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Some of the artists will also be on-hand at a game to celebrate the new partnership.
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The Four Country Artists Involved in the MiLB and Official League Collaboration
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- Kane Brown x The Chattanooga Lookouts – Brown was born in Chattanooga and some of his deepest roots still lie there.
- Koe Wetzel x Round Rock Express -Koe’sgear mixeshis edgy, genre-bending rock-country style with minor league baseball. It honors his roots in the Lone Star State.
- Brantley Gilbert x The Gwinnett Stripers – Gwinnett is only about 40 minutes away from Gilbert’s house and he and his family go to games all the time, so this collaboration made sense.Gilbert will be in attendance for the Gwinnett Stripers game on July 25th against the Iowa Cubs
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Gilbert told me on Taste of Country Nights, “My oldest son has really dug into baseball and his all-star team went up to a game and the Stripers took care of ’em, made ’em feel cool and put them up on the screen. That segued into, ‘Let’s do something cool together.'”
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- Kameron Marlowe x Kannapolis Cannon Ballers-Marloweused to call Kannapolis, NC home. On Sat., July 18,he will return to celebrate his roots during a special appearance at Atrium Health Ballpark, coinciding with the release ofthe exclusive collaboration with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers through Official League’s Local Legends Collection.
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Read More:Watch Lainey Wilson Throw Out First Pitch Ahead of the Colorado Rockies Game
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The collections will be released exclusively on OfficialLeague.com and in select MiLB team stores.
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Alan Miller, Founder and President of Official League, summed it up best when he said “When sports and music come together the right way, they don’t just coexist, they amplify each other. That’s where identity, energy, and community really take shape. It’s where merchandise stops being something you wear and becomes something you feel, something you’re part of.”
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MLB has seen many players who also served in the military, here are a few.
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Ted Williams was not only one of the greatest hitters to ever live, he is the only player in the MLB Hall of Fame to serve in multiple wars. Williams missed nearly five full seasons serving as a pilot. In combat Williams flew 39 missions and was hit three different times including one crash landing. Despite missing prime years of his career while serving, he won the AL MVP in his first season back from World War 2, he finished his career as one of the most productive hitters in MLB history.
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Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory and we run down 9 of the best ones from the world of sports (and Kevin Costner?) here.
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Cal Ripken Jr. is MLB’s Iron Man, playing in 2,632 straight games. BUT it has been rumored that Cal’s streak almost came to an end because of Kevin Costner and a love triangle. On August 14, 1997 the Orioles canceled their home game against the Mariners citing a “power failure” in the lights on the first base side. The rumor is that Kevin Costner, who was supposedly sleeping at Cal Ripken’s home, slept with the Hall of Famer’s wife and a fight broke out and Ripken told the team he would not be able to play that evening, bringing the streak to an end short of Lou Gehrig’s mark. The game was called off and a doubleheader was played the following day, which Ripken played in both. Is it true? Both Costner and Ripken have both laughed off and denied this rumor.
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