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Save your pennies kids, there’s a Philadelphia “Blue Jays” jersey up for auction! What, you don’t remember when the Philadelphia Phillies used a blue jay for their logo? Well, unless you’re in your eighties or older you certainly wouldn’t. Back in 1944 the Philadelphia Phillies flirted with the idea of
Minor League Baseball unveiled a program that targets Hispanic and Latino fans of the sport in the United States. “Es Divertido Ser un Fan” is the Spanish-language version of Minor League Baseball’s “It’s Fun to Be a Fan” campaign, which was launched earlier this year. The program, which will see
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the football world in general lost a huge figure in the game when Dan Rooney passed away a few months ago. As teams are wont to do in this type of situation, the Steelers are going to wear a patch in memory of their beloved owner.
When you go to the website for the Savannah Bananas, a summer collegiate-level team in the Coastal Plain League, the first thing you see, in big, bold, all caps type, is this slogan: WE MAKE BASEBALL FUN. When it comes to telling the story behind the team’s nickname, that’s pretty
The New Orleans Baby Cakes have become the poster children (or poster babies) for outrageous minor league baseball nicknames. But this Friday, the team will revive one of the sport’s classic identities. The Baby Cakes will play as the New Orleans Pelicans—not an homage to the contemporary identity adopted by
Nike’s planned “Global Launch” of their NBA uniforms may not be happening until October 1, but that hasn’t stopped them from giving us a look at what’s going to be coming once things are official. In fact, one team has already decided to unveil their home-and-aw– I mean, Association and
In the past, we’ve given the UCLA Bruins a bit of stick for some of the uniform choices they made while they were under the Adidas umbrella. It always seemed like their regular uniforms were on the cusp of greatness only to slip, and then any time they decided to
The Florida Fire Frogs have ambition. First, they’re one of only a handful of minor league baseball teams named for an entire state. A few others spring to mind, like the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Arkansas Travelers, and Connecticut Tigers—and hey, the Carolina Mud Cats are named for two states—but
We see the ads everywhere, jerseys now 90% off! What a bargain! Typos in the ad be damned, I can’t pass up that deal. Yeah, well, when the jersey arrives it don’t look like what the team wears. A friend of a Reddit user (Friskydonut) found out the hard way
The Triple-A Gwinnett Braves, who will rebrand for the 2018 season, announced the six finalists in their name-the-team this morning. The names listed below and the rationale behind them come from the G-Braves website, where the vote is taking place as you read. I have broken them down into four
Red Bull’s venture into soccer is starting to pay dividends. The energy drink company’s Major League Soccer outfit has been a mainstay in the playoffs since the takeover, their Brazilian outfit has been steadily climbing the ranks of Brazil’s soccer pyramid, and now Red Bull will have two teams participating
The ECHL will be celebrating their 30th anniversary in style next season with this new commemorative logo. The logo was unveiled via a post on their official site early last week. Designed by Dan Royer, Creative Director for the ECHL’s Toledo Walleyes as well as Minor League Baseball’s Toledo Mud
