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By Paul Lukas, on September 25th, 2007%
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I could . . . → Read More: Your Tax Dollars at Work
By Paul Lukas, on September 5th, 2007%
My NFL season-preview column is now up on ESPN — here’s the link.
Meanwhile, let’s talk about the new NFL logo. By now you’ve all seen the new version, which will go into effect next year (and has already inspired several parodies). Let’s examine the changes and some of the league’s stated reasons . . . → Read More: No Friggin’ Lenience
By Paul Lukas, on September 4th, 2007%
Scott Turner and I took an upstate road trip last Thursday, capped off by a double-A ballgame between the Binghamton Mets and the New Britain Rock Cats. And therein lies a tale.
The Mets are one of those franchises that require all their minor league affiliates to hike up their pant cuffs, so . . . → Read More: Be Careful What You Wish For
By Paul Lukas, on June 29th, 2007%
Wednesday’s comments section featured a really great discussion about a 1981 contest sponsored by the White Sox, who invited fans to submit design proposals for the team’s 1982 uniforms. Some of these ideas were produced as prototypes and modeled. That led to further discussion of other MLB prototypes that were produced but never . . . → Read More: Just My ’Type
By Paul Lukas, on June 28th, 2007%
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Plus I also have a review of last night’s No Mas event on today’s Page 2 index page.
Meanwhile: Great little uniform-related episode in the 4th inning of Tuesday night’s Cubs/Rockies game, when Chicago pitcher Ted Lilly was due to bat but was momentarily AWOL, . . . → Read More: Quick Change Artist
By Paul Lukas, on June 12th, 2007%
By now we’re all familiar with the Padres occasionally breaking out the camouflage uniforms. No matter what you think of them (I know plenty of you feel pretty passionately on both sides), one critique applies: If they really had the courage of their convictions, they’d wear camouflage pants to go along with the . . . → Read More: Hiding in Plain Sight
By Paul Lukas, on June 8th, 2007%
New ESPN column today — here’s the link.
Meanwhile: Last night I worked a volunteer shift at the very wonderful City Reliquary, where the gift shop featured a book I hadn’t noticed before: Mark Rucker’s Brooklyn Dodgers, a pictorial history of my home borough’s most storied franchise. After flipping through the pages for a . . . → Read More: Uni Watch Book Club: The Brooklyn Dodgers
By Paul Lukas, on May 29th, 2007%
For years — long before I came up with the idea for Uni Watch — my favorite spot at the Baseball Hall of Fame was the third floor, where they had a big display of old uniforms. The bad news is that reader Jay Braiman tells me that the third floor has been . . . → Read More: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Uniforms
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