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Just a few weeks after switching their Major League affiliate from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics, the Nashville Sounds are now switching up their logos and uniforms. It’s all a part of their complete organization re-branding, new affiliation, new logo, new colour, new uniforms, and a new stadium,
It’s okay if you heard the name of minor league baseball’s Akron RubberDucks, double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, and you thought, “Okay, now they’re just flipping open the dictionary and naming teams after the first word they point to.” But the RubberDucks’ name has a specific and meaningful origin
The Inland Empire 66ers, an affiliate of the LA Angels and reigning champions of the single-A California League, are located in San Bernardino, California, a town noted for its place along the iconic highway Route 66. Since their inception in 2003 (they were previously the San Bernardino Stampede), the 66ers
Admit it, the first time you heard the nickname for one of minor league baseball’s newest teams—the El Paso Chihuahuas, Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres—you thought of Paris Hilton. Or possibly Taco Bell. This is one of the reasons the announcement of the new nickname in El Paso
One of the reasons many minor league baseball teams adopt wacky nicknames is that they want to emphasize the fun, family-friendly atmosphere of a game at their ballpark. As I’ve spoken with representatives from different teams for this series, it’s become clear to me that a lot of minor league
If you’re like me, you’ll be humming Stray Cat Strut the rest of the day after reading the story of the New Britain Rock Cats. After all, if ever there was one, Rocky the Rock Cat is a feline Casanova, a ladies’ cat. If they made a movie about Rocky,
The Wilmington Blue Rocks’ name derives from large chunks of rock found in Delaware’s Christina River. How the team went from a name based on lumps of blue-ish granite to logos that feature a moose and a stalk of celery merits some explaining. The first iteration of the Blue Rocks
The wahoo is a fish that is strong, fierce, and delicious. The fish featured in the Pensacola Blue Wahoos’ logo is the one that got away. You can tell by the hook in his mouth attached to the broken fishing line that he snapped through pure, brute force. “The wahoo
The Vermont Lake Monsters (Oakland A’s Single-A) of the New York-Penn League have unveiled their new home, road, and batting practice uniforms. This following the unveiling of their new logos earlier in the off-season. The new package was designed by Brandiose, the star of the Minor League branding world at
This past weekend, the Charlotte Knights revealed their new uniforms for the 2014 season and just as the logos were a pretty huge departure from their previous look, the uniforms are also a far cry from their previous identity of blue-and-green. The uniforms themselves are pretty standard, with only 3 uniforms instead of
Chihuahuas, Fightin’ Ostriches, Rubber Ducks, and now… bacon. Minor League Baseball certainly smells a little more delicious after today. The graphic design team at Brandiose have done it again, this time with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Triple-A International League affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The IronPigs unveiled three new
Four months after they unveiled their Brandiose-designed logo identity, the El Paso Chihuahuas have unveiled their uniform set for their inaugural season, and they will be wearing five different uniforms in 2014 with four different hats. The home & road jerseys are pretty straightforward with simple piping, preferring to let
