If you’re a fan of baseball in 1998, you’re going to be happy today. Both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Rays are celebrating the 20th anniversaries of their inaugural games by wearing throwback uniforms today. The Arizona Diamondbacks will be wearing their 1998 cream white home jerseys with pinstripes
Month: March 2018
Smiley Goat, Heart-Eye Dog: MiLB Teams Unveil Emojis
Minor league baseball teams are constantly looking for that next big thing that will set them apart in a crowded branding landscape. Over the years, teams have tried fan activities between innings, giveaways, discounted food and drinks, rebranding with wacky team names, and promotional nights with one-game specialty uniforms, to
Round Rock Express take on role of zombie armadillos
During the past offseason, Dell Diamond, home of the Double-A Round Rock Express, served as a set for the TV show Fear the Walking Dead. The Express will carry the partnership with AMC into the new baseball season, when for one game May 5, they take on the identity of
Marlins, Cubs Honour MSD Shooting Victims
The Miami Marlins and Chicago Cubs paid their respects today to the memory of 17 students and staff who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in a school shooting last month. Both Marlins and Cubs players wore a burgundy ribbon with a white and blue
Seven NBA Teams To Wear Classic Uniforms Next Season
The NBA will see seven teams adding throwback (or “classic”) uniforms to their set for the 2018-19 season. As we have seen this season, each team in the NBA has a set of four uniforms to choose from with a select few getting a fifth “Classic uniform” option. Through a
Chicago Bears will wear orange alternate jerseys in 2018 season
We’ve got some NFL uniform news for you today and while we aren’t getting anything new from the AFC South teams who are changing, we got a bit of a surprise from a team in the NFC North. The Chicago Bears are going to switch things up for this upcoming
2018 Team-By-Team MLB Logo and Uniform Preview
Major League Baseball is set to open their 2018 championship season tomorrow with a full-slate of ball games, the first time every team in the league has opened the season on the same date in fifty years! Incredible. The off-season can be long (and cold and dark…), we know how
MLB Launches Hashtag Emojis for All 30 Teams
With Major League Baseball getting its 2018 season underway later this week the league has launched a set of custom hashtag emojis for Twitter for use throughout the season. Here they are: Is there such a thing as a hashtag traditionalist? If so, or whatever it’s called, that’s what
Report Suggests Titans New Helmet Will Be Navy Blue
The Tennessee Titans could be getting a whole new look up top when they take the field at Nissan Stadium later this year. According to a report on A to Z Sports Nashville the Titans will be switching their helmet from white to navy blue: I’ve been holding on to
Lightning to Wear Tampa Bay Rays Uniforms Tonight
The Tampa Bay Lightning will mark the return of Major League Baseball by wearing powder blue Tampa Bay Rays inspired uniforms for their pre-game skate tonight against the Arizona Coyotes. Unfortunately there’s no clear shot of the front of the jersey released yet but we’ve gotten a look at two
2018 NCAA Tournament Final Four Logo Court Bracket
With the Final Four now set in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, it’s again time to publish my updated Basketball Court Bracket. I’ll be updating this bracket throughout the tournament until we find out the National Champion in San Antonio on April 2nd. Click the image below to see
Rumble Ponies to play game as Binghamton Spiedies
The baseball-team-as-regional-food-item trend continues in Binghamton, New York, where the Double-A Mets affiliate, the Rumble Ponies, will take on the moniker Spiedies for a game this spring. A spiedie, for the uninitiated, includes marinated cubes of meat on a stick, served on a hoagie roll. According to Brandiose, the firm