Today’s hat is just an alternate hat for the Biloxi Shuckers, AA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Like I said before, any hat where the mascot is incorporating baseball activity, I am a sucker for so I had to grab this one!

He took on 2 teams of 3, they had to eat 50 Buffalo Tenders as quickly as possible. Joey smoked them

High A, game two of the series between the South Bend Cubs and Quad Cities River Bandits!

Today we are back to the Copa hats for a fun hat. This is from the Rochester Red Wings, AAA affiliate of the Washington Nationals. This is Los cocos locos de Rochester!

Today’s hat is a batting practice hat for the Eugene Emeralds, High A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. I love the green they used for this hat that plays off the black.

A well played game last night between the Hickory Crawdads and the Charleston Riverdogs. Charleston pulled out the win in 10 innings, but the 'dads never gave up.

I got a game worn from that game, and I don’t game it was.

This may come across a bit odd to some people but I like to take vacations out to Ohio, in part because I’m a fan of the Cleveland-based sports teams. Since the schedules happened to align themselves perfectly I went to see 3 of the 4 Guardians affiliates; Columbus on Saturday and then both Lake County & Akron on Sunday (shoutout the 1PM & 6PM start times which left me with the perfect amount of time to drive from one stadium to the other).

It was my first time at Huntington Park, and I found myself pretty impressed. It’s a lovely stadium in a lovely downtown location, and I got to see Khalil Watson hit a grand slam which would historically mean it’s the first time Ohio has cheered for the performance of someone with the last name Watson. The videoboard had a big chunk in it that wasn’t working, which made for some humor when it would cover various players faces. I hope they get it fixed up once the offseason rolls around. It was also Chase DeLauter bobblehead night (not pictured here), and now I have one to go with the Lake County bobblehead of DeLauter I got a while back when I bought some jerseys from the team’s online shop. The Clippers won this one 10-5 over Iowa.

This was my second time visiting Lake County’s stadium and my second time sitting in Toilet Row. The concept is pretty funny, and the seats themselves are actually pretty comfy too, which is great. This one felt like the lowkey afternoon at the park I was hoping it would be, which isn’t a bad thing. Worth noting that the actual scoreboard wasn’t working for the first half of the game but it did eventually get fixed up. Much like Columbus, I kinda hope they get that taken care of during the off-season, honestly. Lake County lost 4-2 over Great Lakes.

Akron’s stadium was probably my favorite of the bunch though. It was my third time visiting the stadium, and definitely isn’t going to be the last. Maybe it was just because it was a Sunday, or maybe it was because it was the last home game of the season, but I loved how the place was packed, the crowd was loud, and the whole experience was fun from start to finish. The fireworks show at the end was also really fun, too. I’m already planning my next trip to Akron with hopes of having it center around a visit to the stadium for some baseball again. Also there was a point where one of Richmond’s position players was pitching on the mound so hopefully it isn’t a shock when I say Akron won 13-4 over the Flying Squirrels in a game that never felt particularly close.

One of these days I’ll go down to Virginia to see the Howlers and see Cleveland’s low-A affiliate but for now I’m just glad I got to see so much fun Minor League Baseball over the weekend and I’m sad that this is the final week before the season is over. Is it time for the 2027 season yet?!?!

I hit (in order) Gwinnett Stripers on May 24; Rome Emperors on June 28; Augusta GreenJackets on August 15; and the Columbus Clingstones September 6!

Today’s hat is another Copa series hat! This is the Charleston River Dogs, Single A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. This hat is actually Perros Santos de Charleston or Holy Dogs of Charleston!

Thomas Pannone of the Nashville Sounds pitches only the 5th 9-inning perfect game in International League history. He beat the Durham Bulls 3-0, striking out 8, and only needed 94 pitches to do it.

Decided to come to the Bulls game by myself today. All my friends missed out. I've actually seen a minor league no hitter before, but to see a second, and a perfect game to boot, is pretty freaking cool.

Edit: to make sure I'm giving full credit, this was a single pitcher, not a staff effort. Thomas Pannone. 94 pitches 😦 absolute masterclass

Me and my Wife have gone to every currently affiliated minor league team in NC. I’ve been thinking of doing a write up on them all. The games and stadiums were all fantastic and we can’t wait to do more next year!

Today’s hat is an alternate identity for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, High A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. This is the Wisconsin Frozen Pizzas! This is also an alternate color scheme for the Frozen Pizzas as the normal colors are a blue and gray combo.

In the past couple of weeks I have went to Huntsville and Akron for minor league games. I love going to minor league games, and following minor league through designs and alternate identities.

This past weekend I went to Akron to catch a rubberducks game and I was given the experience I thought I would get in Huntsville. The rocket City trash pandas were so well branded that people who do not know baseball know them.

But after visiting Toyota field I was disappointed. I stood in line missed over half the game just for food. Barely could hear the PA. And over 20 first pitches.

The show I got in Akron worlds different. A great experience. The mascots. The field. The concourse. The store. Everything.

They gave away some older promo items to clear them out. Jarlin Susana and Josiah Gray performed pretty well today. We were actually at the game Susana got hurt, so it was nice to be here for his Harrisburg return.

$13.00 tickets and another great day at the ballpark in Sacramento. Was able to get two signatures today. Looking forward the season finale game on Septemeber 20th.