{"id":220265,"date":"2026-06-16T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220265\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:24:46","slug":"erie-seawolves-to-play-first-game-as-flagship-city-kitties-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220265\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie SeaWolves to play first game as Flagship City Kitties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Fri, June 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/abb8297faf8fe4435a32f0c9ed0067e9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Erie SeaWolves to play first game as Flagship City Kitties<\/p>\n<p>The Erie SeaWolves are unveiling a new look on Friday night as they take the field for the first time as the Flagship City Kitties.<\/p>\n<p>The alternate identity celebrates the SeaWolves&#8217; 25th season as the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Otters commemorate 30 year anniversary with new logos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/otters-commemorate-30-anniversary-logos-153211298.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Otters commemorate 30 year anniversary with new logos\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kitties are a nod to the young Tigers prospects who begin their journey to the major leagues right here in Erie.<\/p>\n<p>Players will wear special navy and orange uniforms featuring a fierce kitty logo and tiger-inspired design elements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re celebrating 25 seasons as the Detroit Tigers&#8217; Double-A affiliate, so what&#8217;s a better way to commemorate that than an alternate identity? So, since they are the Tigers, we are the baby tigers, we&#8217;re the Kitties,&#8221; said Laina Banic, director of marketing for the Erie SeaWolves.<\/p>\n<p>The SeaWolves host Akron on Friday night, and fans can catch the Flagship City Kitties on Saturday before the alternate identity returns for two more games in August.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, June 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM UTC Erie SeaWolves to play first game as Flagship City Kitties&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[54282,4671,95171,136,138,137,8389,54281,95170],"class_list":["post-220265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-alternate-identity","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-double-a-affiliate","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-seawolves","tag-flagship-city-kitties","tag-kitties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}