Throughout the entire month of May, the Tampa Bay Rays and some of their opponents are wearing a green ribbon on the upper left corner of the front of their jerseys. The ribbon was added in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. The Rays first chose to bring attention to
Category: Baseball
St Louis Cardinals Now Wearing Stifel Logo on Jersey Sleeves
The St. Louis Cardinals have worn birds on bats on their jerseys for all but one season over the last one-hundred-one years. Now those birds will have some company, a patch sporting the logo of a multinational independent investment bank and financial services corporation. Tuesday, the Cardinals announced they had struck a jersey advertisement
Altoona Curve to play as Pizzas
The Double-A Altoona Curve will play as the Altoona Pizzas for a full week later this season, paying tribute to a culinary wonder that combines Sicilian-style pizza with square, processed American cheese. The announcement has been met with a chorus of social media pundits yucking Altoona pizza lovers’ yum. Altoona-style
Springfield Cardinals to play as Cashew Chickens
Not only are the Springfield Cardinals a minor league baseball team named for their parent club—a practice this author would like to see outlawed by way of Constitutional amendment—but they have played since 2005 without ever adopting event a temporary alternate identity. That ends this season when the team let
Lehigh Valley IronPigs to salute Philly by playing as Hoagies
The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs polled vans about what they call the area’s iconic sandwich, and Hoagie beat Sub soundly (of course). With that, the team will take on the nickname “Hoagies” on its annual “Salute to Philly” night, which in previous years has seen the team play as “Jimmies,”
Mariners New City Connect Uniform Taps Into City’s Long Baseball History
It’s “Past Presents Future,” it’s “Future Nostalgia,” it’s… it’s… the Seattle Mariners new 2023 Nike MLB City Connect uniform! A celebration of “over a century of baseball in the Pacific Northwest” is the focus of Nike’s latest MLB City Connect uniform to drop on the baseball world, officially unveiled by
Corpus Christi Hooks update Blue Ghosts brand
The Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks unveiled an updated version of an alternate identity that pays tribute a famous aircraft carrier just off the city’s coast. Since 2018, the team has played several games a year as the Blue Ghosts, a nickname that refers to the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft
Winston-Salem Dash to play as grammatically correct Hyphens
The High-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has gone by the nickname Dash since 2009. It’s an homage to the piece of punctuation that unites the two towns that have been officially merged as one since the late 1800s. The problem is, grammar nerds (of which
2023 MLB Mother’s Day Caps Revealed
Today, Major League Baseball unveiled its 2023 Mother’s Day cap collection, these special caps will be worn on-field by all thirty clubs during their games played on Sunday, May 14th. This year’s design sees each club wearing a khaki-coloured crown and visor with a pink button, per usual club logos
Padres Honour Johnny Ritchey With 1948 PCL Throwback Uniforms
The San Diego Padres will be throwing it back to their days in the Pacific Coast League by wearing special 1948 turn-back-the-clock uniforms tonight against the Atlanta Braves. The 75-year-old uniform design includes a white jersey with “Padres” scripted across the chest in blue, trimmed in red. Down the front
Dreaming the Big Dream: Texas Rangers Unveil New City Connect Uniforms
It’s important, every now and then, to pause and look back at those who came before you, those who did the work, laying the path for the future. The Texas Rangers are doing just that by way of their brand new Nike MLB City Connect uniform. Unveiled just this morning
Drillers pay tribute to music heritage with TulsaSound identity
The Double-A Tulsa Drillers will play four games this season as the TulsaSound in tribute to the unique style of blues music the city is known for. The logo for the TulsaSound (one word when we’re talking about the baseball team) was created by Brandiose, and features a guitar, the