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« on: November 11, 2011, 09:16:57 am »
Neil wants me to get suggestions for a bumper sticker.  He's looking for phrases saying no to the AL.

Any suggestions for him?
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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2011, 09:24:40 am »
Neil wants me to get suggestions for a bumper sticker.  He's looking for phrases saying no to the AL.

Any suggestions for him?

"Houston Astros:  Don't call me AL."
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2011, 09:25:25 am »
Neil wants me to get suggestions for a bumper sticker.  He's looking for phrases saying no to the AL.

Any suggestions for him?

I used this one* on a lark yesterday, but it's starting to grow on me:

  Occupy Bud Selig

And, of course, there's the always appropriate:

  Hell no! We won't go!

Gets your message across while providing a dose of nostalgia at the same time.

*For all I know, somebody here used this phrase before me and it planted itself in my subconscious mind.
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2011, 09:27:52 am »
"Fuck Bud Selig and the DH"

concise and to the point.
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2011, 09:36:46 am »
HeAL No!  Houston H logo and the AL red
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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2011, 09:43:18 am »
HeAL No!  Houston H logo and the AL red

sounds more like an Oral Roberts critic
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« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2011, 09:45:48 am »
National League For Life

And get it tattooed across your belly, Tupac-style.
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2011, 09:47:35 am »
Houston Baseball = 50 Years in NL
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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2011, 09:49:08 am »
Dallas likes the AL
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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2011, 09:52:14 am »
sounds more like an Oral Roberts critic

Huh!  Uh-Huh!  Uh-Huh!  You said "oral".
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2011, 09:55:20 am »
LA=AL (arent the dojers being sold)
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2011, 09:56:41 am »
We don't need no steenking DH!
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2011, 10:31:08 am »
Is there a possible "Don't Tread on Me" tie-in?
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2011, 10:31:48 am »
Don't A.L. me, bro!
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2011, 10:39:52 am »
Is there a possible "Don't Tread on Me" tie-in?

COME AND TAKE IT with the old-school Astros logo?
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« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2011, 10:41:33 am »
Photo of an Astro pitcher holding a bat:

"From my cold, dead hand!"
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« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2011, 10:43:25 am »
COME AND TAKE IT with the old-school Astros logo?

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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2011, 10:44:04 am »
"Houston Astros:  Don't call me AL."

Aw man, I've been saving that one.
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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2011, 10:51:07 am »
"Fuck Bud Selig and the DH"

'Nough said!
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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2011, 11:47:07 am »
(Background image: a scoreboard with the following score: Astros 23 - Rangers 21 - 4 hrs, 20 minutes)

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« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2011, 11:55:33 am »
In Houston, DH should only mean Double Header.
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« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2011, 12:23:19 pm »
In Houston, DH should only mean Double Header.

I like this one.

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« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2011, 12:27:32 pm »
"Lance Berkman said NO! 'nuff said"

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« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2011, 12:31:29 pm »
COME AND TAKE IT with the old-school Astros logo?

How about this?

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« Reply #24 on: November 11, 2011, 12:43:17 pm »
How about this?

Add an old Colt .45s logo to it as well.  Think the firearm'd be a nice addition...  

Options(s):  Option 1 (I like the tombstone in this one), Option 2, or Option 3 (I like that this references '1962').

There are other good ones out there as well.
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« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2011, 12:58:23 pm »
(Background image: a scoreboard with the following score: Astros 23 - Rangers 21 - 4 hrs, 20 minutes)

"Someone's idea of good baseball? Screw that!"

(tagline underneath: "Citizens Against AL Boring Baseball")

Leave it to Noe to put too many words on a bumper sticker.
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« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2011, 01:15:13 pm »
Thanks BG.  What about the universal red circle with a slash through AL?
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« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2011, 01:17:20 pm »
Thanks BG.  What about the universal red circle with a slash through AL?

Doesn't that mean we hate Al Gore for sending a hurricane that made the Astros play a home game in Chicago, Jr.?
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« Reply #28 on: November 11, 2011, 01:34:15 pm »
Doesn't that mean we hate Al Gore for sending a hurricane that made the Astros play a home game in Chicago, Jr.?


No, it means don't call me Al.
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« Reply #29 on: November 11, 2011, 02:06:43 pm »
I'm not a photshop guy, but how about the Goliad bloody arm flag . Replace the sword with a bat, and add a Astros and NL logo tattoo to the arm, with Come and Take It underneath.
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« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2011, 03:31:17 pm »
I'm not a photshop guy, but how about the Goliad bloody arm flag . Replace the sword with a bat, and add a Astros and NL logo tattoo to the arm, with Come and Take It underneath.

