Today marks the opening of the 2012 Women’s Baseball World Cup, held by the International Baseball Federation and hosted by the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. Eight nations from around the world will take part in a 7-game round-robin tournament to determine which country is tops in female baseball
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Cardinals Look Absolutely Beautiful in Last Night’s Throwbacks
The St. Louis Cardinals continued their 30th anniversary celebrations of their World Series victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last night by wearing their powder blue road uniforms from 1982. I wholeheartedly love the Cardinals in powder blue uniforms; something about their red matched up with that shade of blue as
Cards and Brewers Honour 30th Anniv. of ’82 World Series
The St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers noted the 30th anniversary of their meeting in the 1982 World Series today by wearing uniforms designed like those worn during that series. St. Louis even incorporated the memorial armband for former Cards player and manager Ken Boyer which they originally wore during
Pics: Padres-Mets Turn Clock Back to 1989
The San Diego Padres and New York Mets have turned the clock back to 1989 tonight in their game at San Diego’s Petco Park. San Diego went with the matching helmet, New York’s helmet has remained unchanged since 1989 so they kept the modern lid. In a nice touch, the
First Look at 2013 MLB All-Star Game Logo
It appears that the New York Mets team store on 42nd Street in New York is giving us all our first look at the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Logo. Thanks to a Tweet sent to us by Eric Okurowski (@StadiumPage) we can see that the logo for next seasons Mid-Summer
Photos: Brewers, Nats Wear Negro League Jerseys
The Milwaukee Brewers held their 7th annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game last night while playing host to the NL East leading Washington Nationals. The Brewers were honouring the 1923 Milwaukee Bears while the Nationals honoured the Homestead Grays, who played their final 11 seasons (1940-50) in Washington. Milwaukee went all
RIP London Rippers… My Experience at a Rippers Game
Well… that was fast. The London Rippers, the oft-controversial Frontier League baseball team who came into the City of London, Ontario riding a wave of public uproar and media interest is gone, just as quickly as it came. Claims of unpaid wages and rent seems to be the leading cause
Minor League Team to wear Firefighter/Police Tribute Jersey
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the Triple-A Pacific Coast League affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, announced yesterday that they will be wearing a special jersey this Saturday, July 28th to honour their local police officers and firefighters. A blazing inferno with the silhouettes of a firefighter and a police officer
Rockies Players Honour Theatre Shooting Victims
The Colorado Rockies and their players paid tribute to the victims of the Denver-area movie theatre shooting with a special jersey and on the eye-black of the players. A jersey crested with “WE REMEMBER” and the number “7-20” (in reference to July 20th, the date of the attack) hung in
THE Mets don their Los Mets jerseys
Spanish-speaking Mets fans were able to eliminate any potential confusion with their team’s name, as this past Friday the Mets wore jerseys with “Los Mets” across the chest, to celebrate Spanish heritage. The lettering was white, with an orange outline, on the bright blue Met’s softball team jersey. This is
A minor league logo tour of the U.S.A
Happy 4th of July to our American friends! Today we’d like to take you on a tour of the U.S by way of minor league baseball logos, making stops along the way in some of America’s biggest small towns! Now this isnt a “worst” or “best” list…some of these
Blue Jays Wear Red for Canada Day, Pics
As is (usually) the tradition in Toronto, the Toronto Blue Jays sported red jerseys in honour of Canada Day yesterday, July 1st, in their game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Paired with the red jersey tops was the “Stars and Stripes” camouflage-logo cap that teams were wearing earlier