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Mariners Reveals 2023 All Star Game Logo

Fittingly and literally, it’s the peak of the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle Mariners unveiled the logo for the 2023 All-Star Game on Friday. before their first game of the second half against the Houston Astros. It was a night of fireworks and the team entered the game on a 14-game winning streak, creating a sold-out atmosphere for the big reveal.

The illustration incorporates the Mariners’ branding and an iteration of their old font, but goes well beyond the team’s branding by encapsulating the Seattle skyline, white-clad Mount Rainier, evergreens, and more, all adorned primarily in Northwest Green:

Other elements include the five corners of the logo, which represent the five-state region of the PNW, and the compass star pointing northwest. The Space Needle is purposely hidden among the trees to show how closely connected the city and the mountains are.

The creation process began last fall, shortly after it was announced. T-Mobile Park to host the 2023 Midsummer Classic. Griggs and members of the Mariners’ marketing staff collaborated with Major League Baseball on the artwork, looking at everything from the overall feel to colors and themes. From there, the MLB design team spent the next several months creating multiple design styles, culminating in the one revealed on Friday.

You can also read: It is official Seattle Mariners will host the 2023 MLB All Star Game

Seattle has twice hosted the All-Star Game, in 1979 at the Kingdome and in 2001 at T-Mobile Park (then Safeco Field), and they hope next summer’s event will be just as memorable. They think the logo is a reflection of that.

Raphael Martinez

I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and all Mexican baseball in general. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterruptedly since 2009), signatures of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, although as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I have baseball in my veins. Degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it took almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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