Yesterday the Arizona Diamondbacks announced their plans to honour the memory of 19 firefighters tragically killed in the wildfires in Yarnell, Az. late last week. Beginning with last nights game at CitiField in New York, the Diamondbacks wore black armbands in addition to hanging a jersey in their dugout (along
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Pics: Mariners, Cubs Turn Back Clock 104 Years
The Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs flashed back to the 1909 season yesterday afternoon as they honoured the histories of baseball teams from their respective cities’ past. For Seattle, who did not have a Major League Baseball franchise back in ’09, they donned the uniforms of the 1909 Seattle Turks, a
Blue Jays Explain Lack of Camo Cap on Memorial Day
On Memorial Day this season, Major League Baseball had produced special camouflage versions of every team cap and jersey for each club to wear to honour the memory of those who had served in the military. Every team wore the jerseys but the Canadian-based (and therefore, non-Memorial Day celebrating) Toronto Blue Jays opted
MLB Request Spurs BP Cap Blitz
When Major League Baseball and New Era announced their new line of batting practice caps for the 2013 season buried in the media releases was a line about how teams would now be able to wear the caps in regular season play. Through the first 50-odd days of the season
All 30 MLB Teams in Camo for Memorial Day
All thirty Major League Baseball teams will be sporting camouflage caps and uniform wordmarks for today’s Memorial Day matchups. Caps will feature the standard team logo on front but the crown will be a desert digital camo pattern. Uniforms will be the standard white or grey (depending if home or
MLB Updates Both AL and NL League Logos
Although rarely used these days, the primary logos of the American and National Leagues of Professional Baseball Clubs both received a minor updatin’ during this past off-season. The reason? The Houston Astros. Both league logos contain stars, each star represents a team in the league and over time, as teams
Twins, Brewers go Reverse Jersey for 1948 Throwbacks
The Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers unveiled their Turn Back the Clock uniforms for their game at Target Field in Minneapolis on May 30th. Both teams are paying tribute to the American Association (Triple-A level) teams that called their regions home 65 years ago during the 1948 season. Despite being
Pics: Brewers/Cardinals Go Back to 1913
The Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals turned the clocks back one-hundred years, all the way back to 1913 in their game this afternoon at Milwaukee’s Miller Park. Milwaukee honoured the American Association Double-A Minor League Brewers who were winners of the American Association pennant during that 1913 season, their
Mariners, Cubs Turn Back to 1909 on June 29th
The Seattle Mariners today tweeted out a video of their 1909 Turn Back the Clock uniforms to be worn in a game against the Chicago Cubs in Seattle on June 29th. Seattle will be honouring the 1909 Seattle Turks, a minor league team in the Northwestern League, who in their
2013 MLB Special Jersey Calendar
This was originally going to be a “one off” calendar, although some of these teams are wearing these looks a handful of times. These are the jerseys for 2013 that will be worn on special occasions. We’ve got foreign language jerseys, special event jerseys, and throwbacks, from old minor league
Blue Jays Pitcher in Jersey Mixup
The Toronto Blue Jays may be sporting a spiffy 5-3 record while wearing their blue alternates (compared to 0-3 in anything else) but that didn’t stop closer Casey Janssen from trying to go against the odds. With his team up 3-1 in the 9th inning while wearing those blue alternates
Pics: Cardinals Debut ‘Cream’ Alternate Uniforms
The St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon are debuting their new home alternate jerseys featuring “St. Louis” across the chest, the first time since 1932 that the club has worn their city name on their uniform. A couple of TV screengrabs of the uniform on the field for the first time