Adrián Beltré, third baseman for the Texas Rangers and previously of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Boston Red Sox announced his retirement from the game of baseball earlier today. Beltré tallied over 3000 hits in his 21-season career appearing in four All-Star Games, winning five Gold Gloves and
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2018 World Series: Dodgers, Red Sox Uniform Histories
The Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers franchises are set to meet for the first time in a World Series in 102-years tonight, the Red Sox previously defeating the Brooklyn “Robins” in five games during the 1916 Series. Babe Ruth went 0-for-5 in that series for the Sox but
The 2018 MLB Tiebreaker Logos
Every year I get a look at the entire Major League Baseball Postseason logo collection and every year I just skip right past a few pages in there… Why? They’re Tiebreaker logos. A series of logos which will almost certainly be tossed aside, never to be seen by the light
Los Angeles Dodgers Unveil 60th Anniversary Logo, Patch
The Los Angeles Dodgers today unveiled the special patch in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of their first season in Los Angeles; the team will wear the patch throughout the upcoming 2018 season on the right sleeve of their jersey. At the center of the logo is a depiction of
Los Angeles Dodgers 2017 Phantom World Champs Merchandise
Congratulations to the Houston Astros on winning their first-ever World Series title, a true Fall Classic coming to an end tonight in Los Angeles with the Astros topping the Dodgers 5-1 in the seventh game… So, this ends the Sports Illustrated cover jinx thing forever right? Houston Astros 2017 World
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
Los Angeles Dodgers 2016 NL Phantom Champs Merchandise
Sorry Los Angeles, the Baseball Gods felt “enough was enough” for those long-suffering fans of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubbies are off to the World Series for the first time since 1945, trying to win their first title since 1908(!) where they’ll face a Cleveland Indians team who hasn’t
The Origin of the Dodgers Interlocking LA Logo
The Los Angeles Dodgers are three wins away, with three games at home coming up, from winning their first pennant in twenty-seven years. The boys in blue have won nine NL titles and five World Series since moving to the west coast in 1958, and they’ve done so wearing the same ball
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
St. Louis Cardinals will wear throwbacks from 1956 against Dodgers
It’s been a pretty good week for baseball’s Turn Back the Clock series. Earlier this week, we had four games on one day that were of the TBTC variety, and we’ll be having another one tonight in St. Louis when the Cardinals host the Dodgers. Both teams will be wearing
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
Phantom 2015 World Series Merchandise for the Fallen LDS Teams
It’s phantom champs season again! This past week we saw four Major League clubs pack up and head home for the year, eliminated from their respective Divisional Series’; three of the four teams went so far to a winner-takes-all matchup. Exciting baseball… and for once my favourite team is still alive