The postponement of live professional sports in 2020 can’t stop this important tradition! While we don’t have the opening days that were supposed to be gracing minor league baseball fields across the continent this month, we do have the 2020 iteration of SportsLogos.net’s annual minor league baseball colour wheel. As
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Winston-Salem Dash unveil new logo
The Class A Advanced Winston-Salem Dash have ditched their grimacing, speeding, cartoon baseball primary logo in favor of a rounded, classic-feeling WS. The unveiling of the new mark, which was created by the Winston-Salem-based design firm The Variable, was something of a surprise, as there had not been much fanfare
Top Dog: The Story Behind the Amarillo Sod Poodles
Prairie dogs are tubby rodents that serve as food for basically every predator: hawks, coyotes, snakes, semi-trucks, you name it. So what would make a baseball team in a rough-and-tumble part of the country like western Texas want to adopt them as the foundation for their brand? That question was
Florida State League updates logo
The Florida State League will enter the 101st year since its founding with a new logo created by Florida-based Fooser Sports Design. The logo features colors you would associate with Florida, as well as imagery of a baseball, an outline of the state, and palm trees. “The Florida State League
FredNats unveil groundbreaking logo featuring Mary Washington
The Fredericksburg Nationals—FredNats to friends—unveiled a new logo today to augment the new identity they debuted earlier this year. The logo features George Washington’s mother Mary Washington. “The story of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is not just George Washington chopping down the cherry tree,” said Dan Simon, who created the entire FredNats
Twenty-Six New Copa Logos for MiLB in 2020
Minor League Baseball’s growing and increasingly popular Copa de la Diversión (Fun Cup) program will feature 92 teams in 2020, up from 72 this past season. Now in its fourth year, the initiative involves teams adopting temporary Spanish-language brands. The 2020 batch of Copa identities will feature 25 all-new identities
All Grown Up: Introducing the Wichita Wind Surge
The franchise that once served as the poster child for minor league baseball’s era of outrageous logos today unveiled a classic-feeling new brand that it hopes will set a new standard going forward. The erstwhile New Orleans Baby Cakes, whose creepy baby tenure lasted a mere three seasons, launched their
Gwinnett Stripers update caps, uniforms
The Gwinnett Stripers, Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, unveiled a new pinstriped home jersey, a new batting practice cap, and an updated retro alternate cap today. The new jersey is a simplified version of one the team wore last year. The 2020 version removes piping from the neck and
Connecticut Tigers are looking for a new name
There are 160 affiliated Minor League Baseball teams, and as of right now, 136 of them have unique, locally appropriate nicknames, which is the fun and morally correct thing to do. The other 24 are named for their parent clubs, which is boring and a dereliction of their responsibility as
Wheel of Logos: Your 2019 Minor League Baseball Colour Wheel
Since the invention of the colour wheel by Isaac Newton in 1666, art teachers around the world have been using it to torture unwitting students. But we’re here to prove that the colour wheel can also be used for humane purposes! It’s Opening Day for Minor League Baseball, and with
Ranking the Best of the MiLB Copa de la Diversion
Last week, we were introduced to the 72 Spanish-language brands that Minor League Baseball will feature in its Copa de la Diversion this season. Now that we’ve had time to process what we’ve seen and break down what works and why, here are the seven best looks, nicknames, and identities.
MiLB unveils Copa de la Diversion logos: Part 2
Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversion program has grown from just four teams in 2017 to 33 last year to 72 this season. It’s so many that we had to break our post into two parts. Below are the second set of 36 unveiled over the course of the
