There’s nothing baseball fans would like more right now than the opportunity to be sweating through a baseball game on a hot summer afternoon. In the absence of actual sweaty baseball games, the Double-A Mississippi Braves unveiled a sweaty alternate identity that they’ll wear for one game when baseball finally
Category: Minor League Baseball
Minor League Baseball unveils 2020 Copa de la Diversion caps
We wrote back in the November about the 26 new alternate brands that we’ll see in Minor League Baseball’s growing and increasingly popular Copa de la Diversión (Fun Cup) program in 2020. Ninety-two of the 160 affiliated teams will participate this year (provided this season actually takes place at some
Binghamton Rumble Ponies add jersey, cap with new logo
The Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies unveiled an alternate uniform set featuring a new logo derived from two of their existing marks. The new logo features the team’s signature carousel horse flipped so that it’s facing left instead of right, combined with a modified version of an alternate logo that represents
Northwest Arkansas Naturals add new logo, BP cap
The Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, unveiled a new logo that pays homage to their home state and their parent club. The new mark features an outline of the state of Arkansas, “the Natural State,” capped by a Royals-esque crown. In the northwest corner of
Crawdads to play as Hickory Couch Potatoes
The Single-A Hickory Crawdads will combine two local leading industries into one alternate identity this season. Hickory, North Carolina, is known as the “Furniture Capital of the World” for it prominence in that market, and the state of North Carolina is the nation’s leading producer of sweet potatoes. Put them
Akron RubberDucks to become ConeTown USA for one game
The Akron RubberDucks will celebrate all things construction for one game this season. The team will rebrand as ConeTown USA, an alternate identity they’re promoting with the tagline, “No matter how long it takes, Akron’s a city building towards a better tomorrow.” The ConeTown logo features an anthropomorphized construction cone
Blue Wahoos to go powder blue in 2020
The Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos announced that they will wear powder blue uniforms for some games in 2020. The Blue Wahoos will pair their unique brand of bright pink—Rubine Red, to be exact—with the light blue popularized on the 1970s and ’80s road uniforms of teams like the Philadelphia Phillies,
Lexington Legends to play as Kentucky Beer Cheese
The Lexington Legends made a cheesy choice for their first-ever food-based alternate brand. They’ll take on the identity of beer cheese, a local specialty. Beer cheese is most often served as a spread on crackers, as depicted in the team’s logo, but it can also be a topping on sandwiches
Altoona Curve to play as Brookies
The Altoona Curve, Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, will pay homage to central Pennsylvania’s fishing culture by playing a series of games as the Altoona Brookies. Brookies, a nickname for brook trout, are a popular target of local recreational fishers in the freshwater lakes and creeks in the northeastern
OKC Dodgers commemorate 25th anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing
The Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers will retire the number 168 and wear a commemorative patch to honors the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, which will mark its 25th anniversary in 2020. The number signifies the number of lives lost in the terrorist attack, which occurred April 19, 1995. The
Minor League Baseball to commemorate Negro Leagues 100th anniversary
Minor League Baseball unveiled a new logo today that signals their participation in commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues. The Negro National League was founded by Hall of Famer Rube Foster 100 years ago today, on February 13, 1920. MiLB will partner with the Negro Leagues Baseball
Round Rock Express to Play as Hairy Men
As local legend in central Texas has it, the area is haunted by the spirit of a boy from pioneer times who got separated from his fellow European settlers and was left to raise himself in the woods. He grew up on his own, becoming, in the tradition of Big