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I received some proofs for the shirts in the mail. They look pretty danged good. Here's the standard one:



Answer to your first question: even sexier in person.

Here's the back of the big logo one:

And a teensy picture of the pocket logo shirt:

On the back of this one will be a simple McCoveyChronicles.com. I'm hoping to have a special size/style the women, too, though that's not a definite. So this is the last call for comments. Once I give the go ahead, these things will print up and be ready for sale.

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Re: Shirt news
Looks damn good to me.  (the shirt)

by Larson2042 on Mar 1, 2006 8:43 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
beautiful.
club ph34r - comics! rally hippo - crappier comics!

by Natto on Mar 1, 2006 8:48 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
also those images are ridiculously large in file size.
club ph34r - comics! rally hippo - crappier comics!

by Natto on Mar 1, 2006 8:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Is the standard shirt going to be available in black?
www.waitingfortbg.com (under contstruction)

by Goofus on Mar 1, 2006 8:58 PM PST reply actions  

I think so.
But not sure. I have a proof of one in black, so it's probable.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 1, 2006 11:19 PM PST up reply actions  

That's also that I would be most likely to wear.
I will will buy the grey one, because I'm down for the cause, but I wouldn't wear it as often.
Black is where it's at.

by olympicjosh on Mar 2, 2006 12:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah but
who's the dude in the shirt?

by Dan from NM on Mar 1, 2006 9:02 PM PST reply actions  

Re: A ridiculously handsome...
well, half that description is correct
The Dodgers ARE evil.

by irwin on Mar 1, 2006 10:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: A ridiculously handsome...
I was worried I'd post the picture, and one of you would be like, "Hey, that's the guy who I saw staring at my sister from the bushes outside the living room window!" So far, so good.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 2, 2006 1:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: A ridiculously handsome...
Hey, that's the guy who I saw staring at me from the bushes outside my bedroom window!
Hmm....I didn't know that.

by WalrusMan on Mar 2, 2006 3:57 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: A ridiculously handsome...
I was hoping you'd move out of the way so I could see your sister. But it might have been a coatrack. It was dark.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 2, 2006 10:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Uh Grant,  I hope you're not paying for bandwidth cause that's like 10MB of images.   Rather than posting them fullsize and letting the browsers resize them, you should resize them to minimize bandwidth usage.  Let me know if you need them resized, I can send you new ones right quicklike.

by pme on Mar 1, 2006 9:55 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
I resized them HTML-style, with the <img width> stuff. Are they showing up as 10000 x 80000 photos? It looks normal in Firefox.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 1, 2006 10:26 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Safari was buggin' 'til now.

I'm gonna hazard a guess that I can't pay you in razors.

"When I think of how many times the Enemy has tried to kill Gary Busey..."

by multiphasic on Mar 1, 2006 10:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
You resized them yes, but the super-large photos are still downloaded, they're just resized after the download by the browser.

by pme on Mar 1, 2006 10:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Thanks. For some reason, the images weren't overwriting when I deleted them from the server, and uploaded smaller files with the same name. I used your pictures with the same name, and it was still happening. After a rename, everything's settled.

I don't know what I'm doing.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 1, 2006 11:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Right click, view image shows how HUUUUUUUUGE the images are.
David
Sportszilla & the Jabber Jocks - KICKASS SPORTS WRITING

by David A. Arnott on Mar 1, 2006 10:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
T-Shirts look great, Grant. I can't wait to order one.

by Kitspool on Mar 1, 2006 11:35 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Order one?   An investment opportunity like this, and you're only going to order one?  This is a once in a lifetime chance to get in on the ground floor and be a part of something special!  You might be thinking, "Can I afford to buy more?".  Well, let me assure you my friend, you can't afford to NOT buy more!

Goofus
Pryamid Schemer

www.waitingfortbg.com (under contstruction)

by Goofus on Mar 2, 2006 7:35 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
It's the biggest no-brainer in the history of mankind.

Plus, Grant's making plenty of money... he doesn't need to stick it to you on closing costs.

