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Telling the story of America one minor league baseball team at a time. Minor league correspondent for @sportslogos.net. Phillies fan. I’m Paul Caputo and I collect ice cream helmets. linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 3d

I went to two Tigers games last year and I visited the bridge where Tigers fans threw the Colonel Sanders statue into the river to incur the curse!

Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 3d

The collegiate summer level Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp will play a game as the Radioactive Shrimp in 2026. Read about it on @sportslogos.net at news.sportslogos.net/2025/10/04/i...

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 3d

The Richmond Flying Mummies are the newest team in the collegiate summer Northwoods League. Read all about them on @sportslogos.net at news.sportslogos.net/2025/10/07/n...

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 5d

New on the Baseball By Design podcast, the Greenville Drive’s brand is a celebration of their hometown. Guests include Drive GM Eric Jarinko and Heath Dillard of VisitGreenvilleSC. Listen wherever you get podcasts!

Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 6d

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ALT: an advertisement for only murders in the building shows a man on a phone

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Adam Hazel for this fantastic Oakland Ballers addition to the Sundae Helmet Hall of Fame!

Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 8d

No playoff baseball today? How about a random minor league logo instead? Here’s the erstwhile Beloit Snappers (now the Beloit Sky Carp), featuring Snappy the snapping turtle.

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Storm - Hat-Wearing College Instructor @hatstorm.bsky.social · 9d

Sedimentary rocks and processes this week in class.🪨

Today's #HatoftheDay, with a slab of mudstone, is from the Toledo Mud Hens. I had the pleasure of attending a Mud Hens game during #SuperOhioBaseballWeek this summer.

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Photograph of a navy and red Toledo Mud Hens baseball cap on a slab of mudstone.

Photograph of a navy and red Toledo Mud Hens baseball cap with Fifth Third Field in the background.

A life-sized bobblehead of Jamie Farr, which can be found in in Fifth Third Field towards right field in the concourse.

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 12d

It’s the 200th episode of Baseball By Design, and we’re marking the occasion by celebrating the logos listeners love! Download episode 200 wherever you get podcasts!

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 13d

I do have it, but my brain is not smart enough to follow all of the games at the same time

Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 13d

MLB is going to owe me a new remote control by the end of the day

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 14d

I think Ben Hill of Minor League Baseball trademarked that word. We owe him three cents every time we use it

Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 14d

When the Indianapolis Indians play the St. Paul Saints on opening day next year, we’re going to see a combined total of seven interlocking cap logo letters on the field at the same time. That has to be a record.

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 14d

Definitely accomplishes the goal of feeling like something from the early 1900s

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Baseball By Design @baseballbydesign.bsky.social · 14d

The Triple-A Indianapolis Indians unveiled a new identity that largely moves away from the use of Native American imagery, focusing instead on the team’s 124-year history in the area.

Read about it on @sportslogos.net at news.sportslogos.net/2025/09/27/i...