When you could be faced with rule violations by pitching with a bloody finger what do you do? Try and hide the blood as best you can. That was Trevor Bauer’s strategy going into Game 3 of the 2016 American League Championship Series in Toronto when he decided that the
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2016 MLB Postseason Branding Preview
The 2016 Major League Baseball playoffs start up tonight with the Baltimore Orioles travelling to Toronto to face the Blue Jays in the AL Wild Card Game. As has been the case, especially over the last three seasons, the postseason offers an opportunity for Major League Baseball to wrap their games in a single consistent
Cleveland Indians will drop cream alternates after 2016 season
Ever since 2008, the Cleveland Indians decided to spice things up by adding a cream alternate jersey to their uniform set, and they wore those uniforms during the weekend. The uniforms were pretty popular, and they also signaled the introduction of a red cap with a navy block C, which
Group Calls for Schools to Ban Kids Wearing Racist Logos
A group of school board officials is calling for a ban to prevent children from wearing any sports merchandise deemed to promote offensive names or logos while at school. This would mean no more Chicago Blackhawks, Cleveland Indians, or Washington Redskins jerseys, caps, or t-shirts permitted on school property. According
New Spring Training Uniforms Across MLB for 2016
Spring Training’s going to look a whole lot better in 2016. Today Major League Baseball, Majestic, and New Era announced a new unified on-field look for the annual slate of exhibition games held every March. The new look includes ball caps, lighter-weight uniforms featuring regular season designs, specially marked baseballs, and other on-field
“Caucasians” T-shirt Hot Seller on Native Reserves
A t-shirt mocking the Cleveland Indians‘ “Chief Wahoo” logo has begun popping up at Native Reserves all across North America according to a report in The Toronto Star. The shirt features a caucasian caricature with blonde hair, a red collar, and a large green dollar sign above its head, “Caucasians” scripted
How the Indians failed to follow the Pirates’ example
This week we saw two Major League Baseball teams have their logo changes leaked, both teams were making the exact same change to their brand… but how they and the world handled the news couldn’t have been more different between the two clubs. In my post this week for theScore.com
Clarifying the Indians Demotion of Chief Wahoo
There’s been plenty of articles over the past two days over the news that the Cleveland Indians are relegating their infamous/famous Chief Wahoo logo to secondary logo status, moving their red block “C” logo up as their new primary logo. Most of these articles feature the Indians denying claims that
Chief Wahoo No Longer Primary Logo for Cleveland Indians
Chief Wahoo is now officially second-fiddle in Cleveland as word came today courtesy a Tweet via Paul Lukas of ESPN and Uni-Watch that the block-C logo has been promoted to the status of primary logo. Although the Chief will still remain on the jersey sleeves and primary home caps, this
Is Chief Wahoo Finally on the Way Out?
Are “Chief Wahoo’s” days as the Cleveland Indians primary method of branding over? It certainly feels that way. After years and years of *very slowly* removing the Chief bit-by-bit, the controversial logo has very suddenly been almost completely eliminated for all things Cleveland Indians over the past few months. We
SF Giants Honour Boston With B Strong Patch
Last night, for their game against the Boston Red Sox, the San Francisco Giants took to the field wearing “B Strong” patches, the same the Red Sox have worn since late April, in memory of those affected by the Boston Marathon Bombing earlier this year. Bombing victim Aaron Hern, from
2013 AL Central Batting Practice Caps and Uniforms
Major League Baseball and New Era are set to unveil their latest league-wide batting practice cap re-design in the coming weeks and we’re taking an in-depth look at the new batting practice caps for each team in 2013 here at SportsLogos.Net going through one division at a time. The American League’s Central Division. The only