Two Québécois teams in baseball’s independent Frontier League will join forces and play exclusively as a road team to begin the 2021 season. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Capitales de Québec and les Aigles de Trois-Rivières will merge to form Équipe Québec and play road games in the United
Category: Minor League Baseball
Springfield Cardinals unveil classic-feeling uniforms
The Springfield Cardinals introduced three jerseys that they’ll wear on the field in 2021, including their traditional white, an alternate powder blue that will become a permanent fixture, and an all-new red jersey. While baseball tradition would have the team wear “Cardinals” across the front of their home jerseys, the
West Coast League to add Springfield Drifters in 2022
Beginning in 2022, the collegiate summer West Coast League will expand to 16 teams, including, with the announcement of the Springfield Drifters, four in Oregon. The Drifter logo, set in the soothing colors of the Pacific Northwest, highlights the natural features of the Willamette Valley, including the Willamette River and
MiLB announces Copa de la Diversión brands
For the first time since the program debuted with just four teams in 2017, Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión (“Fun Cup”) will feature fewer teams than the previous season. Seventy-six of 120 affiliated Minor League Baseball will participate in the program, compared to 92 of 160 teams that
WooSox likely to play as Los Wepas de Worcester in Copa games
In Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión, or “Fun Cup,” teams across the country adopt temporary Spanish-language identities “to embrace the culture and values that resonate most with participating teams’ local U.S. Hispanic/Latino communities.” It appears that the Worcester Red Sox, or WooSox to friends, will play as Los
Kansas City Monarchs unveil new generation of uniforms
The last time a baseball team called the Kansas City Monarchs took the field, it was 1965, the final season of the preeminent franchise of the Negro National League. In 2021, in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City (Kansas) Monarchs will take
Kane County Cougars update primary logo to reflect history
The Kane County Cougars unveiled an updated primary logo today that reflects the franchise’s history, which dates back more than 130 years. The Cougars, who moved from the Class A Midwest League to the independent American Association in last offseason’s shakeup of minor league baseball, added “Est. 1888” in the
A Match Made in New Jersey: Bisons to play as Trenton Thunder
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of strange things to happen in the world of sports, and here’s another one to add to the list: The Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, will play their 2021 home games as the Trenton Thunder, former Double-A affiliate of
Carolina Disco Turkeys take the floor
The world was introduced today to the Carolina Disco Turkeys, a collegiate wood bat summer team that will play in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sharing a stadium with the High-A Winston-Salem Dash. The Disco Turkeys’ primary logo features a peacock that is part John Travolta, part Babe Ruth, taking a stance
Groundhog Day: Appy League introduces Princeton WhistlePigs
The Appalachian League unveiled the last of 10 rebrands in the revamped collegiate summer wood bat league today. The erstwhile Princeton Rays will take on the nickname WhistlePigs, a colloquial name for groundhogs, a critter that is adorable, if a bit of a pest to the West Virginia town’s residents.
Cleburne Railroaders on the right track with new brand
The Cleburne Railroaders, a baseball team in the independent American Association that has played three seasons, this morning unveiled a new brand that pays homage to their hometown’s 115-year railroad and baseball heritage. The team, founded in 2017, has since its inception embraced the importance of the railroad industry in
Evansville Otters unveil refreshed brand
Everyone who predicted that there would be two minor league baseball logos on the same day and both of them would be Otters can head straight to the cashier to collect your winnings. The Evansville Otters, who were found in 1995 and are the Frontier League’s oldest team, unveiled new