Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Channeling Anger and Fear Into Art, Working For the Mariners, and More w/ Stitch God

Episode Date: August 21, 2025

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The one and only Stitch God joins the show to discuss how he turned his love for the Mariners into incredible works of art. You are Locked-on Mariners, your daily Seattle Mariners podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Ahoy, Sailors. It is Thursday, August 21st, 2025. This is Tadena Gonzalez for the Lockdown Marys Podcast. Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. This episode is brought to you by five-hour energy. enter for a chance to win a dream golf trip for two to any golf tournament in the USA.

Visit 5HE win.com for full rules and entry. No purchase necessary. Excludes the Masters tournament ends October 31, 2025. And as always, if you want to hear from me and my co-s Colby even more and help support the show, you can check out our Patreon. All you have to do to check that out is click the link in the description of this episode. So on today's show, we're doing something a little bit different. You know, it's not often that I get to use this specific platform to interview creatives.

And art of all forms is a big part of my identity. It's the reason why I have some of my favorite albums behind me. I got that painting there in the corner that my friend did for me, which is absolutely freaking sick. I love colors. I love expression. I love individualism. And that's why I'm stoked to have the one and only stitch god on the show today. He's a former Mariners team employee who is.

constantly pushing the boundaries of what a sports jersey can be. And his creations have led him to create pieces for and build friendships with some of your favorite mariners. So without further ado, let's get into it. Let's talk with the Sitch God. Our guest today has been fitting some of your favorite Seattle sports stars with some of the dopest custom jerseys out there. He is one of the great artists we have among our community. And I'm pleased to have him finally on the show today. His name is Paul, but most know him.

better as Stitch God. You can find his work on Instagram at Stitch God 716. What's good, Stitch God? Dude, it's really a pleasure to be here. Thanks to the great intro. I sometimes forget that I do that kind of stuff because I'm that scatterbrain that I forget that I'm doing cool stuff. Yeah, I've been following you for a while.

You know, I told you this already. But, you know, I've been following you for a while on Instagram. I've had some people reach out to me like, yo, you need to get Stitch God on the show. So really had to make it happen. Yeah, yeah. That's cool. I like to hear that. I like to hear that people want to hear what I have to say.

So for those listening that maybe don't know, though, you've really made your mark customizing jerseys. And you really treat those jerseys like a canvas. You know, you take elements from different uniforms and put them all together. And in some cases, you kind of tell a story with them. Like, for example, like you might put a patch or a piece of material from a player's college jersey onto their professional jersey and tell the story of kind of like their career path that way. The best example I have of that one is the Cal one.

The Cowell one. Yeah, the Seminoles one. Yeah, we'll get into that in a second. But before I, you know, kind of get into the nitty, gritty of everything here, I just want to ask you kind of like about the beginning. What sparked your initial interest in sewing and customizing clothes? Well, I didn't really have an interest in any of that stuff, to be honest with you. Um, my interest is always to work for the Mariners in some capacity.

And we just spoke about it, but I am from Buffalo, New York. And I've been a Mariners fan since I was probably like 11 years old. And I kind of just never really had a backup plan. I always wanted to work for the Mariners. It's kind of always what I said. And in 2017, I moved out to Seattle with really no plan at all. And I just got hired at the team store. And I met the guy who is the Mariners, um, Jersey guy.

And at the time, that's all I knew. him as is the Mariners jersey guy and then we would get to shoot in the uh am i allowed to swear on here no but i can blake it okay all right i swear a lot so um we we got to having a conversation or two and then that turned into like yo how many steps did you do today and then i kind of explained to him like i moved out here with with the intentions of of working for the mariners or whatever and he said to me because i had to move back to buffalo because i was making no money and had no idea how expensive it was here. And he basically told me if you want to come back here, I have a job for you. And I said, I don't know how to sew. And he said, if you move back out here, I will teach you how to do what I do.

