For six video games this season, the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians will characterize the colours of their guardian membership of 19 years, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Indians will put on specialty “Young Bucs” jerseys and caps for Prospects Weekends in Could and June.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are also known as the Bucs, or Buccos, that are nicknames that derive from the time period buccaneer, one other phrase for pirate. The moniker “Young Buc” is a twist on the phrase “Young Buck,” which refers to an adventurous however typically inexperienced younger man (and in addition rapper David Darnell Brown).
The staff will put on jerseys which might be yellow and black, reflective of not solely the Pirates, however the different main skilled groups in Pittsburgh, the NHL’s Penguins and the NFL’s Steelers. (It’s a truism amongst sports activities branding followers that Pittsburgh is the one metropolis in the USA whose major-league sports activities groups all put on the identical shade.)
Indianapolis will put on the Younger Bucs uniforms Could 17–19 towards the Toledo Mud Hens and June 7–9 towards the Columbus Clippers.
