Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Sept. 29, 2023
Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Sept. 29, 2023
One-stop shopping for the past week of Uni Watch Blog content.
Saturday, Sept. 23
Longtime reader/contributor Walter Helfer wrote an unusual take on baseball uniform ads, which generated a lot of good discussion.
Over in the NHL, the Wild have a “new” North Stars-themed alternate uniform that’s basically the same as last season’s Reverse Retro uni.
Sticking with the NHL, the Penguins have a new road helmet advertiser.
Still more NHL: The Jets have a new alternate uniform to mark the Royal Canadian Air Force’s centennial.
Sunday, Sept. 24
Phil had his weekly Sunday Morning Uni Watch college football roundup.
Monday, Sept. 25
Here’s this week’s Monday Morning Uni Watch report on Sunday’s NFL action.
Speaking of the NFL, ESPN is putting out some really bad information about NFL uniforms.
Over in the NHL, the Kings reportedly have new advertisements coming for their home jersey and home helmet.
Speaking of the Oilers, their navy alternate uniform will apparently be retired after this season.
Tuesday, Sept. 26
The Utah Jazz are marking their 50th season with a new 1974 throwback uniform.
This year’s NHL Heritage Classic should be a doozy, because the Oilers and Flames have revealed some excellent uniforms for that game.
Over in MLS, the Seattle Sounders have a new jersey crest and supporting logos.
Wednesday, Sept. 27
Following the death of Baseball Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson, I took a look at the two big uni-related storylines from his career.
Uni Watch’s favorite MLB hosiery hero, Twins pitcher Chris Paddack, returned to the big leagues for the first time in nearly a year and a half, and his stirrups looked as great as ever.
And I hope you checked out my deep dive on “What if?” uniforms, which ran here on Substack.
Thursday, Sept. 28
The Orioles saluted Brooks Robinson on their uniforms and around their ballpark.
The A’s had a bizarre mishmash of uniforms during 1972’s spring training.
Turning to college football, Georgia Tech will wear glow-in-the-dark uniforms this Saturday.
Minor League Baseball has unveiled a new logo, which should look familiar to baseball fans.
Friday, Sept. 29
I took a close look at the current state of NFL TV numbers.
Here’s how a 10-year-old Phillies fan ended up with Bryce Harper’s batting helmet.
MLB has partnered with the Rolling Stones for a very strange album promotion.
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 (or almost daily — there was no Ticker this past Monday due to a scheduling conflict). Here are the Tickers for Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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