The Cincinnati Reds will be paying tribute to the career of one of their greatest foes during a game tonight in Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark. Atlanta Braves third baseman and future hall-of-famer Chipper Jones will be wrapping up his 19-season career following the 2012 season and this week marks his
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Photos from St Patricks Day 2012
It was another green-filled St. Patrick’s Day in the world of sports last night; 19 of the 30 Major League Baseball teams wore something green during their games yesterday while a couple NBA teams and a whole slew of minor league hockey teams joined in on the fun. Simply click
The Name Game: A Look Back at (some of) Baseball’s Nickname Changes
This past Monday new Houston Astros owner Jim Crane put an end to the speculation by stating officially that the club would not be changing their name for 2013. Crane had earlier mentioned the team was considering a name change for their shift into the American League. “We received strong
2011 MLB Uniform Year-In-Review: Part One
As we wind-down and enter the last few days of the year, what better time than now to reflect upon this past year in baseball logos and uniforms? Nearly every team in the Bigs did something new or special uniform-wise during the course of the 2011 Major League Baseball season,
A not-so-Heritage Classic (the uniforms, that is)
Outdoors hockey! Tomorrow the 2nd octennial Heritage Classic will take place in the frigid outdoor refrigerator most commonly referred to as Calgary, Alberta. They’re calling for a temperature of -22°C tomorrow (-8°F), so that threat of rain they had for the earlier-this-year Winter Classic in Pittsburgh probably won’t be a