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2008 BCB Shirts!

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Yes, I am going to try to do this again... and this time, I think I've figured out a way to get the shirts to you more efficiently, AND give you a choice of design.

Thanks to BCB reader santoswoodenlegs, who you know better as the guy who posts all the photos in the game threads, we have two excellent designs to choose from:

Home plate shirt logo

Ivy shirt logo

santoswoodenlegs also made these mockup designs of three different colored shirts, white, gray and blue, so you can see what the logos would look like on each one. Vote in the poll to let me know which one you'd like best. If there's no clear favorite (or even maybe if there is), I might give a choice of logos and colors.

Ivy White

Ivy Gray

Ivy Blue

Home Plate White

Home Plate Gray

Home Plate Blue

Once all of you decide what you'd like, I will set this up through my CafePress account and you can order directly from them -- I'll post a link. That way the shirt will be shipped directly to you and you can get exactly what you want and pay for the type of shipping you want (slow, medium or fast speed, CafePress has all of those choices). I'm going to price them so we can make a $7.50 donation per shirt to Project 3000 (maybe a little more, depending on how many shirts are ordered).

So -- vote in the poll, and soon, I hope to have this all set up for getting a new BCB T-shirt.

Poll
Which shirt and color would you choose?
  • Home plate - white shirt
  • Home plate - gray shirt
  • Home plate - blue shirt
  • Ivy - white shirt
  • Ivy - blue shirt
  • Ivy - gray shirt

  183 votes | Results

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what about "howry cow"??

n/t

2008 Cubs: Why Beat A Team in Regulation, when you can beat them in extras?

by Chanman25 on May 13, 2008 9:54 AM CDT   0 recs

No.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:14 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

: (

n/t

game over! - ARAM FOR MVP on May 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT (down 3-0 to the Reds in the 1ST INNING)

by joeschmitt on May 13, 2008 1:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

What about a black shirt?

So nobody has to see the scroll bar on my posts!!!!

by McRipper on May 13, 2008 9:58 AM CDT   0 recs

We could do that, too.

I don’t think the logos would show up as well on black, though.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:15 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agree with black shirt

and maybe some long sleeve shirts as well.

Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen

by lemon20pie on May 13, 2008 11:40 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The site

is Bleed Cubbie Blue. Not black, or white, or green…..

And so it goes.

by Luigi on May 13, 2008 4:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Huh?

And your point is…...

So nobody has to see the scroll bar on my posts!!!!

by McRipper on May 13, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How about the pic on the back...

and just a small BCB logo on the front left breast? Just seems more typical of these types of shirts.

by RMRZisMYmanCRUSH on May 13, 2008 10:03 AM CDT   0 recs

Agreed

I like the big logo on the back better

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by Fuk-U-Meter on May 13, 2008 10:14 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Me personally...

... I’d prefer the larger logo on the front.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:16 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Some type of BCB logo, on the sleeve, front, or back, would be a neat addition, too...

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on May 13, 2008 10:17 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think

Cafe Press can do that.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 10:25 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No, they can't.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:30 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That can't put stuff on the back?

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on May 13, 2008 10:34 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think they can do two logos.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:44 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey Al

I was just tinkering with it online, it appeasr for $3 extra you can do an image on the front and back. Just so ya know.

by RMRZisMYmanCRUSH on May 13, 2008 11:02 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That might push the total cost too high for some people.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 1:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

None of the above

Suggestion: Plate shirt but entire shirt – not just background – is the IF dirt.

by blackhawk24 on May 13, 2008 10:06 AM CDT   0 recs

Comment. Of. The. Day.

I LOL’ed….I’m LOL’ing. That’s hilarious.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 13, 2008 10:20 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well rather than the ubiquitous...

square/rectangle pic across the chest or back, it’d have some style.

by blackhawk24 on May 13, 2008 10:35 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

IMO

I dont like the sqaure look of the image on the shirt. Anyone else agree? Really cool though, count me in.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on May 13, 2008 10:09 AM CDT   0 recs

I agree...

...the “squareness” of the image looks odd; but I am sure that can be remedied (?).

This is GREAT!! I will order two, one for my father, too.

Dan

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on May 13, 2008 10:11 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'll let santoswoodenlegs weigh in on the logos...

