The top-level farm club of the Cincinnati Reds will look a lot more red in 2016. Today the International League’s Louisville Bats unveiled an entirely new identity, new colours, new logos, new uniforms, all that remains is the team name. The old, unique colour scheme of black, purple, and gold has been
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Texas League Adopts New Logo
Certain things come in groups of threes: celebrity deaths, stooges, and now apparently new league logos for Minor League Baseball. Following in the footsteps of new logos for the Appalachian League and Southern League comes the new logo of the Texas League, designed this time by Schilling/Sellmeyer and Associates, an advertising/marketing agency
Syracuse Chiefs Change Colours, Add Native Logo
Among a series of brand changes unveiled today, the Syracuse Chiefs have added a Native American-inspired logo to their set. Yes, in 2015. Not the sort of move you’d expect these days; coincidentally the announcement coming the same day as the University of North Dakota’s name change. The biggest change to
Blue Jays to Sport 40th Season Patch in 2016
The Toronto Blue Jays will wear a patch on their uniform sleeve throughout the 2016 season to commemorate their 40th season in the American League. Toronto’s cap/alternate logo is the centrepiece of the patch, which is a roundel with a banner laid across the bottom of it. The team name
Bowling Green Hot Rods Get New Look
The Bowling Green Hot Rods, Midwest League Single-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, unveiled their new logos, uniforms, and colour scheme yesterday evening. The new look was designed by New York-based SME Branding. “We partnered with SME Branding when we purchased the Reno Aces and we knew they would be
The Perfect Union: The Story Behind the Winston-Salem Dash
I’ve discovered a lot of unique team name origins in the course of writing this Story Behind the Nickname series, but just when I had given up my dream of finding a team that combined two of my passions, baseball and punctuation, I stumble across the Winston-Salem Dash. The town of Salem in
Appalachian League Gets New Logo for 2016
The Appalachian League, a ten-team Single-A MLB affiliated Minor League, unveiled their new logo earlier this week, the second MiLB league to update its logo so far this off-season. The Double-A Southern League changed their mark late last month. Just like the Southern League logo update, the new Appalachian League brand was
Honouring Our Veterans Via The Sports Uniform
Today is Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom and Canada, the 11th of November is a day set aside for paying respects and remembering those who fought to keep our nations free all those years ago. While several teams in the United States (and even some in Canada)
Kane County Cougars Unveil New Logo and Uniforms
The Kane Country Cougars, Single-A Midwest League affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, have unveiled their new logo and uniform set for the 2016 season. The unveiling took place via the Cougars’ respective social media channels. Designed in-tandem by Cougars graphic designer Emmet Broderick and Dan Simon of Studio Simon, the
Bees Announced as Name of New Britain Ball Club
The city of New Britain, Connecticut won’t have to wait long for baseball to return to their town. Just a few short months after the Eastern League’s Rock Cats moved down the road to Hartford, the independent Atlantic League came calling to fill the void. Introducing, the New Britain Bees. The
Not Amazin Enough: NY Mets 2015 World Series Phantom Champs Merch
The New York Mets are not the 2015 World Series Champions. Despite it ending with a Kansas City victory in only 5 games, they put up one heckuva fight… really, a couple of hops here and there, a couple of routine throws and bam, world champs. But that’s what the Royals do,
New York Mets Logo and Uniform History
Following up on our logo and uniform history post for the Kansas City Royals… here’s their opponents in the 2015 World Series, the NL Champion New York Mets. Enjoy: 1962: Four years after both the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants move to the west coast, National League Baseball returns