The Chicago Cubs will pay tribute to one of their all-time greats with special jerseys during their game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Ryne Sandberg, the Hall of Fame second baseman who played for the Cubs from 1982 to 1997, passed away on Monday, July 28, after a battle
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Sweet Home Chicago: Cubs Unveil New Powder “Blues” Uniform for 2025
Forty-four years after putting their powder blues away in the darkest corner of their uniform closet, the Chicago Cubs are bringing the colour back in a big way in 2025. Tonight, the Cubs unveiled their new powder “Blues” alternate uniform, a design combining some past team logos with a musical
Michigan Goes Out to Left Field for Baseball-Inspired Frozen Confines Jerseys
Like other teams participating in the 2025 Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series at Wrigley Field in Chicago this weekend, the University of Michigan men’s team is rolling out special jerseys for the occasion. But the Wolverines are going out to left field with their baseball-inspired duds. While other teams
Tennessee Smokies return home, rebrand as Knoxville Smokies
A quarter century after leaving Knoxville, Tennessee, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs is returning home and reprising their former name, the Knoxville Smokies. The Smokies, who play in the Southern League, announced this week that with their return to their once and future hometown, the team will change
Chicago Cubs to wear Motorola Ad on Uniform
The Chicago Cubs today became the 23rd Major League Baseball team to add an advertisement to their jersey sleeve, announcing that Motorola’s logo will live there for the foreseeable future. Chicago’s announcement comes just one day after the Philadelphia IBX Phillies announced their own jersey ad. The rather large patch
2022 MLB Field of Dreams Uniforms Unveiled: Reds, Cubs Throw it Back 100 Years
The MLB at Field of Dreams Game is back for its second annual edition later this week, and once again, the participating teams will be wearing throwback uniforms from the early 20th century. Following the success of last season’s inaugural game held in the cornfields of Iowa between the Chicago
Chicago Cubs Reveal New ‘Wrigleyville’ Nike City Connect Uniforms
Like a good neighbour, the Chicago Cubs 2021 “City Connect” uniform is there. Paying respects to all 77 of the Second City’s neighbourhoods, the Cubbies’ new Nike MLB City Connect uniform recognizes that Cubs fans don’t necessarily all reside in their half of Chicago while also noting the uniqueness of
Remembering Lou Brock: 1939-2020
The baseball world lost another great this week as Hall of Famer and the original king of the basepaths Lou Brock passed away Sunday at the age of 81. Brock played twenty seasons in the Major Leagues — 16 of which were with the St. Louis Cardinals. During his career,
Cubs, Pirates Reveal Their 2019 Little League Classic Uniforms
Later this month at Williamsport it’ll be the “Cubbies” against “The Burgh”. That’s what will grace the front of the respective uniforms of the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates when the two clubs battle at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the 3rd annual Little League
The 2018 MLB Tiebreaker Logos
Every year I get a look at the entire Major League Baseball Postseason logo collection and every year I just skip right past a few pages in there… Why? They’re Tiebreaker logos. A series of logos which will almost certainly be tossed aside, never to be seen by the light
Marlins, Cubs Honour MSD Shooting Victims
The Miami Marlins and Chicago Cubs paid their respects today to the memory of 17 students and staff who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in a school shooting last month. Both Marlins and Cubs players wore a burgundy ribbon with a white and blue
Graphic: 21-Game Winning Streaks, 1935 Cubs vs 2017 Indians
Turns out the Cleveland Indians are a pretty good ball team. With yesterday’s win over the Detroit Tigers the Indians broke an American League record with 21 consecutive victories. Incredible! The win squared them with the 1935 Chicago Cubs who held the Major League record for longest winning streak without