And I moved back and I worked in the stadium and I learned how to heat press, how to take jerseys apart. Basically, what the idea of the job is, is I'm in the stadium to do jerseys for fans, but also to repair anything at all. that the clubhouse needs fixed for either team and the umpires. So I needed to learn how to fix pants and how to hem pants and how to sew jerseys and take them apart quickly or if a guy's name is misspelled, I had to learn how to do all that. So with the pure, uh, feeling of not wanting to go back to Buffalo, not wanting people to be right,

not wanting to be like everybody else that I knew, it was that drive that I put into even on my time off. I would come home and I would take jerseys apart and I would learn, And I've always been a jersey guy. I was wearing jerseys in middle school. You talk to anybody that's known me a long time. I've always been my thing. And it kind of just worked out where I was learning.

And then it turned into how you would see a jersey go on sale. Jared Kalmick is a perfect example of that. So that's kind of what I'm tapping into that a lot now, where those jerseys are on sale. They're cheaper than they would be. And then you just take them apart. And so I was doing that with Canoe, Cruz, Seguro was another one where I was just taking the, I was just buying the sale jerseys and I was taking everything off of them. And I was just stacking the lettering with no plan.

And then it basically came to me and people think I'm crazy for this, but it basically came to me in a dream almost where I was seeing that a player like Griffey and a player like Yichro have worn all these different uniforms throughout their career. And each year was a different story. So like Griffey, 97 was a big year. 95 was a big year. And I was just thinking of this, the history of, and then I fell asleep. And I didn't think anything of it. And I woke up the next day. And Joe from Simply Seattle hit me up.

And this is early on. This is really early on because the first things I did were cracking-based things because I was working for the track in the time. And a guy named Jared Geary kind of suggested to me like, hey, could you make this jersey into something else? And that's kind of what sparked the initial thought of like, well, what else can New Jersey B besides just something somebody wears and spills beer on. And once I woke up and told this Joe guy that, they put the first Griffey and the first

E-trail that I did on simply Seattle.com, I had my own tab and everything. And then after that, it just turned into, okay, what's next? And then every single time after that, it's been, how could it be better than the one before that? That's dope. So do you have, like, any, like, artistic background? Like, did you draw or anything as a kid? None.

That's crazy. And I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and not even just picked it up, dude. It's like every single time I sit down to do one, it's like I'm doing it for the first time because it's, it's, it really is just me spilling who I am into whatever it is that I'm doing. And bro, when I mean, like, I don't even have the patience to play video games or, or, or learn how to, bro, I'm telling you through heartbreak and just. pure not wanting to go back to Buffalo is the only reason that I learned how to sew. I mean, it really is. And I like to tell that part of the story as much as I can because I literally have a tattooed on me. It's anger is a gift, bro.

If you're mad enough or you're upset enough or you're distracted by something enough, you could channel that into something else. And I did. And I'm trying really hard to just keep pushing that message forward of like just keep going. believe me if you need to. I told you. I can't. Hey, I'm from Buffalo, bro. I can't help. I got you. Hey, man. I wish I could too on here. We have our Patreon show where I can. But, yeah, unfortunately not on here.

We got to play by FCC rules for sure. But yeah, yeah, that's definitely what you said is definitely something that I can relate to for sure. Like having that drive, having, you know, that thing that maybe you're kind of scared or concerned about getting pulled back into having that kind of turn into the driving force of what you do. Yeah, dude, and you just brought the FCC up, and I'd like to mention one of my heroes is Howard Stern. And his thing that he talks about the most, and when people talk to him about what he does now

is that he never ever had a backup plan. And it's funny because I think I just heard Julio say the same thing during the Little League thing, that there just never, there never was a backup plan. There was never like, well, if this doesn't work out of him to do this, was I'm going to do this. And if I'm going to do it, it's something's going to come from it.

And I always told people, dude, there was something in Seattle that I needed to be around to become who I am. And I've set it my whole life and it happened. It's just crazy to think about it. Yeah, that's how it is for me with this show. I don't have a backup plan. Yeah, dude.

