The Triple-A Reno Aces will revive a classic brand from their hometown’s past next season, playing select games as the Reno Silver Sox, honoring a minor league team that played off and on from 1947 to 1992. The Silver Sox, named for the “Silver State” of Nevada, played most of their tenure
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans to play as Pelisaurus Rex
It’s not unusual for fossil hunters to have a certain amount of success along the South Carolina coast. Almost exactly a year ago, an eight-year-old boy made the national news after finding a massive shark tooth fossil, just this week Myrtle Beach’s WPDE featured an 80,000-year-old fossilized beach that is
Pensacola Blue Wahoos to honor military, Ted Williams
The Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos will pay tribute to all branches of US Military and honor the military legacy of Ted Williams’ during Salute to Service Night tonight. They’ll wear customized jerseys and give away a Ted Williams “Bronsons Bombers” bobblehead. The jerseys, presented by the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation,
Rome Braves to rebrand with unique nickname
Since 1968, the minor league baseball franchise that currently plays as the High-A Rome Braves has played under the name of its parent club, including stints as the Greenwood Braves (1968–1979), Sumter Braves (1980–1985), Macon Braves (1986–2002), and its current iteration since 2003. That tradition will end in 2024, giving
Durham Bulls to play in ‘Canes colors on Hockey Night
The Triple-A Durham Bulls will reprise their annual tradition of playing in a look borrowed from their neighbors, the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes. The Bulls will ditch their familiar blue and burnt orange in favor of the red and black worn by the Hurricanes, who play about 20 miles away in
Atlantic League adds Spire City Ghost Hounds
A new team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball team located in Frederick, Maryland, has been wearing jerseys with question marks on them this season while awaiting their fulltime brand. That brand was finally made public when the team recently took the field as the Spire City Ghost Hounds
Bismarck Larks to play as Missouri River Motorboaters
The collegiate summer level Bismarck Larks will rebrand as the Missouri River Motorboaters for one game this season. The temporary change is an homage to summertime, pontoons, and the longest river in the United States, the Missouri, per the team. “The Missouri River holds a special place in Bismarck’s heart
Altoona Curve to play as Pizzas
The Double-A Altoona Curve will play as the Altoona Pizzas for a full week later this season, paying tribute to a culinary wonder that combines Sicilian-style pizza with square, processed American cheese. The announcement has been met with a chorus of social media pundits yucking Altoona pizza lovers’ yum. Altoona-style
Springfield Cardinals to play as Cashew Chickens
Not only are the Springfield Cardinals a minor league baseball team named for their parent club—a practice this author would like to see outlawed by way of Constitutional amendment—but they have played since 2005 without ever adopting event a temporary alternate identity. That ends this season when the team let
Lehigh Valley IronPigs to salute Philly by playing as Hoagies
The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs polled vans about what they call the area’s iconic sandwich, and Hoagie beat Sub soundly (of course). With that, the team will take on the nickname “Hoagies” on its annual “Salute to Philly” night, which in previous years has seen the team play as “Jimmies,”
Corpus Christi Hooks update Blue Ghosts brand
The Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks unveiled an updated version of an alternate identity that pays tribute a famous aircraft carrier just off the city’s coast. Since 2018, the team has played several games a year as the Blue Ghosts, a nickname that refers to the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft
Winston-Salem Dash to play as grammatically correct Hyphens
The High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has gone by the nickname Dash since 2009. It’s an homage to the piece of punctuation that unites the two towns that have been officially merged as one since the late 1800s. The problem is, grammar nerds (of which