"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Mar 2, 2006 11:09 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
lol/fr

OK, you guys have convinced me. I'll take fifty of each.

by Kitspool on Mar 2, 2006 12:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Grant's only going to tell us the price once, when he's done.  Because we'll lose track of the facts.
www.waitingfortbg.com (under contstruction)

by Goofus on Mar 2, 2006 1:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Grant's T-Shirts. Aaaaaaaaaaaa legacy offffffffffff elegance.

by Kitspool on Mar 2, 2006 1:07 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
That's m-c-c-o-v-e-y-c-h-r-o-n-i-c-l-e-s... and a dot-c-o-m!

Ah, screw it.  It just don't translate without the guy's stripper club barker voice, and if he tried this version, he'd asphyxiate before the fourth "c."

Put me down for four, though.  The whole family needs one!

"Mow bwiefings?" "More briefings."

by stobgopper on Mar 2, 2006 4:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Please do one for the ladies ....
That is all.
"Don't talk to me about on-base percentage. That sabermetrics stuff gives me a headache." --Brian Sabean

by sharon on Mar 1, 2006 11:58 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
At last, I will possess a garment fine enough to be married in.

by prospecthound on Mar 2, 2006 6:41 AM PST reply actions  

First you...
have to acutally find a woman.  BURN!
Fill up the holes in your full heart with details

by kenshin1 on Mar 2, 2006 7:13 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
So for those of us who love the Dodger quote but don't want to wear it, is the large image shirt available with just the URL on the back, or nothing on the back? I may be the only one who feels this way but devoting that much of the shirt to the Dodger quote, especially when you live on the East Coast, makes it look like loving the Giants is secondary to hating the Dodgers. Ultimately, I'd rather be for something than negative...

by NearestNorwich on Mar 2, 2006 8:36 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
I agree, why limit hatred to one team? I hate the A's too.

by seyheystretch on Mar 2, 2006 10:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
I have no idea, but I know where you're coming from. I'd probably prefer that style myself.

I really need to do an FAQ for the site, and let Dodger fans know I really don't think they lack a mortal soul. All of the evil references are very tongue in cheek, and all that. The shirt isn't so much about hating the Dodgers, it's more a humorous acknowledgement of a rivalry.

A lot of fans don't see the humor, though. Try talking with the UCLA writer for SB Nation if you went to USC. I think he actually believes USC fandom to be a character flaw.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 2, 2006 10:41 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
"I really need to ... let Dodger fans know I really don't think they lack a mortal soul"

Grant, are you feeling okay? A buddy of mine is a Dodger fan, and as much I like the guy, I simply have to accept the fact that he lacks a mortal soul.

by Kitspool on Mar 2, 2006 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

WAAAAIIIIITTTT a minute.. dodgers fans with souls?
pardon, but i live in the middle of this madness; when i walk down a street, feeling safe and secure, those blue caps appear. at the gym i see the logo on cutoff shirts, or i see the bumper sticker while sitting in traffic. i've witnessed firsthand the depravities these monsters commit  in the name of "their team." (buying dodger dogs at the grocery store! need i say more?)


they don't lack a soul? my friends, "i've been to vietnam, iraq, and afghanistan, and i can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together." dodgers fans not only are missing a soul- they eat their young. refer to my signature for proof.

that being said i'll order an angel shirt.

Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Mar 2, 2006 1:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Eating their young
When I first read that, I thought, "No way! Dodger fans can't possibly do that!"  But then I read your signature, and god-damn-it, it IS true.  It just goes to show you that you can never be too careful.

by Nick Schulte on Mar 2, 2006 1:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: WAAAAIIIIITTTT a minute.. dodgers fans with so
I think even scarier is the fact that Dodgers fans can actually reproduce...

Sure, it's probably asexually like some kind of weird pod-person, but damn... they multiplyin!

Run awaaaaay!

Respeck Knuckles!!!

by arbizu on Mar 2, 2006 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: WAAAAIIIIITTTT a minute.. dodgers fans with so
I agree, Arbizu. You check out Weisman's blog, and every entry's got like 350 comments. I didn't know there was that much to say about Jason Repko's choice of nasal hair emollient, but 200 guys, from Irvine to Whittier to Fullerton, seem to have very strong opinions about it.

