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04/25/2025

Do you ever feel like you're being bossed around by your parents? It's a feeling I'm all too familiar with (sorry for not listening, Mom and Dad). In fact, it's so familiar that I created an Executive Order graphic to combat it. It's funny how history repeats itself.

What Executive Order would you issue to yourself?

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04/24/2025

Rest in peace Steve McMichael. There will only ever be one Mongo. Good bye to Bam-Bam and Ming the Merciless too. When Rick Flair says you are the man, well you get the picture. After reading The Athletic article by Dan Pompei about Mongo's passing this morning, April 24, 2025, I was moved to make some Mongo type and pay homage. Another legend gone.

04/08/2025

This is the place of your dreams! Zero people! Now, that's what I consider a vacation. We all should visit the Heard and McDonald Islands. I hear they have bad reception too. What a bonus! In case you can't get the nerve or the tariffs have depleted your travel funds, you can proudly wear this Heard and McDonald Island T-shirt to commemorate the time the world lost their s**t about tariffs (both real and imagined). You gotta laugh to keep from crying.

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04/03/2025

Torpedomania! If you've been paying attention, all anyone can talk about regarding MLB is the Torpedo Bat (thanks, Yankees). Even though it's been around for a while and originated back in 1936 with the Bowling Pin bat, Torpedo bats are keeping the MLB top of mind until the data starts rolling in and we find out it's not the arrows after all; it's the archers. It's always been the Archers. Elly De La Cruz is an excellent Archer. The Athletic went deep into the subject if you want to know more. Feels like a T-Shirt? But to me, everything feels like a T-shirt.

03/26/2025

Happy Opening Day?

My opening day was on January 31. To all those Major Leaguers getting started on Thursday, March 27, I say, "Welcome to the season, boys".

Since the big leaguers are finally getting started this week, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on my Baseball journey to date (see pie chart).

This week is a light week for me as I only have the opportunity to see three games in person and watch three games on FloSports. I don't know what I will do with all my time. Work? Suggestions are welcome.

One of My Favorite Players

As always, I'm paying attention to the players on the come-up and on the fringe who will make their mark this season. This allows me to create some 'parody' graphics that playfully highlight their unique skills and quirks, hopefully flying under the radar of the MLP Players Association. Those grinders and glue guys are one more of the things that make Baseball great. But I can't get enough of this guy:

Kiké Hernández

What's not to like about the Kiké Hernández Experience? Every team needs at least one Kiké on their roster. The guy is 100% about the team and will do whatever it takes to win. You can play him anywhere to help out: to date, he's played every position except catcher in the Major Leagues. In the Major Leagues! Who does that? Who has that kind of talent to play in Centerfield one day, then first base the next?

Does anyone in the MLB give a better postgame interview? I think not. As I said, every team needs at least one Kiké on their roster.

Just look at his numbers in the postseason: in 75 postseason games, he has an OPS of just under .900 with an incredible 14 home runs — nine of which came during his time with the Dodgers.

I'm pulling for K**e this year and looking forward to many more epic interviews. Opening day should be a National Holiday. Who are you pulling for this season? Cheers!

03/20/2025

Catching Sunsets

Last week, we embarked on a journey to Corpus Christi to watch the Buttons play the mighty Calallen Wildcats. From there, we headed to Kingsville to watch the scrappy Rattlers face off against the Texas A&M Kingsville Javelinas at Nolan Ryan Field.

What? You didn't know Nolan Ryan went to Texas A&M Kingsville?

He didn't. It turns out he has a ranching buddy in Kingsville who needed some help refurbishing their stadium, so he gave them what they needed most: cash. After that, they named the stadium after him.

I wish he would have plopped down more money for some shade. The first game on Friday was 104º, and the last on Sunday was 86º. Gotta love the transition from winter to Spring in Texas.

I try to capture a "sunset" on all my Baseball travels when possible. Brody has taken up the habit of catching sunsets from the view of his bus window. There are long road trips in D2 Baseball to far-flung places. Hello, Portales, New Mexico! Never been to Lawton, Oklahoma? Then you've never lived!

I'm not talking about Ansel Adams moments, but quick photos to remind you of the many things about your journeys that deserve some of your time. There's beauty out there if you pay attention, even in Kingsville, Texas, where the Golden Arches can get "outgoldened" by a South Texas sunset. Cheers!

03/13/2025

When George W. Bush was warming up in the tunnel underneath Yankee Stadium to throw out the first pitch before Game 3 of the World Series in 2001, his nerves were getting the best of him.

Bush, an avid Baseball fan and player who once owned the Texas Rangers, I'm certain, was more nervous about this act than anything else up to this point in his life – this wasn't an ordinary first pitch! He was merely trying to unite the world after 9/11.

Derek Jeter approached Bush and gave him the advice he needed, "throw the pitch from the mound, not in front of it, and warned him, "Don't bounce it, they'll boo you ." Bush delivered a strike, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Don't Bounce It

As I watched a local celebrity throw out the ceremonial first pitch in a game recently, and I yelled, "Don't bounce it" (that act has become reflexive for me), I wondered if anyone had ever bounced the first pitch and then asked for a redo. Hello, internet wormhole.

There are many examples of horrible first-pitch moments that have entered our collective memories. Who can forget those funny moments? Curtis Jackson, aka Fifty Cent, is my favorite.

