Email Author Paul Lukas

2001 Stories by Paul Lukas

• Offensive Schemes

  published December 4, 2001

  With baseball showing its usual sense of misplaced aesthetic priorities (like, if the owners are serious about contraction, shouldn't they base it... More >>

• Flag-Waving

  published September 25, 2001

  The American flag is everywhere you look right now, including the baseball diamond. In a show of solidarity following the World Trade Center... More >>

• Meet The Mets, Greet The Mets

  published September 25, 2001

  After a week of heartache and despair, getting out of New York for a day or two seemed like a good idea, and the return of baseball provided the... More >>

• A Single-Digit Salute

  published September 4, 2001

  Rob Bell and Wayne Gomes were among the lower-profile pitchers to be traded this summer, but that's not all they have in common. With Bell taking... More >>

• Adding Some Zip

  published July 31, 2001

  There was a lot to like about the Negro League uniforms that the Mets and Blue Jays wore for their July 15 game at Shea, but Uni Watch was... More >>

• Alt.uniforms

  published June 26, 2001

  Twenty-two of the 30 Major League Baseball teams currently feature at least one alternate uniform design, a situation that has led to much... More >>

• Hosiery History

  published June 5, 2001

  It is with no small degree of concern that Uni Watch has been monitoring the situation unfolding on baseball players' lower legs.The intersection... More >>

• Kept in the Loop

  published May 15, 2001

  Uni Watch was enjoying a Detroit Tigers game a few years back when an acquaintance observed, "Look at Cecil Fielder—his waistline's so big... More >>

• Kickin' It Old School

  published April 3, 2001

  Just when you think the world is going to hell in a handbasket, something comes along to restore your faith in humankind, something that makes you... More >>

• Star Gazing

  published February 27, 2001

  All-star games present a tough choice: Do you let the players wear their regular uniforms, as Major League Baseball does, resulting in a crazy... More >>

• Ugliness in the Xtreme

  published February 6, 2001

  As the WFL proved in the '70s and the USFL reaffirmed in the '80s, there's nothing like a new football league to bring out the worst in uniform... More >>

• Field-General Fashion

  published January 9, 2001

  Attentive readers may recall that Uni Watch had high praise at the outset of the NFL season for the Dallas Cowboys, who memorialized Tom Landry... More >>