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Just in Case You Forgot Which Day It Was

Click to enlarge Those flag-desecration caps weren’t enough for some MLB players yesterday. Case in point: Mets catcher John Buck, who wore a flag-desecration necklace (lots of players wore those) …

John Rocker and Todd Jones Were Unavailable for Comment

A bizarre story began unfolding yesterday afternoon, as a Blue Jays fan who goes by the name James G. posted a Flickr photo he’d taken on Saturday of Jays shortstop …

The Hy Peskin Archives, Vol. 3

Okay, one last batch of beautiful Hy Peskin pics. In previous entries we’ve covered baseball and basketball and football; this time around we’ll cover a range of other sports. Without …

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Ronny

Several Pirates players have been growing moustaches lately, but Ronny Cedeno cheated yesterday, giving himself an eye-black ’stache. It’s not clear if this was an early indication of Bryce Harper‘s …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

All season long, Vikes coach Brad Childress has worn a special non-branded headset due to his hearing impairment, but the clowns at Motorola finally decided to impose their logo and …

Not a Bad Way to Start the Year

Athletics aesthetics doesn’t get much better-looking, or more fun, than yesterday’s NHL Winter Classic. The Penguins looked totally friggin’ awesome; the Sabres looked totally friggin’ awesome. You had just enough …

They Didn’t Call It Exhibition Stadium for Nothing

There was a classic moment during yesterday’s press conference to unveil the Blue Jays’ new road and alternate uniforms. It came when they trotted out old-timers Lloyd Moseby and John …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Major typo in the English Premier League yesterday, as David Bentley of Blackburn played an entire match with “Betnley” on his back (plus it wasn’t exactly the most graceful arc). …

Dwarf Stars

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: In Monday’s Ticker I mentioned the Florida State League All-Star Game, where players wore generic all-star unis instead of their regular …

Paternity Case

As you can see, the ticket stub shown at right is from 34 years ago, almost to the day. That date happened to be Father’s Day, 1973 — a day …

Uni Watch Middle East Report

From time to time we’ve discussed uni-related issues of trademark infringement and protection. But policing your trademark in lawsuit-happy America is one thing — doing it in a far-off land, …

Frisco Fiasco

I don’t mean to pick on Giants equipment manager Mike Murphy — he’s been with the team for nearly 50 years, and he probably has his hands full finding caps …

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Uniforms

For years — long before I came up with the idea for Uni Watch — my favorite spot at the Baseball Hall of Fame was the third floor, where they …

Will Work For… Free?: Motor City Bowl Recap

[Editor’s Note: Today’s entry is by Uni Watch intern Vince Grzegorek. Unfortunately, we’re having trouble with his login on the site, so the little note at the very end of …

New Jersey, Old Helmets

Road-tripping was on the agenda last weekend, as Uni Watch hedge fund analyst Jenny Strasburg and I spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday tooling around the Jersey Shore. We hit the …