The Milwaukee Brewers held their 7th annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game last night while playing host to the NL East leading Washington Nationals. The Brewers were honouring the 1923 Milwaukee Bears while the Nationals honoured the Homestead Grays, who played their final 11 seasons (1940-50) in Washington. Milwaukee went all
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Rockies Players Honour Theatre Shooting Victims
The Colorado Rockies and their players paid tribute to the victims of the Denver-area movie theatre shooting with a special jersey and on the eye-black of the players. A jersey crested with “WE REMEMBER” and the number “7-20” (in reference to July 20th, the date of the attack) hung in
THE Mets don their Los Mets jerseys
Spanish-speaking Mets fans were able to eliminate any potential confusion with their team’s name, as this past Friday the Mets wore jerseys with “Los Mets” across the chest, to celebrate Spanish heritage. The lettering was white, with an orange outline, on the bright blue Met’s softball team jersey. This is
The Sideline Virtuoso: Mourning the loss of Artist LeRoy Neiman
Fans of LeRoy Neiman know his work (and his mustache) instantly. The movement, the bold colour, the palpable emotion that emulate from his works are iconic. Passing away at the age of 91 in New York on June 20th, Neiman leaves a legacy that won’t soon be forgotten by all
Blue Jays Wear Red for Canada Day, Pics
As is (usually) the tradition in Toronto, the Toronto Blue Jays sported red jerseys in honour of Canada Day yesterday, July 1st, in their game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Paired with the red jersey tops was the “Stars and Stripes” camouflage-logo cap that teams were wearing earlier
Pics: Twins and Royals Turn Back to 1951
On Saturday, the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals threw back to their cities respective Minor League franchises on Saturday, honouring the Minneapolis Millers and Kansas City Blues. Here’s some pics from the game, click any for a larger version: Both clubs did a good job
Tampa Bay Rays Throwback to “1979” Tonight, Pics!
The Tampa Bay Rays are throwing back to a past that never was, wearing uniforms from their fictional 1979 season tonight at Tropicana Field versus the Detroit Tigers. Tampa Bay has gone all out, you know, other than wearing a belt which they certainly would not have done with a
Washington Nationals Go Back, Way Back, Back In Time… with Turn Back the Clock Night
It is not just going to be on-field jerseys that tell you it’s 1924 in the ballpark Thursday night at the Nationals vs. Giants game. The scoreboard, scorecards, ushers, on-field entertainers, even the grounds crew will go with the old-school look. The 1924 World Series ended with Washington earning
Cubs pitcher suffers “helmet logo malfunction”
Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood had a bit of a “logo malfunction” with his helmet during tonight’s game against the New York Mets at Wrigley Field. Wood came to the plate in the bottom of the second inning with the Cubs logo on his helmet up-side-down and way off to
Toronto Blue Jays Unveil 2012 Canada Day Jerseys
The Toronto Blue Jays yesterday put their 2012 Canada Day jerseys up for sale on their online team shop (or is it “shoppe”?) giving us our first look at the new uniform all done up in red. As we expected the uniform is a straight red version of their alternate
Diamondbacks to Wear Purple Throwbacks in September
The Arizona Diamondbacks will continue their annual Turn Back the Clock game tradition this September when they will don purple uniforms. Chosen via a fan vote on their official website the D-Backs, the jerseys originally worn as an alternate uniform from 1998-2002, are purple with “ARIZONA” across the front in
Tampa Bay Rays Unveil 1979 Unis; Tigers to Turn Back Too
The Tampa Bay Rays today unveiled their 1979 “fauxback” uniforms that they’ll be wearing next Saturday, June 30th against the Detroit Tigers. SportsLogos.Net reported on this news over two weeks ago and now we’re pleased to be able to finally share the photo with everyone. In case you are unaware,