Hardhat Zone

By Paul Lukas, on April 27th, 2015%

When Mets reliever Alex Torres debuted his new protective cap two weekends ago, lots of people on Twitter said, “Why doesn’t he just wear a helmet like the base coaches?” I responded to such people by saying, “A pitcher’s motion is too herky-jerk. A helmet wouldn’t stay on his head without a chinstrap.”

That seemed . . . → Read More: Hardhat Zone

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A Team of Their Own, Continued

By Paul Lukas, on June 8th, 2012%

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Back on Tuesday I posted a guest-written entry about the Dubois County Bombers, a summer collegiate wood bat team that got a retro makeover from reader Kyle Kendall. Today Kyle has provided some follow-up materials about the Bombers:

• The program: Kyle asked me not to reproduce . . . → Read More: A Team of Their Own, Continued

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A Team of Their Own

By Paul Lukas, on June 5th, 2012%

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Kyle Kendall, who recently got the opportunity to redesign an entire team. Enjoy. ”” PL]

By Kyle Kendall

I’ve been reading Uni Watch every day since the beginning. I wanted to tell you about a pretty large project I’ve been working on for the Dubois . . . → Read More: A Team of Their Own

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