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Category: College Baseball

“The Ripple Effect” Causes a Splash in Twins Win

Happy Weekend! Hope you’re all as happy as the Minnesota Twins and their fans were last night. In front of their biggest crowd this season, the Twins debuted the “Ripple …

Ron Ruelle Creates Caricatures at Sharks Games

Reader Ron Ruelle — creator of the “Brooklyn Branches” — has a new gig: creating caricatures at Wilmington Sharks games

Giants Prospect Goes S&S: Stirrups ’n’ Shorts

Vaun Brown has the potential to have the most distinctive pants/hosiery stylings in big league history.

Impossible but True: Pitch Ends Up in Ump’s Chest Pocket

Here’s a bizarre item that I missed over the weekend: During Sunday’s NCAA Regionals game between Arizona State and Fairfield, with the Sun Devils batting and runners on second and …

Headwear Hero: Blaise D’Sylva’s Epic College Football Helmet Collection

Click to enlarge If you’ve been reading the college football section of the Ticker this fall (or if you follow me on Twitter), you’ve probably become accustomed to seeing the …

A Look At Some Old Time College Baseball

By Phil Hecken, with Ron Bolton Follow @PhilHecken Today we continue with some posts that I’d hoped to run during Paul’s August sabbatical, but just simply didn’t have time to …

Portland Pickles and Uni Watch Team Up for New Design Contest

I get inquiries pretty regularly from people who want me to hold design contests for their teams. My response is always the same: “If you’re going to wear the design …

Talking Jersey Names with Mariners Prospect Dom Thompson-Williams

Lots of people have noticed Mariners prospect Dom Thompson-Williams, who’s been wearing “T-Williams” on his back this spring. We’ve mentioned him in the Ticker, but today we’re going to take …

Spitting Image: Michigan Team Gets Cherry-Centric Design

Click to enlarge The area around Traverse City, Mich., is known as the Cherry Capital of America (the local airport is even called Cherry Capital Airport), which explains yesterday’s announcement …

Nik…er, UM Unveils New Unis for 2016

Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from site. Deputy editor Phil Hecken is in charge from now through the end of the month, although …

VT Hokies Do The Corporate ‘Rebrand’ Thing, Get New(ish) Unis

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken After teasing it Friday evening (there were a couple of items in yesterday’s ticker), the Virginia Tech Hokies released a sports rebranding …

Worst Baseball Pants Ever?

Phil mentioned something in both of his weekend Tickers that I think deserves a bit more space, namely that Louisville has new baseball uniforms for the NCAA tourney, and the …

Like a Sunset Going Down

By Phil Hecken As many of you know, I love the Houston Astros “tequila sunset” jerseys — it was a great look for a “space age” (or cutting edge) team …

From Contest Concept to On Field Reality – LCBL All-Star Game

Pictured L-R: Bill Sinnott, Matt Blinco, Ryan Foose, Lou Brock, Scott de Fasselle, Ross Clites . . . By Phil Hecken Weekend readers will recall the most recent design contest …

How Deep Is Your Glove?

[Editor’s Note: Paul is on vacation. Today we have an excellent feature by intern Mike Chamernik — enjoy.] By Mike Chamernik I played baseball in Little League and the lower …