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The Florida Fire Frogs are just over a month from taking the field for their first season, and we know now what they’ll be wearing when they do. The team, formerly the Brevard County Manatees and now the new high-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves in the Florida State League,
The 2016 Major League Baseball playoffs start up tonight with the Baltimore Orioles travelling to Toronto to face the Blue Jays in the AL Wild Card Game. As has been the case, especially over the last three seasons, the postseason offers an opportunity for Major League Baseball to wrap their games in a single consistent
When the gates open before a High Desert Mavericks baseball game, the loudspeakers play the song “Ride Ranger Ride” by iconic cowboy actor Roy Rogers. As staff puts the finishing touches on pregame preparations, the song’s harmonies ring throughout the stadium, indicating that it’s time for everyone to get their
The Single-A California League will lose two long-tenured teams at the end of the season. The Bakersfield Blaze and the High Desert Mavericks, the league’s lowest-attended teams, will cease operations and be dissolved when the 2016 season comes to an end. To keep the equilibrium throughout Minor League Baseball, two new
There’s already been plenty of relocation/expansion talk around the NFL as of late, both tangible (Los Angeles) and speculative (Las Vegas and other cities), but one city that continues to still linger on in discussions is the Capital of the United Kingdom: London. According to Jason La Canfora of CBS
Minor league baseball jerseys based on pop culture are a dime a dozen these days, but every once in a while, one stands out. The Frederick Keys, High-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, will take to the field on 90s Nickelodeon Night Friday, June 17, in jerseys featuring the title
The Frisco RoughRiders, Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, have only been around since 2003, but they’ll spend 2016 throwing back to the 1980s with a series of promotional uniforms. The best of the lot is “Salute to 8-Bit and Arcades Night” on July 8, when the RoughRiders will take to
Beneath the surface of the tidy identity of one of minor league baseball’s most storied teams lies a decidedly untidy, twisting, turning history—or rather two separate histories that converged under the banner of today’s Birmingham Barons, Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. To start with, the team’s identity is untidy
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
With 18 seasons under their belt, the Arizona Diamondbacks are still Major League Baseball’s new kid on the block. The team debuted along with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, in a splash of purple and teal, an oasis of color in the Arizona desert. Unconstrained by convention or tradition, the
Some new details are starting to trickle in here to SportsLogos.Net on the plans the Toronto Maple Leafs have for their 100th season in 2016-17. In addition to the new primary logo and home/road uniforms we reported on this past weekend, thanks to an anonymous source from within the organization we’re
As with most baseball stadiums, Intimidators Stadium in Kannapolis, North Carolina, has a standings board that shows up-to-the-minute league results. The board at Intimidators Stadium, home of the South Atlantic League’s Single-A Kannapolis Intimidators, however, is a bit different from what you might find at most ballparks. “We’ve got a NASCAR Cup