That's what I mean, bro. That's right. And when you don't have a backup plan, you try a little bit harder than you normally would because it's for sure. So what else inspires you? like creatively like uh when you're sitting down about to make a piece what have you is it music is it something you see in art anything like that that inspires kind of your direction so we just talked about how unfortunately i've never listened to this podcast and i will i promise

because i love to hear i love listen bro you'll understand what i explain um music is behind every single thing that i do i have my headphones in listening to music i mean dude it was it was like it was something crazy on my Spotify this year like 138,000 minutes or hours, whatever it is. And it's, that's what it is, dude, because when I was a kid, I, when I was like going through stuff, it was always turning to music. So when I, when I put my headphones in and I sit down on the sewing machine, I go, I change from Paul into Stitch God. And I, and I tell people that in a way of like the same way that I feel like when Michael Jordan is home, he turns into Michael Jordan when he steps on the court or when he walks into the facility. And I don't mean it where there's

two different people, but at the end of the day, it's two different mindsets where when you sit down to do what I do, you need to turn into what it is that it is, which is somebody that is damaged that wants to show that and basically explain it through letters and numbers, dude. It's crazy. That's like, yeah. Music is my answer though for everything. Do you have a go-to artists you listen to? Especially when you're creating? So that that also depends too. So I'm not much of an EDM guy, but I've gotten into like, I've gotten into like deep house kind of and then like kind of like more upbeat stuff but my go-to is always hip-hop or metal um sometimes i'll put somebody on like slayer and and when i know i need to really get after it or like fortunate youth is

a big one for me now too i i try to talk about them as much as i can because i was never really into reggae music like that i mean i've always loved sublime and 3-11 and bands like that but fortunate youth has become one of my go-to bands absolutely because it's just and it's just something where you just, it's, it's, it's so clean and like mellow where you're just, you lose yourself in it. And that's kind of the ideas that you don't want to be here anymore. More from my conversation with Stitch God in just a moment. But first reminder, this episode of the Lockdown Airs podcast is brought to you by Monarch Money. Ever check your bank account and wonder, where did all my money go? Between dining out, online shopping and entertainment, it's easy to

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You're flipping letters. I mean, like one of the ways that I would describe it is like sometimes it kind of looks like a ransom note. Yeah. We actually, I actually put that to a poll. not not I mean it was probably two years ago now but yeah I only call what I do a scramble jersey because that guy Joe from simply Seattle I wish I can remember his last name but Munson he does he once a yeah is I've crossed I've crossed I've crossed with the red hair they do with the red hair okay cool so yeah that's the guy uh he just kind of called it that one time he said all right so what do you want to do with this scramble jersey and I was like all right I guess that's what we'll call it but my

my boss referred to it as ransom note so we almost changed it but I'm going to stay true to what it is. I feel you. But the style, the style you're talking about is, is metal. That's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, what, what my, my background is where it's me kind of explaining through how it looks, what I feel when I'm in a pit at a metal show. Just kind of how I feel that. I feel that.

I like that. I like that. That's dope. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, you're combining all these different elements. How, how did that style develop?

Well, if I'm being very honest with you, the upside-down letters and all that kind of stuff kind of, if I'm being very honest, it happened because I just wanted everything to be different. Yeah. So once you've done Griffey six times, how was it? Could it be different than it was the time before? And then you turn an R upside-on. And then people kind of took an interest in that. Then I turned a four upside on it. And I would tell people, the X thing came from me. I made a shirt for Julio.

and he wore it and I just put X's on the sleeves for no flies on and it I'll never forget it I wish I could remember who the person was but I had done a jersey and they said hey could you put an X on it because that's like your thing and I was like yeah and then it became one of my things so but the upside down upside down MLB logo came from me kind of that's my way of saying that I'm always siding with the players in that situation because American flag upside down means in distress so in my my head when I first did that I was thinking like okay I'm with the players in in in everything I'm doing here and not with the suits if you will yeah I've seen you like you'll have um like on some of

the cracken jerseys you do like you'll have the the the X over the actual yeah so I'm glad you noticed that dude and if you can't get the logo off I put an X through it because it's basically the same idea where that's dope that's dope uh how did you first make your connection with the players Did a mariner or, you know, cracking whoever just like hit you up one night? Like, yo, your stuff is dope. Could you make me something or what? Um, that's a tough question because, um, early on, I had developed relationships because of my job initially because I was meeting their wives and the, and whatever.

And, and I mean, this is a long time ago now. So that kind of turned into you meet one guy, but I met Julio randomly. Um, I was walking by the team store in December. of 2019. And I just went into the team store. It was during that enchant thing. And he was in town for some prospect thing that they were doing. And I just kind of went up to the counter.

