Fans of the short-season Class A Connecticut Tigers will select a new nickname from five finalists that the team just unveiled today. All five options include the geographic signifier of the team’s hometown, Norwich, rather than Connecticut, which they have used since their inception in 2010. Three of the options
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Introducing the FredNats, by George!
When the Potomac Nationals, high-A affiliate of the nearby Washington Nationals, announced that they would be moving about 40 miles south to Fredericksburg, Virginia, for the 2020 season, there was an expectation that the franchise would be the latest in the parade of minor league teams with wacky nicknames. But
Bowling Green unveils 2020 Midwest League All Star Game logos
The town of Bowling Green, Kentucky, will host the Midwest League All Star Game in 2020 for the first time in the 56 years the event has taken place. The Single-A Bowling Green Hot Rods unveiled the logos at their stadium just moments ago. The announcement took place at Bowling
Of Happy Campers and Bull Testicles: The Story Behind the Rocky Mountain Vibes
When the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox moved to Texas to become the San Antonio Missions before the 2019 season, the void left in professional baseball’s highest-elevation stadium was filled by the short-season single-A Helena Brewers, who moved to Colorado from Montana. From the outset, the process of naming the
AAGPBL Still Celebrating Women in Sports Nearly 80 Years Later
Seventy-six years ago, a chewing gum magnate and Major League Baseball owner by the name of Phillip K. Wrigley had a crazy notion, to have women play professional baseball. The world was at war, and with millions of North American men, including some of baseball’s biggest stars having been deployed
Skeeters jerseys challenge opponents to “Come and Take It”
The 2018 Atlantic League champion Sugar Land Skeeters will defend their title wearing uniforms defying opponents to win. The independent Skeeters, led by manager Pete Incaviglia, a former Major Leaguer, will play the entire 2019 postseason wearing the specialty jerseys. The “Come and Take It” slogan is an homage to
Ribbons on Caps as MLB Teams, Players Remember 9-11
All across Major League Baseball tonight players, coaches, and umpires will be wearing a special ribbon patch on the side of their caps in memory of those lost on September 11, 2001. The patch consists of a red, white, and blue ribbon inside a blue circle, a version of the
Baseball Players Wearing Gold Ribbons, Wristbands Today
Why are Major League Baseball players wearing gold ribbons? All Major League Baseball players and umpires will be wearing gold/yellow ribbons and wristbands across the league for games played on Saturday, September 7, 2019. The special ribbons and gold wristbands are being worn in support of the fight against childhood
Adelaide Bite go back to their roots with Giant rebrand
When the original Australian Baseball League debuted in 1989, one of the founding teams was the Adelaide Giants. The Giants played 10 seasons and folded when that first ABL folded in 1999. When the ABL was resurrected in 2010, Adelaide, the capital of South Australia and the fifth largest city
Bowie Baysox celebrate Maryland as Crab Cakes
The Double-A Bowie Baysox will pay homage to their home state by taking the field as the Maryland Crab Cakes on Celebrate Maryland Night. Bucking the recent trend in Minor League Baseball, the promotional uniforms will not feature an anthropomorphized food item, but rather a pattern based on the state
MLB Baseball Players Wearing Black and White Uniforms This Weekend
Starting Friday and continuing on through Sunday, all Major League Baseball teams and players will either wear all black or all white uniforms — this includes all white or black cap logos and jersey logos to complete a total head-to-toe monochromatic match across the entire uniform. Why are baseball players
Chihuahuas unveil Bark in the Park promo jerseys
The El Paso Chihuahuas will wear specialty jerseys for their annual Bark in the Park promotion featuring a photo-realistic dog in a brown leather bag. When the Chihuahuas were first introduced in 2014, the reasons given for the unusual nickname were the team’s proximity to the Chihuahuan Desert, as well