The 2025 Minor League Baseball season will see one fewer affiliated team named for its parent club. After this season, the Mississippi Braves will relocate to Georgia to become the peach-themed Columbus Clingstones, the new affiliate of the Atlanta Braves in the Double-A Southern League. The nickname draws on Georgia’s
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Babe Ruth ‘Called Shot’ Jersey Sells for Record $24M at Auction
Jersey doesn’t reach $30 million forecasts, but still smashes records for most expensive game-worn jersey ever sold and most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold
Gastonia Baseball Club’s Season of What-ifs Culminates in Fan Vote
The generically named Gastonia Baseball Club, a North Carolina-based team in the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, has taken a decidedly not generic approach to selecting a permanent brand. The team has spent the season playing in a series of seven potential identities, giving local fans the chance to
The Midwest All-Stars, an MLB Team that Lasted Just One Game in 1970
What happens when a league’s schedule makers forget to include a team for an entire weekend? In 1970, the American League was forced to solve that exact problem when they inadvertently left the Boston Red Sox off the Grapefruit League schedule entirely over the weekend of March 7-8. Of course,
First Look at the 2025 MLB Spring Training Logos
Is it that time of the year already? This week, Major League Baseball released its new official logos for its 2025 Spring Training schedule. This year’s logos for the annual six-week slate of exhibition games include an all-new primary mark, a slightly modified alternate design, and designs for both the
Babe Ruth ‘Called Shot’ Jersey Could Fetch $30M at Auction
The jersey Babe Ruth was wearing during one of the most iconic moments of his career is going up for auction, and it could sell for a record-breaking amount of money. Ruth’s road grey New York Yankees jersey with the number 3 on the back will be put up for
Numbers on Caps, Colourful Equipment this Weekend in MLB
Why are baseball players wearing numbers on their hats this weekend? Because Players’ Weekend is back! Major League Baseball Players’ Weekend is meant to be a platform for players to celebrate the people, places, and causes that have influenced their lives (while, naturally, sneaking in some new merch out there
The New Ballpark that Could’ve Saved the Montreal Expos
In the 1990s, the Montreal Expos were struggling. Their decrepit stadium resulted in disastrous attendance numbers, and the loss of crucial ticket and concession revenue led to a steady stream of the team’s most talented players walking away the second they hit free agency. The 1994 player’s strike, which cancelled
MLB Announces Speedway Classic ’25 at Bristol, Unveils Logo
Before the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds take the field on Saturday, August 2, 2025, the home plate umpire will have a tough decision to make… “should I yell ‘play ball!’ or ‘It’s time to start your engines’?” This morning, Major League Baseball announced that they would play a game
Colourful Player Numbers on Caps for MLB’s 2024 Players’ Weekend
Next weekend is Players’ Weekend across Major League Baseball. The series of games played from August 16-18 will be the first time MLB will host a Players’ Weekend since 2019. As part of this year’s celebration, each player’s uniform number will be worn on the right side of their cap
Chicago Cubs to wear Motorola Ad on Uniform
The Chicago Cubs today became the 23rd Major League Baseball team to add an advertisement to their jersey sleeve, announcing that Motorola’s logo will live there for the foreseeable future. Chicago’s announcement comes just one day after the Philadelphia IBX Phillies announced their own jersey ad. The rather large patch
MLB Team-by-Team Jersey Ads Tracker
On April 1, 2022, Major League Baseball announced its teams would be permitted to wear advertisements on their in-game uniforms starting with Opening Day in 2023. As of August 1, 2024, twenty-three (77%) of the thirty MLB teams have advertisements on their uniforms. These ad patches can only be worn