That’s one great cap for a team… The Houston Astros will recognize the 50th anniversary of the first humans to land on the moon on Monday night when they wear special caps featuring the insignia of that historic Apollo 11 space mission during their game against the Oakland Athletics. On
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Photos: Astros, Mariners Throw It Back 30 Years
The Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners threw it back to the early 1990s (or late 1980s) last night at the Astrodome Minute Maid Park in Houston. Houston wore their front-button home whites, worn originally from 1989-1993 with the rainbow racing stripes down each sleeve and straight “ASTROS” wordmark with a
Round Rock Express to don classic Astros fauxbacks
The Round Rock Express, newly minted Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, already unveiled new logos this offseason to reflect their new parent club, and now they’ve unveiled “fauxback” jerseys and hats that emulate one of the most distinctive looks from the Astros’ fashionable history. The team announced that for
Round Rock Express introduce new logos with Astros affiliation
Every two years, baseball fans get to witness one of the true wonders of the sports world: the expiration of player development contracts that Major League clubs have with the minor league teams in their farm systems. At most levels, there’s one minor league team for each Major League team,
When Baseball Teams Wear the Same Colour
Well, one of us is going to have to change… Less than 48 hours after their glorious throwback to the colourful 1979 season, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners did a complete 180 for Sunday’s series finale. The visiting Mariners opted to wear their navy blue alternate uniforms with matching
Photos: Mariners, Astros Throw Back to 1979
The Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners turned the clock back to 1979 last night at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Tex. with both clubs wearing throwback uniforms based on the original designs from that season. Despite this matchup never actually occurring while the uniforms were originally worn (the teams were in different
All Hail the King: Champion Astros in Gold to open 2018
The Houston Astros will open the 2018 season by wearing gold-trimmed uniforms for their first two home games of the season. Using the usual Astros home jersey template, the special World Champions jersey replaces the blue in the arched “ASTROS” wordmark with gold, the orange which typically trims this wordmark
2017 World Series: Astros vs Dodgers Uniform Histories
As far as uniforms go, this year’s World Series is a battle between consistency and anything but. From the National League you’ve got the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose only drastic uniform change in the past 70 season was due to the relocation of the team battling the American League’s Houston
Astros Introduce Temp Single-A Team in Buies Creek, NC
The Houston Astros today unveiled the logo, uniform, and name of their new (but temporary) Single-A Carolina League team, the Buies Creek Astros. Buies Creek will play at Campbell University in North Carolina over the next two seasons, the Astros will then reportedly try to relocate to Fayetteville for 2019. Their logo is
Riddell gives Houston Astros their own football helmets
If you’ve spent some time over at the concepts section of our lovely forums over at the CCSLC, then one of the more popular concepts includes “crossover” designs, which is basically imagining what would happen if you took an identity from one sport and placed it in another sport. You
2016 Fresno Tacos promotion features a twist of lime
Last year, the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies changed their identity for one game and took the field as the Fresno Tacos. The uniforms were part of Taco Truck Throwdown, the Grizzlies’ popular annual homage to the city’s tradition of mobile taco vendors. The uniforms, which were amazing, were such a hit
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