Minor League Baseball set another record in overall merchandise sales in 2018, tallying nearly $74 million in total sales from all 160 affiliated teams, up more than four percent from 2017’s then-record $71 million in sales. While MiLB does not provide rankings of individual teams, it does reveal the top
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Jumbo Shrimp, Shuckers, Blue Wahoos to play Seafood Buffet Series
It’s not by accident that three minor league baseball teams in the Double-A Southern League have seafood-themed team names. The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp play on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, while the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and Biloxi Shuckers are situated on the cusp of that sports-fishing haven, the Gulf of Mexico. These
Jumbo Shrimp to fight crime in style on Vice Night
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, will play a game dressed as inimitable and iconic Crockett and Tubbs (well, more Crockett than Tubbs). In a promotional schedule that includes such gems as World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail (Sauce) Party, Ramen Noodle Night, and the hilarious “Florida Man”
Jumbo Shrimp target world record on Words With Fans Day
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, will wear Scrabble-themed uniforms on a day when they try to set a world record this weekend. The Jumbo Shrimp put out a call for 30 participants to play the board game against North American Scrabble champion Will Anderson, who
Jumbo Shrimp to honor Negro Leagues’ Jax Red Caps
Long before the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp became one of the poster children for minor league baseball’s era of wacky logos—and long before the Jacksonville Expos of the late 1980s, or the Jacksonville Suns, who played the better part of five decades off and on from the 1960s through 2016—there were
Big Little Logo: The Story Behind the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
Whenever the term “oxymoron” comes up, “Jumbo Shrimp” seems to be the first example people can think of. “Jumbo” means big, “Shrimp” means little. In a way, the oxymoronic nature of the term makes it a perfect fit for the name of a minor league baseball team that plays in the biggest little
Jacksonville minor league baseball drops Suns moniker for Jumbo Shrimp
Ever since 1962 (with the exception of a few years), there has been some sort of minor league baseball team in Jacksonville, Florida who went with the nickname of the Suns. It was one of the rare minor league baseball identities that truly stood the test of time. When you