Cleveland unveils logo for 2019 all-star game

Cleveland’s rock ‘n’ roll roots will be on display for the 2019 All-Star Game.

Inspired by the city’s deep musical history, the team unveiled the logo for next year’s game — a red-whiteand-blue guitar with a body bordered with baseball stitching.

The blending of baseball and music is a not-so-subtle reminder to the rest of the country that Cleveland rocks.

The Indians are hosting the annual mid-season event on July 9 for a record sixth time. And next year’s game coincides with the 25th anniversary of Progressive Field, which was known as Jacobs Field when it hosted the 1997 game.

Owner Paul Dolan, MLB Deputy Commissioner Tony Petitti, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Indians manager Terry Francona, AllStar shortstop Francisco Lindor and first-base coach Sandy Alomar, who hit the game-winning home run for the American League in ’97, attended Tuesday’s ceremony.

Plans for the logo began shortly after the team was awarded the game.

“We asked them what do they want to do with their mission and what they wanted to do was celebrate Cleveland as the birthplace and spiritual home of rock and roll,” said Anne Occi, MLB’s vice-president of design, who has been involved in creating All-Star logos for 28 years. “They wanted to talk us through the game and the experience and how the idea of baseball and rock and roll go together within the central part of Cleveland culture.”