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“RAWR!” That was the review of this logo from my one-year-old son, he’s not much of a talker, but I get the sense that he liked it. The Triple-A International League’s Pawtucket Red Sox (commonly referred to as the “Paw Sox” by fans, media, and clearly the team) unveiled their new logos
When the erstwhile Pawtucket Red Sox moved from Rhode Island to their current home in Worcester, Massachusetts, one of the names the team considered adopting was the Worcester Ruby Legs. The nickname is loosely associated with a short-lived National League team called the Worcester Worcesters, who played from 1880 to
In Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión, or “Fun Cup,” teams across the country adopt temporary Spanish-language identities “to embrace the culture and values that resonate most with participating teams’ local U.S. Hispanic/Latino communities.” It appears that the Worcester Red Sox, or WooSox to friends, will play as Los
The Worcester Red Sox—WooSox to friends—unveiled the on-field threads they’ll wear in their debut season next year, including nine jerseys and seven caps. The nine jerseys include three whites, three blues, two reds, and one gray, featuring the city’s name in a traditional Red Sox font, the team name in
It’s not been much of a secret what the new name for the Boston Red Sox’s Triple-A affiliate will be after it makes the move from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2021. Fans and media alike started calling the team WooSox almost immediately after they announced the impending
Just days before their final game in their next-last-season in Pawtucket, the Pawtucket Red Sox will play a game as the Fightin’ Quahogs. While a quahog is a regional term for a large, edible clam found in the Atlantic Ocean, the term is perhaps better known for being the fictional
Earlier this season, the Rochester Red Wings hosted the Pawtucket Red Sox for Deaf Culture Day April 28. As part of the game’s commemoration of the deaf community, Rochester wore uniforms with illustrations of hands forming letters in American Sign Language. Later this season, the PawSox will host the Red
The Triple-A Rochester Red Wings will commemorate Deaf Culture Day with specialty jerseys and caps. The uniform set replaces the word Red Wings across the chest of the jersey and the R featured on the cap with illustrations of hands forming letters in American Sign Language. “Throughout history, baseball and
The Pawtucket Red Sox—or PawSox to friends—will become the Pawtucket Hot Wieners for a game later this summer. It’s the latest entry in the trend sweeping through every level of minor league baseball, the temporary, food-based, alternate identity. Wieners—which Rhode Islanders differentiate from hot dogs because you can identify the
The Triple-A baseball club in Rochester, New York, has a remarkable history. Founded in 1899, it lays claim to being North America’s longest continuously operating non-Major League franchise. It also lays claim to being part of the longest baseball game in professional history—a 33-inning affair against the Pawtucket Red Sox
The world of Minor League Baseball was completely turned on its head last week when Major League Baseball announced a total restructering of the entire system. What was previously fourteen leagues spread out over five levels is now eleven leagues over four levels, massive re-alignments were implemented to accomodate this
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
