Farewell Yankees, Hello Porcupines on Rails! At a fan event held earlier tonight the International League’s Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees officially announced they would be now known as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. This change is the third name and identity change for the Triple-A franchise in the past five years, prior to re-naming themselves
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Hudson Valley Renegades Release New Logos, Jerseys
As a part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, the Hudson Valley Renegades, Single-A New York-Penn League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays today unveiled their new colour scheme, logos, and uniforms for the 2013 season at a private press conference in Fishkill, NY. Out is the old colour scheme of
NY Mets Show Off Two New Blue Alternate Jerseys
For the first time since (could it really be?) 1984 the New York Mets will have a blue alternate jersey as part of their regular uniform set. Unveiled earlier today via a Tweet courtesy @Mets we got our first look at the two new blue alternate jerseys the New York
Spoiler Alert: Reading Phillies Changing Name to…
After 46 years as the Reading Phillies, the Double-A Eastern League club announced Sunday that they would be changing their name for the 2013 season. No fears Reading fans, they’ll still maintain their affiliation with the Philadelphia Phillies, one of the longest Minor League – Major League relationships to exist
Erie SeaWolves Unveil New Logos
The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers and a member of the Eastern League, unveiled their new logo set yesterday at a press conference in Erie, Pa. A much needed upgrade over their previous set, the new logos continue the SeaWolves “Pirate Wolf” theme but in a much
Houston Astros Officially Unveil New Logos, Uniforms
After months of teasers, speculation, and leaks the Houston Astros tonight unveiled their new logos, uniforms, colour scheme, league, and mascot at a “Launch Party” open to fans at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Tx. The colour scheme has been switched back to navy blue and orange, which is what
Detroit Tigers and friends: 2012 World Series Champs “Phantom” Merch
Happy Hallowe’en everyone, let’s celebrate the spooky holiday with our annual World Series Champions “phantom” merchandise post! This year our phantom world champs are the Detroit Tigers who swept away the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS before being swept themselves by the San Francisco Giants. As with all of the
Online Shop Leaks New Astros Primary, Wordmark Logos
What a terrible weekend for the Houston Astros! For the third time in the last two days (and the fourth time this month) the Houston Astros have had their new logo leaked online and this time it’s the big guy – the new Astros primary logo, as well as a
The 25th Year of World Series Patches
Major League Baseball was the first major sport to market its biggest brand event on the uniforms of the participants, a couple of years ahead of the NHL, and almost a decade ahead of the NBA and believe it or not, the NFL. Back in 1987, the St. Louis Cardinals wore the
Houston Astros New Logo Leaks
After several blurred and hard-to-see leaked new Houston Astros logos for the 2013 season, we finally got ourselves a nice clean image for a change. Twitter user Ernest Moreno (@astromo1977) spotted the new logo on a t-shirt on sale at his local Academy store and snapped the following pic: Following the
Topps Leaks New Houston Astros Logo on Twitter
It just keeps on happening! This time Topps is the culprit, tweeting out a photo of their new 2013 MLB baseball card set under construction apparently completely unaware that the new Houston Astros logo is right there on about three of the cards shown. The logo matches up with what
St Louis Cards 2012 Back-to-Back NL Champs Gear
The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The San Francisco Giants sure gave the St. Louis Cardinals a taste of their own medicine didn’t they? The comeback kids of the last two post-seasons were up 3-games-to-1 before dropping three straight ending their bid at a second consecutive