Meet the Designer for the B’s, Oakland’s New Homegrown Baseball Team
about 5 months ago (12/01/2023)
Meet the Designer for the B’s, Oakland’s New Homegrown Baseball Team | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer Arts & Culture Meet the Designer for the B’s, Oakland’s New Homegrown Baseball Team Alan Chazaro Dec 1 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Facebook Share-FB Twitter Share-Twitter Email Share-Email Copy Link Copy Link Dustin O. Canalin has previously designed gear for the NBA, Nike, Adidas, AND1, Converse and more. He's now the creative director of the Oakland Ballers. (Courtesy of Dustin O. Canalin) In 2006, Too $hort imparted a timeless lesson on his song “Baller”: “You gotta keep tryin’, just don’t give up… How you gon’ ball if you got no hustle.” With the tortured Oakland Athletics all but departed to Las Vegas, a group of Oaklanders — led by longtime friends and baseball fans Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel — are doing just that.