The independent Gastonia Baseball Club, a North Carolina-based team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, played the 2024 season in a series of seven potential identities, giving fans the chance to see them in action before voting for a permanent brand. That vote is in the books, and the
Category: Minor League Baseball
Bird Dawgs Replace Wood Ducks Down East
Kinston, North Carolina, won’t miss a beat when it comes to professional baseball in 2025. The town lost its Single-A team, the Down East Wood Ducks, at the end of the 2024 season, when that franchise headed south to become the Hub City Spartanburgers. Before residents could miss having a
Mississippi Mud Monsters join Frontier League
Just about a month after the Double-A Mississippi Braves recorded their final out before relocating to Georgia for the 2025 season, the town of Pearl, Mississippi, is welcoming a new baseball team to Trustmark Park. The Mississippi Mud Monsters joined the independent Frontier League, unveiling their name and logo this
MiLB introduces peachy new Columbus Clingstones
The 2025 Minor League Baseball season will see one fewer affiliated team named for its parent club. After this season, the Mississippi Braves will relocate to Georgia to become the peach-themed Columbus Clingstones, the new affiliate of the Atlanta Braves in the Double-A Southern League. The nickname draws on Georgia’s
Gastonia Baseball Club’s Season of What-ifs Culminates in Fan Vote
The generically named Gastonia Baseball Club, a North Carolina-based team in the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, has taken a decidedly not generic approach to selecting a permanent brand. The team has spent the season playing in a series of seven potential identities, giving local fans the chance to
Winston-Salem Dash pay tribute to Windy City with Italian Beef alternate
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is not exactly known for its Italian beef, but the High-A Winston-Salem Dash will wear jerseys featuring the sandwiches later this season. Italian beef sandwiches—made of slow roasted beef and giardiniera, an Italian relish of pickled vegetables—are a signature food item in Chicago, where the Dash’s parent
Lehigh Valley IronPigs City Connect series to highlight Bethlehem, PA
The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs’ “City Connect” series pays tribute to three Pennsylvania towns, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, over the course of three seasons. Last year the first installment highlighted the famous strawberry pie at the Allentown department store Hess. This year the team will honor the “Christmas City” of
Portland Sea Dogs to play as Maine Lobster Bakes
The Double-A Portland Sea Dogs will pay tribute to one of their home state’s oldest and largest industries when they play as the Maine Lobster Bakes later this season. Per the team, the state of Maine harvests more than 100 million pounds of lobster every year—roughly 90 percent of the
Bismarck Larks honor ranchers with Heartland Holy Cow identity
The collegiate summer level Bismarck Larks will pay tribute to the ranching community of North Dakota (and roughly 19 surrounding US states) when they play a game as the Heartland Holy Cows this summer. The identity features a startled cow with a halo over its head, playing off both the
Cardinals & Giants Pay Tribute to Negro Leagues with Throwback Uniforms at Rickwood Field Next Week
The special throwback uniforms for the Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball games at Rickwood Field next week have been unveiled. The Major League game, officially known as “MLB at Rickwood Field,” will be played on June 20th. The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will wear uniforms
WooSox wonder what might have been with Ruby Legs fauxbacks
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
IronPigs pay tribute to Lehigh Valley with Shoofly Pies alternate
The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs will honor the Pennsylvania Dutch heritage of eastern Pennsylvania when they play as the Shoofly Pies this summer. While the name in the alternate identity suggests another minor league baseball food-based brand, the logo instead focuses on the fly that is being shooed away. Shoofly