When the New York Mets announced that they would rename their newly acquired Triple-A franchise in Syracuse the Mets last season, I was hoping that it would feature a modified version of its iconic skyline logo. A look that was quite popular with many of its affiliates during the 1980s,
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More Cowbell: The Story Behind the Visalia Rawhide
Roughly 200 miles southeast of San Francisco and 200 miles north of Los Angeles sits the town of Visalia, California. With a population of just over 130,000, Visalia is situated smack dab in the middle of California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its hot, dry summers and its prolific agricultural
Pelicans jerseys raise awareness of mental health issues
The Class A Advanced Myrtle Beach Pelicans planned to wear specialty jerseys Sunday, May 31, which would been Mental Health Awareness Night. In the absence of actual baseball, the team unveiled the design and used it as a “Wallpaper Wednesday” template on social media. Per the team, the stripes on
Kalamazoo Growlers to play as Mac Daddies
The Kalamazoo Growlers were supposed to tip their caps to dairy-loving dads by playing as the Mac Daddies this Fathers Day weekend, but with baseball schedules everywhere upended by the COVID-19 crisis, the promotion has been delayed until later in the year. The Growlers, who play in the collegiate summer
Fight Finished: Nationals Unveil 2019 World Series Rings
The Washington Nationals revealed their 2019 World Series championship ring design last night, about two months after the team had originally planned on giving them out to players. The players have opted to wait until they can all safely gather again in person before they physically receive their rings. The
MLB Holiday Caps 2020: Will They Be Worn? Available to Buy?
With baseball on the shelf and Mother’s Day quickly approaching, I’ve been getting numerous e-mails, Tweets, and Facebook messages asking if we’ll still get a chance to see or buy Major League Baseball’s 2020 holiday caps. I felt it pretty unlikely the league would do a grand reveal of these
Incredible Sidewalk Chalk Art: All Major League Baseball Logos
We all miss baseball. Whether you’re a fan of the game or not it’s always there this time of year, every night there’s a game on television, every backyard barbecue it’s on the radio, anywhere you go someone around you is talkin’ ball. It’s understandable that Ross Yoshida, the Senior
FredNats unveil jerseys commemorating beloved gorilla Harambe
Before professional sports in 2020 were postponed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Fredericksburg Nationals—or FredNats to friends—were planning to pay homage to beloved gorilla Harambe, who was shot and killed in 2016 by officials at the Cincinnati Zoo to protect a three-year-old boy who had fallen into the primate’s enclosure.
Pensacola Blue Wahoos unveil Crabzilla sandwich logo
The Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos have been teasing the unveiling of what they have been calling “baseball’s most ferocious sandwich-based logo” all week. In a Minor League Baseball alternate logo landscape that features Steamed Cheeseburgers (Hartford Yard Goats), Scrapple (Delmarva Shorebirds), and Cheesesteaks (Lehigh Valley IronPigs), just to name a
Presenting the 2020 Minor League Baseball Logo Colour Wheel
The postponement of live professional sports in 2020 can’t stop this important tradition! While we don’t have the opening days that were supposed to be gracing minor league baseball fields across the continent this month, we do have the 2020 iteration of SportsLogos.net’s annual minor league baseball colour wheel. As
Missoula PaddleHeads unveil groovy uniform set
The Missoula PaddleHeads, who earlier this offseason made a splash when they announced their new name and logo after two decades as the Missoula Osprey, unveiled their uniform set today. The set, which would debut in what is at the moment a hypothetical 2020 season, includes a classic pinstriped home
Reno Aces release biggest little alternate cap
As visitors to Reno, Nevada, approach the city’s downtown area, driving south on Virginia Street, they are greeted by a gateway arch that loudly declares that they have arrived at the Biggest Little City in the World. The arch was constructed in 1926 to commemorate the Transcontinental Highways Exposition of