Minor League Baseball just released its annual list of its top 25 teams in terms of merchandise sales, and the only consistent thing about it is that there is no consistency. The list represents a wide diversity of teams and approaches to branding. It includes a range of classifications, from Triple-A
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Toronto Blue Jays Release 2016 Canada Day Uniform
The Toronto Blue Jays are going back to an all-red look for Canada Day this year. After trying a white jersey last year, the Jays will return to red when they take the field for their annual Canada Day game on July 1st – this year their opponents will be the
Feeling Blue: The Story Behind the OKC Dodgers
There are few trends in sports more pronounced than minor league baseball teams abandoning their parent club’s brand in favor of a unique nickname appropriate to the local community. So shortly after the 2014 season, when the Oklahoma City RedHawks announced that they would take on the name of their
Junior Hockey Jersey Battle on the Ball Diamond
The Quebec Capitales of baseball’s independent Can-Am League are no stranger to bringing ice to the ballpark. Once again the Capitales and their opponents will don jerseys paying tribute to their respective local hockey teams — for 2016 the Capitales will wear uniforms based off of the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL
Pillboxpalooza: Two Teams Wear Classic Style Yesterday
Remember last year when a pillbox cap at Cincinnati’s MLB All-Star Game just couldn’t be done? Those days are just a distant memory today. Two, yes two, Major League Baseball teams donned the classic 19th-century style cap during games this past weekend, the Pittsburgh Pirates during their usual Sunday home game
Gimme Some Fin: The Story Behind the Daytona Tortugas
For 22 seasons, the Florida State League was home to the Daytona Cubs. But after the 2014 season, when Chicago switched its High-A affiliate from Daytona to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the team in Daytona signed on with the Cincinnati Reds and started the process of developing a new identity. “We
Cleveland Indians will drop cream alternates after 2016 season
Ever since 2008, the Cleveland Indians decided to spice things up by adding a cream alternate jersey to their uniform set, and they wore those uniforms during the weekend. The uniforms were pretty popular, and they also signaled the introduction of a red cap with a navy block C, which
Photos: 2016 MLB Memorial Day Uniforms In Action
Yesterday all thirty Major League Baseball teams wore camouflage uniforms in honour of the Memorial Day holiday — caps, jersey wordmarks, and player numbers were all clad in USMC “woodland” style digital camo (Blue Jays wore CADPAT style) while sleeve patches and player names were recoloured to match the camo
All MLB Clubs Camouflaged Today for Memorial Day
As has been the case over the past four seasons, all thirty Major League Baseball teams will be clad full-out in camouflage caps and jerseys today in honour of the Memorial Day holiday in the United States. The uniforms this season will make use of a new “woodland” camouflage pattern licensed
Columbia Fireflies to celebrate Carolina connection to Prince
In 2011, Prince performed a concert in Columbia, South Carolina, the hometown of his drummer, John Blackwell. After the concert, Prince donated a quarter-million dollars to a charity called the Eau Claire Promise Zone, which benefits preschoolers in the city’s poorer neighborhoods. Since then, the donation has had a substantial effect.
Pirates and Diamondbacks combine for an ugly uniform matchup
Folks, we’ve got a bit of a uniform crisis going on in Pittsburgh today. The Pirates are currently playing the Diamondbacks in some matinee baseball action. Day baseball is always fun, but that fun can be dampened a bit when the two teams involved aren’t exactly dressed to the nines.
Blue Wahoos to go as Pensacola Mullets on What If Night
There’s an alternate universe in which the Double-A baseball team in Pensacola, Florida, is called the Mullets. In our universe, when fans voted back in 2012 on a team name, Blue Wahoos was chosen over Mullets, Aviators, Redbones, Salty Dogs, and Loggerheads. But this week, the team will take the pan-dimensional journey to that