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Tennessee Smokies return home, rebrand as Knoxville Smokies

A quarter century after leaving Knoxville, Tennessee, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs is returning home and reprising their former name, the Knoxville Smokies. The Smokies, who play in the Southern League, announced this week that with their return to their once and future hometown, the team will change

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MiLB introduces peachy new Columbus Clingstones

The 2025 Minor League Baseball season will see one fewer affiliated team named for its parent club. After this season, the Mississippi Braves will relocate to Georgia to become the peach-themed Columbus Clingstones, the new affiliate of the Atlanta Braves in the Double-A Southern League. The nickname draws on Georgia’s

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Five Minor League All Star Games Take Place Tonight

It’s that time of year in the Minors—we’ve reached the halfway mark of the season in many leagues, and there’s no surer sign of the midway point of a baseball season than all star games. To that end, five leagues in the Minors are holding their summer classics this evening,

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Big Little Logo: The Story Behind the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

Whenever the term “oxymoron” comes up, “Jumbo Shrimp” seems to be the first example people can think of. “Jumbo” means big, “Shrimp” means little. In a way, the oxymoronic nature of the term makes it a perfect fit for the name of a minor league baseball team that plays in the biggest little

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Look Out for Chattanooga’s New Look in 2016

The Chattanooga Lookouts, Southern League Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, unveiled their new uniforms via an event earlier this morning. Despite the affiliation with the Twins, the uniforms appear to be more of a mix between the Cincinnati Reds and the old Negro League Kansas City Monarchs. This replaces

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Got Our Eyes on You: The Story Behind the Chattanooga Lookouts

Back in February of this year, baseball fans in Minnesota attending an event called Twins Fest were introduced to the Chattanooga Lookouts, their team’s new affiliate in the Double-A Southern League. It’s not that the Lookouts are a new team—they’ve been around off and on since 1885—but they are new

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Introducing the Biloxi Shuckers

The Huntsville Stars are no more. The former Double-A Southern League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics (1985-98) and Milwaukee Brewers (1999-2014) have relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi where they will now be known as the Biloxi Shuckers. The name and logo announced at a fan event held yesterday evening. The name

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The Power of Pink (or Rubine Red): The Story Behind the Pensacola Blue Wahoos

The wahoo is a fish that is strong, fierce, and delicious. The fish featured in the Pensacola Blue Wahoos’ logo is the one that got away. You can tell by the hook in his mouth attached to the broken fishing line that he snapped through pure, brute force. “The wahoo

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