Just two weeks after announcing that the new Pioneer League team in Modesto, California, would be called the Modesto Glow Riders, the team unveiled new branding on social media today indicating that their NEW new name is the Modesto Roadsters. The Glow Riders nickname and logo were met with such
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Pioneer League expands California footprint with Modesto Glow Riders
The Pioneer League, one of four unaffiliated MLB partner leagues, unveiled its newest team this week, the Modesto Glow Riders. The nickname is an homage to the lowrider car culture found in Modesto, California, and mixes in a tribute to “American Graffiti,” the 1973 George Lucas film that for many
Glacier Range Riders, National Park Service Embroiled in Battle Over Arrowhead Logo
NPS has filed protests with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over logo possible causing confusion that team is affiliated with service
Pioneer League introduces Yolo High Wheelers
The Northern California county of Yolo will have a new baseball team in 2024, the Yolo High Wheelers. The team will play on the campus of UC Davis, located in Yolo County not far from Sacramento. The logo features a stylized, winged penny farthing, a tribute to the fact that
Baseball Remains in Oakland with new Oakland Ballers for 2024
The City of Oakland wants baseball, and it looks like they’ll be getting baseball one way or another, thanks to the new Oakland Ballers. Following Major League Baseball’s unanimous approval of the relocation of the city’s Athletics (“A’s” for short) to Las Vegas, Nevada, the Ballers (“B’s” for short) have
Grand Junction Rockies announce impending name change
The Pioneer League baseball team that plays in Grand Junction, a town of 60,000 residents just east of the Utah border on Colorado’s western slope, has gone by the nickname Rockies since 2012. That made a lot of sense (though it was a bit boring) through 2020, because the team
Pioneer League’s Glacier Range Riders pay homage to National Park
Baseball’s independent Pioneer League will grow from eight teams in 2021 to ten in 2022. We’ve known for some time that the ninth team will be the Northern Colorado Owlz—freshly relocated from Orem, Utah—who will resume play after taking a season off last year. And just moments ago, we learned
Pioneer Baseball League introduces new branding for new era
In advance of its first season as an independent “MLB Partner League,” the Pioneer Baseball League unveiled a new look today, including two new logos and a redesigned website. Per the league, the new identity is meant to reflect “a classic baseball look and feel while paying homage to the
The Story Behind Casper the Aboriginal, Western, Cowboy Ghost
Imagine you’re a logo designer and you’ve been tasked with creating a brand for a minor league baseball team. You’re free to let the creativity flow, but you have a few constraints to consider: The team plays in a town called Casper, so the team is going to be called the
Truly Trippy: The Story Behind the Great Falls Voyagers
In 1950, two alien space crafts gliding over western Montana were caught on film by Nicholas Mariana, the general manager of a minor league baseball team called the Great Falls Electrics. The footage is conclusive evidence of the fact that aliens have visited us, even though the government has been