Jamie Mottram, like many in and around the District, was watching the Nationals celebrate the National League Championship Series when manager Dave Martinez first uttered the phrase he would repeat weeks later at the team’s championship parade: “Bumpy roads lead to beautiful places.”
But unlike most, Mottram recognized right away Martinez had just uttered a perfect T-shirt slogan.
Over the next few days, Mottram and his team at BreakingT, a D.C.-based sports apparel company, designed and started selling a red shirt that had “19-31” in the center and “Bumpy roads lead to beautiful places” underneath.
The design is not only the second-most popular Nationals’ related shirt sold from BreakingT over the past 30 days, but a top 10 item overall.