairs, and a lot more. But I …
Twins Photo Appears to Show MLB 150th-Anniversary Patch
For months now people have been asking me, “Is MLB going to have a 150th-anniversary patch for 2019?” And for months I’ve been responding, “I assume they will, but they …
When God Gives You Some Blue Tackle Twill…
…You Gotta Do A DIY By Phil Hecken, with Terence Kearns & Joe Hilseberg Follow @PhilHecken It started with a Twitter DM. A little over a week ago, UW friend …
A(nother) Uni Watch Reader Design Hits The Ice
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Readers will recall that during the month of August (when Paul takes his much-deserved sabbatical from the weekday duties) — and for the third consecutive …
Blue (Name)Plate Special: High School Wears Team-Oriented NOB
Reader Josh Claywell was watching a high school tournament a few nights ago and noticed something interesting: One of the schools — McEachern High from Powder Springs, Ga. — was …
There’s Gold in Them Thar Unis: Twins Unveil New Alternates
Click to enlarge The Twins stirred the hot-stove pot a bit yesterday by unveiling a new alternate home uniform. As you can see above, it features a new navy cap …
The End of Miller Time
News broke yesterday that the name of the Brewers’ stadium, which for the past two decades has been an ad for a brewery, will soon become an ad for an …
A Lot of Clemson History in One Old Photo
Click to enlarge Nowadays, Clemson’s football program is associated with the paw print logo and lots of purple trim. But it wasn’t always that way. Uni Watch reader Bryan Hoover’s …
Monday Morning Uni Watch: Super Bowl Preview
Well, we won’t get to find out how they would’ve fit a fourth patch onto Drew Brees’s jersey, nor will we have a Blank Bumper Bowl, both of which would …
Braves Unveil Uniform Changes for 2019
Photo courtesy of the Atlanta Braves; click to enlarge The Braves held their annual winter fan-fest yesterday (as you can see above, it has a regrettable name that they should …
Chew on This
Paul here, pinch-hitting for Phil, who has the weekend off. Interesting package-design news yesterday from Big League Chew, which announced that a girl will be featured for the first time …
Zero-Sum Game: Yanks Sign Adam Ottavino
The Yankees have never had a player wear zero or double-zero. But that might be changing, as reports indicate that they’ve signed free agent reliever Adam Ottavino, who’s been wearing …
Talking Trash: Creating a Tequila Sunrise Garbage Truck
Photo by Tyler Evans; click to enlarge Uni Watch reader Tyler Evans recently spotted something very interesting on the streets of Houston: a tequila sunrise-themed garbage truck! I was intrigued, …