Mike Trout’s best friend and Jess Trout’s brother, Aaron Cox, was lost to suicide in August of 2018. Since that tragic day, the Trouts have learned that struggles with mental health are far too common amongst all communities. They have dedicated themselves to spreading awareness by partnering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to help the many Americans who may feel alone in their struggles. The stigmas attached to mental health may cause many of these people to suffer in silence, which can be debilitating and even deadly. From participating in two “Out of the Darkness” walks hosted by the New Jersey chapter of AFSP, the Trout's continue to fan the flame of advocacy and awareness in the hopes that other families won’t have to experience the pain of losing a loved one in this way.
In 2023, Mike and Jess collaborated with custom sports apparel brand, Tiny Turnip, to create a special piece of artwork with founder and artist, Rachel Luzi and her business partner, Jalynne Crawford. The main focus of the artwork was the semicolon, symbolizing a punctuation mark in literature where the author could have ended a sentence, but decided to continue the sentence instead. The design is meant to empower those who are struggling to know it’s okay not to be okay, to seek help and to know that their “game isn’t over yet!”
This year, we added the “home plate” around the original artwork and filled it with the names of relationships to represent the people who are “missing” from our homes and hearts because of suicide. It is also a reminder to those struggling with thoughts of suicide that those in their community and home are there to provide support and help.
100% of profits from each Your Game Isn't Over Yet product will go to the AFSP, who continues to fund scientific research, educate the public and advocate for public policies about mental health and suicide prevention.
"Tiny Turnip, AFSP, Mike & I are so excited to yet again launch this passion project of ours we’ve been working so hard on. Your support is appreciated more than you will ever know and we hope and pray this collaboration touches the lives of even just one precious soul and alters the course of their life for the better."
You are loved, you’re never alone... and your game isn’t over yet;
The shirt was truly so cute. I could’ve probably sized down, but I was happy with a medium. It was a little roomy, which is perfect as I wore it all day and all that night visiting Pittsburgh and going to Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game.!! I got a ton of compliments as well!
This shirt is so cute! I customized it for my favorite player, and it came out so cute! I also would like to note that I needed faster shipping and they collaborated and got this order to me by the next day!! The team is so sweet, 10/10 will be ordering from here again <3
I loved the idea of the mystery bags. Was hoping for a tube top a tee and a tank. I was mortified when two of the 3 were crop tops (I can't wear those due to scarring).... So I really only got one shirt I can wear but I did really like it. I hope in the future they mix it up more with one of each, I could have dealt with one crop and given it away.... But I ended up paying more for the one shirt I can wear than it would have cost me to outright but it. Cool concept, just remember the average person can't or won't wear a crop top.
I love the design- but it runs super small and the tank quality is sub par. I wish the tank top quality was better and that they had longer tank options. If I could send in my specific tank and have them print on it that would be ideal at this point bc the tank quality is needing serious improvement