Category: Sleeves | Uni Watch

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.

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

What Was the Deal with the Metsâ€™ 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 Metsâ€™ 1986 World Series Caps?

Niners Change Their Jersey Stripe Pattern

By Paul Lukas, on April 28th, 2017%

The one bit of significant uni-related news that emerged from last night’s NFL draft came when the 49ers selected defensive lineman Solomon Thomas with the third overall pick. As you can see above, Thomas was presented with a Niners jersey rendered in Nike’s new tailoring template (the one with the cringe-worthy name that I’ll . . . → Read More: Niners Change Their Jersey Stripe Pattern