The Memphis Redbirds, AAA Pacific Coast League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals unveiled their new primary logo via a press release earlier today. The new logo further streamlines the “birds-on-bat” theme running wild through the Cardinals Minor and Major League affiliations. “We are extremely excited to debut our brand new logo
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San Francisco Giants to Add Yet Another Alternate Uniform
They were number one in the Major Leagues last season, now they seek to be number one somewhere else… most uniforms. The San Francisco Giants today confirmed that they will be adding a *fifth* uniform to their regular rotation in 2015, another alternate, which they will unveil on Friday. The obviously-it-will-be black
RoughRiders Tease Potentially Awesome New Logo Set
The Frisco RoughRiders grabbed our attention earlier today when they Tweeted out a sneak peek of their new logo set. Showing only a pair of “pince-nez” style glasses with the caption “Got Monocles?” above it (yes, they were corrected several times), the teaser suggests the new set will be paying
Padres Will Wear Throwback Brown Pinstripes in 2015
For five “Way Back Wednesday” games throughout the season—April 29, July 1, July 22, August 12, and August 19—the San Diego Padres will wear the brown pinstripes they wore from 1985 to 1990. New in 2015: Way Back Wednesdays! For 5 Wednesday day games, team will wear home brown pinstripe
New MLB Commissioner Does Not Foresee Ads on Uniforms
Just days into his tenure as commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred put to bed fears that his sport will be the next to place advertisements on uniforms. Quoted in the New York Times, Manfred said: There was more chatter about that in the game 10 years ago than there
Rawlings Unveils New MLB Commish Baseballs
Rawlings and Major League Baseball unveiled the new design to appear on their official baseballs for the 2015 season. The design features the signature of new commissioner Rob Manfred, Manfred officially took over for outgoing commissioner Bud Selig yesterday. Manfred becomes just the second MLB commissioner to have his signature appear
Dizzy in Michigan: The Story Behind the Lansing Lugnuts
Lansing, Michigan, is known for being an industrial center, home for more than 100 years to Oldsmobile, which was founded as Olds Motor Vehicle Company in 1897 and produced more than 14 million cars at its Lansing factory before production ceased in 2004. The state capital, Lansing is located in mid-Michigan,
Mariners Bring Back Retro Colours On New Cream Uniform
The Seattle Mariners are taking a step back into their past in 2015 with the release of their new Sunday home alternate uniform. The new uniform is a straight-up copy of their standard 1993-2015 home white uniform but re-coloured blue and yellow to match the team’s look from 1977, their first
Astros to Mark 50th Anniversary… Again
The Houston Astros have two establishment dates, and they honour them equally and frequently. The first date is when their franchise played their first game in 1962 as the Houston Colt .45s, the other when they became the Astros three years later. So despite a big celebration for the clubs
New Seattle Mariners Uniform Coming Friday
The Seattle Mariners will unveil a new alternate uniform, to be worn every Sunday home game, live on their official website this Friday. According to a Tweet from the team, the club will unveil the new uniform at 10:30am Pacific Time (or 1:30pm Eastern). There’s a new Sunday home alternate
Should the Cardinals honor Oscar Taveras with a patch?
The St. Louis Cardinals announced this weekend that they will wear a patch bearing the initials OT to memorialize Oscar Taveras, who died in an automobile accident in the Dominican Republic late last year along with his girlfriend, Edilia Arvelo. The patch will not feature Taveras’s uniform number, 18, because Taveras’s
Wide-Eyed in Texas: The Story Behind the Laredo Lemurs
This is an objective, scientifically proven fact: Lemurs are awesome. Also, people love lemurs. It’s science. Here’s another scientific fact for you: Laredo, Texas, is not close to the island nation of Madagascar, which is located in the Indian Ocean and is the only place in the world where lemurs live