The only case of a first pitch redo I could find was Luis Tiant, Sr., throwing out the first pitch in 1975 in Boston at Fenway Park against the Angels. From the AP story about the pitch, "Luis Sr. threw an initial pitch that he wasn't happy with, then, after calling for the ball back, he threw a strike right down the middle, which was well-received by the crowd."

Of course it was a "Tiant" that asked for a redo. Luis "El Tiante" Tiant Jr., is an all-time great and Boston Red Sox legend. I got lost in an internet wormhole reading about El Tiante's career, especially his heroic efforts in the 1975 postseason.

I created this custom brush type as an homage to El Tiante, the Fred Astaire of Baseball. Tiante is forever linked to the Boston Red Sox and that magical 1975 postseason — the cheers of "Lou-ee, Lou-ee, Lou-ee" echo at Fenway Park today. El Tiante would be the first one admitted if there was a Hall-of-Fame for guts. Rest in peace. El Tiante Forever!

03/05/2025

The catcher in Baseball is the second most important person on the field. The catcher, position number two on your scoring sheet, has the ball in his hand as much as the pitcher, number one on your scoring sheet.

A good catcher takes a team to the next level. A great catcher takes a good team to a title.

The Origins of Borrador de Beisball

At a tournament this spring, I caught the game's final outs before my game was going to start. I got lucky to watch a "strike 'em out - throw him out" play to end the game, and the whole place erupted with cheers (and groans). As the crowd passed, I saw a few Baseball Dads shaking their heads and commenting about the catcher.

Evidently, he had been a terror the entire game, catching runners who stole and erasing the other team's chances.

That led me down a wormhole to try and determine who was the best "Eraser" or "Borrador" of baseball. I immediately thought of Pudge Rodriquez, but the statisticians at Baseball Savant have no clear way to determine who was the best "eraser" of runners of all time.

Like most Baseball statistics, once you start digging, there are entire eras you have to filter out. In my mind, and the stats back it up, during his day in the sun, Pudge was the man. Javier Molina is the reigning man these days, but J.T. Realmuto is my favorite catcher. He's an ex-QB who can rake.

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I created custom pen brush type using the Spanish version of the word eraser (everything sounds better in Spanish) and made a graphic to honor the catcher position. You gotta be a psycho to be a Baseball catcher. 

This art is printed in two colors and uses the Gildan Soft Style T-shirt as the canvas. People like how the Gildan Soft Style T-shirt feels; it fits men and women well.

Who's your favorite, Borrador?

Get a Borrador of Baseball T-shirt for the favorite catcher you cheer on, or to show your appreciation for the hardest working eraser in the game of Baseball.

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02/27/2025

Baseball Field Mandalas

I enjoy creating Baseball graphics that pay homage to great players and the moments in time that make Baseball iconic. It's fun, and if I can make a design work on a T-shirt, I know I can apply it anywhere, and it will hold up.

However, sometimes you want a design to be more subtle. That's why I'm excited to introduce the Baseball Field Mandala designs. It's a low-key way to express your love for the game without it screaming Baseball, and the designs require a closer look. These graphics started as sketches this previous Sunday at the ballpark and have evolved this week into three mandala designs I dig.

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Let me know if you like the concept.
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Cheers!

02/27/2025

Always, fashionably nostalgic. Stay retro, pony boy.

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02/20/2025

I don't know where you were in 1988, but in the fall of that year, if you were lucky, you were at Chavez Ravine watching one of the most epic home runs ever. If you were like me, you were glued to the TV listening to the incomparable Vin Scully make a baseball call that will live forever. Watching that video never gets old. This t-shirt is an homage to that place and time. The custom brush script type on the front is hand drawn and texturized to resemble the iconic Dodger's Jersey script but playful enough to stand on its own. Sport this Gildan Softstyle T-shirt at your favorite ballpark this summer. Viva Kirk Gibson '88!

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02/10/2025

"Rent is due every day, I don’t plan on missing any payments.” – Jalen Hurts. Congratulations to Super Bowl LIX Champ and MVP, Jalen Hurts. The rent has been paid. I made this homage to Jalen way back in September of 2020. It's still one of my favorite designs and he's still one of my favorite QBs and Humans. Cheers!
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From September 2020:

What would you do? Flashback to 2016 when Jalen Hurts was smashing Alabama's Freshman football records and leading his team to the title game. Flash forward a little bit to his Sophomore season in 2017 when he gets doubted and is replaced by another freshman phenom at halftime of the National Championship game. He never blinks. Doesn't quit. Doesn't transfer. He continues to hone his game. He sits on the bench as a back-up his entire Junior season and comes in when he's needed and saves the Crimson Tide's season in the SEC Championship game. Flash forward to his final season at Oklahoma. More obliterated records, more wins, and more accolades. He has an affect on the game with his play and attitude. The Hurts Effect greatly increases your chance of winning.

Make no doubt about it, Jalen Hurts is my QB1. Philly fans have got to be loving the way Jalen Hurts is progressing, there is definitely a Hurts Effect when this guy is on your team. He's a winner and one of my all time favorite football players from Texas. The pride of Channelview High School. Dude just flat out balls and makes everyone better.

Unselfish, unsung, and undeterred. Rooting for you big time Jalen!

Be like Jalen and strive to affect the people around you with good vibes only the rest of your work week. It will feel good heading into the weekend knowing you had a positive effect on the people in your orbit. Cheers!

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Dad, Husband, 2 Boys and 1 Dog. Designer who spends his days making other people look good. I like creating things that require ink. My shop is a place that feeds my creative spirit. Get something printed, by Parrish.