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The MLB "Batter" logo was commissioned by the Major League Baseball Centennial Committee, and was introduced by the new Baseball Commissioner, Bowie Kuhn, to be used in preparations for, and celebration of, the 1869–1969 Professional Baseball Centennial Celebration held July 21, 1969, in Washington, DC.
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Designer of the MLB Logo: While working at a New York design firm in 1968, Dior created the silhouette of a batter that has become synonymous with Major League Baseball.
It is the first time in MLB history that a patch was on the back of a cap instead of just the MLB logo. (However, the Yankees players that played in the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game had the regular MLB logo on the back of their caps.) The Yankees have worn throwback uniforms on three special occasions.
Superimposed over the skyline behind the "Mets" script are orange baseball stitches. [5] The logo was designed by cartoonist Ray Gotto, creator of the Ozark Ike comic strip. [6] [7] From 1962–1998, the logo had a small interlocking "NY" in orange block letters just to the left of the "Mets" wordmark.
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