Why are all baseball teams wearing camouflage this weekend? Every year over the third weekend in May, Major League Baseball celebrates Armed Forces Day by having each of their 30 clubs wear camo patterned caps, socks, sleeves, and catcher’s gear during games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Designs vary
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Tampa Bay Rays Wearing Green Ribbon for All Games in May 2022
Throughout the entire month of May 2022, the Tampa Bay Rays have been wearing a green ribbon on the upper left corner of the front of their jerseys. The ribbon was added in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. The Rays chose to bring attention to Mental Health Awareness following
Our First Look at the 2022 World Series Logo
Behold! It’s our first look at the logo for Major League Baseball’s 2022 World Series. The graphic comes courtesy of an email sent by the Phillies, advertising a contest to win World Series tickets, this was then shared to our Twitter account by both @ACinPhilly and @chasefor28pod over the last
Dodgers, Giants Both Wearing Pride Caps In-Game in June
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced yesterday that they would be taking the field wearing the colours of the Pride Progress flag on June 3, 2022, at home against the New York Mets for the team’s ninth annual LGBTQ+ Night. The cap would largely be the same as the Dodgers’ usual
Happy Mother’s Day: All 30 MLB Teams Wear Pink and Grey in Honour of Moms Everywhere
All thirty Major League Baseball teams will wear grey and pink caps today, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in celebration of Mother’s Day. As has been the case over the last few seasons, there will be no pink jersey design to match, just the special caps. This year’s design features a
Atlanta Braves to Wear 1974 Throwback Uniforms This Weekend
The Atlanta Braves have been celebrating the legacy of Hank Aaron over the past several days, capping things off with a series of two throwback uniform games this weekend. For their games Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7, the Braves will wear their 1974 home white pullover jerseys with
Marlins Minor League Team Offers Fans Chance to Design Their Uniform
If you’ve ever wanted to design a jersey worn in a professional baseball game, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos have just the deal for you. For two-hundred American dollars, fans can buy the opportunity to hand-colour a jersey that the Miami Marlins Double-A club will wear for their game on August
MLB 2022 Camouflage Caps for Armed Forces Day
Major League Baseball’s holiday cap calendar keeps rolling right along. Just one week after releasing their 2022 Mother’s Day on-field cap collection, the league, along with New Era, has given us a look at the complete line of 2022 Armed Forces Day camouflage caps. The caps feature a green camouflage
MLB Releases 2022 Mother’s Day Caps for all 30 Teams
Major League Baseball and New Era unveiled their 2022 line of on-field Mother’s Day caps. As has been the case since 2019, clubs will not wear specially designed jerseys for holidays during this season, just the caps. This year’s design features a grey crown with a pink camo pattern applied
Fountains of Reign: Kansas City Royals Unveil New City Connect Uniform
Hey, hey, hey, hey! This morning, the Kansas City Royals unveiled their Nike MLB City Connect uniform, the third of seven teams scheduled to do so during the 2022 season. Set to début during their game this Saturday against the New York Yankees, the uniform combines the architecture and plentiful
MLB 2022 Team Twitter Hashtags
With a new Major League Baseball season comes a new series of team Twitter hashtags. Each of the 30 Major League clubs gets its own custom hashtag which gets decorated automatically when used with each team’s logo emoji. Here are the 2022 MLB team Twitter hashtags: Mostly, teams use whatever
The Birth of Baseball’s Batting Helmet
Larry MacPhail had seen enough. Throughout the 1940 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers president felt his team was the target of “beanballs” from opposing pitchers – pitches thrown (sometimes with intent) to the head of hitters. Rookie shortstop Pee Wee Reese was hit in the head at Wrigley Field on June