What a finish to a fantastic baseball season, with a runner on third in a one-run game, bottom of the ninth during the seventh game of the World Series. You can’t beat that, and kudos to the San Francisco Giants on claiming their third title in the past five seasons.
Category: MLB
Random Observations on the 2014 World Series Branding
A few random observations and opinions of mine about last night’s World Series opener in Kansas City, from a uniform and logo point-of-view, of course. By far, the 2014 jersey and cap patch designs are the least interesting in the history of this patch. A simple wordmark, and nothing more, adorned
Akron RubberDucks, You Are the One. You Make Baseball So Much Fun
It’s okay if you heard the name of minor league baseball’s Akron RubberDucks, double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, and you thought, “Okay, now they’re just flipping open the dictionary and naming teams after the first word they point to.” But the RubberDucks’ name has a specific and meaningful origin
SF Giants CEO: Giants Would Support Ads On Jerseys
Last week, we told you about how the NHL was discussing the possibility of adding advertisements to their teams’ uniforms, and that they weren’t the only league to consider going through with it. The NHL also said that they didn’t want to be the first to go through with actually
Did the Mets Try to Sneak a New Logo Past Us?
Did the New York Mets just get caught trying to alter the skyline of their famous logo? Last night, thanks to a couple of sharp-eyed Twitterers, we learned that the Mets were using a different version of their logo on their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The difference was in the skyline —
Toronto Blue Jays Legally Oppose Creighton Logos
The Toronto Blue Jays have filed an opposition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over the Creighton Bluejays logos from their most recent rebrand. According to a letter [read it here] attached to their opposition Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership feels that “[Creighton]’s Jay Design mark is comprised of a blue
A Helmet So Dirty Even the Logo Wants Off
Stephen Vogt of the Oakland Athletics likes his pine tar, he’s not the first ballplayer to have an obsession with it – surely by now we all know about George Brett’s passionate affair with the substance. But I’ve never seen a helmet so bad even the logo is bookin’ it:
2014 World Series, MLB Postseason Logos Revealed
Thanks to a postseason ticket order form put out by the Oakland Athletics (those over-eager devils) we’ve gotten our first official, full-colour look at the 2014 MLB World Series, LCS, and LDS logos. There’s really not much to ’em this year. The marks for each round of the postseason all
Braves, Athletics Will Both Wear Throwbacks From 1914 This Saturday
The year 1914; With all of the technological and cultural advances since then, it seems like those days were a million years ago instead of 100. However, the year 1914 is a very significant one for the Atlanta Braves franchise: it was the year that the old Boston Braves completed
Tampa Bay Rays To Wear Road Fauxbacks Sunday
The Tampa Bay Rays unveiled their new “fauxback” road uniforms, which they will wear for 1980’s Turn Back the Clock day at Wrigley Field in Chicago this Sunday. They will be worn as part of the year-long celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the historic stadium. What’s a “fauxback” you
MLB Unveils 2015 All-Star Game Logo in Cincinnati
Major League Baseball and the Cincinnati Reds unveiled the logo for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game to be held on July 14, 2015 at Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark. The logo pays homage to the history and tradition of the Cincinnati Reds brand, with a focus on the “old-timey” square caps
“Caucasians” T-shirt Hot Seller on Native Reserves
A t-shirt mocking the Cleveland Indians‘ “Chief Wahoo” logo has begun popping up at Native Reserves all across North America according to a report in The Toronto Star. The shirt features a caucasian caricature with blonde hair, a red collar, and a large green dollar sign above its head, “Caucasians” scripted