The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs have paid homage to their parent club’s hometown in Philadelphia—just a short drive from their own hometown in Allentown, Pennsylvania—with Salute to Philly night. They’ve adopted temporary identities based on an ice cream confection (Jimmies, 2021), a multi-purpose slang term (Jawn, 2019), a specific play
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Nashville Sounds introduce Hit City uniforms to go with weekly promotion
Since last season, the Triple-A Nashville Sounds have hosted Hit City Saturdays, a weekly promotion that highlights not just the musical hits associated with the town, but hits associated with culture, food, and of course, the baseball team. The team announced this week that the for the first time, the
Tri-City Dust Devils to play as Columbia River Rooster Tails
The High-A Tri-City Dust Devils just moments ago unveiled an alternate identity that pays tribute to specific boat races that have taken place on the Columbia River for more than half a century. The team will play as the Columbia River Rooster Tails, a reference to plumes of water created
Fort Wayne TinCaps support AAGPBL monument with Daisies jerseys
The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps are using a promotional night to raise funds to support a monument to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). The TinCaps will play Saturday, May 21, as the Fort Wayne Daisies, a women’s professional team that played from 1945 to 1954. Jerseys are being
Durham Bulls to play as Shower Shoes on Bull Durham Night
The Durham Bulls have not won 20 in the Show, but it’s pretty clear the press thinks they’re colorful anyway. The team announced today that they’ll take on the moldy footwear as a temporary identity when they play as the Shower Shoes on Bull Durham Night later this season. The
Traverse City Pit Spitters unveil Up North Cork Dorks alternate brand
The Traverse City Pit Spitters have played in the collegiate summer level Northwoods League since 2019, with an identity that commemorates both their home state’s association with tart cherries and baseball players’ propensity for spitting. This week, the team unveiled its first alternate identity, making the temporary switch from cherries
IronPigs salute Lehigh Valley as Scrapple
The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs have long been associated with one pork product—their suite of logos includes a strip of bacon—but they added another this week. The team will play a game as the Lehigh Valley Scrapple, paying homage to a regional delicacy that can best be described as a
MiLB Field of Dreams games to pit Blue Sox against Bunnies
Last year, Major League Baseball’s Field of Dreams game, played on the iconic movie site near Dyersville, Iowa, was a rousing success. The game featured numerous nods to the movie, and ended in a dramatic Tim Anderson walkoff home run landing in the surrounding corn fields, giving the Chicago White
Wichita Wind Surge pay homage to historic bathtub race as Turbo Tubs
The Wichita Wind Surge announced a new alternate identity, Turbo Tubs, that pays homage to a tradition of racing antique bathtubs on the Arkansas River. The Turbo Tubs identity, created by Todd Radom, who also created the team’s primary brand, is has distinct identifiers specific to the city. Per the
Durham Bulls unis commemorate 25 years as Rays affiliate
The Durham Bulls are the only Triple-A affiliate the Tampa Bay Rays have ever known, and the team will celebrate a quarter century of that partnership with commemorative uniforms this year. For every Thursday home game, the Bulls will wear caps and jerseys that evoke the gradient blends of the
Wild Wild West League adds teams, expands to Texas
The Wild Wild West League, a summer wood bat baseball league for high school and college players, expanded from four teams to eight this week, establishing a four-team Texas Division to go with its existing four-team Portland (Oregon) Division. The new teams include the Cleburne Eagles, Joshua Trees, Fort Worth
MiLB restores league names, introduces new Pacific Coast League logo
There were more casualties of Major League Baseball’s 2020 reorganization of the minor leagues than just the 43 teams who lost their affiliated status. The leagues that hosted the 120 teams who retained or gained affiliations lost the unique names that in some cases went back generations—according to Benjamin Hill