Minor League Baseball’s Texas League unveiled the logo for its 2020 All-Star Game yesterday afternoon. The Double-A circuit is home to eight Major League affiliated teams across Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Hosted by the Amarillo Sod Poodles (Padres affiliate), the logo features a blue and yellow star with the
Tag: texas league
Amarillo Sod Poodles Announced as new Minor League Ball Team
An offseason Ferris wheel of franchise relocations will bring affiliated Minor League Baseball back to the city of Amarillo, Texas, for the first time since 1982. In an announcement made just moments ago, the Double-A San Antonio Missions franchise is moving 500 miles to the north to become the Amarillo
Striking it Rich: The Story Behind the Tulsa Drillers
In 2002, when starry eyed recent college graduates Jason Klein and Casey White of Plan B Branding visited Tulsa, Oklahoma, on a research trip for one of their first projects, the spectacular view from their luxurious accommodations gave rise to a minor league baseball brand that has endured for more than a decade.
Texas League Adopts New Logo
Certain things come in groups of threes: celebrity deaths, stooges, and now apparently new league logos for Minor League Baseball. Following in the footsteps of new logos for the Appalachian League and Southern League comes the new logo of the Texas League, designed this time by Schilling/Sellmeyer and Associates, an advertising/marketing agency
RoughRiders Full House Night will be “spectacularly awful”
Last winter, when the double-A Frisco RoughRiders started planning their “Salute to Full House” theme night for this Friday, June 12, no one knew anything about the forthcoming and much-ballyhooed Full House spinoff on Netflix. That was just a stroke of luck—or maybe the result of some sort of sixth sense from
Frisco RoughRiders Unveil Roosevelt-Themed Logos, Uniforms
Stop, drop, shut ’em down open up shop!… Sorry, wrong reference. The Frisco RoughRiders (Texas Rangers AA) today finally unveiled their new total rebrand this afternoon, one which they had teased us with over the past three weeks. Designed by Brandiose, the new logos all feature U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt,
RoughRiders Tease Potentially Awesome New Logo Set
The Frisco RoughRiders grabbed our attention earlier today when they Tweeted out a sneak peek of their new logo set. Showing only a pair of “pince-nez” style glasses with the caption “Got Monocles?” above it (yes, they were corrected several times), the teaser suggests the new set will be paying
San Antonio Missions Unveil New Logos, Uniforms
The San Antonio Missions, Double-A Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, have unveiled their new logos and uniforms at a rainy-day ceremony held at The Alamo earlier today. Designed by Brandiose, the current stars of the Minor League Baseball branding circuit, the new logo features a silhouette of
Rock of Ages: The Story Behind the Midland RockHounds
The Double-A Oakland A’s affiliate in the Texas League is called the Midland RockHounds because it sounds better than the Midland Geologists. And Rocky the RockHound is definitely a better mascot than some guy named Ted (or whatever) in a white lab coat. When I spoke with Brian Smith, Midland’s