A Brief Look at Mom’s Day in Baseball

By Phil Hecken, on May 9, 2021

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Good Sunday morning, Uni Watchers, and Happy Mother’s Day. Or, to paraphrase the late, great Ralph Kiner, it’s Mother’s Day today, so to all you mothers out there, happy birthday! Hope everyone had a good Saturday.

Around the diamond today, we’ll see the unmistakable presence of pink, […]

May 9th, 2021 | Category: MLB, Mother's Day, Pinkwashing | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)

MLB Celebrates Mother’s Day With a Bit Less Pink

By Phil Hecken, on May 12, 2019

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Happy Mother’s Day!

MLB will be in the spirit (again) this year, but surprisingly, at least uniform-wise, they continue to dial it back from year’s past. They continue to “ratchet” down, as it were. I must admit I (somewhat pleasantly) surprised after my apolyptic doom and gloom […]

May 12th, 2019 | Category: MLB, Mother's Day, Pinkwashing | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)

On Mother’s Day, We Remember Margaret “Midge” Donohue

By Phil Hecken, on May 13, 2018

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Happy Mother’s Day!

If you weren’t aware of it, by the time you watch your first game (that is, if you’re not taking your mom out for a well-deserved meal!) you’ll know it’s Mom’s Day — thankfully MLB went easy on […]

May 13th, 2018 | Category: Mother's Day | 21 comments - (Comments are closed)