Cleveland’s baseball team came just short of ending their own extremely long title drought, but they’ll have to wait until next year to have another shot at it. Here at this particular site, we normally give you a look at the “phantom” champions merchandise that never gets used. Concurrently, that
Tag: major league baseball
MLB Commissioner will talk to Cleveland owner over Chief Wahoo logo
It’s a good time to be a Cleveland sports fan. The basketball team just raised a banner for its championship season, and the baseball team is currently up one game in the World Series. There’s just one blight to deal with here: The Chief Wahoo logo. Despite claiming that they’d
Miami Marlins will all wear number 16 in tribute to Jose Fernandez
On Sunday morning, we all got the extremely sad news that Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez was tragically killed in a boating accident at the tender age of 24. It’s an incredibly profound loss for the sport of baseball, as the game has lost one of its most charismatic stars.
Paul Clemens forced to wear generic Padres jersey during game
Paul Clemens may be #1 in some Padres fans’ hearts, but he’s #47 in the program and on San Diego’s roster sheet. However, that changed for a brief period during San Diego’s game with the Phillies on Saturday night. The Padres pitcher wanted to prove that he could hit, so
Navy dumps military uniform that Padres based new military alternates on
During the offseason, the San Diego Padres rolled out new uniforms, and those uniforms included a new military alternate jersey that was based on blue-and-gray camo uniforms that the U.S. Navy themselves had introduced in 2009. As it turns out, this was probably a bad year for the Padres to
Fan gets creative with Chris Sale jersey
A story as bizarre as the misadventure that Chris Sale got into over the weekend deserves a follow-up, and we’re here to deliver it to you. First off, it was clear that we were going to see “tribute” jerseys to Sale’s handiwork, and one White Sox fan got creative with
Chris Sale gets benched for cutting up 1976 White Sox throwbacks
Well, this has to be one of the more bizarre uniform-related stories that you’ll see anywhere. There was a bit of a stir surrounding the Chicago White Sox when they abruptly announced before tonight’s game that their starting pitcher and ace Chris Sale was benched following a pregame “non-physical” incident.
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
Tampa Bay Rays owner discusses road uniform changes and throwbacks
Ever since the Tampa Bay Rays rebranded to their current identity, the team has worn the word “Rays” on every one of their jerseys. From the regular home-and-away set to their alternate jerseys, each and every one of their tops has featured the word “Rays” on the front. As a
Kansas City Royals will continue wearing gold-trimmed uniforms for Friday home games
If you were a fan of the special gold-trimmed uniforms that the defending World Series Champion Kansas City Royals wore for their season-opening series against the New York Mets, then we’ve got good news for you — they’re going to keep on wearing them for the remainder of the season.
Major League Baseball bans personalized bat knob decals
In an ever-growing age of standardization, it seems as if it’s getting harder and harder for players to express some sort of individuality when it comes to sports. Granted, you don’t want to see players going crazy and wearing/sporting random accessories that are too crazy, but it’s nice to give
Jared Hughes of Pittsburgh Pirates will test out new protective headgear
One of the primary concerns of sports in this day in age is making the games that athletes play safer, and one of the chief concerns in baseball is making sure that pitchers are safe when it comes to the dreaded scenario of a line drive hitting a pitcher in