Major League Baseball has opened it’s first ever European stand-alone store, located in Covent Garden in London, England. With exposed brick and dark wooden fixtures, the “pop-up” location was designed to bring the look and feel of an authentic MLB ballpark to the United Kingdom. Inside the shop contains a
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All MLB Teams Wearing Flag Patches for 9-11 Anniversary
Major League Baseball clubs will be paying their respects to the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001 with a special on-field patch today. In memory of the 15th anniversary of the attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, all thirty MLB teams will be wearing a United States
MLB Introduces Acento logo for Hispanic Heritage Month
Major League Baseball has created a special accented version of its famous silhouetted batter logo in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month. On Opening Day 2016 more than a quarter of all MLB players were of Latino descent and an accent (or tilde) has been added to the jersey name of 25
Padres – Red Sox Throwin Back 80 Years Tonight
The San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox will wrap up their three game set in San Diego tonight (Wednesday, September 7th) by wearing uniforms similar in design to those worn by each team in 1936. San Diego (who wasn’t awarded their Major League team until 1969) will be wearing
MLB Teams Going Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness
Each year around the world cancer affects a quarter-of-a-million children. It’s the leading cause of death by disease to those aged 15 or younger. Tonight, September 2nd, players and umpires all across Major League Baseball will wear special golden ribbon patches on their jerseys and their wristbands to help raise awareness of
USA! USA! Baseball Team Wears Miracle on Ice Jerseys
Do you believe in miracles?! Well you better, because the Rochester Red Wings and Buffalo Bisons are about to pay tribute to the biggest miracle to hit upstate New York since Kodak colour film. Tonight those two Triple-A International League clubs, Rochester (affiliate of the Twins) and Buffalo (AAA Blue
Pin Trading: The Other Cooperstown Baseball Tradition
The hobby of baseball pin trading is no bigger than it is in upstate New York. займ без отказаFor those who don’t know, Cooperstown, New York, in addition to being home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, plays host to three amazing youth baseball facilities in All Star Village,
A Short Experiment: The Story of the Chicago White Sox Shorts
“What do you do for a living?” “I write about sports uniforms” “Hey, didn’t the White Sox use to wear shorts?” This conversation has happened multiple times in my life. Those Chicago White Sox shorts. It seems to be what baseball fans of the appropriate age who don’t care so much about uniform design
Paul Clemens forced to wear generic Padres jersey during game
Paul Clemens may be #1 in some Padres fans’ hearts, but he’s #47 in the program and on San Diego’s roster sheet. However, that changed for a brief period during San Diego’s game with the Phillies on Saturday night. The Padres pitcher wanted to prove that he could hit, so
Lake County Captains wear jerseys inspired by Shawn Kemp-era Cavaliers
It’s a good time to be involved with Ohio sports. The Cleveland Cavaliers will be going into next season as the defending NBA Champions, and the Indians are currently sitting atop the AL Central and may have a legitimate shot at making a possible World Series run. There’s a lot
Navy dumps military uniform that Padres based new military alternates on
During the offseason, the San Diego Padres rolled out new uniforms, and those uniforms included a new military alternate jersey that was based on blue-and-gray camo uniforms that the U.S. Navy themselves had introduced in 2009. As it turns out, this was probably a bad year for the Padres to
You Eediot! Cyclones, Monsters Wearing Ren And Stimpy Jerseys
What’s next? ‘Cause it feels like we’re kinda running out of things to celebrate here… The Brooklyn Cyclones (New York Mets, Single-A) and Vermont Lake Monsters (Oakland A’s, Single-A) will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the debut of “The Ren & Stimpy Show”, a cartoon that was briefly popular