Major League Baseball has itself a pretty colourful palette, from the green and gold of the Oakland Athletics to the red and turquoise of the Arizona Diamondbacks there’s a team for a fan of pretty much any colour out there. But it hasn’t always been this way. In this post
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Jared Hughes of Pittsburgh Pirates will test out new protective headgear
One of the primary concerns of sports in this day in age is making the games that athletes play safer, and one of the chief concerns in baseball is making sure that pitchers are safe when it comes to the dreaded scenario of a line drive hitting a pitcher in
Pirates Bring Back Pillbox, Complete 1979 Look for New Uniform
Pillbox caps are returning! After the so-close, yet so-far misfire that was the 2015 All-Star Game caps we just assumed such a thing was impossible in this modern age of universal cuts and templates. No more excuses, it can be done, and the Pittsburgh Pirates are the first to bring them
Put One in the W Column: The Story Behind Dave Winfield’s Brand
Ask anyone who knows Dave Winfield to describe him—as a baseball player or as a person—and you’ll start hearing the same words over and over: dependable, classy, consistent. His aura is as much about his longterm greatness on the field as it is about the goodness of his heart. He was a
Hall of Fame patch features history-making duo
Ken Griffey Jr. is the first top draft pick ever to be elected to the Hall of Fame. He received 99.3 percent of the vote—a record high—in his first year of eligibility. Mike Piazza, who was selected 1,390th in the 62nd round of the 1988 draft, is the lowest draft pick
Hank Aaron through the Ages
Hank Aaron has worn a lot of uniforms over a career that spanned more than two decades. Today, on his 82nd birthday, we take a look back at some of the threads that the man whom many consider the real home run king trotted out on the field. Below are
New York Mets will wear 1986 throwbacks “multiple times” this season
This season will mark the 30th anniversary of the New York Mets’ famous run to the 1986 World Series title, and the team will be marking the occasion by breaking out the uniforms that they wore for that season. That’s right: The racing stripes will be coming back, and not
Phillies to wear all red jerseys for first time since 1979
The Philadelphia Phillies have joined the fray in Major League Baseball’s embrace of colorful jerseys. They’ll wear lightweight, red, Flex Base jerseys in six “Business Person Special” afternoon day games on April 14, May 18, June 8, June 20, July 6, and August 4. For the first time since 1979, the
A Brand with Some Bite: The Story Behind the Arizona Diamondbacks
With 18 seasons under their belt, the Arizona Diamondbacks are still Major League Baseball’s new kid on the block. The team debuted along with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, in a splash of purple and teal, an oasis of color in the Arizona desert. Unconstrained by convention or tradition, the
Are We Family? Pirates New 70s Retro Jersey Leaks
The Pittsburgh Pirates are goin’ back to the 1970s! If a potential leak on Twitter yesterday is accurate. Cue the poor, well-intending Pirates employee, sharing a photo of team uniforms hanging up; excited, he Tweets a photo showing the jerseys ready to go for the upcoming 2016 season. The problem? Yeah,
New Spring Training Uniforms Across MLB for 2016
Spring Training’s going to look a whole lot better in 2016. Today Major League Baseball, Majestic, and New Era announced a new unified on-field look for the annual slate of exhibition games held every March. The new look includes ball caps, lighter-weight uniforms featuring regular season designs, specially marked baseballs, and other on-field
Brewers Mix Modern with Retro, Unveil New Uniform
The famous “ball-and-glove” logo will be worn more often by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2016 than in any other year since it was replaced in 1994. That alone is reason enough to be happy. Today the Brewers unveiled their brand new alternate uniform, as the headline suggests it’s a mix