The Hartford Yard Goats, an affiliate of the Colorado Rockies in the Double-A Eastern League, will play a game as the Hartford Thunder Chickens in 2025. The temporary logo centers around a turkey that is either scared of thunder or actively being struck by lightning. Per the team, “Thunder Chicken”
Tag: eastern league
RubberDucks to honor drive-in restaurants as Galley Boys
The Akron RubberDucks, an affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians in the Double-A Eastern League, will continue their “Only in Akron” series when they take the field for two games this summer as the Galley Boys. The nickname refers to hamburger cooks who work in small galley kitchens at drive-in restaurants,
Binghamton Rumble Ponies to play as Bathtub Donkeys
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets in the Eastern League, will make asses of themselves with an alternate identity in 2025. The team will play two games this season as the Bathtub Donkeys, commemorating a Blue Law on the books in the state of New
Bowie Baysox rebrand as Chesapeake Baysox
Since 1993, the Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles has been called the Bowie Baysox. The geographic signifier of Bowie (rhymes with “buoy”) draws from the team’s home in Maryland, a town of fewer than 60,000 residents. In an effort to represent the larger region, the team announced
Portland Sea Dogs to play as Maine Lobster Bakes
The Double-A Portland Sea Dogs will pay tribute to one of their home state’s oldest and largest industries when they play as the Maine Lobster Bakes later this season. Per the team, the state of Maine harvests more than 100 million pounds of lobster every year—roughly 90 percent of the
75 Years Later, the New York Black Yankees Finally Get Their Own Logo
The Somerset Patriots of the Double-A level Eastern League wanted to pay tribute to a very important team from baseball history. The only problem was that team didn’t really have an identity of their own. The New Jersey-based affiliate of the New York Yankees are taking part in Minor League
Double-A Eastern League Unveils New League Logo
This morning the Eastern League, a double-A member of Minor League Baseball, updated their league logo for the first time in twenty years. The new mark was designed by San Diego-based Brandiose who has been responsible for a host of new Minor League team identities over the last several seasons
The Bucs Stop Here: The Story Behind the Erie SeaWolves
The Double-A Erie SeaWolves have all the qualities you’d expect from a loyal affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They play just under two hours north of the Bucs on the coast of Lake Erie, their nickname derives from a slang term for pirate, and their logo evokes Pittsburgh’s erstwhile primary mark
Primary Colors: The Story Behind the New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Here are some important facts about the small carnivorous animal known as the fisher cat: 1. It is not a cat. 2. It does not eat fish. Fisher cats are members of the weasel family, and their name derives from a linguistic quirk of European settlers in North America, who
Hartford Yard Goats Unveil Logos, Colour Scheme
Perhaps it was more than just a coincidence the Hartford Yard Goats chose to unveil their logos at the former home arena of the Hartford Whalers. It’s a green, blue, silver, and gold goat chomping on a baseball bat which will grace the caps of Connecticut’s newest pro baseball team;
Team Name Finalists for New Hartford Baseball Club
The New Britain Rock Cats will be relocating to Hartford, CT for the 2016 Eastern League season. Earlier this year the club announced they would be accepting submissions form the fans to help determine the new name of the team – the only stipulation being the team would be identified as “Hartford”. On
Hey Bert! Check the New Name of the Akron Aeros
I’ll preface this by reminding everyone that this is a Minor League Baseball team. Everyone good? Great. The Eastern League’s Akron Aeros (Double A, Cleveland) became the Akron RubberDucks this morning. No foolin’! “Coming into Akron my goal was to listen more than talk, so this wasn’t something that we rushed