After months of teasers, speculation, and leaks the Houston Astros tonight unveiled their new logos, uniforms, colour scheme, league, and mascot at a “Launch Party” open to fans at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Tx. The colour scheme has been switched back to navy blue and orange, which is what
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Detroit Tigers and friends: 2012 World Series Champs “Phantom” Merch
Happy Hallowe’en everyone, let’s celebrate the spooky holiday with our annual World Series Champions “phantom” merchandise post! This year our phantom world champs are the Detroit Tigers who swept away the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS before being swept themselves by the San Francisco Giants. As with all of the
Online Shop Leaks New Astros Primary, Wordmark Logos
What a terrible weekend for the Houston Astros! For the third time in the last two days (and the fourth time this month) the Houston Astros have had their new logo leaked online and this time it’s the big guy – the new Astros primary logo, as well as a
The 25th Year of World Series Patches
Major League Baseball was the first major sport to market its biggest brand event on the uniforms of the participants, a couple of years ahead of the NHL, and almost a decade ahead of the NBA and believe it or not, the NFL. Back in 1987, the St. Louis Cardinals wore the
Houston Astros New Logo Leaks
After several blurred and hard-to-see leaked new Houston Astros logos for the 2013 season, we finally got ourselves a nice clean image for a change. Twitter user Ernest Moreno (@astromo1977) spotted the new logo on a t-shirt on sale at his local Academy store and snapped the following pic: Following the
Topps Leaks New Houston Astros Logo on Twitter
It just keeps on happening! This time Topps is the culprit, tweeting out a photo of their new 2013 MLB baseball card set under construction apparently completely unaware that the new Houston Astros logo is right there on about three of the cards shown. The logo matches up with what
St Louis Cards 2012 Back-to-Back NL Champs Gear
The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The San Francisco Giants sure gave the St. Louis Cardinals a taste of their own medicine didn’t they? The comeback kids of the last two post-seasons were up 3-games-to-1 before dropping three straight ending their bid at a second consecutive
What If… New York Yankees 2012 AL Champs Gear
Congratulations to the Detroit Tigers on going from a disappointing 2012 regular season to American League Champions in a matter of weeks, what a great time to get hot! For the New York Yankees, here we are again, another playoff run ending far sooner than anyone expected – those Tigers
A’s Honour Pitcher’s Infant Son with Jersey Patch
While the Oakland Athletics were celebrating their come-from-behind AL West Championship last week pitcher Pat Neshek couldn’t be further away from the joy being experienced by his teammates in the Bay Area. Neshek and his wife had just lost their first and only son, Gehrig John Neshek, who was only
Astros Accidentally Show New Uniform, Cap on Teaser Graphic
Another case of “Oops!”? The Houston Astros, scheduled to unveil their new logos, uniforms, caps, colour scheme, and mascot on November 2nd posted an invitation to attend the event on their website the other day. This invitation contained a teaser graphic showing a blacked out version of the new uniform.
RIP Houston Astros “Old West” Set: 2000-2012
As we speak the Houston Astros are playing their final game of the 2012 season. Not only is it their last game of what has been their worst season in franchise history, it’s also their final game after 50 seasons in the National League. But we’re a sports logos site,
Oakland A’s, Arizona D-Backs in Spanish Jerseys Today
The Oakland Athletics and Arizona Diamondbacks will celebrate Mexican Independence Day by donning Spanish-language uniforms for their respective games this afternoon. Oakland will be wearing “Atléticos” jerseys, which they had done in the past, wearing them at least during the 2010 season. The jerseys are white with “Atléticos” across the