Every October, the six best teams in each of the American and National Leagues break off from the rest of Major League Baseball to battle in a four-round tournament to determine that year’s World Series champion. For decades, it’s been the biggest event on the baseball calendar each year, one
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Kansas City Royals to Finish 2023 in Full Powder Blue Uniforms
The Kansas City Royals are closing out the season the way they started it… in full powder blue uniforms! Today, the ballclub announced the full powder blue set would be worn for their final two games of the 2023 season — Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1, both against
Minor League Baseball Gets a Major League Logo
Minor League Baseball has a new league logo… well, new for them, at least. Unveiled this evening, the new MiLB logo features the silhouette from the long-used Major League Baseball logo, a step or two closer to the pitcher in the batter’s box, with a new double blue colourway and
Baltimore Orioles Wearing #5 Patch for Brooks Robinson
The Baltimore Orioles will wear a number 5 patch on their jersey sleeve for the remainder of the 2023 season (and hopefully for 2024, too!) in memory of the legendary Brooks Robinson, starting with tonight’s game against Boston. The patch shows Robinson’s number 5 in orange on a black circle
Northwoods League unveils updated branding
The collegiate summer level Northwoods League unveiled a new suite of logos, including specific identities for their longstanding baseball program and a brand-new softball program set to launch in 2024. The Northwoods league currently features 24 baseball teams in the upper midwest ranging from Wisconsin to North Dakota. The suite
Atlantic League delivers Hagerstown Flying Boxcars
A new team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball takes its identity from an icon of aviation history tied to Hagerstown, Maryland. The Hagerstown Flying Boxcars pay tribute to military cargo planes manufactured by Fairchild Aircraft in the 1940s and ’50s. Nearly 1,200 of the planes—technically two different planes,
Milwaukee Brewers Add Northwestern Mutual Logo to Jersey
The Milwaukee Brewers today announced they’ll be the next MLB team to add an advertisement to their uniforms. Starting with tonight’s game against Washington, the Brewers will wear the logo of Northwestern Mutual on the jersey sleeve of each player’s primary camera-facing arm. Northwestern Mutual is a financial services company
Royals, Astros to Salute the Negro Leagues this Weekend in Kansas City
The Kansas City Royals will hold their annual “Salute to the Negro Leagues” event this Saturday, September 16th, when the Houston Astros come to Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. As part of the festivities, the Royals will don the home uniforms of the 1945 Kansas City Monarchs, while the visiting
Reno Aces introduce historic Silver Sox alternate identity
The Triple-A Reno Aces will revive a classic brand from their hometown’s past next season, playing select games as the Reno Silver Sox, honoring a minor league team that played off and on from 1947 to 1992. The Silver Sox, named for the “Silver State” of Nevada, played most of their tenure
MLB Players to Wear Ribbons on Caps for 9-11
Major League Baseball will pay respects to those lives lost and changed forever on this date twenty-two years ago during games played throughout the league tonight. All twenty-eight teams in action today will wear a commemorative patch on the right side of their cap during their game. The patch worn
MLB: Baseball Players Wearing Yellow Ribbons on Jerseys on Sunday
Why are Major League Baseball players wearing gold ribbons today? All MLB ballplayers and umpires will be wearing gold (or yellow) ribbons and wristbands across the league for all games played today, Sunday, September 3, 2023. These special yellow ribbons and gold wristbands are being worn for MLB’s Childhood Cancer
Myrtle Beach Pelicans to play as Pelisaurus Rex
It’s not unusual for fossil hunters to have a certain amount of success along the South Carolina coast. Almost exactly a year ago, an eight-year-old boy made the national news after finding a massive shark tooth fossil, just this week Myrtle Beach’s WPDE featured an 80,000-year-old fossilized beach that is