There’s nothing baseball fans would like more right now than the opportunity to be sweating through a baseball game on a hot summer afternoon. In the absence of actual sweaty baseball games, the Double-A Mississippi Braves unveiled a sweaty alternate identity that they’ll wear for one game when baseball finally
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Minor League Baseball unveils 2020 Copa de la Diversion caps
We wrote back in the November about the 26 new alternate brands that we’ll see in Minor League Baseball’s growing and increasingly popular Copa de la Diversión (Fun Cup) program in 2020. Ninety-two of the 160 affiliated teams will participate this year (provided this season actually takes place at some
Minor League Baseball to commemorate Negro Leagues 100th anniversary
Minor League Baseball unveiled a new logo today that signals their participation in commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues. The Negro National League was founded by Hall of Famer Rube Foster 100 years ago today, on February 13, 1920. MiLB will partner with the Negro Leagues Baseball
BlueClaws add beach-themed alternates
The Lakewood BlueClaws, Class A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, have long embraced their location along the iconic Jersey Shore as part of their brand. It’s not just that the team is named for that most delicious part of the crabs that fishermen pull from the nearby Atlantic Ocean. It’s
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
Logo Unveiled for 2020 Texas League All-Star Game in Amarillo
Minor League Baseball’s Texas League unveiled the logo for its 2020 All-Star Game yesterday afternoon. The Double-A circuit is home to eight Major League affiliated teams across Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Hosted by the Amarillo Sod Poodles (Padres affiliate), the logo features a blue and yellow star with the
Connecticut Tigers announce team name finalists
Fans of the short-season Class A Connecticut Tigers will select a new nickname from five finalists that the team just unveiled today. All five options include the geographic signifier of the team’s hometown, Norwich, rather than Connecticut, which they have used since their inception in 2010. Three of the options
MiLB announces record sales, top 25 teams in merchandise
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
Asheville Tourists highlight local brewers with Beer City jerseys
For the fourth year in a row, the Single-A Asheville Tourists will play a game this season as the Beer City Tourists. The team has played in different uniforms each time they have played in their Beer City uniforms, but this year for the first time, they’ll highlight the actual