I was talking to the team store manager, dude. And he was like, oh, this is one of our prospects. And I said, yo, I might be the guy to do your jersey. You get called up. And he laughed. And then the manager, he was like, no, this is the guy. So. And then we kind of just exchanged information.

And then through 2020, kept chatting. and then that's basically how it happened with somebody like Julio. But JP, same thing, where it kind of just naturally happened, where we just would chat or whatever. And then so things like the Mizz recently, though. So that's a really good example. So initially it was like a couple guys, whatever. Donnie Walton is my guy and things like that because of just meeting their family initially.

And then you get to get to talk to them or whatever. but the Mizz is a perfect example. My guy, my guy David, Seattle M's Nation is what he is on Instagram. And he he is real into prospects and stuff and people that are not in the big leagues yet. And he hit me one day and it was like, hey, do you know that this guy follows you? And I said, no, I don't. He's like, well, he just blah, blah, Bob, All-Star game, whatever, this and that. So I shot him a message and was just like, hey, you're coming to Seattle.

We should do something. he's like, let's do it. So it's things like that where it's shooting your shot. I mean, I can't even tell you how many messages I've sent to people that they haven't responded to. I mean, dude, it's just one of those things. You got to be in it to win it, though. So, yeah. Close mouths don't get fed is what they say, I guess.

For real. Yeah, for real. Take me through making Julio's custom Metro jersey from a couple weeks ago. You know, the mayor has posted it, which is dope. That was on that, dude, I got to tell you something. That was unbelievable for me. me because it's one of those things where you're you're pushing for something for so long where you kind of just want to be not it's like a it's like a double-edged sword for me because I would like to

be noticed right of course but I also want to stay underground and stay like well wait who is that guy like what right who does that kind of thing you know what I mean and that's kind of why I always do this because it's literally me covering my face and I always give a shout to my guy Evan on that because he I was using the shush emoji because I'm very superstitious. So it's more of just like, don't, don't say anything. Just, there's a no hitter. There's a no hitter. Don't, just don't talk about it or whatever.

So that's kind of where that started. But then he, he asked to take a picture one time. He said, yo, we should do this. And I said, all right, cool. Because I was just putting my head down at first when I would take pictures with people. But it's one of those things where I've done a lot of stuff for Julio. And he told me, I like each. I like Edgar.

I will love an Eitro jersey, blah, blah. So in my head, I was thinking, like, it's kind of lame if he walks in wearing his uniform. Right. So I wasn't going to do a mariner jersey for him. So that was like a big thing. And I chose the 2003 All Star jersey because black, silver, white. You can't go wrong with those colors.

And I wanted that one to be, what's the best way to put it? I wanted that one to be like one of the ones where you see it and you go, whoa, dude. And I did that for him probably like three or four months ago now. And he told me, I'm going to wear it when the time's right. You'll know when I wear it. And I said, all right, cool, bro. So when he put it on and he wore it in, I was just like, all right, cool. And then when the Mariners tagged me in a dude, it's just like, dude, that's what it's all about.

Yeah, that's like, that's super sick. Yeah, that jersey turned out really done. It's one of my favorite ones ever, dude, for sure. I thought, again, how many times could you do the home road alternates? So then I thought, dude, he was in 10 All-Star games in a row. It's all this different lettering, all these different numbers. So then that's just what it became, where it was just a celebration of 10 years in a row and different colors. And the colors have become a thing for me, too, where I just did a Ronald Ocunia one where I highlighted the fact that he wears the smallest piece of a Braves jersey is yellow.

And he wears all of his accessories and everything yellow. And I think that that's the coolest thing ever. So it's the same thing like the teal sleeve boys for me where it's just like when they wear the home jersey, it's like teal is not the primary color there. It's like one of those things where like it's like not the main color, but they wear it as a as a. The point that I'm trying to make is is that eventually I'd like to focus in on like that really small color. So red with Seattle is one of the colors. Yeah. I was about to actually mention that because of the seams on the baseball.

