Baseball By Design podcast, @sportslogosnet MiLB correspondent, Story Behind the Nickname book, ice cream helmet collector, member @curvedbrim media
- Tweets 29,622
- Following 1,465
- Followers 5,579
- Likes 38,715
How MLB can “fix” baseball:
1. End local streaming blackouts
2. Free entry for kids on weekends
3. Mic’d up players
4. Financial support for grassroots minor league baseball
5. All concession items served in plastic helmets
6. Leave the actual game alone
93
540
2,860
Every airport should have at least one souvenir shop that sells gear from the local minor league team
18
64
731
130,467
A @Phillies fan two rows behind us caught a foul ball at last night’s game, and immediately started looking for a kid to give it to. That kid was my nephew, who has been walking around with the ball and a huge smile all day today.
16
43
703
To quote John @hodgman, who was talking about my sundae helmets when he famously said this, "The difference between a hoarder and a collector is a display case." Six years later, that dream is a reality!
25
41
426
Seen at the Angels’ spring training team store. Their farm system has to be one of the best when it comes to team names and logos.
26
16
366
26,307
I’m a Phillies fan, and as soon as one of these Braves-affiliated penguins is available on a dad hat, I’m getting one. And that is why you don’t name your minor league team for its parent club.
The Rome Braves are now the Rome Emperors! With an incredible suite of new penguin-themed logos and uniforms 🐧⚾
Our story, including a chat with the designer, is right here: news.sportslogos.net/2023/11…
9
11
312
31,611
I can barely contain myself right now. The great logo designer Dan Simon of Studio Simon, who is responsible for so many amazing logos in minor league baseball (and other sports!) created a logo for my podcast. I'm so grateful to Dan for his kindness and generosity and talent!
32
12
260
The @kscitymonarchs sundae helmets have the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum logo on the back and I’m kind of in love. ⚾️😍
9
16
245
The @KenoshaKingfish will play a game this summer as the Kenosha Kickers, the polka kings of the midwest! I wrote about it out on @sportslogosnet.
Read all about it here: news.sportslogos.net/2024/03…
6
30
246
24,406
What are three non-stadium sites every baseball fan should visit? I’ll start: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, Hall of Fame
37
20
217
This guy is a firefighter in Albuquerque—he tells me the firefighters in town had these custom Albuquerque Dukes firefighter hats made up, which I find incredibly awesome.
16
9
210
22,339
Here's my baseball stadium life list map. (Duplicate logos represent two stadiums in the same city.) What are my biggest omissions?
112
8
206
Bucket List Item Alert! The Minnesota @Twins play the afternoon of Saturday, June 11. The @StPaulSaints play at 7:00 that evening. I have not been to either stadium and I have never been to two ballparks in one day...
22
5
188
How MLB can “fix” baseball:
1. End local streaming blackouts
2. Free entry for kids on weekends
3. Mic’d up players
4. Support for community-level minor leagues
5. All concession items served in mini helmets
6. Leave the actual game alone
19
18
183
How about yellow baseball logos? You don't see many of them. What's your favorite? One of these? Another not pictured here?
29
3
174
27,414
The statue of Jackie Robinson that was destroyed by vandals in Wichita earlier this year has been recast by Art Castings of Colorado and it looks amazing. It was a moving experience to see it in person before it gets shipped to Kansas Thursday.
@nlbmprez @NLBMuseumKC @KionaSinks
4
25
157
11,342
Can’t believe the MLB season is already 1/3rd or 1/5th or 1/12th of the way over, depending on whether your team has played 20 or 12 or 5 games.
2
22
158
I know some people don’t like Bryce Harper, but this is for everyone who has wanted a player to bunt down the line against a wide-open shift.
Ben Porter
14
24
157
I'm going to start a minor league baseball team in the town of Oxford, Mississippi, and call it the Commas. Our big rival will be the Winston-Salem Dash.
16
8
151
7,867
To vote for the @daytonatortugas (Reds, Low-A) as best minor league logo in the NL Central, like this tweet!
2
6
136
I’ve finally committed to a longtime dream: I’m going to do about a podcast on baseball logos and nicknames, interviewing designers, front office personnel, fans, and players. It’s going to launch after the new year, but here is a quick preview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
25
14
130
About as bad a take as you can get…
Paging @sportslogosnet
Is there a worse logo in professional sports than the Brewers logo. I wish I was in the room when they proposed that:
“We have a great idea. It’s a glove and we are going to put a baseball in the glove.”
“That’s brilliant!”
10
5
127
15,332
It's the Rome Emperors! I spoke with designer Dan Simon for this article on @sportslogosnet: news.sportslogos.net/2023/11…
7
7
127
17,127
Officially launching a social media campaign to have the @NLBMuseumKC make a @KionaSinks bobblehead. WHO’S WITH ME?!
3
11
109
To vote for the @HillsboroHops (Dbacks, High-A) as best minor league logo in the NL West, like this tweet!
1
4
105
Look at this beautiful unused @StPaulSaints logo from Dan Simon. The team ended up not including it in their final suite, but I kind of love it.
9
6
106
When I take people down the basement to show them the sundae helmet collection, they ask one of three things:
• How many do you have?
• How are they organized?
• Are you going to murder me?
The answers: about 450, by classification, and probably not!
