SportsLogos.Net News Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Negro Leagues Kansas City Monarchs reborn as independent team January 21, 2021 - 19:16 PMThe longest-running team in the storied history of Negro Leagues has been revived in the form of a team in the independent American Association. The Kansas City T-Bones, who have played in Kansas City, Kansas, since 1993, made the surprise announcement today that in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Read More... 1 Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Danville Baseball Team looking for name suggestions January 22, 2021 - 23:10 PMIf there’s a silver lining to the reorganization of minor league baseball, which caused more than 40 teams to lose their affiliation with Major League parent clubs, it’s that all 10 teams in the Appalachian League will get unique nicknames. The Appy League, as it’s known to friends and family, Read More... 1 Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 "The 10 member teams of the league were heretofore named for their parent clubs, which regular readers of this site know I think is boring and should be made illegal through an executive order by Joe Biden in his first week in office." Damn right! 1 Quote Last updated 2/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I submitted the Danville Iron Horses...honors the town's railroad (and Civil War) history, but also makes for a fun, kid-friendly brand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Collegiate summer league reboots Negro Leagues’ Portland Rosebuds January 25, 2021 - 21:01 PMThe Wild Wild West League, a four-team summer wood bat baseball league for high school and college players, was formed in 2020 by the Portland (Oregon) Pickles in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced it will continue in 2021, featuring two new teams, the Willamette Wild Bills and Read More... 1 Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 "One of these things is not like the others... one of these things just doesn't belong..." Wow! The Wild Bills logo is rough. It really stands out amongst the Wild Wild West League marks... and not in a good way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Battered Bastards of Baseball Reborn January 26, 2021 - 17:40 PMIn the violently shifting landscape of minor league baseball, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, one of more than 40 teams to lose its Major League affiliation, have given rise to a new independent league that features, among others, a reboot of an iconic band of misfits and outcasts from the 1970s, the Read More... Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 So this is the trend now in independent minor league ball: Create four teams of your own, house them in your stadium, and then launch a single-location circuit. Sort of like a barnstorming tour, but without the barnstorming. The Portland Pickles this week announced something similar with its Gherkins' wood bat club anchoring a four-team circuit that will include the reborn Portland Rosebuds. An independent team out here in the St. Louis area, the O'Fallon Hoots, did something similar last season with a college summer league that included six teams, one being the Hoots, the other with names apparently selected at random, such as the Cavemen and Cornbelters. It's an enterprising way to make use of an otherwise dormant stadium and pull in some new merchandise sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSox Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/26/2021 at 12:59 PM, gosioux76 said: So this is the trend now in independent minor league ball: Create four teams of your own, house them in your stadium, and then launch a single-location circuit. Sort of like a barnstorming tour, but without the barnstorming. The Portland Pickles this week announced something similar with its Gherkins' wood bat club anchoring a four-team circuit that will include the reborn Portland Rosebuds. An independent team out here in the St. Louis area, the O'Fallon Hoots, did something similar last season with a college summer league that included six teams, one being the Hoots, the other with names apparently selected at random, such as the Cavemen and Cornbelters. It's an enterprising way to make use of an otherwise dormant stadium and pull in some new merchandise sales. This isn't far off from how women's roller derby leagues have organized for the past decade and some change. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Stirring Up Debate: Introducing the Burlington Sock Puppets February 1, 2021 - 15:06 PMIf your city once laid claim to the title “Hosiery Capital of the South” and you’re trying to name a minor league baseball team, it would be almost criminally negligent not to seize on that fact. To that end, just moments ago, the Appalachian League’s franchise in Burlington, North Carolina, Read More... Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Appy League introduces Bristol State Liners in flurry of rebrands February 1, 2021 - 20:14 PMThe Appalachian League baseball team that plays in the Twin Cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, heretofore the Bristol Pirates, is reviving a century-old nickname of one of the cities’ previous teams. The original Bristol State Liners made their Appalachian League debut in 1921 and played for five seasons. Read More... Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGlowin Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 "All but one of the Appalachian League redesigns will be created by Major League Baseball..." More red white and blue teams. Greaaaaat. 1 Quote Last updated 2/26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/26/2021 at 1:59 PM, gosioux76 said: So this is the trend now in independent minor league ball: Create four teams of your own, house them in your stadium, and then launch a single-location circuit. Sort of like a barnstorming tour, but without the barnstorming. The Portland Pickles this week announced something similar with its Gherkins' wood bat club anchoring a four-team circuit that will include the reborn Portland Rosebuds. An independent team out here in the St. Louis area, the O'Fallon Hoots, did something similar last season with a college summer league that included six teams, one being the Hoots, the other with names apparently selected at random, such as the Cavemen and Cornbelters. It's an enterprising way to make use of an otherwise dormant stadium and pull in some new merchandise sales. Hannibal (MO) Cavemen were a team. As are the current Normal (IL) Cornbelters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Johnson City's Appalachian League team has been rebranded as the Doughboys. The new identity was inspired by a statue - The Spirit of the American Doughboy - that sits just behind the team's home stadium, TVA Credit Union Ballpark. It's also a nod to the Johnson City Soldiers teams that represented the community for ten seasons in the Class D Southeastern (1910) and Appalachian (1911-13, 1921-24, 1937-38) Leagues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Johnson City's Appalachian League team has been rebranded as the Doughboys.The new identity was inspired by a statue - The Spirit of the American Doughboy - that sits just behind the team's home stadium, TVA Credit Union Ballpark. It's also a nod to the Johnson City Soldiers teams that represented the community for ten seasons in the Class D Southeastern (1910) and Appalachian (1911-13, 1921-24, 1937-38) Leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krz Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Kinda refreshing that it’s not a talking pizza dough or knock off pilsbury guy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsLogos.Net News Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 New Appy League team Johnson City Doughboys pays homage to WW1 soldiers February 3, 2021 - 01:10 AMThe Johnson City Doughboys are the third of ten Appalachian League teams to announce rebrands this offseason. The Doughboys nickname draws on patriotic pride, and specifically pays homage to a “Doughboys” statue, the only of its kind in the state of Tennessee, located near the team’s stadium. The term Doughboys Read More... Quote Sports Logo and Uniform news, rumours, and history at SportsLogos.Net News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 It's a fine logo, not stellar but very serviceable. Curious to see the rest of the identity. Quote The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Gothamite said: It's a fine logo, not stellar but very serviceable. Curious to see the rest of the identity. The only other mark that I've seen, thus far, is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Elizabethton's Appalachian League team has been rebranded as the River Riders. The new identity is inspired by the recreational opportunities available to water sports enthusiasts on the rivers in and around Elizabethton - particularly on the Watauga River, which flows by just beyond Joe O'Brien Field's outfield fence. Front and center on both the team's primary league logo and alternate logo is Rookie, the mascot of Elizabethton's Appy League team since 2005. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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