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After the 1997 season, the Triple-A Louisville RedBirds switched affiliates from St. Louis to Milwaukee, and thus needed a new nickname. Playing off their city’s location on the Ohio River and its close relationship with baseball bats, they adopted the nickname RiverBats, which they would keep for four seasons before
Every time it seems that the wave of food-based promotional identities in minor league baseball has played itself out, along comes the perfect team with the perfect promotion to draw me back in. Today it’s the Louisville Bats rebranding as the Derby City Mint Juleps who have restored my faith
The Louisville Bats, Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, will wear orange and black Halloween-themed jerseys tonight, just 117 days before the actual holiday. “Halloween in July” at Louisville Slugger Field will feature trick-or-treating on the concourse and a costume contest, among other spooky festiveness. The jerseys feature Halloweenish bats,
The Louisville Bats, Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, will play a game as the Louisville Mashers May 26, an homage to the city’s affinity for bourbon. The team will commemorate Cheers to Bourbon Night with specialty uniforms and a bourbon-based logo designed by Brandiose. Per the team, “The name
The top-level farm club of the Cincinnati Reds will look a lot more red in 2016. Today the International League’s Louisville Bats unveiled an entirely new identity, new colours, new logos, new uniforms, all that remains is the team name. The old, unique colour scheme of black, purple, and gold has been
I have always liked the Louisville Bats logo and team name, but three things that I learned about it recently make me like it even more: 1. There’s a specific and awesome reason that the team color is purple (see below for that), 2. The logo was designed by the
Minor league baseball theme nights are becoming more the norm than the exception, so it’s a breath of fresh air when one comes along where there’s a genuine connection to the team. The Louisville Bats—whose name is a wink and a nod to the fact that they play in the hometown
It’s day two of Minor League Baseball’s marathon of Marvel’s logo unveilings. In case you missed it yesterday, both MiLB and Marvel Entertainment announced they’d have special “Marvel’s Defenders of the Diamond” logos for 96(!!!) teams to be worn for at least one game per season in 2023 and 2024.
Minor League Baseball and Marvel Entertainment announced the launch of the first batch of logos belonging to Marvel’s Defenders of the Diamond series, a collection of special Minor League Baseball team logos and uniforms. The designs, all created by Marvel, will be worn on-field at least once per season by
Minor League Baseball’s 160 affiliated teams sold a record $85.7 million in merchandise during the 2019 calendar year. That number is an increase of almost 17 percent over 2018’s then-record $74 million in sales, which was an increase of four percent over 2017’s then-record $71 million. Each year, MiLB announces
Minor League Baseball’s growing and increasingly popular Copa de la Diversión (Fun Cup) program will feature 92 teams in 2020, up from 72 this past season. Now in its fourth year, the initiative involves teams adopting temporary Spanish-language brands. The 2020 batch of Copa identities will feature 25 all-new identities
The 103rd Indianapolis 500 will take place just over three weeks from now, but the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, will pay homage to the famous race tonight. The team will wear Indy 500-branded uniforms for its game against the Louisville Bats. The specialty logos combine
