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
Category: Minor League Baseball
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.
Buffalo Bisons to wear Sabres jerseys on Hockey Night
A promotion put on by the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons will bring a hockey feel to the baseball diamond in upstate New York later this summer. The Bisons will wear jerseys that evoke their intra-city hockey neighbors of the 1970s and ’80s for Hockey Night at the Ballpark Like the royal
Norfolk Tides pay homage to coffee with promo
When you talk about the east coast’s best coffee cities, Norfolk, Virginia, does not immediately leap to mind, but the Hampton Roads region, which includes Norfolk, has the numbers to back up its claim to East Coast Capital of Coffee. It has the third-highest concentration of people employed in the
Albuquerque Isotopes win best Copa de la Diversion identity
The Albuquerque Isotopes’ alternate Mariachis identity just keeps winning things. The Spanish-language brand won Minor League Baseball’s inaugural Copa de la Diversión, or “Fun Cup,” last year, and the team is at it again this season, beating out 71 other Copa identities in an online fan vote conducted by Minor
Charleston RiverDogs to celebrate Dumb anniversary
Just when you think minor league baseball promos couldn’t be any dumber, they go and do something like this—and totally redeem themselves. For every reader who has ever commented on one of these posts that a certain minor league baseball promotion is the dumbest thing they’ve ever seen, the Charleston
MiLB announces record sales, top 25 teams in merchandise
Minor League Baseball set another record in overall merchandise sales in 2018, tallying nearly $74 million in total sales from all 160 affiliated teams, up more than four percent from 2017’s then-record $71 million in sales. While MiLB does not provide rankings of individual teams, it does reveal the top
Louisville Bats throw back to purple RiverBats days
After the 1997 season, the Triple-A Louisville RedBirds switched affiliates from St. Louis to Milwaukee, and thus needed a new nickname. Playing off their city’s location on the Ohio River and its close relationship with baseball bats, they adopted the nickname RiverBats, which they would keep for four seasons before
Todd Radom lends his hand to retro minor league brands
Minor League Baseball’s “Hometown Collection” has revived, and in some cases re-envisioned, obscure identities that might have otherwise been lost to time. Teams like the 1959 Fort Worth Cats, 1954 LA Angels, and the Atlanta Crackers of 1939 have all found new life in a contemporary landscape thanks to the
Potomac Nationals conjure Stay Puft Marshmallow uniforms
The Potomac Nationals will commemorate the 35th anniversary of the first Ghostbusters movies with uniforms that evoke the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the 100-foot-tall corporate mascot of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Corporation conjured by Sumerian deity Gozer to bring about the end of the world. The jerseys reflect the sailor’s
Durham Bulls go to Eleven with Stranger Things unis
The Triple-A Durham Bulls have been busy with the promotions this season—we’ve already taken notice of their 1902 Tobacconist throwbacks, their Lollygaggers homage to Bull Durham, and their “Bunch of Jerks” collaboration with the Carolina Panthers. And now we add to that list their recent unveiling of uniforms based on