Thanks Landon; Thanks Isner; Thanks Italy....Wait, No

Way to show up, Italy.  Defending freaking champs.  Well played, well played.  We've got two no-name tennis players playing 47 straight hours of competitive tennis, and y'all can't muster 90 minutes of solid team play?  These guys have absolutely nothing left, truly leaving it all on the court.  One dude is a 7 ft behemoth.  I mean, imagine just living a normal life at that freakish size, it would be exhausting.  But he somehow manages to use adrenaline and put his heart on the line and play tennis for 11 hours till he somehow won the match.  Did anyone care who won at that point?  No.  The effort and guts displayed will be remembered forever.  I wish I could say the same for Italy.

You may ask.....You're American Guy, why do you care so much?  Well, you know, when I was creating World Cup shirts, I kinda focused on the teams I positively knew were going through to the Round of 16, and the highly seeded defending champions looked to be a sound investment.  The longer the team is playing, the more momentum they pick up, more and more fans are going to go crazy, therefore buying more of their shirts.  It's T-Shirt Sales 101 people.  But, I should have listened to my friends.  Like my buddy always says, "Never lie down with an Italian because they'll crap the bed."  Or something like that.  Well, I'm at her place right now lying in a big freaking mess.

Big discount people, get these Italy shirts out of my sight.  I'm pretty sure American Apparel sells these blanks for like $20, and you can get them with a cool "Italy" graphic on them for half that.  Yep, $10.  Don't be embarrassed to wear it.  Just tell people it's a 2006 World Cup Champion commemorative t-shirt!

http://www.shirtsbyguy.com/product/italy-world-cup-flag-shirt

Don't let this overshadow the reedonkulous Landon Donovan stoppage time goal to send us from packing our bags to winning our Group.  In my lifetime, only 3 or 4 truly American moments in sports really stick out in my memory.  In random order, Michael Phelps 8 Gold Medals in Beijing (the relay comeback to be more specific), President W throwing out the 1st pitch after 9/11 in the World Series at Yankee Stadium (from the rubber mind you), Donovan's goal on Wednesday, and the 2002 LSU Football Spring Game.

And, Wednesday was just another typical American day.  First, Landon Donovan waits till the last possible minute to accomplish something that could have been done way earlier.  Very American.  Then a seven foot tennis freak, with lungs of infinite capacity, and tireless legs plays for 3 straight days.  Of course, he's American.

Now, GEAUX USA!!!  We play Ghana on Saturday at 230PM EST, so be sure to start drinking well before noon.   Oh, and buy a shirt.

Pretty cool video of the world's reaction to Donovan's goal below.

First Week Update: Carry On People.....Nothing to See Here

Well, the first week has gone pretty well, so thank you very much.  I mean, let’s be honest, I still have a lot (crapload) of inventory left at the house, but, overall, this has been pretty fun.  I’ve mailed shirts from California to New York to London.  I’ve sold to stateside Brits, an NFL football player, a midget, and lots and lots of friends.  Some people have approached me about buying wholesale GEAUX shirts this fall and others want me to design vintage shirts for their organization.  I even had one dude cuss me for having $25 t-shirts.  My favorite request, though, was to host shirts on my site to raise money for causes and charities.  I’d love to do something like that, if anyone out there has anything they want to support or shirt ideas for this type of thing, contact me at shirtsbyguy@gmail.com and hopefully we could set something up where a large portion of the proceeds get donated to the right cause.  (Please note:  This is not a scam.)

Good stuff everybody.  This has been an experimental run that I’m figuring out as I go.  I’m dabbling in Facebook Advertising, Google Adwords, eHarmony.com Dating, and everything in between.  It is driving a lot of traffic to the site which is good news.  I think when I have a lot more products for sale I’ll start to see these ad campaigns generate some revenue.  So, nearly a week in, and there haven’t been many surprises.  Things are pretty steady.  

I decided to have FREE PRIORITY SHIPPING through the end of the World Cup for all the soccer shirts, so order NOW and you’ll get them within a day or two.

Let’s see…..if you’re not yet into the World Cup, here’s quick video of a pretty crazy goal.  

SHIRTS by GUY Website Soft Launch

Well, after about 6 weeks of waiting and sitting on enough inventory to bankrupt a 3rd World Country, the Shirts by Guy website is finally here!  A HUGE step up from the old site, thanks to Brian and Nick at Gatorworks.

I haven't fully decided how this site will operate, but I'd like to initially offer seasonal shirts for a limited time and pretty much piggyback on whatever the hell is going on in the world.  Feel free to comment on here or email me at shirtsbyguy@gmail.com with suggestions for a shirt or complaints about my drunk behavior.

World Cup kicks off in 8 days, so get your shirts and wear your favorite country's colors with pride as you sneak around the pub with your pint of Smithwick's trying not to get ICED. 

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Ok, that is all.  Now, buy some damn shirts....

guy

PS:  Don't worry.  LSU, the classic GEAUX shirts, as well as other college football shirts are coming this summer!