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Category: Collector’s Corner
Collector’s Corner for July 26, 2022
This week’s vintage sports finds include a Whitey Ford Yoo-hoo cap, a Pat Patriot jacket, and a lot more.
Collector’s Corner for July 19, 2022
With the MLB All-Star Game taking place tonight, this week’s edition of Collector’s Corner is all-All-Star!
Celebrating a Decade of ‘Collector’s Corner’
Click to enlarge In 2009 and early 2010, a Uni Watch reader named Brinke Guthrie began sending me lots of eBay listing links to include in the Ticker. At some …
Life’s Goal Accomplished: Uni Watch Mentioned on Mets TV Broadcast
I mentioned in yesterday’s Ticker that I wouldn’t be watching the Mets on Monday night because they were scheduled to wear their brutal camouflage uniforms (which are even worse this …
Extra Texture (or at least the illusion thereof)
Click to enlarge The Jacksonville Suns — the Marlins’ Double-A affiliate — sent out this photo of their new road jersey yesterday. Looks like Wilson, the manufacturer, used a faux …
Adidas Leaves, Nike Stays Put
Big day yesterday for league specific apparel contracts in the uni-verse, beginning with the news that Adidas will not be renewing its uniform contract with the NBA when it expires …
A Possible New Addition to the Uni Watch Glossary
I was recently interviewed by a guy from the San Diego Chargers’ website, who was working on a story about the team’s uniforms. We talked about various aspects of Chargers …
Snow Day
As you may have heard, we’ve gotten a wee bit of snow here in the Northeast. My thanks to everyone who’s expressed concern about my well-being, but no worries — …
Super Bowl Uni Trivia
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Super Bowl savant Jay Braiman, who’s checking in with his annual summary of insanely detailed uni-based trivia for the big game. …
Tuesday Morning Uni Watch
Lots of people were wondering if Oregon would pull some sort of uni-related surprise in last night’s national championship game against Ohio State. Would the Ducks retreat to the dressing …
A Well-Dressed Title Game
So it’s actually gonna look like a football game. That was the surprise news yesterday, as word came down that Oregon would be wearing a fairly sedate, normal-looking uniform for …
No Play for Mr. Gray — But Long Live Mr. Grey!
Gray plays a prominent role in the uni-verse. Baseball teams wear road grays; college football and basketball teams are increasingly prone to having gray alternate unis in their wardrobes; NFL …
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
You know the drlll I want to go slightly off-uni today to talk about a design-related experience I recently had. The story begins about 19 years ago, when I bought …
That Logo Looks Good Enough to Eat!
Nathan Shields is an illustrator. Some of his work is done the conventional way, but he’s making a name for himself by producing an impressive body of work in a …