A bloody arm used to be the symbol for the bullpen, but they fired Coop a while ago.
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« Reply #31 on: November 11, 2011, 03:55:33 pm »
I like Waldo's.
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« Reply #32 on: November 11, 2011, 04:04:58 pm »
I like Waldo's.

I liked it to.  I just wanted to see a firearm added to the mix...  Bud needs to realize that he could pay a price for messin' with [Houston] Texas!
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« Reply #33 on: November 11, 2011, 04:26:56 pm »
Neil wants me to get suggestions for a bumper sticker.  He's looking for phrases saying no to the AL.

Any suggestions for him?
What's this for, if I may ask? Personal use only, or is someone trying to mount a campaign?
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« Reply #34 on: November 11, 2011, 04:33:41 pm »
What's this for, if I may ask? Personal use only, or is someone trying to mount a campaign?

As I understand it, the definition of 'personal use' varies from state to state...
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« Reply #35 on: November 11, 2011, 07:01:46 pm »
What's this for, if I may ask? Personal use only, or is someone trying to mount a campaign?

Medicinal use?  Austro's Occupy Selig comment yesterday amused me, and the petition business seemed so useless to me.  I live in the neighborhood of Stop Ashby Highrise, so I thought a bumper sticker (or at least a facebook avatar) would help channel my grief.  I'm not ultimately brave enough to do without my Astros, but I would like to express my unhappiness.  BG and I were talking this morning while I was traveling, and she posted this as a good Friday beer thread.

A bumper sticker has to be short.  Sorry Noe.  It can't be overly offensive.  Sorry Jim. It has to be reasonably accessible, and things like the Goliad Flag, good as they are, are obscure.  They need to be witty (much as I personally dislike it, Nobama is brilliant).  I doubt if you could safely use anything like an Astros' logo, or a 45s'.  That makes Waldo's problematic.  'Course I don't know the law in this area, but I don't want to either.

Here are my favorites:
1.  Occupy Bud Selig (a bit obscure, so I'd add the universal circle and slash w/ A.L.)
2.  Hell No, We Won't Go! (again, I'd add the circle and slash), or maybe HeA.L. No, We Won't Go? 
3.  Houston Baseball = 50 Years in NL.  Maybe N.L. for the Next 50 Years?  And get it tattoed across my forehead?  Or on my penis?  I don't dislike the AL that much.
4.  Dallas Likes the AL.  dA.L.las Does Houston?
5.  Waldo's Come and Take It with just a bat, a ball, and the letters N.L.?  or the circle slash w/ A.L. in the bat? 

I dunno.  Just a Friday beer thread.




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« Reply #36 on: November 12, 2011, 10:13:25 am »
Were it not for the disturbing mental images it creates, I think "Occupy Bud Selig" would be my favorite.

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« Reply #37 on: November 12, 2011, 10:48:16 am »
Selig does Houston
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« Reply #38 on: November 12, 2011, 02:02:44 pm »
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« Reply #39 on: November 14, 2011, 11:10:57 am »
"BOYCOTT BREWERS."

I don't think the anti-AL move crowd is big enough to make a dent on the annual attendance. Although I will never attend an ALstros game, I fear the # of similarly-minded individuals is negligible.

But, I do have this fantasy that the Houston sports community could rally around this idea. Use 2012 as the final opportunity to not only voice objection to the demotion to the AL, but also the steroid era, the "awshucks it's a tie" All-Star debacle, the loss of the '94 world series (which IMO broke up the nucleus of what should've been a world-series team eventually), and the other many crimes of the Selig era.

I wish the Brew Crew would arrive to see an entirely empty stadium.

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« Reply #40 on: November 17, 2011, 02:52:05 pm »
Say No to Nolan!

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« Reply #41 on: November 17, 2011, 03:18:45 pm »
FYB.
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« Reply #42 on: November 17, 2011, 03:24:27 pm »
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« Reply #43 on: November 17, 2011, 03:27:01 pm »
FYB.

Bumper sticker?  License plate.

I wonder what to do with the old one, though.
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« Reply #44 on: November 17, 2011, 03:29:02 pm »
Bumper sticker?  License plate.

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« Reply #45 on: November 17, 2011, 03:34:46 pm »
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