Today Harmon Killebrew died at the age of 74. A Hall-of-Famer, an MVP, 573 career home runs and the inspiration for the famous MLB logo. That last bit is always up for debate, the official position of Major League Baseball is that the logo doesn’t represent any one player, while
Category: Baseball
Top o’the Logo to You
A Happy Belated St. Patrick’s Day to Everyone! What was once a holiday dedicated to the harmless fun of binge-drinking without remorse is now an annual trotting-out of baseball, basketball and hockey teams in green uniforms (as well as the whole binge-drinking bit); excluding the Oakland A’s, nine teams
A not-so-Heritage Classic (the uniforms, that is)
Outdoors hockey! Tomorrow the 2nd octennial Heritage Classic will take place in the frigid outdoor refrigerator most commonly referred to as Calgary, Alberta. They’re calling for a temperature of -22°C tomorrow (-8°F), so that threat of rain they had for the earlier-this-year Winter Classic in Pittsburgh probably won’t be a
Philadelphia Phillies 2009 Phantom World Champions Merchandise
A small collection of photos of 2009 World Series Championship merchandise that the Philadelphia Phillies would have made available had they won the title. I especially enjoy the “Back to Back” and “The Bell Tolls Twice!” graphics on these items.
2006 World Series Logo Unveiled
Power up that Intellivison, pop in a Beta and get ready for the 2006 Fall Classic. This seasons’ World Series logo was unveiled today, along with three alternates and a script logo, and the logo design instantly conjures up memories of the 1980s. A red and blue rounded rectangle is