Awesome Bat Stickers
Paul Lukas of the ever-excellent Uni Watch has a new column over on ESPN about a new trend in MLB clubhouses. Specifically, as you can see from the picture, the column is about bat knob stickers styled in the same way as the team’s jersey numbers.
This is minutia even to people who deal in minutia, as Lukas says, but I still think it’s really, really cool. Way cooler than the old way of just writing the numbers on the bat in sharpie. Personally, I think I’d buy a sheet of these Brewers-styled ones if they were to ever be made available. Check out the article for more on what teams use these and how many more could in the near future.
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Laying claim to road groupies just got easier: No longer will one have to ensure that his branding iron maintains a consistent 350 degree temperature.
Peel & Stick is the future, imo.
Peel & Stick has the benefit of being temporary, so you can move on with none the wiser (preserving plausible deniability in the case of the crazy ones, not to mention spouses and palimony lawyers). But they probably don’t stick for long on sweaty skin, so… branding irons will still have their place, especially for the keepers.