Yeah, I mean, it's just, it's the smallest piece of red, but it goes with the colors at the end of the day. Yeah, I've always wanted to see them like maybe incorporate a little more red into everything. I'm going to push forward, dude. That's what I'm,

that I'm going to push for. And the C on J.P.'s jersey is something I'm going to definitely. Keep pushing for it, bro. I've been, I've been pound on the table. I would love for them. Like, wouldn't that be cool?

Yeah, whether it's JP or Cal, like I wanted to see like them put, put the C on. somebody's chest. So I think, I think, well, they don't do it

because it's a higher, the high, I mean, a way higher honor than it is in any other sport, I think, because every other, every other sport, they kind of have that like integrated into it.

So there's only, I mean, I can't think of anybody besides Salvy that actually wears a C right now in the league. But I think really quickly, I think that it should be J.P. over everybody else because the tide

changed with JP. Yeah. Everything changed when, and I always, I always refer, back to the moment where Kyle Seeger came out of that game. And then they interviewed JP after the game. And he got very emotional talking about Kyle Seeger.

And I've told the story before, but I actually wrote a letter to JP with one of the first hats that I ever did. And JP was the first person to ever have a Stitch God hat. I mean, we've done five or six of them since then. But the very first one, I wrote a note. And I basically said that a mariner is a ship navigator. And now you have the keys. and I think that because of how you play and how and then once I got to know him

I mean it's this is a guy that you're around and you're standing around him and you want to be better bro and he's a veteran on the team now and the tide has changed bro and if they make a run I'm telling you right now bro if they make a run that's that's the reason why and everybody else has gotten better around him is kind of what the point you watch you watch bro you watch you watch the game who's the first guy to go to the pitcher when it's looking weird JP. Who's the first guy running out when we do a walkoff? Who's the guy that literally brought the Trident to the stadium,

which is now their thing? And it's this, it's, Yeah. To your point, like I remember, was it last year, maybe 2023? I can't,

well, it couldn't have been last year because this was Brash and Brash and pitched last year. So it must have been 2023. But in Anaheim, like I remember him like going out, talking about on his own, calming him down that he made a sick play up the middle.

Yeah. I think that either end of the game or it was a big play in the game either way. It was dope. Like that, like that's cap right there. 100% dude. And that's why I've been. And again,

I hope you've seen it that every chance that I get, it's kind of like a hit song, bro. It gets stuck in your head because you've heard it a lot. You've seen it a lot. And you, I try to post as many things as I can. Every JP jersey that I've done for however long I put a C on the front

because I just want people to kind of get, and bro, when he does something cool and I look at, I don't look at comments a lot because it's not really something that I do. But when he does something cool, it's cap, cap, cap, cap, cap, cap. And it's just like, dude, this is, let's go. Let's get behind his. Bro, it's do it.

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And I was just like, hey, listen. And again, it was just a message shot to him basically saying like, yo, All Star, I got something for you, say, room in your suitcase, whatever. And I've tried to, it's really important to me because of the basic. small fan that I've been my whole life where it's been anti-evil empire. It's been anti-these guys paid for this championship. And then it means so much to me to know that the guys that are the core of the team are all people that have been drafted and they've all played together for a really long time. So I thought it was very important for a moment for a guy having an historic season to highlight

that he got drafted by the Mariners and he went to Modesto, Everett, Arkansas, Tacoma, Seattle, back to Tacoma, back to Seattle. And I thought it was really important to show every step of the way, all the way from college. So, and the fact that I even was able to get that to him in time for him to even have it. I mean, it's one of those things where, like, it was, there was, they didn't get here in time. I didn't, I didn't have a lot of time to do it. The plan wasn't fully in place. but because I have a few people that are rooting for me, bro, and I was able to get it to him in time

in case he wanted to wear it, whatever. But the point is, is that I wanted to get to him and get to his eyes before he went to the All-Star game. And I wanted him to read what I had to say, and I wanted him to hold that up and go, man, look at where I've been and look where I'm about to go. And then he goes and wins the home run derby, dude. It was awesome.

It was just cool all the way around, bro. It was great. Yeah, that's super sick. All right. What are your top five Mariners uniforms of all time? You want to talk about putting me on the spot. Yeah. I really love the Navy jersey.

