On Wednesday, September 28, 2011 the Florida Marlins take the field for the final time. Never again will we see the flying marlin through the silver circle on an orange-stitched baseball logo that was so familiar to us over the course of nineteen Major League Baseball seasons. We here
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Dodgers change logo, nobody notices
Maybe the key to keeping your new logo from being leaked is to do it yourself and hope nobody notices… That may have been the strategy employed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in rolling out their extremely-subtle change to their primary logo for the 2012 season. Technically not official until
Jays, Marlins 2012 Logos Leaked
Major League Baseball clubs in Miami and Toronto were the latest teams to be victimized by a manufacturer’s error yesterday after a PDF file containing 2012 t-shirt designs for all 30 MLB clubs was discovered. This resulted in Internet users getting their first sneak-peek into the new identities of the
MLB 2011 Division Champions Gear
With Josh Willingham’s ninth-inning ground out to Brandon Inge last night the Detroit Tigers clinched their first division championship in 25 long seasons (and they shouldn’t have even won that AL East title in 1987 but that’s another rant for another day)… more importantly it gave us our first glimpse
MLB Players wearing flag patches for 9/11
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Major League Baseball players will be wearing simple flag patches on the sides of their caps and back of their jerseys today much like they did during the last month of the 2001 season. The Toronto Blue Jays are commemorating
Brewers and Pirates in German Uniforms
The Milwaukee Brewers honouring the large German population in their town donned uniforms featuring their team name in German this afternoon and their opponents, the Pittsburgh Pirates, joined in on the fun. Here are pics of the uniforms worn today, first up the Milwaukee Brewers / Milwaukee Bierbrauer: The Pittsburgh
Blue Jays “Man in White” Photos?
Upon reading about the Toronto Blue Jays “stealing signs” article (which suggested a mysterious man in white was responsible for tipping off Jays hitters about which pitch was coming) I knew I had to search through my photo archives to see if I could catch this supposed incident… Well, I
Sportsnet Shows Parody Alomar Plaque in Promo
During their telecast of the Toronto Blue Jays/Texas Rangers game last night Rogers Sportsnet aired the above promo graphic advertising a Roberto Alomar television special — something about this graphic jumped out at me instantly… that’s not Alomar’s plaque, in fact it’s a parody plaque created by Onion-esque Mets fans
Maple Leaf Logos – Can we Stop This?
The big news of the week was, once again, the Winnipeg Jets who have dominated the attention of the sports logo world this Summer (and just when you thought we were done covering the new Jets identity remember, we’re still waiting for the new uniforms…) Reactions to the new Winnipeg
Early Pics from Pirates/Cards Negro Leagues Game
The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are wearing uniforms honouring Negro League teams from their respective cities in tonight’s game in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Pirates are wearing the uniforms of the Homestead Grays while the St. Louis Cardinals have chosen to honour the St. Louis Stars, see below for
Adrian Gonzalez wearing 2011 All-Star Cap?
Watching the Blue Jays / Red Sox game this evening and noticed a patch on the side of Adrian Gonzalez’s cap: Looks like Gonzalez is wearing the 2011 All-Star Game cap a little early… is this an error on his part? Is he having some fun? Or is this something
Early Pics from Rays/Cards Throwback Game
The St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays are turning back the clock tonight to the 1950’s with retro jerseys… First up the St. Louis Cardinals wearing uniforms featuring the design from their first season of cardinals perched on a yellow bat: The Tampa Bay Rays are wearing a family-friendly