Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending July 28, 2023

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

Before we get started, a quick programming note: I always take a break from the daily Uni Watch Blog in August. The daily blog will keep operating next month, under the direction of deputy editor Phil Hecken, but I will not be producing these weekly digests on Fridays in August. So you should definitely visit the blog regularly next month!

I will keep doing my weekly feature-length articles here on Substack in August — the deep dives, the interviews, and so on. So if you’re a paid subscriber, you’ll keep getting those. And the Friday digests will resume in September.

Okay, here’s what went down this past week:

Friday, July 21

• A late-breaking item from last Friday that didn’t make it into last week’s digest: Ohio State football has unveiled a new grey alternate uniform.

Saturday, July 22

• Phil and designer Matthew Drake took their latest look at the MLB Multiverse.

Sunday, July 23

• Contributor Jim Vilk looked at the new uniforms for Major League Cricket.

Monday, July 24

• The Tennessee Titans unveiled their Houston Oilers throwback uniforms.

• The New York Jets unveiled their “New York Sack Exchange” throwbacks.

• The hot new thing in basketball court design is a glass floor with LED graphics.

• Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor wore a plastic glove in the field.

Tuesday, July 25

• I wrote about a cool catalog of custom NFL suit linings.

• The Denver Broncos unveiled their new white alternate helmet.

• Despite all the alternate designs currently floating around the NFL uni-verse, there are no plans for alternate uniforms in Kansas City.

• Over in the NBA (remember them?), the Pelicans unveiled their new Statement alternate.

• The Green Bay Packers have acquired the mom-and-pop company that manufactures Cheesehead hats.

Wednesday, July 26

• The first and last pitches of Tuesday night’s Yankees/Mets game were both thrown by pitchers wearing No. 0. Had that ever happened before? I had fun investigating the answer to that question.

• The NHL’s Florida Panthers unveiled a 30th-anniversary logo.

• I took a close Uni Watch look at the movie Oppenheimer, which is filled with interesting uni-related details — and at least one major production-design goof.

• The Miami Dolphins have announced two throwback games for 2023: one in white and one in aqua.

Thursday, July 27

• Cap’n Crunch has gotten an important uniform update — as well as a disturbing anatomical adjustment.

• MLB commissioner Rob Manfred got a contract extension, which is bad news for uniforms.

• The Titans announced the dates for their Oilers throwback games.

• The Eagles announced the unveiling date for their Kelly green throwbacks.

Friday, July 28

• After having the NFL logo at midfield at their shared stadium, the Jets and Giants will have their own midfield logos this year (including three separate designs for the Jets!).

• Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón covered up the sleeve ad on his jersey — until he was apparently told to stop.

• The Eagles’ Kelly green jersey, which will be unveiled on Monday, appears to have leaked.

• The Lakers will retire at least one uni number — and maybe two — for LeBron James.

• A Broncos team executive confirmed that the team is “definitely working on” new uniforms.

Uni Watch News Ticker

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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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.