For the fourth year in a row, the Single-A Asheville Tourists will play a game this season as the Beer City Tourists. The team has played in different uniforms each time they have played in their Beer City uniforms, but this year for the first time, they’ll highlight the actual
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Toledo Mud Hens honor 180th Fighter Wing as Stingers
The Toledo Mud Hens will commemorate Military Appreciation Weekend by taking the nickname of the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing—Stingers—as their own for two games June 28 and 29. The 180th Fighter Wing is based out of nearby Swanton, Ohio, and is home to more than 1,000 men and
Salem Red Sox to play as Beer Mongers
The Salem Red Sox are among the 15 percent of affiliated minor league baseball teams still named for their parent club, but that won’t stop them from brewing up at least a little bit of fun. The team, Boston’s Class-A Advanced affiliate, will play every Thursday this season as the
Connecticut Tigers are looking for a new name
There are 160 affiliated Minor League Baseball teams, and as of right now, 136 of them have unique, locally appropriate nicknames, which is the fun and morally correct thing to do. The other 24 are named for their parent clubs, which is boring and a dereliction of their responsibility as
Jumbo Shrimp, Shuckers, Blue Wahoos to play Seafood Buffet Series
It’s not by accident that three minor league baseball teams in the Double-A Southern League have seafood-themed team names. The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp play on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, while the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and Biloxi Shuckers are situated on the cusp of that sports-fishing haven, the Gulf of Mexico. These
Kannapolis Intimidators throwing back to Piedmont Boll Weevils
The Kannapolis Intimidators are playing a game tonight as the Piedmont Boll Weevils, the name the franchise had from 1996 to 2000. Piedmont is the name of the region in which Kannapolis is located, and boll weevils are bugs that eat cotton plants—serious pests in a part of the world
Wheel of Logos: Your 2019 Minor League Baseball Colour Wheel
Since the invention of the colour wheel by Isaac Newton in 1666, art teachers around the world have been using it to torture unwitting students. But we’re here to prove that the colour wheel can also be used for humane purposes! It’s Opening Day for Minor League Baseball, and with
Omaha Potholes April Fools joke becomes reality
When the Omaha Storm Chasers announced on Twitter earlier this week that they would they would play a game as the Omaha Potholes, it did not seem that farfetched an idea. It would hardly be the most outrageous temporary minor league rebrand we’ve seen—especially considering that the Bowling Green Hot
Stockton Ports to play as Aspara-guys
The Stockton Ports, High-A affiliate of the Oakland A’s, have had an alternate asparagus-themed logo since 2013, but this year for the first time, the team will play one game as the Stockton Aspara-guys. The asparagus theme is an homage to the city’s claim to being the Asparagus Capital of
Potomac Nationals to get new name for 2020 move
Minor League Baseball will have one fewer team named for its parent club in 2020. When the Potomac Nationals make the move to their new stadium 60 miles south in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for the 2020 season, the team will no longer be named for the big league club in Washington,
Fort Wayne TinCaps channel Dwight Schrute in Office tribute
The Fort Wayne TinCaps, Single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, will wear uniforms that evoke the iconic sickly yellow dress shirt and awkward brown tie that Dwight Schrute wore on the TV show The Office, which has remained on the forefront of the popular consciousness since its final episode
Battle of the Birds features classic MLB, MiLB brands
When the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds hosted their parent club, the St. Louis Cardinals, for their final Spring Training game of the season March 25, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to make my way to the home of the blues, the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll, to see two of baseball’s