Boned Again: Hidden Detail Lurking in Rams’ Unis

By Paul Lukas, on December 29th, 2020%

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The photo above shows Rams quarterback Jared Goff and linebacker Leonard Floyd wearing the team’s dishwater jerseys. But if you look closely, you can see that their sleeves are actually two-tone — they’re dishwater in front of the curved yellow sunburst line and white . . . → Read More: Boned Again: Hidden Detail Lurking in Rams’ Unis

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A Close Look at World Series Patch Position Protocol

By Paul Lukas, on October 21st, 2020%

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In yesterday’s Uni Watch World Series Preview, I mentioned how joyless and brutalist this year’s World Series sleeve patch is. There’s nothing the Rays and Dodgers can do about that, but one team did take a more thoughtful approach about how to wear it.

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Reds Have Big Surprise Up Their Sleeves

By Paul Lukas, on July 8th, 2019%

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Ever since the Reds announced their massive 150th-anniversary throwback program last fall, I’ve had yesterday’s game, featuring Cincy’s 1956 road unis, circled on my calendar.

That’s not because the ’56 road greys are my favorites (that distinction goes to the 1936 design with the . . . → Read More: Reds Have Big Surprise Up Their Sleeves

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What Was the Deal with the Mets’ 1986 World Series Caps?

By Paul Lukas, on May 12th, 2017%

Bear with me here, because today’s entry is going to take a minute to explain.

Here’s the deal: MLB caps these days normally have black underbrims. But when the Mets wore their 1986 throwbacks last season, they wore throwback caps with era-appropriate blue squatchees (instead of the current orange) and grey underbrims, as shown . . . → Read More: What Was the Deal with the Mets’ 1986 World Series Caps?

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