Dodger Blue... it's made out of people!

"Mow bwiefings?" "More briefings."

by stobgopper on Mar 2, 2006 11:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: WAAAAIIIIITTTT a minute.. dodgers fans with so
For the record, this string of comments is the reason I love McC.
For NBAphiles: Sactown Royalty

by tomzilla on Mar 3, 2006 4:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
i find the east to be kind of a neutral zone. at least in new york. so many people are all caught up in the yankees/box sox thing or they're mets fans who hate the yankees or people from detroit who used to be tigers fans but now love the mets because they must hate the yankees. anyway, you can get buy pretty east with a giants beanie (which i've been wearing all week b/c it's COLD out here right now).
my point is, i'm all for hating the dodgers.

by SFfaninNYC on Mar 2, 2006 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
I asked the guy doing the shirts for the following in order:

  1. A grey tee with a big front logo, and the quote on the back.
  2. A black tee with a small pocket logo, and just a URL on the back.
  3. One or all of these in a ladies' design (e.g. babydoll)
  4. A black tee with a big front logo, and just a URL on the back.
  5. A black tee with a big front logo, and the quote on the back.
  6. A white tee with the big logo, and it doesn't matter about the back.
And he said it would be easy to have all of the above, so that's good news.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 2, 2006 1:48 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
how bout

black tee--small pocket logo AND quote

(dibs on the Dubai franchise with an option for Bagdad, Kabul, and Milpitas)

i porked my username, but wtfgas anyway?

by E Ticket on Mar 2, 2006 3:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
i'm down for this one. in fact, now it is my preference. and because we all know it's cheaper to make all the shirts custom, i'd like mine a vintage, 50/50 t-shirt, slightly off black.  
Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Mar 2, 2006 4:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
How did you get Trevor Hoffman to model the shirts wearing a Giants hat?

by out machine on Mar 2, 2006 3:23 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
me neither.  hoffman's head resembles something that went through a high-school woodshop planer.  he could wear a cardboard box for a hat and it would fit perfect. he's almost as bad as boche, who happens to be the only living human with a size 34 head whose name is not prefaced with "elephant man"
i porked my username, but wtfgas anyway?

by E Ticket on Mar 2, 2006 3:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Very nice, Grant. I especially like the back.

by attinger on Mar 2, 2006 7:47 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
A good bit of thanks should go to tk, who made the mockup that made me realize the quote wouldn't look so bad on a shirt.

She will not receive any money.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 2, 2006 10:47 PM PST up reply actions  

NOW WAIT
there are no girls on this site.

by tk on Mar 3, 2006 4:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Hey, do we have an approximate date for shirtage?
My Mom's b-day is 3/8, and I am getting her an "angel wings" one (She routinely refers to the Dodgers as "baby eaters")... just want to tell her when she can expect here present..

by zenbitz on Mar 6, 2006 10:06 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
I'm not sure if that should warm my heart, or chill it. I do know this: you don't like your mother much.

I already have a couple of shirts, so I just assumed all of you did too. I'm hoping the site goes live this week, and if you're in the Bay Area the shirts get to you ridiculously quick.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 6, 2006 10:33 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Word on the street says the site will go live on Wednesday, if it all goes well.

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 6, 2006 12:05 PM PST up reply actions  

see...
these are the things that you should probably announce on a slightly larger forum...I don't know... something like the front page of your blog.
Fill up the holes in your full heart with details

by kenshin1 on Mar 6, 2006 1:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: see...
What, for the tourists? The hardcore readers scour every thread like it's an episode of Lost, looking for clues and hints and genius and the like. They'll see it here.

Actually, I'm waiting for everything to be set to put a post up about it. We've had enough "the shirts are coming" posts. The next one will be "the shirts are here".

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 6, 2006 2:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Shirt news
Your mom is too cool!  (And she'll be even cooler with her cool new shirt.)
www.waitingfortbg.com (under contstruction)

by Goofus on Mar 6, 2006 2:49 PM PST up reply actions  

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