I was playing around with some shirt ideas the day after the Giants had won punching their Ticket to face the Royals. I started with an idea for a small market big heart design (you can see here) but quickly went in another direction. I was sitting there making the shirt I was going to have made to wear to the game in SF when the thought of how cool it would have been to hear Buck O’neil talk about this crazy run the Royals have been on the last 3 months.
That thought made me think win it for Buck. I then came up with the idea for the shirt at is going to be sold by the Negro League Museum in Kansas City. I went to twitter and started tweeting anyone and everyone trying to get someone to put me in contact with someone that could get the Royals OK to move forward with my idea. Later that day Bob Kendrick contacted on twitter. I shared a few images with him and the next day we talked on the phone. Bob loved the idea and he ran with it. By the end of the day Friday he had gotten all of the OK’s and a printer.
The shirts should be in next week so contact the Negro League Museum at one of their events or online to get a shirt that looks good, pays tribute to a Legend, and raises some money for the museum.
I then decided to spend a lot of money on a pair of tickets in KC for the game on wednesday. Hopefully the first batch of shirts will be in so both my Dad and I can wear my shirt to the game.
