- Get rid of the plain text 'canyon of heroes' (white) that sits above the large black title. It looks awkward and almost like an accident.

- Move the main 'Canyon of Heroes' off of the Yankees logo somewhat, so that the word 'Yankees' is visible in the banner.

I might also suggest a possible shot of an actual Yankees parade mixed in there somewhere..

Otherwise, it's off to a great start - nice piece on Bernie, the only official Yankees jersey I've considered buying after #23. ;-)

For those that don't know, Tino is chatting over at ESPN.com:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=10932

Finally, this passage from his tribute to Bernie Williams hit home:

"When you see him misjudge a ball in the sun, or fail to chase down a ball over his head, think back. When he strikes out on a weak hack, or grounds into a game ending double play remember what he once was. As fans we owe him that much. We owe him the dignity to go out with a huge ovation and the forgiveness that players in his position are due when they stumble into retirement."

Sadly that retirement should have come over the winter. I agree entirely with Mike's sentiment. I attended two of Bernie's "last games" last year and applauded his Yankee career with all my might. But a team must only be made to endure such stumbling for so long.

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Sorry, I'm a designer. ;-)

White space is a good idea.

The white "Canyon of Heroes" is in fact a mistake. I am not completely proficient at HTML and have spent the last 3 or 4 months learning by trial and error on my own. I can't see to find the line of code to get rid of the template's headline font. ;) On my computer it almost looks like small dots.

I also wanted to move the Canyon of Heroes text off the "Yankee" line, but I left it for a reason. I didn't want to make the font smaller to help it stand out as much as possible. The sign in fact does have the parade on it already. I couldn't find a decent quality shot of the parade to incorporate in the logo so I left it out. I wasn't satisfied with my options. My mission is to get a really good shot on my own at the next Yankee parade in 2006!

I did go to Drew for the early part of my undergrad. Many of my close friends graduated from there....and I did live in the same building as Alex for a few years before moving to Japan. Who knew when I started coming here that I shared the same cosmic space as Cliff and Alex in some way!

Thanks again guys.