Monochrome In Baseball, Part II
By Phil Hecken A little over a month ago, I brought you a look at Monochrome In Baseball, which looked at the use of solid color uniforms (jerseys and pants) throughout baseball history. Today I bring...
View ArticleMonochrome In Baseball, Part III
By Phil Hecken About a month and half ago I took a look at monochrome in baseball as teams had undertaken that particular fashion statement, and followed that up last weekend with a look at monochrome...
View ArticleMonochrome in Baseball, Part IV
By Phil Hecken A short while ago, we looked at the first seven American League teams were they to try “monochrome”. A couple of them, maybe, might be worth pursuing, should teams wish to pursue such a...
View ArticleBumblebee Mania
By Phil Hecken With all the recent activity surrounding the Pittsburgh Pirates and their “Bumblebee” period (1977 through 1984), from the recent mention of Jerry Reuss’ blog, to Paul’s upcoming...
View ArticleMonochrome In Baseball, Part V
By Phil Hecken After a short hiatus, the look at the “future” of monochrome (or lack thereof) in baseball continues. Today, we’ll examine half of the Senior Circuit. The premise of this ‘series,’ has...
View ArticleMonochrome In Baseball, Part VI
By Phil Hecken “It’s a marathon and not a sprint.” That’s how we describe the major league baseball season, and so to it goes for the look at monochrome in baseball. This “project” actually began more...
View ArticleLeave The Uni Critiques To Us, Please
By Phil Hecken With good reason, Paul pretty much ignores all those “Worst Uniform” lists we see on other websites, and to my knowledge, he’s never compiled such a list himself. I tend to agree with...
View ArticleNo No No
By Phil Hecken It’s been a big past few days in the uni-verse, so much so that there are really three big stories on the front burner today. They’re all pretty bad, each in its own way. But let’s...
View ArticleWhat Can Brown Do for the Browns?
For years now Cleveland fans have been asking me — sometimes with dread, sometimes with anticipation — “Are the Browns gonna bring back the brown pants?” My answer has always been the same: “I have no...
View ArticleNFL Going Color vs. Color for Thursday-Night Games
The Packers held their annual shareholders meeting yesterday. They confirmed the legitimacy of the throwback uniform that we discussed here yesterday (it’ll be worn on Oct. 18 against the Chargers),...
View ArticleDo Mono-Colored Uniforms Look Smaller?
Click to enlarge As I watched last night’s Cowboys/Vikings game, a thought occurred to me: Players in monochromatic look smaller, at least to me. Smaller and narrower. I’m not sure why this is — maybe...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being (Neon) Green: Seahawks/Rams Report
Click to enlarge Okay, so that happened. I’ll get to last night’s game in a minute, but first I want to take a look back. Most of you probably know that the Seahawks wore neon-green jerseys (without...
View ArticleNo No No
By Phil Hecken It’s been a big past few days in the uni-verse, so much so that there are really three big stories on the front burner today. They’re all pretty bad, each in its own way. But let’s...
View ArticleWhat Can Brown Do for the Browns?
For years now Cleveland fans have been asking me — sometimes with dread, sometimes with anticipation — “Are the Browns gonna bring back the brown pants?” My answer has always been the same: “I have no...
View ArticleNFL Going Color vs. Color for Thursday-Night Games
The Packers held their annual shareholders meeting yesterday. They confirmed the legitimacy of the throwback uniform that we discussed here yesterday (it’ll be worn on Oct. 18 against the Chargers),...
View ArticleDo Mono-Colored Uniforms Look Smaller?
Click to enlarge As I watched last night’s Cowboys/Vikings game, a thought occurred to me: Players in monochromatic look smaller, at least to me. Smaller and narrower. I’m not sure why this is — maybe...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being (Neon) Green: Seahawks/Rams Report
Click to enlarge Okay, so that happened. I’ll get to last night’s game in a minute, but first I want to take a look back. Most of you probably know that the Seahawks wore neon-green jerseys (without...
View ArticleMan, Do I Miss Baseball Season
Embed from Getty Images So was that the worst-looking game in NFL history last night? It’s certainly in the discussion. Too bad they couldn’t get the Browns to play a halftime scrimmage or something,...
View ArticleRebelling Against the Rash
The Cowboys will be wearing their mono-white Thursday-night uniforms for tomorrow’s game against Washington. But what with the ’Skins be wearing? That’s the question that began spreading around...
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