... they’re not set in stone, if he can make adjustments, I’ll let him do that before I set anything up.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:16 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i second this. maybe the home plate shape of the top image could be cut out so that the printed design was just shaped like the plate rather than the box?

any chance of having an option with last year’s shirt design? i really loved that one but i didn’t want to get embroiled in the whole thing….

"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella

by anormal on May 13, 2008 11:39 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Third

I like the home plate, but rid of the dirt border and leave just the shape of the plate.

by slink on May 13, 2008 11:59 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Forth

That was my thinking, too. I like the designs, but the rigid rectangle seems a bit off.

"Just because you've had enough/ doesn't mean you wanted too much." -Dean Young

by Kegler on May 13, 2008 12:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse

by BigJohnAZ on May 13, 2008 12:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

And another......

even if it was just a home plate with the writing and some scattered dirt around the edges. I love this idea. My friends are jealous of my 2007 shirt !!!

by coral on May 13, 2008 4:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Or perhaps...

...you could still go with the rectangle, but transition from the shirt to the logo with a dirt-like border, instead of the box?

I love the home plate logo…good job, SWL!

by Shawon O Meter on May 13, 2008 1:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

maybe so

but is that bad? i kinda like it.

"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella

by anormal on May 13, 2008 3:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The Ivy

is such a part of Wrigley and the Cubs that i would go with the bricks and ivy design

by sdurst on May 13, 2008 10:18 AM CDT   1 recs

I like the home plate design a lot...

...and its a perfect to homage to the run-scoring powerhouse that is the 2008 Chicago Cubs.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2008 10:19 AM CDT   0 recs

I'd be interested to see...

...any Fukudome/Cubs related t-shirts that are selling in Japan. Where’s dragonsfanatic been lately?

Dan

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on May 13, 2008 10:20 AM CDT   0 recs

My 2 cents...

I like the idea of the big logo on the back and a small BCB logo on the front left chest.

by BartlettBob on May 13, 2008 10:23 AM CDT   0 recs

agree

the big image on the back and smaller logo on the front would look cool

I like the design of the home plate image and yes the ivy represents wrigley but not thrilled with the image

by chicagodave on May 13, 2008 10:28 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

that style is more popular...

and i would wear it regularly. I think a small, simplified version of the ivy pic would be nice on the left chest and the plate image on the back. Actually the idea for an ‘08 number in the ivy works would be cool also. Now we’re all fashion designers… so long as we’re not doing the work

by RMRZisMYmanCRUSH on May 13, 2008 10:44 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Suggestion

What if you put the logo on the front then on the back put 08 for the year the Cubs win the World Series and put your BCB name on the top like a jersey?

So nobody has to see the scroll bar on my posts!!!!

by McRipper on May 13, 2008 10:29 AM CDT   0 recs

That would require customizing each shirt.

... a lot of work and probably a lot more $

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:31 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good Point!!

So nobody has to see the scroll bar on my posts!!!!

by McRipper on May 13, 2008 10:32 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

that would be a lot more work and $

It can be done, but we’d be talking $25-30 per shirt for cost, much less donating.

Plus, I don’t wanna jinx it.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 10:47 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How about a portion

goes to our WS BCB party? MDBNIU could bar tend.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on May 13, 2008 10:35 AM CDT   0 recs

Winner!

"In all the categories that you pay the most attention to, except the loss column, we're doing very well" - Jim Hendry

by Jayo525 on May 13, 2008 10:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Give me awhile...

to get some work done (the kind I get paid to do), and then I’ll take care of the “ugly square” problem. Those are just mock-ups of the logos anyway. Peace out.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2008 10:39 AM CDT   0 recs

Thanks.

Just wanted to put this out there for comments. Get back to me when you have more final designs.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 13, 2008 10:45 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Al

The beauty of Cafepress is if you design a logo you can slap it on anything you want. Heck you could do all the different styles people want and then just do the 7.50 markup that you were talking about.

btw: Im definitely interested in whatever you decide to do. I got one last year and wear it quite a bit.

---AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on May 13, 2008 10:42 AM CDT   0 recs

Proceeds from the shirts

Typically, the way CafePress works is that anyone can upload a design, CafePress gets a cut and the person who uploaded the design gets the rest.

