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
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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.
Confirmed: MLB Caps Will Fly the New Era Flag
The Major League Baseball cap, one of the last player-worn articles free of its manufacturer logo, will be adding the New Era flag beginning with the upcoming 2016 Postseason. In a call with SportsLogos.Net, MLB confirmed that the New Era logo will appear on the left side of every player’s in-game ball
New York Mets are selling Tim Tebow jerseys
If you’re excited about the baseball version of Tebowmania, then now you’ve got the chance to get behind the movement with your money. Despite the fact that Tim Tebow is not a member of the MLB Players Union (since, you know, he’s not a Major League Baseball player), the Mets
Smashing! MLB Opens First Official UK Store
Major League Baseball has opened it’s first ever European stand-alone store, located in Covent Garden in London, England. With exposed brick and dark wooden fixtures, the “pop-up” location was designed to bring the look and feel of an authentic MLB ballpark to the United Kingdom. Inside the shop contains a
All MLB Teams Wearing Flag Patches for 9-11 Anniversary
Major League Baseball clubs will be paying their respects to the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001 with a special on-field patch today. In memory of the 15th anniversary of the attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, all thirty MLB teams will be wearing a United States
MLB Introduces Acento logo for Hispanic Heritage Month
Major League Baseball has created a special accented version of its famous silhouetted batter logo in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month. On Opening Day 2016 more than a quarter of all MLB players were of Latino descent and an accent (or tilde) has been added to the jersey name of 25
Padres – Red Sox Throwin Back 80 Years Tonight
The San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox will wrap up their three game set in San Diego tonight (Wednesday, September 7th) by wearing uniforms similar in design to those worn by each team in 1936. San Diego (who wasn’t awarded their Major League team until 1969) will be wearing
MLB Teams Going Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness
Each year around the world cancer affects a quarter-of-a-million children. It’s the leading cause of death by disease to those aged 15 or younger. Tonight, September 2nd, players and umpires all across Major League Baseball will wear special golden ribbon patches on their jerseys and their wristbands to help raise awareness of
A Short Experiment: The Story of the Chicago White Sox Shorts
“What do you do for a living?” “I write about sports uniforms” “Hey, didn’t the White Sox use to wear shorts?” This conversation has happened multiple times in my life. Those Chicago White Sox shorts. It seems to be what baseball fans of the appropriate age who don’t care so much about uniform design
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