The New York Mets are not the 2015 World Series Champions. Despite it ending with a Kansas City victory in only 5 games, they put up one heckuva fight… really, a couple of hops here and there, a couple of routine throws and bam, world champs. But that’s what the Royals do,
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New York Mets Logo and Uniform History
Following up on our logo and uniform history post for the Kansas City Royals… here’s their opponents in the 2015 World Series, the NL Champion New York Mets. Enjoy: 1962: Four years after both the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants move to the west coast, National League Baseball returns
Kansas City Royals Logo and Uniform History
As we get set for the 2015 World Series let’s take a look back through the logo and uniform history of the Kansas City Royals starting back at the very beginning of their franchise in 1969. 1969: Kansas City Royals baseball begins just one year after the Kansas City Athletics relocated to Oakland, California
Toronto Blue Jays 2015 AL Champs Phantom Merchandise
Oh… OH! Now I understand why some fans don’t like seeing phantom champs merchandise. Up until, oh, 17 hours ago I had never seen a current season phantom championship shirt, cap, bottle opener, whatever for one of my teams. Yeah, it kinda stings a little. Anyways, the Toronto Blue Jays
Sorry Chicago: The Cubs 2015 NL Champs Merchandise
When you go into the postseason with the third best record in the world and then proceed to eliminate the only two teams who finished higher than you in the standings you’d expect to make it into the World Series, right? Chicago Cubs fans, your one-year-earlier-than-we-expected run to the Fall Classic
Baseball Blues: When Powder Was the Rage
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
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