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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs unveiled a series of bold new looks and designs today at www.SmellTheChange.com to add to their on-field hat and uniform repertoire for the 2014 season and beyond. The IronPigs primary logo and home uniform, which have been among the most popular and best-selling in Minor League Baseball since debuting, remain unchanged.
"Today marks a renewal of Minor League Baseball's most revered and iconic brand," remarked IronPigs President & G.M. Kurt Landes. "We worked tirelessly over the last year to develop new identities that not only embody the rich tradition of the Lehigh Valley but also the spirit of the IronPigs and our fans."
The "Smell The Change" initiative is brought to life in the IronPigs brand-new bacon-themed Saturday ensemble, which includes a bacon strip logo transfixed to the cap, a fresh "Pigs" jersey design emblazoned across the chest as well as the first-of-its-kind bacon-style piping down both legs of the pants. Similar to years past, the Saturday top is Brick Red but now includes the endearing term, ''Pigs" across the chest with a wavy bacon underline. The bold new bacon strip logo sits atop a two-tone cap featuring the familiar colors of IronPigs Steel and Furnace Blue. The bacon-enriched pants, the first baseball pants to feature a logo design within the piping, are also IronPigs Steel. In addition to the cap and uniform offerings, innovative "scratch-and-sniff" t-shirts that smell like bacon (they'll literally make your mouth water) are also now available for a limited time at the Majestic Clubhouse Store and www.IronPigs.Milbstore.com.
The IronPigs pay tribute to the Lehigh Valley's rich steelmaking history with a brand-new, all-black Friday uniform emblazoned with a Molten Red IronPigs logo on the cap, a jet-black jersey with steel-plated chrome lettering and all black pants with IronPigs Steel piping. The molten IronPigs cap logo, which appears to be literally dripping with liquid metal due to the white-hot heat necessary to forge pig iron by smelting iron ore with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, embodies the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania which is world-renowned for this process. The black jersey's chrome lettering and numerals are meant to pay tribute to Pennsylvania's iconic blast furnaces - including those of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. -- along with the generations of men and women that poured their heart and soul into the steel manufacturing process. Steel from the Lehigh Valley is a part of this country's most prominent landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Empire State building. By introducing black pants to this look, the IronPigs are currently believed to be the only team to wear an all-black uniform combination in professional baseball.
The black uniform with electric highlights was purposely chosen as the new Friday home look so it serve as the ideal compliment to post-game Friday Night Fireworks at Coca-Cola Park. To coincide with this new look, the IronPigs will unveil an official "Black Out" shirt and encourage fans to wear black to all Friday home games at Coca-Cola Park.
The IronPigs will don a new powder blue and burgundy two-tone Sunday cap this season that connects the rich histories of the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia regions with a fresh-take on the world-famous Liberty Bell. In this new design, the Bell is suspended by an I-beam, a symbol of the Lehigh Valley's steelmaking prowess, and features metal rivets to indicate the Bell's iconic crack. Lehigh Valley residents may also be familiar with the fact that in 1777, the Liberty Bell was hidden in Allentown so that the British army wouldn't melt it down for munitions. The cap will be worn with the retro mesh IronPigs jersey which was introduced in 2013 to pay homage to the Phillies' tradition-rich teams of the 1970s and 1980s in which the Phillies went to the postseason in six of eight seasons and won their first World Championship in 1980.
The new mesh batting practice cap features a rebrand of the IronPigs' iconic primary logo by turning the traditional pig head from its typical profile position to a forward-angling design. This Furnace Blue cap provides a refreshed look to one of Minor League Baseball's top-selling logos by adding even more facial features to the pig head badge. The official on-field batting practice cap by New Era has been completely redesigned for 2014 and features high-tech diamond texture fabric that is lightweight with breathability and wicking and even offers 50-plus UPF protection and a performance sweatband. The cap-style debuted in Major League Baseball last year and has been well-received by players and fans alike.
While the road uniform is unchanged, the interlocking 'LV' cap in the riveted IronPigs font has been replaced by the IronPigs primary logo on a Brick Red cap putting a fresh twist on the highly-successful logo.
Fans can check out all of the uniform designs for the 2014 season at www.SmellTheChange.com.
These brand-new on-field IronPigs jerseys and caps, as well other innovative merchandise such as "scratch-and-sniff" bacon logo t-shirts, are now available at www.IronPigs.Milbstore.com or by visiting the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Coca-Cola Park during normal business hours (Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday's, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.). The Majestic Clubhouse Store is open daily and is the official retail store of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
Here is a sample of a 7 day pitching rotation routine for starting pitchers. If you are on a 7 day pitching rotation, then you are probably playing highschool, travel, or college baseball.
Click here if you are looking for a 5 day pitching rotation routine (more typically for professional pitchers) or click here if you are looking for aReliever’s Pitching Routine.
Please note: This is a sample 7 day pitching rotation routine. Every pitcher should develop their own routine and what feels good to them. Programs to follow, coaches telling you what to do, and training regiments are great, but at the end of the day it is you out there on the mound and it is your job to do what you know needs to be done in between starts. So, take it upon yourself to develop your own 7 day pitching rotation routine.
