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Brewers EQ Guy Goes Extra Mile With Grey Helmets, Pink Decals

By Paul Lukas, on May 9, 2022

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MLB did the usual pinkwashing for Ma’s Day yesterday. We all know the drill by now: pink caps, pink jersey ribbons, pink wristbands, belts, shoes, socks, catcher’s gear, eye black pink, compression sleeves, bats, ad pinkfinitum.

Most teams just wore their regular batting helmets. But Brewers […]

C’mon, Blue: Ump Uniform Oddities Continue to Pile Up

By Paul Lukas, on May 10, 2021

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Good morning and welcome back to Ump Watch (now revised from the longer and clunkier Ump Patch Watch), where we continue to obsessively document the world of umpire attire.

As you may be aware, yesterday was Mother’s Day. We already knew that […]

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, […]

Think Pink: 2021 MLB Mother’s Day Caps Leak

By Paul Lukas, on April 9, 2021

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Almost all of MLB’s 2021 Ma’s Day caps briefly leaked yesterday on the Macy’s website. As you can see from the six designs shown above, they’re going with a simple (and mostly brutal) design approach this year, changing the standard cap logos to […]