The Tampa Bay Rays are throwing back to a past that never was, wearing uniforms from their fictional 1979 season tonight at Tropicana Field versus the Detroit Tigers. Tampa Bay has gone all out, you know, other than wearing a belt which they certainly would not have done with a
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Washington Nationals Go Back, Way Back, Back In Time… with Turn Back the Clock Night
It is not just going to be on-field jerseys that tell you it’s 1924 in the ballpark Thursday night at the Nationals vs. Giants game. The scoreboard, scorecards, ushers, on-field entertainers, even the grounds crew will go with the old-school look. The 1924 World Series ended with Washington earning
Cubs pitcher suffers “helmet logo malfunction”
Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood had a bit of a “logo malfunction” with his helmet during tonight’s game against the New York Mets at Wrigley Field. Wood came to the plate in the bottom of the second inning with the Cubs logo on his helmet up-side-down and way off to
Minnesota Twins Throwback to 1951 Minneapolis Millers Uniforms, KC Royals to Wear Blues Unis
The Twins play the Royals in a doubleheader June 30th, and in the second game, they will wear the throwback uniforms, complete with accurate batting helmets and striped socks. The first 20,000 fans will receive a pennant for the Millers. Kansas City will be participating as well, and will don
Toronto Blue Jays Unveil 2012 Canada Day Jerseys
The Toronto Blue Jays yesterday put their 2012 Canada Day jerseys up for sale on their online team shop (or is it “shoppe”?) giving us our first look at the new uniform all done up in red. As we expected the uniform is a straight red version of their alternate
Diamondbacks to Wear Purple Throwbacks in September
The Arizona Diamondbacks will continue their annual Turn Back the Clock game tradition this September when they will don purple uniforms. Chosen via a fan vote on their official website the D-Backs, the jerseys originally worn as an alternate uniform from 1998-2002, are purple with “ARIZONA” across the front in
Tampa Bay Rays Unveil 1979 Unis; Tigers to Turn Back Too
The Tampa Bay Rays today unveiled their 1979 “fauxback” uniforms that they’ll be wearing next Saturday, June 30th against the Detroit Tigers. SportsLogos.Net reported on this news over two weeks ago and now we’re pleased to be able to finally share the photo with everyone. In case you are unaware,
Turn Ahead the Clock Uniforms, MLB’s failed idea of the ’90s
In 1998 the Seattle Mariners, tired of the Turn Back the Clock promotions of the past decade wanted something new, something fresh… they decided to Turn Ahead the Clock to their 50th anniversary season in 2027. Major League Baseball loved the idea, tied a sponsor to it, and destroyed the
MLB 2012 All-Star Caps Unveiled
Earlier this month we got our first look at the 2012 MLB All-Star Game BP jerseys and now we finally get to see the caps that will go along with these jerseys. The American League cap is powder blue, National League is royal blue, coloured to match their respective batting
Photos: Rangers and Astros Turn Back to 1986
The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, both celebrating anniversary seasons (Texas 40th, Houston 50th) turned back the clock to 1986 last night in an Interleague Major League Baseball game at The Ballpark in Arlington. The 1986 season was a special one for the Houston Astros, not only did the team
Brewers – DBacks Go Italian on July 1st
The Milwaukee Brewers will continue their ethnic heritage uniform series next month by becoming the first Major League team to sport Italian-language uniforms on July 1st. Both the Brewers and their opponents, the Arizona Diamondbacks, will sport the Italian uniforms – both team names will be spelled out in Italian
Tampa Bay Rays “1979” Faux-backs On the Way
The Tampa Bay Rays are planning on holding a Turn Back the Clock game where they will wear the uniforms of the 1979 Tampa Bay Rays. What’s that you say? There were no Rays in 1979? Well, you’d be right, and the Rays have created “faux-back” uniforms as if they