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Category: Fabrics/Textiles

MLB/Nike Fiasco Now Features Mismatched Road Greys

Can’t make it up: The Cardinals’ grey jerseys and grey pants don’t match!

Radical Transparancy: More MLB Teams Victimized by See-Thru Pants

Once you see it, you can’t un-see it.

Many MLB Teams Won’t Have Perforated Numbers After All

At first it looked like every team would have the odd-looking pockmarked fabric. But now it looks like nearly half of the teams won’t be using it.

An Important Overlooked Detail from the MLB All-Star Uniforms

A subtle change could have a big impact on next year’s MLB uniforms.

Wafflebored Scores Again with Awesome New DIY Project

For all photos, click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from the great Wafflebored, who’s going to tell us about his latest DIY jersey project. Enjoy. …

Hospital Workers to Suit Up in Official MLB Gear

Click to enlarge Nice story yesterday out of Pennsylvania, where Fanatics announced that they’ve stopped manufacturing MLB jerseys and are instead converting their operations to make hospital masks and gowns …

While Paul’s Away the Purple Will Play

[Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from site. Deputy editor Phil Hecken is in charge from now through the end of the month, although Paul is still …

A Vested Interest in a Small Reds Detail

Photo by @BlandinoFlow; click to enlarge Twitter-er @BlandinoFlow visited the Reds Hall of Fame at the team’s stadium the other day and posted a bunch of photos from the Hall’s …

Uni Watch Show and Tell: A Box of Stuff From Scott

As I recently mentioned here on the site, I’m going to be moving in with the Tugboat Captain at the end of the summer, so I’m going to be deaccessioning …

Nike’s Hijab: Empowerment Or Cash Grab?

  [Editor’s Note: Paul is on vacation and will return to the site on March 9. Today’s content is by assistant editor Alex Hider.] By Alex Hider Nike announced yesterday …

Birds on a Bat – An Interview with Gary Kodner, St. Louis Cardinals Designer

By Phil Hecken Today I have another really special article for you fine readers. Like many guests whose stories I feature on here, the story of this began with a …

Turning Back the Clock in Pittsburgh

By John Ekdahl The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals wore Negro League uniforms last night for Heritage Week. The Cardinals were outfitted in the uniforms of the St. Louis …

Closet Case, Vol. 3

I’ve had some very good eBay luck lately, scoring a bunch of excellent uniforms and related items. Let’s take a look, beginning with this beauty: I wore this one while …

Guess What the Colts and UCLA Now Have in Common?

In a move that I didn’t see coming, Adidas announced yesterday that seven of the company’s football schools are being outfitted with fancy-shmancy new jerseys. You know the drill: lighter, …

If This Keeps Up, I May Have to Start Paying Attention to College Baseball

Okay, so I know Phil devoted a lot of space to baseball hosiery yesterday, but we’re gonna spend a little more time on that topic today, because this past weekend …