News and blog on new sports logos and uniforms, rumours, concepts, and history in baseball, basketball, hockey, football, soccer and NCAA at Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page SportsLogos.Net
The Stockton Ports are finding that it is easy being green. There are at least four cities in the United States alone that claim the status of asparagus capital of the world, but only one of them will send a minor league baseball team out on the field wearing asparagus-themed jerseys
Stockton, California, is the asparagus capital of the world. The stinky green stalk is one of the San Joaquin Valley’s major crops, and the city of Stockton is home to the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival, which celebrates all things asparagussy. The problem is, Hadley Massachusetts; Oceana County, Michigan; and Isleton, California,
In the late 1800s, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was home to more millionaires per capita than any other town in the United States. The source of their income was a booming lumber industry that put the town on the map. So when a short-season Single-A baseball team started playing in Williamsport in
The Great Lakes Loons, Class A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, just moments ago unveiled a new suite of logos. The new look, designed by the prolific firm Brandiose, is a substantial update to the team’s previous logo, which had been around since the Loons’ inception in 2007. It’s the
Imagine you’re a logo designer and you’ve been tasked with creating a brand for a minor league baseball team. You’re free to let the creativity flow, but you have a few constraints to consider: The team plays in a town called Casper, so the team is going to be called the
The Triple-A Norfolk Tides abandoned a longstanding conservative identity and threw themselves feet first into the world of wacky minor league logos today. The Tides kept their name, which dates back to 1961, but changed pretty much everything else. When they take the field in 2016, they’ll be the first minor league baseball
There’s a 2,375-foot stretch of railroad tracks in central Pennsylvania that spins trains 180 degrees in a hairpin turn on their way over and across the Allegheny mountains. The so-called Horseshoe Curve, built from 1851 to 1854, is the tightest train track turn in the country. It’s been traveled by presidents
There are two versions of the mid-1800s legend of a minstrel who gets lost in rural Arkansas and stumbles across a squatter playing a never-ending tune on a fiddle. The first is told by Arkansans themselves, and has its roots in a tale told by Colonel Sanford Faulkner, an important figure in the
The Harrisburg Senators, Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, will commemorate their 30th season with a specialty logo. More importantly, the team will revive long-missing mascot Uncle Slam, who was last seen in the team’s logos in 2005 (at right). Uncle Slam will be featured on the Senators’ alternate cap in 2016, and
Among a series of brand changes unveiled today, the Syracuse Chiefs have added a Native American-inspired logo to their set. Yes, in 2015. Not the sort of move you’d expect these days; coincidentally the announcement coming the same day as the University of North Dakota’s name change. The biggest change to
In the spirit of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats are letting fans vote to decide which hat they will wear on Opening Day in 2016. The online ballot at www.WeTheFans2016.com pits a blue hat with a Democrat donkey against a red hat with a Republican elephant.
In late 2003, residents of Clearwater, Florida, were startled to see this billboard appear in their hometown without explanation: And this one: The cryptic message caused some concern. “People started freaking out,” said Jason Klein, co-founder of the baseball-centric design firm Brandiose. “They called Viacom, and they wanted Viacom to disclose who
