While the Kansas State baseball team’s season came to an abrupt end in March amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Wildcats have something to look forward when they hit the diamond next spring after the program unveiled retro-inspired uniforms on Monday afternoon. Much like the throwback uniforms worn by the basketball
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Retro Repurposing: Looking Back at Mets Minor League Logos
When the New York Mets announced that they would rename their newly acquired Triple-A franchise in Syracuse the Mets last season, I was hoping that it would feature a modified version of its iconic skyline logo. A look that was quite popular with many of its affiliates during the 1980s,
Fight Finished: Nationals Unveil 2019 World Series Rings
The Washington Nationals revealed their 2019 World Series championship ring design last night, about two months after the team had originally planned on giving them out to players. The players have opted to wait until they can all safely gather again in person before they physically receive their rings. The
MLB Holiday Caps 2020: Will They Be Worn? Available to Buy?
With baseball on the shelf and Mother’s Day quickly approaching, I’ve been getting numerous e-mails, Tweets, and Facebook messages asking if we’ll still get a chance to see or buy Major League Baseball’s 2020 holiday caps. I felt it pretty unlikely the league would do a grand reveal of these
Incredible Sidewalk Chalk Art: All Major League Baseball Logos
We all miss baseball. Whether you’re a fan of the game or not it’s always there this time of year, every night there’s a game on television, every backyard barbecue it’s on the radio, anywhere you go someone around you is talkin’ ball. It’s understandable that Ross Yoshida, the Senior
New York Mets use Fake Team Logo on Twitter
Typically today I’d be giving you a very in-depth preview of every logo and uniform change for the 2020 Major League Baseball season. Of course, Opening Day, and therefore the preview post, ain’t happening today. So instead, we have this… The New York Mets used a fake, conceptual team logo
M-Braves to play as Mississippi Sweat
There’s nothing baseball fans would like more right now than the opportunity to be sweating through a baseball game on a hot summer afternoon. In the absence of actual sweaty baseball games, the Double-A Mississippi Braves unveiled a sweaty alternate identity that they’ll wear for one game when baseball finally
The Green Caps & Jerseys Teams Were Going to Wear for St Patrick’s Day 2020
Back over in the good timeline, it’s a day of green across the professional sports world! The annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration is the perfect excuse for teams to come out with special green and/or Irish themed uniforms both to wear and to sell. In Major League Baseball we would’ve
Art-Forms: Preserving the Visual Legacy of Women in Baseball
If sorting through stacks of vintage programs and pouring over their hand-lettered advertisements floats your root beer, then the work of Anika Orrock will absolutely blow your mind. Orrock’s aesthetic harkens back to a golden age of youth, one where you sat at the breakfast table next to your father.
2020 Spring Training New Team Uniforms, Patches, and Logos
Psst… there’s a full slate of baseball games today. Just reading that it’s startin’ to feel a little more like Spring now isn’t it (just, try not to look out the window) With the new Spring Training season upon us, we get a whole new collection of Major League caps,
Spring Training 2020: A Look at MLB Spring, Cactus & Grapefruit Logos
With Spring Training finally here(!), what better time to take a good look at Major League Baseball’s logo package for the 2020 Spring Training session. As has been a running theme now over the past several springs, the league is going with a road trip overall look with their Spring
BlueClaws add beach-themed alternates
The Lakewood BlueClaws, Class A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, have long embraced their location along the iconic Jersey Shore as part of their brand. It’s not just that the team is named for that most delicious part of the crabs that fishermen pull from the nearby Atlantic Ocean. It’s