Major League Baseball today announced its list of marketing partners for the upcoming 2017 World Baseball Classic. That in itself may not be the most exciting news out there…
Within that list, however, was the advertisers for each of the team’s batting helmet and jersey sleeves. This isn’t anything new at the WBC, many teams wore helmet and sleeve logos at the 2009 and 2013 tournaments as you’ll see in this photo from 2013 of Angel Pagan with Puerto Rico:
In fact, Puerto Rico is partnered up with the exact same helmet (Universal) and jersey (T-Mobile) logos once again in 2017.
Here’s a visual breakdown (and another followed by text) of all the jersey and helmet advertisers which were announced today by Major League Baseball, note the logos you see here aren’t necessarily what the patches/decals will look like but they are the main logo for the company which will be represented:
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And now in text in case you couldn’t make some of that out…
Australia
Helmet: None Announced
Jersey: LendLease
Canada
Helmet: Canadian Tire
Jersey: Sun Life Financial
China
Helmet: None Announced
Jersey: None Announced
Chinese Taipei
Helmet: Cathay Bank
Jersey: HTC
Colombia
Helmet: Wingo
Jersey: Efecty
Cuba
Helmet: None Announced
Jersey: None Announced
Dominican Republic
Helmet: Claro
Jersey: Banco BHD Leon
Israel
Helmet: Sodastream
Jersey: Sodastream
Italy
Helmet: None Announced
Jersey: None Announced
Japan
Helmet: Nippon Express
Jersey: GungHo Online Entertainment
Korea
Helmet: LG
Jersey: LG
Mexico
Helmet: Comex
Jersey: AT&T
Netherlands
Helmet: Wellink
Jersey: Curaçao Tourism
Puerto Rico
Helmet: Universal
Jersey: T-Mobile
United States
Helmet: None Announced
Jersey: None Announced
Venezuela
Helmet: Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela
Jersey: PDVSA
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I’m told patch and decal placement will be identical to 2013, this would mean they will appear on the left side for both the helmet and jersey.
The 2017 World Baseball Classic gets underway on March 6th and runs until the championship game to be held in Los Angeles on March 22nd.
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