The Most Awesome Rangers T-Shirt Going

Posted on October 27th, 2010 10:08am by Tim Rogers
Filed under Fashion, Sports

WashFor my money, the best Rangers fan shirt going comes from these guys. From left, that’s Seth Hayhurst, Ricky Thiot, and Seth’s brother Daniel. Awhile back, Ricky got in his head that he wanted to print up a Rangers shirt for himself. Ricky sells high-priced fake teeth and didn’t have much design experience, so he called his brother, who is in an ad program at BYU. Said brother (not of the old-school variety) came up with the design you see here, a brilliant portrait of Ron Washington on the front and the classic “That’s the way baseball go” on the back.

Ricky had 24 of them printed up, the minimum order. He sold the extras to friends and so forth. One of those friends sent a pic of his new shirt to Seth, who’s a chef at Central Market in Southlake. Seth was all like, “Dude, I gotta have that shirt,” or words to that effect. So he contacted Ricky. Bang, that’s how business go. Next thing you know, Daniel, a director in L.A., is in on the gig, too.

At first, they had a store on eBay. That’s where I bought mine ($22, including the personal delivery this morning). But eBay was taking $3 of every shirt transaction. So the boys launched their own site, WashYourRangerShirt. They’ve come up with two more designs that are pretty funny, too. And how are they doing with their little business venture? On Saturday they took delivery of 450 shirts and have already sold out. They’re right now about to place another order for maybe 800 more.

If you want one, the boys say they can get it to you pronto. Last night, for instance, they set up shop at a Starbucks in Denton. So show your love for the Rangers. Claw!

24 comments

  1. I give it 48 hours before MLB’s lawyers are in touch.

    @ 10:54 am on October 27, 2010

  2. Any way to contact these guys and see if I can pick one up somewhere? I’d love to have it in time for the bar and game 2…

    @ 11:07 am on October 27, 2010

  3. Chris, what exactly is illegal here? I don’t really see anything that anyone will get too bent out of shape about.

    @ 11:29 am on October 27, 2010

  4. I ordered online so I hope they ship soon… will hopefully at least have it for some of the later games!?

    @ 11:37 am on October 27, 2010

  5. They’re not using any licensed team names or logos. Nothing for attorneys to see here.

    @ 11:55 am on October 27, 2010

  6. We are shipping 2 day priority mail so trying to get them out as quickly as possible. if you want to try to arrange a meet contact seth at

    seth@washyourrangershirt.com

    you can follow us on twitter to see where we’ll be set up to watch the games etc with shirts too

    @sethhayhurst
    @wrbenedick
    @rickythiot

    we’ll be out and about all week with shirts. GO RANGERS

    ps I dont happen to see any infringements but if mlb’s lawyers come at us I have some friends in law school, so we’re good.

    @ 11:59 am on October 27, 2010

  7. Would like one to wear to Game 3. Any word on how long it takes to get?

    @ 12:14 pm on October 27, 2010

  8. I was wearing my shirt earlier today while walking through downtown. It drew some jealous stares. I caught one dude who was wearing an official Rangers shirt looking at my T longingly. We passed each other on the sidewalk and both of us did the claw.

    So dorky. So awesome.

    @ 12:52 pm on October 27, 2010

  9. its. awesome. well played, gentlemen.

    Since profiteering off the Ron-ism, perhaps make a nice donation in the charity of his choosing? goodwill all around.

    seriously. great shirt.

    @ 1:40 pm on October 27, 2010

  10. doh. “…donation to the charity…” (i will re-read my redone thoughts more closely before submitting next time)

    @ 1:41 pm on October 27, 2010

  11. I appreciate a good shirt, but what I really want is an antlers & claw dog costume for Halloween.

    As for the MLB lawyers, they may be less high-strung than the NFL. I grew up in the screen printing industry and we can name at least one instance when the NFL went way over their bounds with a shirt company. What small business owner has the funds to go against them? None. It doesn’t really matter whether you have a leg to stand on if you’re a big enough bully.

    @ 1:49 pm on October 27, 2010

  12. Just met Ricky in Uptown to pick up my shirt. Couldn’t have been a nicer guy and the shirts look great.

    @ 1:51 pm on October 27, 2010

  13. Shirts are being mailed out as quickly as possible so everyone can sport them at the Game Saturday, going to be at

    J Gilligans in Arlington tonight if you want to get them in person but follow

    @sethhayhurst
    @wrbenedick

    on twitter to make sure, theyll send out location in case it changes and will tweet tomorrows watch location. Thanks for the support!

    @ 1:57 pm on October 27, 2010

  14. Simply awesome. But I am also interested in the next generation of the shirt – the Andy Warhol grid with different color combinations.

    @ 2:09 pm on October 27, 2010

  15. Have you seen the OTHER Wash shirt that might be even MORE WASH than this one?

    http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/10/thats_the_way_t-shirts_go_redu.php

    /T-Shirt War… ENGAGED

    @ 3:16 pm on October 27, 2010

  16. Look like a bunch of Tim Lincecum fans to me.

    @ 4:15 pm on October 27, 2010

  17. Hey I am loving all the comments. First of all I want to thank Tim for doing such a great write up about us. The other T-shirt is awesome too. I love that Mr Wash is embracing this too. Hit me up on twitter @rickythiot and claw me!

    @ 4:43 pm on October 27, 2010

  18. Just ordered my shirt. hope to got its here by saturday!

    @ 5:18 pm on October 27, 2010

  19. If i order the shirt now, will I have it by Saturday?

    @ 7:51 pm on October 27, 2010

  20. Ricky is not only the nicest guy in America, but these shirts rule.

    @ 9:12 am on October 28, 2010

  21. Just ordered a couple. Gotta love Wash and great job on the tees. Hope to get it soon.

    @ 10:00 am on October 28, 2010

  22. why is Tim Lincecum wearing a Rong Washington tshirt?

    @ 5:35 pm on October 28, 2010

  23. On 28th October 2010 I ordered over $200 worth of t-shirts, but to date all I have gotten is the original order i d #, charges on my credit card, & NO T-SHIRTS AT ALL…not even an “attempt to deliver” notice…What’s the deal??? E Ventouras

    @ 9:39 am on November 29, 2010

  24. Because people download it on the Pirate Bay

    @ 2:31 am on September 14, 2011

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