Here are some important facts about the small carnivorous animal known as the fisher cat: 1. It is not a cat. 2. It does not eat fish. Fisher cats are members of the weasel family, and their name derives from a linguistic quirk of European settlers in North America, who
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Blue Jays White-Panel Caps Making a Comeback
Things really are starting to look like the glory days once again for the Toronto Blue Jays. The team announced this afternoon that they will be breaking out a white-panel cap again for just one game (at least, for now) this Sunday when they take on the New York Yankees. Caps will feature
Blue Jays, Red Sox to Honour Canada on Uniforms Today
“It’s Canada Day up Canada way on the first day of July, and we’re shoutin’ “hooray!” up Canada way, when the maple leaf flies high”… the words of the apparently mortal, late, great Stompin’ Tom Connors. The Toronto Blue Jays will be hosting the Boston Red Sox this afternoon in their
Dizzy in Michigan: The Story Behind the Lansing Lugnuts
Lansing, Michigan, is known for being an industrial center, home for more than 100 years to Oldsmobile, which was founded as Olds Motor Vehicle Company in 1897 and produced more than 14 million cars at its Lansing factory before production ceased in 2004. The state capital, Lansing is located in mid-Michigan,
Toronto Blue Jays Legally Oppose Creighton Logos
The Toronto Blue Jays have filed an opposition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over the Creighton Bluejays logos from their most recent rebrand. According to a letter [read it here] attached to their opposition Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership feels that “[Creighton]’s Jay Design mark is comprised of a blue
Pics: Edwin Encarnacion Lou-ses His Gehrig Patch
Yesterday Major League Baseball paid tribute to the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s famous “Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth” speech by having all players wear a temporary patch depicting the moment. These temporary patches are added quite quickly, and with the intention to be removed easily following
Blue Jays Going Red for Canadian Military Tonight
In honour of “Canadian Military Appreciation Day” the Toronto Blue Jays will don their new red, maple leaf batting practice caps for their game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim tonight (Friday, May 9), the team confirmed to SportsLogos.Net in an email earlier today. Here in Canada, today is
NewEra Unveils 8 New *Alternate BP* Caps for 2014
It’s hard to believe there was a point in time when most Major League Baseball clubs wore just one cap from the beginning of Spring Training straight through the end of the World Series. Today, NewEra, the exclusive provider of on-field caps for MLB unveiled new *alternate batting practice caps*
Banished Forever: A Brief History of Unlucky Uniforms
Unlucky uniforms. Yup, they exist… well, at least some players and team personnel think they exist. Enough to the point that several caps and jerseys have been scrapped simply because the players thought they were the sole reason for their poor performances. In my post this week over at theScore.com
Blue Jays Explain Lack of Camo Cap on Memorial Day
On Memorial Day this season, Major League Baseball had produced special camouflage versions of every team cap and jersey for each club to wear to honour the memory of those who had served in the military. Every team wore the jerseys but the Canadian-based (and therefore, non-Memorial Day celebrating) Toronto Blue Jays opted
Blue Jays Pitcher in Jersey Mixup
The Toronto Blue Jays may be sporting a spiffy 5-3 record while wearing their blue alternates (compared to 0-3 in anything else) but that didn’t stop closer Casey Janssen from trying to go against the odds. With his team up 3-1 in the 9th inning while wearing those blue alternates
MLB13: The Show Uniforms Preview – AL East
MLB13: The Show for the Sony PlayStation 3 was released in North America earlier this week, a game which prides itself, and almost always delivers, in its high-levels of authenticity. One of the features in the game is the ability to choose one of several uniform designs for any given