The 2018 Atlantic League champion Sugar Land Skeeters will defend their title wearing uniforms defying opponents to win. The independent Skeeters, led by manager Pete Incaviglia, a former Major Leaguer, will play the entire 2019 postseason wearing the specialty jerseys. The “Come and Take It” slogan is an homage to
Category: Minor League Baseball
Bowie Baysox celebrate Maryland as Crab Cakes
The Double-A Bowie Baysox will pay homage to their home state by taking the field as the Maryland Crab Cakes on Celebrate Maryland Night. Bucking the recent trend in Minor League Baseball, the promotional uniforms will not feature an anthropomorphized food item, but rather a pattern based on the state
Chihuahuas unveil Bark in the Park promo jerseys
The El Paso Chihuahuas will wear specialty jerseys for their annual Bark in the Park promotion featuring a photo-realistic dog in a brown leather bag. When the Chihuahuas were first introduced in 2014, the reasons given for the unusual nickname were the team’s proximity to the Chihuahuan Desert, as well
Arizona Fall League updates team logos
Three weeks after releasing an updated logo for the league itself, Major League Baseball’s Arizona Fall League unveiled new and updated logos for its six teams over the course of the last three days. The teams listed below will take the field with rosters filled with rosters made up of
Lehigh Valley IronPigs blame typo for IronPugs promotion
To hear the Lehigh Valley IronPigs tell it, the reason they’ll be giving away 3,000 “IronPugs” T-shirts—and taking on a new logo and brand for one game—is simple typographical error by their general manager Kurt Landes. Per the team: “Landes ordered T-shirts for the August 19 giveaway and accidentally spelled
Yard Goats wonder what might have been
Usually, when a team holds a What Might Have Been promotional night, the runner-up brand that finally gets its day an outrageous alternative to the more conservative brand the team ended up going with. (For example, see the Northwest Arkansas Naturals alter-ego chicken-based uniforms.) Sunday, August 11, the Hartford Yard
Triple-A Cubs to play as Iowa Caucuses
The state of Iowa holds a special place in the United States’ election process. Since 1972, the state’s caucuses have been the first major contest held in the Democratic and Republican primary season each election season. For the uninitiated, caucuses, or “neighborhood meetings,” are an objectively stupid alternative to actual
PawSox introduce Fightin’ Quahogs
Just days before their final game in their next-last-season in Pawtucket, the Pawtucket Red Sox will play a game as the Fightin’ Quahogs. While a quahog is a regional term for a large, edible clam found in the Atlantic Ocean, the term is perhaps better known for being the fictional
Wilmington Blue Rocks Celery-brate Woodstalk
It’s been 50 years since an audience of more than 400,000 enjoyed three days of peace and music on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. The Single-A Wilmington Blue Rocks will commemorate a half-century since the signature moment of hippie culture, Woodstock, with “Woodstalk,” a celery-bration of their alternate
Daytona Tortugas to wear Dumb Tuxedos
Want to hear about the most annoying promotion in the world? The Daytona Tortugas will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the movie Dumb and Dumber with uniforms that evoke the light blue tuxedo worn by Harry Dunne, the “Dumb” to Lloyd Christmas’s “Dumber,” when the duo attends a $500-a-plate charity
Summer league baseball team to play as Gorgeous Grandmas
Since 1984, the nation has gathered as one on July 23 to celebrate the nation’s grandmothers—or at least the attractive ones, anyway. National Gorgeous Grandmother Day was introduced by radio host and author of the book “Find the Love of Your Life After 50!” Alice Solomon, whose goal was to
Round Rock Express promotion is alright, alright, alright
The Triple-A Round Rock Express are borrowing a line from one of Austin’s favorite sons for a promotion this summer. The team will host Alright Alright Alright Night, a reference to Austin resident Matthew McConaughey’s iconic catch phrase from the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused, which was filmed near Austin.