All thirty Major League Baseball clubs will wear the memorial patch shown above in honour of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting which took place in December of last year. The teams will each wear the patch for their opening day games. The patch features the town
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Cardinals to Wear Stan Musial Memorial in 2013
The St. Louis Cardinals will honour the memory of Stan Musial, easily the greatest player in the history of their franchise, who died in January at the age of 92. Unlike most memorial patches Stan’s memorial will not feature any traces of black, Cardinals team president Bill DeWitt III explained
Brewers Jersey Design Winner Shares His Story
Earlier during this off-season the Milwaukee Brewers held a contest, one which allowed a fan the opportunity to design a uniform to be worn by the club during a Brewers’ Spring Training contest. That game was finally played this past Friday, a 4-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs at the
Four Finalists Chosen in Wrigley Field Logo Contest
With its own Final Four in the works, the Chicago Cubs have turned to the Internet masses to choose a winner in the Wrigley Field Turns 100 logo contest. Over 1,200 fans submitted designs in the February contest, a fan-centered promotion designed to “help create a commemorative logo worthy of
Goin’ Green: A photo roundup of St Patricks Day 2013 Uniforms
Yesterday in honour of St. Patrick’s Day dozens of teams from all around North American sports leagues put aside their usual caps and uniforms in favour of a green or Irish-themed version. Below are photos of all the teams who went green in one way or another to celebrate St.
Orioles to Go with Green Hats on Sunday
Many teams wear green related uniform items on St. Patrick’s Day, but this year, the Baltimore Orioles are doing it for a good cause. Sunday, the Orioles play a split-squad game. Both teams will be wearing these hats. Afterwards, the hats will be autographed and auctioned off, with the proceeds
Mariners Dropping Teal, Going Cream and Gold in 2014?
It would be a shame if this were to end up happening, but the Seattle Mariners may be getting rid of their iconic teal secondary colour in favour of “old gold”. In a post made by Ebbets Field Flannels on their Facebook fan page on February 28, 2013, which was quickly
MLB13: The Show Uniforms Preview – AL East
MLB13: The Show for the Sony PlayStation 3 was released in North America earlier this week, a game which prides itself, and almost always delivers, in its high-levels of authenticity. One of the features in the game is the ability to choose one of several uniform designs for any given
Orioles Wearing Earl Weaver Memorial Patch
The Baltimore Orioles began wearing a memorial patch to honor their departed former manager, Earl Weaver last Saturday. The have announced they will wear them throughout the season. At Ed Smith Stadium, the Orioles had a moment of silence for the manager, who died last month at the age of
Inspector Logo Presents: A Look at Equipment in Logos
Here at the Worldwide Sports Logos Headquarters, we have many leather-bound books full of league logos and our conference room smells of rich mahogany. Sometimes, in between heated discussions over the merits of new logos, or how far into the depth of sport we are willing to go, tracking new alt uniforms, we
Pittsburgh Pirates to Have New Logo in 2014
It’s Spring Training! Which means once again Pirates fans are already starting to look ahead to next season, but this time it’ll be because of a new logo. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Monday night that they will be ditching the red bandana wearing pirate design they’ve been using as
Braves Prove Cowards; Claim BP Cap Was Never Official
The Atlanta Braves have cowered in the corner, yielding to a tiny minority of voices and have made a last-minute change to their BP cap design. But they don’t even have the nerve to issue a press release saying that they chickened out and didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. They