During a press conference yesterday, held to kick-off the 2014 MLB All-Star Game fan balloting, the Minnesota Twins unveiled the 2014 All-Star Game batting practice jersey. So far, we’ve only seen the American League version — this jersey is red with “AMERICAN” across the front in the same font used
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A Cartoon Rodent in a Serious Baseball Town: The Richmond Flying Squirrels
The Richmond Flying Squirrels, double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, are among the most popular and distinct minor league baseball team identities out there, but the team name was not well received when it was first announced more than five years ago. In a city with a storied baseball
Brooklyn Cyclones Win the Star Wars Jersey Battle
Durham Bulls, Sacramento River Cats, Toledo Mud Hens… y’all can step aside. The Brooklyn Cyclones just ended the Star Wars uniform contest. On the front of the jersey is a menacing image of Darth Maul surrounded by red and black. Across the front of Maul’s head is “Brooklyn” written in Aurebesh
Ten MLB Teams Who Wore Uniforms of Another City
This afternoon the Chicago Cubs will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first baseball game played at Wrigley Field. As part of those 100th birthday celebrations both the Chicago Cubs and their opponents, the Arizona Diamondbacks, will be wearing uniforms based off of the two teams that squared off in
The Power of Pink (or Rubine Red): The Story Behind the Pensacola Blue Wahoos
The wahoo is a fish that is strong, fierce, and delicious. The fish featured in the Pensacola Blue Wahoos’ logo is the one that got away. You can tell by the hook in his mouth attached to the broken fishing line that he snapped through pure, brute force. “The wahoo
Diamondbacks to Wear Kansas City Throwback Uniforms
It’s not often you’ll see a team willing to relocate themselves to take part in a Turn Back the Clock game. The Arizona Diamondbacks will do just that as they’ll be fantastic sports by wearing the uniforms of the 1914 Kansas City Packers of the long defunct Federal League. This
The Story Behind the Modesto Nuts: Now with More Nuts!
Modesto, California, is known for producing nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, and George Lucas. And since they couldn’t make a logo out of George Lucas, who was born and raised in Modesto and set his film American Graffiti there, the local baseball team decided to pay homage the industry
Lake Monsters Go Cute With New Uniforms
The Vermont Lake Monsters (Oakland A’s Single-A) of the New York-Penn League have unveiled their new home, road, and batting practice uniforms. This following the unveiling of their new logos earlier in the off-season. The new package was designed by Brandiose, the star of the Minor League branding world at
Pics: Braves Honour Aaron with 1974 Uniforms
The Atlanta Braves celebrated the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th home run by wearing the uniforms the team wore during the historic game. True to 1974, the uniforms worn last night were pullovers featuring the blue and white jerseys with a feather design on each sleeve. The cap
From Tobacconists to Lollygaggers: The Story Behind the Durham Bulls
The Durham Bulls recognize that having Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins as the de facto (and pro bono) spokespeople for their brand for the last 25 years has been a blessing, but there’s one specific challenge that the movie Bull Durham poses to the team. To be sure, when the
Boston Red Sox Going Gold Today
The Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series, and just in case you forgot they’ll be reminding you this afternoon during their home opener game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Boston will take to the field at Fenway Park today wearing uniforms celebrating their World title last season, the uniform
Oh Those Cubs! Chicago OF Wears Wrong Uniform
Let this be a lesson to all those teams who insist on designing multiple uniforms of the same colour. The Chicago Cubs, playing just the third game of their “we have two different grey jerseys!” era, have had their first jersey mix-up. Outfielder Junior Lake took the field for this