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A Uni Watch Look at the 2019 MLB All-Star Game

By Paul Lukas, on July 10th, 2019%

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Last night’s MLB All-Star Game turned into a giant uni-borne memorial for recently deceased Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, as all uniformed personnel on both teams wore a black “45” chest patch — Skaggs’s number.

Or at least that was the idea. The “45” patches . . . → Read More: A Uni Watch Look at the 2019 MLB All-Star Game

MLB Teams Wearing Poppies for Memorial Day

By Paul Lukas, on May 27th, 2019%

Today is Memorial Day. This year, for the first time, MLB teams will mark the holiday by wearing remembrance poppies. (For more background on the history of this symbol, look here.) In addition, caps will have a Memorial Day patch.

If you’re mourning a fallen service member today, please accept my condolences, along with . . . → Read More: MLB Teams Wearing Poppies for Memorial Day

A’s, Mariners Open 2019 MLB Season in Japan

By Paul Lukas, on March 20th, 2019%

At this very moment, the A’s and Mariners are playing their season-opening game in Tokyo (I woke up and started writing this in the top of the fifth, and pressed the “Publish” button in the top of the eighth). As we knew would be the case, both teams are wearing advertising sleeve patches — . . . → Read More: A’s, Mariners Open 2019 MLB Season in Japan

Uni Watch Readers Catch Flaw in Bush Memorial Patch

By Paul Lukas, on March 4th, 2019%

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In Saturday’s Ticker, we had an item about how Phillips Academy Andover, the prep school where the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, was captain of the baseball team, is adding a memorial patch in Bush’s honor. The school showed a digital rendering of the patch design on . . . → Read More: Uni Watch Readers Catch Flaw in Bush Memorial Patch