If the rumors are true, the reason that there’s a minor league baseball team called the Manatees is that fans wanted a Major League team called the Manatees, but the powers that be wouldn’t allow it. Here’s Kyle Smith, general […]
A while back, we reported on the news that every player in the MLB All-Star Game would be wearing hats that were similar to what the Twins wore for batting helmets back in the ’70s. In that post, you only […]
One of the reasons many minor league baseball teams adopt wacky nicknames is that they want to emphasize the fun, family-friendly atmosphere of a game at their ballpark. As I’ve spoken with representatives from different teams for this series, it’s […]
Yesterday Major League Baseball paid tribute to the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s famous “Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth” speech by having all players wear a temporary patch depicting the moment. These temporary patches are added quite […]
As part of their annual 4th of July celebrations, Major League Baseball had all 30 of its teams wear special caps to mark the holiday yesterday. Some teams looked great wearing the special red or blue caps, in my opinion […]
The Double-A Oakland A’s affiliate in the Texas League is called the Midland RockHounds because it sounds better than the Midland Geologists. And Rocky the RockHound is definitely a better mascot than some guy named Ted (or whatever) in a […]
Major League Baseball will be acknowledging the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s famous “Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth” speech today. During games played today, July 4, 2014, each MLB player, manager, coach, and umpire will wear a patch depicting Gehrig […]
The era of a special templated cap for everything in baseball is expanding to disappointing heights in 2014. In addition to already-established league-wide “holiday caps” for Memorial Day and the 4th of July we will now see special caps for […]
Happy Canada Day! To celebrate the 147th birthday of my homeland I present to you a collection of over 100 sports logos from this very website which contain a maple leaf, the national symbol of Canada. Just click on any […]
In 2001, the Lake Elsinore Storm, single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, took their unremarkable storm cloud logo and made a terrific decision: They scrapped most of it. But they didn’t scrap all of it. They ditched the cloud […]
Here’s how much I like the nickname and logo of the triple-A Las Vegas 51s: I bought myself a 51s hat and shirt, even though I am a Phillies fan and the 51s are a Mets affiliate. I love their primary […]
The Gary Southshore Railcats, an independent baseball club in the American Association, will pay tribute to one of their own next Saturday, June 21st, when they wear special Michael Jackson themed jerseys. Jackson was one of the most famous pop […]
