End of Watch: Uni Watch (1999–2025)
Here is Paul Lukas, founder of Uni Watch:
Due to a perfect storm of negative developments, I have reluctantly come to the unfortunate conclusion that continuing to publish Uni Watch is no longer viable. This will be the site’s final post.
This is a bummer. Uni Watch was one of the purest things on the internet. It was so wonderfully specific and enthusiastic. Uni Watch was For People Who Get It™ and I was one of them. So much so that it became a defining, albeit small, feature of my personality.
At the start of Game 7 last night, I texted my friend Bob:
If the blue jays lose it will be because they don’t have a uniform belt color
(They didn’t—although I think I prefer the pop of red.)
His response:
An observation only Joe Petro could make
Now, while clearly I was right in this case, Bob was not. Bob doesn’t Get It ™. These are the kinds of observations Uni Watch has been making for the last 26 years. They will truly be missed… and in more ways than one.
The site’s archive won’t even remain on the web:
Most of the archive — everything but the past few days’ worth of content — has already been taken down. The rest of the site, including this post, will be taken offline soon, probably around next Wednesday.
I agree with John Gruber on this:
I don’t understand why sites don’t leave their archives standing when they close down. It shouldn’t cost much to keep the domain name registered and a static version of the site’s archive online.
Either way, thank you to Founder Paul Lukas for starting this whole thing and to Editor Phil Hecken for carrying the torch. Thank you for putting in the work. Thank you for doing actual journalism. Thank you for reposting my piece about how USA Baseball desperately needs a new logo. And thank you for paying attention to the details. ⚑
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