It’s time for Springtime baseball… trying reading that with Vin Scully’s voice. Spring Training is finally here, pitchers and catchers have reporting to most camps, and we’re just two weeks away from our first spring ball games. Ahhh, I can still feel the warm Florida sun in my long ago
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Blue Jays to Retire Number, Wear Patch for Roy Halladay
Roy Halladay will never be forgotten by Toronto Blue Jays baseball fans; the team today announcing that his number 32 will be retired – only the second player in franchise history to have their number retired by the club. Halladay, who died at age 40 in a plane crash this
All Hail the King: Champion Astros in Gold to open 2018
The Houston Astros will open the 2018 season by wearing gold-trimmed uniforms for their first two home games of the season. Using the usual Astros home jersey template, the special World Champions jersey replaces the blue in the arched “ASTROS” wordmark with gold, the orange which typically trims this wordmark
Rays Tweak Logo, Unveil 20th, Announce Throwback Games
Suddenly it’s the 1990s all up in here. Just a day after the Marlins, their same-state cousins in Miami, unveiled their ’90s throwback uniform, the Tampa Bay Rays have done the same! Along with the 20th anniversary patch we’d already seen earlier this week, the Rays announced they’d be wearing
Marlins Bring Back Teal to Celebrate 25 Years in 2018
The Miami Marlins, winners of two World Series Championships, took a break from their annual off-season purge to unveil the logo celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 1993 expansion season. Featuring a very welcome return to teal, the colour the team used predominantly along with black and silver during their
Tampa Bay Rays to Wear 20th Anniversary Patch in 2018
The Tampa Bay Rays will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their inaugural season with a commemorative patch during the 2018 season. At least that’s according to a video game, as far as we can tell the team hasn’t actually officially unveiled or announced anything yet. Courtesy a trailer for
Thome Prefers Indians C to Wahoo on Hall Plaque
Players typically get to play a role as to what team goes on their Baseball Hall of Fame cap, sometimes the Hall will overrule their choice (Wade Boggs chose the Tampa Bay Devil Rays afterall) but in the case of a guy like Vladimir Guerrero where it’s more of a
Cleveland Indians, MLB Announce Chief Wahoo Is Gone After 2018
The Associated Press and the New York Times are reporting that the Cleveland Indians, following pressure from Major League Baseball, will be dropping their controversial “Chief Wahoo” logo from all on-field caps and uniforms following the upcoming 2018 season. Jordan Bastian, who covers the Cleveland Indians for MLB.com was able
MLB Releases 2018 Spring Training Jerseys, Caps, Shirts
It’s almost here! Yes, Spring Training is right around the corner folks, pitchers and catchers start reporting in just two weeks, and we’re less than a month from our first spring ball games. Today Major League Baseball acknowledged that fact by releasing their 2018 line of Spring Training caps, jerseys,
Oakland Athletics Unveil New Kelly Green Uniform
The Athletics are Oakland’s team, and this year they celebrate their 50th anniversary of moving to the Bay Area city with a uniform which puts their civic pride front and center. Introduced this afternoon at a “fashion show” in Oakland, the A’s new anniversary alternate jersey focuses on the City
Time Traveling Mariners, Royals Turning Back to the Future
I’m very happy about this news. The Seattle Mariners today announced that they will be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the first-ever “Turn Ahead the Clock Game” which was played between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners at the old Kingdome on July 18, 1998. The anniversary game that
Detroit Tigers Unify Logos, Update Uniform
The Detroit Tigers today announced the team will be dropping the version of the “D” logo which has appeared on the front of their uniform for 83 of the previous 84 seasons. It’s not as dire as it sounds, the Tigers are simply replacing it with the “D” they wear