I always have loved the Navy jersey, especially nowadays that it seems to me like they play better in the Navy jersey. I was like the gray, because I don't know, I've told this story a bunch of times too, but when I was a kid going to games, I was only able to see them play in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and Toronto. And they would always wear gray.

So I have an affinity for the great jersey, of course. But I would say the turn and how the clock was a really good one. And again, it just shows that it's always been in Seattle, the feeling of looking different or, I mean, the fact that that was Griffey's idea, basically, where he was like, that's wear something different, dude. Must I have not sleeves on our jerseys and go play with our hats backwards. It's just like, dude, that's cool. Yeah.

And that's the kind of thing that brings people into baseball that are not into baseball. And it's when it looks cool. And I find with the jerseys that I do, it's the same thing where it's people that are like, yeah, baseball is cool and everything. But like, whoa, this is cool because I'm not normally into baseball, but I'm into looking different and having. And I've told people before, it's developed like a little, a little club, basically, where you walk by and you see a guy wearing one and you go, whoa.

Oh, you got that one? Oh, sick, dude. Well, I got this one, whatever. So I would say that I'm going to go Navy, Gray, turn ahead the clock. I hate to say it, dude, because I hated it at first. But I really, the city connect is kind of grown on me a little bit. Only because it's, you hated him at first. I hated him at first, bro, because I was looking at, well, the reason why I didn't like it at first is because I was looking at going,

what does this have to do with Seattle or the Mariners at all? I mean, it's the Seattle front that would have been on a podcast. Pilots jersey and it's just like that's got nothing to do with the history of the Mariners. Sure. Or the history of any of the guys that are on this team what they are about because that's a, that's a Brewer's uniform review asked me. But the colors are at first. I was just like, dude, what?

And then in my head, because I remade and I, you can probably, I'll send it to you, but I redid what my city connect would be. And it was basically the same front, but a teal jersey. And that was kind of what my concept was, where the best. the best teams that Mariners have ever had all wore teal so that I'm going to put the city cadet act in there though dude because they they feel good play good so when they get to wear that uniform they get to wear extra different colored things they normally wouldn't wear and then

the fifth one I would say probably I really used to love when they would wear when they would wear like a mother's day or a father's day kind of thing because our colors and our style looks good with the different pinks and the blues and stuff like that. So any form of Father's Day, Mother's Day. That's good call. I like that. Paul, I really appreciate your time.

Yeah, man. This is great, dude. Floor is yours. Anything you want to say, anything you want to promote, anything like that? Well, I'm going to say, make sure to not be like me and listen to this lockdown podcast as often as you can because, but listen, not. The only thing I really, the only thing I'll really, the only thing I'll really, say that I would like to get out there and you can clip this on too if you want. I just want to

remind everybody that a professional athlete is the exact same person as you are, but better at sports than you are. So the next time you want to tell somebody something terrible because they didn't play well, just remember that that guy has, I literally just saw, I just saw Saucato post something. And it's just like, it absolutely blows my mind to think, that these guys literally just went from Seattle to wherever they played first, to New York, to Pennsylvania to play in a wild little league game to fill it. And then they got to fly home and they get one day off. Anybody that's seeing my face right now, when was the last time you did anything for 17 days in a row?

And then you had to worry about some dude in your inbox going, oh, you didn't do good enough. It's just like, just remember that they're human beings, bro. And they're good human beings. a lot of them are great human beings, dude. So just remember that next time you get mad and just, it's not going to help anything speaking negatively about your favorite baseball team. All you could do is just or your favorite sport. I mean, I'm a Bill's fan, dude.

I'm a tortured sports fan more than anybody that's watching this, dude. So in my head, I'm thinking, bro, you just got to have their bag, dude. Listen to locked on. And I mean, if you want to, you can follow Stitch God 716. lyrics if you don't want to, I really don't care because you're going to get left behind. I feel it. I feel it. I appreciate you, bro.

Dude, it was a pleasure, bro. Go Mariners. Go Bill's. And that's going to do it for our show. Thank you again to Stitch God for joining us today. And thank you so much for joining us here on the Lockdown Merris podcast. I've been here host, Tiding Gazzalas. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter at L0 underscore Mariners.

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