Today in the Ticker: Some non-MLB All-Star news, new soccer shirts, and more.
Uni Watch News Ticker for July 12, 2023
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Baseball
MLB
- The Diamondbacks Uni Tracker has been updated.
- Here’s a fascinating piece on the history of baseball uniform numbers by Tom Shieber, Uni Watch pal and senior curator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. (From Kary Klismet)
- Here are some possibilities for where the A’s might play for the next few seasons while they wait for their new Las Vegas stadium to be built.
Minors
- The New Jersey Jackals of the Frontier League will take on the identity of the New York Black Yankees, a Negro League team, this weekend. (From John Cerone)
More
- Here are the All-Star Game jerseys for South Korea’s KBO League. (From Jeremy Brahm)
Football
College
- New unis for UTEP. (From multiple readers)
- New uniforms for West Texas A&M. (From Kary Klismet)
- Michigan Stadium is getting new lights. (Also from Kary)
Basketball
NBA
- So what’s it like to be in the room for a preview of a uni unveiling? Here are some rules for season ticketholders who’ll be attending the Suns’ upcoming reveal.
WNBA
- Here are the jerseys for the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game. They will feature the Jumpman maker’s mark for the first time. (From multiple readers)
- The Lynx have unveiled a new racial justice-themed uniform. (From Kary Klismet)
Soccer
International
- Germany: New home shirt for Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. (From Ed Zelaski)
- New first shirts for English club Leeds United and Scottish club St. Johnstone. (From our own Jamie Rathjen)
- South Africa: New kits for Orlando Pirates. (From multiple readers)
- Japan: An American cartoon artist, best known for his work on the Muppets comic strip, has gained a cult following for designing the mascot of J. League team Shimizu S-Pulse. (From Kary Klismet)
- Wales: New away and third kits for Wrexham AFC. (From our own Anthony Emerson)
Auto Racing
- Here’s the livery Formula 1’s Williams Racing will be using for the upcoming Singapore, Japan, and Qatar Grands Prix. (From our own Anthony Emerson)
Grab Bag
- Jack the Bulldog, Georgetown University’s live mascot, has died. (From Kary Klismet)
- The Philomath Frolic and Rodeo, an annual rodeo in Philomath, Ore., has unveiled renderings of its planned new arena. (Also from Kary)
Comments (10)
The South Korean all star jerseys are way nicer that the MLB All Star jerseys. I hope they have nicer pants. Also, too bad Williams couldn’t run this special livery full time.
The Gulf-themed livery is gorgeous on that Williams car. I’d be happy to see that running around the track every week. The soft blue is unique in the field and would really make them stand out.
Interesting for the UTEP uniform photo reveal is those pictures were not taken in Texas but rather at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
YES! Thank you – I came down to the comments to say this exact thing. I grew up in Las Cruces, NM and visited White Sands National Monument often (in addition to El Paso and Ciudad Juárez). I found UTEP’s use of White Sands as a backdrop for anything associated with a Texas School very, very odd. There is a long standing “Texas vs. Everyone” sentiment along the border.
The A’s could move to Salt Lake for the next few years. The Bees are moving to a new ballpark in ’25, so they would share one year, then have the old park (14K capacity) for a few years all to themselves plus grow a fan base in Salt Lake (only a 6 hour drive from Vegas).
Then, at least for those few years, Salt Lake would have the A’s and the Bees…bah dum hiss.
I had no idea there was a Muppets comic strip.
The artist, Guy Gilchrist, was also responsible for the comic strip “Nancy” for a couple of decades. link
“The Lynx have unveiled a new racial justice-themed uniform.”
– I don’t care for a lot things about the WNBA, but I happened to read this entry anyway. All I’ll say is, wow, the Lynx organization has a REALLLLY high opinion of themselves and seem to think they’re incredibly self-important.
Why and how?
I am a fan of Nike, but what they’ve done and Manfred have done to MLB is embarrassing! I wand individual uniforms worn. At least move the swoosh to the sleeve, the ad patches are disgusting. Manfred has been taking the league further down hill every year.