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All Day I Dream About Soccer Sex Stripes
For the most part I don’t get too bent out of shape about Adidas’s three stripes. I mean, I like stripes. But last night’s NBA All-Star game was too much. From the warm-up suits to the side piping on...
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Who Loves the Sun / Who Cares That It Makes Plants Grow…
Last Friday I asked about unusual instances of athletes wearing sunglasses. The very next day — the very next day! — the sunglass gods dumped something into my lap: Yankees pitcher Kei Igawa took the...
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Tough Day for the Ice Cream Vendor
With all these crazy cold-weather games that have been going on, I’ve found myself wondering, “Who the hell would go to a ballgame under these conditions?” I mean, I can sort of understand if it’s...
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Minor Matters
Got two really interesting communiqués involving minor league baseball yesterday. The first came from Benjamin Guest, who checked in with the following: The Birmingham Barons, AA affiliate of the...
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So This Zebra Walks into a Bar onto a Lacrosse Field
Got two interesting notes over the weekend, both of which call for reader input. The first came from Ryan Burns, as follows: I’m going to be president of my local lacrosse officials’ association next...
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Preseason Ponderings
Now that the first slate of NFL preseason games has been played, a few new developments have come to light (aside from those green dots on QBs’ helmets, which we’ve already discussed at length). Let’s...
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Monday Morning Uni Watch
The big uni-related news in the NFL yesterday had nothing to do with the players. It was the pink ribbons being worn by most coaches, owners, and other sideline personnel (although a few coaches went...
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Of Uniform Numbers — and Letters
The e-mails started arriving at Uni Watch HQ right after the end of Saturday’s Kentucky/LSU game. While the rest of the country was buzzing about Kentucky’s upset victory, Uni Watch readers were...
View ArticleWould You Wear It on Your Hat? Would You Wear It While Up at Bat?
Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day, otherwise known as the one uni-notable day of spring training. Here’s what MLB teams wore, in roughly descending order of how much effort they expended (apologies if I...
View ArticleRight or Left? Right or Wrong?
We all know by now that if an American flag patch or decal applied to the right sleeve or the right side of an object should always have the blue field facing forward, even if it makes the flag look...
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