A quarter century after leaving Knoxville, Tennessee, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs is returning home and reprising their former name, the Knoxville Smokies. The Smokies, who play in the Southern League, announced this week that with their return to their once and future hometown, the team will change
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Athletics Officially Change Name, Introduce Logos for Sacramento
The Oakland Athletics are no longer. The club officially announced today that they are now known simply as Athletics. The new location-less name will stick for as long as the team plays in Sacramento, which looks like it will be for the next three seasons before they move to Las
Women’s Pro Baseball League Set to Launch in Summer 2026
League co-founded by Justine Siegal — first woman to coach a pro men’s team and to throw batting practice in MLB — aims to ride wave of women’s sports by throwing out first pitch in summer 2026 with six teams primarily in northeast United States
Dodgers Set World Series Sales Records
The Los Angeles Dodgers set a series of merchandise records following the 2024 World Series Championship this week
The Origins and Oddities of World Series Patches and Uniforms
A look back at the history of teams wearing World Series patches on their uniforms and some of the oddities that have happened along the way.
OKC Baseball Club rebrands as Comets in honor of Mickey Mantle
As the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees took to the field in game 2 of the World Series, the Dodgers Triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City announced a new identity that pays homage to a Yankee icon. The Oklahoma City Comets name and identity, just unveiled moments ago, are
Hickory Crawdads to play as Goat-Karts
The Hickory Crawdads, Single-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers in the Carolina League, introduced an alternate identity just moments ago that pays tribute one of the area’s earliest industries, as well as one of its popular contemporary pastimes. The Hickory Goat-Karts brand is an homage to both auto racing and
Gastonia fans choose Ghost Peppers after a season of what-ifs
The independent Gastonia Baseball Club, a North Carolina-based team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, played the 2024 season in a series of seven potential identities, giving fans the chance to see them in action before voting for a permanent brand. That vote is in the books, and the
Bird Dawgs Replace Wood Ducks Down East
Kinston, North Carolina, won’t miss a beat when it comes to professional baseball in 2025. The town lost its Single-A team, the Down East Wood Ducks, at the end of the 2024 season, when that franchise headed south to become the Hub City Spartanburgers. Before residents could miss having a
Mississippi Mud Monsters join Frontier League
Just about a month after the Double-A Mississippi Braves recorded their final out before relocating to Georgia for the 2025 season, the town of Pearl, Mississippi, is welcoming a new baseball team to Trustmark Park. The Mississippi Mud Monsters joined the independent Frontier League, unveiling their name and logo this
MLB, Nike to Fix Most 2024 Uniform Issues in 2025-26
This is why pencils have erasers! This afternoon, Major League Baseball announced a series of changes to their on-field Nike uniforms following the disastrous rollout of the new Vapor Premier line before the 2024 season. The decision was finalized following discussions between MLB, Nike, Fanatics, and the Major League Baseball
MLB Announces Usual Team Uniforms Returning for 2025 All-Star Game
Fans of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, I have some news for you. Starting with next year’s Mid-Season Classic, players will wear their usual team uniforms again during the All-Star Game (still paired with a special cap) MLB’s All-Stars wore their standard team uniforms right up until 2019, with a