The Daytona Tortugas will kick off their upcoming “Bob Ross Weekend” with some pretty sweet specialty jerseys. The jerseys, to be worn August 10, include the Tortugas’ logo with Bob Ross’s distinctive hair, holding a paint brush instead of baseball bat, set against a nature landscape painting typical of Ross’s
Category: Baseball
Baseball Hall of Fame Plaques: Class of 2018
This past weekend the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. welcomed six players into their club with the induction of the Class of 2018. Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones, Jack Morris, Jim Thome, and Alan Trammell all received their plaques which will now grace the
RiverDogs honour beloved vendor, to play as Boiled Peanuts
The Charleston RiverDogs, Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, are the latest minor league baseball team to adopt a local food specialty as a temporary brand tonight. The nickname Boiled Peanuts is in part an homage to a squishy snack food that traces its roots to the 19th century
New North Alabama minor league team reveals spacey name options
When the Double-A Mobile BayBears relocate to Madison, Alabama, for the 2020 season, the franchise will take on a new nickname. We know now that the moniker will be one of the 10 listed below, which were among more than 3,300 suggestions submitted to a name-the-team contest. The name options
Studio Stories: Detroit Tigers 2018 Season Tickets
The 1968 Detroit Tigers not only won a World Series but as former Tigers director of marketing Ron Wade says, they “brought the city together” just one year removed from city riots. That ‘68 team has long held a special place in the hearts of Tigers fans and with the
MiLB sets sales record, announces top 25 teams
The 160 affiliated Minor League Baseball teams sold a record $70.8 million worth of merchandise in 2017, a 3.6 percent increase over 2016’s sales numbers, which were also a record. The increased sales can be attributed in part to a growing number of rebrands, promotional uniforms, and temporary identity changes.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans promote deaf awareness with jerseys
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans, High-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, will wear specially designed jerseys to promote deaf awareness for a game later this season. The uniforms replace the Pelicans’ traditional script with drawings of hands spelling the team name in American Sign Language. While some of the uniforms will
Minor League Team to be Named for Fried Bull, uh, Parts?
The Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox are moving to San Antonio next season. The city’s baseball void will be filled by the short-season Single-A Helena Brewers, who are moving in and taking on a new name. With both the Sky Sox and the Brewers owned by the Elmore Sports Group,
Lexington Legends celebrate old time Kentucky hockey
The Lexington Legends, a Single-A minor league baseball team, will celebrate their city’s hockey heritage with special uniforms later this season. The Legends will wear jerseys that evoke Lexington’s first hockey team, the Kentucky Thoroughblades. The American Hockey League’s Thoroughblades played in Lexington from 1996 to 2001. Since then, the
A Look at the 2018 MLB All-Star Game Uniforms
America’s Pastime will hold it’s annual Mid-Summer Classic in their capital city tonight, a pairing that seems so natural it’s hard to believe it’s the first time Washington has hosted in half-a-century, the last Major League Baseball All-Star Game played there 49 years ago in 1969. It should come as
Lake Monsters to play game as Vermont Maple Kings
The only professional sports team in the state of Vermont, the Single-A Vermont Lake Monsters, is paying homage to the state’s syrupy heritage with a one-game rebrand later this season. The team will take the field as the Vermont Maple Kings, the latest entry in the trend of minor league
Padres Owner: Maybe Brown (Maybe Not) for 2020
Could the San Diego Padres finally be making the move to brown uniforms full-time? Who knows, but at least we’ve got an update on the painfully long process into figuring out if their fans want them to wear brown or not (hint: they do, obviously). On the latest edition of