This Sunday night at the Little League Classic, the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets will be tapping into the memories of staying out past bedtime to play with friends, the all-dirt infields, sitting on a bench so big your feet can’t reach the ground, and of course those bright,
Year: 2018
RoughRiders honor Texas State Fair as Frisco Corny Dogs
The minor league baseball season is in its last few weeks, but we’re still getting news about new food-based promotional identities. The Frisco RoughRiders, Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, are the latest team to adopt a brand based on a local delicacy. With just over a week left in
Notre Dame Unveils Pinstriped, Yankees-Inspired Uniforms
Under Armour was promised their logo on pinstripes at Yankee Stadium and MLB-be-darned… by golly they’re going to get it! UA and Notre Dame today unveiled the uniforms the team will wear for their annual Shamrock Series game against the Syracuse Orange at Yankee Stadium on November 17th. Unlike most
Atlanta Hawks Unveil New Uniforms, Court for 50th Season
The Atlanta Hawks will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first season in Atlanta with a couple new uniforms, a special black-and-gold court, and an anniversary logo. The Hawks relocated from St. Louis to Atlanta for the 1968-69 season, playing their first game in their new home at Georgia
Reno Aces pay tribute to Johnny Cash with specialty jerseys
Johnny Cash famously shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die—or so the song Folsom Prison Blues would have you believe. Reno’s Triple-A minor league baseball team, the Aces, will pay tribute to their city’s most famous would-be murder with specialty uniforms this weekend. For one game against
Beacon the Puffin Introduced as Maine Mariners Mascot
The Maine Mariners, one of two new ECHL clubs to début this season, unveiled their team mascot this morning on a local morning news programme. Meet “Beacon”, a species of Atlantic puffin of which more than 4000 make their home in Maine each summer (then leaves just in time for
Double-A Eastern League Unveils New League Logo
This morning the Eastern League, a double-A member of Minor League Baseball, updated their league logo for the first time in twenty years. The new mark was designed by San Diego-based Brandiose who has been responsible for a host of new Minor League team identities over the last several seasons
2018 MLB Players Weekend Jersey Nicknames: Complete List
Major League Baseball and the Players Association are once again allowing players to have a little more fun with what they wear when they take the field for a weekend in August. Players Weekend was introduced last season dressing teams up in colourful uniforms with player names replaced with nicknames
Canucks Bringing Back the Flying Skate Uniforms in 2020
The Vancouver Canucks are bringing back the flying spaghetti skate not next season, but the season after that, the team announced this morning. In honour of the club’s upcoming 50th anniversary in 2019/2020, the Canucks held a fan poll to decide which uniform from their past would be making a
When Baseball Teams Wear the Same Colour
Well, one of us is going to have to change… Less than 48 hours after their glorious throwback to the colourful 1979 season, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners did a complete 180 for Sunday’s series finale. The visiting Mariners opted to wear their navy blue alternate uniforms with matching
Photos: Mariners, Astros Throw Back to 1979
The Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners turned the clock back to 1979 last night at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Tex. with both clubs wearing throwback uniforms based on the original designs from that season. Despite this matchup never actually occurring while the uniforms were originally worn (the teams were in different
Great Lakes Loons to play as Camels
The Single-A Great Lakes Loons had their hearts set on coming up with a temporary alternate identity—after all, everyone else in the minors was doing it—but none of the current trends were really whetting their whistle. In struggling to find an appropriate alternate brand, as director of creative services Alex