For those who wondered when Nike would start to make its mark on Major League Baseball, wonder no more. After previously introducing “ColorRush” and “City” uniforms to the NFL and NBA respectively, this morning Nike has dropped its new “City Connect” series on the baseball world. Just one team will
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MLB 2021: What’s New in Logos and Uniforms
By golly am I ever glad that Major League Baseball is back… even if my team, once again, will play their home games in another country, it’s still a great feeling knowing that every night between now and (hopefully) the end of October I can sit on the couch, turn
What Could’ve Been: Our First Look at the Cancelled Under Armour MLB Jersey
A glimpse of an alternate baseball jersey universe has been found in San Diego. Thanks to Twitter user @justintyre, we’ve gotten our first-ever look at what Major League Baseball teams might have looked like had Under Armour taken over the on-field uniform contract for 2020, as had originally been the
St. Patrick’s Day Uniforms in Sports
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Over the last few decades it’s been customary for some teams to drop their usual colours in favour of the more festive green, white, and sometimes orange for games played on or around the 17th of March. Today we’re doing a brief look around the major
Appalachian League Rolls Out the Danville Otterbots
When you take all of the multi-faceted natural and cultural heritage that makes the town of Danville, Virginia, unique and roll it up into one minor league baseball brand, what you get is a menacing, futuristic version of an animal widely recognized for being cuddly and adorable—with a touch of
Vote Now! 2020 Creamer Awards Best Primary Logo
Every year we gather the best in new sports logos, break them out into different categories and then present them to the masses in order to determine the logo that stands above them all. And then we give that logo an award. I call these awards the Creamer Awards. Why?
Stirring Up Debate: Introducing the Burlington Sock Puppets
If your city once laid claim to the title “Hosiery Capital of the South” and you’re trying to name a minor league baseball team, it would be almost criminally negligent not to seize on that fact. To that end, just moments ago, the Appalachian League’s franchise in Burlington, North Carolina,
Hudson Valley Renegades update brand with NY affiliation
Minor league baseball has undergone seismic changes in recent weeks, with Major League Baseball imposing a new order on the system of farm teams that serve as the pipelines for the big league clubs’ players. Teams have changed everything from affiliation status, classification, and parent clubs. One of those teams
Dallas Stars Tease New Uniform
Earlier today the Dallas Stars teased a new uniform on their social media channels. A Tweet on @DallasStars revealed two too-closeup-to-see-much photos with a message simply showing an emoji wearing a monocle with one raised eyebrow. The team’s Twitter account avatar adds a further clue, the numbers 10.28.20, or October
LEAK: New LA Lakers Blue and Silver “City” Jersey for 2021
The Los Angeles Lakers, fresh off having their Classic Edition look leaked, face yet another early look at a new uniform for their upcoming 2020-21 season. This time we’re seeing what I’m being told is the defending champs’ new “City Edition” look which continues the theme of throwing things back
Leaked: Photo of New Ottawa Senators Uniform for 2021
There was another leak of, what is probably, the new Ottawa Senators rebranding yesterday. While previously we’d seen photos of merchandise courtesy the official NHL Shop (that’s a good source, right?), now we have our first look at the new uniform thanks to user “anothercanuck19” on Reddit. The leaked photo
Pickle Things Are Happening: The Story Behind the Portland Pickles
The first time marketing entrepreneur Alan Miller heard the name of the collegiate summer level Portland Pickles, a team he now co-owns with former Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan (among others), he was not too sure about it. “When I originally heard it,” he said, “it was a little bit