Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Feb. 23, 2024
Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Feb. 23, 2024
One-stop shopping for the past week of Uni Watch Blog content.
Hello! Here’s what’s been happening over on the Uni Watch Blog:
Saturday, Feb. 17
Jamie Rathjen and Antony Emerson had Part Two and Part Three of our MLS jersey review.
A Uni Watch reader in New Zealand (!) designed cool uniforms for his baseball team.
Sunday, Feb. 18
Phil had his annual NBA All-Star Game sneaker guiide.
Most MLB teams will not have dedicated spring training jerseys this year.
Phil had Part Four of our MLS jersey review.
Monday, Feb. 19
There were lots of uni-related details to talk about at the NHL’s Stadium Series game between the Rangers and Islanders.
I tried to decode all the patches on the NBA All-Star Game warm-up jackets.
Speaking of the NBA All-Star Game, the refs’ new ad patches were even worse than we’d been led to expect.
In yet another NBA All-Star development, two players wore interesting custom jerseys during the 3-Point and Slam Dunk Contests.
Following up on a report from last month, it appears that the Cubs are indeed removing the circle-R trademark symbol from their home jersey logo.
The Red Sox are adding a memorial patch for Tim Wakefield.
Tuesday, Feb. 20
In another Uni Watch exclusive, I interviewed the main guy behind the rumors regarding the Broncos’ new uniforms.
The 1955 Grey Cup game had an amazing opening ceremony. Don’t miss!
It looks like the Cubs are getting ready to add a sleeve advertisement.
Wednesday, Feb. 21
I did a detailed breakdown on which MLB teams will and won’t have perforated number fabric this season.
Nike’s latest MLB uniform problem: see-through pants. Lots of additional examples here.
The Royals are the latest MLB team to add a sleeve advertisement — and it’s a doozy.
And I hope you saw my open letter to Nike here on Substack.
Thursday, Feb. 22
The Devils are the latest NHL team to add a jersey advertisement.
Here’s a look at all the MLB teams whose chest lettering looks worse this year due to Nike’s new template.
Friday, Feb. 23
The MLB/Nike see-through pants fiasco hit a hilarious new low.
Uni Watch 25th-anniversary coasters are now available.
Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani wears an unusual belt.
In a rare bit of good MLB uni news, it appears that Atlanta’s belt loop piping isn’t being scrapped after all, at least on their home pants.
Membership card designer Scott M.X. Turner checked in with the latest installment of his Remembership retrospective series.
Uni Watch News Tickers
In addition to the articles I just linked to, we also had the Uni Watch News Ticker — our daily roundup of news items from across the uni-verse. We didn’t have Tickers on Monday or Tuesday this week because of the Presidents’ Day holiday, but here are the Tickers for Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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That’s it for this week. Thanks for reading Uni Watch!
Paul Lukas has been writing about uniforms for over 20 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Uni Watch merchandise. Have a question for Paul? Contact him here.