Good Sunday morning, everyone! Phil and I are wrapping up our long holiday weekends. His was mostly play (looking forward to his curling updates!), mine was mostly work. I did …
Category: Old-Timey Baseball
Envisioning Better, More Accurate Throwbacks for MLB at Rickwood Field Game
Cardinals Uniform Historian Oliver Kodner creates accurate Negro League uniforms on the modern baseball template
Charting the Evolution of NFL Facemask Colors
Click to enlarge What you see above is a spreadsheet showing the year-by-year facemask color progression for each NFL team since 1974, which is when the Chargers and KC became …
Your Annual Look At World Series’ Past
By Phil Hecken, with Ronnie Bolton Follow @PhilHecken Well, even though the World Series has only three games in the books, this is the only weekend in which it’s being …
A Look At Some Old Time College Baseball
By Phil Hecken, with Ron Bolton Follow @PhilHecken Today we continue with some posts that I’d hoped to run during Paul’s August sabbatical, but just simply didn’t have time to …
A Look At Some Quirky Baseball Stadia
By Phil Hecken, with Ron Bolton Follow @PhilHecken It’s been a while since I collaborated with my buddy Ron Bolton (seen here with me at a Mets game this past …
Baseball Artist Graig Kreindler Returns
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken You fine readers may recall that back in August, while Paul was on his well-deserved uni-sabbatical, I ran an interview with Graig Kreindler, a tremendous …
Meet Graig Kreindler, Old Time Baseball Artist
[Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from site. Deputy editor Phil Hecken is in charge from now through Aug. 25, although Paul is still on the clock …
The Brief History Of Logo-On-Back
[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 Almost every …
Hats Off To Brooklyn — Part III
[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 …
Restoring Baseball … (Magazine)
By Phil Hecken You fine folks are all familiar with Bruce Menard, who has provided literally dozens (if not hundreds) of superb wire service photos which Paul has featured on …
The Strangest Baseball Uniforms I’ve Ever Seen
Click to enlarge Paul here, pinch-hitting again for Phil, who’s still working on another project (although he’ll be back with his regular weekend crew tomorrow). The photo you see above, …