Would anyone other than CafePress and Project 3000 be getting any money from these shirts?

by Leon Durham on May 13, 2008 11:07 AM CDT   0 recs

More sexy?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2008 11:36 AM CDT   0 recs

My comments

Originally, I liked the home plate one, but after the redesigns, I like the Ivy one much better.

However, I would like it even more if the blue text on the ivy picture was slightly more legible.

That’s the only thing preventing me from buying it right now, lol.

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 11:39 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

However

I like both enough to buy it.

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 11:41 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I could add some lense flare and embossing...q

would that help? Or the deal-breaker…a bunch of murton-unicorns flying around the ivy like little bugs!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2008 11:49 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oooooh!!!!

Oh Murton riding the unicorn across home plate!!!!

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 11:50 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If you are going with a fantasy shirt,

put Soto on a white horse galloping into home. Ya know, that’s not much of a departure from the real world at this point
and Sue and I would likely buy a case of them each!

Geovany Soto you're my Hero

by love the ivy on May 13, 2008 12:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Take heart Ivy...

someday…your prince will come.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2008 1:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Probably...

...the next time Milwaukee’s in town, no?

by Shawon O Meter on May 13, 2008 1:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Bravo!!!

Geovany Soto you're my Hero

by love the ivy on May 13, 2008 1:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

it's got the Sue stamp of approval

PRINT IT and SHIP IT!

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 2:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

those are better

especially the Ivy one.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 11:49 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I like that one best too...

looks good on the grey..

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball"

by Bump Bailey on May 13, 2008 12:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I like the second one

alot more than the first one. But no going with my old logo?

Did he just say funky butt-loving?

by Louie on May 13, 2008 11:51 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I like it!

The home plate on the back would be SWEET with faded dirt around the edges!

by chicagodave on May 13, 2008 12:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Instinctively, I think the Ivy is the way to go, but...

...the font just doesn’t work for me, for some reason. This may sound weird but it looks too childlsh, too bubbly, too lovable loserish??? I don’t know what the right words are, but the BCB part is just not tough enough. And the bleedcubbieblue.com across the top is kinda hard to read – maybe because the outline letters take up more space and it’s a tight squeeze? What if you went with just a single color lettering across the top (and bottom).

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on May 13, 2008 12:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

From a design standpoint I understand what your saying...

I could go with a straight “block” font, but the color choices get pretty limited when you put it over the ivy. White obviously works, as would any lighter color. I was trying to keep the color blue in the design for obvious reasons. I can swap-out the “bubbly” font with something more traditional.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2008 12:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree with what ballhawk has said

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 12:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Much Better

I was actually thinking about asking if they could fade.

by gx4 on May 13, 2008 12:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Surprised no options with a cup of blue kool-aid and BCB on it ;)

Or a piece of blueberry pie with “free” at the top.

As usual SWL, great job.

Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen

by lemon20pie on May 13, 2008 12:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Fiancee likes Ivy the best too

And since she’s essentially in charge of my clothing, just keep that as one vote for me for Ivy.

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 12:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How about the larger logo on the back

and a smaller logo on the front? maybe the bear from last year’s shirt?

"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic" Crash Davis - Bull Durham

by hoppy91 on May 13, 2008 1:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I like them both

and the second pictures are much better. The designs are both awesome, it just looks like a Comcast promo instead of something that belongs on a t-shirt. It just needs to blend more with the shirt. The home plate design on a white shirt could have the white in the shirt for the white on the base. The blue shirt I’m not sure unless the BCB and written bleedcubbieblue/project 3000 were the blue t-shirt coming through the design. You’re on the right track with more sexy, anything you can make me look good in one of these is appreciated!

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on May 13, 2008 12:05 PM CDT   0 recs

They are good

I like them both as well…..........anything you can do to make me look better is appreciated.

Cubs Win!! Cubs Win!

by Ihatethecards on May 13, 2008 1:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

On a side note

Santoswoodenlegs has put up some very good artwork and it’s awesome that he has.

I’d also like to give a heartfelt thanks to SWL’s for putting up with our whiny requests and catering to our every need.

So in other words, thanks for being our mommy!

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 12:07 PM CDT   0 recs