Nathan's Personal Blog

This is a very niche thing to blog about, since international baseball is not very popular and has struggled to gain any kind of momentum for some reason, or a number of reasons to be more accurate. I'm not here to talk about that though, I'm here to ask what the heck is going on with the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC)?  The WBC is sort of baseball's attempt at a World Cup-type tournament, except it has not been as successful and it is not as historic. The first one was in 2006, and in four tournaments, Japan has won two with the Dominican Republic and the United States each winning one. There was supposed to be a tournament in 2021, but COVID hit, so now it is in 2023. As such, lots of news about who will play and who the coaches will be is coming out now.  The players aren't anything that shocking, Mike Trout is in for the U.S., Trevor Story is in, and I'm sure other stars will likely declare their interest soon. What I'm curious about is why on Earth so ma...

Okay we have some baseball uniform news!  The MLB has just announced the uniforms that will be worn in the 2022 Field of Dreams game on Thursday between the Red and the Cubs and there is a lot to break down! This is the MLB's version of the NHL's Winter Classic in a way. The uniforms are throwbacks and the concept behind the game is to bring it back to a simpler time before guys were turning down $400 million contracts and throwing 95+ miles-per-hour. As always, huge shoutout to the guys at sportslogos.net (especially Chris Creamer) for the news and graphics.  The first thing that really jumps out to me is that both of these jerseys are white! Okay, well technically, the Cubs' jersey is cream, or ivory, or off-white (depending what you want to call it). Both jerseys are basically white though, which is probably the first time in a while that this will happen. I do not quite get why  this is the case, as other-colored jerseys have existed for a while, even if that other c...

 The logo for the 2023 MLB All-Star game has just been announced! As always, I am getting the news from Chris Creamer on Twitter (@sportslogosnet) . This will be a pretty short review, since it is just a logo, but I wanted to give my thoughts on it real quick.  I think this logo is absolutely gorgeous. I am a big fan of the Mariners' color palette and I think they look great on this logo. I love that the main accent on this logo is the nature that people associate with the Pacific Northwest. It's a place I've always wanted to go, and this logo just further enhances that desire. Not to be forgotten though, is the Space Needle in the top left! I really like that they didn't have the needle be the main focus of this logo. Of course, it is an iconic landmark in Seattle, but I think having it be off to the side was a really good decision.  This is a logo that would look great on jerseys in next year's game, on the caps they'll wear, and on the promo materials. As muc...