MLB Introduces Acento logo for Hispanic Heritage Month

Major League Baseball has created a special accented version of its famous silhouetted batter logo in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month.

On Opening Day 2016 more than a quarter of all MLB players were of Latino descent and an accent (or tilde) has been added to the jersey name of 25 players (and coaches) since the beginning of the 2015 season.

The special MLB “Acento” logo will be worn on batting practice t-shirts worn by players prior to a handful of games between now and the end of the 2016 regular season. The logo will also be prominently used in ballparks and throughout MLB’s traditional and social media channels. All thirty teams will wear the logo on a pre-game batting practice shirt (re-coloured accordingly for each team) at some point before the end of the season.

MLB’s new “Accento” logo

There is also still a series of Hispanic Heritage Games to be played in 2016, the schedule of those games follows:

September 9 Miami Marlins, Nicaraguan Heritage Night
September 10, Arizona Diamondbacks, Hispanic Heritage Day
September 16, Atlanta Braves, Hispanic Heritage Night
September 16, Cincinnati Reds, Fiesta Rojos
September 17, San Francisco Giants, Fiesta Gigantes
September 17, Colorado Rockies, Hispanic Heritage Night
September 23, Tampa Bay Rays, Roberto Clemente/Hispanic Heritage Night
September 23 – 25, San Diego Padres, Hispanic Heritage Weekend
September 24, Houston Astros, Hispanic Heritage Street Festival
September 24, Los Angeles Dodgers, La Gran Fiesta
September 28, Washington Nationals, Hispanic Heritage Day
September 30, Chicago White Sox, Hispanic Heritage Night
September 30, St. Louis Cardinals, Fiesta Cardenales