I’m not going to bore anyone for the millionth time with excuses as to why I just can’t get it right with these MLB logos, but the materials are definitely part of the problem. Ketchup and mustard and whatnot just aren’t that fun in this application. It’s more like painting than building, and if I wanted to paint baseball logos, I’ve got a bumper pool table covered with stacks of acrylics and canvas. (Yes, my easel/drafting table is a bumper pool table.)
So without further ado, I give you the LAST official hot dog baseball Foogos you will ever see on foo-gos.com. This artistic abortion is supposed to be the Arizona Diamondbacks logo, one of the few MLB letters with any pizzaz.
I took two shots of this, one with a mustard stroke, one without. Neither bring me any semblance of satisfaction.
Sure, you can tell what it is, but this piece of poo looks like it was done by a kid. It kind of reminds me of my first grade pinch pot, which was more pinch than pot. (I’m not really sure what that’s supposed to mean, but the pinch pot sucked. I finally got good at making those in college, though. No, that is not a joke.)
Ketchup, mustard and chili comprise this logo, with a canvas of four hot dog buns haphazardly mashed together like a car wreck at a five-way intersection with no traffic light.
TANGENT: This intersection is not a myth. It’s in Cranston, Rhode Island. The Ocean State also features the sheer brilliance of a one way street that is also a dead end. That bit of roadway magic is somewhere in Warwick. (I used to be a delivery driver in the RI.)
The terriblest. I don’t even have the heart to add my logo to these images.
So for now, I bid America’s Pastime adieu, while I regroup and return with cooler concoctions at a later date. In fact, I’m just going to pass on the whole themes idea altogether. I gave it a go, but its too restrictive, and has turned this Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride of an art project into the Tea Cups. And I hate spinning around in circles.
TOMORROW: My favorite NFL Foogos to date, the Arizona Cardinals.