The baseball image displayed here is the Oakland Athletics script logo. Specifically, this is the "Athletics" in white with green and yellow outlines on black" version. This Major League Baseball image was used as the script logo of the Oakland Athletics from 2008 until present and is the alternate variant. The franchise was formed as the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901, next, they became the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 after which they became the Oakland Athletics in 1968.