It’s that time again, when the folks at SportsLogos.Net (well, just me really) go through every new logo and rank them based on how you, the readers of this site, have rated them since their unveiling. This year we received over 65,000 votes from you guys to put together this
Category: Baseball
Of Ogres and Outfielders: Fantasy Fantasy Baseball
Sports fans live in a world of fantasy. Our emotional well-being is tied directly to the outcomes of games played by grown men in pajamas. We celebrate our irrational brand loyalty by buying shirts, hats, socks, smart phone cases, crocs, and anything else we can find that has our favorite
Best, Worst Sports Logo For Each U.S. State and Canadian Province
What team has the number one logo in your home state? Is it the local college? Perhaps the lone NFL team? Or maybe some obscure minor league club you’ve never even heard of. Well, now you can find out for sure, thanks to the readers of SportsLogos.Net we’ve been able to find the highest rated
It tells you who we are and where we are from: The Story Behind the Phillies
When Philadelphia’s National League baseball team took the field for its first-ever game on May 1, 1883 (a 4-3 loss to the Providence Grays), it was called the Phillies. More than 13 decades later, Philadelphia’s National League baseball team carries the same name. According to the team’s media guide, “the Phillies endure as
Norfolk Tides read mean tweets about their new logo
Since the dawn of humanity, when single-celled sports fans crawled out of the primordial soup and developed opposable thumbs that they could use to tweet, there have been egregious, over-the-top negative reactions to the unveiling of new logos. The Triple-A Norfolk Tides, who just this week dramatically overhauled their own
Baseball Uniforms Evolve With Unveiling of New D-Backs Set
Evolution. The term was heard quite a few times tonight in Phoenix as the Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled their new uniforms before over a thousand fans, media, and VIPs at an event held at Chase Field. While the term was referring specifically to the evolution of the team and their design, it can also certainly apply to
Norfolk Tides make a splash with new logo
The Triple-A Norfolk Tides abandoned a longstanding conservative identity and threw themselves feet first into the world of wacky minor league logos today. The Tides kept their name, which dates back to 1961, but changed pretty much everything else. When they take the field in 2016, they’ll be the first minor league baseball
Back to Brown! (Among Others) San Diego Padres Unveil New Uniforms
The San Diego Padres unveiled three new uniforms for the 2016 season today, a new home white, new Friday home alternate, and new camouflage alternate jersey. The uniforms were unveiled over the course of four hours, the first – showing the new blue camo’s taking place on a Navy ship,
Fishy Train: The Story Behind the Altoona Curve
There’s a 2,375-foot stretch of railroad tracks in central Pennsylvania that spins trains 180 degrees in a hairpin turn on their way over and across the Allegheny mountains. The so-called Horseshoe Curve, built from 1851 to 1854, is the tightest train track turn in the country. It’s been traveled by presidents
Padres Going Yellow, New Hat Leaks on Twitter
If you saw the 2016 MLB All-Star Game logo then this can’t come as a surprise to you. Late last night the new ballcap of the San Diego Padres was posted on Twitter by user @SDHatGuy, the photo shows the Padres familiar “SD” cap logo with the “D” now in yellow.
Louisville Bats Unveil New Colours, Logos, Uniforms
The top-level farm club of the Cincinnati Reds will look a lot more red in 2016. Today the International League’s Louisville Bats unveiled an entirely new identity, new colours, new logos, new uniforms, all that remains is the team name. The old, unique colour scheme of black, purple, and gold has been
The Horse He Rode In On: The Story Behind the Arkansas Travelers
There are two versions of the mid-1800s legend of a minstrel who gets lost in rural Arkansas and stumbles across a squatter playing a never-ending tune on a fiddle. The first is told by Arkansans themselves, and has its roots in a tale told by Colonel Sanford Faulkner, an important figure in the