But if you need a little help getting started, here’s an idea of a 7 day pitching rotation workout routine for starting pitchers:
7 day pitching rotation workout routine for starting pitchers:
GAME DAY!
Pitch in the Game. Dominate Hitters!
Ice and take an anti inflammatory
Drink plenty of water
Days Rest 1:
Goal: Recovery
Today is a day to physically and mentally recover from your last start. The first thing to do is visit with the trainer and get a massage. Some trainers will perform e-stim and ultrasound on your arm shoulder and back as well. The increased blood flow to the arm, shoulder, and back, will help in recovery over the next few days.
Going on a jog, also known as a “flush run”, is also a good idea for this day. When you get a good jog in (20-30 mins) the day after pitching in a game, you will increase blood circulation and burn out any lactic acid that is built up in your arm, shoulder, or back. Going for a jog outdoors is also therapeutic for your mind and a good time to evaluate your performance of the previous start and come up with a plan for your next start.
For your throwing this day, just “playing catch” will be a good idea. Throwing long toss or hoping right back up on the mound may be too much for your arm to handle. Take it easy and just get the arm moving and play light catch. No more than 60 ft and no more than 50 throws.
Getting some shoulder work is a good idea on this day. After you have got your massage, e-stim, ultrasound, flush run, and throwing in, head over to the gym and pick up those 3 lb dumbbells. Click here to see someshoulder exercises to do with the light dumbbells. Going through a shoulder flush on the rubber bands may also be a good idea. Click here to see some shoulder exercises to do with the rubber bands. Another good shoulder workout is called table work. Click here to see some shoulder exercises to do as table work. The main idea is that you give your shoulder a light workout to continue your recovery and flush.
Continue to drink plenty of water and eat healthy. Tip: Broccoli is a natural anti inflammatory and also helps with soreness because of its alkalinity.
Day Rest 2
Goal: Continued Recovery
The second day of rest is a good day to get a good warm up in and a good stretch. Take your time warming up, get nice and loose/warm, and then stretch your entire body. Once you are nice and loose, start playing catch and then work into a long toss. Spend as much time as you need to back it up to the distance that you feel comfortable in. Use this day as a day to work on extension and stretching that lat out when throwing. Bring it back in close and get in a short flat ground.
After your long toss, take some time to work on PFPs (Pitchers Fielding Practice). Some PFPs are come backers, covering first, fielding bunts, etc.
For running today, work on short sprints with a quick first step and using leg drive to propel you to the finish line. 10-15 30 yard sprints is a good workout for your 2nd day of rest in your 5 day pitching rotation routine for starting pitchers.
In the gym today, focus on lower body. Some good exercises might be squats, lunges, dead lifts, RDLs, leg extensions, curls, and one leg stability exercises. Of course add some hip and core work to this workout.
Day Rest 3
Goal: Finding The Release Point
Today, after a good warm up, throw a bullpen. Your bullpen should be at about 85% effort focusing on release point and “finding” or “feeling” all of your pitches. Keep your workload to about 25-50% of what you threw the game before. Ex: If you threw 80 pitches in the game, today you would throw 20-40 pitches at 85% effort.
Do some PFPs
Follow your bullpen and PFPs with a flush run, time on the elliptical, treadmill, or bicycle (15-30 mins). Take a short break and then do some speed and agility footwork. Ex: Ladders, hurdles, quick feet drills, etc.
Today in the gym, work on upper body. Remember, pitchers should not lift too heavy with their upper body. Stay light and remember as a general rule to lift twice as much (reps) on your back as you do your front. Click here for some bench press alternatives for pitchers.
Day Rest 4
Goal: Getting the arm Ready
After warming up, the throwing for today will be long toss with a flat ground. Stretch it out to what you need.
Get a bunch of PFP work in today
For running today do some walk, jog, sprints in the outfield between poles and follow that up with some speed and agility footwork.
In the gym today, we are back to legs. Switch out any exercises that you did already and mix it up a little. Stay light enough to where you wont be sore for your start on Day 7
Continue to ice and treat arm as necessary
Day Rest 5
This will be your second bullpen of the week. You must feel how you feel from the last bullpen and decide your workload accordingly. Remember you are pitching the day after tomorrow, so if you feel great, you still want to keep it to a light to medium bullpen session
Today for running will depend on your bullpen. If it was longer than your first bullpen of the week, then you may want to do a flush run. If you kept it short, stick with some 50 yard sprints.
In the gym, you have a super light upper body workout. Get some light scap work in, light biceps, light triceps, super light chest, and light back. Be ready to go the day after tomorrow.
Day Rest 6
After a nice long warm up, massage, e-stim, and ultrasound, get some light bands and light dumbbells in (very light) for your shoulders. You don’t want to be sore at all for tomorrows start.
For throwing today, just play catch or do a super light long toss. Follow this with some nice and easy PFPs.
In the gym, keep your workload light, and do a light plyometric workout with only bodyweight.
Before you go to bed, visualize a victory tomorrow. You have done all your work to be ready for the game. Go out there and shove it tomorrow!
Day 7 Game!
WIN! (Or at least have a quality start)
Arrive at Memorial HS around 730 for the 2013 Queen City IronPigs team photo
