Our Third Installment!

It is my great honor to introduce our third guest here at Five Questions, the Great Paul Lukas. He was editor of the late, great zine Beer Frame, devoted to study of everyday minutae such as album covers, candy bar wrappers and disposable razors. He is also the author of the Beer Frame best-of book : Inconspicuous Consumption. The volume is out of print, but worth every penny where you can find it. Paul currently directs his attentive eye to the world of sports uniforms, with both his ongoing coverage for the UniWatch Column at ESPN.com and his own UniWatch blog. Over the years, I have sent Paul many questions about cycling gear or baseball stirrups, always with a great response. So without further ado:

1. Which uniform design do you believe is due for an overhaul and conversely which uni never should have changed?

Hey, that's two questions! Anyway: The Bills need an overhaul, like, yesterday. And the Jaguars made a bunch of small changes this year that totally ruined what had been a very underrated uni design.

2. Why do hockey players wear shorts when it's so cold on the ice? (Also what would it look like if you wore those big shorts and socks without the padding?

Hockey gear is soooo specialized. I once suggested that maybe it was time to lose the short pants and people went BONKERS. Remember when the Flyers and Whalers wore Cooperalls back in the '80s? Seems to make more sense than the short pants, but people hated it. Just one of those things.

3. As far as jerseys go, on which side do you fall: Cursive or Block Lettering?

Block.

4. What in your opinion, is the funniest logo found in sports? My vote goes to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Southern League.

You stole my answer -- I *love* the Biscuits, especially the little pat of butter that they use for the mascot's tongue. Genius!

5. Which of the 4 Major North American Sports Leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL) will be the first to have advertising on their unis a la the Japanese Baseball League or,God Forbid, NASCAR?

Probably the NHL, because (a) they need the money the most, and (b) they already have jersey ads in their top minor league, the AHL.