Last year, the High-A Winston-Salem Dash rebranded as the Hyphens on Salute to Winston-Salem Night. It was a response to a decade and a half of grammar nerds (myself included) pointing out that the piece of punctuation that conjoins Winston and Salem is in fact not a dash, but rather
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Kenosha Kingfish to play as Kenosha Kickers on Home Alone Night
Cue the accordion! The collegiate summer-level Kenosha Kingfish hope to be the Polka Kings of the Midwest when they take to the field as the Kenosha Kickers for one game this season. The Kenosha Kickers are a fictional polka band from the movie Home Alone, led by John Candy’s Gus
Asheville Tourists unveil new look for Hippies alternate
The High-A Asheville Tourists first adopted their alternate Hippies identity after losing (actually tying) a Twitter-fueled bet with the Greenville Drive in 2017. After the Drive repeatedly taunted Asheville with jokes on social media about their town being filled with hippies, the two teams made a bet that the loser
Biloxi Shuckers honor seagulls with Beach Chickens identity
Just a few weeks after unveiling their first-ever alternate identity, the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers unveiled a second alternate for the 2024 season. The team will play as the Biloxi Beach Chickens, a wink and a nod to the seagulls that frequent the town’s beaches. (Of course, Beach Chickens is not
Columbia Fireflies to play as Carolina Grits
Grind up dried maize or hominy and make a porridge out of it and what do you have? The newest entry in Minor League Baseball’s decades-long food frenzy, the Carolina Grits. The Columbia Fireflies are celebrating the Southern culinary staple with a new alternate identity just unveiled this week. “Dating
Lehigh Valley IronPigs to play as Cats
The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs have honored dogs with alternate identities a number of times, playing select games over the years as the Corgis, IronMutts, IronWeiners, and IronPugs. But for the first time, the team will pay tribute to dogs’ finicky, clawful cousins when they take the field as the
Wichita Wind Surge to play as Chili Buns
The Double-A Wichita Wind Surge will pay tribute to a time-honored midwestern culinary tradition when they play as the Chili Buns for two games this season. The logo features the confection itself, a cinnamon roll nestled in a bowl of chili—not to be confused with another style of chili buns,
Myrtle Beach Pelicans commemorate 25 seasons with logo
The year was 1999. We were Livin’ La Vida Loca with Ricky Martin, Jar Jar Binks graced the big screen for the first time in Star Wars Episode 1, and batteries and canned goods were flying off the shelves as we braced for the global meltdown that would be Y2K.
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, masters of their domain?
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, a Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, found themselves with a bit of a mess on their hands when they unveiled their Spanish-language “Copa de la Diversión” identity this week. The team announced it will play select games this season as the Chaquetas, a Spanish
Pigs in Space! Lehigh Valley to commemorate eclipse
Just days after the Rochester Red Wings unveiled an alternate identity that will pay tribute to the Great North American Eclipse next month, their on-field opponents for that series announced they will join their counterparts in outer space. The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs unveiled a Space Pigs alternate featuring their
Burlington joins the bark side, introduces Sock Pups
The Burlington Sock Puppets, who have played in the collegiate summer level Appalachian League since 2021, introduced a second team that will play in the Old North State League, the Burlington Sock Pups. The announcement comes a week after the Danville Otterbots made a similar move, conjuring the Danville Dairy
Rochester Red Wings commemorate eclipse with Moon Rocs alternate
What do the cities of San Antonio, Indianapolis, and Rochester, New York, have in common? Among many others, they fall on the path of the Great North American Eclipse that will cast a shadow across the continent just over a month from now. To celebrate the celestial occasion, the Triple-A