The Kansas City Royals are hosting their annual Salute to the Negro Leagues game this afternoon at Kaufman Stadium against the Detroit Tigers. As always, a big part of the salute is with both clubs outfitted in Negro League throwback uniforms; and naturally the Royals will once again be donning
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Graphics: What if Teams Could Never Change a Logo?
Say, what would it look like if teams just weren’t allowed to change their logo? A scary idea, I know… especially for a fella like me. What we’d see is an interesting mix of design eras scattered across the board; styles and colours considered to be “in” in any particular
Winning Ugly: Radom Enshrines the Bizarre in Baseball Uniforms
The Houston Astros “rainbow guts”; the Philadelphia Phillies all-maroon Saturday Night Specials, and oh yes, Turn Ahead the Clock Day. All of these were hideously ugly but still shall be remembered and because of the ugliness, loved by many for all-time. Todd Radom is a big league sports designer, brand
MLB will not move to Under Armour until to 2020, per report
With the NFL, NBA and NHL making relatively recent switches when it came to league-wide apparel suppliers, it was only right that MLB would eventually make a switch of their own. Indeed, MLB was initially set to switch from Majestic to Under Armour in time for the 2019 season. However,
Athletics, White Sox Throwing It Back 50 Years
The Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox will set the clock back 50 years to 1968 tomorrow night. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Athletics first season after relocating from Kansas City to Oakland, the A’s and White Sox will both we wearing uniform designs based on what the
Jackie Robinson Day 2018: New Patches and Everyone is #42
Today is Jackie Robinson Day, the annual celebration of the Hall of Famer ballplayer who broke barriers to become the first African American Major League Baseball player on this date, April 15th, back in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. For several years now the most visual part of the celebration
It started with a Tweet: The story behind the Bay Bridge Series trophy
Some baseball purists still cringe at the notion of inter-league play during Major League Baseball’s regular season, but one indisputable benefit of the practice is the advent of cross-town series in markets with two teams. This gives us Mets-Yankees, Cubs-White Sox, and A’s-Giants for multiple series every season. Last summer,
On-Uniform Respects Paid to Humboldt Broncos Accident Victims
Athletes throughout the National Hockey League and even a couple in Major League Baseball paid respects to the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash yesterday. The bus carrying the Broncos team to a Saskatchewan Jr. Hockey League playoff game was involved in an accident on Friday night in which
Atlanta Braves Honour Memory of MLK Jr. With Jersey Patch
The Atlanta Braves are marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this afternoon by wearing a special jersey patch during their game against the Washington Nationals. King, who was shot fifty years ago today in Memphis, was born, raised, and buried in the City
Miami Marlins will reportedly not wear orange jerseys in 2018
Ahead of the 2015 season, the Miami Marlins ended their off-and-on relationship with their alternate hats by deciding that they would no longer wear those orange hats that were so bright that you could see them from outer space on a clear night. Now, the brightness may have once again
New York Mets Add Memorial Patch for Rusty
Six-time Major League Baseball All-Star Rusty Staub died earlier this week, on opening day actually, at the age of 73. The New York Mets, with whom Staub played nine seasons over two different stints, announced that the team would be honouring Staub’s memory throughout the remainder of the 2018 season
MLB Teams Wearing Easter Pastel Colours Today
Major League Baseball players will look a little different as they hop around the bases today. To mark Easter Sunday, all thirty Major League clubs will be wearing Easter pastel coloured jerseys when they take the field, every team is wearing either pink, purple, yellow, green, or blue versions of