23
3
98
7,332
It’s been 45 years since the Cubs and Phils scored 45 runs
#ringthebell #youhavetoseeit
6
14
101
10,411
My high school senior child is applying to colleges and all I can think about is which minor league teams play near each school.
22
2
97
To vote for the Myrtle Beach @Pelicanbaseball (Cubs, Low-A) as best minor league logo in the NL Central, like this tweet!
1
97
Just wait until next year when MLB reconstructs Cleveland Municipal Stadium and Charlie Sheen does the emotional introduction.
1
11
91
It's the #BaseballSolstice, friends! We're exactly halfway from the last out of the World Series to the first pitch of Spring Training games. WE'RE DOING THIS!
1
39
98
As the Dodgers and Yankees take to the field in the World Series, the Dodgers Triple-A team announces a rebrand that's a tribute to a Yankees icon. Read about it on @sportslogosnet! news.sportslogos.net/2024/10…
12
8
97
19,859
One month from today, lockout-proof Minor League Baseball starts at the Double-A, High-A, and Low-A levels!
3
8
94
Let's talk about purple baseball logos. Why are there not more? Which is your favorite? One of these? Another?
27
3
98
18,009
The @Phillies are setting a new standard for ice cream helmet excellence this year
7
2
89
4,317
Flights booked. This is happening.
Bucket List Item Alert! The Minnesota @Twins play the afternoon of Saturday, June 11. The @StPaulSaints play at 7:00 that evening. I have not been to either stadium and I have never been to two ballparks in one day...
11
2
86
Here's my updated life list map—97 ballparks in 42 states. What should my priorities be for next season?
73
5
84
Movies where the same day repeats on an infinite loop:
- Groundhog Day
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Palm Springs
- Phillies Bullpen Blows a Lead
4
9
81
So thrilled to visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on the first stop of #baseballpalooza 2021, and extra thrilled that the great @nlbmprez Bob Kendrick and @KionaSinks were kind enough to spend a few moments with us! What an amazing museum and opportunity!
6
6
90
I attended two games at Coors Field this weekend. I didn’t notice most of the rule changes, but I noticed the pitch clock a lot. Both ended 7-6, and they were 2:44 and 2:47 in duration. The games felt rushed and were over too fast, like listening to a podcast on 1.25x speed.
29
5
90
41,578
How great is this guy
As the Dodgers and Yankees take to the field in the World Series, the Dodgers Triple-A team announces a rebrand that's a tribute to a Yankees icon. Read about it on @sportslogosnet! news.sportslogos.net/2024/10…
8
1
87
4,991
Funny to see something I created and posted to Facebook years ago show up as a screen grab on Twitter today
2
7
85
9,502
FINALLY met the great designer and friend of Baseball By Design @ToddRadom—only had to go to a World Series game to do it!
9
3
83
Holy smokes the Fond du Lac @DockSpiders sent an *amazing* package of goodies! As a Richmond Spider myself, I love this brand.
13
1
79
5,580
In 1985, the last time the Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series title, raucous fans threw a statue of Colonel Sanders into the river. The ensuing title drought was blamed on the Curse of the Colonel, and the statue was retrieved in 2009. The curse was broken today after 38 years.
2
28
85
7,287
In my opinion, every minor league team should:
1. Have a unique nickname (not their parent club's)
2. Have a bat dog
3. Serve ice cream in a helmet with their own logo
11
3
80
If I planned a trip to see a minor league baseball game at a new ballpark, and it fell on a day when that team had rebranded as an ad for oat milk, I would be really mad.
BREAKING: Introducing the 121st team of Minor League Baseball, the Malmö Oat Milkers.
For full season schedule and a chance to win a pair of season tickets: milb.com/oatmilkers
16
83
14,444
No MLB player has worn #93, so here's this @Rockies fan paying homage to the team's inaugural season. 93 days until Spring Training games!
1
11
78
My favorite thing about this logo is that if you turn it upside down it makes a great logo for a water park.
1
72
Holy smokes! My friends Jeremy and Alex are in Japan right now and they got me this amazing Yakult Swallows ice cream helmet! It’s the first Japanese addition to the collection.
9
1
78
6,060
Are you kidding?! This is Garrett Stubbs’s dad @tpatstubbs and he just bought me a beer!
4
3
77
7,534
MLB’s takeover of Minor League Baseball is a disaster. MiLB teams were forced to take a deal where they only get royalties on merchandise sold at games (third-party royalties go to MLB) and teams are losing in-game sales during 2.5-hour games because of “pace of play” rules.
19
10
81
To vote for the @epchihuahuas (Padres, Triple-A) as best minor league logo in the NL West, like this tweet!
2
6
77
In recent years, I have been making it a point to find reasons to say yes to things instead of finding reasons to say no. To that end, I have tickets to a Hanshin Tigers game in Japan later this season.
7
69
2,008
To vote for the @AkronRubberDuck (Cleveland, Double-A) as best minor league logo in the AL Central, like this tweet!
3
74
It's time for the 2022 Helmet Sundae Playoff Bracket! Helmets come courtesy of the Helmet Sundae Hall of Fame in my basement in Fort Collins, Colorado. MLB Postseason logos come courtesy, as always, of @sportslogosnet.
5
9
75