The Major League Baseball 2023 season came to an end last week with the conclusion of the World Series. I wanted to do an Ice Hockey crossover concept for the World Series. This will be a lot like the Super Bowl X Ice Hockey Concept or NBA Finals concept I did. The Arizona Diamondbacks played the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers ended up winning in five games.
The World Series logo is the same in this concept as in real life. The World Series logo and Major League Baseball postseason logos change every year. This is only the second year that the world series logo has featured the sponsors logo.
The format for the 2023 MLB postseason saw twelve teams make the postseason. The division winners and runners up made the playoffs. The top two teams in the American League and the National League got a bye into the divisional series (round two). The other eight teams played in the wildcard round. The Wildcard round (round one) was a best of three game series. The Divisional Series (round two) was best of five games. The American League and National League Championships (round three) were best of seven series. The World Series a was best of seven series between the American League and National League Champions.
It seems like Major League Baseball changes their postseason format all the time. With thirty teams more teams should be in the playoffs. Outside of 2020, until 2022 ten or less teams made the playoffs. I think there should be fifteen teams. I also think they need to make each round the same number of games outside of the Wildcard games. The Wildcard games should remain one game, every series after should be best of seven.
I couldn’t find a logo for the World Series patch that was used on the uniforms. I created one that is inspired by the patch both teams had on their uniforms.
The Arizona Diamondbacks used eight logos on their uniforms during the during the 2023 World Series. Not including the MLB logo, the World Series patch, or sponsor logos. They used their primary A logo. They used their snake head logo. They also used alternate version of those logos. They also used their 25th anniversary patch on their hats. They used three wordmark logos.
The Texas Rangers only used five logos on their uniforms during the 2023 World Series. Not including the MLB logo, the World Series Patch or sponsor logos. They also did not use their primary logo on any of their uniforms but I did include it here. They used three wordmark logos. They used their T logo. They used their Texas flag logo.
Nike is the official uniform provider of Major League Baseball. I used the Nike template that I used in my FIFA World Cup 2022 and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 concepts. The 2023 World Series patch is also on the front of all of the jerseys.
The Diamondbacks used their home, road, red alternate, and black alternate uniforms during the 2023 World Series. Their home jerseys are white, teal, and black On the front is their D-Backs wordmark logo. On the shoulders is their 25th anniversary logo and their snake head logo. Their road uniform is grey, red and black. On the front is their Arizona wordmark logo. On the shoulders is their 25th anniversary logo and their snake head logo. Their red alternate uniform is red, sand, and black. On the front is their D-Backs wordmark logo. On the shoulders is their 25th anniversary logo and their snake head logo. Their black alternate uniform is black, sand, and red. On the front is their primary logo. On the shoulders is their 25th anniversary logo and their snake head logo. All four of the jerseys have the same template inspired by their baseball jerseys.
The Texas Rangers used their home, road, and blue alternate jerseys during the 2023 World Series. Their home jersey is white, red, and blue. On the front is their Rangers wordmark logo. On the shoulders is their alternate T logo and their Texas flag logo. Their away jersey is grey, red, white, and blue. On the shoulders is their alternate T logo and their Texas flag logo. Their blue alternate jersey is blue, red, and white. On the shoulders is their alternate T logo and their Texas flag logo. All three of the Texas Rangers jerseys are inspired by their baseball jerseys. Their blue alternate jersey has a different pattern from the other two jerseys.
In game one the Rangers used their home jerseys while Diamondbacks used their red alternate jerseys. Game one was in Texas. The Rangers used their home jerseys again in game two with the Diamondbacks using their road jerseys. Game two was in Texas. In game three The Diamondbacks used their home jerseys while the Rangers used their blue alternate jerseys. Game three was in Arizona. The Diamondback wore their black alternate jerseys in game four while the Rangers used their road jerseys. Game four was in Arizona. For game five the Rangers used their blue alternate jerseys while the Diamondback wore their home jerseys. Game five was in Texas.
The Arizona Diamondbacks play at Chase Field. The Stadium has a capacity of 48,405. It is the second largest MLB ballpark by capacity. It was opened in 1998. It is located in Phoenix Arizona. Their local National Hockey League team is the Arizona Coyotes. While Chase Field has not hosted any ice hockey events as far as I can tell, the stadium was brought up as a possible temporary venue option for the Arizona Coyotes in 2021. This would be largely made possible thanks to the retractable roof at Chase Field. If this did happen the Arizona Coyotes would have been the first team in the NHL to play all home games outdoors. It would also have been the largest stadium in the NHL and in Ice Hockey.
The Texas Rangers play at Globe Life Field. The stadium has a capacity of 40,300. It is the twenty third largest MLB ballpark by capacity. It was opened in 2020 making it the newest MLB ballpark. It is located in Arlington Texas. Their local National Hockey League team is the Dallas Stars. From what I can tell, Globe Life Field has never host ice hockey.
Zac Electrifly 