For many Braves fans, one of the best things about being a fan is being able to be decked out in Braves gear. Whether it be the jersey of their favorite player to simply getting a new cap to help ward off heat stroke while attending home games in the dead of summer, sports apparel is both a cultural phenomenon as well as big business for teams. That business is precisely why Tim Tebow got a pro contract with the Mets for example.
Well the Braves released what their uniforms will be during Spring Training and they debuted in stores online. Here they are:
The cap, released by New Era, is the headliner here as it does not features a retro logo or the stereotypical logos, but instead just the Braves’ tomahawk. As Grant mentions in his tweet, these are already nearly sold out. The spring training jerseys are white numbers on navy blue with a spring training sleeve patch.
The Braves seem to be quite proud of the cap in particular. To help promote the look, they called on Matt Kemp.
Hopefully the MLB.com store can get the caps restocked soon as the demand for them appears to be very high. The Braves also have a cream and navy spring training curved bill adjustable cap for sale that has the state of Florida next to a red Braves logo. You can view that cap here.
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August 31, 2022 ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves and Major League Baseball today announced the club’s 2023 spring training schedule. The 2023 spring season will mark Atlanta’s fourth at CoolToday Park in North Port, Fla., and will feature 16 home games at the facility. Atlanta’s 32-game exhibition slate will begin on Saturday, February 25, with a home game against the Boston Red Sox. Atlanta will host 11 different major league teams at CoolToday Park, including three games
against the Boston Red Sox and two games each against the Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays. The Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays will make one visit each to North Port. Additionally, on March 8, the Braves are scheduled to compete against a team participating in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Further details, including the opponent, will be announced at a later date. Atlanta
will conclude its spring schedule at JetBlue Park against the Red Sox on March 28, before opening the 2023 regular season on the road against the Washington Nationals on March 30. Season tickets and group sales for the 2023 spring season are now available, and individual game tickets will go on sale at a date yet to be determined. A-List and Beach Club Members will receive the first opportunity to purchase
individual game tickets. To book a group or purchase season tickets, please contact a group sales representative at 941-413-5004 or . The Braves’ full spring schedule is attached, and is subject to change.
PHOTO: J. Petrini, 680 The Fan
The sweet sounds of Spring Training have been muted so far this February. However, we’re still getting a look at what baseball’s best would have been (or more hopefully, will soon be) wearing during the Major Leagues’ annual slate of drills, warmups, and exhibition contests.
New Era’s 2022 Major League Baseball Spring Training Cap collection features a mesh back this season, something we haven’t seen since the standardization of the Spring Training cap began in 1999. New Era added this new mesh backing to “allow for more breathability.” On the front of each cap is the team logo embroidered in a simplified colorway; in most cases, the logo’s primary colour matches that of the crown, with just a secondary colour acting as a trim.
In the photo above, you can see there’s a side patch on each cap featuring either a cactus or a palm tree design within a blue baseball diamond. The side patch represents the team’s Spring Training site – a cactus for teams that play in the Arizona-based Cactus League and a palm tree for those in the Grapefruit League throughout Florida.
Here’s a look at the 2022 Spring Training caps for all thirty Major League Baseball teams:
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Most choices are relatively standard, with about two-thirds of the clubs going with a colour-simplified version of their usual regular season cap logo. Some teams, such as Milwaukee, Colorado, Seattle, and Tampa Bay, are using “partial logos” (a single element from an already existing logo — I love the Rays cap here!), while a handful are reaching back into their past to pull out old designs — see the Chicago White Sox and their 1917 design, the Minnesota Twins coming out of nowhere with their 1987-2012 “M” logo, and the St. Louis Cardinals angry bird design from the 1950s. Oakland has brought back the Kelly green of their clubs from the ’70s while retaining their modern logo.
One team which steers away from the norm is the San Francisco Giants, who have added a miniature “SF” logo to the lower right corner of their crown. I’m not sure why the Giants are doing this; some teams do have branding guidelines that state merchandise cannot use certain logos unless they’re placed close to another team logo (the Blue Jays did this with their maple leaf caps, too). The Giants may have a rule with their City Connect “G” logo.
Overall, it’s a pretty strong set compared to years past, especially for a colour-on-colour series – which is a style I typically despise. I might have to grab that Rays cap, not gonna lie.
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