The Atlanta Braves’ farm system is easily the most boring in all of minor league baseball. Six of the Braves’ seven affiliates use their parent club’s nickname (GCL Braves, DSL Braves, Danville Braves, Rome Braves, Mississippi Braves, and Gwinnett Braves), with the Florida Fire Frogs of the High-A Florida State League as the lone
Category: Minor League Baseball
Sweet New Logo: The Story Behind the New Orleans Baby Cakes
It’s possible that the New Orleans Baby Cakes are the first team in sports whose logo is a cartoon representation of a plastic toy that many people think represents baby Jesus. Let me explain. Until this season, the Baby Cakes franchise, Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, had been known as
Bucking Trends: The Story Behind the Memphis Redbirds
In a minor league baseball landscape of increasingly outrageous logos and team names, the St. Louis Cardinals farm system is unusual. Three of the Cardinals’ six affiliates are named directly for their parent club, including Double-A Springfield, High-A Palm Beach, and Rookie League Johnson City. Two of the three Cardinal affiliates with unique names are the
From April Fools joke to the field: Meet the Hub City Hippos
Everyone knows that there is nothing worse than being on any social media site on April Fools Day. So when the Jackson Generals tweeted out on April 1 last year that they would be changing their name to the Hub City Hippos for the 2017 season, everyone took it with
Indianapolis Indians to wear Guardians of the Galaxy jerseys
After a slew of minor league baseball teams wearing Star Wars jerseys last week on May the Fourth, it’s kind of refreshing to see a team take on a different science-fiction franchise. This Saturday, May 13, the Indianapolis Indians, Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, will wear promotional jerseys in
Rocking Horse: The Story Behind the Binghamton Rumble Ponies
A lot of small towns proclaim themselves the Something Capital of the World. There are multiple cities that claim the title of Blueberry Capital of the World, Music Capital of the World, or Financial Capital of the World, to name a few—but only one city lays claim to the title
Big Little Logo: The Story Behind the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
Whenever the term “oxymoron” comes up, “Jumbo Shrimp” seems to be the first example people can think of. “Jumbo” means big, “Shrimp” means little. In a way, the oxymoronic nature of the term makes it a perfect fit for the name of a minor league baseball team that plays in the biggest little
Corpus Christi to celebrate Day of the Dead with skull caps
During the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, which traditionally falls on October 31 and November 2, celebrants honor deceased love ones with festivals and parades and altars and costumes, among much else. In Corpus Christi, Texas, which has a large Mexican population—it’s far enough south that it’s due east
Fifth-grader designs Tacoma Rainiers jerseys
Let’s be honest, there are some minor league baseball uniforms that look like they’ve been designed by fifth graders. But later this season, the Tacoma Rainiers, Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, will wear some nice-looking jerseys that were ACTUALLY designed by a fifth grader. Isayas Hampton, a student at Tacoma’s Franklin Elementary,
Daytona Tortugas jerseys feature artwork of Guy Harvey
What happens when you cross minor league baseball with marine biology? You get tonight’s Daytona Tortugas jerseys, which will feature the artwork of marine conservationist and wildlife artist Guy Harvey. Harvey, founder of the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, is well known among sports
Albuquerque Isotopes to play one game as Green Chile Cheeseburgers
Food-based team identities have been all the rage in minor league baseball promotions in recent years, and the Albuquerque Isotopes are the latest to join the fray. The ‘Topes will play as the Green Chile Cheeseburgers for one game later this season. The chile, of course, is a staple of
The 2017 Minor League Baseball Colour Wheel
Around this time last year, we brought you the world’s first-ever colour wheel made up entirely of all 160 affiliated Minor League Baseball logos. But there’s nothing more ephemeral than MiLB’s logo landscape, so with nine new identities gracing the minors as the 2017 season begins, it’s time for an