Sure, all the talk in baseball these days is about royal blue, with the Blue Jays, Royals, Mets, and Cubs wearing the color in their respective League Championship Series. But there was a time when another shade of blue ruled the Major League Baseball landscape. This photo from 1981, dredged
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2015 ALCS, NLCS Program Covers Unveiled
The first 2015 League Championship Series gets underway tonight as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the defending AL champion Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, just in time for game one we’ve got our first look at the cover designs for the commemorative programs which will be sold throughout the
Phantom 2015 World Series Merchandise for the Fallen LDS Teams
It’s phantom champs season again! This past week we saw four Major League clubs pack up and head home for the year, eliminated from their respective Divisional Series’; three of the four teams went so far to a winner-takes-all matchup. Exciting baseball… and for once my favourite team is still alive
MLB Playoffs Are Feeling Blue
If the Major League Baseball playoffs seems to have taken on a certain color palette of late, it’s not your imagination. Noted sports designer Todd Radom pointed this out in his weekly segment on Buster Olney’s Baseball Tonight podcast: With the St. Louis Cardinals being eliminated earlier today, six of the
Friendly Twitter Feud Leads to Giant Baseball Logos
A friendly game of online oneupsmanship has led to the cities of Arlington, Texas and Toronto, Ontario painting giant logos supporting their respective baseball teams. As the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers continue their American League Division Series against one-another, the respective parks departments of the two cities are
Mets’ CitiField Getting Dressed up for Playoff Debut
The New York Mets are back in the Postseason in 2015 and will finally get to host a game of their National League Division Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight. It will be the first playoff game ever to be played at CitiField. Thanks to a series of Tweets from
Bryant, Bumgarner Most Popular MLB Jerseys in 2015
A dominant playoff performer from last fall and the top rookie sensation of this season took the top spots on the Most Popular MLB Player Jerseys List in 2015. This according to sales figures from the MLB.com online shop since Opening Day. Chicago Cubs 23-year-old superstar Kris Bryant took the number
All MLB Teams Wear Waving Flag Patches for 9-11
For their annual tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks all thirty Major League Baseball teams will wear a patch on their caps tonight. The patch is similar to what had been worn on the 11th since 2011 however the flag is now shown waving rather than
2015 MLB Postseason, World Series Baseball Designs
Major League Baseball and Rawlings have unveiled the baseball designs which will be used during the 2015 Postseason. The 2015 baseballs are the first postseason designs to bear the signature of new Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred. For the Wild Card Game, Division Series, and League Championship Series the balls will
Photos: Tigers, Cubs Turn Clock Back 70 Years
The Chicago Cubs took part in yet another throwback uniform game last night, their 5th of the season and 15th in the last year-and-a-half. This time they went back to 1945 to honour the 70th anniversary of the World Series they lost to the Detroit Tigers. Naturally, (as you can see from the
2015 World Series, Postseason Logos Confirmed
Major League Baseball will be returning to a diamond-shape for its World Series and postseason logos this fall. We had posted a story way back in April (“The good old days!”, as Padres fans call it), where we found what we thought were the logos in an online Umpire Media
Blue Jays White-Panel Caps Making a Comeback
Things really are starting to look like the glory days once again for the Toronto Blue Jays. The team announced this afternoon that they will be breaking out a white-panel cap again for just one game (at least, for now) this Sunday when they take on the New York Yankees. Caps will feature