Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Jan. 26, 2024

One-stop shopping for the past week of Uni Watch Blog content.

Jan 26, 2024

Hello! It’s been a very eventful week on the Uni Watch Blog, with lots of scoops. Here’s what went down:

Saturday, Jan. 20

Contributor Jimmy Corcoran looked at jersey similarities between the 1973 New England Patriots and the old World Football League.
Phil broke down the NFL Divisional Playoff uniform matchups.
Contributor Chris Diamond delivered the next installment in his proposal to make NFL uniforms more uniform.

Sunday, Jan. 21

I made a rare Sunday appearance by posting exclusive interviews with the two guys at the heart of the rumors that the Jets are about to promote their “Sack Exchange” throwbacks to primary status.
Chris Diamond returned with the third installment of his quest to make NFL uniforms more uniform.

Monday, Jan. 22

In the first of a series of exclusive MLB reports, I broke the news that the Angels are adding a 1970s pullover throwback this season.
Data shows how fewer and fewer NBA teams are wearing white at home.
I provided an exclusive first look at the how the Mets are tweaking their black alternate jersey this year.
A Uni Watch reader shared some fantastic old letterhead designs from his family archives.
If Kansas City makes it back to the Super Bowl, they could end up wearing a record number of jersey patches in that game.

Tuesday, Jan. 23

A Uni Watch exclusive: The Yankees are making changes to their road uniform.
Another exclusive: We have some early info on the Mets’ City Connect uniform.
Yet another exclusive: The Mariners are finally changing the troublesome NOB font on their navy road jersey.
The Rockies’ black vest jersey is officially kaput.

Wednesday, Jan. 24

The Vancouver Canucks are preparing to wear chrome blue helmets, and they look really good.
Another Uni Watch exclusive: The Cardinals will have a new look this spring, because they’re scrapping their red spring training jersey.
Although nothing has been formally announced, it appears that the A’s and Phillies have a great-looking throwback game in the works.
The Golden State Warriors are adding a memorial patch and court memorial for assistant coach Dejan Milojević, who died last week.
In a surprising move, the Utah Jazz have shelved their primary yellow uniform for the rest of this season.
This is so awesome: A graphic designer is going around and secretly replacing poorly designed street flyers with better-looking versions that he creates for free!

Thursday, Jan. 25

A Kansas City TV station, while previewing this Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, confused the Baltimore Ravens with a local high school team.
It looks like the Cubs may finally be removing the little “®” trademark symbol from their jersey logo, which has been there since 1979!
The NBA All-Star uniforms, which leaked two weeks ago, have now been officially unveiled.
We’ve gotten our first look at Orioles jerseys rendered in Nike’s new template, along with a side-by-side comparison of the old and new jersey colors.
Another Uni Watch exclusive: The Padres are adding a stadium-anniversary patch this season.
Yet another exclusive (although certainly not a surprise): The Texas Rangers have a gold-trimmed championship cap in the works.
And I hope you saw my deep dive on the history of “World’s Champions” vs. “World Champions” here on Substack.

Friday, Jan. 26

The two teams playing in this Sunday’s AFC Championship Game — the Ravens and Kansas City — are the only two NFL teams with a particular quirk in their helmet designs.
After dropping a bunch of hints, the San Jose Sharks have unveiled a really nice black alternate uniform.
The Miami Marlins are teasing two new jerseys, and then we got an exclusive early look at them.

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. Here are the Tickers for Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, 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.